we re still in the tlhroes of this life threatening situation. good morning, everybody, it s monday, december 26th. don and kaitlan are off, i m glad to have sara sidner with us. good morning. let s talk about the death toll rising in new york from the storm. thousands of delays and cancellations impacting many air travelers many failing to make it home for the holidays. in a cruel, dangerous and shameful stunt, the white house blaming texas governor greg abbott for sending residents to the home of vice president kamala harris on christmas eve. first, though, a storm for the ages in western new york state. at least 17 weather-related deaths are being reported this morning, most in the buffalo area. governor katy hochul has requested emergency disaster relief from the biden administration. a state of emergency remains in effect. this has paralyzed so many parts of the state and the country, bringing this region to its knees. more than 12,000 customers are still wit
reigned for 70 years. in other words the vast majority of the 67 million people living in the uk and the millions more in countries that recognize her as their queen have lived their entire lives without anyone else on the throne. at this hour, all of them, along with the rest of the world, are praying and hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst. i want to bring in correspondent molly hunter, historian jon meacham and katty kay, an msnbc contributor. molly, what do we know at this hour? reporter: as you just mentioned we now believe the queen has all four of her children with her. we saw the picture of prince william driving three of his uncles, we believe they coordinated their travel, arrived together. we believe that prince harry is traveling to balmoral without meghan. i do just want to bring your audience back up to speed with the statement from the palace we got a few hours ago. we have not gotten an update from buckingham palace since this statement. it reads
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m christina macfarlane in london where the country is waiting to see who will become the nation s third prime minister in less than two months. i m rosemary church in atlanta where we are following the latest developments in the u.s. midterms. voter turnout already hitting record highs, but political divisions running deep . well, here in london we could soon learn who will be the next leader of the ruling conservative party and the new prime minister. one thing is clear, it won t be boris johnson. he announced on sunday he won t be entering the tory leadership race, though he claimed he had enough support to move forward. that narrows the field to former finance minister rishi sunak and penny mordaunt. the conservative party today will announce which candidates had reached the necessary number of nominations and whether a vote will follow to determine the next leader of the party
known. we watched it s hard not to notice how well the calmness of this late hour fits the moment. this is after all a bustling capital and looks and sounds that way during most daylight hours. except earlier today when even some flights into heathrow were suspended and the city fell quiet for the procession from buckingham palace. flanked by guard and cavalry and led by her four children they carried the coffin down the mall toward westminster. it was a remarkable display of ceremony, ritual, history and family. each piece of it, every gesture planned to the heartbeat and done with precision. slow. march. inside westminster hall the only spoken words were prayers led by the archbishop of c canterbury. and the blessing of god almighty, the father, the son, and the holy spirit be among you and remain with you always. amen. the king staying tonight at his private residence west of the city where he s expected to spend some time on the phone with world leaders. h
hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is watching internat international crisis build. one thing that was clear in new york city this past week. the west were world is fighting battles on two fronts. one, against russia that ramped up nuclear threats as ukraine pushes ahead with the forceful recapturing of its own land and second, against global economic peril with inflation soaring and recession looming. people struggling to keep up with rising energy prices and other costs. one leader facing a particularly stiff challenge is the brand-new prime minister of the united kingdom liz truss that officially took on the role days before the nation s monarch died with the nation in economic crisis as garwar rages in ukrai. after mourning the loss of the queen on friday truss first move as a leader markets went into a tail spin and crashing the pound to the lowest level against the dollar since 1985. truss is facing perhaps the biggest set of challenges f