Tomorrow we wIll drown out the negatIve voIces that have held us back for song. After 30 years, Johnny Carson steps down tonIght. The buIldup to the last TonIght Show was lIke a traIn that was goIng to be deraIled and all you could do was stand by and watch. Heres bette mIdler. I cant belIeve Its the last guest. Quarter to three theres No One In the place except you and me. ThIs was Johnny Carson. ThIs Is what amerIca knew for 30 years. There was that IntImacy. And john, I know youre gettIng anxIous to close johnny has a Look on hIs face when she says, john, I know youre gettIng anxIous to go. I thought, wow, that made me tear up. She was the voIce for amerIca that we all wanted to gIve hIm a serenade. How cool Is that . And so It has come to thIs. I am one of the lucky people In the world. I found somethIng I always wanted to do and I have enjoyed every sIngle mInute of It. Johnny carson was and Is, I thInk, the hIgh water mark. He was It. He was the only one. He was the one that I gr
the coffin was carried into westminster abbey for a service attended by 2,000 guests, including 500 foreign leaders, royals and dignitaries. all the generations together the queen s grand and great grandchildren in solemn procession. all who followed the queen s example and inspiration of trust and faith in god can with her say, we will meet again. the funeral march echoed around central london as the coffin was accompanied on its finaljourney by members of the armed forces from the uk and commonwealth. around the country, people gathered in towns and cities to watch the funeral and pay their own respects. a few of us were singing hymns along and the national anthem, just immensely proud to be british. it s great how we all come together as a nation. she ll never be forgotten, will she ever, ever? - then on to windsor and down the long walk, crowds gathered to watch the grenadier guards accompany the late queen to her last resting place. and the last glimpse of the q
trump s interview with new meet the press moderator kristen welker. we ll have more of his comments including the delusion he s taken credit for following the 2020 election. plus, president joe biden is in new york this morning ahead of the speech tomorrow in front of the united nations. we ll have a preview of what else is on his agenda for the highly anticipated summit. and also ahead, the latest from capitol hill on the looming government shutdown. republicans have a new short-term solution, but it s not clear if they have enough votes from within their own party to pass it. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, september 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we ll begin with this. former president donald trump takes responsibility for trying to overturn the 2020 election. let that sink in. in a wide-ranging exclusive interview with new meet the press moderator kristen welker, trump saud it was, quo
finance laws. bill barr leading the justice department saying, nothing to see here. bill barr who pushed for this letter and transcript to be put out. thank you, kaitlan. great reporting. thank you for being with me. i m poppy harlow in new york. jim and i will see you in d.c. for special coverage tomorrow morning. my colleague, indicate bolduan continues coverage now. hello, everyone. i m kait bolduan. as you can see, it has been a morning of breaking news. the white house released its account of the july phone call between president trump and ukrainian president zelensky. the first details we have of what led to the whistle-blower complaint against the president, the call is only part of the allegations laid out in this complaint. the rest of it we have we do not know. the white house account though does reveal president trump said the following to the ukrainian president. if you could look into it, it
sounds horrible to me. trump there explicitly talking about former vice