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Take a look. look at these guys. >> today on capitol hill in washington, goldman sachs became the villain. masters of the universe who many people blame for fuelling the economic collapse being questioned by senators who are saying they are blameless themselves. >> exactly. >> great. welcome back to "morning joe." im willie geist with savannah guthrie. joe and mika have the day off today, but were surrounded by very capable help. >> talent. >> norah odonnell with us, pat buchanan and the great a...

Sam stein, pat buchanan, and joining us, andrea mitchell reports at 1:00 msnbc, andrea mitchell. good morning. >> good morning. this is way too early. way too early for you to be as happy -- >> ill show you way too early, andrea, 5:30 in the morning. you did a great piece, we ran it on "way too early" about laura bush and her new memoir. >> this is laura bush as you havent seen her before. she spent all those years trying to avoid being in the spotlight, even though she was first lady, but now s...

Israel. netanyahu, before leaving for the united states in israel yesterday, was unwilling to budge ons settlements. >> this is not about as the secretary made clear this morning, its not about the strength of americas commitment to israel or relationship. it is about how we get peace negotiations began that have been languishing now for two years. the israeli announcement last week, as you know, came on the heels of senator mitchells announcement that proximity talks would begin between israel ...

Relationship with the united states. listen. >> quite frankly, folks, sometimes only a friend can deliver the hardest truth. the united states will continue to hold both sides accountable for any statements or any actions that inflame tensions or prejudice the outcome of these talks. >> joining us now, former secretary of state under president clinton, madelyn albrig albright. it is so night to have you with us, madam secretary. you are the perfect person to have on this occasion. so the vice pr...

"the new york times" got ahold "the shallow end," where blago of some investigative materials is back. that show e-mail that -- from his latest antics, coming up next. [ male announcer ] mix it. what their investigation shows -- indicate possible links between john ensign, the republican of nevada, trying to get some kind of a job or employment for the husband of his former mistress and there are very specific rules that prohibit that for one year after you leave the congress to do any kind of l...

T to jump-start the situation in the middle east. there is a jump but it is a jump back. >> a jump back. there is a lot of damage control on all sides today. benjamin netanyahu is saying he didnt have anything to do with his interior ministers announcement of the housing starts -- >> oh, really? >> right. he didnt disavow it, he just said theyre not starting construction immediately. what joe biden is saying in a speech at tel aviv university is that they could get the peace starts started and n...

Increases, they blame us for reducing social security. so youve got to get it all on the table. >> senator mitchell, youll put it all on the table? >> yes. i think if senator dole and i could settle this matter, if we were the only participants i think we could have an agreement in short order. >> lets settle right now. would you agree to put some entitlement cuts on the table. >> not cuts. >> i think everything should be on the table. i think the problem we have now are the preconditions before...

Reducing social security. so youve got to get it all on the table. >> senator mitchell, youll put it all on the table? >> yes. i think if senator dole and i could settle this matter, if we were the only participants i think we could have an agreement in short order. >> lets settle right now. would you agree to put some entitlement cuts on the table. >> not cuts. >> i think everything should be on the table. i think the problem we have now are the preconditions before discussions by one side that...

Were back with our "meet the press" minute. lots of talk this week about how broken washington is and a desire to bring back a sense of bipartisanship. here is an attempt here on "meet the press" by the senate majority leader and senate minority leader in 1989 to find some early areas of agreement and what would later become a major political battle over the fiscal 1991 budget. >> you dont see any possibility of an agreement as we start to work on the fiscal 1991 budget which is going to be a tr...

Were back with our "meet the press" minute. lots of talk this week about how broken washington is and a desire to bring back a sense of bipartisanship. here is an attempt here on "meet the press" by the senate majority leader and senate minority leader in 1989 to find some early areas of agreement and what would later become a major political battle over the fiscal 1991 budget. >> you dont see any possibility of an agreement as we start to work on the fiscal 1991 budget which is going to be a tr...