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palace released this previously unseen photo of her majesty taken back in may. well, right now the queen is lying in state at westminster hall behind me here where mourners continue to file past her coffin to pay their respect. a scene that s played out around the clock since wednesday. in less than an hour the public viewing will come to a close. well, on sunday people across britain paused for a moment of silence and reflection in her honor. prime minister liz truss also paying tribute outside ten downing street. let s start this hour with cnn s scott mcclain who joins us from very close to the palace of westminster. you are with those getting their last chance to pay their respects to the queen. at one stage the queue to do that snaked along the river thames some 6 miles. it was at one stage some 25 hours the waiting time. they ve closed that queue now. so those who are there will be the last to get the opportunity, scott, to pay their weres. what s the mood like? repo
of national mourning for britain s longest serving monarch. well, the public viewing of the queen s coffin has now officially ended, and westminster hall is closed to the public as preparations begin for her funeral. over the last few days thousands have waited for hours in lines stretching several miles along the river thames just to pay their respects. well, in the hours ahead a procession will take the queen s coffin from westminster hall to westminster abbey where the funeral will take place. that service will be conducted by the dean of westminster. following the funeral the queen s coffin will be moved in a procession through central london to wellington arch where it ll be placed in the state hearse and travel on her final journey to windsor. from there a committal service will take place at st. george s chapel. well, cnn correspondents are following all of the developments for you. scott mcclain standing by in london where the final mourners have been waiting to pay t
presidency. i m john berman. brianna is off. cnn chief white house correspondent and pinocchio fan kaitlan collins is here. i know a thing or two about trump, we got a lot to talk about when it comes to that. not making any connections. we begin with the new cnn reporting overnight involving a newly revealed email from the national archives, email that shows just how long donald trump has been holding sensitive documents in the archives did not think should be in his position at all. the email indicates records were not returned despite a determination by a top white house lawyer that they had to be, according to a source throughout 2021, there are about a dozen emails and calls including a may 2021 email from the national archives to trump s lawyers that reads in part, it is also our understanding that roughly two dozen boxes of original presidential records were kept in the residence of the white house over the course of president trump s last year in office and have no