they respectfully ask the focus remain on the life and legacy of her majesty. that was the message from the spokesperson of prince harry? yes. in just a moment we will be seeing the coffin of the queen being taken out, greeted by the honor guard. anderson, you know, we ve heard it once, we ve heard it many times, it nonetheless remains very true. the queen over 70 years became the rock. she was the rock of this nation through thick and thin, ups and downs, family tref vales, triumphs and disasters, national crises in a very unstable rocky world. i think also people are reacting to that. again, it wasn t unexpected that a 96-year-old matriarch was going to passed away. we knew that she was getting weaker, she had retired not quite but reduced a lot her public duties. a lot of them had been handed over to prince, now king charles, and, you know, the fact that she spent her last waking moments performing it s extraordinary. her constitutional and professional dut
that was president biden, you see him there, paying tribute, laying a wreath there. john, i was covering the capitol, as i mentioned, on 9/11. joe biden was the senator from delaware and a senior member of the senate foreign relations committee. he was chair. i would watch in the days afterwards people like him and others not just try to figure out how to help the country economically but most importantly at that moment was try to get a handle on who this was, how and whether and when to rea reretaliate. that woas the biggest question. the third plane, the heroes of shanksville, that plane headed for the white house or the capitol, hit our political monuments if you will. those are the heroes. listen to a moment of silence for the second plane hitting the second tower. and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free
people of scotland to the former company. in terms of transition, the big test, of course, is whether or not the king can command such crowds and such loyalty that she commanded. so far at the very beginning of his reign, he seems to be connected with a lot more people than i expected. he s more open, less formal, really stepping up to the position. today it s very much about the people of scotland having their moment with the late queen. the hearse heading towards edinburg where you are, where the coffin will rest in the palace of holyrood, was the queen s seat, now the king s seat in scotland. there will be a service of remembrance and a vigil at st. charles cathedral. we re getting our first sense of the public response here. for people to come out and stand along the busy road just to have this moment of history, just imagine what the queue will be