. >>> there is news coming in tonight about elton john after a fall. >>> simone biles making history tonight. >>> and what happened 60 years ago today? words that echo across the nation. >>> good evening, and it's great to start another week with all of you at home. we do begin tonight with the u.s. bracing for a major hurricane, up to a category 3 hurricane or more. at this hour, still tropical storm idalia, but quickly growing stronger. they expect this to rapidly intensify as it moves across the very warm waters of the gulf. set to slam into florida overnight tuesday into wednesday morning. this could be very dangerous. then racing up through the carolinas and the east coast. take a look tonight. idalia already churning with 70-mile-an-hour winds, stretching from mexico's yucatan peninsula and cuba. heading into the record warm waters of the gulf, that, of course, will fuel its speed. in tampa tonight, people rushing to get ready. shoppers buying wood to protect windows. filling up sandbags. and here is the track tonight. the storm path at this hour, at this point, it looks like i

this isn't the first time elton john has fallen.n 2021 he fell awkwardly on a hard surface and needed hip surgery. that fall actually postponed his farewell tour. this one is only minor and he's doing much better. you can watch our newscast 24/7 an roku and other platforms. >>> a lot happening as we start this week, janelle. many teachers and parents are not happy with how san francisco schools are being operated. accusations of employees still being owed more than a million dollars in backpack while cutbacks loom. >>> california's attorney general is going after a school district in southern california. why he claims the district is violating students' civil rights. >>> addressing the unique relationship between president biden and governor newsom. our political analyst larry gur stop discusses if newsom's campaigning is going too far and who is benefiting from it. the news at 5:30 starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm audrey asistio. >> i'm raj mathai. a coalition of teachers, parents and union members say years of mismanag

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a rep for elton john told e! 76-year-old musician was hospitalized recently after falling at his home in the south of france. the rocket man singer went to the hospital as a precaution and was sent home to recover. elton has been spending time in france since the end of his farewell yellow brick road tour earlier this summer. >>> while elton john's tour is over, beyonce is in the middle of hers. her next stop is in the bay area in a little more than 48 hours. along with excitement comes traffic headaches and, let's not forget our big business. our business and tech reporter scott budman is looking into all of it for us. let's start with what the fans need to know if they're heading to levi's to see queen bee reform. >> we've seen it for taylor swift, 49er games. you see one of the vta trains they'll have a lot more vta trains, b.a.r.t. trains. kaz man avenue in front of the stadium will be shut down right in that area. you can't get that close unless you take public transportation. with everything that's this gig

it had previously been given to paul mccartney, elton john, stevie wonder.hat does it mean to you? >> it comes as a surprise. i was not expecting any prize. to be in such company it is humbling. at the same time it is a responsibility. each of the artists that have received the prize, they have brought something immense and really helpful for music. i think i am going to try to do my best to fit in those shoes. >> you are also the holder of numerous grammy awards first nominated in 1983. first won in 2007. you probably have toomey honors and awards i could mention. what is it like when you see them lined up? >> unfortunately for you i don't line them up all in the same place. i spread them. there is not space for all of it. >> the last time it was for best album and global music in 2022. in one of your early hits, in 1993, the message was also to pay attention to mother earth. >> even a climate activist. all of your career. when did you become aware of the points of the planet and climate change? >> my mother's mother. she would wake me up sometime after sch

. - too elton john. - [laughs] - you know elton john? do you think about this one? i'm ok with the divine feminine. i like to express my femininity. - oh, i like it. - all right. here we go. oh, what do we got here? - oh! - oh, beautiful. i'll take one of those. - thank you. - keep the change. - medaase. - medaase. - [laughs] - thank you. ♪ ♪♪ - tell me about your life as a female taxi driver. - for me, being a taxi driver was my statement of gender deviancy. the taxi unions i spoke to wouldn't let me in as a female taxi driver. but i stood my ground. it motivated me to give other women the opportunity to be trained in the transport industry in ghana. - so how does your family feel about this struggle that you've undertaken? - i'll tell you something. what my sons see me doing today actually informs their perception about life as they grow. my sons see a gender fight being fought here. - right, right. - and this space says it all. the black star, it's actually the star and guidance for africa's freedom and unity. - mm. ♪ ♪♪ for 150 years

night for the bidens the concert started right after dinner at 3:00 p.m [ laughter ] biden hosting elton johnite house makes sense. there's no better anthem for a a 79-year-old president than a a song called "i'm still standing," don't you think [ laughter ] hey, i saw that it's national dog week, everybody, yeah. [ cheers and applause and to celebrate, tinder is putting rescue dogs on their app -- [ audience aws ] -- to match them with potential owners, yeah it's exactly the same as normal tinder everyone says they enjoy food and long walks on the beach. [ laughter ] and finally, a popular craft beer in australia was recalled over concerns of excess alcohol. [ light laughter ] meanwhile, the people who bought it were like, "we can't recall anything. [ applause ] we have a great show, you guys, give it up for the roots come on, right there [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: what a show we have for you tonight. he stars in and produces the new movie "confess, fletch," which is out now jon hamm is here >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: the great. >> steve: i love me a slice of

i think taylor swift is officially surpassed sir elton john in terms of ticket sales and beyonce projects ♪ >> but some fans are finding ways to spend practically no money to attend these shows. >> i was like oh my gosh, i am so close. she was coming right next to us. it felt like she was singing to me. >> 19-year-old sydney was lucky and got to volunteer at one of swift's epic glendale, arizona, concerts. it got her the view of her life from the floor. >> to be able to experience this for free while people were paying thousands, it was just crazy to think about. >> the die-hard swifty and college student says it would be hard to put the price of a ticket in her budget. ♪ >> paying thousands of dollars for diffictickets is tuition mo gas money. >> sydney found out about the volunteer gig that landed her on crowd control through a text from a friend hours before show time. she brought her best friend, sister and her boyfriend with her. >> my favorite song in the night was definitely "lavender haze." ♪ the whole time i was standing by the stage doing my job, i was looking over my shoulder l

two elton johns. you know elton john? beaches may be optional... this is absolutely nuts.s gonna play a little bit. - ok. - most importantly, i've learned there are infinite paths to happiness. it's the tolstoy quote turned on its head: miserable places are all alike, and happy ones are happy in their own ways. not bad. and so my journey doesn't end here. the geography of bliss is a constantly moving target and a lifelong endeavor. which begs the question, where's next on this joy ride? - all right, awesome. rainn, i feel good about this. - ok. - unless there's another piece you--i think it's great. i think we're good. - ok. - sound speeding? - you don't have anything bigger and more ridiculous-looking than this? [bird squawks] - again-- [horn honks] - high fives, high fives. anybody want a high five? - high five. high fives. come on, oleg. pew! - yeah. >> i this good evening, i'm ali velshi. welcome to an msnbc special. the gop reckoning. tonight, me along with my co-host, betty hassan, the reverend al sharpton we will discuss the criminal juncture at which we find oursel

elton john has also just arrived. baroness doreen lawrence will also attend.mail the mail on sunday and now facing claims from seven alleged victims. this year, the initial hearings in the strongly disputed cases took place at the high court to decide whether they can proceed to trial. when the phone hacking scandal broke, paul dacre, editor of the mail, made it very clear that this was not the sort of behaviour that mail group would have been involved in. i can be as confident as any editor, having made extensive enquiries into his newspaper's practices and now an enquiry, that phone hacking was not practised by the mail on sunday or the daily mail. you know that because i gave this enquiry my unequivocal — unequivocal assurances on that. the cases against the mail came out of the blue. it was extraordinary. you could see it in the response of the mail. it was discust that they were even having to deal with this. it was accusations that this was a stitch up by a cabal of press reform campaigners. the claimants�* cases also evidence from a number of private in

legendary pop—star sir elton john has spent a night in hospital in the south of france — after fallinged a local hospital as a precautionary measure. following check—ups, he was discharged and is now back at home and said to be in good health. the biggest redheads festival in the world has been taking place in the netherlands. there was no sign of famous redheads like prince harry, adele or emma stone — but thousands of other redheads travelled from around the world to be part of the annual gathering. and, as our correspondent in the netherlands anna holligan has been finding out, they found strength in numbers. there is a chance you've never encountered a redhead. people with this rare redhead gene make up less than 2% of the global population. obviously, it is a mutation, and just so punchy. you only see it maybe... see a group of people walking down the street and one of them will be ginger. and that's if you're in scotland or ireland. many redheads have celtic ancestry. a big motivation was just to more people just to see more people like us and have a sense of community as a redhe

more than twice the record set by elton john according to research firm that shared its data with cnnal is the late xe example of her star power and influence on local economies. >>> it appears that britney spears is single once again. ♪ oops i did it again, i played with your heart, got lost in the game oh, baby, baby ♪ >> the pop star and her husband are getting divorced. he filed to end their 14 month marriage citing irreconcilable differences. the couple had first met in 2016 on the set of her slumber party music video. they wed just seven months after her conservator ship ended and that was the pop star's third marriage. >>> finally, this could be i'm told a dream come true for fans of buzi brunches. it is called eco brunch in a jar sipping cream, it combines the flavors of waffles, bacon, butter and maple ssyrup. it is the brainchild of kellogg. but it might not always go down smoothly because its alcohol kep content is 20%. >> that does it here. "early start" is up next. have a wonderful weekend. killlls 99.9% of viruses and bacteria in the air. because scent can't sanitize. ly

she found this dear man played on the sexphone, and elton john's kenbel and after that, when we saidright away like our first dance. we shed tears when they saw christina in a wedding dress. no, i had no tears, but i was amazed. love stories igor circo and kristina kretova for 3 years and almost two years, they are husband and wife officially spend all their free time together during the day rehearsals in the evenings of performances and a light dinner on weekends series massage and bath, but these photos prove the weekend there is something unearthly that it helps to soar with everyday life, because saying that love inspires, and dance is like flying freedom of trust mutual understanding. these, probably, are the three main qualities that i put into the word love, love is the pure energy of two loving people, because when two people sincerely love each other. they are capable of doing amazing things in a way that other people want to follow them to do as well. positive good good deeds, so it seems to me that love is about good.

sir elton john and madonna.ice university. >> but the numbers of top level grades is down this year. >> plus, prince harry's netflix documentary about the invictus games has confirmed its release date . we want to know whether date. we want to know whether you will be watching. do let us know the address is always gb views at gb news. before we start your latest headlines with aaron armstrong . aaron armstrong. >> it has been a past two here in the newsroom. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, will be presented with almost 300,000 signatures shortly calling for the protection of cash as legal tendeh protection of cash as legal tender. it is part of the gb news don't kill cash campaign, which wants to ensure it's a widely accepted form of payment until at least 2050. reform uk adviser ben habib says the millions of people who rely on cash are being discriminated against. >> you know, there are 5 million people in this country who rely on cash trades who don't have bank account and credit cards and so on, and they've bee

it tops elton john and bruce springsteen, rolling stones, anyone you can name.m all. >> gillian: keeping the touring industry alive. >> bill: somebody suggested she should stay on tour and help the u.s. economy continuously. >> gillian: i saw this reporting yesterday that she actually turned down a gig to play at the next super bowl because she will be somewhere else, i forget. somewhere in east asia or something at the time. so that just shows you some of the financial calculus at play. might not be worth it to fly back stateside for the super bowl. that's how well she is doing on that tour. a lot of money. there is also this. hurricane hillary is getting more powerful and headed toward southern california and the southwest. a live update from the fox extreme weather center. plus this. two nigerian hackers are here in the u.s. the face charges of online sexual extortion that resulted in a high schooler taking his own life tragically. we'll talk to that young man's father coming up next. >> the indictment aallegiance these defendants targeted more than 100 victi

allegedly, allegedly, allegedly, this book will include correspondence with elton john, princess dianad michael jackson. oh, it's gonna be fascinating to see hw these icons, each in their own unique way, say, "i do not want to be on celebrity apprentice." there's another small story out there today. all of our energy problems may be over. because today the u.s. announced a major nuclear fusion breakthrough that could help harness the sun's power. ha-ha! screw you, sun! we don't need you anymore, old man! pack your sunglasses, and quit lurkin' around the corner of our kids' drawings! it's creepy! here's the breakthrough. scientists have been trying to generate power using nuclear fusion for about 70 years, and now, for the first time, they have created a reactor that generated more power than it consumed. it's a hanukkah miracle! [cheering] i'm sorry. i'm being told it's actually science. here's how it went down. scientists created this fusion energy by smashing atoms together at incredibly high speeds, using 192 lasers, as npr explained. >> this is very exciting. how did they do this?

. >> i just realize elton john isn't the pandemic, and i get it. a four year tour at one point. i am exaggerating. >> never-ending tors. >> no kidding. >> will be talking about this for the next year. >> we will be on time. >> a very long time. >> fortunately, beyoncÉ is coming soon. >> we can talk with the renaissance. >> a different artist, if you would like. ask here is the export-oriented reprint dense fog's in the north bay. patchy drizzle. we will see a north bay train. not as yesterday, and hot inland. highs in the microclimate. the warming trend will begin. warmer along the peninsula and in the 70's on the coast. low 60's in the action. the city today, we will see more sunshine. the fog was thick in the district. light rain was falling at times. that is how much fog we had. it is a brighter day today in a warmer day today. in the north bay, 80's and 90's with a lot of sunshine and air quality. we are going into the 70's, and 76 in union city. in -- inland, advertise this time of year. mid 80's to look 90's with air quality. overnight, we wi

. >> elton john and the rolling stone, he used "you can't always get what you want."for a playout song, drowsy ball lot about drugs in chelsea. it's kind of weird he couldn't beer persuaded to use something else. i'm convinced they don't listen to these songs. >> that list you gave was just trump's list. but there are more. >> for example, newt gingrich, i covered so many campaign, he was using "don't stop believing." he kept using it until the voters stopped believing and he dropped out of the race. bob dole, spent time on the campaign trail with him in 1996. he was using this version about a soul man called i'm a doleman. nice guy to be around. soul is not what you're thinking of at all. and the people behind the original song came back. and all jumped on this song, even though this song also is very specifically about problems with the unions. >> maybe one of the most misunderstood songs. so my question is, when the artists complain, do they win in court? >> sometimes. because they are saying the campaigns are like we're having the use issue. sometimes they will dr

. >>> singer elton john is reportedly at home and in good health after spending the night in the hospitalhouse last night in south of france. the 76-year-old has been suspending time there with his husband and two children. >>> in australia, investigators are working to figure out what went wrong during a military training mission that led to the deaths of three u.s. marines, this happened on sunday, several other service members were injured. involved troops from multiple countries and new questions today about the aircraft that crashed. called an osprey. not the first time that troops have been killed or injured in an accident involving one of those. courtney joins us now. courtney where does the investigation stand today? >> reporter: ongoing. it's still pretty early stages of the investigation. we're not likely to know a real final cause of this crash for some time, kate, you mentioned that it's had a difficult history, there was an issue over the course of about decade from 2012 into 2022 where osprey has a problem with the clutch, a relatively basic mechanical issue but it was belie

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elton john, when he would be on maui in the early '70s, he would play there, it was a bar.hat are really special. >> yeah. >> for a lot of reasons. and there's a magic and my biggest fear is that if people don't understand that this isn't a situation where you just start building again. there's a fabric of this community that's special, and i got to tell you, the fabric is burned, but it's still there. even people, a lot of people have nothing left, but most people are determined to stay. the problem is right now we're all couch surfing, that can't go on forever. we got to solve the short-term housing crisis, which i think is solvable because we got resorts and we got all the airbnbs that didn't burn, and we got to figure out a way to make it so that the people who now have no place to live can at least stay someplace for six months while we start rebuilding. and if we don't do that, we're going to lose the community. >> you're right. i'm going to have to leave it there. i'm so sorry to cut you off, we have a lot of other stuff. thank you so much for coming on and laying it

integration and the list of volunteers through don't want him, particularly using them, use it cuz know elton john adel, the rolling stones, neil young. but even before that there was bruce springsteen. right and ronald reagan, it has been mostly republican campaigns. it seems to yeah, well, i mean, i just, 17, i don't think that the right is particularly good uh, pop culture. i think the pop culture has always been in the realm of the left. and i think you sold up in recent times with literally in the last month with the all of the anthony some rich but north of richmond, which is being such a bright tech success and how desperately the right try to adult him is one of the room and he said, the 2nd thing, he said that i'm the song i've written is about you as much as it is about the democrats, like, i just don't believe in the system anymore. i think that's what most 2nd people have arrived out. i think that the right isn't just the system very good. that it's just not that good pop culture even if some of the ideas aren't necessarily wrong. i just think that the left on the democrats several way

. >> say elton john has >> you could say elton john has one. >> you could say elton john has onewell,in the he used a ever show in the uk, he used a teleprompter help him with teleprompter to help him with his he slated for his lyrics. he got slated for that, i thought no, that, actually. i thought no, this show for him. he this is a big show for him. he wants make sure it's right. wants to make sure it's right. >> being professional. it is. >> being professional. it is. >> well, he gets later he >> well, he gets later if he forgot and he gets slated for forgot it and he gets slated for using get it using it, i'd rather get it right and get slated strictly line now. line up now. >> later, star is annabel >> well, later, star is annabel croft and former tennis player. she only lost her husband three months cancer. so she's months ago to cancer. so she's saying she's hoping that months ago to cancer. so she's sayi can she's hoping that months ago to cancer. so she's sayi can receive s hoping that months ago to cancer. so she's sayi can receive someing that months ago to cancer. so she's

elton john well, in a good way, the russian performance of the trojans is always full of hopelessnesse. and so, of course, i bet for the usefulness of the image of an ace. alexander i'll try to be honest with myself the man at the piano when he sings, it's not just it's really difficult. and it bothered you a lot from here, and all the not frets that came in this beautiful song, but i can’t put anything more ladies. well, alexander dobronravov today earned the king of two aces and there. you can love the three chords project for many things for the atmosphere for the unique stories of the appearance of songs for the witty jokes of our jury for the intrigue. maybe even a leader. but this is me so suddenly, but i love three chords for the fact that at this time of endless meaningless songs. here on channel one you can hear songs based on poems by robert rozhdestvensky on the stage . elena maksimova they say that suspender stockings do not spoil the song, but i still had another task to do. everything we have quality girls. everything turned out, the old old tries to drive. and what the

interviews became a timeless tapestry of the era, connecting us with the likes of muhammad ali, sir elton johncruise, george michael . i tom cruise, george michael. i mean, you could go on forever. really i am pleased to be joined by christopher biggins, who worked with sir michael and appeared multiple times on the hit show give us a clue. biggins thank you very much. how are you, sir? nowadays man, how are you? >> it's very good to speak to you. >> so this very sad day we've lost someone terribly, terribly important. >> i mean, what was wonderful about michael, he was he listened . he was interviewed. listened. he was interviewed. someone he would listen to them. and it was very important that and he was so special. >> i remember being in australia with him in sydney, and i ianed with him in sydney, and i invited him to a party with mary and they got rather inebriated and they got rather inebriated and i now my one of my visions, which i'll always hold dear to me was him crawling on all fours to the lift to leave the hotel we were staying in. and that night he gave up drink. i think he went

uh-huh, now they are back in vogue much to the envy of elton. johna muslim magomayev chambers-bulya glared at vitorgan allegrova , in my opinion, yes, sergey gazarov is a razadurova. vladimir menshov mikhail gusman and to latvia, the council, yes, why is baku so well -mannered, and a warm city with eight apartments in the entrance and eight nationalities. we had to respect. the tour of each family, and not ours , it seems to me, that's the basis and you absorb different cuisines of different people, different music from childhood. and here is the result for you, but still everyone wants to go to moscow, including you , while you got a job in moscow. eh, a little yes, in the right some kind of complex, there was just a bathhouse, where they came for an hour or two, but to sign papers. and this is the only place. where they took me, because i had an azerbaijani passport, this was a very famous hairdresser, and i arrived and walked around the salon. i was hired when i saw my passport. he said, but not from azerbaijan. well, i have a proposal for you. i'

elton john. >> i don't know if i can even talk about it. >> what's that like?ith us. madison beer, congratulations on everything. get ready. madison beer is back with a performance of reckless from her upcoming album. ♪ will the world stop spinning as we go through change i'm stuck at the beginning and i'm still in pain ♪ ♪ will the sun stop rising will the sky still be gray is the world still spinning today ♪ ♪ hey this is a story i hate and telling it might make me break but i'll tell it anyway ♪ ♪ this chapter's about how you said there was nobody else then you got up and went to her house you guys always left me out ♪ ♪ i still have the letter you wrote when you told me that i was the only girl you'd ever want in your life i guess my friends were right ♪ ♪ each day goes by and each night i cry somebody saw you with her last night ♪ ♪ you gave me your word don't worry bout her you might love her now but you loved me first ♪ ♪ said you'd never hurt me but here we are oh you swore on every star ♪ ♪ how could you be so reckless with my heart ♪ ♪ how could you b

. >> "pop start," here we go first up, elton john, the legendary musician is on the road to recovery,.com, a representative told us following a slip yesterday at his home in the south of france, elton visited the local hospital as a precautionary measure and continuing follow check-ups, he was immediately discharged this morning. he's now back at home and in good health. just last month, by the way, the grammy winner wrapped up his farewell tour. we are so happy to hear he's doing better we are wishing sir elton all the very best on his recovery. >> absolutely. he's still standing. >> exactly. >> good one. >> all right coming up next, liam neeson is in a special club of hollywood "a" listers that has gotten to yield the light saber in this epic fight scene ♪ ♪ >> so, as you can imagine, those light saber sounds were added in post after filming but in a recent film on conan o'brian's podcast, neeson revealed how they had other plans onset. listen to what he had to say >> the first time we had to use the light saber and it is only a handle. >> right it is a handle and they add the effec

right now, sir david attenborough said being interviewed by parky was like meeting a friend, sir elton john so michael caine said parky was a real icon who brought out the very best in his guests. irreplaceable ill. so rest in peace. irreplaceable ill. so rest in peace . michael parkinson, peace. michael parkinson, a humble yorkshireman , the son of humble yorkshireman, the son of a coal miner who became the most famous journalist in britain with a sensational and extraordinary tv career spanning five incredible decades . and five incredible decades. and alison pearson , you were alison pearson, you were incredibly touched by this news today, weren't you? >> yes, i was. i was a child from a home with not very many books in the 70s, the michael parkinson show that music, that iconic music striking up on saturday nights. and what a parade of people, people from , parade of people, people from, you know, the billy connollys and the tom cruises to commissioner catherine bramwell booth , 96 years old, head of the booth, 96 years old, head of the salvation army. he brought old he brought young. a

right now, sir david attenborough said being interviewed by parky was like meeting a friend, sir elton john so michael caine said parky was a real icon who brought out the very best in his guests. irreplaceable ill. so rest in peace. irreplaceable ill. so rest in peace . michael parkinson, peace. michael parkinson, a humble yorkshireman , the son of humble yorkshireman, the son of a coal miner who became the most famous journalist in britain with a sensational and extraordinary tv career spanning five incredible decades . and five incredible decades. and alison pearson , you were alison pearson, you were incredibly touched by this news today, weren't you? >> yes, i was. i was a child from a home with not very many books in the 70s, the michael parkinson show that music, that iconic music striking up on saturday nights. and what a parade of people, people from , parade of people, people from, you know, the billy connollys and the tom cruises to commissioner catherine bramwell booth , 96 years old, head of the booth, 96 years old, head of the salvation army. he brought old he brought young. a

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grain of how the majority of the biggest stars in hollywood, including even massive legends like elton johnple that you just named are kind of pushing back quite publicly against them, especially when the stuff that they said on oprah doesn't match up with the stuff that they said a few months ago. >> for example. well, there was the big kind of they walked back on the claims that the royal family were racist. and then they said didn't say they said that they didn't say that they were racist. and lot that they were racist. and a lot of then of publicly of people then kind of publicly thought, oh, we need to kind of take step from this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibutstep from this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut iep from this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut i think from this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut i think the om this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut i think the om ththing >> but i think the main thing is, is that there is a life span to celebrity and when they first stepped down from the royal family in january 2020, they were the new big

grain of how the majority of the biggest stars in hollywood, including even massive legends like elton johnse people that you just named are kind of pushing back quite publicly against them, especially when the stuff that they said on oprah doesn't match up with the stuff that they said a few months ago. >> for example. well, there was the big kind of they walked back on the claims that the royal family were racist. and then they said didn't say they said that they didn't say that they were racist. and lot that they were racist. and a lot of then of publicly of people then kind of publicly thought, oh, we need to kind of take step from this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibutstep from this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut iep from this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut i think from this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut i think the om this. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut i think the mainiis. thought, oh, we need to kind of takibut i think the main thing >> but i think the main thing is, is that there is a life span to celebrity and when they first stepped

. >> it's quite incredible and heartwarming how many tributes have come in elton john, theresa may, stephen, gloria may, stephen fry, gloria hunniford so many people have given their tributes. it seems like he was universe really loved . loved. >> yes. and it wasn't just british because he loved cricket, for example . and he cricket, for example. and he went down mostly every winter to sydney and lived there for quite a few months while the cricket was on. he was a very versatile man, but , you was on. he was a very versatile man, but, you know, i got to know him because we all used to go to the same tailor and a great collection of people and amazing collection people. doug. doug was the i won't go into his details was the tailor and he just collected from the rothschilds to the jackie stewart's michael parkinson was one of his best friends and he just was the best man. it was. it was like going in for a cup of coffee. you went to see them and who would be there? michael parkinson because the two of them got so well together. he was just the perfect integer . was just the perfect integer.

. >> he actually -- it's sort of fascinating, the perfect circle, this is, of course, what elton john would sing about in "the lion king." this is the circle of life. >> yes. >> live by the sword, die by the sword, another way to say it because rudy who was once celebrated for his really, really aggressive use of rico laws is now indicted under rico laws. >> yes, he's accused along with donald trump and 17 others of trying to overturn georgia's 2020 election results and that's his reaction. he's kind of excited about it. good morning. and welcome to "morning joe." it is wednesday, august 16th. kind of halfway through the week and what a week it has been. >> i'm so glad you said that because jonathan lemire wanted to talk about the red sox. >> no. >> what a week it's been. they're going to end up, you know, last place, the yankees, of course, are still going to come back second, going down the homestretch of the derby and winning it in record time, that's what will happen with the yankees but for now, jonathan lemire, six out of eight, five out of seven, three against pensacola catholi

decades and saw him interview some of the world's most famous people, including muhammad ali, sir elton john top level grades

. >> no, not as some kind of poundshop elton john tribute act, but it was to reveal the following.her mammy and daddy's house when her home was raided by the police and how she will not be reconciling with alex salmond. but this comes after the announcement that she's writing deeply personal and revealing memoirs. well, that's fascinating, isn't it? joining me now to discuss this further is political commentator and former snp member stuart crawford . stuart, thank you very crawford. stuart, thank you very much. will you be buying her book? >> well, i think i'll be reading it, patrick, to be honest. >> whether i'll buy it or not. another thing altogether, perhaps her publisher will send me a to copy review because i write quite a few book reviews over the year and i'd quite happily do hers. but i don't know if i'll be buying the hardback copy anyway. >> no. okay do you have any sympathy for her? she's you know, doing the old sympathy tour now the violin tour now with the tiny violin out it's been out saying, oh, it's been devastating. just want to devastating. i just want them to s

attenborough said being interviewed him like interviewed by him was like being meeting a friend, sir elton johned his company. he's incredible knowledge of cricket because he was cricket fan and was a massive cricket fan and barnsley football football club. they paid minute's silence to they paid a minute's silence to him ahead of their game yesterday . yesterday. >> everybody was, you >> i think everybody was, you know, . actually, when know, gutted. actually, when i heard was shocked when i heard i was i was shocked when i heard i was i was shocked when i heard the news. and we knew he was older and frailer. was getting older and frailer. we there are some we knew that. but there are some when somebody's a national treasure, never to see treasure, you never want to see them treasure, you never want to see the no. and always has this he >> no. and he always has this he always had this zest for life because always used to have to phone him because he wrote phone him when because he wrote a books towards the end of a few books towards the end of his he was always his life. and he was always frie

elton, and his wife janice. [applause] >> form ambassador to the european union, gordon sunlund, gordon. >> (applause) >> best selling musician, john. [applause] >> academy award nominee and who millions of veterans and first responders in our nation are grateful for, mr. gary sinese. [cheers and applause] >> last but not least, just as special, governor desantis' wife casey and joined by their children madison and mason. [applause] >> okay. so there's been a lot of talk in the news lately about the basis on which we should judge our political leader. one of them involves age. how old they are when they make run for it. president reagan was once the oldest first term president at age 69. that is until donald trump was elected at age 70, only to be out done by joe biden elected at the tender age of 78. now, reagan had a view on the subject. he quipped, thomas jefferson once said we should never judge a president by his age only by his works. ever since he told me that, i stopped worrying about it. [laughter] >> a little reagan humor is always a way to get things started. our speaker today is at no risk of being judged by his age. no

elton gallagher and his wife jan. [applause] >> former ambassador to the european union gordon former. gordon? >> best selling musical and grammy nominated artist john andarc ic. academy award nominee and great american who millions of veterans and first responders in our nation are grateful for, mr. gary sinise. [applause] >> last but not least, governor to santos's wife casey, joined by madison and mason. [applause] okay. there has been a lot of talk in the news lately about the basis on which we should judge our political leaders. one of them involves age. how old they are when they make a run for it. president reagan was once the oldest first-term president at age 69. that is until donald trump was elected at age 70. only to be outdone by president biden, elected at the tender age of 78. now, reagan had a view on the subject. he quit. thomas jefferson once said we should never judge a president by his age, only by his works. ever since he told me that i stopped worrying about it. always a good way to get things started. i speak today, our speaker is at no risk of being judged by his age. no one can say his path -- he bus passes primer he was ine

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