>> time will tell if we got the policy right in syria but secretary of state kerry made a deal with his russian counterpart and now we figure out how to deal with assad's chemical weapons in a week's time. in terms of time, the "costa concordia" has been aground for almost two years. today, it's on the move. we'll have a live report from italy. and we know there's been some huge turnover on "saturday night live." seth meyers sticking around for awhile but who will be replacing him on weekend update. just don't talk to her at a party. this is "way too early." ♪ good morning, everybody. brian shactman, monday, september the 16th. hope you had a good weekend. a little later in sports, pretty shocking lopsided win in the nfl last night. probably when you were sleeping and a great send-off of mariano rivera by his most hated rival but we have reporters all across

the world for you this morning. we want to start in colorado where this morning rescue crews are hope nothing get things going again. the rain has been absolutely relentless and that has brought search and rescue efforts to a sta standstill. at this hour more than a thousand people remain unaccounted for. five people are confirmed dead. but the death toll is expected to rise. leanne gregg live for us in boulder with the latest. are they going to be able to get out there today? >> reporter: they hope they will. it will be a massive day for the rescues. the rain overnight triggered more flash flpg. take a look at this creek behind me. you can see it's riding out of its banks again. earlier last week on wednesday night, the force of this creek pushed over trees. it spread debris all over this property. this home owner has lived here for about 26 years and on wednesday night this is what they were facing. flooding, four feet high with some of the water washing up this high so he has a lot of cleanup.

he'll be by later today to take a look at what's left of his items. one of many residents all across this region devastated by the serious of storms. >> how can we ever recover from this? and i know exactly inch by inch, mile by mile, community by community. >> reporter: an emotional time for a lot of people and today as i mentioned that aerial search will continue. so far they've evacuated more than 2,000 people after getting a little bit done yesterday but not as much because of the weather, so today when the storm lifts that's when they'll go back in the air and go into the more remote areas and asked people to wave sheets or flash mirrors, reflective mirrors if they are flares to light them. it will be difficult because they don't have tv and don't know when helicopters are coming. they don't have power so it will be a long and tedious process.

1,000 people in larimer county alone still need to be rescued. again, 2,000 already evacuated. a lot of work left to do later this week. but the good news, the weather will lift and we're expecting not so much rain as the week continues. brian. >> and we hope it stays mild too. they get a lot of snow out there once things get cold. we appreciate the live report. leanne gregg in boulder, colorado. if you'd like to help the salvation warm and red cross are taking donations by telephone, online and text. thousands of homes have been destroyed in this situation. it is dire in a place you might not have expected floods to be such a problem. the numbers on your screen. we'll give you an extra second. 1-800-sal-army or text 80888 to donate $10. that's 80888 for the salvation army and the red cross is at the bottom of your screen. from the u.s. secretary -- treasury secretary larry summers

will not succeed bernanke. he withdrew his bid to avoid a contendous confirmation process. summers had been touted as the president's first choice for the fed job. joining us now from washington "the new york times" columnist co-host of cnbc's "squawk box" author of "too big to fail" an draw ross sorkin. good morning. >> you know, five years later if you think about where we were five years ago we were all doing a loot of news. now we have even more news five years later. >> it is incredible to think where we came and all you have to do is either read the book or watch the hbo movie to get the full synopsis. i want a little read between the lines on this larry summers move. why were people just tell the layperson out there why people were against him being the next head of the fed. >> well, first of all, it's actually interesting and almost ironic, democrats were against larry summers being the next head of the fed and he has been blamed in part for the financial crisis, for the deregulation that took place when he was

treasury secretary under clinton, for so many other things. this was about personality. this was about people who discuss decided they didn't like him for what he said when he was the president of harvard about women. he was and in some cases is the smartest guy in the room but he's also somebody who thinks he is the smartest guy in the room and perhaps because of that he lost this position and the president i don't think was ready to accept -- to undergo this nomination knowing how difficult the process was going to be and, in fact, and the party was he would have needed republicans to get him over the line, not democrats. >> we have a bunch of things to get through. if he constitution couldn't get the votes for syria would have been tough for summers, as well. is janet yell ee een presumptiv? >> the president would be, it would be hard for him to walk away from her. he doesn't have a great image around hiring women.

you'll probably see her get the nod, however, there is one other fellow and another name to mention which is don cone. he worked at the federal reserve for many year, worked with tim geithner, worked under ben bernanke and that is the name that i believe you will hear if there is somebody else to really talk about and i would argue this, in fact, that he perhaps even has more financial crisis experience and maybe -- by the way, tim geithner is the person who is whispering in the president's ear about who should get the job. he may want don kohn now. >> since you're one of the authors of this crisis "five years later" give me one impression whether it be something that surprised you about where we are now or reflecting back on the legacy of some of these people involved. >> you know, i think we're in a much better place than we deserved to be. i think given the 7.3% unemployment rate we live in today and feels awful and so many parts of the country where

it's not so great i don't think we still appreciate what the other side of the cliff looked like. >> right. >> i think that is a 20, 30 plus kind of rate and it's just -- it's almost hard to imagine. >> all right. good to see you, andrew. have a great show. andrew ross sorkin. a united nations report out today is expected to confirm president bashar al assad's resume used chemical weapons in attacks in damascus on the heels of a deal setting the terms for syria to surrender its cache of chemical weapons. they want international inspectors by november and destroy the weapons next year, but unanswered is what happens if syria does not comply. >> now, this will only be as effective as its implementation will be. and president obama has made it clear that to accomplish that,

the threat of force remains. >> i think kerry went over there candidly with a weak hand. i think all of us have to approach this with a healthy and strong degree of skepticism. the threat of force from a mu i multilateral standpoint is still very much in russian hands. >> that indecisiveness i think gave the diplomatic advantage to the russians. they saw it, they stepped in. this is a russian plan for russian interests. >> one high ranking syrian official called it a victory for the assad regime and some rebel groups are deflated by it but president obama is defending the politics domestically and diplomacy internationally. >> as a consequence of the pressure we've applied we have syria for the first time acknowledging it has chemical weapons agreeing to join the convention that prohibits the use of chemical weapons and the russians, their primary sponsor

saying they will push syria to get all of their chemical weapons out. the distance that we've traveled over these couple of weeks is remarkable. >> secretary kerry is in france this morning actually meeting with france president francois aland. we'll keep an eye on that. after spending nearly two years off the italian island of chilo "costa concordia" on the move today. crews have begun one of the most challenging salvage operations they say in maritime history as they attempt to right size the capsized ship. it's the first time engineers have attempted to raze such a big vessel. it's so close to land and that's what makes it so complicated going on for 90 minute, the first stage of tightening the winches around the vessel and trying to east it off the rocks was always expected to be the

most delicate part. normally they would blow it up or take it apart on site. they remain optimistic about the outcome. >> this has been the most engineered salvage ever accomplished, ever done, and, you know, i'm also very confident but i'm not going to put a percentage on it. there's always a risk of structural failure but it's probably going to be localized kinds of failures and not global kinds of failures, failures that would be catastrophic. >> by the way it's costing more than $700 million, the entire process. righting a ship of this size could take two days but they're expecting it to take about 12 hours. to twitter for today, a good one, what is the perfect age, what age could you be stuck at forever and be happy at? a recent poll says more people say the magic number is 50. we want to know what your perfect age would be and why? personally mine would not -- i'm

not there yet so i don't know how i'll feel. i know how i feel at 41 and i don't know how 50 will be better. use thele #waytoo old. still ahead on "way too early," he kicked and kicked and kicked some more. he just couldn't get the game winner. the incredible finish to that game and a quick whip around the nfl. plus, paula deen returning to the spotlight. what she said in her first public appearance since june. that story and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. ♪ good morning ♪ i'm blowing revelly the boogie would woogi bugle boy for company b." the captain seemed to understand ♪ it starts with little things. tiny changes in the brain.

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♪ so cool. that is metallica's "enter sand man" with cellos. that's marianory vero's song he comes into every game at home and in fenway the red sox honored him last night as, of course, he is retiring at the end of the year and could be his last appearance at fenway park. they gave him a bunch of parting gifts and a big standing ovation and obviously appreciated it. also did a little send-off of 2004 when he blew a key save and took it with a grain of salt. big papi giving him a hug. shining night for rivera but not so much for the yankees. boston leading 6-1. big papi, david ortiz smacks one to center that plates another run and they complete the sweep with the 9-2 victory. his final appearance, he did not pitch. they'd have to make the playoffs

which they still can for him to get to fenway yet again. highlights. i'm shocked at this one, niners at the seahawks. seattle fans are unbelievable. they're trying to break the world record for crowd noise. san fran trailing 19-3. colin kaepernick tosses it deep. three sessions and tied the same amount of sessions he had last year. richard sherman, a beast. seattle dominates the niners who i thought were the best because they spanked the packers but lose 29-3. broncos and giants, the third edition of the manning bowl. let's go to the fourth quarter. giants trailing 24-16. eli manning of the giants short pass, kind of a bizarre play, ends up getting picked off. just a strange -- off a foot so inadvertent so that's why it's still allowed to be an interception and the broncos put it away with holliday.

41-23 the final. eli has never beaten his brother. patterson takes the opening kickoff here 105 yards. these are the kind of things where i need to talk for a long time because it'll take 11 seconds to get down the entire field of play. but he gets all the way through this unbelievable. this one, though, might not end well for the vikings, 16 seconds left. chicago quarterback jay cutler will find mar tellous bennett in the corner of the end zone and extra point wins it, 31-34. the bears, titans o. texans, houston with a chance to win it. four chances to win it actually. first field goal good but the titans call timeout to ice the kicker, second attempt. what happens on the second one, it gets blocked but there's an offsides penalty.

well, the third one, another time-out. it missed anyway and the fourth attempt bounces off the goalpost, by the way, they ended regulation and the texans took it out of the kicker's hands and won it with a touchdown the way a game should end. how about this one, i love this. an orlando television station apologizing for air just airing the jaguars/raiders game instead of the broncos game. they issued the scrolled message saying the nfl policy states they have to carry all jag as way games. we apologize for any inconvenience. by the way, that game went basically -- i don't know -- a half an hour without a first down. the raiders won 19-9. they went 36 minutes, bill, without a first down. >> jaguars were horrible last year. i mean they're obviously going to get the number one pick this year. >> i would like to see alabama

in college football against the jag. >> no chance, no chance. of course, the colorado stuff is just -- the pictures are just incredible. boulder on friday. we knew that was bad and i'm getting all the pictures from the rural town, a lot of communities have been cut off because of the roads have been washed away and bridges too. remember the wintertime season is not that far away. a lot of work to do in a hurry. not much additional rain expected. the rivers are all coming down. we'll dry it out. cleanup will begin this one-week-long flood is over with. miami florida, they can deal wit but in the mountains, that's why there's the flash flooding was incredible. also hurricane ingrid coming into mexico north of tampico. whips aren't too bad. in the northeast bring the umbrella. light rain coming through in and out in a hurry. temperatures chilly new england. widespread 30s. turn the heat on. >> thank you. coming up on "morning joe."

larry summers will not be the next fed chairman, the politics that forced that decision and how the other nominees will fare as they take the spotlight. seth meyers on his way out as "weekend update" host, the rising star that will take his seat when he heads over to late night full time. we'll be right back. oh this is lame, investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars on their 401(k) to hidden fees. is that what you're looking for, like a hidden fee in your giant mom bag? maybe i have them... oh that's right i don't because i rolled my account over to e-trade where... woah. okay... they don't have hidden fees... hey fern. the junk drawer? why would they... is that my gerbil? you said he moved to a tiny farm. that's it, i'm running away. no, no you can't come! [ male announcer ] e-trade. less for us. more for you.

♪ at the top of the show we talked about the devastation in boulder, colorado, which has left five people dead. if you want to sound smart tell your friends the worst flood in colorado history was in 1976 and big thompson canyon, 12 inches of rain led to a flash flood that killed 144 people. the flooding cost the state $35.5 million in damages. let's put aside the bad fuss for a minute and go to the cooler. this just in. for "snl" fans newcomer cecily strong will join seth myers on the "weekend update" section. the girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party. pretty popular in her first season on "snl" and could take over full time in seth leaves. seth taking over "late night frt from jimmy fallon.

lorne michaels says he hopes he will stay on because that host is only four days a week and doesn't work on fridays so it is possible he could stick around for a little while. i guess you could say holy casting rumors, batman. justin bieber, say it isn't so, setting off a whirlwind of speculation after he posted this photo on instagram. looks like a script for the batman versus superman movie and used robin as the hashtag hinting he may play boy wonder. a lot think it's an online hoax. he was about to make a video for "nunny or die" so the script may have just been a prop. for the first time in three months paula deen speaking out following her admission she used a racial slur. >> i just want to say before we start cooking, i'm so thankful and i'm so full of gratitude. for all of the love and

encourage me encouragement that y'all have shown me as y'all all know, unless you've been under a rock, i had a little rough patch. this summer. but, you know, it was an opportunity to learn. i learned a lot about myself and i've certainly learned a lot about my business and i just want to thank you y'all from the bottom of my heart. for your love and support. [ cheers and applause ] >> i don't want to make light of anyone's adversity but she cries more than john boehner. deen received the standing ovation at a cooking show in texas. she has tried to keeping a low profile after she was sued for racial and sexual discrimination. a judges dismissed the suit last month. mika, good morning. >> good morning, thank you,

brian. coming up on "morning joe" president obama's top pick for fed chairman larry summers takes his name out of the running. could this open the door for the first female fed chair? we'll discuss that with "the new york times" annie lawrie. joe biden takes iowa by storm in what looked more like a 2016 campaign stop than a local fund-raiser. we'll show you what he said about his favorite secretary of state and a hint, he actually wasn't talking about hillary clinton. we have an all-star lineup including senators elizabeth warren, john mccain and dick durbin. they join us along with reverend al sharpton, richard wolffe, barnicle is here, willie already on the set. >> yeah. >> halpern with the chin today. >> no, no, no, i don't want to talk about it. >> still ahead on "way too early," what is the perfect age -- i wouldn't mind mika's take. the best and most creative tweets and "morning joe" just

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