king charles the third met with prime minister lose trust in the cabinet today after accession ceremony formally proclaimed him the new monarch. also today prince s william and harry reunited in public for the first time in two years marking the grandmothers death along with their wives, princesses kate and meghan duchess of sussex. fox team coverage, alexis mcadams live with more on the funeral plans for the queen. first, senior affairs correspondent live at buckingham palace in london, greg. hi, late saturday night here but a steady stream of folks coming to pay their respects to their beloved queen elizabeth the second. the crowds today got a few more consists of king charles the third much to their delight. winter castle mother was a real treat. for the first time in two years prince harry and wife meghan received, were seen together. in honor of their late grandmother. liam initiated the extraordinary walkabout, paused to look at flowers and spent time with the crowds.
A former Illinois state corrections officer was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the beating death of a prison inmate in May 2018.
reporter: well, it was 9:20:00 p.m. last night, martha, when ariel castro was found hanging in thinks jail cell. sources are telling local news that he use ad bedsheet to hang himself. staff immediately performed cpr. he was transferred to the medical center facility at ohio state university where the final pronouncement of death was made. county coroner performed autopsy and cause of death was a hanging. state corrections officer is writing there will be finalized information available pending the outcome of an investigation, martha. martha: was he on suicide watch? reporter: he was no longer on a suicide watch. he was taken off the suicide watch back in june when he was still at the county jail. officials with the county jail determined he was not a suicide risk. he was however in protective custody. which means he was checked on every 30 minutes as opposed to constant surveillance which is what he would have gotten if he was still on a suicide watch. it should be noted he was in
deliberations room. yesterday they did send out a couple of notes, they had some questions for the judge. one of them was to ask if they could see a transcript of the coconfession that steven hayes reportedly gave to a police detective about his deadly role in the crime in 2007. they said the judge said there was not a transcript but the court reporter could read back the testimony from the detective about it. they declined because they learned it would take 45 minutes. there was also questions about the fire that killed the two daughters. jurors asked whether pouring gasoline was considered starting a fire. the judge said no. during the trial you might remember a state corrections officer testified that he over heard steven petit in jail tell an inch math that he poured the gasoline in the house but didn t light the match that started the deadly inferno. there has been a debate over which suspect ignited the blaze.
reporter: well, that will be up to the judge. the judge, after the verdicts are being read in this court, as it happens, it sounds like we re almost down to the very last one here, again, 17 counts, and there were so many things that he was accused of, and that we went through with the evidence in this case, the sexual assault, the breaking in, the robbery, the murders, and the arson. that was another big thing, you know. he had told a state corrections officer who had testified in this trial, had told jurors he overherd steven hayes said that he had poured the gasoline inside of the home but that he didn t strike the match, and he was hoping that he wouldn t be found guilty of the arson charge in this case. that fire is what killed the 2petit daughters, 17-year-old haley and 11-year-old makayla, the medical examiner testified they both died from smoke inhalation, the fire was so hot and so severe that they could not get to them, i m being told that the petit family is in tears insid