lee. good morning. it s wednesday, november 24th. welcome to morning joe. with us onset harold ford junior is here. look at this. we have the president of the council on foreign relations richard haass. from washington, msnbc political analyst and right next to me, very exciting great, big day. it s back. let s talk about it? no. we got bigger things to talk about. all right. donald trump will be on the show. we have a possible war on the korean peninsula. and peggy noonan will be here. i spoke to donald yesterday and he has some very, very clear ideas as to what to do about this problem. do you think donald trump wants to invade china because he sees a market over there? no. that s not his concept. wait till you hear it. it s good. and my dad will be on who has a great piece in the financial times, america and china s first big test. we ll talk about that. south korea says it has found bodies of two civilians bringing the death toll in yesterday s
way to protect your private parts from prying eyes and for that matter, a little extra radiation. tracking everything, turkey day travel is usa today s ben, sky log at usa today. com, with us today from reagan national, one of the busiest hubs this weekend. how is it going out there, ben? you know, i think like a lot of us, we expected the worst and not a whole lot going on here, busy but normal travel day. if you were to look at the variables of the searches, looking at the variables of the scanners, obviously reagan shows no evidence of an issue, no evidence of an issue much of anywhere. a quote from a guy out of bush ling ton, vermont, he got a worse pat-down going to a rock n roll concert. people like us in the media covered this, we expected the worse. down the hall behind me at the checkpoint, went down there to take a look a few minutes ago, maybe four people in the entire line. people showed up and got into a checkpoint. heard the hullabaloo about the body
relaxing somewhere, we hope. as increasingly insane as the world appears to be getting from the korean peninsula to the tea party s apparent influence on a tv dance contest, thanksgiving is nearly upon us and there is more to be thankful for than we probably allow ourselves to appreciate every day. more on that in about a minute. we begin tonight with president obama on the road. we made the decision to stand with you because we had confidence in the american worker. more than anything. and today we know that was the right decision. we know that was the right decision. so here s the lesson. don t bet against america. don t bet against the american auto industry. don t bet against american ingenuity. don t bet against the american worker. don t bet against us. don t bet against us. president obama and vice president joe biden traveled to kokomo, indiana, today to visit a chrysler plant that was shut down when the company declared bankruptcy last year and then later reope
rough going if you re driving through this for your thanksgiving holiday. almost 13 inches of snow stacking up at a pace of almost an inch per hour. and mark your calendar for a royal wedding. prince william and kate middleton will get married april 29th at westminster abbey. it is one of the most anticipated events of 2011 and the day will be declared a british national holiday. and this just in this morning. good news. good new that is we all want to here about the economy. it grew faster than we thought in the third quarter. our carter evans will be joining us live from the new york stock exchange to talk about the significance of that growth in just a second. but developing right now out of korea this morning, the north has launched military strikes against the south near a disputed border in the yellow sea. the north reportedly bombarded a south korean island with dozens, maybe hundreds of artillery rounds killing at least two soldiers and injuring many more. that
at south korea, perhaps the most serious since the 1953 korean truce. the government says the fuss over full body scans and pat-downs is hyped. some passengers aren t buying it. i think it s ridiculous and i think the pat-downs have gotten if he did it to me, he d go to jail. and a tennessee soldier returns frommed war in afghanistan as ston niching his shocked family. a surprise two-week leave. the surprise homecoming goes down at an nfl game. is. i m tony harris. those stories and your comments right here in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news. we are standing by awaiting news the of aruba. there was a jaw bone frag meant found on the island and it was sent to the netherlands for analysis. we are waiting for a determination from the prosecutor s office. prosecutor s office to tell us what the results of the testing have indicated, and this is the critical question. is that jaw bone linked to the natalee holloway case? our martin savidge is on the i