cheer. then as they drew closer, that heavy silence fell once again. a moment later, when the hearse was inside, the applause resumed one final time as what were for 70 years the queen s guard and the queen s staff there to receive her and to mourn. tomorrow the quiet returns as a silent procession accompanies the coffin to westminster hall in the house of parliament, where the late monarch will lie in state. already as you can see, people have begun camping out in the rain along the route. public viewing begins at 5:00 p.m. local time and will continue around the clock until early monday morning. a short time ago, the government laid out the path that people will take to the viewing site. it will stretch clear acrokcrose thames and down the southbank which speaks to the expected outpouring. trains will run throughout the night bringing in mourners across great britain. the clean and consort are across the corner from us right now, having spent the early part of the day in no
i am erin burnett. russia running home, the pentagon saying that russian forces are going back to russia over the border completely after stunningly effective counteroffensive by the ukrainians. the press secretary said the russians were caught off guard and some are in full retreat. we have seen a number of russian forces, especially in the northeast, cross over the border into russia. full on, our exclusive video from a town just liberated clearly shows how desperate russian troops were to get out. we have a report from a recaptured city, they left crates of equipment. they left weapons. they left the ukrainian take. leaving so much equipment behind. crucial equipment that will be used by ukrainians against russians and it shows the desperate nature of russia. this is as evidenced of more defense dissent in russia, nearly 50 municipal deputies have signed a petition demanding the resignation of putin. when i mentioned this petition last night, we are at almost double
crowds that you ve been out with? you were outside the gates as the queen was brought back in. yeah, i think tradition dictates that the younger generations are less sort of interested or focused on the monarchy. but i certainly found it interesting standing outside buckingham palace that you really did see all generations out, and a lot of young people. and they ve never seen a moment like this. frankly, none of us have, a state funeral on this level, on this scale and this sense of sort of stepping into the moment. britons coming together. so it may well be a sort of inspiring moment when young people do become more engaged. certainly you saw a lot of adults and parents out in the crowd who brought their children along to really impress upon them that this is an extraordinary moment in history that they have the privilege of witnessing, and that it does mean something. one woman telling me we call it great britain, and this is what s great about britain, when
wise. and she is a marvelous rider. you know, she s got a marvelous way with horses. made of strong stuff, you know. john, someone who has spent so much time documenting the royal family and also working with them, what do you make of what you have seen in terms of the outpouring of people here and also this time that we are in this transition? well, it s a very strange period, something that none of us has really experienced before. this idea that you re looking back at this long reign of 70 years with great in many cases, great emotion, and also looking forward and welcoming the new king. and it s something about our system, for better or worse, that you switch from one to the other without a moment s pause. when the death of the queen was announced by buckingham palace,
it s going to be the same in the sense that the tradition will continue, and he will build, as he says, on her foundations. but i think he is a very different character. yes. the queen actually said when he had his 70th birthday party, she made this is a private party. and she made a whole speech. and she talked about him as his own man. and i think that was really interesting, that she acknowledged that. because i think the thing about him is he is a much more emotional man, emotional figure. he has it s going to be a more personal reign, i think. and we ve already seen the way that he got out of the car and the gates of buckingham palace on the first day. and he felt confident about doing it. very confident. he wasn t nervous about it. confident about it. and that s going to be a big change, because the queen never was easy with crowds in that way. but she is from another generation. and he s from he is able to