great to always have our friend michael symon here.me out. he was dancing this weekend when he sent me pictures of him and his game day outfit as the cleveland browns won their home opener. michael, we're disappointed. we expected some dance moves. but he can cook. he's gonna show you how you can cook at home with ingredients you already have in your kitchen. >> looking forward to that. the cdc is expected to approve the updated covid vaccines. we'll tell you when they will be available. >>> first a flash flood emergency in the northeast. ginger tracking the latest on that. >> good morning, george. it was up to 9.5 inches of rain. just a few hours. leminster, massachusetts had water rescues going on. it wasn't just there though. providence rhode island had way too much rain too fast. it's been four days in a row. friday, saturday, sunday, monday where so many folks in the northeast have been inundated. we get a break today but more coming tomorrow with this front. 2 to 4 inch anywhere from delaware, new jersey, vermont, new hampshire.

michael steele and symone sanders-townsend. wonderful friends to close this week out. host the 11th hour. of course, you can always catch her on her very own show, symone, if we weekend at four pm, right here on msnbc. i owe you guys. thank you, and thank you for using this fabulous genie metaphors. that is our show tonight. now it is time for the last word with my other friend jonathan capehart, who is in for lawrence. good evening jonathan. >> good evening, alex. that's a dynamic duo you had there. michael steele and symone. that's fabulous. >> we are stuck in the decks for you. >> thank you. we are going to have our own cool kid up in a moment talking legal stuff. alex, have a great weekend. >> you too.

michael steele and symone sanders-townsend. wonderful friends to close this week out. symone is going to be right back here in an hour to host the 11th hour. of course, you can always catch her on her very own show, symone, if we weekend at four pm, right here on msnbc. i owe you guys. thank you, and thank you for using this fabulous genie metaphors. that is our show tonight. now it is time for the last word with my other friend jonathan capehart, who is in for lawrence. good evening jonathan. >> good evening, alex. that's a dynamic duo you had there. michael steele and symone. that's fabulous. >> we are stuck in the decks for you. >> thank you. we are going to have our own cool kid up in a moment talking legal stuff. alex, have a great weekend. >> you too. >> >> we have breaking news tonight out of fulton county georgia. a federal judge has denied former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, attempt to move his case from fulton county to federal court. finding that his alleged crimes and helping donald trump to overturn the election in georgia are not part of his

well, michael steele, claire mccaskill, jennifer palmieri, to symone sanders townsend, and of course the one and only chairman uncle michael steele. whatever symone calls him. thank you so much for staying up late with me tonight. that is it for me tonight. don't go anywhere tonight. more coverage on msnbc starts here tonight right now. >> unless republicans do something about it, this saturday night the federal government will shut down. while the house freedom caucus is making radical demands and treating this like a political stunt, that saturday night deadline very real in terms of the harm it can cause for hundreds of thousands of americans. i am old enough to remember the last time that the government shutdown because republicans wanted something ridiculous. it was right around christmas of 2018. the federal government shut down because president trump demanded funding for a border wall that he never ended up finishing. and on capitol hill, it was a spectacle. but for 80,000 government workers, these antics and 35 days without a paycheck. >> that new life for ships enter in capi

michael steele and symone. that's fabulous. >> we are stuck in the decks for you. >> thank you. we are going to have our own cool kid up in a moment talking legal stuff. alex, have a great weekend. >> you too. >> we have breaking news tonight out of fulton county georgia. a federal judge has denied former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, attempt to move his case from fulton county to federal court. finding that his alleged crimes and helping donald trump to overturn the election in georgia are not part of his official duties as a government official. it was a major blow to mark meadows's defense in the case. that his actions are immune from prosecution, because they were part of his work as a federal official when he testified, quote, i don't know that i did anything that was outside of my scope as chief of staff. judge steve jones rejected that notion in his ruling, writing, quote, the court finds that the color of the office of the white house chief of staff did not include working with or working for the trump campaign. meadows was required to come forward with compe

well, michael steele, claire mccaskill, jennifer palmieri, to symone sanders townsend, and of course chael steele. whatever symone calls him. thank you so much for staying up late with me tonight. that is it for me tonight. don't go anywhere tonight. more coverage on msnbc starts here tonight right now. >> unless republicans do something about it, this saturday night the federal government will d