and guns saluted. paying respects to the life and legacy of queen elizabeth ii. the uk s newly appointed prime minister, liz truss, offered newly anointed king charles the support of an unusually quiet and somber parliament. the crown endures. our nation endures. and in that spirit, i say god save the king. the king greeted well-wishers outside buckingham palace to a chorus of the national anthem. he retired to buckingham palace where he held his first audience with the prime minister. and for the first time, the royal standard flew above in his name. the exegz council will mead to proclaim charles as the new sovereign, having declared his loyalty to the parliament and the church of england. whether the monarchy will emerge strengthened from the handover remains to be seen, but the initial signs appear positive. one of the big concerns about king charles was that he would be a meddling king. you ll know, jake, that there s been accusations that he s been sending lette
the economy with its new plan to cut tax and increase borrowing. don t forget, don t forgive. the only way to stop this is with a labour government. applause and nasa has deliberately flown a space craft into an asteroid to push it off course in the first test of a planetary defence system. voting has ended in widely discredited referendums organised by russia in four occupied regions in ukraine. as expected, russia is claiming that an overwhelming majority of residents are in favour ofjoining russia, but not all the votes have yet been counted. ukraine and the west have condemned the five day vote as a sham and an attempted land grab by moscow. russia s president claims hejust wants to help people living there. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia were to attend polling stations and vote. the areas in question represent 15% of ukraine s territory roughly the size of portugal. b
remember. new is a cue from space friday it was the first that nowhere in the uk reached 20 celsius, and it is because of the brisk northerly wind vigilfor mama the daily mail dedicates its front page to the queen s childrens vigil at westminster hall, as the new king stands aside his mother s coffin. saturday s times also runs with the same story declaring it the vigil an emotional end to a week of national mourning for the united kingdom. the guardian focuses on the death of elizabeth ii and the invitation of the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, calling his visit a stain on the queen s memory . and crossing to a commonwealth country, the new zealand herald reports on the queues to see the queen lying in state reaching capacity, as people wait for 2h hours in line. in other news, the international edition of the financial times leads on german government s move to control three refineries. so let s begin. the new york times reports on the ongoing despairfor t
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is tuesday, september 6th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. in california, this morning, the state is bracing for rolling power outages as a brutal heat wave is expected to shatter the record for power demand. temperature in parts of the state hitting 115 degrees with no end in sight. not ideal conditions, obviously, for fighting wildfires. evacuations are now under way in riverside county where the fairview fire has killed two people and scorched 2,000 acres. yeah. in the northeast, though, a much different threat. flood watches are now in effect for more than 50 million people across 11 states. virginia to maine. some areas could see 7 inches of rain by this afternoon which is not good news for people in providence, rhode island. where heavy rains and flash floods closed i-95 in both directions yesterday afternoon. we re going to have much more on this ahead. this morning, officials in memphis are
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. damning new details this hour with the fbi search of donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. the justice department says confidential documents were likely concealed and removed from storage to obstruct its investigation. the revelations are part of the departments court filings against trump s request for a special master to review evidence seized from mar-a-lago. the justice department also argues that trump lacks standing to intervene in a federal investigation, because the documents belong to the government, not to him. more now from cnn political correspondent sara murray, reporting in from washington. the justice department weighing in with its side of the story of what happened in the run up and in the aftermath of the search at mar-a-lago. this is all part of the court battle that s playing out over whether there should be a special master, an independent third party, appointed to review the documents t