the daily run down at 9:00 a.m. top signs that the u.s. economy has turned the corner. time magazine we will reveal the new issue. on the back burner as two senators come together on a bipartisan bill to help working families. the self-described surf and turf caucus, maine s angus king and nebraska s deb fisher join us next on morning joe ! start a team. join a team. walk to end alzheimer s. visit alz.org/walk today.
deb fisher, we will start with you. tell us what you are trying to get through here and get done. great to be with us this morning. it s just been such a pleasure to work with senator king on a number of pieces of legislation but we are very excited about this one, because it is a balanced approach. it recognizes and respects that families have unique needs and we need to help them with that, offer a good plan, but it also balances that with the cost of doing business that employers face. and how did the two of you come together to work on this? and how do you think anything will happen actually in washington that gets you to where you want to go with the working families, the strong families act? nothing seems to be happening there. no, no. but as you said earlier, the surf and turf caucus, we try to work on common sense solution that are out there. how is this going to play out? we think it should be a very easy bill to pass because it