robinson, and u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. since we went off the air together outside buckingham palace yesterday, some extraordinary scenes at that committal service at windsor castle west of the city here for the queen as she was lowered into that vault and then the private ceremony last night for the family. some of the headlines in london, a look at the morning papers, until we meet again a shot of the corgis saying good-bye to the queen. it s always tough on the dogs to say good-bye. i thought the ceremony was the most moving of the day. just before the committal of the coffin that somehow as they were singing the anthem god save the king and the camera panned to king charles iii, it felt like in that moment, it hit him. his mother is gone, he is the monarch, and the country turns its eyes to him. it was an extraordinary day, wasn t it, the pomp and pageantry, and also moments of emotion for a family that is just a family in some ways, grievi
better if there s any doubt that hi legal problems are getting t donald trump, consider this. what was on his mind o christmas day? not wishing everyone a happy holiday with family and friends, but attacking the fbi and th justice department in a fantastic profile for new york magazine, olivia nuzz says that donald trump i becoming more isolated he s embroiled in multiple state and federa investigations, including on concerning the theft o classified documents. and th justice department is weighing whether to act on the criminal referrals from the january 6th select committee that s before we learned today that the ways and mean committee will release o friday six years of trump returns. returns that trump fought so hard to keep secret. one adviser told new yor magazine that he has retreated to the golf course and t mar-a-lago, his world ha gotten much smaller, his world is so, so small. olivia details his quote, sad, lonely, thirsty, broken, basically pretend run fo reelect
seek help and advise from his china loving wife coco chao. the wall street journal s editorial board condemning trump, saying it s all too easy to see trump taking trump literally and attempting to kill mr. mcconnell. mcconnell himself has not publicly responded but watch gop leader rick scott repeatedly dodge when pressed about donald trump. you re a member of the senate gop leadership. are you okay with this? well, look, i can never talk about respond to why anybody else says what they say. the language is what i m talking about. isn t that dangerous? i think we all have to figure out how do we start bringing people together? and you would agree that that language doesn t bring people together? i believe that what the i believe what president trump was talking about is the fact that we can t keep spending money. okay, that s not what the former president said. and coco chao was the phrase he used to refer to a former cabinet secretary, elaine chao. loo
evidence that he was even asked, the trump was even asked, to give his documents back. he was cooperating with him on this issue for months now. so i take it to the extreme extent? i think that s why you re seeing so much backlash from republicans, and seeing everyone coalesce. it doesn t matter what side of the issue they are on with trump. i have seen a lot coalesce around this. because it does seem unjust. this all comes as the new nbc eufaula today says a 57% of americans believe the investigations into trump should continue. at this breaking news this hour, republican senator lindsey graham s granulators to money on election interference. that is now in question. a federal appeals court, today, in fact just a short while ago, temporarily blocked testifying in georgia. setting the case now back to the district court ought to determine if that subpoena should be partially quashed or modified. no reaction today from the january six committee, days after mike pence says th
primetime address on threats to american democracy, and what the white house is calling a battle for the soul of the nation. this hour, house minority leader kevin mccarthy is already in california and set to make his own remarks, slamming joe biden for calling some americans semi fascist. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i m pamela brown, and you are in the situation room. our top story tonight, a hearing on former president trump s request for a special master has just concluded without a ruling. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is tracking the mar-a-lago investigation. so both sides were battling it out in court, but as of tonight, no decision from the judge. give us the latest. reporter: that s right. judge eileen cannon says she s not ruling today, not immediately at least, but she seems inclined to grant former president trump s request for a special master, a third party, to review some of the docum