that you may recall who made the trip to central london how majestic it can be for such a visit. in the meantime inside of westminster abbey this is our view. >> sandra: what a day it's been so far if you look back to this morning for those watching this now. perhaps they didn't see the entire morning unfold where the president, upon his arrival at buckingham palace, chose to go out and speak with members of the guard of honor. the rest of the american delegation was there and they observed from the balcony the ceremony that included the playing of both national anthems, royal gun salutes were filed by green park from the tower of london. there was a lot of pageantry there. there was the president greeted by prince charles and went down and spoke to the guard of honor. >> good politician. get out and meet the people. he will be having to use his political skills in these off