just eight days remain for democrats to convince voters that they want to take control of the congress for the next two years. the heavy hitters have come out, a former president than trump, biden, and trump a 20 million ballots have been cast. how many minds still can be changed and what does all of this mean for the 2024 presidential race? those are the questions for the return of our dueling panels this evening. laura, just to let everyone, know this is where we each get four minutes and our panels make their best case. and we decide who wins at the end. we re gonna win, so let s just not so fast. not so fast. cnn political analyst tanya kim, and political commentator ashley allison. look at the, clock is going right. now first of all,, guys there s a lot of anxiety for democrats over the next few days. but all even more so for the next, i don t, know two years because they are wondering whether baden is the person they still want in office. what do you think
we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of those who ve been queuing to bid their farewells to the queen, but first, our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story of the day. in a setting that is so familiar, where so often and so recently there has been celebration, today an event of the greatest solemnity. on the pavements around the palace and along the mal
let s start here in the uk, where thousands of passengers have had their holiday plans disrupted after numerous flights were cancelled on sunday. it comes at a time when the aviation industry is struggling to recruit full time staff after laying off workers during the pandemic. easyjet said it had cut 80 flights on sunday, and apologised to customers for the disruption, blaming the the ongoing challenging operating environment . flights from british airways and wizz air were also affected. the uk government has provided £8 billion of support to the aviation sector during the pandemic. transport secretary grant shapps believes the industry cut too manyjobs during the pandemic and said it should not oversell flights. joining me now is fiona cincotta from city index. some cincotta from city index. strains explained because this some strains explained because this has been an especially busy travel weekend, not just in the uk but other parts of europe, some highlight summer
His pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears as the Federal Judge who imposed the sentence said he had no indication of remorse. Plus, the worlds two biggest pariahs, Vladimir Putin and kim jong un, soon to meet for an exclusive summit for dictators. What u. S. Intelligence says that they believe theyre plotting. And also today, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell returned to capitol hill as some of his fellow republicans even are raising concerns about his health. What he could say Behind Closed Doors to them tomorrow. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. He pleaded for leniency and he ended up with the longest sentence of anyone who has been charged in the deadly attack that happened on the capitol. 22 years for former proud boys leader Enrique Tarrio. And it could end up remaining the longest sentence of all of those. During the hearing today the Federal Judge, timothy kelly, who i should note was appointed by former president donald trump, Scolded Tarrio and said he was, quote,
abortion, about which party gets your vote on policy. but there are also some new polls that at the same time hammer home the deep, deep alienation with the current president of the united states. you re watching cnn s special live coverage, election night in america. i m abby phillip in washington. and i m laura coates. here in new york. i m abby. if you re a democratic consultant, this should be a good night. cnn projects that kentucky s democratic governor is going to win against a rising republican star in a state donald trump carried by 26 points. now voters in red ohio approve abortion is still a very powerful motivator. tonight, cnn projects they said yes to enshrining abortion access in their constitution. and yet new cnn poll numbers confirm just how high a hurdle president biden faces with voters heading into 2024. talking about young voters, independents, black voters, latino voters. that s really the core of the biden coalition. and one year out from the president