(Video) Mark Halperin suspended from MSNBC for Obama comment, Justice Dept. to investigate death of two terror suspects in custody, and more of the morning's headlines.
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MSNBC indefinitely suspended senior political analyst Mark Halperin after he made a disparaging remark about President Obama on the network's “Morning Joe” show. This is the video that got Halperin fired from his cable TV gig.
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