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this was something that was important to his leadership. can you tell us a little bit about that? >> he was famous, mika, for calling heads of state every single day, just to check in. and not just the heads of state of our major allies, the g7 countries, for example, but he'd call heads of states in africa and south america, and just say, "how are you doing today? what's going on in your country?" one of the best paragraphs in the book, i think, is from vice president dick cheney, who write s the definitive essay about desert storm. he talks about bringing the coalition of countries together for desert storm. how all of these heads of state already had a relationship with him. vice president, then secretary of defense cheney, flew to saudi arabia to talk to the king about allowing american troops on saudi soil. at the end of his pitch to the
administration. they have held netanyahu at bay for the most part in terms of taking more aggressive actions on the ground, at times, allowing humanitarian aid and relief to get to the palestinian people, and at the same time now positioning, you know, speaker johnson to deliver this weekend the aid that the administration has sought for a long, long time. in the political sense, in a real way, mika, this has been, you know, deft political handling by an administration caught between two very difficult positions, and has seemingly been able to manage to get to the other side of that with less noise on the ground in israel and more resources on the way for ukraine. we're going to turn back now to the discussion we were having a few moments ago on what's
now saying about the united states' role in the world, something that joe biden has been saying for a really long time, i'm glad he's saying it. i'm also glad that we're getting to a point where a lot of these back benchers, you know, what they're doing is going to amount to sound and fury signifying nothing. they're going to get rolled. mika, as far as this lie goes, about, "oh, we can't pass ukraine funding until we take care of our own border" -- >> oh, come on. >> we took care of our border. >> yeah. >> you had james lankford, joe biden, you had republicans in the senate, all coming together. >> for the strongest bill they would have ever got. >> strongest bill ever. yesterday, fox news host neil cavuto called out donald trump and those republicans who killed the strongest bipartisan bill will on border security. here's part of the exchange yesterday with the author of the legislation, conservative
a realization on the israelis. they have their hands full. they've still got gaza. they'll have to make some big decisions about rafah and occupation. they face, as the admiral was talking about, a massive threat from hezbollah still, and it got active a few days ago. it is possible the west bank will get more militarized. they have problems there. i think this is really an interesting case. you see it sometimes during the cold war, joe, that adversaries figure out how to signal. there is nothing formal, nothing explicit. i think what we saw here is actually some sophisticated signaling and messaging by israel and iran. >> you know, mika, iran has been careful not to escalate too much in this situation. also, people throughout the region that i spoke to after the soleimani assassination said
thing where you're trying to get a cut of down ballot candidates who use donald trump's image in an ad is not the effort of a campaign that's trying to put together an organization in michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. it's an organization that is trying to placate donald trump and pick up some cash while doing it. i think a lot of their time, willie, is focused on keeping mr. trump happy. when you're doing that, you're not putting together a winning campaign. >> well, and he's just got to be mi miserable, having to sit in court all day. good luck trying to keep him happy. >> one can imagine. >> i don't know what that's like. senior political columnist for "politico," jonathan martin. always good to have you on. >> thank you, mika. coming up on "morning joe," a strong show of force from the kennedy family as more than a dozen members endorse joe biden for president. we'll play for you their comments even as robert f. kennedy jr. continues his
the day. >> you know, mika, yesterday was a combination of the stunning. sometimes, the jury proceedings are ponderous, particularly when the prospective jurors are reading their answers to the jury questionnaire. yet, at other times, as noted, it can move with lightning speed. particularly where the parties are exercising both their challenges for cause to particular jurors and what are called peremptory challenges, the chan challenges that allow to strike jurors for whatever reason whatsoever. watching them make the tactical decisions and live with the consequences were stunning to me. in particular, the defense ran out of their peremptory challenges earlier than expected. in part, because judge merchan was not generous with them in granting challenges for cause. for example, one of the people who ended up on the jury is a woman who said, "i don't have strong opinions of him, but i don't like his persona."
control. we also sat and watched the last two innings of the yankees and bluejays game. yikes. hard to watch for a red sox fan. aaron judge finally kind of getting out of his slump and having a game-winning hit. anyway, the pace of play, as willie said, picked up across the league since we had the pitch clock change last season. let's bring in right now a man who can put a chart to just about anything, steve rattner. he's looking at the impact of baseball's new rules. steve, i must say, watching a baseball game, it's completely different this year from last year. i'm dead serious. you see a pitch, especially in a red sox/yankees game, i'd walk downstairs, go, "hey, mika, how is everything going?" "pretty good." "what are you doing?" "not much, on the phone with my kids." i'd walk upstairs, next pitch. go downstairs, "do you have any
joe biden looks like he's doing it in pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. we'll see, mika. let's get to the drama on capitol hill. there was lots yesterday. a shouting match broke out during a house oversight committee hearing yesterday when chairman james comer and ranking member jamie raskin got into an argument about the republican-led effort to impeach president biden. take a look. >> president -- >> what business was the -- what business were the bidens in? >> what -- >> what business did joe biden's family own? what business were they in? did they have hotels, a social media company? did they have golf courses, casinos? did they have office -- >> mr. chairman. >> what business? did they have an energy -- >> mr. chairman, we spent tens of millions of dollars for you pursuing joe biden, and you have not identified -- >> that is a lie. >> -- a single thing. >> that is a lie. >> really? how much have you spent? >> we haven't spent hardly anything. >> it's been for free, okay, all
they're wrong. these are my documents. i took them, and you can see the boxes. i mean, the chaos that he has created, is that a smart play? >> look, i think, mika, it continues to -- he continues to deliver red meat to his base every time he does this. it is me against them. it is me against the system. the system is rigged against me, against you, so i'm the right person for you. it might work for the primary. it does not work for the general. it does not work to pull in independents. it doesn't work to pull in moderate republicans. you know, you just showed that poll from the "des moines register" that shows that a lot of nikki haley supporters in iowa would support joe biden. >> so interesting. >> right? a lot of that has to do with the fact that a lot of republican voters are turned off by donald trump. they would actually vote for joe biden, or independents are saying that who are caucusing in iowa. the bottom line is, it doesn't work for the general. i think that's the mistake he's making here. >> the real common sense -- you look at a lot of these cases and