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
reassuring today, joe, to see, while there is all of the grief, and we ll talk about that, and all of the shock, frankly, despite the fact she was 96, it is reassuring to see the constitutional process kick into gear, if you like. for example, as you ll know, british courts act on behalf of the monarch. for the first time this morning, in the courts, the justices have been called to do justice on behalf of the king, not the queen. it is that moment where we say the queen is dead. long live the king. so you have that part. there are so many aspects to this. you have that happening. then you have the crowds behind me gathering. as you mentioned, joe, people of all ages, people of all political beliefs. as i walk through the crowds, there are people standing slightly a distance away, just in quiet, somber reflection, and people are asking different
and so you could start to see an entirely different process kick in here. by the way, speaking of unreality, that s why you have president trump right now trying to create, in addition to his narrative around the rigged witch hunt, selling his supporters on a whole different alternate reality, the idea that not only is there not going to be a blue wave, there s not going to be a red wave either come this fall. isn t he saying there is going to be a red wave? well, that s what donald trump says, there s going to be a red wave. and i think it s another example of the alternate reality presidency. susan, stick around, if you can. carlos and sabrina, thank you for being here. we ll take a quick break, and then i think we re going back to the future, back to the 70s. secret tapes, an enemies list, and a white house lawyer spilling the beans. ralph peters is here to react, in just a moment. dogs have evo, but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that s why there s purina one tr