"Morning Joe" at Crenshaw High on Friday

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show will air live on Friday from the campus of Crenshaw High School — starting at 3 a.m. to reach the East Coast audience.

The show, billed as exploring "how this Los Angeles community has a made a commitment to improving education for the students at Crenshaw," is scheduled to be anchored by Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist.

Guests will include Tavis Smiley, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, author and screenwriter John Ridley, Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten and Blair Taylor, president & CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League.

Bad news for all: the call time at Crenshaw is 1:30 a.m.

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