announce to you the death of my beloved mother, the queen. i know how deeply you, the entire nation, and i think i may say the whole world sympathize with me in the irreparable loss we ve all suffered. it is the greatest consolation to me to know the sympathy expressed by so many. today buckingham palace announced that queen elizabeth who spent 70 years on the throne will be laid to rest in a state funeral on monday, september 19th. cnn s scott mclean joins me now from windsor. scott, this reunion just studying earlier today between william and harry was very surprising, and it seemed to work pretty well with the crowds there where you are. how did this come about? reporter: yeah, completely unexpected. people knew that they were waiting for a visit, that s what we had been told, but they didn t know exactly who we were waiting for. the press didn t even know who we were waiting for. we figured it was likely will and kate. it turned out it was not just will and kate, but
william, i think this will be seen as a hugely respectful thing for her to do her majesty. i asked her if i could have a hug and she hugged me back. i m still shaking now. people here are wondering whether or not this was a photo opportunity or whether this is truly the beginning of some kind of a reconciliation process. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn news room. in great britain tonight, a royal transfer of power. king charles iii is formally named sovereign of the british monarchy. the ancient ceremony, making its own history. this is the first time the british people could turn on their actual tvs and watch the proclamation of their new head of state. and amid that new beginning, a final farewell. the funeral for queen elizabeth ii now announced for a week from monday. and her eldest son, today formally proclaimed as the new king mourns the loss of his mother who he shared with the world. my lords, ladies and gentlemen, it is my most sorrow
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. high stakes political drama unfolding today. in two of the closest senate races in the country with two embattled candidates trying to keep their shot at victory from slipping away. this georgia republican nominee herschel walker is tripling down, maybe quadrupling down on his denials about an ex-girlfriend s abortion. flat out denial a lie. and democrat john fetterman giving his first in-person interview since suffering a stroke to nbc. he claims he s good to go, but he won t release his medical records to prove it. we ll have live reports from both states, show you that interview and ask pennsylvania democrat whether she thinks voters deserve more. plus will there be a smoking gun at the investigation on capitol hill the answer just 24 horse away. and finally it turns out intentionally slamming a $330 million spacecraft into the side of an asteroid is a good thing. how nasa s grand experiment tha
thinks abortion should be in any case, no matter rape or incest, then you have governor whitmer, who s been traveling around the state, we had images of her holding a roundtable saying this is a human right, abortion rights sh and she sees it as a civil right. will s a lawsuit to stop abortion to go into effect in that state. the feeling is that kansas, a red state, if they can vote to keep abortion rightings in their constitution, a battleground state like michigan, the people who are of course the others, they feel like this issue will be a one that will g get a big turnout and michigananders will vote the rights into the constitution. yamiche alcindor, thank you so much for your reporting. greatly appreciate it. willie, it is fascinating to see how this issue will shape the 2022 election. we really don t know how it s going to end up moving voters, but you look at that kansas race, all the polls beforehand showed it too close to call, but a lot of them had pro-life force
funeral, and who might be join being president biden in scotland, and mary alice parks. ukraine fights back, taking back territory seized by the russians. the ukrainian flag raised once again in the northeast. russian forces appearing to be stepping back. and the fate of the nuclear power plant. the dangerous weather threat. fires in the west leading to dangerous air quality and new evacuations as flash flooding threatens those in the east. rob marciano times it all out. 21 years after the attacks on new york and washington, 9/11 is still claiming lives. and we remember the victims who died that day. some wounds still too deep to hale. and queen elizabeth. quotes from the queen you may not have heard. from abc news, this is world news tonight. reporting from edinburgh, scotland. good evening, everyone. i m linsey davis. the dreary weather matches the mood as the uk honors the queen. america pauses to honor the victims of 9/11, and the major developments in ukraine