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
his reign, as the world watches to see what kind of leader he might be. and in the u.s., pressing for answers in uvalde, texas. cnn asking the state s top law enforcement officer why did he allegedly say no one is losing their jobs over the massacre at robb elementary? his answer you ll only see here. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and the first full day on the job for king charles iii, as the world mourns the death of his mother, britain s longest reigning monarch. he addressed the nation and the world for the first time since queen elizabeth s passing. as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, i too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time god grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. that address was followed by a sarceremony of remembrance wh god save the king was officially sung. earlier today, upon returning to london, king charles and his wife camilla
their lives worse. americans voiced that opposition as protests continued across the country today. protesters demanding the federal government step up and act. congressional democrats constrained by slim majorities and the filibuster seem to be passing the buck over to the president. on saturday, 34 senate democrats signed urging president biden invited to take immediately bold action and, quote, use the full force of the federal government to protect abortion rights. more on that in just a moment. now to state the obvious, this decision was not exactly a surprise. back in may, political obtained leaked draft of the courts opinion signaling the very outcome. not much changed from a draft to june s majority opinion. but the decision did offer us a first look at the other side of the dissent. in a scathing rebuke, the courts three liberal justices of said the decision stripped women of their status as free and equal citizens. justice breyer, so to my and kagan warned that no o
that s with 52% of americans call the supreme court s reversal of roe v. wade and the new cbs poll released just this morning. 56% of women say will make their lives worse. americans voiced that opposition as protests continued across the country today. protesters demanding the federal government step up and act. congressional democrats constrained by slim majorities and the filibuster seem to be passing the buck over to the president. on saturday, 34 senate democrats signed urging president biden invited to take immediately bold action and, quote, use the full force of the federal government to protect abortion rights. more on that in just a moment. now to state the obvious, this decision was not exactly a surprise. back in may, political obtained leaked draft of the courts opinion signaling the very outcome. not much changed from a draft to june s majority opinion. but the decision did offer us a first look at the other side of the dissent. in a scathing rebuke, the courts
Foreign affairs of lithuania, a representative of a powerful lithuanian clan, his grandfather, vytoutas, headed the vilnius conservatory, taught at the department of scientific communism, and at the turn of the nineties suddenly turned into the leader of the lithuanian independence movement, sideis. I really came here as a musician, because i am a professional musician, and then became fully involved in politics, in the politics of lithuanian liberation. According to information in the media of those years, on the eve of his accession to independent lithuania, lansberges leaked his colleagues to the kgb with enviable regularity. When villus was the first to launch a mechanism called the collapse of the ussr, vytoutas, as the main instigator of the struggle for selfdetermination of the country, began to receive instructions directly from washington. I would like to request that president bush call president gorbachev on the red phone and tell him the us position. Vitua tas himself first