for this year s song contest. here in the uk it s been an historic coronation weekend starting with the pomp and pagentry then street parties and a night of music to round off the celebrations. at last night s coronation concert at winsdor, a crowd of 20,000 people saw performances from stars including katy perry and take that. the prince of wales paid tribute to his pa king charles, saying the late queen elizabeth ii would be a proud mother . well, as we ve just seen, the uk s flair for pomp and ceremony has been on full display this coronation weekend. but will all that splendour be a benefit or burden to the uk economy? joining me now is independent economist julianjessop. how much the coronation will cost the taxpayer? there are two ways of looking at this. the first is the cost of the celebrations themselves. that might be of the order of the cost to the taxpayer but that part for more than pay for its because of the additional spending in sectors like hospitality
bombers, biden and blinken are hoping for with their recent trips to ukraine and eastern europe. biden s presence there, when he wasn t tripping up stairs was meant to bull sur and resure the people of the region. funding a proxy war against russia with tens of billions of dollars in u.s. aid is one thing. but by actually showing up there he wanted the world to know that he s making a personal commitment to ukraine. our commitment is to the people of ukraine, and the future of ukraine. there should be no doubt, our support for ukraine will not waiver. america stands with you, and the world stands with you. kyiv has captured a part of my heart, i must say. laura: well, biden and his entourage showed up in ukraine and then in poland again because they want everyone to know they re going to do whatever it takes. and they relish the role of being europe s protector. but what about being america s protector once in a while. does he care about playing that role? not so much.
life and how that should be private and he said that any conversation we do have in future with the other parts of the family should remain private. the buffalo bills win in their emotional return to the field. hospitalized teammate damar hamlin tweeting play-by-play reactions. just wanted to come out and play free, play loose, play for him. and obviously the first kickoff you couldn t have scripted any better. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom . tonight, election deniers in brazil break down the barricades and take over the heart of the country s government, the congress, the supreme court and the presidential palace. and now a senior government official vows to punish those involved saying, i m in the field walking on the streets and personally commanding the security forces fulfilling the mission i received from the president of the republic. nobody will go unpunished. the democratic rule of law will not be walled up by criminals.
jury looking into whether president trump and his allies broke the law when they tried to overturn the 2020 election has finished its investigation. there s no word yet on the panel s findings. fulton county s district attorney will decide whether to pursue indictments. fanny willis started her investigation after then-president trump called the georgia secretary of state to pressure him to find the votes needed for trump to overturn his loss there. the investigation later expanded to include a look into the false claims of election fraud and a plan to use fake electors and a threat against election workers. let s bring in cnn s political correspondent, sara murray, who s been following all this, and legal analyst jennifer rogers. so sara, she was also sara, what happens now that this report is done? what can we expect? reporter: look, the report is finished. the judge said the grand jury has been dissolved after a year of investigating, and look, this is really somethi