ratings go up. sex and murder and blood and mayhem. people are 40% of the circulation of newspapers. this is his moment to expand. murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you better pay some attention. i m gonna have one hell of an impact. as usual, we were drinking one night. the producers, the reporters and me. we always gathered. the first concrete block was removed by east german workers. we hear the berlin wall is coming down. what? we ve got to go. what? a current affairs got to go to the wall? oh, yeah. so we made a few calls. and we commandeered the gulfstream jet. and about eight or nine of us got on that jet at midnight and flew to berlin. a current affair was rupert s baby. to the point where i believe rupert wrote a check out of his own checking account every single week for the hoe. this show is rampant. rupert liked it because it was cheap. it was edgy. it was a tabloid show. he said, there is a place for a show like this an
hi, there, everyone. it s 4:00 in the east. it took years and one court ruling after another, appeal upon appeal and even a trip to the united states supreme court, but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump has so doggedly sought to conceal his tax returns, six years worth. an unprecedented window into his financial picture. this public release, which among other things shows that donald trump paid very relatively in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and means committee. after securing the returns which cover the years 2015 through 2020, that panel voted along party lines to hand redacted versions of the returns over to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way, those of us who are not account tantants can understands worth note hough the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. it s the end result of an
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
total blackout right now, after the power grid failed a few hours ago. that means torrential rain, catastrophic flooding, mud slides and days of power outages are expected in the day ahead. cnn s chad myers is tracking fiona in the weather center right now, but first, let s go to leyla santiago in san juan, puerto rico. leyla, i know you have a lot of experience covering storms in puerto rico. how are things looking right now and do we have any sense as to when the power might come back on? reporter: well w, we re bein told it could be days before power is fully restored. i want to take you video we re just getting from puerto rico in the center part of the island. and i just spoke to a gentlemen. his name is noemknownomad rodrid he shot this video matter of minutes. he saw that the water was rising and it completely took the bridge out, in that area. again, this is in the interior part of the island. this was an area that was one of the worst hit in the sbinterior part o
and we commandeered the gulfstream jet. and about eight or nine of us got on that jet at midnight and flew to berlin. a current affair was rupert s baby, to the point where i believe rupert wrote a check out of his own checking account every single week for the show. this show is rampant anarchy. rupert liked it because it was cheeky. charles and camilla s naughty thong fantasy. it was edgy. these gorgeous playmates frolic with privileged guests. a current affair. it was a tabloid show. he said there is a place for a show like this, and people will gravitate to it. so we end up in berlin. as you can hear, there s a lot of joy. there s a lot of celebration. i m up there anchoring next to the wall. here s rather on my left. these are the sights and sounds of the continuing celebration. brokaw on my right. what you see behind me is a celebration of this new policy. they look at me and say, what the [ bleep ] are you doing here? i said, we re here to