burial in the royal vault alongside her husband prince philip in windsor this evening. as we are watching traditions that go back centuries and updated by the queen s agreement grandmother, queen victoria in 1901. the queen s casket will arrive at windsor castle, with the procession ending outside st. george s chapel. she will be the first female sovereign there. we will be bringing you the committal service for which some of the music was composed by the former chapel organist who is believed to have taught young princess elizabeth to play the piano. hundreds of world leaders, including president biden and more than 2,000 dignitaries joined the royal family for the queen s state funeral at westminster abbey. the 13th century seat of the church of england and where 25-year-old elizabeth was core nated 75 years ago. the queen said her funeral should not be long and boring. it was just about one-hour long, managing to be both personal and a world-class good-bye, including a
making sure that our families are taken care of. making sure that the families in our communities are taken care of. and what we ve seen in this chamber is tough. it s tough to watch. it s tough to imagine what would happen in this chamber today if we were debating social security and medicare. what would happen? what would the votes be? where would people stand? that s why it s important that hakeem jeffries leads this body. on behalf of the democratic caucus, i am nominating the leader of the governing party in this chamber, hakeem jeffries from new york. [ cheers and applause ] for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? madam speaker, i would like to rise to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house. the gentlewoman is recognized. i ve known byron for roughly about four years now. and being that he s from the state of florida i can tell you that i ve come to know him on both the campaign trail and personally. but i want to clarify something real
the white house. joe, what will we hear from the president tomorrow in this big labor day appearance? he s really kicking off the start to the mid-term cycle. reporter: you know one thing that is very clear and that is the president, jim, is definitely interested in getting out there and showing his stuff, as it were. he s going not only to wisconsin. he s also going to pittsburgh. and later in the week he s going to columbus, ohio. that, of course, is going to be essentially a groundbreaking for a microprocessor plant that he s been promoting. labor day, around labor day, is the time of year where campaigns really start bearing down. it s also a time, very important to say people start looking more closely at the candidates. of course joe biden s name is not on any ballots. just the fact he s getting out to the three major battleground states does tell you that the biden people are thinking carefully about the president and his posture. you know it was just a few weeks ago
voice their fury after the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade. the fears that some abortion providers are now facing. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in germany where this year s g7 summit is getting under way dominating the agenda of course is russia s war in ukraine. president biden announced that g7 nations will ban the import of gold from russia, the country s second largest export he c , the latest sanctions. bipa biden is also hoping to announce more aid for ukraine. but as the u.s. and its allies look to keep up the pressure to moscow, they are also facing pressures of their own at home. prices for gas, food and other goods have surged and experts warn a global recession could be on the way. at g7 leaders kick off their summit, ukraine s two largest cities are coming under fire from heavy weapons. kharkiv came under artillery fire overnight and two people were injured and a medical facility was struck. and in kyiv, t
but we are so grateful to have you spending your morning with us. we re thrilled to have you with us. it is a bittersweet morning here at cnn. it is christi s last day with us at new day. we ll have a lot to say about that. share some good-byes later this hour. stick around for that. we do want to begin with the breaking news, what is happening in ukraine. yeah, because the war there is looming over a meeting of g7 leaders in europe right now. there were explosions that rocked the ukrainian capital of kyiv today. the ukrainian airport says between 4 and 6 missiles were launched at consekyiv. president biden is going to try to keep u.s. allies aligned against russia, even as he faces anger and frustration back home over inflation, the rising cost of food and gas and legitimate fears of a recession. he and other leaders will look for ways to punish russia, while also managing a global economy that has become shaky. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is expected t