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Need2Know: The World Honors Queen Elizabeth II 

Let's start with the big story across the pond, Queen Elizabeth the second has died at the age of 96 she passed away thursday afternoon at Balmoral. Her summer home in Scotland, surrounded by her family. Now Prince Charles now becomes king Charles the third Buckingham Palace, releasing a statement from the new monarch saying, quote, the death of my beloved mother. Her majesty. The Queen is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. Now. Prime Minister, Liz Truss said that the UK devastated by Queen Elizabeth's death. Queen Elizabeth the second was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign, Britain is the great country. It is today because of her, the queen's 70 year reign, the longest in british history as the UK rebuilt from war, lost an empire transformed their economy and even left the european union crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace is news of her death spread and flags were flown at half staff and as you can imagine, the queen's legacy also reaches across the pond to the capital of her monarchs former colony. Our own aerial Hickson is live in Washington, D. C. To bring us the biggest stories unfolding in our nation's capital. Good morning, Ariel, Good morning Shannon. With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world is in the morning and the United Kingdom especially is mourning its longest monarch for 70 years. A woman was in charge and now her eldest son will participate in the ceremony will he will be officially proclaimed the King of England. Now if the line of succession continues as expected there will not be another queen for at least two more generations. But Queen Elizabeth definitely made her mark on politics. Her reign spanned 14 U. S. Presidents and nearly 30% of U. S. History. In response to the news of Queen Elizabeth's passing, President biden and First lady dr Jill biden visited the british embassy yesterday to pay their respects. Reporters claimed the president took his time to sign a condolence book for the queen. In a statement the president said Queen Elizabeth the second was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States. She helped make our relationship special. He also mentioned that he sent his condolences to the royal family and looks forward to a relationship with king Charles and the king consort. American flags at the White House and federal and military buildings overseas will be flown at half mast until the day of internment. The last big political meeting that we saw from the queen with her meeting with the U. K's new Prime Minister Liz truss. The queen was someone who met with prime ministers every single week. So the fact that she just met with her on Tuesday was momentous. Yeah and area let's talk about american politics here for a moment cause all eyes on the Justice Department and former president trump's lawyers that has that big deadline rapidly approaching. So give us an update on this. That's right. This is all to do with last month's raid and the documents seized from the former president's home at mar a lago. The president wanted to appoint a special master or a third party to oversee those documents and Judge Eileen Cannon gave the green light. But now the Department of Justice and trump's lawyers have until midnight tonight to submit proposals of how they believe special master review should work. The briefs will be filed even at the Justice Department appeals order requiring the review which could change the investigation going forward. All right, well Ariel Hicks and thank you so much for that update. Live from Washington. Alright instead with politics here for a moment. Former Donald trump aide steve Bannon has turned himself in in a new york court. He faces state charges of money laundering, conspiracy and fraud. All related to an online scheme that was raising money for a border wall construction. Now president trump pardoned Bannon of federal charges back in january 2021. However, presidential pardons only applied to federal crimes. Bannon pleaded not guilty thursday he faces a potential sentence about 15 years. Well, Nasa is working to fix the issues that delayed the launch of its ArtemIS one moon rocket last week. Now it hopes to make another attempt later this month. Now you'll remember that Nasa called off multiple launch attempts after detecting a hydrogen leak as a rocket was being fueled while the Artemis one mission will be the debut of the SLS rocket and the un crewed orient capsule that it's carrying for a journey around the moon, and Nasa plans to test the fix next week.