There was heavy rain but it didnt dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd. There were surprise performances throughout. A pink feathered Lady Gaga and the french malian Singer Aya Nakamura performed alongside teams of dancers high kicking the cancan or perching perilously on poles. The Olympic Flame, which had been carried by a host of global Sports Superstars including rafael nadal, Serena Williams and zinedine zidane, was used to light a huge cauldron on a hot Air Balloon that rose high into the paris sky. The culmination of the show included an emotional return of canadian icon Celine Dion her first live performance for four years. She sang on a spectacularly illuminated Eiffel Tower for the first time since revealing a serious health condition. For rights reasons, we cant show any of celine s performance or the Opening Ceremony, but my Colleague Maryam Moshiri watched in paris. What a culmination, what an end to what has been at times a difficult day for the organisers of the Paris Olym
Architecture, and heritage. In a world first, the olympic Opening Ceremony was held outside of the stadium 6,800 athletes from 205 delegations travelled on 85 boats and barges down the River Seine past some of the french capitals most famous landmarks with bridges and River Banks used as catwalks. There was heavy rain but it didnt dampen the crowds enthusiasm. There were surprise performances throughout a pink feathered Lady Gaga and the french malian singer, Aya Nakamura performed alongside teams of dancers high kicking the can can or perching perilously on poles. The olympic flame, which had been carried by a host of global Sports Superstars including rafael nadal, Serena Williams and zinedine zidan, was used to light a huge cauldron on a hot Air Balloon that rose high into the paris sky. The culmination of the show included an emotional return of canadian icon Celine Dion her first live performance for four years. She sang on a spectacularly illuminated Eiffel Tower for the first ti
Humanitarian crisis hes created. Well, look, in hindsight, if i had understood how it would be perceived, the reaction people have, obviously i wouldnt have done it. It was a mistake. Right. Okay. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, february 19th. With us, host of msnbcs politics nation and president of the National Action network reverend al sharpton. Vanderbilt University Historian jon meacham. He unofficially occasionally advises joe biden. And msnbc political contributor rick tyler, who has had the pleasure of working in the past as a Communications Director for senator ted cruz. Good to have you all on board. So, rick, why dont we start with you, since youve had experience with senator cruz. Theres so many things that are wrong with what happened over the past couple of days. I just go back to my time in congress. And i know hes had a couple trumptype people trying to defend him saying theres nothing a senator can do. I remember when we had hurricanes in the dis