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>> today, again, church bells across the country, including the storied westminster abbey and st. paul's cathedral rang out. today mourners mourn the loss of the longest-reigning monarch in british history. across the country and on ships at sea, the british armed forces fired salutes to honor her majesty. one round was fired for each of the 96 years she lived. all eyes on her eldest son, king charles iii, and his wife, now the queen consort, camilla. they returned from balmoral castle, where they were greeted warmly by the crowd in attendance, some of whom broke out in song. ♪ god save our gracious king ♪ ♪ god save the king ♪ >> we love you, king charles. we love you so much.

>> one member of the crowd was so overjoyed she planted a kiss on his cheek. minutes later, a historic site, the king of england walking into the royal residence in england, buckingham palace, one of many symbols of change today and likely in the days to come. the new king spoke today in his new kaps any from buckingham palace, addressing his subjects and the world, promising to follow in the footsteps of his mother, who said hers was a life well lived. >> as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, i too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time god grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. and wherever you may live in the united kingdom or in the realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, i shall

endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love, as i have throughout my life. >> those words from the new king of england preceded a ceremony of remembrance for elizabeth. touched by her character, her faith, and ended with, i mentioned in more than 70 years, "god save the king," the british national anthem was sung in unofficial capacity. here was some of that service from st. paul's cathedral in london. >> with proud thanksgiving, we gather in this cathedral today to mourn the death of our sovereign lady, queen elizabeth ii. >> she has been this nation's

unerring heart beat through times of progress, joy, and celebration as well as in much darker and more difficult seasons. ♪ ♪ god save our gracious king ♪ ♪ long live our noble king ♪ ♪ god save the king ♪ ♪ send him victorious ♪ ♪ happy and glorious ♪

♪ long to reign over us ♪ ♪ god save the king ♪ >> well there will of course be more remembrances for the queen as well as a state funeral, as former prime minister tony blair told cnn this morning she was able to blend tradition with modernity. because of what she represented and the character she had, this huge attachment to duty and de decency and dignity. one mourner said, quote, the queen is a hard act to follow for anyone to be honest. >> it has been so touching, all

those people come to give their condolences. >> your majesty, my very graces. >> you're very kind. you're very kind. try and keep everything going. >> a son grieving, who has inherited a kingdom at the cost of losing his mom. to fully comprehend what the future holds for king charles, it's better to understand his past. bi bianca nobilo starts us off tonight. >> i would hope we start with a life of reverence. >> reporter: charles was born on november 14, 1948, to then heir to the throne princess elizabeth and duke of edinburgh. >> for princess elizabeth, a son had been born, news that was

soon echoing around the world. >> charles was bestowed a host of titles at a young age, but did not become prince of wales until 1969, a role he sought to professionalize and redefine. many of charles' predecessors treated the title as a ticket to a luxury lifestyle, notably the short-reigned king edward viii. while charles did indulge in partying years, he didn't want to wait until he became king to make a difference. following his studies at cambridge university, charles went into the military. after leaving the royal navy in 1976, he founded the prince's trust. >> the prince's trust is something that he cares deeply about. he's done it for so long, it's one of his first causes, his first charities. but it also speaks to something he feels very strongly about, which is youth unemployment. >> on top of his own charities,

he's a patron of over 400 more, dedicated to subjects close to his heart, youth, environment, and education. his schedule notoriously intense. in a typical year, he would carry out more than 500 royal engagements. official duties coordinated from his london base at clarence house. >> so, he's a perfectionist. he wants to know everything about all of his different projects and causes and roles. >> reporter: his campaigns sometimes sailed dangerously close to the line dividing the monarchy and politics. the infamous black spider memos reveal his passionate pleas on issues he was concerned about and gave him the nick name of the meddling prince. >> the head of state, which is the monarch, they have a duty to remain independent. charles always took the view that he had more leeway before he was on the throne. but he always made it very clear that when he became monarch, he would no longer express opinions in that way. >> reporter: arguably, the cause

he's championed the most is the environment. his home at high grove was set up to become an organic farming power house. he talked about pollution issues long before they were main stream, becoming a leading figure in the fight against the climate crisis and plastic pollution. >> global warming, climate change, and the devastating loss of biodiversity, are the greatest threats humanity has ever faced. >> reporter: charles is now the oldest royal to be crowned king or queen. much of his legacy already written. >> bianca knobilo joins us. what have we learned more about what the type monarch charles may be. >> reporter: it was revealing that his first public act when he arrived at buckingham palace was to go immediately to the crowd, to make himself accessible, to shake their hands, to be kissed by some people, to hear their condolences, to respond with

them. he did that in a double act with his wife, the queen consort. i think that tells us how well they're going to work together as a pair. q what we really saw today from the walk about, which was pioneered by king charles' mother and from the speech which he gave to the nation, is a monarch that is more modern, prepared to show more emotion, not remote, reserved, and stoic. and indeed, the british monarchy has suffered -- queen elizabeth ii suffered when they showed themselves in they way when they didn't reveal to the public that they too experience hardships. i think we can expect king charles to try to navigate an appropriate path between the stoicism of the office in the past and perhaps the more oversharing modernity that some people in the united kingdom think for example the duke and duchess of sussex have pushed a little too far.

it looks like he's well on his way to doing that. >> thank you. appreciate it. perspective from the clinton biographer, author of "queen of our times of: the life of queen elizabeth ii" released earlier this year. king charles has obviously been preparing for this moment as best he can his whole life. what do you expect to see from him in the coming days and weeks as he tries to settle in and define this role as his own? zblel, anderson, yes, you're right. he has been preparing for longer than any other monarch in our history. what's really interesting is we haven't really known what his plans are. and that's for the very good reason that he didn't like discussing them while his mother was alive. he thought that was disrespectful. so, a lot of this is sort of coming as new. he's given it a lot of thought. i thought it was very telling, those images, his first act on returning from balmoral to london is not to go home to

clarence house, is not to go inside the palace to meet the staff and the officials. they're all waiting to greet the new monarch. his priority is to go out and meet the people. i thought it was very telling, nearly 25 years ago to the day, not quite, but nearly, his previous monarch, his mother, the queen, also stopped her car outside buckingham palace on her way back down for the funeral of diana, princess of wales. and that was a very telling moment. that transformed the mood in the crowd. and we saw that today. i spent the whole day down there at buckingham palace. i was there as the -- arrived. and all day, the sense of rudderless nation, people not quite knowing what to do, feeling this great sense of loss. and suddenly the fact that he landed in this way, came straight to the crowd, plowed in, it made a difference. it definitely -- you see smiles. we haven't seen smiles outside the palace in 24 hours. suddenly people are sensing this

is a new monarch. he's hitting the ground running. but the next few days will be all about obviously remembering his mother before we really get to the essence of the new reign. >> it's so interesting, you mentioned queen elizabeth doing this after diana's death, after they returned to london. i remember being there covering that funeral as a young reporter at abc. and there was such anger and frustration with the royal family, with the queen in particular, with prince charles at that time. they really -- and the queen, to her credit, though slowly, did really learn, i think, from that experience. and clearly, as you point out, charles -- now king charles -- has taken a number of lessons from that as well. >> yes, absolutely. it was a very bold move at 25 ys ago by the queen. it could have gone any way. the fact was it did change the atmosphere. like you, i was there. absolutely there was a sort of sea change in the national mood.

very different circumstances today. of course there's a huge ground swell of good will and good wishes from this enormous crowd. by the way, these crowds -- i think they've taken everybody by surprise. i think if there's one cause for concern in the days ahead, it's how they're going to manage the level of public reaction. i mean, this is 24 hours after the death of the queen. but, you know, what we're seeing there is a king who's got very clear ideas. there's a speech later on after this return showed, you know, he has a clear vision of what he's going to do. he didn't expect to hear nearly as much in that speech as we did about the way forward, about plans for his children, and his commitment -- he repeated that pledge that his mother famously made at the age of 21. he's going to be 75 next year. >> in fact, let's play that pledge that she made on her 21st birthday.

>> i declare before you all with my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family, to which we all belong. >> and king charles today called it more than a promise, saying it it was a profound personal commitment, which defined her whole life and a commitment that he was making as well. >> he did. and he echoed her words. it was slightly different. he talked about for as long as god gives me. it wasn't quite the same as her, for the whole of my life, whether it be long or short. of course in her case, it was a very long life. he is the oldest heir to the thrown to come to the throne in our history. and, you know, he appreciates that. his life will be defined really by what he's done as prince of wales over the last 70 years because that -- he's always seen

it. he's always understood that he would come to the throne late in life. but what is very clear is he's not going to waste in time. >> robert harden, really fascinating. thank you so much. appreciate it. our coverage continues next. we'll go to buckingham palace and matthew chance to hear what those gathering at the pa lass are thinking about the queen and their new king. and we'll look at one of the many things that endeered her majesty to the world, her sense of humor. covid-19. some people get it, and some people can get it bad. and for those who do get it bad, it may be because they have a high-risk factor - such as heart disease, it may be because they have a hdiabetes,factor -

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we mentioned charles' first speech as king earlier. at the very end of it, he became emotional, as he directly addressed his departed mother. >> to my darling mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late papa, i want simply to say this. thank you. thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to

the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. >> king charles has lived long enough in the spotlight for the people of the united kingdom and the commonwealth to form opinions of him and these opinions have made headlines for decades. matthew chance joins us now for what he has been hearing from britons on their sovereigns and the one they just lost. you're at buckingham palace. can you just describe the mood right now? >> reporter: yeah, i can. i'm at the gates of buckingham palace, as you can see. there's a wall of flowers, bouquets, notes offering their thanks to queen elizabeth for her 70 years of service. and, you know, the crowds have pretty much cleared away. there are still some people. remember it's a quarter past

1:00 in the morning now local time. so, it's surprising there's anybody here at all. but there are. there have been thousands upon thousands of people coming here all night. very emotional scenes, people expressing their sadness, of course. but i'd say the overwhelming attitude that people -- or emotion that people are trying to communicate here over the course of these past two days, has been one of gratitude. >> reporter: it was a day of grief, for these mourners, the first without their beloved queen. a sea of flowers line buckingham palace, a symbol of queen elizabeth ii's legacy. >> she's been part of all of our lives. so, she's just been that constant strength and a rock really throughout any bad times throughout our lives. >> reporter: for most here, queen elizabeth was the only

monarch they've ever known, some even comparing her death to losing a member of their own family. we can see there is this enormous outpouring of grief, sadness, i think overwhelmingly respect from people in britain toward queen elizabeth now that she's passed. the gates are enthronged with thousands of people. they're coming to lay flowers, stacking them up. they're laying messages like this one as well, addressed to the queen obviously, thank you for all you've done for the people of the world. may you rest in peace. indeed the queen of many countries, the monarch who ruled over 15 nations as well as britain, and touched the hearts of the millions of people who respected her, the same people now mourning her loss across the globe. but this was also a day of renewal to celebrate a new

sovereign. it was an apprehensive king charles iii who met his new subjects for the first time as their monarch. and his welcome was encouraging and warm. he even received an out out-of-protocol kiss from a member of the public, as he became king. the succession may be automatic in the british monarchy, but that's not is the transfer of respect. king charles iii will have to work to achieve the same places his mother in the hearts and minds of the british public. >> sorry. that's just -- that's just really -- i'll never ever sing "god save the queen" again. and she's just meant so much to this entire country for so long. it's like the tectonic plates in our society have shifted. and they'll never be the same,

never. ♪ god save the king ♪ >> reporter: from now on it's "god save the king," and for a younger generation, charles iii will have to become their symbol of the british crown. >> matthew, in speaking to people, do you notice any divides in feeling about the monarchy between younger and older generations of people you're meeting there? >> reporter: yeah, i think so. look, i mean, everybody's generally sad, saddened by the news of queen elizabeth's passing, obviously. i mean, that's why so many people are coming here, to pay their respects. but i think that feeling is much deeper amongst the older generation because these are people for whom queen elizabeth has always been there. they've grown up with her. 70 years she served as the monarch for this country. so, the fact she's now gone represents for them a huge break with everything they've known. she was a real figure of

continuity as well. all the changes that have taken place over the past 70 years, she has been constant. so, it's a very emotional loss. for the younger generations and the younger people we speak to, i mean, they also had a great deal of respect for her and think she was a great queen and all of that. it's not such an emotional break. they haven't known her. she hasn't been such a part of their lives as their monarch now for many people as i mentioned in the report, king charles iii. >> matthew chance, appreciate it. perspective from cnn's julia chatterly. it is remarkable to just see the outpouring, of course. and we have seen that, you know, in so many cases in the past. but what do you make of how charles has already begun his role as king? >> i think today was a good day. i mean, it was a terrible day. he said it's a day he's dreaded. but i look back over the speech, and my gut instinct there was that he sounded like a king.

and it's the highest compliment actually that i can pay to him. he was emotional. we felt it. he spoke very well. he made some obvious points about how his life would change, that perhaps he's going to be a little less outspoken. he made an outreach of love to meghan and harry, very important to what matthew was saying, in terms of outreach to the younger generations. he's not that popularity. and whereas queen elizabeth ii's popularity transcended generations, age groups, his doesn't. and that's pretty important. >> i'm not sure if he was reading a teleprompter or not, but if he was, he was reading it brillianty. >> i couldn't agree more. i read emotion in that. and actually the bit that you played as well where he was saying, this is now my mother on a journey to see my father, and they're flying with the angels. you saw the emotion there. if that was reading, someone

hand him an oscar. >> he clearly wrote it or rewrote it himself because it's certainly him. he also spoke about the queen consort, camilla. that has been, obviously, a relationship that has made headlines for long before they were man and wife obviously. i actually covered the wedding at windsor. how is she viewed, and what does that mean, queen consort? does one refer to her as the queen? >> yes, we will. we'll drop the consort. this is complicated because it's technicalities. traditionally queen consort is the wife of the monarch, the king in this case. we just haven't heard the term for 70 years. what makes it more complicated is the history. she was a mistress to the future king, the divorce of course with diana. and there's still negative sentiment towards calling her queen. there was a poll done in may of this year. just 20% of people said they wanted her to be called queen. around the same said they didn't

want her to be given a title at all. queen elizabeth ii said at the jubilee it's her sincerest wish we call camilla queen, and we will call her queen. >> it is nice that these two people who clearly have loved each other for a very, very long time aren't, like, generations in the royal family who have been forcibly broken apart and had to marry people they didn't love. they, you know, obviously it was very messy and a lot of people were hurt. but they did in the end get to be together. and that is nice. >> and there are going to be people listening to that are scandalized by what i say here, and i couldn't agree more. that's what he said today. he said, i need this woman. and again, i think the queen, queen elizabeth with prince philip, proved that you do need a partner in crime. and you need someone who supports you. he said, look, she's been that for me for 17 years. some could argue she's been that to him for a lot longer than

that, even before their both first marriages. >> of course diana famously said it's like there are three people -- >> you don't get to choose your king and queen as a citizen. >> yeah. >> they didn't get to choose either. and he sent a very strong message today. quietly but a strong one nevertheless. it was a good start. >> thank you so much. up next, as the world remembers queen elizabeth's reign, we're also reminded of the playful side she brought to the monarchy, the naughty, cheeky side as julia might say, ahead. it's all right there in the census. see where a few details can lead with the 1950 census on ancestry. who's on it with jardiance? we're managing type 2 diabetes and heart risk. we're hittin' the trails between meetin. and putting the brakes on fried foods. jardiance is a once-daily pill that...not only lowers a1c, it goes beyond

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in his address today, the new king charles not only paid tribute to elizabeth's life and service but also to her more cheerful side. >> the affection, admiration, and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign. and, as every member of my family can testify, she combined these qualities with warmth, humor, and an unerring ability always to see the best in people. i pay tribute to my mother's memory, and i honor her life of service. >> following her death, many have shared their joyful memories of the queen, recounting the more playful side

of the monarch. "360's" randi kaye has some of the most notable memories of that. >> queen elizabeth ii's jubilee this year. that's her sharing a cup of tea with paddington bear. >> perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich. i always keep one more emergencies. >> so do i. i keep mine in here. for later. >> queen elizabeth was known to have a quick wit and a wicked sense of humor, even around other heads of state. last year she lightened the mood when posing for pictures at the g7 summit in cornwall, england. and years ago, after then-president george w. bush made a verbal slipup, saying she had visited the u.s. in 1776 instead of 1976, she gently teased him during her opening

toast during the white house dinner. >> i wondered if i should start this toast saying, when i was here in 1776. >> watch how she played along with the obamas and her grandson, harry, when she was helping harry promote the invictus games. >> prince harry, remember when you told us to bring it at the invictus games. >> careful what you wish for. >> boom. >> oh, really? please. >> boom. >> the queen loved to delight those around her. last year, when she was presented with a birthday cake at an event, she borrowed an enormous ceremonial sword to cut the cake instead of the knife on hand. >> something more unusual. >> reporter: in a spoof once for the olympics, the queen upstaged actor daniel craig. she even made it look like she jumped out of a helicopter with 007. she also once cracked a joke during this video call with the

governor and premier of south australia after the unveiling of a statue in the queen's honor. >> feel very close to you standing in front of the statue. >> yes, i would think possibly might be quite alarming to suddenly see it out of the window. >> her quick wit also showed through during this interview with sir david atten borrow at buckingham palace. watch her reaction when he points out she has a sun dial in the shade. >> sun dial neatly planted in the shade. >> isn't it good? yes. hasn't really thought of that, that it was planted in the shade. it wasn't in the shade originally, i'm sure. maybe we could move it. >> a former body guard for the queen likes to tell a story about when the queen met an american couple while out on a hike. they didn't recognize her, and she had fun toying with them when they asked her if she had

ever met the queen. >> she says, well, i haven't, but he meets her regularly. before i can see what's happening, he gets his camera, gives it to the queen, and says can you take a picture of the two of us. her majesty said to me, i'd love to be a fly on the wall when he shows those photographs to a friend in america and hopefully someone tells him who i am. >> a sense of humor now silenced. perhaps paddington bear said it best. >> thank you for everything. >> that's very kind. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn. >> that expression on her face when she realized the sun dial is in the shade is amazing. coming up next, reporting just in from the "new york times," we'll tell you who "the times" says was subpoenaed this week from a federal grand jury in the january 6th case. maggie haberman has the reporting. also the cnn exclusive, what

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gone to people far and wide. junior and senior. it is still not clear exactly what investigators are looking for. >> do we know if miller or jack will cooperate? >> i assume that they will, but we don't faux know the answer tt yet. neither would comment either through themselves or their lawyer. it remains to be seen. not cooperating with a subpoena request has generally been what most people around trump have done. >> you said they have gone out to others. do we know who else has gotten these subpoenas? >> at least in some cases it is lower level aides, two personal aides to the former president, the former staff in the white house to ivanka trump, the former cfo of the 2020 campaign, and a series of lower level campaign aides. again, anderson, it's not clear exactly what the through-line is here, but the doj is clearly casting a very wide net.

>> maggie haberman, appreciate it. thank you. exclusive accusations against a cover-up against the top cop in texas in the deadly shootings at robb elementary school where 19 children and two teachers were murdered. the new reporting from shimon prokupecz, who has been on the story from the start. >> reporter: people have accused you of being part of a cover-up. >> that's correct. >> reporter: it has been three and a half months since the uvalde massacre since the police department left children and teachers alone with the gunman. anger has only grown. the agency had 91 officers who responded. none has lost their job or faced any consequences. dps officials never fully answered any of the lingering questions about its officers actions that day, not to furious parents, to an angry town mayor, or to any reporters until now. >> first of all, there's no

cover-up. and the bottom line is as soon as we can, we'll release everything. >> but it needs to be done, sir. the families are starving for information. >> it will be done when the district attorney says so. >> reporter: this week, two officers were suspended with pay. the department said three others will also be investigated. cnn tracked down dps director steven mccraw after obtaining minutes from an internal meeting held in august. these minutes seem to paint a very different picture than the pledge of full accountability the dps chief has given publicly. and, oh, by the way, the minutes quote him, no one is losing their jobs. quite the contrary. all leaders in region three did what they were supposed to do and have stepped up to meet the moment. >> and he said no one is losing their jobs. >> i didn't say that. >> you're denying you said that. >> i'm denying i said that. >> you're denying that. >> victor escallon is the dps regional director for south

texas. he can be seen in the hallway at robb elementary and in the days after he repeatedly helped deliver incorrect information to the media. before this, mccraw has not given any extensive interviews since the may 24 atrocity. he became a public face of the law enforcement response in the days after. first at a table with texas governor greg abbott, when the efforts of officers were praised. >> law enforcement was there. they didn engage immediately. >> then at a later news conference when he admitted to the police failure. >> for the benefit of hindsight, where i'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. >> reporter: and in texas when he called the operation a, quote, abject failure. >> i don't have if you have flip-flops and wearing bermuda shorts, it doesn't matter. you go in. >> reporter: mccraw comments put him in the middle of a vastly changing narrative that left him and his department open to criticism by the uvalde mayor,

the victims' families, and local politicians. >> i think it's important. >> i can't think of anything more important. >> that's why people think there's a cover-up, because no one is talking about what happened. >> when we get the ability to talk to them, and we'll all go line by line in terms of what trooper did what, okay? not just what trooper, what dps officer. we'll be entirely transparent ft the public will have it. they'll have it. they'll have excruciating details in terms of what we did, when we did it, and those gaps. like i said, what we're not going to do is we're not going to give anybody an opportunity to undermine the criminal investigation. >> reporter: now mccraw says he'll resign if his agency was shown to have culpability for the botched response. >> i'll be the first to resign, okay? i'll take my resignation to the governor if i think there's any culpability with the department of public safety, period. no one gets a pass, but every officer is going to be held

accountable. >> shimon prokupecz joins us from san antonio. it's fascinating to hear you two go back and forth on that. how are the families reacting to the news of the minutes and what he says about them? >> reporter: anderson, look, they're upset hearing these minutes that come out. of course the director denies some of the comments he made about officers losing their jobs. but they're a statement. in a statement, representative for the family said they're disheartened to hear that chief mcgraw believes his officers stepped up to meet the moment. they're taking issue with him saying that, sort of saying the officers stepped up, they did what they had to do. they're also concerned over the fact this referral he made of five officers, that it's only five officers. they certainly feel it should be more. they said the referral of only five officers to the texas ig is a slap in the face to our families, anderson. >> and why was it just the five officers at this point? is there the potential for more?

are they saying -- why did they not wait until the end of the investigation but they already went ahead with five officers? >> right. so, there's some indication, anderson, based on the conversation that i had with steve mccraw there that this internal review is complete. of course they could find more information, but these five officers, two of which have been suspended, it appears that for all purposes right now that the internal review is complete and that these five officers are the only ones that have been referred for further scrutiny and further investigation by the inspector general. >> shimon prokupecz staying on it as always. much appreciated. the rains may have stopped in parts of pakistan, but there's massive destruction, some villages completely wiped it o. we'll have details next.

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disaster on a scale unimaginable now in pakistan, more than 33 million people impacted by devastating floods in pakistan, around 15% of the population. more than 1,300 people are dead. children account for nearly a third of that figure. chief international correspondent clarissa ward is on the ground in southeast pakistan, and here's her report. >> reporter: the rains have stopped, but the waters are not

subsiding. the city had been something of a sanctuary for some of the more than 6 million people displaced by the floods in this region. now, the main highway has become a waterway. smaller roads into the city are choked with traffic. >> you can see there's just a steady stream of vehicles pouring into this area. these are all people who are desperately trying to escape their villages, which are now completely submerged under water. >> reporter: pakistan is responsible for less than 1% of the world's emissions, but it is paying a stiff price for global warming. heavy monsoon rains and melting glaciers have left nearly one-third of this country under water, wiping out villages like seta. when the floods hit, residents carried whatever they could save to a narrow strip of land by the

roadside. so, this is how you're living now? this man has been living in a make shift shelter for over a week. there's no gas to cook what little food they have left. outside aid has yet to arrive, and the prospects of returning home any time soon are dim. it's very painful to see, but where can we go, he says? this is my ancestral village. a few miles down the road, locals are racing to stay ahead of the relentless waters. the government left them sand to make sandbags but little other assistance. overstretched by the unprecedented scale of the crisis. so, just so i understand, you are building up these dikes to try to stop that water from completely destroying your village? there's too much water coming in, he tells us, and we're afraid of it.

you're showing how deep it is. can you see how deep that is? one man plunges into the flood water to show how high the waters are. the flooding here has now reached its cruellest phase. the days no longer bring rain, but nor do they bring relief. and for the many who have lost everything, there is nothing to do but wait. >> that was clarissa ward reporting. up next, just moments ago vice president kamala harris paying her respects to queen elizabeth ii in washington. og. we got her the farmer's dog sent in the mail. it was all fresh. i want my dog to havee a healthy and long life. the farmer's dog helplps that out. see the benefifits of fresh fod at betterforthem.com

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moments ago, vice president harris and her husband arrived at the british embassy in washington to sign the condolence book for queen elizabeth ii. the vice president bought a bouquet of flowers and spoke to the staff about what she said was a great loss not just for the united kingdom but for the world. she said the queen lived what it means to be strong and wise. stay with cnn, as we continue to remember the life and legacy of queen elizabeth. i want to hand it over to don lemon, who's at buckingham palace tonight. palace tonight. don? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is "don lemon tonight" live from london, where special coverage of the death of queen elizabeth continues. history is being made before our very eyes. these are the moments people will talk about for years to come.