as we approach the 21st anniversary of 9/11 this sunday, it is america now standing with the british commonwealth, as it mourns the loss of its longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth ii. this morning, we will remember her legacy and discuss the future of the british monarchy under the reign of king charles iii. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 9th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. presidential historian and rogers chair in the american presidency at vanderbilt university, jon meacham. and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire is with us. the other big stories we re following this morning, and there are many, the justice department appeals the decision to grant a special master in the investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. former trump adviser steve bannon indicted in new york city as he turned himself i
to residents in desperate need. plus, president biden sharpening his attacks, ripping into donald trump as his midterm message takes shape. why he says maga republicans are threatening, quote, the foundations of our republic, end quote. and despite getting knocked out of the u.s. open, all eyes are on tennis star serena williams. was last night s match the last one of her career? we re going to have a look back at her lasting and incredible impact on the court. welcome to your labor day weekend. we re grateful that you re sharing it with us. it s saturday, september 3rd. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you. i m not mad that i m not on a plane off to vacation or anything. i m just really happy to be with you, boris. nowhere you would rather be than right here with us watching the skies, right? in a matter of hours nasa will try to launch its uncrewed artemis i rocket on a journey around the moon. we ll look at live pictures right now, preparations und
happened, did it? it is a really good question. such an american game, isn t it? i think it was camden yards. she went up there with bush xli. she was perplexed, why people would stand and watch nothing. it takes forever. it takes forever. we have jonathan lemire, katty kay, jon meacham still with us. and joining the conversation, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. mike is here, as well. jon, because we re history nerds, i go back to, as yesterday was her last day as the queen, i go back to her first day. this was winston churchill on the 7th of february, 1952. you know, at that point, people thought churchill was beyond his pride. anthony eden and other conservatives were scratching and clawing, thing the old man
okay, let s just be hopeful it s going to work out some day. what are you most excited about once artemis i is up in the air? are you excited about the moon exploration making habitat there? are you excited about the mars component? what are you looking forward to the most? well, ultimately, of course, it would be wonderful to see humans on mars. that would be outstanding and fantastic. the shorter term goal is to humans back to the moon. way back when when i joined nasa when i was interviewing to join nasa way back in 1989 and president bush xli had the exploration program that would have seen us or projected to put us on mars in 2019 with a stop at the moon seems so far away and now that date has passed. in the medium term, getting humans back to the moon. it s been nearly 50 years since
yes, william sessions. was appointed by reagan. was there through the entire bush xli presidency until bill clinton replaced him with louis freeh. so this congressman is the son of a former fbi director, why isn t he being charged? well, i think one of the things if you receive donations, there has to be a quid pro quo, chuck. is the letter the evidence of the quid pro quo or not? you know, chuck, i would need to go back and double czeheck t indictment papers and double check with the case here, because it s not you know, if you were running for office and i said, you know, chuck, i m going to donate to your campaign, but i ve got a real issue with sewers on the street that i live on here in manhattan, do you mind taking a look into that or talking to some people on the hill and see what we can do about it? it s kind of a situation where that wouldn t be a direct quid pro quo. if i said, chuck, i m trying to build a skyscraper here in manhattan and i m going to give