hurricane isaac, the year before, katrina hit. well, it devastated connecticut, parts of long island, but in new york city, it was okay. it wasn t quite so bad. people say, that wasn t so bad. tell that to the folks who lost their homes in connecticut and long eye land. what was your biggest takeaway from writing this book? we have a lot of hubris. we believe we are masters of our environment and domain, and we re not. al roker, the book is the storm of the century. i thought they could be talking about you, my friend. so funny. i love you. i know. al roker. thank you so much. we ll tell you in the morning on wake up with al. i ll see you saturday and sunday on weekends with alex vehicle. a man mohyeldin is next with the explosion from china. and a possible biden 2016 run. it s all ahead. stick around. r been the king of the campus on day one.
that s given an opening to bernie sanders. the speculation about biden after fox news broke thursday. the chief of staff met with a top democratic fund-raiser to potentially gauge whether he can raise enough money at this late stage. the vice president also brought back two key political advisers who could help put together a campaign. and look at this chicago based draft biden 2016 group. the i m ridin with biden bumper stickers. they re suddenly caught in the middle of this potential fight. listen. the president certainly believes that a spirited contest would be in the interests of our party and our country. he has attained the great stature as a senior statesman within the democratic party. and does he want to risk all that in a baptistttle that he would be very up-hill? the candidate has suddenly decided to start running her first tv ads in iowa and new
dropping 10 points since june. that s given an opening to bernie sanders. the speculation about biden after fox news broke thursday. the chief of staff met with a top democratic fund-raiser to potentially gauge whether he can raise enough money at this late stage. the vice president also brought back two key political advisers who could help put together a campaign. and look at this chicago based draft biden 2016 group. the i m ridin with biden bumper stickers. they re suddenly caught in the middle of this potential fight. listen. the president certainly believes that a spirited contest would be in the interests of our party and our country. he has attained the great stature as a senior statesman within the democratic party. and does he want to risk all that in a baptittle that he wou be very up-hill? the candidate has suddenly decided to start running her
as a senior statesman within the democratic party and does he want to risk all of that in a battle that he would be very uphill? some democrats around the country sharply disagree with david axelrod. look at the bumper stickers. draft biden 2016 is selling. you see the vice president in cool shades and a sports car. i m ridin with biden. checked on the website. sold out. wow, very very interesting. politics so fickle you never know. ed henry, thanks so much. french and malaysian investigators meeting in paris today trying to learn whether the part of that airplane wing the flap found on the french island in the indian ocean is part of missing malaysian airlines flight 370 which vanished more than a year ago. trace gallagher with more now on that. what s new today? reporter: now that we know the seven-foot piece of wreckage is in fact a flaperon it s up to
caucus. that s a little like a needle in a haystack. it s going to take intensive groundwork and both of them are really getting started on that front. we ll have to see. and of course the most important thing is that will be right before the florida primaries. so could be their last duel. organizing a caucus environment makes it more fun. robert? in the 2000 campaign senator john mccain came out of nowhere in new hampshire to win the primary. his adviser at the time was john weaver. now john weaver is advising ohio governor john kasich. and when he looks at kasich s play in new hampshire he thinks he s in a strong position. he draw huge crowds this week and few if any questions about donald trump. kasich s people talked to him late saturday. they believe he s drawing a different kind of crowd. people looking for someone besides bush but more center right establishment within the party. they think slow and steady like mccain in 2000 could win the race. nia? riding with biden 20