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arlington, before attending today ceremony at the pentagon. where he served up a sobering truth about this day and about democracy. it s not enough to stand up for democracy once a year, and every now and then. it s something we have to do every single day. so, this is a day not only to remember but a day of renewal and resolve. the first lady, attending today s ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania, where flight 93 was intentionally crashed by passengers to prevent the terrorists who overtook the cockpit, from stealing more american lives and they already had. we are going to have more on 9/11 over the next two hours, including how our country changed then and continues to evolve in the aftermath of those attacks. now, to scotland, where queen elizabeth embarked on the first leg of her final journey, on the third day of national mourning. there s also the fanfare of trumpets and celebrations today, as scotland, wales and northern ireland officially declared charles king.
first later at westminster abby. i want to head now to matt who s in london for us. and covering the lead up to september 19th. matt, talk to us. we know, as i mentioned, the queen s coffin arrived in edinburgh today. take us through the six hour journey and what we can expect in the days leading up to her funeral. it really was quite emotional, yasmin. it lasted for six hours and princess and was there the entire. time you saw as the people of scotland and tourists and others who are gathered around the root of their coffin, it was traversing through the scottish highlands, we had a glimpse of some of the fantastic country sides up there. it did not go direct from balmoral to edinburgh. it went up to inverness, the highest was from the most northern of all of the cities in scotland. the only city in the scottish highlands. and then attacked south to where it went to autumn barrow, to hollywood house, that is the only real state residents. of course, the queen died in balmo