>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE HERE WITH JOE SCARBOROUGH.
NOW, JOE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WE WERE TALK BEFORE THE BREAK ABOUT YOUR
BESTIE, DONALD TRUMP.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: NOW, DO YOU THINK THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE ATMOSPHERE
WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW?
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE-- I WAS WALKING AROUND THIS WEEKEND
THINKING I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE EMOTION OR THE
DIVISIVENESS OR JUST SOME SORT OF GENERAL VIBE IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT CAN GO ON AT THIS FEVER PITCH FOR A
LONG TIME.
>> IT JUST CAN'T.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE-- REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS ALIKE-- PEOPLE THAT HAVE VOTED FOR HIM, PEOPLE WHO
DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM, THAT ALL AGREE THIS-- THIS PACE JUST
CAN'T BE SUSTAINED.
>> Stephen: WILL DONALD TRUMP MAKE IT ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIS
TERM?
>> THAT'S UP TO DONALD TRUMP.
I MEAN -- >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU-- WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL, I THINK IF HE CONTINUES THE WAY HE CONTINUED THE FIRST
MONTH, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S SUSTAINABLE.
>> AND DON'T THINK IT WILL LAST FOUR YEARS.
>> Stephen: OR WILL WE JUST GET USED TO IT?
WILL WE JUST BUILD A CALLOUS ON OUR SOUL?
OUR SOUL WILL BEGIN TO LOOK LIKE A BIG TOE.
>> I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DIED A MILLION DEATHS ALREADY THE FIRST
MONTH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICANS WILL STAND UP TO
HIM?
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS LIKE THE REPUBLICANS FEEL LIKE THEY
HAVE A TIGER-- THEY CAN RIDE THE TIGER.
THEY CAN SORT OF CONTROL TRUMP, GET WHAT THEY WANT, AND HOP OFF
BEFORE THE TOBOGGAN HITS THE TREE.
START WITH THE TIGER AND MOVED TIE TO BOGON, I REALIZED.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, THEY FEEL THEY CAN GET WHAT THEY NEED OUT
OF THEM AND NOT GET HURT BY THE RIDES.
>> YOU GO FROM BUSES TO TOBOGGANS TO TIGERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT BUT IT'S FRIGHTENING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
THEY'RE VERY WORRIED ABOUT HOW ERRATIC HE'S BEEN.
OF COURSE, THEY'D LIKE TO PASS TAX CUTS.
THEY'D LIKE TO PASS REGULATORY REFORM.
THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE REFORM PLAN OUT
THERE, BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED.
I WAS INTERVIEWING MITCH MACOBBLE McCONNELL.
MITCH DON'T GIVE UP ANYTHING HE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP.
AND THREE OR FOUR TIMES I ASKED HIM A QUESTION, HE GAVE ME THE
POLITICAL ANSWER, I WAS READY TO GO TO THE NEXT AND HE BASICALLY
KEPT TALKING.
AND HE SAID SOME THINGS THAT WERE VERY HEARTENING, TALKING
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JUDICIAL REVIEW, TALKING ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE PRESIDENT FOCUSING HIS MESSAGE, STAYING
OFF OF TWITTER, STOPPING WITH THE DISTRACTIONS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A PRETTY LOW BAR TO FEEL HOPEFUL ABOUT,
THOUGH.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW -- >> Stephen: THAT'S REALLY,
THAT'S A MINIMUM-- >> RIGHT NOW THAT'S ALL WE'VE
GOT.
>> Stephen: FUNCTIONAL DEMOCRACY IS A LOW BAR.
>> IT'S ALL WE'VE GOT.
DID I SAY THIS-- AND I'M DEAD SERIOUS HERE-- IT HIT ME HOW
GRAVE THE SITUATION WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND WHEN THE PRESIDENT
SAID WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE PRESS THIS WEEKEND.
BEN SASS, A REPUBLICAN FROM NEBRASKA, WHO HAS SPOKEN OUT
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, TWEETEDLY THE FIRST AMENDMENT I WAS
EXCITED.
I RETWEETED IT AND SAID, "YEAH, GIVE IT TO HIM."
I SAID, WAIT A SECOND, IN 20 SPHAENL, IT SEEMS A SUBVERSIVE
ACT TO SIMPLY TWEET THE WORDS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT-- AND I'M
SERIOUS-- THAT TELLS YOU WHERE WE ARE ARE RIGHT NOW.
I HOPE THE PRESIDENT CORRECTS, AND I HOPE HE MAKES MORE
DECISION LIKE HE MADE WITH GENERAL McMAST PERP THAT'S
GOOD.
I HOPE HE STAYS OFF OF TWITTER.
BUT IF HE DOESN'T I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO, AGAIN, DO OUR PART AS
AMERICANS.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WELL, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO SOBLOW OFF
STEAM, TO RELAX YOURSELF IS YOU PLAY THE GUITAR, RIGHT?
>> OH, THANK GOD.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY HEROIN PROBLEM.
>> Stephen: NO.
THAT'S THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE HERE.
>> I PLAY GUITAR AS WELL.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A BAND CALLED MORNING JOE
MUSIC.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> IT WAS OF THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU PLAY SOMETHING FOR US RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO YOU.
I HEAR YOU'RE AN ELVIS COSTELLO FAN.
>> Stephen: I'M A HUGE ELVIS COSTELLO FAN.
>> I LOVE ELVIS, ALWAYS HAVE, AND NEVER PLAYED, "WHAT'S SO
GREAT ABOUT PEACE, LOVE, AND UNDERSTANDING."
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU HAVE REHEARSED WITH
THE BAND.
>> GUYS, HAVE YOU HEARD THE SONG?
>> Jon: NOPE, NEVER HEARD IT.
>> LET'S DO IT IN "G."
♪ ♪ ♪ >> AS I WALK THROUGH THIS WICKED
WORLD ♪ SEARCHING FOR LIGHT IN THE
DARKNESS AND INSANITY ♪ I ASK MYSELF IS THERE ONLY
PAIN AND HATRED AND MISERY ♪ AND EACH TIME I FEEL LIKE
PUSHING ASIDE ♪ THERE'S ONE THING I WANT TO
KNOW ♪ WHAT'S SO FUN ABOUT PEACE,
LOVE, AND UNDERSTANDING ♪