i always keep one for emergencies. so do i. i keep mine in here. in other news a senior ukrainian official says russia is throwing all its power at the key city of severodonetsk where its soldiers are locked in fierce street battles. hong kong s annual vigils to remember the tiananmen square massacre are in doubt after the authorities ban this year s event. and world number one iga swiatek wins this year s french open beating american coco gauff in the final. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. celebrations have been continuing to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. a huge crowd gathered in front of buckingham palace for a spectacular open air concert to mark the queen s 70 years on the throne. in a tribute to his mother, prince charles praised what he called a lifetime of selfless service. veteran pop stars including diana ross, rod stewart and the band queen, were among the performers. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. af
republicans, that s good for us. that s a russian speaking. if you re being celebrated by russian propagandists, it might be time to rethink what you re doing. history history will judge harshly those who turn their back on freedom s cause. that s president biden yesterday calling out republicans for blocking critical aid to ukraine. we ll have much, much more from volodymyr zelenskyy s high stakes trip to washington straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill house republicans are choosing partisan politics over finding a compromise for that foreign aid package with a vote today on an impeachment inquiry into president biden. and also ahead we ll go through the president s harshest criticism yet of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the far-right members of the israeli government. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 13th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us. our apologies about yesterday s technical difficu
cry i m telling you why santa claus is coming to town santa claus is coming to town. you are looking at the all-american christmas tree on this monday morning. it s beginning to look like christmas. i m happy today because my dallas cowboys won last night. i went to bed later but i went to bed happy, which means i start this monday morning off happy. steve: my kansas city chiefs lost in the last minute. lawrence: patrick mahomes so i couldn t know set threw his helmet. brian: you know the story. tony giants drafted lined up off sides. lawrence: he has been doing that before. he has done that before. how do you not know the snap? he was. brian: scrimmages. steve: the silver lining travis kelci still left with taylor swift. brian: showed up late. i should have texted you. ainsley: i would have watched. lawrence: and then the show takes a turn because of taylor swift. brian: how tall is she by the way? steve: she is tall. ainsley: like joe biden b
tonight, the leaflets with safe zones on them. the harrowing images coming now. tom soufi burridge in israel. tonight, the u.s. with a deadly stroen strike on militants in iraq. the pentagon says they were about to target american forces. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. here in the u.s., the holiday shopping that turned deadly at a macy s in philadelphia. the deadly stabbing attack, when the suspect returns to the store. the tanker truck explosion forcing evacuations. a propane truck crashing into a wrij and bursting into flames. a former u.s. ambassador tonight charged with secretly working for cuba for more than four decades. to the weather, and the whiplash in the east. the cold blast coming. and in the west, the flooding concerns now. then several feet of snow from the systems hitting the northwest. ginger zee standing by. tonight, authorities say a boston woman in her 40s killed by a shark while in vacation in the bahamas. a suspected serial
blew it bluett, who in 1848, but all the bluett s seven siblings and his dad - that joe biden s great great great grandfather. and i m so delighted by th presidents visit to ireland, a an irish american. i have to tell you, the stor of the irish coming to america and the way joe biden speaks about the middle class - when you weave those two thing together, i tell you what, i gets me every time and it s also political magic. and there s nobody who does it better and i think the images fro ireland this week remind us of all that is good and great about the irish in america - i really like that mvp. all right, we are not going to go without his final speed around because this week, if you were unaware, 25 songs were added t the library of congress national recording registry. now, 20 songs. i m going to name just three - and each one of you, you can pick one of the same ones you ve got to kick one of th songs out. because chances are if it s really popular song, it s supe annoying to