and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. live from london, nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald. broadcaster and author, suzanne lipscomb. also with us, associate editor of the washington post, eugene, once the london bureau chief. to put into context, the seven decades of queen elizabeth. we expect to see her twice throughout the course of the day today. though she stepped back a bit on what she d normally be doing on an occasion like this. let s go to london where meagan fitzgerald has the latest for us. set the scene on what we can expect today. reporter: willie, i can tell you that this entire city and the country is just exploding with excitement and an sis anticipation of the next four days. right now is trooping the color. this, of course, the traditional event here, celebrating her majesty the queen. as you mentioned, we would typically see her in horse-drawn carriage, but that s not expected today. of course, senior members of the royal family will be in
greene at nine years old after going to school can go watch her congresswoman, gabby giffords, in a shopping mall parking lot and you and the nra have absolutely no recommendation how to keep that nine-year-old girl safe in america if she s in a shopping mall parking lot. why aren t you and the nra doing a taskforce on movie theater safety and shopping mall safety? every instance you refer to is an incredible tragedy. i have been a federal prosecutor, i have dealt with crime, i ve had to deal with victims. those are all individual tragedies. how do you respond as a society to those individual tragedies that we see? you respond by law enforcement, you respond by security, you respond by addressing the problems of society. i tackle one thing at a time in life. i am tackling school safety.
greene at nine years old after going to school can go watch her congresswoman, gabby giffords, in a shopping mall parking lot and you and the nra have absolutely no recommendation how to keep that nine-year-old girl safe in america if she s in a shopping mall parking lot. why aren t you and the nra doing a taskforce on movie theater safety and shopping mall safety? every instance you refer to is an incredible tragedy. i have been a federal prosecutor, i have dealt with crime, i ve had to deal with victims. those are all individual tragedies. how do you respond as a society to those individual tragedies that we see? you respond by law enforcement, you respond by security, you respond by addressing the problems of society. i tackle one thing at a time in life. i am tackling school safety.