william, i think this will be seen as a hugely respectful thing for her to do her majesty. i asked her if i could have a hug and she hugged me back. i m still shaking now. people here are wondering whether or not this was a photo opportunity or whether this is truly the beginning of some kind of a reconciliation process. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn news room. in great britain tonight, a royal transfer of power. king charles iii is formally named sovereign of the british monarchy. the ancient ceremony, making its own history. this is the first time the british people could turn on their actual tvs and watch the proclamation of their new head of state. and amid that new beginning, a final farewell. the funeral for queen elizabeth ii now announced for a week from monday. and her eldest son, today formally proclaimed as the new king mourns the loss of his mother who he shared with the world. my lords, ladies and gentlemen, it is my most sorrow
still don t have drinking water or power, and more than 1,000 people have been rescued so far. in the dominican republic, mudslides and sinkholes are a big concern. this is just what we can see. rescuers are still trying to reach remote areas that are cut off. and also the immigration fight, a texas sheriff now look into the florida s unprecedented move to fly immigrants to martha s vineyard. donald trump s legal team has one more hour to respond to a justice department request for a partial stay of the march largo special master order, and in three hours, that same special master will hold a hearing with the trump team and doj, and it comes as trump s team is pushing back one of the requests made by one of the lawyers they retained. and what will you be watching for once this conference gets started at 2:00 p.m. eastern? right, i think there s going to be a lot of lead up to that 2:00 p.m. hearing at the brooklyn courthouse, and you will see trump s attorneys meeting alo
executives say they ll need to cancel many more tomorrow. then, breaking his silence did i embellish my resume, yes, i did. and i m sorry. but i m still the same guy, i m not a fraud. republican congressman-elect george santos admits he lied about major parts of his resume, but wait until he explains his jewish heritage claims. and miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa has been placed in concussion protocol, hours after playing an entire game. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly, in for jake tapper. and we begin this hour with the winter travel meltdown plaguing a major u.s. airline. thousands of southwest airlines passengers are still stranded, unable to get to their destinations. some of those passengers is been trying to travel for five days or more, after a massive winter storm battered parts of the u.s. southwest canceled nearly 2,600 flights today, accounting for more than 85% of all flights canceled in the u.s. and the company s telling passengers
live in concrete cells with no bathrooms. this as cnn gets access to evidence that putin doesn t want anyone to see. plus, it s debate night in america, one of the most highly anticipated face-offs of the year. fetterman versus oz. how much will fetterman s health be front and center this evening? we have new reporting from both camps. and where is former chinese president hu jintao. video that appears to be russian soldiers banished to a dark con concrete cellar for refusing to go to the front line in ukraine. you can see soldiers dressed in russian military fatigues, packed into a small windowless room. that s why there is not much light there. one of them explains how they re being treated. listen to it. translator: well, here we are. they arrested us. this is october 2nd, 22. we are part of the third battalion of the 488th motorized rifle regiment. we were arrested for refusing to follow orders. yes, refusing to follow orders. they sent us to a basement of a militar