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the all-new, all-electric eqs suv from mercedes-benz. . -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and welcome back. it is 2:00 a.m. here at windsor castle. the long have long since gone out and in a few hours the sun will come up. and for the first time in ten days, people will enter a new era. she was laid to rest here tonight at the end of a day that saw a 9-year-old prince george take part in his first royal funeral and his 73-year-old king charles shed tears for his mom.
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>> in the name of the holy spirit who strengtheneth thee in communion with the blessed saints and aided by angels and arch angels and all the armies of the heavenly host, may thy portion this day be in peace. >> let us humbly beseech almighty god to bless with a long life, health, and honor and old worldly happiness the most high, most mighty, and most excellent monarch, our sovereign lord, charles iii. ♪ god save the king ♪
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>> king charles during very much of the today's farewell, his sister, anne. he wasn't even two years old when her mother ascended to the throne. today she masrched alongside th casket carrying her mother through london. >> reporter: this is one of the first glimpses the world got of princess anne, swadalled in a blanket in her mother's arms. anne is the second child and only daughter of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip. her official title is the princess royal. from a young age, the princess
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royal bonded with her mother, the queen. both loved horses. once while competing in 1973, she fell from her horse named good will during a jump and had to withdraw from the competition. still, anne was the first british royal to become an olympian, competing in the 1976 olympic games as an equestrian. at 72, she still rides most days to keep mentally and physically fit, though much of her time is devoted to charity work. and perhaps taking a cue from her mother, the princess royal has no plans of slowing down. >> granted the members of my family who are considerably older than me and told me whether they think you set an example which suggests that i might, unlightly. >> the princess royal is involved with hundred of charities, several horse related groups. she also served as president of save the children from 1970 to
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2017. at a charity event around anne's 50th birthday, her mother, the queen, offered a toast, and her daughter responded with gratitude. >> to celebrate the princess rah, i seriously owe one very important thank you, which is to my mother and father. and more than just the accidental birth because really thanks to their example, their advice, and their help that you're here tonight. >> during covid, anne, who had a close relationship with the queen, was quick to assist her as she joined this zoom call. >> good morning at windsor. >> good morning. i'm very glad to have been able to join you. >> can you see everybody? you should have six people on your screen? >> well, i can see four anyway. >> actually, you don't need me. you know what i look like. >> anne is the picture of
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strength. in 1974, during a failed kidnapping attempt, when a man blocked her rolls-royce, she refused to get out of her car, telling the man, quote, not bloody likely. >> a fairly loke discussion about the fact that i wasn't going to go anywhere and wouldn't it have been much better if he just went away and we all forget about it. >> reporter: anne has been married twice. she has two children, peter and zara with her first husband. their parents chose not to give them royal titles. anne's second husband, timothy laurence, had served as personal assistant to the queen. they married in 1992. when her mother, the queen, died, anne became the first woman ever to stand guard at what's called the vigil of the princes. earlier, she had been at balmoral castle for her mother's final hours, then accompanied her coffin through the streets of the edinburgh. and in an act of reverence,
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offered a single courtesy to her majesty, her mother. randi kaye, cnn. >> with us now is bonnie greer. she's an author, play wright. i heard some people saying she's sort of the unsung hero of this entire week. the way she has held herself, the role she has played. >> she's -- the british museum. >> what did i say? >> the royal museum. you're thinking of the princes royal. she's a breakout star of this whole thing. she -- her stamina -- she's 72 years old. she did the vigil of the princes, which is the first time a woman has ever done that, stood there. she's walked behind her brother. and that walk down the mile is
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long. it's sort of like this. and she walked it with him. you can look at her and see that she's holding him up. there is no question about that. and the deep courtesy that she did when she -- when her mother's coffin came on -- you have to be a ballerina to do that. so, she is stunning. >> and she, you think, is going to be having a larger role than she has had in the past? >> no question. i can't imagine that she's not going to be his adviser. he did give his son, william, of course prince of wales. so, he's going to be behind him. there's no way he's going to discard anne. he would be crazy to do that. >> richard, we've obviously never seen anything like this and may never again. witnessing today's event, what stood out to you? >> charles' face. as we heard in that report, retch ed look of grief. time and again having to grieve in public. i can only imagine tonight when
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they finally lay her majesty to rest in the memorial chapel at windsor, the final private, personal service that was all able to be released, you talk about princess anne, the princess royal. but prince charles, you know, he's getting a bit short on members of the royal family to take up the slack of royal duties. you've now lost the queen. you've lost prince harry. you've lost the duke of york. the kents and the gloucesters are all getting a little aged. he's going to need edward. he's going to need anne, william. and i think they're going to start bringing others in as well. slimmed down. but the sheer number of pa reason to ajs and duties and responsibilities mean they're getting a bit short on numbers. >> bonnie, what do you think? do you think they're going to try to slim things down? >> charles has to slim down the royal family. i think it's a prerogative that
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hasn't been stated yet by the culture itself. so, he's going to have to -- >> he has to do it for popular culture? >> he's going to have to do it for the population. yeah. he's going to have to slim it down. i agree with richard. he's going to have to bring more people in. what he showed today, which i thought was amazing, he showed to the world we're now a royal family. he brought in the number two now and the number three, charlotte -- she's the most powerful princess born in britain because she is allowed to be in line of succession without having to wait for her brother, louie, because louie would have jumped because he's male. she's in a powerful position, william is in a powerful position. and he's got kate, katherine. >> you don't think there's an accident there's two children? >> no, what they wanted to show is we're not old. these two people are with us. and there's william. >> richard, do you agree with that, that a message was being sent. and if it was being sent to britain, was it also being sent
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to prince harry? >> it was being sent -- there was -- i'm not going there, anderson. but there was a -- in terms of the message being sent to, yes, to harry and to all the people, that these youngsters are the future. and they've got to start learning how to do royal duties. this was done in an incredibly controlled way. the parents were there. you could see it was limited to the marching down or procession down the abbey. but it was very significant. you know, william is no longer in line for the throne. william is now heir to the throne. george moves up, charlotte moves up. they've got to learn this. and how do you teach? well, you don't teach like they did with charles in the 1950s. you do it in a much more modern way. and that's what we saw. >> bonnie, you met prince
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charles a number of times. he actually presented you with a medal in 2010 on behalf of the queen. could you just talk a little about that? >> yes, i was awarded -- i got a letter in the postage said owner majesty services. i opened it and it was, would you like to accept the o.b.e. >> order of the british empire. >> order of the british empire. i had to think about it for a minute because it said british empire. but then i thought of our f father, ben greer, who was here as a young soldier in the segregated united states army. he fought for the freedom of this country in that segregated army. and he went all the way to the battle of the bulge. he went all the way -- i think he was at a concentration camp as well as a liberator. and he was in a segregated army. and i thought about it and i weighed it up against this empire medal. and i thought, nobody's ever given our dad anything for his
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service. so, i took the medal on behalf of my father. i was proud to do that. and then i put it on our mother's corpse at her wake. so, it's in the ground. so, my brother and my sisters, in behalf of them, tyke that medal. >> putting it on your mom is such a beautiful gift. >> well, also, she had the dress that matched the ribbon. she's beautiful, so it's with her. >> i'm sure she deserved it. >> absolutely. i'm sure they're fighting over it right now to tell you the truth. >> the bbc royal correspondent described the last week and a half, for ten rather bewildering days, we've spoken to the king. the long week of transition comes to an end. what happens tomorrow? how does the country -- i don't know if moving on is the right -- there's a lot of issues going on in the country now. >> to give you an idea, on
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friday of this week, we're going to have what's known as a fiscal event in britain. it's basically a mini-budget that's either going to lower taxes and do all sorts of things because the economic situation is so bad. charles wakes up tomorrow morning and he now has to start to pull the strings towards him. he's got the title. he's got the power. but now he has to bond even further with the people in this country who are going to go through some exceptionally difficult economic times, as indeed, is going to happen in the united states. we've got interest rate decisions. i mean, all these things will be happening. and charles and william now have to make the monarchy in their own fashion. >> anderson, may i say quickly that my own hesitation in taking a medal that said british empire is one of the dilemmas that the new king has got to face. there's populations here. they're not going to take those
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titles anymore. they don't even think the royal family is relevant anymore. he's going to have to actually explain and hand his own existence in order to handle this. >> bonnie greer, always great to have you. >> thank you, thank you. >> richard quest as well, thank you. next, puerto rico's governor on recovery efforts in the wake of hurricane fiona, a terrible reminder of hurricane maria. later, ukraine and the hardship people in one newly liberated area are still facing now that the russians have been driven away. new astepro allergy. no allergy spray is faster.. with thehe speed of astepro, almost nothing can slow you d down. because asteprpro starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. and astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free allergy spray. now without a prescription. astepro and go.
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earlier tonight, i spoke with puerto rico's governor. governor, what is the state of the recovery efforts on the island tonight, and where are you seeing the most damage? >> the damage that we have suffered because of this hurricane is rain related mostly. by the time the tail leaves puerto rico, we will have gotten roughly 35 inches of rain. that's a huge amount of rain. so, the damage related to flooding all over the island. i'm talking about primarily the mountain region of puerto rico. but urban areas in the north are being impacted as well because the rivers are just charging towards the north. and that's causing flooding. we got a total blackout when the hurricane hit us, and we still
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only have roughly 115,000 customers of our power authority with power. and bear in mind that there are 1.4 million customers. so, the percentage is quite low. the water aqueduct system is also not providing the service we need. only about 35% of our customers are getting water service. and a lot of it has to do with the river flooding. the water filtration plants were heavily impacted by this rain. so, it is quite tough what we're going through. >> when do you expect power to be fully restored? >> i hope that it's going to be a matter of days to get the service back to most of our customers. i say this because we could fly helicopters because of weather conditions until earlier this
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day. and even the helicopters are the ones who would be inspecting the transmission lines of our grid. couldn't really inspect most of the lines. they could only inspect the lines in the san juan metro area. hopefully there is not going to be that much damage in those lines and we'll be able to get them back working. and we have no generation issue except that we cannot energize our plants or activate our plants until the lines are working. >> and what kind of help or supplies do you need the most? are you getting enough help from the federal government? >> yes, this is very -- we are much better prepared now than puerto rico was five years ago when we got hit by the hurricane maria. just to give you an example,
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fema now has four warehouses located throughout puerto rico as opposed to one. and they -- so, we have enough supplies just coming from fema. but one thing to keep in mind is that our grid is quite fragile still. it got fixed after maria but not really improved since maria. we're in the process of rebuilding the grid so that it is more reliable and more resilient. but that's underway. it hasn't been accomplished by any means yet. >> governor, we wish you the best, and we'll continue to follow it. hopefully power is restored as soon as possible. thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, a look at the hunger and cold now facing civilians in a recently liberated area of ukraine.
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ukrainian officials say a russian missile struck dangerously close to a power plant in ukraine earlier today. the attack itself shut down part
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of a nearby hydroelectric power station. the strike comes as ukrainians say they have so far exhumed 106 bodies from a mass burial site in izium. most are civilians, including two children. ben wedeman has more. >> reporter: help arrives in izium. bags of barley meal, tins of food. waiting her turn, she shrugs off the tribulations. we survived world war ii when i was little, she tells me. this man hands out medicine. sedatives are in high demand. >> six months without any help. you can understand what -- just imagine what do they show. >> liberation from russia isn't the end of india's troubles.
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much of the city was severely bombarded before falling in spring to the russians. there's no running water, no electricity, no heat. crowds gathered to charge cell phones off an army generator and make calls, ten minutes per person, using internet provided by a satellite connection. this woman and her daughter, angela, are calling relatives. they want to leave. winter is coming. people will freeze, angela warns. older people won't survive. they also fear the russians could return. nearby, the signs of their hasty retreat, helmets strewn outside a house russian soldiers commandeered. bread crumbs still on the table. insects make a meal of fruit half eaten. on the edge of town, the remains of russia's once vaunted army before a monument harkening back to a different time, which somehow seems like the distant
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past. natasha shows me a newspaper distributed during the occu occupation. what does she think of him? i haven't thought of anything good about him since 2000, she says. he destroyed everything in russia. the power does, however, come in handy. >> and ben wedeman joins us now from kharkiv. ben n your piece, come residents spoke about leaving. do you have a sense of how many might stay there just by the conditions? >> reporter: well, it depends. we've heard president zelenskyy say that they're going to do as much as possible to restore basic services. but if that takes time, certainly many people say they want to leave. in fact, this is an area that entry is restricted except for, for instance, journalists. so, many of them have relatives who are ready to drive in and take them away because living in a town like that without any
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basic services, let alone a functioning economy, not many people are going want to to stay. anderson? >> and are there still concerns about russian missiles there? >> well, in fact, the evening before we went to izium, it was hit by missiles. and it's very much within the range of russian artillery and missiles. in fact, while we were there, you could hear in the distance fairly constant fire. and the worry is that ukraine, of course, within two weeks captured a huge amount of territory. but nobody is living under the illusion that the russians perhaps might not counterattack, that they do still have plenty of weaponry, some very heavy weaponry, some of which hasn't even been used in this conflict yet. so, there's a real deep sense of insecurity among the people there that perhaps the russians
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will come back. anderson? >> ben wedeman, appreciate it. thank you. coming up next, the president appears to be tying himself even more publicly to the qanon conspiracy theory. sara sidner joins us with details on that, what his team is saying about that just ahead. i say, “so are they.” ♪ aleve - who do you take it for? >> tech: when you have auto glass damage, let safelite come to you. ♪ pop rock music ♪ >> tech: my customer enjoys time with her family. so when her windshield got a crack. she scheduled with safelite in just a few clic. we came to her hse... ...replaced the windshield... and installed new wipers. that's service on her time. >> grandkid: here you go! >> tech: wow, thank you! >> customer and grandkids: bye! >> tech: bye! don't wait, schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪
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last hour we discussed comments by president biden suggesting he's not made a firm decision to run. the former president on the other hand seems all but declared. in advance of a potential campaign, he appears to be tying his image closer to qanon, the bizarre wide ranging group of conspiracy theories that's gone from the fringes of the internet to the main stream. during a rally in ohio for republican senate candidate this weekend, his campaign played a song nearly identical to one known among qanon followers. cnn's sara sidner joins us now with details. what have we seen or heard that shows trump linking himself with the qanon crowd? because i mean this is a -- i mean, this is a conspiracy theory built on anti-semitic, anticatholic tropes that have been around for centuries. >> they have. and some really wild conspiracies are all intertwined. this weekend, trump made an
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ominous and dark speech about the decline of america. and while doing so, music began playing. i want you to listen in. you can hear, it's a classical style music playing softly as trump was speaking in ohio. >> and perhaps most importantly, we are a nation that is no longer respected or listened to around the world. we are a nation that, in many ways -- >> very low music playing under the latter parts of his ohio rally speech. but it sounded exactly like a song called "wwg1wga" an acronym for where we go one we go all. it is linked to their conspiracy theories. for some in the qanon world, that song was yet another symbol, a wink and a nod to them, that donald trump is a believer in their outlandish conspiracies. but as you mentioned, anderson, that pales in comparison to
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something more overt that trump did that indicated a synergy with qanon. last tuesday, trump used his truth social website to repost this image of himself wearing a qanon q label pen with the words "the storm is coming" emblazoned below. if you look below that, it says, where we go one, we go all, the wwgawg1. that's a direct reference to the qanon conspiracy that donald trump is going to return to power, get rid of his opponents by jailing or executing them in public. some believe trump's opponents are evil and drink the blood of children and are a shadowy cabal of pedophiles, which of course is all outrageous conspiratorial lies. but the belief have created enough following of people who are motivated enough to make waves politically. and it appears that donald trump wants to engage them.
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>> i mean, it's really incredible. you know, mike flynn, i think has been selling qanon paraphernalia. he was seen posting a pledge to where we go one, we go all. has there been any comment from the former president's office on this? if the former president is really embracing qanon, the -- that's just sick. >> yeah, i mean, it's really disturbing because of what some of the qanon conspirators think and put out on social media and talk about and believe. we did speak with a trump spokesperson who responded to questions just about the song, saying that the song was not a qanon song at all, that it was a song called "mirror," that was publicly available and free. and this is what they said exactly, that the fake news in a pathetic attempt to create controversy and divide america is brewing up another conspiracy about a royalty-free song from a popular audio library platform.
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however, anderson, this is certainly not the first time. they still have not talked anything about why donald trump reposted that picture of himself wearing a q lapel pin with the q logo underneath it. >> and can you just remind people what law enforcement officials have said about qanon. >> yeah, you know n june -- and we've heard from them before. in june, cnn reported that the fbi warned lawmakers that online qanon conspiracy theories may carry out more acts of violence as they move from serving as, quote, digital soldiers, something they call themselves, to taking action in the real world. the report suggests the failure of qanon predictions by the way to materialize, has not led followers to aboandon their conspiracies. instead, there is a belief that individuals need to take greater control of the movement than ever before, and that control may mean more violence according to authorities.
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>> it's funny if it hadn't already ended up with some people dead. but, i mean, all the things that the q followers have been saying is going to happen, none of it has happened. they said there was going to be -- that donald trump is still in power or that joe biden is a puppet. i mean, the whole thing -- that the pope has been arrested, that the u.s. army has taken over the vatican. i mean, it's nuts. it's absolutely nuts. sara sidner, appreciate it. thank you. ahead, florida's governor takes a victory lap after shipping migrants from texas to martha's vineyard. did he cross a line illegally? a new claim ahead. cision tech. for insights on when to buyuy and sell. and proactive alerts on market events. that's decision n tech. only from fidelity. ♪ hey dad, i'm aost out. i got you. any questions, chris? all good, thanks maura! there you go, one new inhaler!
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you. lawyers claim it misled migrants about services waiting for them. desantis is boasting about his move and found support at a campaign event sunday. >> this is a crisis, now getting a little bit more attention -- this is a crisis -- [ cheers and applause ] it is a crisis. >> with me now is former democratic congressman joe kennedy of massachusetts. congressman, appreciate you joining us. what's your reaction to this news that a texas sheriff seems to be talking about, at least investigating, what governor desantis did in sending those migrants to martha's vineyard. >> there should be an investigation. i mean, look, you heard what the sheriff has said, that these individuals were hoodwinked, that there was in fact reports, anyway, that an individual was being paid -- i think the quote
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was a bird dog fee, finding -- at least signing up individuals to move or be transported out of texas to another location. that certainly deserves investigation. anderson, that pamphlet you showed, it's -- it's -- it's a piece of trash. it is clearly for anybody that has any sort of background knowledge of massachusetts. the photograph is a picture of a sign coming into the state. the state flag isn't correct. obviously migrants seeking asylum wouldn't know that. but from my conversations with lawyers representing those individuals and other authorities on the ground, again, they use words like kidnapped. they were completely -- false prep tenses that were supposed to be guaranteed there didn't exist. as you reported and so many others have, they didn't call folks to tell them they were on their way. this was gross exploitation at its worst. and the fact folks are laughing
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about it, it's disgusting. >> what do you think about the response by community members in martha's vineyard welcoming the arrival of migrants? >> it's been nothing short of heroic, which is for anybody that knows the community in martha's vineyard is not surprising. but it has been inspiring, right? this is a kmcommunity that doest have the facilities set up to welcome 50 people that walked off a plane not knowing why they were there, where they were supposed to go, or many of them didn't speak english. so, you had an community came around together, found space in the basement of a church, found all the resources that they could muster in order to make sure that they had met the immediate needs, have now helped relocate those individuals to a facility that has the ability to meet some of those needs while they are now looking to find them housing, more permanent placements, even job opportunities. so, the response here from folks on the vineyard and across
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massachusetts has been higeroic. and i think cast what these governors have done in the appropriate light, these are folks that didn't break any law. they came here seeking asylum, which they are allowed to do. and when they came here, they end up being exploited for the worst elements of base politics without anyone actually trying to solve the problem. if they want them to know about governors desantis and abbott, it's that they're not trying to solve a problem. they're trying to exploit divisions in our country for their own personal gain. it's disgusting. it's gross. i'm glad they got a laugh out of it, but it isn't going to make us a stronger country. >> their supporters are saying at least put this issue, the problem on border states or border communities, they say put it in the forefront. that's one of the things that desantis was saying to that crowd. >> anderson, how many years have you been reporting about immigration challenges in this country?
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because republicans in office have refused to actually solve this problem. i served in congress for eight years, right? we had this come up for votes or attempt to come up for votes multiple times. we had republican leadership tell their members they would provide a vote and dhint. this is a complete -- this is a manufactured crisis, a crisis it might be, but it's a crisis because republicans in office refuse to try to solve it, continue to exploit it, and exploit human suffering for their own political benefit. it's disgusting. but perhaps for a certain crowd it works. i've got to say though, as a catholic, as a christian, this goes against every teaching from the bible i have ever been taught, ever read, and ever understood. and the fact that they're trying to cloak themselves in that cloth is just revolting. >> congressman jim kennedy, appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. another key issue for voters, abortion could decide if the republican governor of georgia keeps his job. brian kemp and stacey abrams.
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how abrams is tries to use action against him. >> stacey, we're big fans. could we talk to you real quick? >> reporter: here in georgia, the future of abortion rights has become central to democratic nominee for governor stacey abrams' strategy to win in november. >> how much of an emphasis do you plan to put on abortion rights in the closing weeks of your campaign? >> it's going to be front and center. women deserve full ban. >> in 2019, georgia's incumbent club lieutenant governor, brian kemp, signed a bill into law that bans most abortions. when early cardiac activity is detected. usually, at around six weeks of pregnancy. the law was blocked until roe was overturned. emphasizing abortion rights as proved to be successful, for democratic house candidates, and republican leading alaska. and new york districts signaling the issue has likely
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energize democratic voters in the wake of the supreme court's decision. >> i definitely think this is something that people should be data -- showed 57% of likely voters say it is very important a candidate share their views on abortion. within that group, 63% back abrams. and 36% support camp v the daughter of. methodist pastors, abrams was not always a fierce advocate for abortion rights. on the trail, she talked about her personal evolution on abortion and amplifying the issue last month at a roundtable for women who have suffered pregnancy lost. >> but give me the greatest hope that you all are speaking up. >> meanwhile, governor kemp is focused on economic issues, such as inflation. with georgia voters rank as the most urgent issues facing the state according to the same poll. >> everything has gone up.
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>> in a statement to cnn, he says the governor has consistently affirmed his belief on abortion. and will continue to work on bringing hardworking georgians relief from 40 year high inflation. that message resonated with trump supporters. >> people want to make it about one issue but i think people need to be concerned are paying for their groceries and for gasoline. too >> we also protect the sanity of god's greatest gift, life. >> speaking before conservative antiabortion policy group this month, kemp spent little time talking about abortion. >> we passed a heartbeat bill here we also done adoption reform. we have done -- we have done foster care reform. >> historically, campus supported a full ban with the only exceptions to the life of the pregnant person. but praised the supreme court returning the issue to the states. while abrams doesn't support any government restriction on abortion, arguing it is a medical issue. that should not be bound by arbitrary timelines.
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camp has adopted a less strident around as a conversation about reproductive care has become so pivotal in the closing months of the campaign. >> i understand people may disagree on when an abortion should be legal or when it shouldn't be. >> abrams additionally argues that this conversation about abortion cannot be divorced from the economy. alluding to studies that show a for pregnant person is forced to carry out an unwanted pregnancy, they are more likely to end up in poverty. now, throughout the weekend, as we were following her on the campaign trail. one of her signature issues is also medicaid expansion. and she has long argued that medicaid expansion is a mechanism, in part, to create thousands of new jobs in the state. anderson? >> we appreciate. it thank you, some final thoughts from england, ten days on lock and in the modern era. we'll be right back. when i first brought her home,
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ten days of mourning, grieving, and remembering queen elizabeth now come to a formal end.
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a few, if any of, us will ever see one person with such a long lasting impact on the world again. >> i think she's a simple, really, some of the stripe of the country. at the duty that you bring together with the family spirit. >> i've had left to say goodbye for myself and for my family. and say thank you. >> everybody wants to be here to be part of this experience and celebrate what her majesty has done for us. or late majesty famously declared on her 24th birthday broadcast that her whole life would be dedicated to serving
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the nation and commonwealth. rarely has such a promise been so well casts. our sovereign lord, charles the third. now, by the grace of god, of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. and of his other realms and territories. king. i think for all of us watching this around the world, and for many people here in britain. in this week, it has been a reminder that grieving and loss
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is something that we all go through. it is a bond that we all share. it is truly something that i've experienced and going to explore in a very personal way in a podcast. it is called all there is. to listen you just point yourself, and right now, and a qr code on the tv screen for a link to it. or you can find your podcast on apple podcast or wherever you may listen to podcasts. next episode is coming out this wednesday. the guess will be stephen colbert, is that, and to his brother. they were killed in a plane crash when stephen was ten years old. give it a listen. the news condition, i want to hand it over to don and on them in. tonight >> anderson i'm so glad you mentioned that because, quite honestly, i wasn't sure was appropriate to talk to you about it. but i think it is as we approach and watch this family grieving so publicly, this week. and how tough it is for everybody. things that we don't really share. i know you lost a brother, you lost a mom. i lost my sister, i lost my dad and my grandmother. and my stepdad.

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