from the palace of holyroodhouse. that is the other end of the royal mile. at 2.05pm the royal procession leaves the palace of holyroodhouse, arrriving at the cathedral five minutes later. the national service of thanksgiving and dedication begins at 2.15pm and lasts an hour. at 3.20pm there s be a 21 gun salute from edinburgh castle. at 3.40pm the raf fly past down the royal mile from edinburgh castle to palace of holyroodhouse. that will be quite a sight to behold. lots of people are looking forward to that. 0ur scotland editor james cook is with me. what i would like to ask you is where does this event today in all of its grandeur and pageantry sit in
today s scotland? it is of its grandeur and pageantry sit in today s scotland? today s scotland? it is such a good auestion today s scotland? it is such a good question because today s scotland? it is such a good question because as today s scotland? it is such a good question because as we today s scotland? it is such a good question because as we can - today s scotland? it is such a good question because as we can see, l today s scotland? it is such a good i question because as we can see, and we can see right now, on the street behind me, there is objection here, complaint, protest, notjustabout the monarchy although that is what these protesters on the royal mile are complaining about, both about the cost of this event and the very nature of the constitution of the united kingdom itself, arguing for songs at least an elected head of state, but there is also as you no considerable debate about the constitutional future of scotland in political terms. independence may have rec
inmates have been rejected. they admit they are guilty of their crimes with their medical conditions, which include diabetes, high blood pressure, could complicate their executions. they are among the eight who sentences were to be carried out before the end of the month. so far, just one has been put to death. overseas, venezuelans are conducting a sit in today. their latest form of opposition to nicolas maduro. protesters shut down roads in caracas. sunday, the 21st person died as a result of the unrest. maduro says he will not give it to his opponents and is urging them to rejoin negotiations broken off in december. big changes coming to france. the question is how big. 2 out of the mainstream candidates have advanced in the presidential election. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot
republican candidates gather in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. it is the first test for newt gingrich as front-runner. cairo bracing for a million-man sit-in. police beating demonstrators on the fourth straight day of violence, and now late word three americans have been arrested. is there anybody out there? nasa relaunching a program to listen for alien life, searching for signs, on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s tuesday, november 22nd. ali and christine are off this morning. i m alina cho along with carol costello on this american morning. so glad you re with us. glad you re with us. up first this morning, breaking news out of cairo. three americans arrested outside the interior ministry in tahrir square accused of throwing molotov cocktails. thousands of demonstrators are packed into the square for a million-man sit-in. a short distance away, our reporter says soldie