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
we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. john: tough talk as iran emerges as a big focus of his middle east trip. sandra, hello do you again. sandra: hello to you. israeli prime minister and president biden signing a joint declaration, pledging no nuke for iran. john: israel urging the united states to put a deadline on the talks and threatening the use of military force. iranian president reportedly firing back shortly after that saying i tell the americans and their regional allies the iranian nation will not accept any crisis or insecurity in the region and that any mistake made in this region will be met with a harsh and regretable response. sandra: the biden team set to head to saudi arabia with a list of goals in hand, with energy security topping the list. officials say they should be looking state side instead. we think texas is a lot closer than saudi arabia and president biden does not need to be travelling
secretary of state antony blinken reacting to the shocking news. our thoughts, our prayers are with him, for his family, with the people of japan. this is a very, very sad moment and we re awaiting news. former president donald trump who had a very close relationship with abe saying, quote, absolutely devastating news that shinzo abe a truly great man and leader has been shot. he has a true friend of mine and much more importantly america. brian: you heard it was serious and he ended unjust passing away. abe who was japan s longest serving member left office in 2020 due to his health issues not political issues. the suspected gunman was immediately taken into custody. we don t know much about the gunman except he was 40-something years old and seems to be a hand made gun. you don t hear a lot about violence in japan. and shinzo abe still taking part in the political process was campaigning for somebody when he was struck. this is stunning news because simultaneously t
1981 when ronald reagan was president and battling a recession that seemed endless. a guy names paul volcker was hiking interest rates a full percentage point at a team to squash inflation that proved relentless. when indiana jones was the hottest movie in the country and charles and diana, the hottest wedding ticket in the world. back then bacon cost $1.75 a pound. try more like $7 now. coffee was $2.46 a pound. closer to $6 now. a half gallon of ice cream set you back about $2. nearly trip that will today. some perspective on time and prices. lower and slower back then. faster and out of control right now. we are all over it with lydia hu at a new york city supermarket on how folks are holding up. hillary vaughn on capitol hill where democrats and republicans are digging in. edward lawrence in jerusalem on if those inflation numbers are weighing the president down. why house economic adviser jared bernstein on what costs he sees no longer going up. welcome. i m neil cavuto.
flights and now mountains of misplaced luggage. tom costello will explain the latest headache facing summer travel. it is just horrible traveling this summer. it is hard to get a flight that is not canceled. and the new comments from senator joe manchin as he now claims that he has not written off any of president biden s agenda. okay. we ll figure that out. but first, emotions running high still in uvalde, texas. after a tense school board meeting last night, parents are demanding answers after release of a scathing new report calling the shooting response at robb elementary school a systemic failure. nbc news correspondent sam brock joins us live from uvalde. sam, good morning. what are the families saying today? well, mika, good morning. look, this system was structured in such a way that the meeting was so that participants could vent frustration and feels for about 45 minutes. it lasted more than three years with young kids asking the grown-ups, what are you doing righ