campaign trail for the first time more than 50 days since announcing his re-election bid. there are renewed concerns among democrats tonight over the president s age, the 2024 primary schedule, and the possibility of a third party candidate derailing his re-election effort. correspondent mark meredith is following it all. he joins us live from the north lawn. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. president biden told a crowd in connecticut today he is far from finished when it comes to addressing gun violence. also far from certain he will win re-election next year. tomorrow, he is going to take his biggest step yet to try to shore up support among democrats. kick off of your campaign tomorrow? i kicked it off a while ago. 52 days after announcing his re-election bid, president biden is set to campaign for the first time. saturday s rally in philadelphia comes only hours after he won dual labor endorsements from the american federation of teachers and the afl
celebrations to mark the start of 2023 are being held around the world with rio the latest city to welcome the new year in the past hour. earlier, crowds thronged the streets of capitals from warsaw and stockholm in the east, to brussels, paris, madrid and london where the countdown was projected within the london eye as midnight approached. a spectacular firework display lit up the skies for around 12 minutes, in what was thought to be the largest display in europe, with over 12,000 fireworks. there were tributes to the late queen elizabeth, to ukraine s resistance against russian invasion, and 50 years of pride celebrations. 0ur correspondent greg mckenzie was soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers on the banks of the river thames. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest firework display in the entire europe having taken place just a few minutes ago, and in an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the
range of colleagues have been working on this story all day and have learned the justice department has subpoenaed more than 30 people, people in the former president s orbit. people like bill steppian, donald trump s former campaign manager, dan scavino the former trump chief of staff. these are wide ranging subpoenas seeking things that have to do with the save america pact, donald trump s fundraising and political vehicle, information related to the fake elector spot, any information handed over to the january 6 committee, a number of them seeking documents some also seeking testimony. we also learned in the new york times tonight that investigators appear to have gone another step further with some witnesses including boris epstein and mike roman the new york times reporting both men had phones seized. cnn has not independently confirmed this. it is a sign the justice department s investigation is intensifying particularly as they are about to head into the quiet peri
since harry truman. can you imagine what that would be like to have that consistency? by the way. not for nothing, as they say. we talk all we want about a monarchy, and the shortcomings, and all of these things. but our democracy is being tested. our democratic principles are often being tested. so, we all live in a virtual political glass house. then we have someone who is acting like a monarch, but was a former president. thank you, laura i will see you tomorrow. it is good to be the, getting let us know. this is don lemon tonight and there s not going on tonight here in the uk. back at home, and around the world. we ve got new developments tonight on the special master and on subpoenas going out to trump associates. later in the broadcast, as ukraine turn the tide against fiber putin. all that is straight ahead. but i want to take a look at these pictures, pretty amazing. , we are still lining up in edinburgh where it is a little after three in the morning, waiting
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