trace: breaking tonight, a mother, matriarch, and beloved monarch. queen elizabeth the second 70 year reign comes to an end as britons gather outside buckingham palace to eulogize her with a rendition of god save the queen. we have extended coverage of how the world is remembering one of the most iconic figures in british history from 1600 pennsylvania avenue to 10 downing street, the life and legacy of the queen looming very large tonight. plus what comes next for the new king, charles the third? we begin tonight s special four our coverage of remembering the queen in london with our senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg. good friday morning to you, it truly is the end of an era. the mood to hear is one of shock. here in london and probably across the united kingdom, queen elizabeth had to become noticeably more frail in the last year since her beloved husband prince philip the duke of edinburgh died to. i think anyone really thought that she was nearing the e
with devotion to her country and as matriarch of a distinguished dynasty and now, in accordance with the royal line of succession, queen elizabeth s oldest son assumes the throne as king charles , the third, a title he has spent a lifetime preparing for. today, the crown passes, as it has done for more than a thousand years to our new monarch, our new head of state, his majesty king charles , the third with the king s family. we mourn the loss of his mother and as we mourn, we must come together as a people to support him. to help him by the awesome responsibility that he now carries for us all. and hello, everyone. i m trace gallagher in los angeles with continuing live coverage of the death of queen elizabeth . it is midnight here on the west coast, 8:00 a.m. in great britain. the people of england waking to a new but dark day on their queen s historic reign has come to a peaceful end. and while it was inevitable, her passing has left the commonwealth in shock. most bri
at bell amarillo castle the queen s summer home in scotland listen in here and see if we can hear something from the president. bret: president biden signing that condolence book. the reason we are listening in as we are told from the white house press pool that the president will have some remarks here shortly. there are not a lot of sounds to signing a condolence book. but, a world reaction of outpouring of emotion, condolences to the royal family from around the world for queen elizabeth ii, 70 years as monarch of u.k. the longest reign of any monarch there. doctors expressed concern over her failing health. family members rushed to be with her. the keep s death at age 96 makes her son charles the king of england. there will be an official ceremony weeks from now. it ends the seven decade reign. again, the u.k. s longest serving monarch. let s listen back in. looks like the president is writing quite a bit. he had a long statement released by the white house earlier toda
sderot, israel. how is israel expanding its ground assault? reporter: i sat down with israel s top tank commander to talk about how tanks are going to play a central role in the offensive in the south as today the first israeli tanks were spotted in southern gaza. as israel expands its ground offensive into southern gaza the brigadier general, the head of israel s armored corps, said tanks will once again be central to israel s war strategy. reporter: israeli tanks were at the tip of the offensive into gaza in october, clearing the way for infantry troops to move into dangerous and densely populated cities. ibrahim says this kind of coordination is a lesson learned from russian failures in ukraine. translator: we saw where they only fought with tanks alone they were more vulnerable. this overcomes almost every problem on the battlefield. reporter: israeli tanks are pushing through, not around residential buildings, reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble to minimi
that i would be very happy. absolutely. let s not forget i know we have said it. but this investigation is over. the president never sat down for an interview with robert mueller. that s huge. that was always the big question and something the lawyers never wanted to happen. they were able to prevent that and a subpoena fight. robb eert mueller never put in request that was rejected. that s very significant. stay with me. this is cnn breaking news. we re following breaking news. very important news here in washington. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. we want to update our viewers here in the united states and around the world on all of the dramatic developments unfolding right now. pamela brown, tell our viewers what we know right now. there s really significant historic information coming from the justice department. this is a momentum occasion, wolf. this nearly two-year investigation by special counsel
robert mueller has now ended. the attorney general has