president biden welcomes barack and michelle obama back for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michele, her grace, her intelligence and the fact that she s fine. we miss them. we begin tonight with steve bannon, the former white house chief strategist who is back in the news, usually for two reasons such as attempting to dismantle the west or as in this case trouble with the law. two years ago bannon was dragged off a billionaire s luxury yacht in handcuffs charged with defrauding donors as part of a fund-raising scam purportedly aimed at funding trump s border wall that mexico was supposed to pay for. now bon none lined his pockets $1 million in waldo nations. after trump pardoned bannon for milking his own supporters the manhattan s district attorney office opened its own investigation and that s because presidential pardons, well, they only apply to federal charges and cannot prohib
vigil. their heads were bowed as they stood solemnly before the coffin draft draped in the flag called the world standard put all this ahead of her majesty s state funeral. that will be monday. president biden will be among the many dignitaries who will attend. arthel: senior foreign affairs and greg in london with the very latest. greg, like eric said it was an awesome site and the true sense about. it was so powerful and emotional at the same time. lex arthel, eric, absolutely. a motion every day with this run up to the finals date funeral on monday for queen elizabeth ii. we are standing in front of westminster abbey. that is where the funeral will be held for just two or 300 yards to be on this is westminster hall parade that is at the houses of parliament. that is where queen elizabeth lies in state for the public has had a chance, is having a chance to view her. and a short time ago we witnessed an incredibly moving scene. the queens and grandchildren holding a vigil, a
coffin but there s been a decision to pause queuejoining for about six hours. i m karin giannone. i m with those crowds of people waiting to pay their respects to the late queen as she lies in state in westminster hall. but authorities are saying if you have not done so already, do not attempt tojoin the have not done so already, do not attempt to join the queue until it reopens. but first members of the queen s family will continue their vigil over her coffin until the doors are open to the public at 5pm. hello and welcome to the welsh capital, cardiff, where this morning king charles iii is expected to arrive to complete his tour of all four nations of the uk. i was told to pack an umbrella when i was told to pack an umbrella when i left london but it is a gorgeous day in the welsh capital and there is a sense of anticipation at the arrival of the king. he has been to edinburgh and then belfast and ben will make its way to cardiff this morning for a service of prayer and
i take itake up i take up my new duties with immense gratitude for the privilege of having being able to serve as prince of wales. in other news, ukraine will exhume hundreds of bodies found in graves outside izyum, a city recently recaptured from russian forces. it s only now after the russians have been pushed out that the authorities can really investigate and establish how many victims they left behind. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen s four children, led by king charles, have held a vigil at westminster hall standing in silent contemplation around their late mother s coffin while members of the public filed past quietly to pay their respects. earlier, the queue to see the queen lying in state reopened after a pause of several hours, but mourners are being warned of a wait of up to 20 hours in chilly overnight temperatures. the king and the queen consort, camilla concluded their uk tour earlier in the day in wales, where the ki
it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay their