that was president biden, you see him there, paying tribute, laying a wreath there. john, i was covering the capitol, as i mentioned, on 9/11. joe biden was the senator from delaware and a senior member of the senate foreign relations committee. he was chair. i would watch in the days afterwards people like him and others not just try to figure out how to help the country economically but most importantly at that moment was try to get a handle on who this was, how and whether and when to rea reretaliate. that woas the biggest question. the third plane, the heroes of shanksville, that plane headed for the white house or the capitol, hit our political monuments if you will. those are the heroes. listen to a moment of silence for the second plane hitting the second tower. and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free
attention to this part of her journey, but there is an anticipation there of seeing her, as well as the new king, max. yeah. so we re slightly behind schedule here. it was due that the coffin would arrive at the castle, the palace rather at 4:00, but as richard says, absolutely impeccable otherwise. everything is exactly as planned. and signed off by the queen. this will be very heartening to her. the people of edinburgh have come out in huge numbers. i ve been hearing ing isa descrg the crowds there. as princess anne in the procession there, there will be a member of the royal family there, and you ll see the procession going up to the palace, and we ll see a somber moment with the royal salute as the coffin is taken in to the palace. there will be some pomp and ceremony once they get there. but the ramain event will be tomorrow when the coffin goes to st. charles cathedral. the dean of chapel royal in scotland will be up there, and they re going to oversee this process. w
family. mourners across the world honoring the life and legacy of queen elizabeth ii after seven decades on the throne. today the queens coffin will lead balmoral scotland. her beloved summer home and embark on a journey first to edinboro and then on tuesday evening it will arrive in london ahead of the state funeral which is now but announced it to be monday september the 19th. of course back home today in america we marked 21 years since a september 11 attack. remembering and honoring those who lost their lives and continuing our promise to never forget. good morning from london i am martha maccallum. good to have you with us this morning. it is a beautiful morning in london as we begin coverage this morning. let s go straight to buckingham palace where were joined by senior chief correspondent jonathan hunt joining us from buckingham palace as we begin this journey and we will see the coffin of queen elizabeth for the first time. good morning jonathan. good morning to
his coronation at westminster abbey. accompanying him was queen camila, kate, william, but conspicuously absent was prince harry. nonetheless, there were thousands of people on the streets of edinburgh, waving flags. not everybody was celebrating, lindsey. some anti-monarchists had a rally outside the scottish parliament. there were elected officials there as well as scottish parliament ministers but i don t think that dampened the mood for king charles. he left st. charles cathedral to a 21 gun salute, back to the palace, the official residence of the king in scotland. he ll be there for the rest of the week, for events and ceremonies marking the important week, marking scotland and the king, and then he s back to london to buckingham palace
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