two minutes of silence will be observed. and then the bearer party will take the coffin out. more than 10,000 police officers will be on duty for the queen s funeral today to ensure that there is not any successful attempts to disrupt today s events. hundreds of thousands of people already lining the streets here behind us on that funeral route from central london to berkshire where the late queen will be buried. 500 foreign dignitaries for the state funeral in westminster abbey. it will be the biggest ever personal protection operation undertaken by the metropolitan police here. wow. much of britain s economy on hold today. queen elizabeth is laid to rest today. it is designated a public holiday. there are sweeping closures spanning every aspect of british life. all schools, most jobs, off today. and a nonurgent medical appointments through the national health service are canceled. every supermarket chain
welcome back. i m kim brunhuber and this is cnn newsroom. central london is filled with people hoping to pay their final respects to queen elizabeth this hour. authorities have shutdown the miles long queue multiple times. it s largely remained at or near capacity. in the coming hours the queen s eight grandchildren will hold a vigil around her coffin. authorities say more than 2,000 officers will be deployed in windsor for the queen s burial on monday, and london police say there will be a huge presence in the city. highly visible officers will line many parts of the funeral route. the managing director for the security company international corporate protection, he joins us from london. thanks so much for being here with us. so first just are you surprised by the number of people who are willing to wait, you know, 24 hours in a queue to pay their weres? i think they expect some 2 million people all told. yes, i mean it s quite
16th century. and then, i would have to think long and hard about the funeral route and the way in which the public should be able to come witness the queen s journeys south, and that s what we are seeing in these days. okay, according to an operation aimed unicorn, obviously, the unicorn, symbol of scotland. tell me about the ceremony at hollywood house today, what form will that take? well, what s happening today is that the queen s coffin will process from holyrood palace, the official residence of the monarch in scotland, and for people who don t know, it s in the bottom of the royal a mile. it will possess up the royal mile, at the main street of medieval edinburgh.
to make sure they re here in this community. this is a high school that he attended, so you can understand the outpouring that people have actually shown up early and are on the sidewalk with signs in support of blue lives. we hear that over and over. people wanting to be here to show their support for this police department. when you think about this officer though, the idea he was a father of four and been married for over 20 years, you can understand why people wanted to come out here today and show their respects to this man who served so long in this community. talking to you about the investigation, because we talked to a detective, he said he ll have more information tomorrow but right now people are focusing on the honor of this fallen officer. last hour you showed us a map of the funeral route. can you show us that again? it s quite impressive. reporter: say that one more time for me? the map fts funerof the fune you showed us last hour. it was impressive how many are pa
there are large police vans with riot police ready in case something else breaks out. jenna. jenna: we ll continue to watch developments there in cairo. leland, thank you. jon: want to take you to winchester, massachusetts, where the funeral procession is underway for glen doherty, the 42-year-old former seal killed in those attacks at the u.s. consulate in benghazi. he was part of the private security force hired to protect our diplomats overseas. governor duval patrick attended the weak yesterday for this american hero who died trying to protect those who weren t able to protect themselves. once again, glen doherty is being laid to rest today. this is in winchester, massachusetts. hundreds of mourners already in place. flags line his family s neighborhood we re told and placed along the funeral route. glen doherty laid to rest