UPDATE: The Post has identified the hotel as the Ritz-Carlton in Georgetown.

The Washington Times reported this morning that Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski was mugged outside a D.C. hotel early this morning. Video of the show’s segment in which Joe Scarborough details the crime is above.

“A guy walks across the street straight for her,” Mr. Scarborough said, adding the hotel should “at least police five feet outside their own doors.” Mrs. Brzezinski said she gave the mugger the $6 in cash she had with her, adding that he asked her for $20 and said something along the lines of “Give me money and nothing will happen.”

We’re certainly happy to hear that Brzezinski was not hurt, and wish we could say that this sort of thing was all that surprising.

By coincidence, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty was a scheduled guest on the show this morning to talk about education reform and plans for the presidential inauguration. Imagine the bad luck involved there for the mayor. All Fenty could do was promise that that the city is “going to look at it and work with the hotel and the police department.” For her part, Brzezinski seemed a lot more understanding and circumspect about what happened than Scarborough did, noting that “these are desperate times.”