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politico is reporting msnbc suspended joe scarborough, "morning joe" anchor joe scarborough for two days because he gave eight previously undisclosed donations to friends and family who were running for office most recently. this is the second, sort of second related incident they've had. msnbc also had an earlier problem with undisclosed donations. they are apparently in contravention unless they get specific permission from the network president. i want to bring in my colleague, who is joining me now from d.c. to talk about this. howard, let's just cut to the chase here. msnbc has done well and not hidden the fact it has a political slant on some of its news that often favors democrats. i don't know that everybody in the world would be all that surprised that a couple of their guys, keith olbermann and joe scarborough, are supporting political candidates. joe scarborough has a history in politics. this is a violation of nbc policy. does it make sense for msnbc? >> it's an embarrassment for msnbc. you have to have the prohibition though everybody know joe scar b borrow is a former senat

i got in a twitter fight with joe scarborough so i've been banned from a ever said b c so and s n b c already tells it most successful polls are meant we can have as a guest or not and i think as a continuation of this because we went back and looked into scarborough has me political contributions to candidates in the past but the explain it away is saying that oh he's just an opinion guy well keith olbermann is also an opinion guy but apparently he lives in a different rules than joe scarborough well that's where you are you have been banned from as i say and i mean they have had a lot of other shake ups this year too so i guess i want to know what part of this could be that they're so desperate to try not to seem like fox you know what some people are saying what do you think of phil griffin you know over all the actions that he's taken over the past year or sell. well i mean this is a guy who is clearly trying to fight back sort of the liberalisation of m s n b c i mean let there be no doubt the reason amazon b c has been successful is because of its liberal primetime lineup now ph

"morning joe"'s joe scarborough will join us. and president harm id karzai locking horns as the white house prepare as longer timeline to get out. >>> defense just back to the war zone. >>> president obama embarrassed in south korea, hostile fire at home. daniel stone joins us for this week's cover story. >>> today i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. while the incoming members of congress learn their way around the capitol, the lame duck session gets underway. in the last few weeks in majority democrats confront a dilemma over don't ask, don't tell and the fight over the bush tax cuts. nbc's luke russert is live on capitol hill. luke, threats talk about what's top priorities and is there a compromise coming on tax cuts? >> reporter: you heard from the white house this weekend, from david axelrod, there would possibly be open a compromise on a tax cut issue. perhaps a temporary one to two-year extension. especially -- democrats want to ensure the middle class will have those ensured. the problem, any leadership on this issue w

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joe scarborough apparently made eight $500 contributions to local candidates in florida in 2004 and 2008 without prior approval. that is a violation of nbc news policy. the former republican congressman said he made contributions to his brother's campaign and those of three long time friends. scarborough apologized to nbc news and his colleagues. he is expected to return to work on wednesday. the the world's only set of living sextuplets. ["knock on wood" playing] every five minutes, chase pays for someone's eligible credit or debit card purchase. [beep] chase picks up the tab. it could be you. chase picks up the tab. it's another great reason to bank with chase. chase what matters. sign up at a branch today. >>> 13 years ago the eyes of the world were on a hospital where the world's first set of surviving sex tub let's was born. today those babies became teenagers. the family celebrated in new york city with a "today show" appearance. the parents say two of the accesex tub let's have a few challenges. instead of needing new diapers, the kids need driving around to everything. >> good ni

joe scarborough, another msnbc host and a former republican congressman made a political contribution in 2006 but received prior approval. for its part, fox news does not ban its hosts from giving to candidates. sean hannity, for example, contributed a total of $9,800 this election to one republican candidate's political action committee and directly to another's campaign. and fox news' parent company, news corporation, gave $1.25 million in donations to the republican governors association in the midst of the midterm campaign. and gave another million to the u.s. chamber of commerce, which worked to defeat democratic candidates. the proper bounds of political advocacy or participation for journalists come into play in a variety of activities, including attendance at rallies such as recent gatherings on the washington mall held by fox's glenn beck. and later comedy central hosts jon stewart and stephen colbert. for the record, "newshour" guidelines require that staff "not engage in any activity that would compromise, or appear to compromise, our commitment to unbiased reporting." and

. >>> msnbc has suspended morning show host joe scarborough for two days for donations to political candidates, all of them he says families and friends totalling $4,000 between 2004 and '08. it's the same punishment given to keith olberman for a similar imfraction of nbc news policies, which prohibit political contributions. scarborough, a former republican congressman from florida, has apologized. he returns to his program on wednesday. >>> you don't see this very often. a former president and former first lady from two different administrations. in this case, george w. bush and nancy reagan. they were together last night at the reagan library in california, where mr. bush was talking about his new memoir "decision points." we haven't seen much of mrs. reagan lately, but she's doing fine at age 89. >>> looks like the latest harry potter movie is a monster, piling more millions into a franchise worth billions. hollywood.com says it earned $24 million from midnight screenings alone. that puts it third in the record books for midnight debuts. the weekend is just getting started. >>> if you had

. >>> msnbc has suspended morning show host joe scarborough for two days for donations to political candidates, all of them he says family and friends totalling $4,000 between 2004 and '08. it's the sampunishment given to keith olberman for a similar infraction of nbc news policies, which prohibit political contributions without advanced approval. scborough, a former republican congressman from florida, has apologized. he returns to his program on wednesday. >>> you don't see this very often. a former president and former first lady from two different administrations. in this case, george w. bush and nancy reagan. th were together last night at the reagan library in california, where mr. bush was talking about his new memoir "decision points." we haven't seen much of mrs. reagan latel but she's doi fine at age 89. >>> looks like the latest harry potter movie is a monster, piling more millions into a franchise worth billions. hollywood.com says it earned $24 million from midnight screenings alone. that puts it third in the record books for midnight debuts. the weekend is just getting started. >

. >>> msnbc has suspended morning show host joe scarborough for two days for donations to political candidates, all of them he says family and friends totalling $4,000 between 2004 and '08. it's the same punishment given to keith olberman for a similar infraction of nbc news policies, which prohibit political contributions without advanced approval. scarborough, a former republican congressman from florida, has apologized. he retns to his program on wednesday. >>> you don't see this very often. a former president and former first lady from two different administrations. in this case, george w. bush and nancy reagan. they were together last night at the reagan library in california, where mr. bush was talking about his new memoir "decision points." we haven't seen much of mrs. reagan lately, but she's doing fine at age 89. >>> looks like the latest harry potter movie is a monster, piling more millions into a franchise worth billions. hollywood.com says it earned $24 million from midnight screenings alone. that puts it third in the record books for midnight debuts. the weekend is just getting st

and monday joe scarborough joining us right here and joe looiber m leiberman. and follow the show online and on twitter. tamron hall has a look at what's coming up next on "news nation." >> i got my phone, i was looking for your app like the russian spy. >> not anywhere close. >> all right. thank you. i'm going to talk with the first person to officially announce he's challenging michael steele to be the next chairman of the republican party. he says the rnc needs to change how it's doing business. how may he make the change? >>> plus, we'll look at what president obama faces in washington as he returns from his trip to asia this weekend. what he is saying now about where he stands on the bush tax cuts. >>> plus the nfl could be ready to make a move on brett favre. the woman who said she received inappropriate text messages and voicemails reportedly has turned over everything she has related to the sex scandal to the nfl. the "news nation" is moments away. [ female announcer ] humana and walmart are teaming up to bring you a low-price medicare prescription drug

from boone pickens to john kerry, joe scarborough to dr. sachs. we all think we need to break our dependence on foreign oil. >> we need to break opec. half of these people are there because of us. we created opec by protecting them so that saddam hugh san and others didn't take them over a long time ago like kuwait, now big investers in other countries outside the united states. they don't want to invest in the united states because their frp their return isn't good enough. >> we put all the firsz of the oil well. they're out there saying i would rather invest in china because the return on the investment is better. as an example, with ear going to leave iraq and that's going to be it. what do we do? it's going to blow up. guaranteed that iraq stake en over by arepublican. what happens with opec is an all-time classic. these 11 million -- not nice to say it, but it's all men. these 11 men sit around a table and fix the price of barrel, a. the way we run this country is an absolute disgrace. senator kerry who is a friend of mine, and i was just lis

joe scarborough, host of morning joe, said he made eight go go $500 contributions to local candidates in florida between 2004 and 2008. the former florida congressman said he contributed to the campaigns of his brother and three-time, or long time friends. the donations violate nbc news policy and scarborough will be suspended for two days. a similaruspension was given to countdown host keith olbermann right before the election. >> we are less tn a week from the busy travel days of the year and across the country, there is a major back lash against the screing policies, the new ones that are a little more invasive. a little more aggressive. >>> federal law allows to opt for private screener instead and now some in congress think it is time to mick a swif. joining us with more is "meet e press" moderator david gregy. those in favor of the private screer say they would be more efficient. >> it is not clear that it would be. i think that the tsa is under a lot of pressure. the smaiadministration is under lot of pressure. with the newechnology that's coming online, it is coming online now

what i don't get is somebody as gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous as joe scarborough left. this guy dropped out of congress in 2001 on his own accord giving the excuse he wanted to spend more time with his family. that is code for i'm getting far too much tail. >> no he self-discriminated against because he was, let's face it, gorgeous. i hate good looking politicians because they are greedy. it is like you already get everything you want by being hot. why do you have to go to the nation's capital and get more? mitt romney, you have grecian formula ads waiting for you and you can do what you want. please. let the politicians be ugly. i want my politicians to look like richard nixon. >> i'm all for it. >> wow, that went over well. you can actually hear my heart murmur. >>> do you have a comment? leave a voicemail on my direct line at 212-462-5050. i don't have a heart murmur, mom. and andy levy is coming up. he is a jerk. >> tonight's half time report is sponsored by the antelope species with upright or swept back horns. thanks arabian ork. >>> let's welcome back -- let's we

this morning with joe scarborough. >> anybody that says if you get rid of earmarks and waste, fraud and abuse and all foreign aid, we'll get there. just babble at them the next time. don't listen to anybody giving you that. you've got to go where the meat is and that's health care, medicare, medicaid, social security. not balancing the books on the backs of poor old staggering seniors to make the damn thing solvent. >> if the recommendations of simpson and bowles came before you, could you vote yay on that? >> parts of it. along with my staff, we're going through it now and trying to see what i could vote on because there are some items that we have to take serious reference to reducing the deficit, but we've got to make sure we're not doing that on the back of seniors, damage to one segment. that's why i say that even now, we've got to be sure that we're not just giving multimillionaires an additional tax break and hurting some of the average every day americans and hard working seniors. one of the things we're going to see soon, when you're campaigning, it's one thing. i want to see w

. >>> first keith olberman, now joe scarborough, morning anchor at msnbc is in trouble over campaign contributions, the same thing that got olberman suspended. yesterday nbc announced it was suspending scarborough for two days without pay for making political donations without prior company approval. scarborough is a former gop congressman and promises this will never happen again. >>> the fbi and los angeles police department had to get involved in a case out in california. tal couple powder was inside a letter that arrived last night at the production studio where abc's "dancing with the stars" is taped. the delivery prompted security measures to go in place and really caused a scare. police trying to figure out who may have sent the letter and why. >>> we all know beyonce, wife of jay-z. she's been accused of being, over her career, well, attractive. you can go with hot if you'd like. some folks in the uk think her newest ad is too hot. we will show it to you and let you be the judge. >>> did you know there's a new game college kids are playing that has to do with broomsticks flyi

michael bloomberg, joe scarborough, who has a morning show somewhere. what are the candidates who might challenge a shame-up. >> on the republican side i keep talking about is chris christie, the governor of new jersey. i think for the first time really in memory, the conservative base is just adamant about finding an antiestablishment candidate to rally around. we talk about palin, her liabilities. i like at a guy like chris christie, he is one of the most effective communicators i've seen come along in a long time. >> let me build on that. steve, i'm going to give you my dream ticket. revolves around people who do things and say things. christie is in the the obvious groups of people who do things. people that say things are marco rubio and maybe john bolten. these are the ones i'm interested. my vice presidential candidate is eliot spitzer. >> oh, my goodness. >> well, that's good. you know, you don't like debating me anymore. >> i take wall street reform seriously and i think wall street and banking need to be addressed. republicans are logically co

michael bloomberg, joe scarborough, who has a morning show somewhere. what are the candidates who might challenge a shame-up. >> on the republican side i keep talking about is chris christie, the governor of new jersey. i think for the first time really in memory, the conservative base is just adamant about finding an antiestablishment candidate to rally around. we talk about palin, her liableties. i like at a guy like chris christie, he is one of the most effective communicators i've seen come along in a long time. >> let me build on that. steve, i'm going to give you my dream ticket. revolves around people who do things and say things. christie is in the the obvious groups of people who do things. people that say things are marco rubio and maybe john bolten. these are the ones i'm interested. my vice presidential candidate is eliot spitzer. >> oh, my goodness. >> well, that's good. you know, you don't like debating me anymore. >> i take wall street reform seriously and i think wall street and banking need to be addressed. republicans are logically con

here's former senator alan simpson co-chair of the president's debt commission this morning with joe scarborough. >> anybody that says if you get i received ear markses and waste fraud and abuse and all foreign aid will get you there that will give you 5%. so just babble at them the next time. don't listen to anybody giving you that. you have to go with the meat is and the meat is health care, medicare, medicaid, social security, not balancing the books on the backs of poor old staggering seniors to make the damn thing solvent. >> if the recommendation of erskine bowles and alan simpson were to come before you to vote ocongressman meeks, could you vote yea on that. >> on i can't vote on everything but in's parts of it but fact of the matter is along with my staff we're going through it now and trying to see what i could vote because there's some -- some items that we have to take serious with reference to reducing the deficit. but we've got make sure that we're not doing that on the back of seniors, we're not doing that that's going to be you know damaging to one segment. and that's

joe scarborough. seriously?! that's like saying joe namath is going to be a third string -- i'm not comparing myself to joe namath, although i do like drinking once in a while, but i am saying this, i could not have been more unequivocal, and yet it runs anyway. >> having said this, you and bloomberg would make an unbeatable ticket. and what would make it unbeatable is, the country is fed up with this two-party system in its current form that's going to continue to go like this. the right independent candidate with the right $3 billion budget will win this thing, because it's not about, well, this country is not ready for an independent, this country is not ready for a jew, it's about five or six states being ready for it. and you and bloomberg who are just right of center is where this country lives. and that's what this country is going to go for. and that 27% approval rating is this country saying, we don't like the way it's set up anymore. it's wrong. >> okay. well, bloomberg may do it, he said no. i don't kn

conservative msnbc anchor and co-host joe scarborough has been sidelined for making contributions to political campaigns. he didn't get prior approval for the contributions. he's been suspended for two days. won't return to work until after that. he's the second to be suspended. the first was with keith olbermann, who was suspended for a couple days. >>> james carvel is in trouble for something he said. this time, he was talking about the president. he gave an off-color remark when asked if the president was misunderstood leading. >> is he being a wimp or sounding the right term. >> i don't know. i'm the guy on the campaign, if hillary gave him one of her balls, they would both have two. anderson cooper gave carville a chance to apologize or explain himself. >> references your comment about the president's manhood, this is the democratic president you are talking ability. those are tough words. >> look it's a joke i told in 2008. it was reported in new york times and "news week." a joke i told in 2008 and i repeated it. to me, it's not that big of a deal. i'm not sorry i told it. i d

. >> david, joe scarborough here. this is what "the new york times" says, the obama administration sin crease singly emphasizing the idea that the u.s. will leave forces in afghanistan until at least the end of 2014. a change aimed at persuading afghan and taliban leaders that there will be no significant american troop withdrawals next summer. that is actually a change. if "the new york times" has it right, that is a change from what we've been hearing since the president announced that he was tripling the number of troops here. >> july 2011 is the start date for withdrawal of afghan troops, not the end date. we were never going to get everybody out by then. there's been a livly debate for the last year about how many would come out. they may be tilting toward fewer coming out now than they once thought. although i'm still not convinced of that. i don't think there's a difference in terms of the idea that troops would remain and that they would remain until 2014. i don't think that's as much of a change as you're imp

. >> reporter: fellow msnbc host joe scarborough has also made political contributions, one in 2006 and the other during this past election but nbc said he did not break any rules issuing this statement, "joe had prior approval for the '06 contribution. the 2010 contribution was from joe's wife." olbermann himself has criticized political contributions from other news corporations faking them to task when news corp gave $1 million to the republican association earlier this year. >> thanks, andrea, for looking into that. >>> new juju chang has the morning's other major news for us. which camera? i'm going this way. >> good morning, robin and george and andrea. good morning, everyone. >>> this morning, health officials in haiti are bracing for a potentially drastic new outbreak of cholera. the epidemic has already claimed at least 500 lives, and and matt gutman joins us from port-au-prince with new information on just how serious this could get. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, juju. we're hearing of an explosion of cholera in this country. it's marching down the countryside

scarborough on a third-party ticket. that sounds kinds of tantalizing except for a couple of things. one is that michael bloomberg has been onididid think thi i inssib andan also this morning -- >> "starar trek" transmission thing happening with gloria. it's like you've been transported to another planet but you are back. >> reporter: have i? where did i leave off? >> i mean, it's one of those things could have been aliens just invaded your body. >> reporter: it's kind of like talking on a cell phone and you continue talking after the call has been dropped but you're not sure how long you have been -- >> it was only about five seconds so i think we're okay. >> reporter: let's just say bloomberg and scarborough not likely to happen but there are candidates who are obviously getting into the race. let's talk about this. a close adviser to newt gingrich came out and said he would be surprised if his former boss were not running. rick santorum is courting the vote in new hampshire. remember him. he's a former republican sena

. >>> msnbc has suspended morning show host joe scarborough for two days because of donations he made to political candidates. all of them he says family and frents totalling $4,000 between 2004 and 2008. it's the same punishment given to keith olbermann recently for a similar infraction of nbc news policies which prohibit political contributions without advance approval. scarborough, a former republican congressman from florida, has apologized. he will return to his program on wednesday. >>> finally for you, two very lucky turkeys from california are going to the white house. president obama will pardon one for thanksgiving. the second one is a vice presidential alternate. both turkeys will live out the rest of their lives in peace at washington's mount vernon estate. so some very lucky turkeys right there. amy, back to you. >> i love the alternate. >> they always do that. >> how many alternates can we have? >> thomas, thanks so much. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with a look at your forecast. >> unfortunately, winter is starting to show up. out west and also in areas of the

. >>> msnbc has suspended joe scarborough for two days because of contributions he made to political candidates. it's the same punishment given to keith olbermann recently for a similar infraction of msnbc's news poll sis. scarborough, a former congressman from florida has apologized. he'll return to his program on wednesday. >>> two very lucky turkeys from california are going to the white house. president obama will pardon one for thanksgiving. the second one is a vice presidential alternate. both turkeys will live out the rest of their live in peace at washington's mt. vernon estate. >> i love the alternate. >> how many alternates can we have? >> bill karins is here with a look at your forecast. >> unfortunately, winter is starting to show up out west and also in areas of the northern plains. temperatures are brutal from the dakotas tall way through montana. some of that cold air is making its way to minnesota. on the west coast, rain in california and heavy mountain snow in the high el visions. enjoy it if you're a skier. ht.> all r good morning to you. we will seew sno in the ba

joe scarborough not only -- i don't know if he's made contributions or not. but when bush was in office, he was commentator out there at one o of his rallies clapping for him. that wasn't very effective. when you look at people on the radio, they're making contributions. i read an article that several people on cnbc have made political contributions. and there's -- they go after keith because he does a good job, but he also makes his editorial comments that hit the mark and i think it's ridiculous. >> this was done by his obe company caller: that's what i mean. but they're own by corporations and his company is suspending him probably because the republicans won big in the house of representatives and they want to rein him in somewhat because it looks like the balance of power is shifting a little bit. and i think they're going after him. >> host: is it a limit of his free speech caller: i think it is. he's a private citizen, too. and fepts to make personal political contributions, as long as he follows the rules and, you know, he should be able to make it. i

tomorrow, you'll see our own joe scarborough joining the ladies of "the view." that's tomorrow, tune in for that. that will be fun. are you nervous? >> no. should i be? >> yeah, actually. and be smart actually. >> they're nice. >> they're very nice. and very smart. i think you should be nervous. >> okay. >>> we have must-read op eds. did you want to do the "wall street journal"? >> whatever you want to do. >> we won't do the poll that donald trump has in it. >> we'll save that for later. >> trump and obama in a statistical dead heat if he were to run for president, the abraham lincoln of our time. >> let the story speak for itself. >> he has great ties -- let me ask you, willie geist, what position would you like in the trump administration. >> press secretary. it would be an easy record to defend. everything he does is classy. >> you look at pictures, even of some of the contestants that go a little wild. >> exactly. they're quite lovely. >> all right. >> yes, we can, yes, we can. >> we'll talk more about that later and see what the basis of that poll is. >> th

. >> joe scarborough, 16 years ago, you and i were sitting in the capitol as part of a freshman class that thought we would overrun the world. quite interesting what's going on there now. >> you wrote in "politico." you ought to read it and you will get a big laugh. i basically tell these incoming freshmen don't do the things we did. we did, balanced the budget, reformed welfare, balanced it four years in a row and paid down the debt. >> we passed two good transportation bills with the votes and bipartisan can win in some instances. >> isn't that a nice way to end. >> the website is distraction.gov. >> this is big. >> secretary, if you move toward a sweeping plan of having phone slammers in cars, i will be up there helping in any way. i need it. i need it. bill press, thank you very much. >> bill, let me say, good luck out on the road not getting distracted by whoever is sitting next to you. >> i'll remember that next time. >> i don't even know what to say here. russell simmons will be on the set. >> he's on the phone. he's distracted. watch your step! >> you're watching "morning joe,

>> they gave joe scarborough all he needed over the weekend. they played the team from the top of the segment next week. stop the hemorrhaging. the john henry revolution continues. they've really stabilized the mission. it will be interesting to see if they can sell the local fans. >> we're getting breaking news. there's a professional soccer league in the united states. >> yeah? >> unconfirmed report. >> you were not alone last night. the eagles were playing the giants. you said, i don't want to watch that game. i want to watch the mls financial. . >> that was on c-span 3. >> i think book span. next week, a real futbol match. i'm going to be there. politico will have a studio i can broadcast from. it's going to be on espn on 3:00. >> roger. >> come with me, willie. >> i'd love to. >> i will go. am i invited? >> you're always invited. >> roger bennett, always a pleasure even if you don't know what you're talking about. >> willie, can you honestly tell me what just happened? >> the book is great, too. >>> after an 18-year run as editor of "forei

bottom line, savannah, joe scarborough here in chicago, obama backed away from a hard and fast timeline. looks like our troops will be in afghanistan a lot longer. >> reporter: i think white house aides would actually disagree with that analysis. as we all know, they have all said the beginning of a drawdown of the surged troops, the troops he ordered once he came into office will begin in 2011. there has been significant confusion, frankly, about this, because there have been differing statements from various generals. the defense secretary said, of course it will be conditions based. one thing they have stood firm on is this notion those surged troops will begin to withdraw in july 2011. as the vice president has said, will it be a few thousand or a significant withdrawal? the last point is consider the audience. this is india, very concerned about its afternoon rival, pakistan and very concerned the white house, the administration would cut and run and severely destabilize the region. that's the reason we heard the president come out so strongly there. >> mika, we're out of time. bot

i remember scarborough country, time life is now boxing those things. this receives a three. where you actually had to come on and you were actually the first republican who criticized george w. bush's slow response. what is it about louisiana disasters that make presidents fumble around. >> i talk about this. there was so much red tape and bureaucracy. writing the book for example, a sheriff being told he had to e-mail his problems because the federal government wasn't taking phone calls anymore even though the sheriff said the water's rising, i've got no electricity, how am i going to send an e-mail. then the president, he was focused, he was mad because we sent a letter asking for food stamps. he wasn't mad about the oil coming into the coast. >> president obama. >> president obama. then you had the federal government shut down vacuum barges and picking up oil along the coast because they wanted count fire extinguishers on the boats. we were in the air, i show the captain oil in the water in the bay, yet there's boom and skimmers sitting on the dock right there. we brought