calm, carried on, and crowned him. also tonight, battle line, the president and house speaker prepare to meet as the debt ceiling fight looms. in ukraine, russia is accused of fire bombs the city of bakhmut. the global covid emergency declared over. new information about the lurking threat. and monarch mania. cbs news is in the crowd that s traveled near and far for the crowning moment. it s spilled into street parties all across the capital. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with a adrianna diaz. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news in texas. today, shots were fired at an outlet mall in the city of allen north of dallas. police say the gunman is dead, but there are casualties. no details or numbers yet. shoppers ran for cover, others hid in locked stores until safely leaving with their hands raised. go to cbs news.com for the latest. now to britain. an unprecedented changing of the guard. no heir had spent more time waiting tha
the i m helena humphrey, great to have you with us. king charles crowned in a sacred and solemn ceremony centuries old at westminster tens of thousands of people are first reported from nicholas witchel. our first report is from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. may 6th, 2023. coronation day. in the abbey church at westminster, where these things have been done for nearly 1,000 years, a congregation to represent the britain of today had come together, with honoured guests from the wider world. the flags of the realms, the 1a other nations of which the british monarch is also head of state, were borne in procession. god save the king! at buckingham palace, the military detachments were drawn up. the only blemish the weather. as predicted, it left a lot to be desired. the king and the queen consort left the palace in steady rain. at the abbey, the king s family were taking their places, the duke of sussex making a brief visit to london, without his wife, and the duk
borisjohnson and his wife carrie, and then prime minister for a very brief period, liz truss, with her husband hugh o leary. cadet warrant officer elliot tyson lee with the union standard and prime minister rishi sunak and akshata murty, his wife. crowd cheering. british royalfamily have been arriving after members of the foreign royal families have already taken their place. and there s harry. the duke of sussex was arriving with a group that includes mike tindall and zara and the duke of york and his two daughters and their husbands. and they ll be taking their places quite near the front of the abbey itself, down near the coronation theatre. god save the king instrumental plays. bells ring. his majesty king charles iii arriving at westminster abbey on his coronation day. prince and princess of wales, very formally dressed again. and i should say that we ve been told that they are wearing their formal robe. the queen s crown made for queen mary back in 1911, which is being
the coronation was over, king charles and queen camilla made their way out of westminster abbey. waiting in the rain, the gold state coach. and the parade of more than 4000 members of the armed services which stepped off for buckingham palace. prince george had rejoined his brother and sister after his pageboy duties, the family making their way to the palace past the waiting crowds. and onto the palace balcony for the first time as king came charles iii with queen camilla, joined by the pages and working members of the royal family. through the clouds came the red arrows in a curtailed coronation fly past. finally, on the balcony, it was just the king and queen. charles, now a crowned monarch, committed to serve his people. nicholas witchell, bbc news. live from london. this is bbc news. with continuing coverage of the coronation of their majesties king charles and queen camilla. despite the rain, huge crowds have come to buckingham palace to greet the royal family. earlier,