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historical film this year about the civil rights martyr emmett till, and thats airing for the first time tonight, so im excited to share it with you we begin with what weve learned about the republican party it is reeling struggling with the maga republican problems it created after a midterm fizzle. >> the red wave if at most has become a red trickle. >> definitely not a republican wave, thats for darn sure. >> republicans score they were going to sweep, a red suetsunam, and we believ...

welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper in washington, d.c. for 70 years her subjects and her fans have been saying, "god save the queen" but this afternoon, queen elizabeth ii, longest ruling monarch in british history died at the age of 96. the royal family confirmed the news just about 90 minutes ago saying that the queen died peacefully at balmoral castle in scotland. moments ago her son charles, now king charles iii released a statement saying in part, "we mourn profoundly the passi...

we have extensive live coverage up. there you see the president of the united states, president biden is at the british embassy right now paying his respects. hes signing the book of condolences at the british embassy in washington. you see him there with the british ambassador to the united states, karen peterson, the first lady of the united states, dr. jill biden as well. well monitor what the president is doing at the british embassy. we anticipate hell be seeing something about qu...

queen elizabeth ii dead. her son, prince charles, is now king charles iii, officially. we learned queen elizabeths doctors were quote, concerned about her health this morning. it was at the time, an extraordinary statement from a notoriously private buckingham palace. those words sent news outlets like ours into rolling wait and see coverage and thousands of well wishers to buckingham palace itself, watching those railings. that fencing. where all the royals most significant news is so...

>> reporter: thats right. its very unusual. thats why i think that this is a serious situation for the queen. the words that have been used by the palace are, of course, that the doctors -- her doctors are concerned for her majestys health. of course, that is understated. inevitably, its understated because in buckingham palace, they choose their words carefully. it was a short statement just after 7:30 eastern this morning. but it was a statement that said a lot. you have to read betw...

>> reporter: but christmas in buffalo did come with some unexpected holiday hope -- on friday a bus full of korean tourists heading for niagara falls got stuck outside their buffalo area home. >> i said come on in everybody because youre going to be here for a while. >> reporter: without hesitating the couple welcomed ten strangers in for two nights sharing homemade korean food and the bills game with new friends. you might have saved those peoples lives what do you think of that? >> i...

that the fascists were gonna try to take over. there are gonna try to mount a physical fascist coup. to defend against that, you wanted to call it the military to defend rome. to stop the coup. but the king at the time wouldnt agree to that. so the military wasnt called to defend the capital. and instead, what the king did is he caved to the fascists. he invited the leader of the fascists to form a government. to become the new prime minister. and the head of the fascists, enthusiastic...

the honoring kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [applause] the honoring jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. [applause] no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by sur name of speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for the position of speaker of the house. >> the gentleman is recognized. [applause] the gentleman is recogn...

into the impact the supreme courts abortion decision could have on the november midterms. congressional democrats grow more optimistic about their chances to hold the majority. next hour, former president barack obama returns to the white house joined by michelle obama, her first trip back to the white house since she left there in 2017. its the official unveiling of their white house portraits. we begin with justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, paul charlton and trac...

back, be some into this exact location. all right, last word with lawrence odonnell, good evening. good evening, we have a desk full of breaking news here on related to the committees hearing today. news about the source the fbi has developed from inside mar-a-lago. there is now a name attached to it. washington post has been breaking during your coverage tonight. and we will have much more, we have professor lawrence joining us -- andrew weissmann joining us later. an awful lot to get...