visited the queen where unusually unguarded william told one mourner how difficult it was to walk behind his grandmother s coffin yesterday. and the queen s daughter-in-law shared an emotional moment with a nonverbal young man in manchester. his mother explained the significance of that encount per. growing up with the queen, i think it s a nice day and a nice memory for both of us to twail see some of the royal family at this sad time. we are learning new details abts the funeral plans. on monday more than 2,000 people are expected at the state funeral in westminster abbey. queen elizabeth ii will be buried in the king george vi memorial chapel near her parents. there she will be reunited in death with her late husband, whose coffin will be moved from the royal vault to windsor. this is the scene right now as queen elizabeth ii s body is lying in state at westminster hall. lines of mourners have waited through the night in chilly weather, slowly moving forward, patiently
a russian politician publicly calling for putin to resign. as dissent in russia appears to grow over its failures in ukraine. a municipal leader in st. petersburg spoke to me moments after leaving court today just after he paid a fine for speaking out against putin. in his first television interview, he was unafraid. he doubled down on his call for putin to step down. translator: we will continue to insist on his resignation. perhaps our words about putin have a harmful effect on russia, and the need to leave power will continue to spread. i said it s extraordinary, right? when he went to pay a fine and it could get a lot worse than that. he came out, and he doubled down. so i asked him, why is he speaking out right now? taking these incredible risks. and here is what he told me. translator: i have two little children. i don t want for them to go through what i am going through in 15, 20 years, namely, to be afraid of going out on the streets to speak their minds at dem
take hold. scott, you have been here talking to people who have been gathering, you know, since the queen died here at buckingham palace. and really all around. why is it so important for them to be out, especially tomorrow, you know they are gonna be out there? yeah, and in huge numbers, and you know, i ve asked this question a lot, and you can put people in a lot of different categories. number one, there are people who say they want to witness history, they want something they can tell their grandkids. there are people in a another category who are sort of the royal waters, the people who got all the jubilees, all the birthdays, all the celebrations that you can imagine, all the funerals. and then there are the folks as well who generally seem to have some deep admiration and respect for this woman. or maybe, some sort of family connection at. well maybe they met her for five minutes three years ago. our for instance, i spoke to one american man yesterday who came all
see their say their final good-bye. yet, for all of its anticipation and its singular history, this moment felt eerily realm necessary of this one. the very young brothers made this same march because they re mother s coffin. it s a painful image of one of the most painful moments in the history of the modern monarchy, not to say anything of the grief the brothers felt and most feel again. the crowds felt it too then and they felt it again today. thousands crowded the streets down the mall and along white hall. some straining to catch even a glimpse of the coffin draped in the royal standard. there was spontaneous and subdued clapping, but mostly the people were silent, quiet. the steady beat of the drum stirring even the stiffest of upper lips. her coffin lined with led weighs a quarter of a ton. it was lifted off the gun carriage and carried by eight men of the queen s company first battalion. swell pouring off their brows, the weight of the coffin combined with the weigh
welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, september 14th. a lot to cover this morning with joe, willie and me. u.s. stocks tumble as consumer prices continue to rise as president biden celebrated the inflation reduction act. yesterday at the white house. we ll look at the next possible steps to help bring down costs for americans. plus, russian forces in retreat as ukraine keeps up the pressure. is this a turning point in the war? president biden says it s hard to tell. queen elizabeth returns to london. her coffin arriving at buckingham palace yesterday and will be carried by horse-drawn carriage to parliament later this morning where she will lie in state before monday s funeral at westminster abbey. we re following the latest on the trump records case. new information unsealed by a federal judge concerned that some government records may still be unaccounted for, and a warning from the doj about delaying its investigation. plus, lindsey graham takes an already comp