[ 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
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and prince william greeting some who gathered to grieve, shaking hands with well-wishers and speaking with them briefly as well. world leaders are also arriving to honor the queen. joe biden and the first lady departing this morning to attend the queen s funeral scheduled for monday. earlier today, canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife arriving. max foster, richard quest, and anna stewart begin our coverage right now. max, to you first, we re getting new details about the royal grandchildren s vigil, and we are looking at i believe live pictures of some of the grandchildren coming down the steps at westminster hall. what do you know about what we will be witnessing now? reporter: you can see the prince of wales there, prince william, followed by prince harry. they ll take either end of the coffin, i think. the prince of wales will be at the head of the coffin, and prince harry will be at the foot of the coffin. then the other grandchildren, usually beatrice be
being a great friend of this show. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for being with me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now a heart-felt tribute to queen elizabeth ii is under way in london. thousands pouring in to say a final farewell to their monarch. the last hour we saw the queen s eight grandchildren holding a vigil as she lies in state. the royal family also greeting world leaders as they arrive today ahead of the queen s funeral, which is monday. let s go straight to london right now. max foster, richard quest and anna stewart are following this historic event. max, to you first. this vigil, with the queen s grandchildren, was only about 15 minutes. wow, even with that brevity, you felt such love being exuded from these family members, from these young men and women who were paying the greatest homage to their grandmother. reporter: yeah. something they all wanted to do. outline, for william and harry, more practice at this sort of thing. for the
we re glad you re with us. we re following three major stories this morning. first an immigration battle unfolding steps from the vice president s home. this morning buses of migrants were dropped off near the naval observatory in washington, d.c. the latest moves in the strategy from some red states to protest the biden administration s immigration policies. ron desantis sent two planes to martha s vineyard without notice to the community there as we worked to set up shelters. plus, a cnn exclusive this morning. sourcing tell us that mark meadows has now complied with the justice department subpoena in the investigation into january 6. also new this morning, an economic crisis averted. a tentative deal reaches overnight after hours of negotiations to avoid a rail strike. much more on the role the white house said the president played in getting that deal across the finish line. but first, two plane loads of migrants landing on martha s vineyard and volunteers jumping into