austin awful of scottish symbolism. and her son, taking his first steps, scotland s going. just shortly after, charles the third meeting scotland s first minister, nicholas sturgeon. the leader of arguably the most rebellious of his nation s. sturgeon wants to eventually secure another referendum on scottish independence. challenging the unity of the kingdom. but in her address to the king, at the scottish parliament. she pledged her loyalty. your majesty we stand ready to support you, as you continue your own life of service. and as you build on the extraordinary legacy of your beloved mother. our queen. queen elizabeth ii, queen of the scots. the encounter with the scottish leader came after an event in westminster where the king and queen consort received a letter of condolence from both houses of parliament. there, charles a third reiterated his loyalty to britain s democratic values. her late majesty pleasure stuff to serve her country and her people. and to mainta
investigating the insurrection. and remembering the queen. the coffin will be taken to buk in london. right now king charles and the queen consort are in northern island as thousands pay tribute to the queen. we ll take you there live. and another story we continue to follow. ukrainian forces taking back more and more their territory. president zelenskyy said his country has reca recaptured 230 miles of land. this highlighting how quickly they were able to push out russian occupiers. russia is fighting back. launching heavy shelling that knocked out power in the city of kharkiv this morning. let s begin with the latest from ukraine. melissa bell filed this report from inside of kharkiv. there was a very clever communication about the counter offensive in the south. ahead of its beginning on the 29th of august. and then just about a week ago, the beginning of that eastern counter offensive up here in kharkiv that appears to have wrong-footed russian forces. but there is al
if you re interested in reading the report by jimmy and his class, there is the link at the bottom of your screen. bit.l-y/yale.20year war. be sure to tune in saturday, 8:00 p.m. eastern for the one hour special. the news continues. let s hand it over to sara sidner and cnn tonight. the message behind the special master donald trump asked for in his battle over classified documents is basically this, put up or shut up. and you have a deadline to do so. and that deadline is next friday. michael cohen, donald trump s long-time personal lawyer, turned nemesis, is here. i ll talk to him in just a few minutes about the former president s many legal battles, including one of the vital new developments tonight putting donald trump under quickly increasing pressure. that special master, judge raymond dearie, now says team trump has to back up any claims of the fbi planting evidence at mar-a-lago during last month s search. and they have to do it in a sworn declaration. they als
world, many countries, slam the move as sham elections. this comes as vladimir putin faces an uprising from his own people over his planned mobilization. and the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is saying that he wants russians to revolt against their government. that s right. putin s draft order sparking huge angry protests across the country, leading to more than 1,300 arrests. and now some russians are leaving the country entirely, one way or another. as men try to escape this war. we are seeing long lines of traffic buildup at border crossings and several neighboring countries. as for those who are deciding to try to fight, they are saying good-bye to loved ones, as they leave behind their families to board buses for military service. so let s begin in ukraine. our international security editor, nick paton walsh joins us from kramatorsk. nick, what can you tell us from the ground? reporter: yeah, certainly, these i can t even call them votes, to be honest
this job, trump s legal team is now ordered to prove his claims alleging the doj planted evidence in those many classified documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. also, we spoke with the ceo of one of the largest companies in the world, salesforce. you ll want to stick around for this one. there are surprises in store. let s begin, though, with the sham votes unfolding as we speak in eastern ukraine. cnn senior international correspo correspondent ben wedeman is north of the regions in kharkiv. this is straight out of the russian playbook. they ve done it before. they don t even hold free elections in their country. see how. the vote got off this morning. 50% of the population has fled. there are two armed men going door to door to collect votes. they called upon the residents of occupied territories. they say if strangers show up at your door, don t open them. we understand the polling is partially online, partially this door by door and partially in person at the vot