the images coming in at this hour. the british flag lowered to half staff. a double rainbow appearing over buckingham palace amid news of her death. tributes pouring in from around the world. president biden tonight saying queen elizabeth ii was more than a monarch. she defined an era. maggie rulli, james longman from london to balmoral in scotland, and mary bruce at the white house. and we look back. queen elizabeth in her own words. what she said at just 21 years old, the commitment she made, her promise. her profound words right here tonight. we also have the other major news this thursday night, the deadly shooting spree in memphis. also, longtime trump ally steve bannon charged in new york. state prosecutors accusing him of stealing from donors who gave money thinking that money would build a border wall. they thought they were buying bricks with their names on them for the wall. millions of dollars. the wildfires and the heat. more than 70 large fires burning in
atlantic and the pacific. and accusations of torture against ukrainian citizens at filtration camps run by russians. we are live in kyiv. good to have you with us. well, we will get to those top stories in just a moment, but first sources tell cnn former trump advisor steve bannon is expected to surrender to new york state authorities in the coming hours. bannon was indicted by the state for allegedly diverting about $1 million from a scheme that raised millions to build a border wall. trump pardoned bannon after he was charged by federal prosecutors with the same offense, but presidential pardons don t apply to state level prosecutions. a former white house attorney predicts bannon will eventually face prison time. take a listen. i think bannon s in a great deal of trouble. two of his two of the three colleagues with whom he was charged federally before trump pardoned him have pled guilty in that case and will be sentenced. the third went to trial, had a mistrial. he
it is the right time to leave. don t wait. get our economy going, that is what i m focused on. we aim at lowering the cost of gas. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, september 8, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. and we begin with breaking news. four people are dead after a 19-year-old man went on a shooting rampage in memphis, tennessee. police say 19-year-old ezekiel kelly was arrested following a high speed chase and is being transported to the shelby county jail. here is more from memphis police chief. so first, i want to reassure the community that 19-year-old ezekiel kelly is in fin fact in custody. this has been a mhorrific week for the city of memphis and the memphis police department. we extend our seincere condolences to all the victims who have been affected in this sequence of violent acts today. the shooting rampage is believed to have stretched across eight crime scenes and lasted nearly 2
disaster. cnn s frederik pleitgen is joining me live from ramstein air base. what do we know about the new aid package? reporter: the secretary of defense made those remarks just a couple minutes ago here and you re right, it certainly comes at a really decisive time as the war is dragging on in ukraine. on the one hand the fighting around the zaporizhzhia power plant, but then also you have the ukrainians making gains in south of the country and also in the northeast of the country as well. the secretary of defense says the u.s. wants to make absolutely clear that they remain strong in their commitments to ukraine and are going to give the ukrainians what they need to succeed. he was saying that the package from the presidential drawdown is $675 million and he listed some of the main items on that new drawdown. here is what he said. the latest package includes more gimmlecs, howitzers, artillery munitions, missiles, humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems, small a
this is no way for us to live, and it is not acceptable. police say they arrested 19-year-old ezekiel kelly after a high-speed chase. the memphis mayor says the suspect was previously charged with criminal attempted first-degree murder, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault in april of 2021. he was sentenced to three years, but only served 11 months in prison before being released in march. let s go to cnn s gary tuchman live in memphis, tennessee, with the latest. gary, what can you tell us? reporter: well, brianna, and john, it was a night that terrorized and paralyzed the people who live here in the city of memphis and the surrounding area. the 19-year-old ezekiel kelly is in this jail behind me in downtown memphis. we are actually standing on street doing live reports about another story we were here for, a teacher who was kidnapped on friday, her body was found monday, and we saw police cars racing up and down the street with lights and we reali