Where's Luke Russert? 'Maybe he's, um, Busy!'

NBC’s Capitol Hill correspondent Luke Russert received a roasting on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” early this morning. He wasn’t answering his phone as producers tried to reach him live on air at 6:10 a.m.

Mika wanted to talk about his heated exchange with Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) from yesterday on Capitol Hill – she remarked he had done a good job while Rangel insulted him and NBC.

But where was Luke? The “Morning Joe” round table bounced around theories of why the young reporter wasn’t answering the phone.

“Come on, it was Thursday night, Luke was out celebrating!” said one producer.

“Luke

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