like other ukrainian cities from bucha to mariupol, another enormous mass grave has been discovered. this time in a forest near the city of izium. authorities continue to exhumed the bodies of which there are reportedly more than 450, including civilians, children and soldiers a. like many of the bodies show signs of, quote, violent. death while several have their hands bound and show signs of torture. it is now day 207 of russia s invasion, with putin s plan to take all of three days to capture the capital of kyiv. right now ukraine continues to gain ground with a successful counteroffensive in the northeast, reclaiming several thousand square miles of territory. ukraine also continues to have success with a counteroffensive in the south. at the same, time russia is making small gains in some towns in donetsk. one of the regions that make up the donbas. to say that russian soldiers are making those gains might be misleading. as the new york times reports, the frontline ukrai
correspondent keir simmons on the timeline. at 10:44, just before 6 am eastern time, the queen s coffin will be carried on a carriage from westminster hall. the state funeral will begin at 11, six on the east coast. 2000 will be in attendance. the service will and after one hour. decorated eight workers, police, and servicemen and women will walk with the queen. at 10:06 eastern time, she will reach once or, home to monarchs for over 1000 years. entering the castle for a committal service at st. georges chapel beginning at 4 pm, 11 am on the east coast. in the next hour, can charles will be holding an official state reception at buckingham palace this evening for visiting world leaders. crowds cheer for charles today as he drove into buckingham palace. president biden is expected among the dignitaries at the queens reception with first lady dr. jill biden. in the past few moments, the president and the first lady paid respects to the queen inside westminster hall. joining
we just observed the minute of silence, marked at the beginning by big ben. the final day the queen is lying in state there at the state funeral. that will be tomorrow, with state leaders and dignitaries from around the world attending the funeral there. after ten days, of course, of mourning. we want to bring in nbc s former editor, tim york. both in london for us. and lindsey, let me start with you, as we just marked that moment, that minute of silence for the queen there. talk to me about what we heard from america s president, president biden, paying his respects earlier today ahead of the state funeral tomorrow. before we get to that, i saw somebody walking along the queue here, filing behind us. reminding people, the moment of silence at 8:00 local time, to make sure everybody did pay their respects. and actually, a muffler is being used with big ben, to create a quieter tone. you have mentioned, president biden and the first lady are visiting and paying their respect
what president biden has called playing politics with human beings, former governor ron desantis, promised these flights are only the beginning. so they ve been in texas identifying people trying to come to florida and then offering them free transportation to sanctuary jurisdictions, and so they went from texas to florida to martha s vineyard. it was a flight. there s also going to be buses and there ll likely be more flights. but i ll tell you this, the legislature gave me $12 million. we re going to spend every penny of that to make sure we re protecting the people of the state of florida. governor ron desantis along with the governor of texas are transporting migrants to well-known liberal enclaves. critics say they re being used as props. the governors and their supporters say it s a protest of what is an inadequate federal response. for more on the politics of this debate in a moment. cnn s miguel marquez has been on martha s vineyard and has their story. reporter
flights.s. but i ll tell you thisis, the legislature gave me $12 million. we re going to spend every penny of that to make sure we re protecting the people of the state of florida. governor ron desantis along with the governor of texas are transporting migrants to well-known liberal enclaves. critics say they re being used as props. the governors and their supporters say it s a protest of what they say is an inadequate federal response of crossing the border. more on the politics of this debate in a moment. cnn s miguel marquez has been on martha s vineyard and has their story. reporter: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha s vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelan migrants were given a warm send-off. volunteers embracing each person as they boarded buses, then ferries, and onto the next part of their long journey. their announced arrival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send migrants to see called sanctua