president. and if i had to bet, i would bet it s near. do you believe there s enough evidence? well, they would indict if there s not evidence, but from what i ve seen there s substantial evidence there. that s former attorney general bill barr with a bleak prediction for his former boss. it comes as there are major developments connected to donald trump s handling of classified materials. we ll bring you the very latest. also ahead a key witness in multiple investigations into the former president finally gives testimony to a grand jury. plus chris christie makes it official. we ll show you his pitch for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning more revealing new details this morning about two separate grand juries looking into former president donald trump s handling of classified documents after he left the white ho
report. the dow closing down more than 1200 points as rising consumer prices drive up fears of new interest rate hikes and recession. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, as queen elizabeth s funeral gets closer, her coffin is now inside an iconic symbol of her 70-year reign, buckingham palace. cnn s bianca nobilo reports on the arrival ceremony in london and all the new moves by the royal family on another day of mourning. reporter: the final journey back home. the queen s hearse taken to buckingham palace, to the embrace of her children and grandchildren. a night for the family to grieve in private. mourners bid her farewell in edinburgh, streaming past her casket, adorned with the scottish crown, and have been queuing up in london ahead of wednesday, for one last chance to say goodbye to the late queen at westminster hall. take fire! cheering her motorcade like they cheered the ne
hello, good to have you with us. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test within 2a hours of boarding their flights from this sunday. the need for testing will be re evaluated every three months and could be reinstated if a new variant emerges. the move ends one of the last restrictions related to the pandemic in the us, where a more than a million people have died from covid. our new york business correspondent michelle fleury told me more about this latest announcement. the timing of this cannot be better for americans getting ready for their summer holidays. it means if they want to leave the country and travel to europe, they don t have to worry about getting stranded abroad. that was certainly something that the airline industry had been lobbying the administration about, saying it was creating hesitancy amongst americans who were nervous that they would then be out of pocket if they got stuck overseas with a positive
city of severodonetsk where its soldiers are locked in fierce street battles. and world number one iga swiatek has won this year s french open, beating american coco gauff in the final. hello and welcome to bbc world news. here in britain, celebrations contine to mark queen elizabeth s platinumjubilee. a huge crowd gathered in front of buckingham palace for a spectacular open air concert to mark the queen s 70 years on the throne. in a tribute to his mother, prince charles praised what he called a lifetime of selfless service. veteran pop stars including diana ross, rod stewart and the band, queen, were among the performers. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. after the ceremonial and the spiritual, it was time for a jubilee party. they had taken their seats in the royal box, tens of thousands had packed the mall, and first on stage, who else? queen and brian may. the bbc concert had begun inside buckingham palace, with one of those jaw dropping moments. a
i always keep one for emergencies. so do i. i keep mine in here. in other news a senior ukrainian official says russia is throwing all its power at the key city of severodonetsk where its soldiers are locked in fierce street battles. hong kong s annual vigils to remember the tiananmen square massacre are in doubt after the authorities ban this year s event. and world number one iga swiatek wins this year s french open beating american coco gauff in the final. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. celebrations have been continuing to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. a huge crowd gathered in front of buckingham palace for a spectacular open air concert to mark the queen s 70 years on the throne. in a tribute to his mother, prince charles praised what he called a lifetime of selfless service. veteran pop stars including diana ross, rod stewart and the band queen, were among the performers. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. af