extraordinary day of pageantry and mourning, including a show of unity by king charles and his family as they walked in a royal procession with the queen s flag-draped coffin. and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visits a newly liberated city and says he s shocked, shocked by the destruction russian troops left behind. cnn is on the ground with the latest on ukraine s gains, russia s retreat, and the state of the war. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, a potential freight rail strike in the united states is already having a major impact just ahead of a friday deadline. amtrak shutting down all long-haul train routes as unions and freight rail companies try to hammer out a deal to avoid a work stoppage that could cripple fragile u.s. supply chains. cnn s pete muntean is joining us from just outside the u.s. labor department in washington where negotiations
welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, september 5th. it is labor day. there is a lot happening this morning. we begin with breaking news from london, where british foreign prime minister liz trust was just named prime minister by the ruling conservative party, succeeding boris johnson who resigned amid scandal, beating out the former chance lor to lead the party and the country. i know that our beliefs resonate with the british people. our beliefs in freedom and the ability to control your own life in low taxes, in personal responsibility. and i know that s why people waited for us in such numbers in 2019. as your party leader, i intend to deliver what we promised those voters right across our great country. she will be formally appointed by queen elizabeth tomorrow and will be confronted by a looming economic crisis, as well as an ongoing energy crisis. we will continue following developments from the united kingdom. but first, we ll focus here at home. la
sunglasses, i walked out to the south lawn he took off his jacket and eventually gave the white house version of a pep rally. exactly four weeks ago today i signed the inflation reduction act into law. the single most important legislation passing through congress to combat inflation and one of the most significant laws in our nation s history. we re gonna lower prescription drugs costs. lower health insurance costs. lower energy costs for millions of families. i want to take the most aggressive action ever, ever, ever to confront the climate crisis and increase our energy security. i want to build the future, the future, here in the united states of america. with american workers, companies, american made products. and after years of some of the biggest corporations in the united states paying zero in federal income tax, they ll not have to begin to literally pay their fair share. making progress and every country as big and complicated desires is difficult. it s not easy.
night. alex wagner coming up. good evening, alex. good evening, thank you christopher, and thanks to tonight. today, president biden popped on his signature aviator sunglasses, walked up to the south lawn, he took off his jacket and essentially gave the white house version of a pep rally. exactly four weeks ago today, i signed the inflation reduction act into law. the single most important legislation passed into congress to combat inflation, and one of the most significant laws in our nation s history. we ve got a lot of lower prescription drug costs. lower health insurance costs. lower energy costs for millions of families. i want to take the most aggressive action ever, ever, ever to confront the climate crisis and increase our energy security. i want to build the future, the future, here in the united states of america. with american workers, companies, american made products. and after years of some of the biggest corporations in the united states paying zero in
the fbi stopped him, he said, and seized his phone. we were stopped to go through a hardee s in mankato where i was born in mankato, minnesota and cars pulled up in front of us, to the side of us and behind us and i said, uh, they are either bad guys or the fbi. well, they turned south. they were the fbi. there you have it. he s talking about what he went through and gives you a little bit of a clue into how law enforcement works. they know where he is, they choose a place where they think they can make the best possible contact and they take what they need to that they ve had lawfully approved. he s a conspiracy theorist and had a front row seat in the trump white house. he says the feds there as you heard took the phone. this comes after they seized the phones of other trump aides including one who admitted to the fraudulent elector plot. seven have had their phones seeded. this is an interesting addition because it is mostly political leaders or lawyers who have what y