it is notably quiet hour and perhaps the quietest period modern london has ever seen, as mourners make their way toward westminster hall. even at this hour behind me, it is 2:00 a.m. in london, the line is long and yet people are waiting. it is moving quickly, and they are getting to see their queen. whether inside or outside the chamber, so many people we ve spoken to here have pointed out it is the silence, perhaps, that is so remarkable, silence in nearly every respect. even if you take away the buses and taxis, london is one of the busiest international airports, heath heathrow. the only sounds today were the music of mourning chosen by the queen herself and military cadence calls. slow, march. in, out, in, out, in, out in, out president biden and the first lady are expected to fly here saturday morning. the president spoke with king charles today and will be the first american president the king will know as monarch. his mother met 13 of them. more from j
Westminster hall. he was there with the queen and the prince of wales. and i think that, you know, that is a gesture as well from prince king charles didn t have to do that. he s given him a big position. he talked about it in the speech. i think this is a massive effort by the king in particular reaching out to harry and meghan and trying to make them certainly part of the family. these are public events as well. they re being brought into the monarchy as well. you think this is a reach-out to harry and meghan for however they want to respond? yeah, because harry and meghan wouldn t have had any say in where they were placed in this. they were placed there by the king. and they could have chosen not to appear today. but this would not have been their decision to be in there. and while i ve been told by people involved, they re following protocol. they re literally just doing what they ve been asked to do. and they ve done it without any