queen consort. [ bells tolling ] the images of tributes across the uk. bells tolling 96 times, 1 for every year of her life. a memorial service at st. paul s cathedral. the world paying its respects. tonight what we learned about the service for the queen and her funeral. and this evening, president biden just confirming he will attend the queen s funeral. the last days of queen elizabeth. the queen at her beloved summer home at balmoral in scotland. the unprecedented announcement about her health, and we have now learned tonight that king charles and princess anne were by her side. the rest of the family rushing to get there. tonight, her final journey. what the world will witness next. maggie rulli in scotland. also tonight, images of the queen as only a few ever saw her, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. the moments with the children away from public view. her playful sense of humor. deborah roberts here tonight. at 73 years old, king charles beginning a ne
yeah, that s right, look, as you mentioned it s weakened now to a tropical storm, but weakened or not, ian is still one for the record books cutting this brutal path across florida s west coast. as much as 20 inches of rain fell in some areas. this morning, there s 14 million people under flood alerts. more than 2 million homes and businesses are without power across florida. and that intense flooding that berman mentioned there in places like fort myers and naples, here you re seeing pictures of those areas, it s leaving people who decided to ride out the storm just trapped in their homes. berman. yeah, the sun will come up soon. cnn has live team coverage up and down the coast. up into orlando, where the storm has yet to hit. our first report is from our randi kaye in punta gorda, florida, rand di, i am so happy to see you well this morning. thank you, john. good to see you as well. we got up early, we re trying to make our way to fort myers, which we know was so hard
and the teams are will -pete: pete: it s you and will versus me and rick. will: who made the teams? we ve been accused of coordinating our orange ties for fall this morning. we did not. we accidently coordinated. last weekend you wore my vikings tie graciously and this morning i was picking out my ties yesterday and said i want to pick an orange tie and then ut, texas is playing today against oklahoma so i wore my texas tie. rachel: is that a texas tie? pete: burnt orange. i think it s more burnt orange than his burnt orange. will: you think. maybe we have a shot on setting these tables better than rick and rachel. rachel: will texted me and said you re invited to go watch football with me and pete today. will: and rick. rachel: and sean was invited. i have to get back to the kids. that s a long game. will: you don t have to watch the game, rachel. you can eat. rachel: i know how to do that. we re talk about that. will: let you know if she joins us. pete: that s not a yes.
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota in new york. hurricane ian has killed at least 13 people. it s the strongest storm to hit the west coast of florida in nearly 20 years. local officials say we should brace for that number of victims to rise. the life and death danger from ian continues as it pushes northeast, still pummelling florida. rescuers were pulling people from high water all day and night. survivors describe no time to wait as people had to carry children, as you can see, through chest-high waters. ian made landfall just west of cape coral. our cnn drone shows the devastation there. i mean obviously you can just see these are supposed to be streets, but they are completely flooded. nearby ft. myers and naples further south are both decimated. countless neighborhoods are still submerged in the floodwaters at this hour. the communities of sanibel and pine island are now cut off from the mainland after ian washed away parts of this causewa
accuser also apparently has receipts. we ll have the latest on that development. plus, president biden and key members of his cabinet hit the road to play defense on the economy with election day now just 12 days away. we ll have more on their message and the new polling that shows things may be swinging back in democrats favor. it s tight, though. and donald trump is set to hit the road ahead of election day, including a stop in florida. one key republican hasn t been invited to that event. the governor, we ll have reaction from allies of ron desantis who are not happy. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, october 27th. joe is off, but along with willie and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and willie, as we get closer to election day, things are getting a lot tighter and it seems like democrats might be working to diversify their mess