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being a great friend of this show. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for being with me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now a heart-felt tribute to queen elizabeth ii is under way in london. thousands pouring in to say a final farewell to their monarch. the last hour we saw the queen s eight grandchildren holding a vigil as she lies in state. the royal family also greeting world leaders as they arrive today ahead of the queen s funeral, which is monday. let s go straight to london right now. max foster, richard quest and anna stewart are following this historic event. max, to you first. this vigil, with the queen s grandchildren, was only about 15 minutes. wow, even with that brevity, you felt such love being exuded from these family members, from these young men and women who were paying the greatest homage to their grandmother. reporter: yeah. something they all wanted to do. outline, for william and harry, more practice at this sort of thing. f ....
through the years, as a grandmother, the queen revelled in prince william s successes, enjoyed a good joke with prince harry. as the queen s grandchildren stand in tribute, so does the public. countless mourners stand in the line to see the queen. there is no casual act of reverence on display here. the line stretches for miles across london. wait times skyrocketed 24 hours. and the weather has been cold. king charles iii and prince william recognizing the moment, surprised the public there earlier today. the new king summed up this incredible show of love telling one mourner his mother would have been so touched. as cnn s richard quest joins us from london. richard, in all your years covering all of this, have you ever seen anything like this? reporter: no. and yet it was one and the same time the event that we had prepared for and dreaded at the same time. i was saying to colleagues earlier even now, jim, i can t sort of quite believed it s happened. and i m 60. you ....
this is on top of an announcement from another tech company in the region, micron, which said earlier this week it will spend $100 billion on a new plant in upstate new york. that is the good news that the president is trying to ride high into the midterms, which are 33 days away now. the not so good news, which republicans are seizing on, and democrats aren t too happen about either is opec plus s announcement to cut oil production, led by saudi arabia and russia. the cartel is taking 2 million barrels off the market a day, starting in november. that s 2% of the global oil production. now, while the united states is somewhat shielded from a price increase, because the white house has been tapping into the country s strategic oil reserves, the rest of the world is not, and prices are already climbing. beyond prices though, there is also political fallout, as we told you yesterday, the cut in production could have the effect of helping russia fund its war in ukraine. neu ....
for comfort, for joy. you, being you, will never know the impact you ve had on our family, and so many people around the world. all the queens grandchildren including william and harry are taking the spotlight this afternoon. they will stand vigil near the coffin just like their parents did last night. earlier today, king charles and prince william went outside buckingham palace to greet mourners who had been waiting hours in line. they thanked people for their condolences. they apologize for the long wait. cold temperatures, many in the clouds were crowd were delighted. it is exciting. it s very exciting. i was speechless. i ve never hand shaked the came. prince william, prince of wales, they center we said we prayed for his reconciliation with his brother. i asked him if i could kiss his hand, and he said certainly. and i want to bring in my colleague, nbc news correspondent molly hunter, and suzanna lipscomb. we re watching those grandchildren. let s ....
pm here in london. as we look at live pictures of mourners paying their respects to queen elizabeth the second, the british government is now urging people not to travel to join the ten mile q. the queen will lie in state for just one more day before her funeral on monday. rehearsals for the queen s funeral, as many more thousands lineup, with warnings of an almost 24-hour wait in plunging temperatures overnight. you ve been waiting for ten hours? we ve been up since 4:00. better to have a long, tiring day, and not have regrets in the future. there s something very british about kind of enjoying yourself well standing in line, right? or as we say, standing and a cue. well we british do it best. westminster hall preparing to witness an extraordinary scene. some of those, lining the streets for their own personal moment with the late queen, set to stand close with her grandchildren as they commemorate her. last night, the monarchs for children, king charles, a ....