Americans salute a patriot. And the moment his 106yearold mother says goodbye to her son. And, nothing but respect. A celebration of the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin. Her life, legacy, and, of co and good evening. Thanks for joining us on this friday night. Labor day weekend kicking off with severe storms from the midwest to the east. In pennsylvania, water through the streets of shaferstown. Gio benitez leads us off. Reporter tonight, what look like river rapids. Water rushing through this pennsylvania neighborhood. Torrential rain falling in sheets, soaking parts of the state. Unbelievable. Reporter a flash flood emergency in lancaster. Nearly ten inches falling there in just four hours. Snarling Holiday Travel by road, and by rail. A passenger showing us how this amtrak train to a screeching halt. Car after car submerged. Several motorists having to be rescued, including children on this school bus. Im really, really afraid. Reporter water nearly up to the windows of this restaura
And the moment his 106yearold mother says goodbye to her son. And nothing but respect. A celebration of the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin. Her life, legacy, and, of course, her music. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this friday night. We begin with the Labor Day Weekend kicking off with severe storms and flash flood alerts from the midwest to the east. A flash flood emergency right now in pennsylvania. Water rushing through the streets of shaferstown. Route 238 flooded in lancaster. Cars and trucks stranded. Millions bracing for a holiday washout. Gio benitez leads us off. Reporter tonight, what look like river rapids. Water rushing through this pennsylvania neighborhood. Torrential rain falling in sheets, soaking parts of the state. Unbelievable. Reporter a flash flood emergency in lancaster. Nearly ten inches falling there in just four hours. Snarling Holiday Travel by road, and by rail. A passenger showing us how this amtrak train came to a screeching halt. Car after car
Together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind, peace and security, freedom, and the rule of law. Such is a world worthy of our struggle and worthy of our childrens future. 27 years after president bush called for International Order the strong men of saudi arabia and russia celebrated the lack of it as america pulls back under donald trump. Friday marked that sharp split as the 41st president of the United States, George Herbert walker bush, died at the age of 94. This morning we remember his life and his tremendous legacy, and how his approach to leadership stands in stark contrast with the politics and the news and the policies of today. Welcome to morning joe, its monday, december 3rd, with us we have the president of the council on Foreign Relations and the author of the book a world in disarray, richard haass, jon meachum is with us, he is an nbc news and msnbc contributor, nbc news chief Foreign Affairs correspondent and host of Andrea Mitchell reports,
Msnbc analyst and former chairman of the Republican National committee Michael Steele and New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt is with us along with willie geist up in new york. Willie is in new york and were in washington this morning because we had an amazing event last night that we were honored to be a part of. It was great. It was the 35th anniversary of the National Democratic institution, the 35th annual event that they have. Of course, the institute was inspied by Ronald Reagans 1982 westminster speech and there were tribute toes john mccain and kofi annen. Madeleine Madeleine Allbright is behind the whole thing and got us to engage. You say susan rice there. My brother mark was there and we were honored to be a part of it. The theme of the nights was reaffirming democracy here and around the world and mdi does so much to try and continue that effort. So important. Really does. Really does. And caddie, the theme of it, again, for 35 years theyve been bringing you know, sort
For president if he had. We had new twitter reaction just this morning where he describes his behavior during the campaign as very legal and very cool. Well explain that. Well hear more from him live of from argentina at the g20 summit, as well. The president landing after abruptly canceling a meeting with Vladimir Putin citing russias aggression towards ukraine. Good morning, everybody. We have a great group to tackle both intertwining stories this morning. Donn donnie deutsch, Emily Jane Fox, matt miller and some of the best Foreign Policy experts out there, the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haas, associate editor for the Washington Post David Ignatius and washington anchor for bbc world news america caddie kay. Richard, you thought you were going to get yourself a g20, go down, have a couple sideline meetings and get out of town. No such luck. Three mine fields, the russian one, the saudi one with mbs, the crown prince trying to make believe that everything