known as the royal mile. of course we will have that service for you when it begins. just moments ago, the coffin of queen elizabeth ii arrived in the heart of the historic old town of edinburgh known as, i said, the royal mile. king charles iii and princess anne, princes edward and andrew walk behind the coffin, the monarch s official residence in scotland to the cathedral. before he left for edinburgh, the king addressed parliament for the first time as sovereign in westminster hall, the same place where his mother will lie in state this week. he said parliament is the living and breathing instrument of our democracy. what we are seeing today is a mixture of the political, the constitutional, and, as you see her children behind her coffin, the deeply personal lawmakers singing the national anthem, god save the king, for the first time. we saw a bit of emotion from the king there. prince harry released a deeply personal statement, paying tribute to his grandmother saying, gr
organizations or social media machines? well, i love that you guys do the local papers. i love that you do that because the stuff that we should care, where we should place most of our energy and our concern is on the things around us that we can fix, that we can do something about. the collapse of the local news industry 2005 and beyond was deeper, broader, and more devastating than any of us new at the time. my career tracks along with this stuff. i started right at the end where newspapers were the dominant part of the ecosystem, and in their place came in mostly national low-value news that came in that was not about giving people information about how to live their lives but connecting with them on an emotional basis. and what good high-quality news does is give you tools in your life to be a better citizen, to be a better parent, a better neighbor, to be a better you. and you can do something about what s going on in the next local election, about how your neighborhoo
i think the king has such a commitment that he will in one sense speak out about climate change without being overpolitical. we re watching now. and we ll continue. some are not controversial. they are just realities. for now the coverage continues this morning right here on msnbc. chris jansing and katy tur pick up the coverage live from london right now. good morning. i am chris jansing in london for jose diaz-balart. right now the long good-bye to the queen is focused in edinburgh, scotland. roughly 330 miles north of here and a solemn service of thanksgiving is about to get under way once they finish this long procession along what is