soledar is important more than anything as a symbolic victory after months of defeats in and around kyiv, kharkiv region, and kherson as well. so for them, after suffering these defeats to take soledar would be a victory, a symbolic, if not strategic victory. ben wedeman, thank you very much. appreciate that. cnn this morning continues right now. lisa marie presley, good morning, everyone, friday, january 13th and we are remembering lisa marie presley. looking back at the life of elvis only daughter. she was so young. we ll look at her life. also a special counsel now appointed to investigate joe biden s classified document scandal. who is robert hur and what does this mean for the president? in just a few moments senate majority leader, chuck schumer is going to join us at the desk. what he thinks of the president s handling of classified materials. we begin with more than 30 tornados have torn through the south with georgia and alabama hit the hardest
i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. lots of news this morning happening right now. the newly appointed special counsel robert hur is beginning his investigation into classified documents found by his lawyers and staff at president biden s home as well as a former private office. now we are seeing both the current and former president under investigation. ahead, the legal and political ramifications as the w.h.o. could be on the ballot against each other once again in 2024. plus, we are closely monitoring the devastation across the south, seven people confirmed dead as tornadoes ripped across alabama and georgia. officials say one of those tornadoes may have been on the ground for at least 50 miles. we are live in selma, alabama. those pictures from the air, always tell such a powerful story. also this morning, the world is mourning the loss of lisa marie presley, elvis presley s only child. she died overnight at the age of 54. a look back at her life in the spotlight
and politico and others kept updating what was in and out edit opposing of members on border security, they just cancel each other out and impress of lycée 19th century law with one sewing up to the vice president, has no power to block of federal funds is donald trump pressured mike pence to do and some republicans wanted to be attorneys to talk on national security grounds but had to settle for bargaining on government devices that was $45 billion in ukraine where the president biden had asked for all flavors like a bailout, and to mention, extra security for former house speaker, every horrible attack on nancy pelosi s husband and it is been an absolute lower and they try to keep up with this ever-changing monstrosity in the lawmakers just wanted to resell. i m howard and this is media buzz. ahead is elon musk, is he really giving up his job is twitter s chief executive, and the incredibly cozy relationship between the company and the fbi and the democrats on the house
the prince s charitable fund took a donation of a million pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia two years after osama bin laden was killed. the family disowned him in 1994. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading british journalists with foreign correspondents based in the uk who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline london. ballot papers will be sent out in the coming week to the 160,000 or so people who will, in effect, choose the next british prime minister. the candidate debates have not been without incident the host of one brought it to an abrupt end by fainting. has it sent our panel to sleep? has europe yet woken up to the prospect of energy rationing this winter? and are the democrats slumbering whilst donald trump is back, thundering? here in the studio are jef mcallister, an american lawyer, who was london bureau chief for time magazine. the french author and journalist, agnes po
as crowds of mourners continue to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth at st giles cathedral. thousands of people have been queueing for several hours at a time to pay their respects and today is the day that the queen s coffin will leave scotland. her coffin will remain in st giles cathedral until this afternoon when it will be flown to london to raf northolt. the queen s coffin will be companied as it has been since it left balmoral by princess anne. king charles and the queen consort will spend most of the day in northern ireland, as they continue their tour of all four nations of the united kingdom. they ll hear a message of condolence on behalf of the people of northern ireland from the speaker of the stormont assembly, alex maskey, and meet representatives of political parties, and faith leaders as well. it will be charles 40th visit to northern ireland but his very first as king. that is what is to come. we have been talking to some of the people who have b