Abbey where the late queen was married in 1957. And crowned back in 1953. When she was just 25 years old. Her astounding 70 years on the throne saw a world transformed. From scientific breakthroughs, world war ii, to a changing monarchy. And to her own changing family. Yet, threw it all this remarkable woman endured. Through 14 american president s, 15 british Prime Ministers, through financial crisis and, of course, the troubles through the rise of the internet and the fall of the berlin wall. In a few minutes, the royal navy will begin a procession to transport the queen from Westminster Hall where she has been lying at rest. Queen elizabeth ii led her people for over seven decades on the throne. She was 96 years old. The longest reigning monarch in british history. Along with joe, willie and me, we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc catty kay. Its wonderful to be with you early this morning as we cover history in the making. Lets set the scene. Last night i posted a picture of
abbey where the late queen was married in 1957. and crowned back in 1953. when she was just 25 years old. her astounding 70 years on the throne saw a world transformed. from scientific breakthroughs, world war ii, to a changing monarchy. and to her own changing family. yet, threw it all this remarkable woman endured. through 14 american presidents, 15 british prime ministers, through financial crisis and, of course, the troubles through the rise of the internet and the fall of the berlin wall. in a few minutes, the royal navy will begin a procession to transport the queen from westminster hall where she has been lying at rest. queen elizabeth ii led her people for over seven decades on the throne. she was 96 years old. the longest reigning monarch in british history. along with joe, willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc catty kay. it s wonderful to be with you early this morning as we cover history in the making. let s set the scene. last night i posted a
meeting there you see the entrance gates of balmoral. the queen 24 hours ago had to cancel her meeting, it was via zoom with her formal advisers after her doctors advised her to rest. all of this just two days after the queen met with the newest prime minister of the united kingdom, liz truss. there you see the photos. joining us live from buckingham palace is nbc s keir simmons, and katty kay, an msnbc contributor. keir, let me start with you. what do we know at this hour about the queen s condition? reporter: jose, the last update from buckingham palace was around an hour ago. it was that statement that people are concerned by because that statement itself saying doctors are concerned for her majesty s health. it is highly unusual for buckingham palace to make a statement like that. i have seen again and again questions to buckingham palace about the queen s health. beyond with, we never comment on that. with a statement like that, that has people worried, of course. th
and saying that he was able to declassify whatever he wants. joyce, put that make sense of that for us? explain that to us. well, i d love to make sense of it, katy, but it doesn t make much in the way of sense. it is a shocker that the former president would try to distract from his own problems but invoking barack obama who by all accounts including this official one complied fully with the presidential records act. when it comes to these new suggestions that trump could have declassified these documents on his way out the door, this rings a little bit too good to be true. and certainly the president has declassification authority, he can do it with far less need to dot the i s and cross the t s than someone else could. but if for instance i had walked out of my office with tss, ci information which we re being told what was recovered in the execution of this search warrant, it is clear that if i had refused to turn it over or tried to keep it hidden saver a request was
today setting the men s and women s all time indoor speed record for duration as a prime minister only 44 days in office. that s not even five squa scaramuccis. her abrupt resignation throws her closest ally even further into chaos. not that our friends across the pond weren t able to find humor in this, the economy magazine argued which would ask longer, liz truss prime minister or a head of lettuce. you know when folks start invoking salad items when discussing how long you re going to last at your job, at some point it becomes a feta complete. but let us move on. how could six weeks go so horribly wrong. liz truss deceleration from power, truss-nomics, they could create jobs, she said. essentially trickledown economic. this proposal immediately caused the british economy to implode. just the mere suggestion of this plan sent financial markets into a tail spin, drove the country s currency to a record low value against the american dollar, and pushed mortgage rates even