Morning Joe does an extended bleeping of an accusation by the late reporter Michael Hastings to Hillary Clinton's personal spokesman that he was giving "b---s---" answers on the State Department's handling of Benghazi.
On Morning Joe, Glenn Greenwald of the UK Guardian, who broke the story on the NSA accumulation of the phone records of US citizens, accuses Mika Brzezinski of using "false and misleading" White House talking points in her questioning of him. Brzezinski denies it.
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle says "a lot of men fear the fact that women have better balance than men, they have better judgment" than a lot of men.
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says that Darrell Issa having called Jay Carney a "paid liar" "makes us all want to walk away and ignore" the IRS scandal.
On Morning Joe, Howard Dean calls National Review editor Rich Lowry a "right-wing nutcase."
On Morning Joe, John Heilemann of "New York" magazine says of "Vanity Fair" magazine: "it's well known "Vanity Fair" has a pervasive alcohol dependency problem . . they're all drunk over there."
Discussing the Justice Department's targeting of Fox News reporter James Rosen, Al Hunt says that when it comes to the press, President Obama is no better than Richard Nixon. He also suggests that AG Eric Holder should leave office.
On Morning Joe, meteorologist Bill Karins airs dramatic footage of the weatherman at the NBC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas ordering his colleagues to take shelter because a tornado was headed right at the station. Says Karins: "By the grace of whatever, God or whatever else, it lifted the second it got right to the TV station."
On Morning Joe, NBC reporter Luke Russert says the Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are "smart," not the "God, guns and guts people."
On Morning Joe, Chris Matthews says the IRS scandal will be worth 5-10 points to Republican candidates. He specifically mentions Republicans Mitch McConnell, Tom Corbett and Ken Cuccinelli as being helped in their 2014 races.
