Order, order. I invite the house to rise and observe a minute of silence in memory of her late majesty Queen Elizabeth ii. Before i call the Prime Minister, it is with the greatest sadness that i rise to say a few words to her late majesty, Queen Elizabeth. Almost all of us in the house of experienced no other monarch but her late majesty. There indeed, only a score or so members of this house would have been born. That can recall a time when she wasnt the queen. She is what in our minds with the crown and all it stands for. After accession, in february 1952, she came to westminster to open a session of parliament in november 1952, when Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister and speaker william morrison, was in the chair, almost 70 years ago. 57 complete sessions of parliament passed since then, and as she was here to open all but three of them, as parliamentarians, we celebrated with her silver, golden, diamond jubilees, and the Platinum Jubilee this year, in which the length standa
Within her own family, a lot of turmoil for the country and for the world. I know youre traveling to the u. K. And i am as well. We will be live for everybody starting tomorrow morning from london. Let us reset. It is 2 00. Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Where are you right now . Because today is one of those days where youre going to remember exactly where you were when the world changed because it has. Queen elizabeth ii is now dead. We learned doctors were concerned about her health this morning. An extraordinary statement from a notoriously quiet Buckingham Palace. Those news sending news outlets like ours into rolling waitandsee coverage. Well show you a shot where the crowd gathered at the gates and watched where the news is owe often posted, from the birth of an heir to the death of a monarch. The queen did not pass there but in scotland at the familys Summer Vacation home, balmoral castle. Here is the post on that gate. The queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon, a
Address. The rollout of the new covid19 booster shots is underway. Starting today at 8 0, at 8 00, Contra Costa Health the the will offer shots. They incle they include the highly contagious on the current strai. Current strain. Moderna is available to adults only. Its another spare the air day. Thats largely due lake tahoe, under a flexible or to protect Power Supplies and prest and present outages but this could be the last time we face those alerts. Cooler temperatures are on the way and thats a good news as we move into the weekend. This heat waves moved summoning plans. Something is ig is interesting in the atmospher. The atmosphere. This huge heat dome we have been talking about is starting to be sandwiched by two systems. Lowpressure pushing from the north will coalesce down but theres more as we extend into the weekend. This hurricane that is now a Tropical Storm has been downgrad been downgraded, it still pushing north and that will give give us moisture heading into the weeke
Queen elizabeth. You can also tell us your thoughts on king charles the third. His official title when he takes the crown and becomes amarnath. We want to get your thoughts on that. At an event before the Democratic National committee, but before that, he and the first lady went to the British Embassy to sign a book of condolences for the royal family, and after that, he went to the Democratic National committee and this is what he had to say about the passing of Queen Elizabeth ii. [video clip] a few words about Queen Elizabeth. I stopped by the British Embassy to sign a condolence book in her honor. I had an opportunity to meet her before she passed and shes an incredibly gracious and decent woman. The thoughts and prayers of us are with the people of the United Kingdom in their grief. Host President Biden in his first Public Comments about the passing of Queen Elizabeth ii. Peter baker for the New York Times writes about the queens interactions with u. S. President s. She met 13 sit
A look now at the flag flying halfstaff in the u. S. Capitol. In memory of this event King King Charles iii King Charles Queen elizabeth ii the uks newest Prime Minister liz truss had this to say on the queens passing. Minister liz truss has this to say about her passing. We are all devastated by the news that we have just heard the death of the majesty her queen is a huge shock to the nation and to the world. Queen elizabeth ii was a rock on which modernity was built. Britain is a great country that it is today because of her. She ascended the throne just after the Second World War she championed the development of the commonwealth from a small country to a nation of 66 nations. In difficult days ahead we will come together with our friends across the United Kingdom, years. Her life of service stretched beyond most of our living memories in return, she was loved and admired by the people in the United Kingdom and all around the world. She has been a personal inspiration to me and to m