and good evening. i m erin burnett in london tonight. out front tonight, king charles iii is at westminster castle after leading his nation and the world in an emotional farewell to his mother queen elizabeth. nearly half the world watched this crucial funeral as the transition of power was symbolized with the imperial state crown, the orb and the sceptre. they were atop of the queen s coffin and they are now on the high altar. they will be given to king charles at his coronation. we witnessed history as the royal family united for its final farewell to the queen. never before had anyone in the world seen a state funeral like this broadcast live. this was the first time, and the stillness and the quiet of the city were palpable from where we sat overlooking westminster abbey, you could feel everything stop and the moments of silence. that was a solemn hour-long service that we all witnessed. the queen s casket passed just behind where i m sitting tonight. it was draped in the
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
places lost in the past weeks. so this is about vengeance and spite. this prisoner, this claimed to be local but they think he s a russian soldier deserting or left behind. what else moscow left behind is far uglier. these tiny rooms in their detention center where as many as 400 prisoners were held at one time we were told. eight or nine prisoners per cell. booby traps now in their place, a warning written next to this room. so he s writing grenade there on the wall. as they move through these cells, they re finding booby traps left, it seems, by the occupying forces. that one in there, a grenade left under a tray of half-eaten food. and it just shows you the hazards that ordinary people are going to find coming back. a place like this, sure, used as a key detention center by the russians, but across this town, the damage is extraordinary but also too is the risk of unexploded o rcrdnance and boob traps. they re discovering two other scars from torture. he says he was impr
migrant relocations, vowing that we what we saw this week is just the beginning. he says he will spend every penny from his $12 million relocation budget to send more migrants to liberal areas. reporter: the ongoing feud between republican governors and the biden administration over immigration policy escalated this week with florida governor ron desantis jumping into the mix and sending 50 migrants to martha s vineyard. texas governor greg abbott send migrants in front of the residence of vice president kamala harris. now, the white house was very critical of these actions this week, saying it was a political stunt. the department of homeland security also saying the lack of coordination between these states and the cities where they re sending migrants, can, quote, wreak havoc. the city officials both in martha s vineyard and washington, d.c. and new york and chicago have been trying to shore up resources to help those asylum seekers sent by texas, arizona and now florida
through the years, as a grandmother, the queen revelled in prince william s successes, enjoyed a good joke with prince harry. as the queen s grandchildren stand in tribute, so does the public. countless mourners stand in the line to see the queen. there is no casual act of reverence on display here. the line stretches for miles across london. wait times skyrocketed 24 hours. and the weather has been cold. king charles iii and prince william recognizing the moment, surprised the public there earlier today. the new king summed up this incredible show of love telling one mourner his mother would have been so touched. as cnn s richard quest joins us from london. richard, in all your years covering all of this, have you ever seen anything like this? reporter: no. and yet it was one and the same time the event that we had prepared for and dreaded at the same time. i was saying to colleagues earlier even now, jim, i can t sort of quite believed it s happened. and i m 60. you ve al