[ a moment of silence ] [applause] [ silence ] all right. a beautiful picture of the palace of westminster where big ben was chiming the bells for a moment of silence to begin for the celebration of the late now queen elizabeth ii. tomorrow the funeral gets under way. back now to katelyn collins and kate williams. we saw the moment of silence recognized from downing street to hyde park where you could hear a little bit of the bell tolling. katelyn, the president of the united states is there. he paid tribute earlier today even remarking after signing that condolence book. people come to take in the moment of what this means and reflecting upon the queen s legacy and president biden himself did that earlier today. the first stop in london and went to see her lying in state as we you people waiting in line to do so. over a dozen hours in line. he signs the condolence book and talking about what it was like when he met her and described him as someone that reminded him of h
we ve had an opportunity to meet with an awful lot of consequential people, but i can say that the ones who stand out in your mind are those whose relationship and interaction with you are consistent with their reputation. when the queen had us to the castle for tea and she kept offering me more and i kept eating everything she put in front of me. she was the same as her image. decent, honorable, and all about service. our hearts go out to the royal family, to king charles and all of the family. it s a loss, a giant hole. sometimes you think you ll never overcome it. but, as i ve told the king, she will be with him every step of the way, every minute, every moment, and that s a reassuring notion. so to all of the people of england and the united kingdom, our hearts go out to you. you were fortunate to have had her for 70 years. we all were. the world is better for her. thank you. mr. president, why does she remind you of your mother? just because of the way she touched
counsel investigation. president biden dodged questions about it today in an oval office photo-op. [ inaudible ] moments ago the white house press secretary repeated that the president will cooperate with special counsel robert hur and failed to explain why the public was not told about the classified documents when they were first discovered in november. is it the policy of the white house that that should share that information not just with the national archives but the american people? i ll say this. we have been transparent. there s an ongoing process and spoken when it is appropriate. we are learning more about the investigation. the justice department interviewed biden s former executive team on the team that packed up the office. one document was a memo from vice president to president obama. it s unclear how much of this is still sensitive. let s go to chief white house correspondent phil mattingly and evan perez. phil, the white house press secretary more ques
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