we just observed the minute of silence, marked at the beginning by big ben. the final day the queen is lying in state there at the state funeral. that will be tomorrow, with state leaders and dignitaries from around the world attending the funeral there. after ten days, of course, of mourning. we want to bring in nbc s former editor, tim york. both in london for us. and lindsey, let me start with you, as we just marked that moment, that minute of silence for the queen there. talk to me about what we heard from america s president, president biden, paying his respects earlier today ahead of the state funeral tomorrow. before we get to that, i saw somebody walking along the queue here, filing behind us. reminding people, the moment of silence at 8:00 local time, to make sure everybody did pay their respects. and actually, a muffler is being used with big ben, to create a quieter tone. you have mentioned, president biden and the first lady are visiting and paying their respect
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Britain two men in the fourth round of a grand slam for the First Time Since 2002. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Hes just hours away from becoming the most powerful person in the world. Donald trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at five oclock this afternoon uk time, signalling possibly the most radical change in the Us Government in modern times. Last night in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial the Billionaire Businessman told the crowd that he will unify the country and give a voice to people who have been forgotten. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker has more. Marching band plays. This is A Musical Warm Up Act for one of the greatest political shows on earth. And centre stage for this welcome concert is its star. This is a first look at Donald Trumps inauguration crowds, his chance to address those who put him in office. The polls started going up, up, up, but they didnt want to give us credit, because they forgot about a lot of us.
we are still some six months from the first republican primaries and the candidates have not yet appeared on a debate stage, but in every poll, donald trump is the consistent, runaway favourite. the latest poll from the new york times sienna college, their first of the 2024 campaign, puts donald trump s lead over ron desantis at 37 points. he has a decisive advantage across almost every demographic group and region and in every ideological wing of the party. no candidate who has led their rival by at least 20 points at this stage in the cycle has ever lost a party nomination. but then no candidate with so much support has faced so many criminal indictments and investigations. with more to come in fulton county, the crowd barriers are in place outside the court. the district attorney fani willis signalled this weekend she will charge donald trump over his attempts to derail the georgia result in 2020. also pending, the investigation into the events surrounding jan 6th. a target letter f
the distance they are from the people in front and behind, and they ll be focusing rather more on that than the crowd behind the crowd barriers. fanfare. there ll be aircraft coming from all over the country, obviously from helicopter bases, from fastjet bases in lincolnshire. we ll be coming from across the uk to form up over the north sea, ready for the spectacle that we ll hopefully produce on 6th may. the flypast is the grand finale of coronation day. the choreography is sharp,