though her public schedule was greatly reduced in recent months, she met with new prime minister liz truss just two days ago. but sadly her passing is the closing chapter of a now by gone era. her reign is the connective tissue between generations, presidents and prime ministers came and went. the queen elizabeth stayed constant always managing to stay above the political fray. she was the first thrust into the public eye during world war ii while still a princess. though just a child, she didn t flee the country as nazi planes blitzed london and she saw the devastation of those attacks firsthand. those horrors clearly affected her and forged her commitment to a life of service. i declare before you all with my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family. jesse: speaking of that imperial family, the queen helped accelerate diesel ration ever the british empire. during the 1960s and 70s 20 countr
hello, everyone. i m bianna in new york. pressure mounts for garland to appoint a special counsel to oversee an investigation into president biden s handling of classified government records. we are following this from every angle, so let s begin with cnn s evan perez. what are you learning about what we can expect to hear from the attorney general in just a few moments? reporter: well, bianna, we obviously know that the justice department attorney general garland are in a difficult position given the fact that we are learning still new details about these documents that the president s team says that they found now at multiple locations. the justice department is facing the decision right now whether to appoint a special counsel, whether to open a fuller investigation. we know that, at least at this point, there was an initial review that was done by the u.s. attorney in chicago. that part of the investigation is completed, and so now the decision from garland that we expe
and we have laid out very clearly what occurred and, again, don t want to get ahead of this. the department of justice, you all can will get your questions answered from them during this time and so i would just refer you to the department of justice and now as you all know there is a special counsel. thank you, korine. another one on garagegate. what is the white house trying to hide? nothing. someone gave the president a statement to read on tuesday that was incomplete at best, misleading at worst. who? so i have read out the president s statement. i have read it out yesterday and what he said. he said that he respects or he takes classified information and documents very seriously. that s what he said. he said he did not know that the records were there. he does not know what s in them. he said that. you heard from him directly on this and his team has been cooperating fully, fully and not only that, again, i ll say this, the attorney general said this himself, t
that i enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path i could not and would not take. so if she is going to continue this fight the question this morning, how, where and in what office does she plan to do that? this was her trump-backed rival, harriet hageman in her victory speech. wyoming has spoken on behalf of everyone who is concerned that the game is becoming more and more rigged against them. and what wyoming has shown today is that while it may not be easy, we can dislodge entrenched politicians who believe they ve risen above the people they are supposed to represent and serve. in alaska incumbent republican senator lisa murkowski who voted to convict trump during his second impeachment trial advanced to the general election along with kelly is tshibaka and patricia chesbro. advancing also nick begic h & p eltola. harry enten, as we say, this was a historic defeat by some measure. it wa
we have seen this gradually growing stronger. refusal to accept the results of any election. you can run the best campaign and become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you. despite the final tally and the inauguration and the was we find ourselves in, i i have one affirmative statement to make. we won. i never conceded, never. they rigged the election. brian: the understanding and belief that we are an exceptional nation. we used to agree on that. we are not going to make america great again. it was never that great. our collective identity is hinged on this idea we are the freest and most equal country the world has ever seen. but it s in defiance of facts. we are the most unequal of the western democracies. brian: the branch of government we thought was impervious to politics, the supreme court. this is a crisis legitimacy. crisis of the very legitimacy of the united states supreme court. fills me with sorrow, really. how do we put ameri