weissmann who will join us in a few minutes, but we begin with the news that has made today one of those days that we will simply never forget around here. a global outpouring of grief after queen elizabeth ii passed away earlier today at the age of 96. the queen, who has reigned over the united kingdom and 15 other countries all over the world for 70 years die at balmoral castle, that s her summer home in scotland. all four of the queen s children were by her side in her final moments. these pictures show princes andrew and edward along with her grandson arriving at balmoral earlier today. her son charles is now the king taking the throne as king charles iii. he calls the death of his mother, a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family, adding this, quote, during this period of mourning and change my family and i will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect ask deep affection in which the queen was so widely held. it is difficult t
and it is also very windy which is pushing some of the flames. people are heating the nuclear power plant, and we are playing with fire. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is wednesday, acceseptemb, 9:00 a.m. here this london and 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. and we re learning new details about what the fbi found at mar-a-lago. agents recovered a document on a foreign government defenses nuclear capabilities. the pain cites people familiar with the matter and the justice department has recovered horn 300 classified documents from mar-a-lago this year. you are talking about documents that should be stored in a scif, takes it is a gover acronym for a very secure room, and should have someone who is designated government official to keep very close tabs on those kinds of documents. that is another cause for concern because obviously when they conducted this search, they looked in a storage room, in the former president s office, and those aren
new charges against steve bannon this morning, welcome to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. long-time trump adviser and ally steve bannon expected to surrender to prosecutors in new york thursday to face state charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern border. bannon allegedly defrauded donors who contributed to a we build the wall campaign. the crowd-funded border wall raised more than $25 million. according to prosecutors bannon falsely told donors that all the money contributed would go toward the construction effort. bannon in a statement calls the indictment phoney charges and a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system. federal prosecutors charged bannon with the same alleged crime in 2020 but president trump pardoned bannon as he was leaving office. presidential pardons do not apply to state investigations, of course. cnn s kara scannell is joining us now with the details. what s the la
[ applause ] fo folks, that s why the country elected you twice, and it s why you ll be considered one of the most consequential presidents in our history along with one of the most consequential first ladies. you know, michelle, he knows we all know, he couldn t have done it without you. [ applause ] i know i couldn t. in fact, during our we had lunch once a week every week come hell or high water, and everybody wondered all the important things we talked about, probably 40% of the time we talked about family. we most talked about our girls and my grandchildren and my children. you embody dignity beyond measure, michelle, and together you and barack made history. you both generated hope for millions of people who were left behind for so long, and it matters. you both did it with such grace and such class. you know, you dream big, for american people helping lift their burden with the blessing of hope. it was so underestimated just having hope. this is the gift of the obama
welcome to the fastest internet on the largest gig speed network. are you crying uncle ed? no! a little. only from xfinity. unbeatable internet made to do anything so you can do anything. in cnn newsroom. i m victor plaquewell. and i m alisyn camerota. we re covering several developing stories. a new report reveals new details about the top secret documents found at donald trump s home including nuclear defense information of another country. we ll discuss the danger that this presents. and the obamas make their first joint return to the white house today. details of the official portraits and political messages that were on display today plus americans are getting ready to get new booster shots. the white house covid coordinator will join us to talk about the newest phase in the fight against covid but first former white house chief strategist steve bannon is expected to surrender tomorrow on state charges alleging he defrauded donors who wanted to build a border wall.