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hello, good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev — the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to — what he described as — constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of the house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in ...

in the next three to five hours. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon. a £2 cap on bus fares across england for three months from january is announced by ministers in the hope it will help people cope with the rising cost of living. a to me, it is a no—brainer. there is no point taking the car and then paying for parking fees and everything. it is costing me £15, normally, for a trip, for a day ride...

when you start counting pennies on your bank account or in your pocket. we do the same and count our casualties. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon. nasas second attempt to launch the artemis moon rocket has failed. launch control announced a second scrub on the mission after a liquid hydrogen leak which has started during the fuelling process couldnt be stopped. a brief hydrogen leak was spotted on t...

for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket — part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off in the past hour — but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. heres nasas administrator bill neilson. the mission management team is meeting this afternoon. theyre going to look at it. theyre going to see is there still a possibility now or are they go...

residents in jackson, mississippi, are fed up and frustrated with the on going water crisis. we have more on the latest efforts to get relief to those residents in desperate need. and it could be the end of an era for serena williams after the tennis legend gets knocked out of the u.s. open. were going to have the highlights from last nights exhilarating game and a look back at her incredible career. ♪ were to grateful to be with you. welcome to your weekend, your labor day, holi...

tech upgrades for your changing wifi needs. and advanced security at home and on the go to block millions of threats. only from us... xfinity. ♪ good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day, im amara walker. >> good morning, amara. im boris sanchez. we are counting down to liftoff again. hours from now, nasa is going to attempt to launch the historic artemis i rocket. well have the latest from kennedy space center and update on those issues that forced the first launch to be scr...

to residents in desperate need. plus, president biden sharpening his attacks, ripping into donald trump as his midterm message takes shape. why he says maga republicans are threatening, quote, the foundations of our republic, end quote. and despite getting knocked out of the u.s. open, all eyes are on tennis star serena williams. was last nights match the last one of her career? were going to have a look back at her lasting and incredible impact on the court. ♪ welcome to your ...

>> at last check, theyve tried a few different ways to troubleshoot it, to fix the problem. no word yet on whether theyve been able to stop it at this point. this follows mondays scrubbed launch which was largely due to an engine cooling problem. it was a tricky sensor that was off. but engineers remain optimistic that today there will be a launch. for now, the weather has been cooperating so that helps. nasa meteorologists predict about 60% favorable conditions, which increases to 80%...

cnns pete muntean and cnn aerospace analyst myles obrien joins me now. pete, lets start here. what is the latest on what is happened with the suspect and do we know anything new about what they were doing up there. >> reporter: sessentially the pilot lives to tell the tale, but likely in a courtroom. from two different government sources that the plane that was stolen earlier this morning, around 5:00 a.m., from the tupelo regional airport, according to the tupelo, police, crashed near...

several hours. you can see it on screen. you can see the unpredictable path, very unsettling for local authorities in the area. the suspect was taken into custody some five hours later. nadia romero has been tracking this all day for us. also with us is cnn transportation analyst mary sciavo. what are we learning about the suspect and how all of this came to an end? and thank goodness it did, nadia. >> reporter: thank goodness it came to the end it did, jim. thats what were hearing fro...