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Young Faith Rising

Mike Barnicle — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:07:30 +0000

“Palm Sunday….My wife and I went to the 5 o’clock mass at Saint Ignatius in Boston. It’s on the Boston College campus, so you’d expect a few college students at 5 o’clock mass. It was packed, standing room only. People outside the church. The demographic, I thought in my mind’s eye, would look 25ish to 30ish—youngish. Most of them reciting the prayers by knowledge, just by rote. They knew the prayers. It was stunning to me, absolutely stunning. And I give credit to a couple of things: One, the times we’re living in, and Pope Leo,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Jonathan Lemire, Mika Brzezinski, and Donny Deutsch as they weigh in on the Catholic Church seeing an increase in attendance during this “dark time” in America, particularly with younger men in America. “There’s a phrase that was used repeatedly on Palm Sunday that I think has struck a chord among younger people as well as people my age or your age—’the least among us,’” Barnicle says of the phrase drawn from Gospel of Matthew 25:40, referring to the marginalized, vulnerable, and overlooked in society, emphasizing a call to compassion by teaching that serving them is equivalent to serving Christ.

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Iran Crisis Deepens

Mike Barnicle — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:50:55 +0000

Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Jonathan Lemire, Katty Kay, Donny Deutsch, MS NOW National Security Analyst John Kirby, and Mike Barnicle as they discuss President Donald Trump now threatening to launch massive military strikes against Iran’s civilian infrastructure if the country does not agree to a deal and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz on the 39th day of the war. “This is a country of 93 million people, and everyone who has ever had any experience dealing with the Iranian people will tell you they are more culturally inclined to the West than any other groups of people in that region. And so what you’re going to do by wiping out, by making the country go dark, by taking out their water supplies, all sorts of things, all sorts of damage to the civilian population—you’re going to risk malnutrition, you’re going to risk a refugee crisis coming out of out of Iran. You’ve got to think that the military, more than anyone else, is thinking about these things, much more so than the political leadership of this country,” says Barnicle amid the stark threats from POTUS toward Iran.

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Trump’s Cuba Shift Raises Bigger Questions

Mike Barnicle — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:16:58 +0000

Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation with Jonathan Lemire, The New York Times Opinion writer Mara Gay, and Mike Barnicle as they discuss news of President Donald Trump reversing course on his administration’s effective oil blockade of Cuba, allowing a Russian-flagged tanker to deliver a shipment of crude oil to the island. “The elastic concept of the presidency, building his own universe, saying whatever he wants, whenever he wants, is extraordinary.…Why are so many people so afraid of him?” asks Barnicle as the trio discuss the deeply unpredictable nature of POTUS.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “secret to success”

Mike Barnicle — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:55:17 +0000

“The people around the mayor and the mayor himself—he’s young, he’s energetic, he’s full of energy, full of ideas and everything like that. What are his prospects if he runs afoul with the New York Police Department?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of The New York Times Opinion writer Mara Gay who joins Morning Joe to discuss the generational change in New York City politics under Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Hear Gay’s assessment of the Mayor’s “secret to success,” the work ethic of the Mayor and his team, and the “open question” surrounding his relationship with the NYPD.

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U.S. Foreign Service at its “weakest point”

Mike Barnicle — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:51:35 +0000

“Mr. Ambassador, your career has taken you from Beijing to Brussels—all over the world. You’ve had a career and a life lived as a diplomat. And I’m wondering if you could expand on your thoughts—that you just started to talk about—the fact that we have a president of the United States and his diplomats, secretary of state, who have created an alternate universe in terms of diplomacy and global diplomacy. What impact, what lasting impact and lasting danger, do you think they have posed to the history of the United States diplomatic efforts around the world?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns during a Morning Joe conversation about America’s global diplomatic relations as the war with Iran enters its 32nd day. Hear Burns’ assessment of how the U.S. Foreign Service is at its “weakest point” in its 102-year history with the career state department being “ignored.”

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Baseball season

Mike Barnicle — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:53:08 +0000

“If you take a look at the stats of a lot of hall of famers and you take two guys who are not in the Hall of Fame, Dale Murphy being one, Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox being the other—both absolutely belong in the Hall of Fame. There’s no doubt about it,” says Mike Barnicle during this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist and Jonathan Lemire as they talk some baseball, including Baseball Hall of Fame snubs. Join the conversation here.

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Silence is killing our democracy

Mike Barnicle — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:57:31 +0000

Watch this Morning Joe conversation with Sen. Corey Booker (D-NJ) about the SAVE America Act and President Donald Trump’s recent social media post saying he was “glad” to hear the news that former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III had died. “I’m wondering if any Republican senators you spoke with: Did they say anything to you or were they ashamed of it? Were they shocked by it, or did they say nothing about it?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of Booker. Hear Booker’s response about the “crisis of conviction” we find ourselves in. The silence right now—it is killing our democracy,” Booker said. See the conversation here.

Silence is killing our democracy

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Save America Act Showdown

Mike Barnicle — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:02:35 +0000

“Norm, let’s have an explainer for people watching: If you came here to this country, say in 1980 from Cambodia and you moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, where your family started a business that thrives and you have a Massachusetts driver’s license today, but they demand a birth certificate to back up any credibility that you have citizenship here. What do you have to do? Go back to Phnom Penh to try to get a birth certificate? What do you do?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of Matthew Harris Ornstein Debate Institute co-founder Norm Ornstein who joins Morning Joe to discuss the Save America Act, which would complicate voting in America as it would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections if passed. Listen to Ornstein’s response here.

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Dubai under attack

Mike Barnicle — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:05:05 +0000

Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation Jonathan Lemire, Mike Barnicle and MS NOW reporter Josh Einiger who joins the program from Dubai to discuss the attacks on the United Arab Emirates’ by its Iranian neighbor that has caused the country to briefly close its airspace as Israel launched new strikes in war in the Middle East. “What’s happening to people on the streets of Dubai?” asks Barnicle. Watch the discussion here.

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Iran attacks ships in the Strait of Hormuz

Mike Barnicle — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:37:30 +0000

“Let’s put on your admiral’s hat and talk about the war from that point of view. The Iranians are playing a home game in the Straits of Hormuz, and they can do whatever they want, whenever they want. What does that mean for the conclusion of this war, the fact that they can do whatever they want, when they want, in that strip of narrow waterway?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) John Kirby during a Morning Joe conversation regarding the Strait of Hormuz being effectively closed to most commercial traffic following a series of Iranian attacks on merchant vessels during an escalating conflict with the U.S. and Israel. Listen to Kirby’s response here on MSN NOW.

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