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Eight years, seven years? >> i'm just saying, i don't remember it happening. >> i think our problem is -- >> a wonderful way -- every segment. every segment since 6:00 a.m. for an hour and 25 minutes has started awkwardly and jumbled. here with us, now, though, to straighten everything out is senior adviser to the open society foundation's morton haleprin, father of -- it is very good to have you on the show this morning. an honor. >> have you noticed mark is just as nervous with his dad here as you are. >> oh. no, no, no, no -- no one's as nervous as i am. >> tell us about your encounter -- >...

Joins us in the studio. also nate silver. up next, it's a family affair. haleprin's dad foreign policy expert, here to discuss the president's trip to southeast asia and what it means for the global economy. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. >> mark looks nervous. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a lead...

The middle east. >> well, they have decided -- i think early on in the administration that we had not put enough attention into east asia. into asia as a whole. and that, therefore, we should tilt more in that direction. and as the troops are coming out of afghanistan and, of course, now out of iraq, they're moving more military forces into asia and beginning, i think, an offensive to try to pull countries back from feeling they have to accommodate china because we're not going to be there to defend them. >> you know, dr. haleprin, we hate to do this, we're going to throw it over to john heile...