u.k. earlier in the late queen s honor. 96 rounds fired. one for each year of her life. [gunshots] harris: queen elizabeth was the longest reigning british monarch, seven decades starting in 1952 when harry s. truman was president and she met with 13 additional presidents in her lifetime including with president biden just last june. the president and other lawmakers praising her. president biden: she was an incredibly gracious and decent woman. she made sure her reign was really not about herself, or her fame, or her feelings, or her personal wants or needs. she was a rock. a living embodiment at the core of the nation she so proudly led. we will never see a leader quite like her for as long as we live. harris: jonathan hunt is live in london. jonathan, maybe you can give us a peak into what the people on the ground want to hear from their new king and what he might say to them. yeah, it is the most consequential speech that the now king charles has ever made. an
reminded them of her mother or grandmother. talking about how she had these political questions, questioning insights into what was going on with china, russia, talked about their conversations they had the last time she saw the queen in person. max, in addition to your excellent reporting on the royals, you re also a subject. you personally paid your respect to the queen s casket earlier today. if you don t mind stepping outside of your role as a journalist, just telling was that experience was like, and what the mood was like inside westminster hall. i wanted to get a sense of what it would be like for president biden appearing there. i was there as a member of the media. i wanted to say that s correct because i didn t queue up. there were very long queues. i didn t jump the queue. it was a media opportunity. i didn t go up to the casket. i was at a distance looking at other people paying their respects. i just wanted to say, the atmosphere, tiffs extraordinary. it has
privy council terms, so i think that is the fairest indication we can give to our viewers here and around the world at this stage that there is, as we keep saying, there is profound concern, deep concern. but at this stage we don t have any further news from buckingham palace. nick, we rejust looking nick, we re just looking at these images here, because of course, they are really reflecting people deep alarm and concern about the fact that the queen is extremely unwell, and of course, that we are expecting the news from balmoral that she is having treatment or that, indeed, they are unable to help her majesty any more. a few moments ago, buckingham palace announced the death of her majesty, queen elizabeth ii. the palace has just issued this statement. it says that the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen consort will remain at balmoral this evening and will return to london tomorrow. within the past few minutes, buckingham palace has anno
reporter: that s right. it s very unusual. that s why i think that this is a serious situation for the queen. the words that have been used by the palace are, of course, that the doctors her doctors are concerned for her majesty s health. of course, that is understated. inevitably, it s understated because in buckingham palace, they choose their words carefully. it was a short statement just after 7:30 eastern this morning. but it was a statement that said a lot. you have to read between the lines with these things. to fill in the blanks a little bit in terms of the members of the members of the royal family who are at balmoral or on their way, in these situations, with these royal whether we have royal news, so often we compare our own lives to theirs. i think many people watching will think about their own families and moments when an elderly loved one is sick and when members of the family all head to their bedside or to their side. that will, i think, for many peopl
weissmann who will join us in a few minutes, but we begin with the news that has made today one of those days that we will simply never forget around here. a global outpouring of grief after queen elizabeth ii passed away earlier today at the age of 96. the queen, who has reigned over the united kingdom and 15 other countries all over the world for 70 years die at balmoral castle, that s her summer home in scotland. all four of the queen s children were by her side in her final moments. these pictures show princes andrew and edward along with her grandson arriving at balmoral earlier today. her son charles is now the king taking the throne as king charles iii. he calls the death of his mother, a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family, adding this, quote, during this period of mourning and change my family and i will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect ask deep affection in which the queen was so widely held. it is difficult t