and as the queen s grandchildren stood together in tribute, so does the public. the line, you have to take a look at these pictures, they are incredible. the line to see queen elizabeth lying in state is extraordinary, it stretches for miles. and this has been going on for hours day and night. the wait reaching longer than 24 hours at times. but some people in line got a memorable surprise as king charles iii and prince william came to greet them earlier today. the new king saying his mother would have been so touched. anna stewart has been spending all day speaking to people waiting in the epic queue to see the queen lying in state. anna, how is everybody holding up? sounds like this is almost so much reverence going on, but a bit fof atmosphere. reporter: yes, and right now looking at the tracker, it says 13 1/2 hours and tonight s weather will be cold. and i can attest to that, it is pretty nippy here in the uk since the sun has gone in. you can see though the queue is
you re not going to be the only one watching. a lot of folks are going to watch his hopeful return to the field. thank you for that, jesse care. we have a lot more coming up. you are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. hi, hi, everyone. and yasmin vossoughian. welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. you have the split screen moment in the israel-hamas war. on the one side, more strikes by israeli defense forces in gaza, leaving victims and destruction behind. on the other side, the u.s. ramps up diplomatic efforts across the region. will this intense fighting and talking lead to results? we have multiple reports across the middle east for you coming up. from abortion rights to accusations of voter influence, what you have not heard yet about this weeks off year election in some states. we have a live report on that. do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth? that s the first question former president donald trump will
correspondent, yolande knell. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in beach camp, or al shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos. several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. there has been speculation in israeli media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement talks only about hamas infrastructure being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility, in al mawasi, in rafah a day ago. that was where at least 22 people were killed, according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. to the north of here, on the israel lebanon border, tensions remain extremely high. there s been an int