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And tom hanks will be here on the set of "morning joe." and up next, moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. but first michelle grossman with a check of the forecast. >> happy friday. the forecast looking pretty good today. two problems areas. well feel like spring in a lot of places this weekend. satellite and radar, you can see were very clear in the middle of the country, tennessee and mississippi valleys. in the northeast, light snow falling, a stubborn low pressure, sit and spin that ...

Well, were not going to -- were not going to get it through -- youre not going to get legislation through congress if only 50% plus 1 in the country think its a good idea. thats why you if you look at poll after poll, people want -- people want health care reform, and the debate on health care reform to continue. >> welcome back to "morning joe." live look at the white house. kind of a dreary day in washington as well. joining us from washington, the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory ...

And well just run the whole show by poll. thats what they do. >> and twitter. >> david gregory, who is on the show this sunday? >> well talk about the health care endgame. kathleen sebelius, secretary of hhs, and roundtable. orrin hatch and harold ford among others. >> very nice. thank you very much. thanks. >> and look who just walked in. speaking of, harold ford jr. in the house. just sort of -- i guess he has nowhere to go now. >> hes back! its like the first waltons. come on in, john boy. ...

The lack of trust in government is what is so -- really the backbone of this argument against washington, and whether washington is broken right now. americans dont trust government to run complex systems. >> david, you talk about the lack of trust in wash. jeff zalany, front page of "the new york times," democrats feel the sting of scandal and the scandals are erupting at the worst time. >> absolutely. >> david paterson, because hes in the media capital of the world. that has national implicati...

And theres a lot of work to be done and not a lot of time to do it. >> david, i dont know where the numbers come from. where does 218 come from? they won 220, 215. if the vote were held today it would be 217 2shg 1, 217. have you all of the southern democrats, midwestern democrats in trouble after massachusetts. if nancy pelosi brings 218 to the table, she is a star. i dont know how she gets there. >> she also declared it will pass. shes really laid the -- created this gauntlet here for the legi...

Courageous. something no president could do and something he stuck to through thick and thing and a lot of people trying to bring him down and his aend gentleman? is it possible it could really turn? >> politically, absolutely. no question about it. in terms of where we need to be as a country right now, whether we can too before or after health care, we need to be making the pan bigger. >> i dont disagree with that. david gregory. >> george bush was courageous on iraq and that didnt work out so...

Family, we just cared about one thing when we watched walter cronkite at night, we wanted to know if the economy was turning around. we didnt understand what was going on in the college campuses. my dad just wanted a job so he could take care of his family. i wonder if as mike said, washington in this administration, still dont get that. >> i think they dont get something here, joe. if this health care thing passes, and i were the president, one thing i would say to the american people, folks th...

dont you think a little bit? slurring his consonants just a little bit. i said tom, if you will just pause for a second, i could figure out what youre saying. >> everyone will have a chance to figure out what tom is saying today, because today is the day of the three toms. tom brokaw, tom friedman and tom hanks. >> oh, couldnt be better. good show. >> a lot of times you get the people on, your thrilled, movie stars, blah, blah, blah. im very excited because band of brothers was one of ...