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
ago, if a monarch died, the litigants, people who had cases in court, had to scrap their cases and restart from the beginning after the period of mourning. if you re about to win your case, that was pretty annoying. that s how dominant it used to be. now, it is just flags at half-mast, public expressions of sentiment, and it is all genuine. it is. by the way, we leave it to the brit to declare great britain a second-tier power. just the negativity of the british people toward their country. okay. it is overwhelming. they re not a second-tier power. i just want to tell this story before we get to a very special guest. former royal protection officer, richard griffin, told a story that revealed a humorous side to the late monarch. the former bodyguard for the