scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off. we ll take you back to these pictures and our correspondent when it s time for countdown. serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state, a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kreml
hello, good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of the house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state. a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kremlin has little interest in guarding mr gorbachev s legacy. many russians blame gorbachev for the fall of the ussr, the collapse of their superpower. yet out on the streets muscovites were queueing up to pay their respects. gorbachev had given many here their first taste of freedom and democracy. in
waste of time and a red herring. he also said loud and clear that his old boss brought this on himself by taking what did not belong to him, refusing to give it back and he seemed to suggest perhaps obstructing justice with his legal team deceiving investigators. i think the driver on this from the beginning was, you know, loads of classified information sitting in mar-a-lago. people say this was unprecedented. it s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, okay? and how long is the government going to try to get that back? they jawbone for a year. they were deceived on the voluntary actions taken. they then went and got a subpoena. they were deceived on that. they feel. and the facts are starting to show that they were being jerked around. and so how long you know, how long do they wait? the answer, as we now know, was more than a year before seeking a search warrant. the former attorney general had more
apparent end. we re live in new york with more on her final match and her plan plans for the future. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. serena williams one of the greatest tennis players of all time, may have played her last match. her dream of winning a 24th grand slam title before, quote, evolving away from tennis came the a sudden end at the u.s. open when she lost in the third round to australian ajla tomljanovic. when asked after the match about what her future holds, williams had this response. here she is. for me, tennis has been such a huge part of my life. i can t imagine not being involved in tennis. i don t know what that involvement is yet. but i feel like it s provided me with so many opportunities. and through that, it s provided other people with so many amazing opportunities. and, you know, i think it means so much to me in my life. and i ve had so many amazing moments that i don t i don t see a future without it. what s m