hip, hip hooray! hip, hip hooray! some had camped out for days to see king charles and queen camilla and select members of the royal family stepping onto the balcony of buckingham palace. there were many other memorable moments. cnn s max foster has this report from london. god save the king reporter: a day of destiny, the patient prince, crowned at last. charles iii, king of the united kingdom and commonwealth realms. london stood still as well wishers lined the streets, huddled in the rain to join the celebration of the british monarchy. leaders, dignitaries, family members and celebrities, more than 2,000, gathered in westminster abbey for this once in a generation event. prince harry alongside other royals, including prince andrew, prince edward, princess beatrice. the prince and princess of wales arrived behind in what appeared to be a break from the schedule. king and queen, married in 2005, arrived in splendor. the couple wore their respective rob
Cnns Frederik Pleitgen is live in teheran. Whats the latest from the leadership . Reporter hi, christine. Iranian leadership in the form of Iran Supreme Leader said very frankly there are not going to be any sort of negotiations with the United States and especially not with the Trump White House. He came out not so long ago and said, look, he believes that goe negotiations with the u. S. Would be poison, and negotiations with the Trump White House would be double poison because of the strategy of the Trump Administration of maximum pressure on iran, of course the crippling sanctions iran has been facing. Iranians say they are not going to negotiate under those circumstances. It was quite interesting because irans president came out late last night and said look, we have all the phone numbers we need in the United States. Negotiations under these circumstances are not going to happen. The head of irans revolutionary guard core says he believes iran is at the height of the conflict with
It is 10 00 a. M. In the east. Im jim sciutto. Poppy is off today. And the hour has arrived for president trumps former white house counsel, don mcgahn, to give the House Judiciary Committee potential evidence that the president obstructed justice. If he complies, house dems will get a look at notes and files related to several key episodes in the Mueller Report. If he does not, it will set up yet another constitutional showdown that could lead to another contempt of congress vote. The first is set for tomorrow against the attorney general himself for refusing to turn over the Mueller Report without redactions, along with the underlying evidence. Staff for both sides will meet one last time some time today in search of a possible compromise. All of this brings me to Cnns Phil Mattingly on capitol hill. So how does it look for barr avoiding a contempt vote tomorrow . Is there any chance that these negotiations get somewhere . Look, its a heavy lift. And i think when you listen to what b
Prince harry and Meghan Markle welcomed the arrival of a baby boy this morning. Were both absolutely thrilled. Glor and late news on the Kentucky Derby. A final decision as the owner of maximum security appeals a disqualification. They have been about as non transparent as anything i have ever seen in my life. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. The u. S. Is sending a powerful message to iran. It weighs 100,000 tons and carries up to 90 aircraft. The u. S. S. Lincoln is headed to the Persian Gulf Region after intelligence reports suggest iran is preparing to strike u. S. Forces in the region. National security adviser john bolton says unrelenting force will meet any attack. David martin has more from the pentagon. Reporter the sudden order to send an Aircraft Carrier strike group and bombers to the persian gulf came in response to intelligence reports, some of them from israel, that iran is planning attacks against american forces. General frank mckenzie,
If they cannot reach an agreement democrats are planning to vote tomorrow to hold attorney general william barr in contempt. Former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn could also face a contempt citation if he doesnt turn over documents related to the Mueller Investigation by 10 00 this morning. So contempt on mcgahn, contempt on barr, it could all happen this week. Joining us now is maggie haberman, cnn political analyst. Maggie, thanks for being with us. Do you get the sense that the administration cares about being held in contempt if thats a stick being held up by congress, is it one that the administration is afraid of . Not particularly. I mean, i think you have to remember that unless you use the most exotic form of trying to hold someone in criminal contempt through congress, that this would then end up as a referral back to the department of justice and where do you think bill barr is going to end up on this . I dont think that they care particularly, i think we have seen the presi