MLB’s new pitch clock

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“The pitch clock is wonderful for Major League Baseball,” says Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle about the new device implemented to speed up the game amid a ratings slump, after a spring training game between the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves ended with a batter violation of the pitch clock. “The only thing, I think, that we have to take a look at, that’s going to be really interesting, is who does it have more of an impact on: The pitcher or the batter? I think the batter at first. I think it will all get ironed out during the course of the year, but I think the batter. The first couple months of Major League Baseball, April and May, it's going to be interesting to watch that dynamic. Hear more of the conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Jonathan Lemire.

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MLB’s new pitch clock

GOP candidates: What do they believe?

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“I think the debate over who is going to sign what and whether they mean their signature to be truth and accurate, I think it’s meaningless. I think the larger question is, each of these candidates, the Republican candidates, they should be asked the question, and it’s a neutral question: ‘Do you believe that Joseph R. Biden is the legitimately elected president of the United States?' That gives you a foundation of what they believe in and the direction that they're going to take because this election really is about something that the Republicans failed to do each and every time and that is—govern. They clearly don't know how to govern,” says Morning Joe veteran columnist Mike Barnicle after RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said GOP primary candidates must agree to sign a pledge to support the GOP nominee in order to participate in the first primary debate.

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GOP candidates: What do they believe?

Biden’s historic visit to Ukraine

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“I think one of the things that’s still underrated in terms of the way this war is being waged was what occurred with the President of the United States. He's 80 years old. He knows how old he is, and, yet, it’s written so often here in America in a negative sense. This man left the White House at four-o’clock in the morning, flew to Germany, then to Poland, then…took that ten-hour historic train trip, a train trip out of history, to Kyiv where he walked the streets of a city and a country still in a battle zone, each and every day, each hour of every day, and he did it bringing together NATO foreign ministers later in a meeting. He did it with his personality, his humility, his sense of who he is. He’s a welcoming individual, and that had an enormous impact over there, and it has an enormous impact on the future conduct of this war because he is the president of the United States, and he arrived with all the power and the prestige of the United States and brought it right down to sidewalk level in Kyiv,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski about President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine’s capital this week.

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Biden’s historic visit to Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year in

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"“Ambassador Brink, one year in—that’s where we are with the war against Russia—can you indicate to us the feelings in the Ukraine, after such massive losses of life, damage to properties, families separated, volunteers—I don't know how many volunteers you have left to fight this war against Russia. Can you give us a sense of the feel on the ground, the emotion on the ground, going forward into the second year of this dreadful war?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink during a Morning Joe conversation about the morale within Ukraine as the country has now spent one year fighting Russia’s invasion. Hear Brink talk of the terror and fear juxtaposed with the pride Ukrainians feel as they fight for their freedom.

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year in

The road to better policing in America

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Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation between veteran columnist Mike Barnicle and the Rev. Al Sharpton about how to improve policing in America, particularly in minority communities.

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The road to better policing in America

GOP extremism in Florida

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ICYMI: This Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Mike Barnicle and The Atlantic’s David Frum discusses the extremism within the Republican Party, following Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announcing plans to block state colleges in Florida from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory. “What's going on in Florida now is maybe a peek into a horrifying future. (DeSantis) is now tampering with college education in various colleges, specifically starting with one in Florida. That's Ron DeSantis. That's the Republican future – more fear,” says Barnicle.

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GOP extremism in Florida

GOP: “Disconnected from middle America"

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Watch this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle as they discuss and poke fun at the Republican Party for being “disconnected from middle America” after the Republican National Committee urged GOP lawmakers to double down on anti-abortion stances and go on the offense in the 2024 election cycle. “When you talk to ordinary people who have just been laid off, as massive layoffs continue, corporate America tries to make money in a tough economy, you will find out that a huge issue among people who have been laid off or people waiting for their Social Security checks is the danger of voting by mail. They all talk about it. You know, how dangerous that is, and then when they get finished talking about that, they talk about Critical Race Theory or they talk about wokeism in colleges being taught, things like that. These are the real issues that Republicans have a lock on,” says Barnicle sarcastically about the GOP’s current platform.

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GOP: “Disconnected from middle America"