beated the drum, moving the stiffest of upper lips betting the drum, moving even the stiffest of upper lips. the coffin carrying to westminster, and the guards, they lifted it on a raised platform, in medieval timber and a few tennis balls from the days of hen i have viii and you can notice the sweat on their brows, the cof en is lined in lead. and they sing the queen to her rest, as king charles put it, quoting hamlet, these guards, these men must first lift a quarter ton with a crown on top. the queen lies in state for four days, her coffin will be watched over constantly until her funeral at westminster abby on monday and the line to see her stretches two and a half miles. here is the map, the wait is up to 30 hours. joining me now is nbc news correspondent molly hunter. a wait of up to 30 hours is truly incredible. what are folks telling you about why they felt that they needed to be there, why they were willing to wait in a line like that? yes, not only willing to
this, of course, despite his promise to make saudi, quote, a pariah state. all this as the federal reserve is expected to announce its biggest hike in decades. john harwood is live in philadelphia. john, there is a lot at stake for the president. reporter: a lot at stake, erica, for the president. a lot at stake for the country. as we ve seen underscored by the january 6th committee hearings. the president s biggest political problem is negative public sentiment about high inflation. as you indicated, he is going to say that this is his top priority. mostly a job for the federal reserve, but he s also going to do what he can to try to make a difference on the margins. that s why he is going to swallow his statements about making saudi arabia a pariah and meet with the crown prince, mbs, on a visit in a few weeks. that s in hopes of expanding saudi oil production and getting gas prices down a little bit. he s also here before this friendly audience to talk about the positi
bear market territory. the federal reserve could boost interest rates by .75 point to try to time inflation that has the cost of everything rising. gas is still hovering above $5.00 a gallon nationwide, getting close to $7.00 out west in california. an estimate from moody s shows american households are spending about $460 more per month on necessities than they were one year ago. that means more families are having to make tough decisions just to get by. there s no way. it s cheaper to fly. it feels like you can t catch a break. it s difficult to save up for the things i do need in the long-term. we ll have more on it in a moment as well as the january 6th committee s next public hearing. it was scheduled for tomorrow. it was abruptly postponed. next steps in the senate on new gun legislation, when we could see actual text of a bill and most importantly a vote. we are going to start with the president s address genny moment now, and the economic realities that the coun
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