downing street just down the road. but prime minister boris johnson will make a final speech before lustrous her era. we will bring all to you as it happens. good to have you with us, the u.s. justice department is considering its next move hours after losing a legal battle with former president donald trump. a federal judge appointed by trump granted his request for a so-called special master to review documents seized from mar-a-lago. a cnn s sara murray explains, the throws a wrench into the justice department s investigation into potentially mishandled materials. a judge today granted tom trump s request for a special master to review the materials the fbi seized from the extraordinary search at mar-a-lago. judge writing because of trump s role as a former president, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a lead of its own. a future indictment based on any degree of property that we are trying to do assault in a reputation ilham of a decidedly differen
4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and 9:00 a.m. here in london where a new leader is set to takeover today. liz truss ready to take over as prime minister. just a short while ago, outgoing prime minister boris johnson urged the entire country to get behind truss. he delivered some final remarks as prime minister outside 10 downing street. on the subject of bouncing around in future careers, let me say that i am now like one of those booster rockets that is fulfilled its function and i will now be gently reentering the atmosphere and i will be splashing down in some remote and obscure corner of the pacific. and i am returning to my plan. and i will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support. truss will be facing a number of major challenges she needs the support she can get, promising a plan to cut taxes, build growth and tackle the energy crisis. we ll get more details when she s appointed prime minister, heads back to london and gives her outline of
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is tuesday, september 6th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. in california, this morning, the state is bracing for rolling power outages as a brutal heat wave is expected to shatter the record for power demand. temperature in parts of the state hitting 115 degrees with no end in sight. not ideal conditions, obviously, for fighting wildfires. evacuations are now under way in riverside county where the fairview fire has killed two people and scorched 2,000 acres. yeah. in the northeast, though, a much different threat. flood watches are now in effect for more than 50 million people across 11 states. virginia to maine. some areas could see 7 inches of rain by this afternoon which is not good news for people in providence, rhode island. where heavy rains and flash floods closed i-95 in both directions yesterday afternoon. we re going to have much more on this ahead. this morning, officials in memphis are
plus, living at the extreme. major flooding on the east coast, explosive wildfires out west, and fears of blackouts due to record heat and stress on the power grids. and companies call on employees to return to the office after labor day, but that s not what many workers want. might their push to work from home motivate your own conversation with your boss? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin this hour on democracy watch in our politics lead. monitoring the latest evidence of the pernicious and growing threat against the american experiment itself. former president trump continuing to endorse and help election liars win. republican primaries for offices that are relevant to your vote s integrity. trump s pick for the republican primary in massachusetts today is someone who falsely said that the 2020 election was, quote, rigged. and who will, trump says, quote, rule with an iron fist. trump is also talking about pardoning those who violently attacked the cap
considerable political heft behind his replacement. it s time for politics to be over, folks. it s time for us all to get behind liz truss and her team and her program. and deliver for the people of this country. johnson and truss then took separate planes to the 1,100 mile round trip to scotland to visit the queen. johnson submitting his res nag, and truss being invited to form a new government. meetings which are strictly private. for britons looking on, support amidst a cost of living crisis is their top priority. truss will be expected to lay out a new vision and quickly. the leadership contest lasted six long weeks. during which the pound slumped to its lowest rate against the dollar since 1985. returning to london, truss stood where johnson had stood hours before. britain can ride out this storm, she said, as thunder cracked and lightning struck over london. details of how will follow this week. we shouldn t be daunted by the challenges we face. as strong as the s