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cautious step as monarch, she is torn between the palace old forward led by her mother and those like her husband philip who want change. with scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power. sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. >> february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george vi. >> shortly after the kings lord mount batten prince philips uncle holds...

hearings, the supreme court overturning roe v. wade, the fbi raiding the home of a former president, and everything in between. 2022 has been incredibly consequential for american politics a year that has left us with a lot of questions about the future of our country, our democracy, our rights as human beings and about whether you have more of those rights if, say, you are a former president or fewer if you have a uterus and live in a red state. well, 2023 may be the yorear we get ans...

convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, r...

vossoughian. dramatic video of the final moments before a plane crash oversees that loved dozens of people dead. we are keeping a close eye on california where another round of devastating storms is heading. plus, a looming dead ceiling deadline, as congress gears up for a fight that could shut the government down. and, president biden on the road today, to honor martin luther king junior, but looming over him is the latest news on the documents found in his home. all of that, plus the...

instead he said something weve started hearing a lot from defenders of the former president in the last 24 hours, deflecting from the facts, focusing on the leaks. marco rubio serves on the intelligence committee, explaining away the way the fbi classified documents as a storage argument. >> this is really at its core a storage argument theyre making. theyre arguing there are documents there. they dont deny he should have access to the documents. i dont think a fight over storage of do...

aberdeenshire. kensington palace says prince william is on his way. the prime minister liz truss has said "the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news". and she said her thoughts — and those of everyone in the uk — are with the queen and her family. liz truss was of course invited to form a government by the queen on tuesday as the new prime minister. keeping me company as we reflect on what is going on is our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. as we go through this ...

privy council terms, so i think that is the fairest indication we can give to our viewers here and around the world at this stage that there is, as we keep saying, there is profound concern, deep concern. but at this stage we dont have any further news from buckingham palace. nick, werejust looking nick, were just looking at these images here, because of course, they are really reflecting people deep alarm and concern about the fact that the queen is extremely unwell, and of course, th...

and wished rishi sunak success. our country continues to battle through a storm. but i believe in britain. i believe in the british people. and i know that brighter days lie ahead. the cost of living crisis continues — as many food prices soar — some like pasta, tea and cooking oil up by 65% in a year. in our area, there is a lot of people that rely on pensions, rely on benefits, and if they are not supported, businesses wont continue to thrive because there will be nobody to use u...

circle. and i didnt do it, be if it did happen, theres nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriends abortion. were going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the "washington post," eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan l...

it was done at balmoral not where it is traditionally done at buckingham palace. normally the queen would have come to buckingham palace to meet with an incoming prime minister. >> yeah, anderson. i think we should give her a break. she is 96 years old. why would she get on a plane even if she was healthy to come to london. >> fair point. >> reporter: when actually the younger people could go up and see her. seriously. 96 years old. she has the right for them to come to see her in balm...