and as you could imagine, a mix of emotions here in this community today. with robb elementary being torn down, the students who went there are now splitting up against several area schools. that will look far different than they did just a few months ago. everyone here tells me that they re on their own timeline when it comes to grief. but they are hopeful that this first day back to class will bring about some real healing. for many in uvalde, summer break was a blur. now this tight knit town is asking how to go back to school. priority number one, helping their 10-year-old daughter who was at the school that day. i want to shelter her but i don t want her to live in fear. so they enrolled her in a private school in uvalde, which they say made immediate safety upgrades for everyone s peace of mind. when you walk into your new school, do you feel safer? yeah. reporter: uvalde public schools promising extra law enforcement will be on hand. along with counselors and
whether she will stay part of her order and allow the justice department to access the 100-plus documents seized at the former president s residence. and then across the atlantic in london, mourners are lining up for miles outside westminster hall to view queen elizabeth s coffin as she lies in state. we ll take you there live with the latest updates as well. we start with that breakthrough agreement for america s railways. a short time ago the president announcing that frustrate rail workers will get better pay and improved working conditions and health care benefits. this is a win for tens of thousands of rail workers and for their dignity and the dignity of their work. it s a recognition of that. because of the labor agreement, those rail workers will get better pay, 24% wage increase over the next five years, improved working conditions, peace of mind around their health care by capping the cost that workers will have to pay. so a strike would have greatly, by the way
visited the queen where unusually unguarded william told one mourner how difficult it was to walk behind his grandmother s coffin yesterday. and the queen s daughter-in-law shared an emotional moment with a nonverbal young man in manchester. his mother explained the significance of that encount per. growing up with the queen, i think it s a nice day and a nice memory for both of us to twail see some of the royal family at this sad time. we are learning new details abts the funeral plans. on monday more than 2,000 people are expected at the state funeral in westminster abbey. queen elizabeth ii will be buried in the king george vi memorial chapel near her parents. there she will be reunited in death with her late husband, whose coffin will be moved from the royal vault to windsor. this is the scene right now as queen elizabeth ii s body is lying in state at westminster hall. lines of mourners have waited through the night in chilly weather, slowly moving forward, patiently
does join us. amtrak workers are not involved, but many of the amtrak rails are owned by those freight railroad companies. this news was just announced moments ago in a statement. amtrak said started thursday it would cancel all long distance trains. as you mentioned, that is to avoid possible passenger disruptions while en route. obviously both sides are still negotiating and trying to reach an agreement before friday. it s not only the amtrak lines that will be impacted. for example, here in chicago already at least nine of the 11 metro lines have been suspended due to this possible strike. one travel expert who we heard from says this will be more if that strike happens than a travel nightmare. listen in. it s really going to bottle up the freight system. we have supply chain problems already. the ports are clogged. you throw in a rail strike and tens of thousands of containers can t get to where they want to go. that affects stores in our everyday lives. if this hap
extraordinary day of pageantry and mourning, including a show of unity by king charles and his family as they walked in a royal procession with the queen s flag-draped coffin. and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visits a newly liberated city and says he s shocked, shocked by the destruction russian troops left behind. cnn is on the ground with the latest on ukraine s gains, russia s retreat, and the state of the war. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, a potential freight rail strike in the united states is already having a major impact just ahead of a friday deadline. amtrak shutting down all long-haul train routes as unions and freight rail companies try to hammer out a deal to avoid a work stoppage that could cripple fragile u.s. supply chains. cnn s pete muntean is joining us from just outside the u.s. labor department in washington where negotiations