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
welcome back to cnn newsroom, i m christina macfarland if you re just joining us let me bring you up to date. a federal judge has granted donald trump s request for a special master to handle the documents found at the former u.s. president s mar-a-lago home in florida. the justice department and donald trump s legal team have until friday to nominate candidates. a record setting heat wave is stretching california s power grid to breaking point and fuelling deadly fires across the state. two people have been killed in california s fairview fire. more on those stories on early start in about 20 minutes time. for now back to max foster on the uk prime minister as we await liz truss trip north to meet the queen. reporter: the plane is on the
it s clear which way the new maga republicans are. they re extreme. and democracy is at stake. reporter: president biden monitoring his tone there from calling out trump supporters. he s not trying to reach them, they are true believers in the trump brand. but he s looking to reach out to voters who are open to supporting some democrats. so that s the challenge, the president s political party faces headwinds but believe they have advantages largely because president trump is back center stage turning off so many voters on the middle and left. so nine weeks before the midterm elections, the president trying to rally democrats, his agenda the rest of his term depends upon it. jeff zeleny, cnn west miff lin, pennsylvania. the search for a missing teacher in memphis, tennessee
inconclusive. they came to the same conclusion that cnn, other media organizations and the united states came to, it was most likely an israeli soldier that killed the shot that killed shireen abu akleh while she was covering that military operation in the may. according to the israeli military they believe it was a soldier in an armored military vehicle with limited sight range south of where shireen abu akleh was standing when he shot at her he thought he was shooting at palestinian militants didn t see them as journalists, despite the fact they were wearing the protective gear that say press on the front and back. when we asked about our own investigation that showed there was no militants in shireen abu akleh s vicinity, they told me they determined there were militants maybe not one meter beside her but the area north of here. an official telling reporters that the soldier is regretful and adds this was not supposed to happen, he did not do this on
feeling the impact of its war on ukraine. a u.s. official tells cnn that moscow is purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from north korea. russia hasn t achieved any of the strategic objectives so far in the invasion of ukraine. shortages in soldiers and equipment mean a new deployment have to be delayed. cnn has not been able to independently verify that claim. claire sebastian is cljoining m on set. none of this makes for good reading for russia. walk us through what you know about the purchasiing from nort korea. reporter: they believe russia is in the process of purchasing millions of shells from north korea likely to be deployed on the field in ukraine.