this hour in our country s history stands in contrast to a republican party devoid of an agenda, other than serving a disgraced twice impeached ex-president who tried to overturn and steal the results of the 2020 election. president biden described the 2022 election has a, quote, defining moment for the country, denouncing the gop s embrace of rhetoric that all too often has resulted in or coincided with violence, most recently with the attack on speaker pelosi s husband paul pelosi and his democratic predecessor president barack obama used his talent as a speaker, as a message deliver, as a leader, and lent his credibility as a popular two-term president to that message that democrats are right now the only ones, the only party, that believes in democracy and fundamental american values. it was something. watch. what we have to remind ourselves is that there s this common thread, there s this thing that binds us together as americans, a belief that no matter who we are or
our hearts go out to you. i think it is such a beautiful way for it to be sent off with people around and people here for days and days. that is exactly what she wanted. and this is a humanitarian crisis created by human hands. it is an all hands on deck moment. they re coming into southern states. what is a governor supposed to do. they re trying to send a message to the rest of the country. to make sure that no one is homeless and hungry and that we always continue to treat people like human beings. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin hurricane fiona is punishing puerto rico the entire island now completely without power. the category 1 storm made landfall this afternoon and is wreaking havoc with heavy winds an rainment and look at this video showing what some of the flash flooding has already done in some areas. we have layla santiago in san juan and first to you, what is the situation there on the ground? well we
privy council terms, so i think that is the fairest indication we can give to our viewers here and around the world at this stage that there is, as we keep saying, there is profound concern, deep concern. but at this stage we don t have any further news from buckingham palace. nick, we rejust looking nick, we re just looking at these images here, because of course, they are really reflecting people deep alarm and concern about the fact that the queen is extremely unwell, and of course, that we are expecting the news from balmoral that she is having treatment or that, indeed, they are unable to help her majesty any more. a few moments ago, buckingham palace announced the death of her majesty, queen elizabeth ii. the palace has just issued this statement. it says that the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen consort will remain at balmoral this evening and will return to london tomorrow. within the past few minutes, buckingham palace has anno
inflationary pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps first thought in august. manchester united footballer mason greenwood is arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions that were set after he was taken into custody on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary. more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. rugby league world cup hosts england get off to a flying start in the opening game of the tournament against samoa. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has today indicated that he will make major changes to liz truss economic strategy. mr hunt appointed yesterday after kwasi kwarteng was sacked from thejob said mistakes had been made by the government. he warned of difficult decisions ahead , suggesting taxes may have to rise and refusing to rule out spending cuts. meanwhile, in the last hour, the governor of the bank of england has predicted that uk interes