Im anderson cooper. Right now the queen is inside Windsor Castle as we all await the start of this extraordinary farewell. It has been drastically scaled back because of the pandemic. It has been planned for years but now, because of covid, the situation has changed. It comes at a time, obviously, of strained relations within the Royal Family. Right now, Military Units are gathering ahead of the Funeral Procession that begins in a little while. That is when we will see the coffin carried out of a private part of Windsor Castle where the Queens Residence is and to be placed on a Land Rover which the prince helped design. The procession will be led by the band of the guards and one of the oldest and most iconic military bands. Charles, the prince of wales, will follow on foot with his Sister Princess Ann and behind them will be Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Then the Walk And Procession Harry And William with their cousin positioned between them peter phillips. The queen will not walk
besieged city is in mariupol. i m griff jenkins from kyiv, ukraine. aishah: hi, a lot to get to. in the port city of odesa, that russian missiles have killed at least five people, including a three-month-old baby, a tragic, tragic day there in odesa. griff, my friend, so good to see you safe and sound and hopefully you re going to be able to come back soon we want you back home and safe. griff, this is an important weekend for so much russians and ukrainians celebrating eastern orthodox easter. we were hoping, hopefully for a pause in fighting, but it doesn t look like that s the case, right? that s right, president zelenskyy saying that vladimir putin rejected the offer for a truce, an easter truce, if you will, and that golden dome, st. michael s golden dome monastery behind me one of the many orthodox churches here across ukraine who have much to mourn this sad easter here and to be thankful, there s one church in the region northeast of where we are, that was hit very h
today at least four buses were able to leave that city. in the east, russian forces making incremental gains in the donbas region, in luhansk, the village of kreminna is under russian control. plus, massive shelling in kharkiv, it is intense but they have no plans to evacuate. later this hour, president biden is set to brief reporters on further u.s. security assistance to ukraine. we ll have more details on that in just a moment. let s begin with cnn correspondent matt rivers, he is reporting from lviv, in western ukraine. matt, mariupol is now on the brink of falling into russian hands as putin calls off storming the azovstal steel plant, instead ordering a blockade, so not even a fly could get through, his words. what more are we learning about that standoff? reporter: this is essentially vladimir putin declaring victory in mariupol, even though if victory would be capturing the entire city, that hasn t happened yet. putin himself has said that. even if the russians func
today with a deadly mass shooting in alabama. it happened last night in the small town of david ville. officials say four people were killed, and there were also quote a multitude of injuries. they say the incident was tied to a birthday party that coming from police and it happened downtown cnn s isabelle rose salas is following the latest developments, and she s joining me right now from dade ville. isabelle, what are you learning? hey friday, stolen, active and busy scene out here. you can see the yellow police tape blocking off essentially a block here leading into the venue right behind me. that brick building that is where the shooting occurred. it s a dance studio, and we re told by a witness. this was a sweet 16th birthday party. this is where the shooting occurred. we recently heard in the last couple of hours from the alabama law enforcement agency elia, who say that they have launched a death investigation. the shooting happening just after 10 30 saturday night her
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