toxic cloud of rocket fuel. the good news, no one was hurt. joining us now, in washington, d.c., ladies and gentlemen you ve al been waiting for him, patrick gavin, back with politico playbook and no references, patrick, to the cats in your house. well, that would be a first. i appreciate it very much. you re welcome. what s going on? in kentucky, mitch mcconnell has an opponent and that race is fairly close, i m told. yeah. obviously a lot of people are looking at ashley judd. i know you re a big fan of divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood. you re going to be disappointed. but the democratic party is actually very excited. they ve got one of their top regrouts in the kentucky secretary of state. she announced her bid yesterday. when you look at the 2008 race, it was close by the way these elections are 52-48. what democratic party is hoping she s going to do is two things. obviously build a moderate voters and women in that state.
a staggering 128 cases of sexual misconduct by teachers or school employees in new york city schools. all involving students. many of those recommended by investigators for removal, are still in our schools. what do the unions do? they protect them. they re helping those teachers keep their jobs. it s a scandal. and the candidates are silent. demand action. that was an ad for the parents transparency project, an education advocacy group. here with us now, former news anchor an co-founder of the transparency project campbell brown. campbell wrote in the new yo ne daily news about what inspired the group and how tell us. this started for me a little over a year ago. there were a number of cases that got a lot of attention in the new york papers about teachers who had been engaged in all kinds of behavior, sexual misconduct with students, who couldn t be fired. and at the time the mayor made,
let s you guys take off. on your mark, go. that s like the start of morning joe. welcome back to morning joe. steve ratner, reverend al sharpton with us. with us on set news columnist gene green felds and in washington, associate editor of the washington post and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. takes about eight minutes to get through all of your titles. okay. go. let s hit it hard because let s talk about immigration. new stuff on this, eugene. tlushgts the immigration throughout the immigration push marco rubio has been a lightning rod. as the bill enters the house he and other republicans are getting cover from right leaning groups from new ads led by haley barber and the american action network. take a peek. our current immigration system is a disaster.
that came from smaller companies i m sorry from bigger companies was under 50% but over this period it has reversed itself. so today about 52% of americans work for companies employing more than 250 people and 48% from those smaller companies. and so it is still a fact that most americans work for so-called big business. as we do. right here. as we do. all right. coming up, the news story that led to these interesting graphics. it s news you can t use and it s coming up right now.
temperatures, 76 in philly, 77 down towards d.c., a look at the satellite and radar a few showers dotting the skies. not that much in the way of heavy rain. thunderstorm activity, could see thunderstorms later on in the afternoon. up towards 84, 80 through far eastern pennsylvania. did see at least a few lightning strikes a short time ago. the rainfall amounts could again lead to some localized flash flooding. some of the areas you re seeing yellow on the map 48 hours, see accumulations an inch and a half to two inches. a look at some of the flash flood watches in place, the bright green color, and the forecast, the good news i should say, the fourth of july it s starting to clear up a bit, models backing off on those rain chances. more morning joe coming your way, next. i m part of an american success story,