destruction. putin appearing today at a meeting with military industry leaders as his lower house of parliament with absolutely no warning approved a new bill cracking down on soldier who s refused to fight. this bill says soldiers who refused to serve or resist orders could face up to 15 years in prison. and this move is causing a widespread expectation that putin may even in the next few hours announce a form of a draft. in fact, there was an expectation he could appear today for national address just as he did right before his mass invasion of ukraine. and our matthew chance reports tonight that this widely expected national address from putin is now expected to happen tomorrow morning russia time, which means overnight here in the u.s. it is an address that could up the ante and change the stakes in this horrific war. the fears of escalation already sending russia s stock market plunging today in its worst drop since the start of the invasion. and if putin is going to sta
today, again, church bells across the country, including the storied westminster abbey and st. paul s cathedral rang out. today mourners mourn the loss of the longest-reigning monarch in british history. across the country and on ships at sea, the british armed forces fired salutes to honor her majesty. one round was fired for each of the 96 years she lived. all eyes on her eldest son, king charles iii, and his wife, now the queen consort, camilla. they returned from balmoral castle, where they were greeted warmly by the crowd in attendance, some of whom broke out in song. god save our gracious king god save the king we love you, king charles. we love you so much. one member of the crowd was so overjoyed she planted a kiss on his cheek. minutes later, a historic site, the king of england walking into the royal residence in england, buckingham palace, one of many symbols of change today and likely in the days to come. the new king spoke today in his new kaps any
documents. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, god save the king. those words sung for the first time in 70 years during a service of prayer and reflection for the late queen elizabeth. as king charles iii addressed the nation for the third time as monarch honoring his late mother and also assuring the nation. let everyone who live in the united kingdom or the territories across the world, is that whatever may be your background or beliefs, i shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect and love as i have throughout my life. the king later meeting with the nation s prime minister for the first time and some of their conversation was pick up by a microphone in the room. it s been so tough. all those people come to give their condolences. very kind. very kind. a lot of people have. try to keep everything going. the timing of the queen s funeral is still unclear but many of the world s leaders will be there. today president b
americans only finding out about this now? plus republican congressman jarj santos even more scrutiny tonight over a mysterious $700,000 contribution to his campaign concerns about how, where it was spent and where did it go. in a story you ll see first outfront russians speaking out against putin s war, one calling it a terrible mess, complete chaos. all of this on camera to cnn. you ll see it first here. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight on the defensive. more classified documents and a special counsel. president biden says he does want to tell the american people everything he knows. let me i m going to get a chance to speak on all of this, god willing, soon. he says he wants to speak but right now the white house isphasying a barrage of questions over the classified documents and so far the administration is speaking very little. but, again, i m just not going to go beyond what the president said. i m just not going to go
that saw the naming of a special counsel to investigate president biden s handling of those and other classified documents found at a private office of the current president and his home in wilmington, delaware. the most recent this morning at the same residence according to merrick garland. this afternoon he named robert hur special counsel and laid out a timeline of the case. on the evening of november 4th, 2022, the national archives office of inspector general contacted a prosecutor at the department of justice. it informed him that the white house had notified the archives that documents bearing classification markings were identified at the office of the penn biden center for diplomacy and global engagement. on november 9th, the fbi commenced an assessment consistent with standard protocols to understand whether classified information had been mishandled in violation of federal law. on november 14th, pursuant to section 600.2b of the special counsel regulations, i ass