welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper in washington, d.c. for 70 years her subjects and her fans have been saying, god save the queen but this afternoon, queen elizabeth ii, longest ruling monarch in british history died at the age of 96. the royal family confirmed the news just about 90 minutes ago saying that the queen died peacefully at balmoral castle in scotland. moments ago her son charles, now king charles iii released a statement saying in part, we mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished, sovereign and a much-loved mother. he loss will be deeply felt by countless people around the worlds. we expect king charles to make an address tomorrow. moments after the official announcement this afternoono afternoon the flag over buckingham palace was lowered to half-staff. a similar scene unfolding at the queen s other homes including windsor castle. the official notice was posted on the gates of buckingham palace reading, the queen died peacefully at balmoral this aft
airborne near the ukrainian border. cbs charlie d agata reports, this is not a training deployment but a combat one. music superstar taylor swift, the most streamed female artist of all time, crashes spotify. and cbs steve hartman goes on the road. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. we want to begin with what is likely to become a historic legal battle unlike any other in american history, as congress today ordered former president donald trump to testify under oath. the january 6 committee followed through on its unanimous vote to subpoena the former president for documents and his testimony related to his false allegations about the 2020 presidential election. in a letter, chairman bennie thompson, and vice chair liz cheney write that the committee has gathered overwhelming evidence that trump personally
dogs helping families and survivors of the parkland school shooting. you don t want to mess. it all of that and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. this morning, waiting to see if trump s legal team finally gets around to filing a motion calling for a special master to review the evidence that was seized from his mar-a-lago estate. trump s attorney said friday the neutral person is needed to help, quote, vindicate the fourth amendment rights of the president. this comes as and bc learned that trump is also considering releasing the surveillance footage of the fbi search. so far, though, none of that has happened. meanwhile, the doj has until thursday to propose redactions for the affidavit supporting the document seizure. for more on all of this, we turn to nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly. ryan, good to see you this morning. thanks for being here. give us the latest of what is going on. there is a call for the special master. and i
the alleged $300,000 murder-for- hire plan iranian targeting two top trump officials. cbs catherine herridge speaks to one of them. that it was potentially an effort either to kidnap me or assassinate me. brennan: how will the biden administration respond? and nationwide teacher shortage. cbs elise preston on what s behind the crisis in america s classrooms. teachers are burnt out. but at the same time, they want to make a difference in the lives of kids. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. we begin tonight with the latest news about former president donald trump s growing legal troubles. he was set to be questioned under oath today for a civil investigation by the state of new york into alleged fraud by themp president waved to the crowd on the way to his deposition. he invoked his constitutional r