this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. anfoininus ondni summ home in scotland. earlier in the day, buckingham palace announced that her majesty, who ruled over the commonwealth for a record 70 years, was placed under medical supervision. her doctors were concerned about her health. family rushed to her side. in accordance with the royal line of succession, her oldest son, charles, immediately became king, which put her grandson, prince william, next in line to the throne, followed by william s eldest son, nine-year-old prince george. just before her death was announced, a double rainbow appeared over buckingham palace as a crowd gathered. president biden visited the british embassy in washington late today and left a message in a condolence book. in a statement he said, queen elizabeth was a states woman was unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the united kingdom and the united states. w
So that has to be part of the thinking. And it is. But the immediate focus is on making sure that israelis are protected, defended, and that this cant be repeated. With regard to the second front. Try to take advantage of the situation. The president has been clear about that. He said very starkly that any state or nonstate actor considering that should not. Dont do it. And hes backed that up in a number of ways, include ing as mentioned the other day deploying our Biggest Group to help ensure that anyone contemplating getting engaged doesnt do it. But beyond that, a big part of my own conversations here throughout this trip, including today, following up the next couple days is working with other countries to make sure they are using their own influence, their own relationship. Welcome to inside politics. We have been listening to the u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken in hamas backyard. Hes in qatar. He called hamas actions unconscionable and warned any country against offering
released audio of an interview of donald trump by jonathan carl. it shows the ex-president knew full well the power he had over the mob that stormed the capitol. just take a listen. but if you look a the real size of that crowd, i was never reported correctly. there were the biggest crowd i ve ever spoken in front of by far, really, by far, that went down to the washington that went back to the washington mo. you told them you were going to g up to the capitol. were you just i was going to a the secret service said you can t. and by the time i would have and wanted to go back, i was thinking about going back during doing it myself.top the problem secret service didn t like that idea too much. so i ve done that. and you know what, i would have been very well received. don t forget, the peopl that went to washington that day in my opinion, they went because they thought the election was rigged. that s why they went. trump s desire to go to the capitol was flushed ou
battleground states all of which mr. biden carried in the 2020 election. we will have much more on those poles coming up. stop funding genocide. it is rewarding israel for its genocide. no more military aid to israel. when every other option has been murdered what other option do palestinians have? a massive crowd gathered in washington, d.c. yesterday calling for a cease-fire and an end to u.s. aid to israel as many demonstrators called the president genocide joe. we have fox teams coverage with alexandria, steve harrigan in northern israel and tray in southern israel. we will start off near the gaza border where we see live rocket fire. what is the latest there? that is exactly right. this appears like it could actually be antiaircraft fire coming from the gaza strip. we just saw a number of project tiles fired into the air. it is because right afterwards we saw and you could see an explosion for just some of that. it may have been intercepted earlier. it is har
we ll break down what this means for asylum seekers and why the biden administration is now shifting towards tougher measures along the border. plus, the jury is set in hunter biden s federal gun charges trial. we ll go over what to expect as opening statements are slated to begin later this morning. and also ahead, house republicans grilled dr. anthony fauci on capitol hill yesterday as they continue to investigate his response to the covid pandemic. we ll play those intense exchanges and show you how fauci pushed back. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning at the white house where president biden is expected to sign an executive order later today that would shutdown the southern border where daily migrant crossings between legal points of entry exceed 2,500 people. according to three sources familiar with discussions under the order the border would