britain s longest serving monarch. right now the queen is lying in state at westminster hall, where mourners continue to file past her coffin to pay their respect. it s a scene that s played out around the clock since wednesday. but in less than two hours, the public viewing will come to a close. on sunday, people across britain paused for a moment of silence and reflection this her honor. a moment to pay tribute the day before the queen s funeral. today politicians public and faith leaders from around the world are monks those who will be attending the service. cnn s max foster now with more on how the queen is being honored and remembered. u.s. presidents joe biden visited westminster hall on sunday, joining other world leaders paying tribute to queen elizabeth ii. more than a monarch, biden said on news of her death. she defined an era. to all the people of england and all the people of the united kingdom, our hearts go out to you. and you were fortunate to have had
here s how events will unfold this morning here in london. the queen s coffin will leave westminster hall carried on a state gun carriage, the same one used in queen elizabeth s father george vi s funeral. she ll be taken to westminster abbey where a funeral service will be held and attened by 2,000 people including world leaders and other dignitaries. and after that service the procession will leave westminster abbey winding its way through london, passing downing street, going up the mile to buckingham palace and wellington arch. cnn s scott mcclain joins us now here in london, and scott, for the past four days you have been amongst what has been hundreds of thousands of people queuing in what s become known as the line of duty. over hundreds of hours, that line has now finished. westminster hall is closed, and you are outside the palace of westminster. what are you seeing, and what can we expect? reporter: hey, becky, yeah. that s right. so i m amongst the crowd here. an
of national mourning for britain s longest serving monarch. well, the public viewing of the queen s coffin has now officially ended, and westminster hall is closed to the public as preparations begin for her funeral. over the last few days thousands have waited for hours in lines stretching several miles along the river thames just to pay their respects. well, in the hours ahead a procession will take the queen s coffin from westminster hall to westminster abbey where the funeral will take place. that service will be conducted by the dean of westminster. following the funeral the queen s coffin will be moved in a procession through central london to wellington arch where it ll be placed in the state hearse and travel on her final journey to windsor. from there a committal service will take place at st. george s chapel. well, cnn correspondents are following all of the developments for you. scott mcclain standing by in london where the final mourners have been waiting to pay t
on the political front, our correspondents have the latest on tomorrow s two big primaries for prominent republicans on opposing sides of the trump divide. january 6th vice chair liz cheney and former vice presidential nominee sarah palin. we begin with the fallout from the fbi s search of former president trump s home in mar-a-lago. joining me, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken delanian. ken, the latest on the investigation, the increased security, the concern about threats to the fbi and to law enforcement, the criticism of merrick garland, all of it. the most disturbing part is the fbi and dhs issued a joint intelligence bulletin yesterday saying they had seen a massive uptick in specific and credible threats to federal law enforcement. this was reflecting reporting we did last week and open source intelligence firms are also seeing this in message boards and chat rooms online. we re not just talking rhetoric here. we re talking specific threats. they re eve
And that is going to wrap up this hour of msnbc live. Katie tur is going to take over. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west, its 2 00 p. M. In washington where it is day two of french president emanuel macron are meeting at the white house. Well see if that special relationship between macron and the president can change the president s mind on a host of issues, primarily the Iran Nuclear Deal. Even as the president hosted his french counterpart, mr. Trump was pressed on issues here at home. And at this afternoons joint Press Conference, it was his embattled pick to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs. I havent heard of the particular allegations, but i will tell you, hes one of the finest people that i have met. Admiral jackson, dr. Jackson, hes a wonderful man. I said to him, what are you needed for . And as far as experience is concerned, the Veterans Administration which is approximately 13 million people, is so big, you koucould run the biggest Hospital System in the world that is small