our prayers are with the mandela family. to them we owe a debt of gratitude. they have sacrificed much, and endured much so that our people could be free. jacob zuma speaking only a little while ago, the president of south africa. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer here in washington. these are live pictures from outside the home of nelson mandela, outside johannesburg. the folks are gathering there, and they re paying their respects in the south africa traditional way. nelson mandela spent 27 years in prison in a very difficult journey that led to the end of south africa s accept of racial segregation and to his historic
mort has touched on one. the challenges in europe, the contagion effect and devastating effect it could have on the economy here and the impact on the presidential race next year. the last thing we need right now. as we begin to see manufacturing tick up, china faces challenges, if we can t deal with the europe thing we got a problem. but to the volcker rule which calls for separation of moneys used in firms for trading and individual accounts, if indeed this allegation is true, which we don t know with the new york times states this morning naturally it spells some other questions, related to other questions the firm has to answer but it probably fuels the conversation in washington around support for the volcker rule. we ll get to more europe news in a minute but first michael steele you have a thought. jump in. i think this plays to the whole problem that people have right now with big money interests not just here in the united states but dwloeglobally. here you have this
he said you should get up in the morning and ask what do i need not just what do i want? i love it. incredible levels of cynicism about government. you touched on it a little bit. for an entire generation that came up, a government that didn t see 9/11 coming, a government that got us into a war in iraq a lot of people think we shouldn t have been in. a government that stood by katrina and watched our own citizens stand on the roof and couldn t give them help. a government that didn t see the 2008 financial crash coming. how do we restore faith in government, a congress that in the most recent poll had a 9% approval rating? how important do you think it is that we get faith back in government? how do we do it? again, it really requires the citizenry from the ground up to get involved in reclaiming their government. i ve used this almost everywhere i go as an example. however you feel about the tea party, they got angry. then they got organized. then they got to washington. and th
walnuts. all right. welcome back to morning joe. he s good. mark halperin and harold ford jr. with us. joining the table the chief of u.s. news and world report and chairman and copublisher of the new york daily news mort zuckerman at the table. he s good, too. in washington nbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. right. good to see you. good to see you guys. $700 million. that s what s missing. wow. can you believe that? it s a big story. we ll start there. i know we just talked about this in must reads but it is worth talking about with mort here as well. federal regulators are looking into a now bankrupt securities firm mf global after discovering $700 million in customer money has gone missing. that is according to the new york times which reports the discovery ended a last-minute deal to sell part of mf global
we ll talk to arizona governor jan brewer who writes about her fight to secure her state s border. also, tom brokaw will be here this hour but first bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? working with scorpions. i can do that too. i ll leave the jokes to you guys. good morning everyone. still about a million people without power in areas of connecticut, new jersey, and southern new york. a few in massachusetts, too. nice weather today for the power crews to get things back online. 50 degrees for the high in connecticut. 52 in boston. much of new jersey today in the mid to upper 50s. we have another winter storm. this one is only going to hit wyoming and colorado. we already have a winter weather advisory for denver. winter storm warnings from cheyenne to casper and the white on the map the snow is going to begin during the day today and continue to tomorrow. only about 4 to 6 inches but still going to cause some travel inconveniences in that region. if you want a beautif