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Welcome back to "morning joe." i'm mark barnicle. jon meacham is here, michael steele, leigh gallagher is here still with us. and joining the set now, unfortunately for some of us, is "national affairs" editor for "new york" magazine. look at the look on his face. john heilemann. and in washington, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: good morning. >> good morning to all of you. i'm wondering, john, and i'd like kelly to jump in after you speak, if president obama's demeanor there, very charming, engaging, how winning is that demeanor, is it at all, in dealing wit...

Argument and, substantively, there is some sense to it. >> mark barnicle, it is one of the things that even democratic ceos going to the white house are offended by. it's a fact that barack obama has no idea how the free market works. sometimes when he turns and looks at them and says why can't you just hire people? can you go out and hire people? no. mitt romney started something at bain capital where he looked at companies that weren't going to survive, staples was one of them, and he said okay. how do we make these companies stronger? you know how he did it? not by government mandate. by sa...

You're saying but in an odd way, maybe the president is trying to get something going. >> this isn't a leading question. is backing israel into the corner a possible strategy of this president. as history has shown, is that how carter got what he wanted in '78, how dr. brzezinski was able to negotiate with began in '78? >> backing israel into a corner is not the answer particularly when you don't have a palestinian partner. the question is whether this helps you avoid a train wreck in the u.n. in september. i think that has a lot to do with it. i don't think tactically or strategically this wa...

Israel security. let me be clear, israel security is sacrosanct. it is non-negotiable. the palestinians need a state -- the palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive and that allows them to prosper. but any agreement with the palestinian people must preserve israel's identity as a jewish state with secure recognized defensible borders. and jerusalem will remain the capital of israel and it must remain undivided. >> wait, mark barnicle, he didn't do that when he went to aipa krrkc in 2008. he sounded a bit like mort zuckerman. less like brzezinski and more like mort zuckerman. >...

Can achieve. >> good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, may 3rd. what a beautiful spring day. with us on set, msnbc mark barnicle. stan and willie, joe, and me. >> is mick with us? awesome from the pentagon. mick miklaszewski. great. >> you need to comment on the new will ferrell video. >> that's right. >> that's fantastic. >> we've left mick speechless. that's unusual. >> so the details that are coming out are just absolutely fascinating. >> oh, my goodness. geronimo. >> she wants to meet these guys. >> i do. >> i want to meet the guys who stormed the complex. >> it is really --