hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobler. i m max foster live from london. we want to get to our special coverage. pope emeritus benedict s funeral. in when 30 minutes from now the funeral for the former pontiff will begin in st. peter s square. dignitaries from around the world will be attending and pope francis will be leading the mass. he ll become the first pontiff in modern times to preside over the funeral service for his predecessor. moments ago the coffin carrying pope benedict left st. peter s basilica, where he s been lying in state since monday. now, before he became pope benedict, joseph ratzinger was born in 1927 in germany, became a cardinal in 1977. following the death of john paul he was elected pope in 2005. he resigned from his role as pope in 2013. benedict said his choice to step down was made to liz lack of strength of body and of mind. cnn is covering all angles of today s e
live pictures of st. peter s square in vatican city as we continue with our special coverage of the funeral of pope benedict xvi. very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster live from london. funeral for pope emeritus has just come to an end a short while ago at st. peter s square at the vatican. pope benedict asked for a simple ceremony. pope francis presided over the funeral delivering the homily a short while ago. before that, nearly 200,000 people paid their respects to the late pope during the last three days of public viewing. benedict will be buried in the vatican crypt inside the basilica. t the. now that the funeral services are over, what are your personal reflections? what did it mean to you as a catholic? well, one of the things that i was thinking as i looked out and saw all of these people that pope benedict had known for so many years was the real sort of scope of his caree
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m max foster from buckingham palace, special coverage of the queen elizabeth platinum jubilee celebration. good weather thankfully, grab your party hats and get ready for the pageantry. in about an hour the royal family will attend the first event to celebrate a monumental anniversary. 70 years on the throne, a first for any british monarch. this new portrait of the queen was released. festivities will last four days. and she sat on the throne in 1952. royal watchers have been camped out for days just to be a part of this once in a lifetime event. and to get the best seats in the house. cnn reporters are standing by ahead of the celebrations. anna stewart live on the mile where the fans are waiting for the festivities to begin. and larry is at a watch party in kenya. and also joining us also a reporter from hello magazine. but we ll have a look back at the 70 years of service. fina
Right now, donald trump makes his pick for Speaker Of The House. Good day to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is friday, october 6. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, 2 00 a. M. On the west coast. Congressman jim jordan waking up to the news that could propel him to a new job as Speaker Of The House. Former President Trump throwing his weight behind jordan. In a truth social post overnight, the former president called Jordan A Star who is strong on crime, borders, our military vets and the second amendment. And he says jordan will be a, quote, great Speaker Of The House and who has my complete and total endorsement. Jordan is and has been a close trump ally. He has been a Driving Force behind the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden and he has endorsed trumps president ial campaign. While jordans rival, House Majority leader Steve Scalise, has not. Speaking to reporters on thursday, jordan said he is confident that he can unify republicans even t
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u.s. and all around the world. i m max foster live from london with the continuing cover of the israel/hamas war. it s now the fourth day between the tempers between israel and hamas. and after the hostages expected to be released from gaza in the hours ahead. 17 were released. today set to be the football day of the agreement. but hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting beyond a four-day deal. a source tells cnn, the war cabinet is also discussing that possibility. as part of an additional deal, an additional 39 prisoners and detainees were released from jails on sunday. all were males 18 years old and younger. clare sebastian follows all of this from london. so, today is the last day of the truce. what do you expect to happen today. as you said, israel is receiving a list, they re discussing it. we don t have any more as of yet. they re going to release more information when they have it. i thin