elizabeth ii. and bucking hingham palace with charles iii will soon deliver his message to a nation that s grieving. i m anderson cooper with cnn s special coverage along with don lemon, who s at buckingham palace for us. don. reporter: anderson, a day after the loss of his beloved mother, king charles is about to take a huge st. paul in the transition from prince and heir to his royal majesty, as a matter of fact, as he addresses the united kingdom and the world. he arrived at buckingham palace from scotland just a few hours ago. he s greeting people who gathered to pay their respects. he stopped to look at the many bouquets of flowers laid in tribute of queen elizabeth. accompanied by his wife, the new queen supreme court, camilla. just a short while ago he hosted prime minister liz truss, their first formal audience sitting starting his reign. i am joined now here at buckingham palace by my colleagues, the royal correspondent max foster and cnn s chief international corr
public address as king charles iii. the title will officially become his tomorrow. king charles promised his life to the people in the uk and beyond. as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, i too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time god grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. and wherever you may live in the united kingdom, or in the realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or believes, i shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love as i have throughout my life. today about 2,000 members of the public grieved together at a service at st. paul s cathedral in london. the new british prime minister offered a reading during that ceremony. at one of king charles s first actions was to reach out to the many mourners who had gathered outside buckingham palace. and for more than seven minutes, he shook hands, he took on the duties of the crown, of course, t
like a freight train. we re seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho seven hours. let s get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles east of punta gorda. it will stay at hurricane strength through orlando. this will rake the entire peninsula. we had grove city a gust of 128. when we talk about the southern kind here, a better picture on radar will give an indication what we re looking at. here is the new track. keeps it as a 4 of course now moving inland but notice it s a category one. it will lose strength now that it s interacting with a land mass. that s typical. however, the winds have expanded now as these storms do. in fa
prince william iii. it was a similar vigil held by king charles and his family. the wait time is at least 14 hours to see queen elizabeth. people are now asking people to not come and join this line to avoid, quote, disappointment. woor canadians. the queen was also the head of state of canada. we ve all come, none of us know each other. so we ve all come by our selves but we had a fantastic night. it s been great. my mom went to diana s when she was young so she wanted us to feel the experience. well, from the crowds waiting 14 hours to view the queen s coffin and to nearly 500 world leaders and foreign dignitaries, including president biden in london for the queen s you funeral. our roarers have it all covered. and naddo, let s start with you. you ve been with these folks in line since yesterday. many of them waiting 14 hours. what is it like out there. reporter: absolutely, boris. we ve been here for several rights now in a row. i have to say it is remarkab
let s hand it over to kasie hunt and cnn tonight. you re right. we don t talk about grief enough. i m very much looking forward to listening to that podcast. thank you very much. i am casey hunt, and this is knight. we re in the midst of another general election season that will test donald trump s impact across the board. independents turned away from him in 2020. and as criminal investigations widen by the day, those independents are being reminded why they still don t like him. two third of independents say in a new poll that they don t want the ex-president to run for office again. and though he is not on the ballot this november, democrats, led by president biden, have tried to frame the midterms as a choice between democracy and trumpism, which the president defines as a threat to democracy. democracy voters, meanwhile are energized over abortion rights, trump, and more 62 days before the final votes are cast. where does that leave republicans who are on the ballot?