i can t believe she s gone. it s a great loss, great loss. i just hope that charles can live up to what his mother has obviously instilled in him. that will be a wonderful legacy for him to carry forward. and just moments ago we saw king charles iii showing everyone what it means to carry on in the midst of grief, coming here to buckingham palace for the first time as king, shaking hands with some of the absolute throngs of crowds that have gathered outside in the wake of his mother s death. all of this with a host of tributes to the monarch who sat on the throne for seven decades. new local time, the bells at westminster abbey and other churches in london and all across the uk pealed in the queen s memory. and one hour later the queen was honored with gun salutes at the tower of london, hyde park, edinburgh castle in scotland and several other locations around the united kingdom. later today king charles is going to meet with the new prime minister, liz truss, before del
we just observed the minute of silence, marked at the beginning by big ben. the final day the queen is lying in state there at the state funeral. that will be tomorrow, with state leaders and dignitaries from around the world attending the funeral there. after ten days, of course, of mourning. we want to bring in nbc s former editor, tim york. both in london for us. and lindsey, let me start with you, as we just marked that moment, that minute of silence for the queen there. talk to me about what we heard from america s president, president biden, paying his respects earlier today ahead of the state funeral tomorrow. before we get to that, i saw somebody walking along the queue here, filing behind us. reminding people, the moment of silence at 8:00 local time, to make sure everybody did pay their respects. and actually, a muffler is being used with big ben, to create a quieter tone. you have mentioned, president biden and the first lady are visiting and paying their respect
queen elizabeth ii dead. her son, prince charles, is now king charles iii, officially. we learned queen elizabeth s doctors were quote, concerned about her health this morning. it was at the time, an extraordinary statement from a notoriously private buckingham palace. those words sent news outlets like ours into rolling wait and see coverage and thousands of well wishers to buckingham palace itself, watching those railings. that fencing. where all the royals most significant news is so often posted. from the birth of an heir to the death of a monarch. the queen did not pass at buckingham. she passed in scotland at the family s summer vacation home. balmoral castle. here is a post on that gate. you re seeing it here. the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. as the word broke about her health troubles, her family rushed up there. all of her children are at balmoral. prince william is also there, seen driving his uncles through the gates. prince harry is on his way
negotiators their due. he is meeting with them in the oval office. this case down to the wire with a source familiar with the negotiations telling nbc news the deal was reached early this morning after 20 hours of talks. there was, quote, a basic handshake at 2:30 a.m. and approval by the teamsters board at 4:30 a.m. it couldn t come at a more critical juncture as the biden administration tries to tame red hot 40 year high inflation with the midterms now just 53 days away. for some context about what a strike would mean for our economy, our web of railways are responsible for shipping about 40% of goods from grain to cars long distance across the u.s. a strike would cost our economy $2 billion every single day leading to empty shelves and higher prices for a public already feeling a price pinch. and just the last 45 minutes, transportation secretary pete buttigieg addressed the news while speaking in detroit. my appreciation to all of the parties that stayed at the table an
there to receive her body. with me now is kier simmons, tim york. kier, glad to have you with us at this really somber and emotional moment for people in the uk who are now for the first time seeing the queen arrive to a place that she called home for decades. reporter: that s right. i just drove along that same route that the queen s hearse, the state hearse, glass windows to make it easier for people to see the coffin as she passes by. i just drove that route and people were lining the route, waiting in silence with umbrellas. very british scene. as they waited for the queen to say good-bye for one last time. just think about this. here on the streets of london, many londoners have experienced seeing the queen go by. coming here to celebrate, possibly for her 70th anniversary. but for all of them now, this is the last chance. this is the last time that there will not be another time after this week and i think that we re looking at now is her hearse passing down. i think