Would shield law have mattered in the AP seizure?
Demos’ Bob Herbert, The American Prospect’s Jamelle Bouie, The Grio’s Joy Reid, and Center for Constitutional Rights' Shayana Kadidal discuss the chilling effect of the records seizure for journalists and whether the recently-revived proposal of a shield law is just window dressing.
White House calls for journalist shield law
Rachel Maddow reports on the recent history of the idea of a shield law to protect journalists who deal with sensitive sources, putting a federal judge between journalists and federal subpoenas, and the resurrection of that idea in the wake of outrage over the Justice Department's seizure of AP phon
Rangel: 'I am confident president is angry as hell about' IRS scrutiny
NBC News' Chuck Todd and Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., join Morning Joe to discuss the upcoming House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the IRS' scrutiny of Tea Party groups as well as the DOJ's use of a secret subpoena to obtain two months of the Associated Press' phone records.
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Will AP records probe intimidate confidential sources?
Former White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod and the National Memo's Joe Conason join Morning Joe to discuss the latest details in the DOJ's use of a secret subpoena to obtain two months of the Associated Press' phone records.
Obama's trifecta and Eric Holder's future
The New York Times' Frank Bruni, Demos' Heather McGee, the BBC's Katty Kay and MSNBC's Michael Eric Dyson discuss the latest details of the Justice Department's seizure of telephone records of Associated Press journalists and editors.
Associated Press editor: We have never seen anything like this
Top Talkers: Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll joins Morning Joe to discuss the Justice Department's use of a secret subpoena to obtain two months of phone records of AP reporters without notifying the organization. Carroll says the Associated Press finds the Justice Department's ac
Politics of the Boston Marathon bombings
Steve Kornacki and the Up panelists look at potential political issues involved in the Boston Marathon bombings, investigation, and trial.
National Security in Washington Spotlight
The latest on the terror events in Boston and how the nation's capital is responding, with CNBC's Eamon Javers.
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