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
minute. plus, migrants being used by republican governors to send a message to democrats and the president. but what about the men, women, and children caught in the middle? we ll talk about their plight coming up. in ukraine, president zelenskyy said his soldiers are poised to recapture more grouped in the south and east. but he also told reuters he doesn t see the war ending any time soon. former ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, will join us. and take a look out of puerto rico s southern coast. hurricane fiona pounded the island, leaving 1 million people without power. the governor says there is damage that is, quote, catastrophic. and we begin with hurricane fiona s impact. the category 1 storm is currently passing over the then can republic after ripping through puerto rico on saturday. today most of the 1.4 million residents remain without power. luma energy has so far restored power to 100,000 customers. officials say it could be days before power is fully re
pedram? it s been such a quiet season, a lot of people maybe caught off guard when you have the storms pick up in intensity and quickly in the past 24 hours. we have a storm system as such with fiona pushing past portions and making landfall in puerto rico. in the past seven or eight hours, category 1 equivalent as we move ashore. the system already producing gusts well over 100 miles per hour scattered about the region as well. as michael noted, 100% of the island without power. it speaks to the intensity of the storm as it moved ashort. incredible amount of rainfall on the back side of it as well. but notice next in line here, the island of hispaniola around the areas of the dominican republic not far from puntacana. we re watching this closely. and nearly the entirety of puerto rico underneath flood alerts a this hour given what is forecast to come down here. some models putting down as much as 10, maybe 15 inches of
yesterday during the course of three hours between noon and 3:00 p.m. in the municipality of ponc he. inland there was a rain gauge that received over 15 inches of rain in the span of three hours. jose, that is a 1 in 500-year event for puerto rico in terms of the amount of rain that fell in such a short amount of time. total consumation exceeds 30 inches. that is greater than hurricane maria. there was one small spot that got similar amounts. but nevertheless between that and some of the wind gusts, which hrp 80 to 100 miles per hour, this has not been quite maria, thankfully. but the island was already fragile. and unfortunately this is just a big blow for puerto rico. john, again, there are few people that know more about this than you.
minute. plus, migrants being used by republican governors to send a message to democrats and the president. but what about the men, women, and children caught in the middle? we ll talk about their plight coming up. in ukraine, president zelenskyy said his soldiers are poised to recapture more grouped in the south and east. but he also told reuters he doesn t see the war ending any time soon. former ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, will join us. and take a look out of puerto rico s southern coast. hurricane fiona pounded the island, leaving 1 million people without power. the governor says there is damage that is, quote, catastrophic. and we begin with hurricane fiona s impact. the category 1 storm is currently passing over the then can republic after ripping