just about at the top of the hour, the end of another historic day and another historic first for donald trump. mere weeks after becoming the first former president charged on state felony offenses, he s now also the first to be charged with the federal kind, specifically 37 counts connected to retaining, mishandling, moving, concealing government documents, some of them highly classified. the indictment also details allegations of two occasions he shared highly sensitive material with people not cleared to see it. he s also accused of hiding documents from his own attorneys and conspiring to obstruct government efforts to get them back. just a short time ago we got our first read on how long the government expects it will take to make its case in court against donald trump according to a court document filed along with the document, the estimate that jack smith, the special counsel s team is making, is 21 business days. that s about a month. that does not include how long
the king speech, mps and lords will come together was minister hauled to hear from the new monarch and a special ceremony. i am here at st. charles cathedral in edinburgh, where the king will hold a vigil with members of the royal family. good morning from above that national park in kenya. 70 years ago, her majesty came here, a princess and returned to britain a queen. in parts of the commonwealth, morning is accompanied by fresh questions of the royal of the monarchy. the prime minister of antigua saying that he intends to hold a referendum on that country becoming a republic in the next few years. another sign for jamaica and other nations who may well follow suit. in other news, this morning, the only light in the darkness, ukraine accuses retreating russian military of attacking a power station, causing a blackout in kharkiv. good morning from buckingham palace palace, king charles iii will lead a procession alongside his mother s coffin, later, as it s mov
hours. what s the latest? democrats are now on pace to pass this bill, probably within the hour. this after a marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night, has gone all through the night into the afternoon, and after some last-minute drama, within their own caucus, democrats have resolved those issues, and now are pushing ahead to final passage. that drama caused by concerns initially raised by kyrsten sinema of arizona. the 15% corporate minimum tax. she was concerned it could impact some smaller companies. it s supposed to hit companies that have a billion dollars or more in income. but she had concerns about companies that were subsidiaries of those that were owned by private equity firms. she wanted to exempt those subsidiaries. she agreed to a republican amendment that targeted this, that narrowed this corporate minimum tax, exempted those subsidiaries. but democrats were revolting over this because of the way that republican amendment wou
Plans to have 48 teams at the tournament in 2026. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A breezy day ahead of us. For some of us, starting on a bright note with sunshine. It is cold. Thicker cloud in the west will introduce rain going from east to west during the day. Later the wind will strengthen. And ill have more details on the weather for you in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Another strike is affecting services on Southern Rail. Drivers belonging to the aslef union will stop work for three days this week. The dispute about the role of the guard on trains has been going on for nearly ten months. 0ur South Of England correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at horsham Train Station. Duncan, what is the mood like among passengers there . It has been crippling train lines for ten months. Commuters are out there. You have to get up early. It ta kes there. You have to get up early. It takes longer. I am abandoning going out to town tomorrow. We will see how
party, blue state republicans, that can speak broadly to independents and to a broad swath of americans to explain what is going on. i was crawling out of my skin during that entire interview because chris sununu is, as margaret said, one of the normal guys. and i m going to tell you exactly what he was doing. he tried to put this on the doj to say they have to go out and be politicians. if they were politicians, they would be going after them for being political. secondarily, he was trying to have his cake and eat it too. on the one hand, he s acknowledging, yeah, this is bad. but he s trying to assuage the base by saying this is a political message and people don t trust justice. absolutely kevin mccarthy was right. kevin mccarthy was right in what he said? really? it was one of the more disappointing interviews i ve seen with chris sununu and i like him. with respect to the justice department itself, that entire premise was false. joe biden has not been cleared. let s remember t