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king charles begins his reign. the official ten days of national mourning throughout the united kingdom for queen elizabeth began earlier today with a tribute in parliament and separate gun salutes at hyde park and edinburgh castle. 96 rounds fired for her 96 years of life. >> fire! >> then you have an enduring image from an emotional day here on thursday. this double rainbow over buckingham palace as crowds gathered to pay their respects. the burdens of ruling this nation now fall on ...

i should pay them a visit. were hanging out on the couch with griff and rachel talking about all kinds of stuff. talking about if we should have christmas trees up, apparently theres some buses that people have been thrown under. i dont know. what do you think about it, griff? >> griff: well, im not even going to go into what i was accused of this idea of throwing anybody under the bus about you weve had this important debate whether you keep your tree up and of course were getting fee...

this is a difficult and dangerous effort on which we have set out to. >> neil: you know they say history doesnt repeat itself but man, oh, man it sure does. that was armageddon and out does not joe biden warning the risk of nuclear armageddon and john f. kennedy dealing with the cuban missile crisis 60 years ago this very month. tensions were escalating fast between then soviet union, now escalating between russia and ourselves in ukraine. and in north korea, the recent missile test se...

the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute that this is a city that is being intensely fought over. we start here in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak has set out his priorities for 2023 in his first major speech of the year. lets have a listen to some of what he had to say. first, we will have inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security. second, we will grow the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunity right across...

>> jodi became traviss drug. he very much recognized how bad she was for him. but she kept showing up in his life, and just like a drug addict he kept letting her right back in the door. >> her trial riveted the country. >> we the jury find the defendant as to count one, first degree murder, guilty. >> jodi arias, who brutally murdered her lover, was facing a possible death sentence. >> did he ever think that she would do what she did? who would think that? >> it was a steamy story of ...

let us bring in our political editor chris mason. in the house of commons they were discussing measures to help people with energy bills, and then this news came through. a lot of messages already coming in from senior political leaders. you could feel, you could hear the tone of real concern among parliamentarians as news was shared amongst the front benches during the statement from the prime minister about her support for energy bills, notes being passed to the prime minister, the d...

some of the nations busiest airports many americans try to head home for the holidays we will have the latest on the travel delays. also this morning with a war still raging on in ukraine, ukraines foreign minister is hoping peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis from the president of the council on foreign relations richard haass later this hour. ♪ good morning, and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, december 27th, im cori coffin in for jonathan ...

>> but the threat of violence also looms directly over the jewish community like never before in recent american history. attacks on jewish institutions, they are up 61% from 2020 according to the anti-defamation league. just yesterday, the fbi warned of what it describes as a broad threat to synagogues in new jersey. "the new york times" reports that as a result of a warning, the new york police department immediately announced it had stepped up its monitoring to ensure the safety of ...

Queen in an ever changing world, she was stability. And a link to a proud past. As britains longest reigning monarch, she saw unprecedented change. Womens empowerment, the fight for racial equality, and lgbtq rights, technological revolution, the decline of the church of england. She was admired worldwide for her lifelong dedication to his subjects, following a pledge she made by her 21st birthday. I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to you...

its thursday, the 6th of october. our main story. hundreds of thousands of nurses across the uk are being asked if theyre willing to walk out over pay. the royal college of nursing is balloting its members for strike action for the first time in the unions 106—year history. the rcn wants a payrise of 5% above inflation, but no uk nation has offered close to that. our correspondent, caroline davies, has more. through the darkest days of the pandemic, the uks nurses were some of the na...