the queen planned it all. she will lie in state in westminster until her funeral on monday. stay tuned to fox news for continuing coverage. let's watch a little more until the top of the hour. >> bill: good morning, everybody. back to the coverage in london in a moment. 9:00 in new york. a wipe out on wall street. markets suffering their worst day in two years fueling the sell-off runaway inflation that seems nowhere in sight of ending. good morning, everybody. i'm bill hemmer. big show today. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." we're less than 30 minutes away from the opening bell. investors are reacting to another key inflation report, the producer price index. >> bill: it shows wholesale prices are up 8.7% on the year coming on the heels of

yesterday's scathing report on inflation as well. >> dana: that number coming in much hotter than predicted. data suggesting the president's inflation problem is here to stay. the markets reacted accordingly. >> bill: the dow plunged almost 1300 points, the worst day since nearly the height of the pandemic in june of 2020. the sell-off fueling predictions of an even larger federal rate increase. >> dana: the rate hikes designed to drive down the inflation hurting your wallet. americans are paying more for everything this year, food is up more than 11%, that's the largest increase in 43 years. >> bill: wages are rising but can't keep up with inflation. that's leading to a 3% pay cut across the board. >> dana: despite all of that, president biden chose yesterday, of all days, to celebrate the so-called inflation reduction act. democrats touted the benefits of the $430 billion bill while brushing off the bloodbath on wall street. >> the stock market doesn't reflect the state of the

economy as you well know. the economy is still strong. unemployment is low, jobs are up, manufacturing goods. so i think we're going to be fine. >> dana: peter doocy is live on the north lawn this morning. hi, peter. >> good morning. white house officials are defending their decision to host what they called a celebration about inflation reduction even though we just saw there prices on just about everything have not been reduced. >> it's not about celebrating. it's about the win for the americans. that's what you are seeing. when you see costs that are going come down for seniors and going to come down for american families, as i listed out for energy costs are going to come down. >> president biden had said fighting inflation is his number one priority and yet he says he is not sweating this report. >> what about the inflation numbers?

>> i'm not worried. we're talking about 1/10 of 1%. anyway, thank you. >> 1/10 of 1% higher than zero what he bragged about inflation being last month. the inflation is high on things people pay for including groceries and rent. >> this is an example, again, of just the complete split screen you see in this country between the white house -- you know, celebrating and taking a victory lap this afternoon, and the american people dealing with the reality left by the policies of this administration who still don't get it. they continue to celebrate the tax increases, the amount of spending they are doing, and inflation continues to choke the american people. >> today president biden is off to the detroit auto show where he plans to promote electric vehicles, something that weren't much of a concern for him yesterday when he had a

motorcade in d.c., in delaware and a 757 ride in between so he could make a very, very quick late afternoon/early evening trip to delaware to vote. >> dana: incredible. peter doocy at the white house. >> bill: one expensive ballot. bring in charlie gasparino from fox business. the question out there is how much higher could it go? is it levling off? >> it might come down a little bit. it is still at historic highs. this administration loves to brag that it only raises taxes on the rich. the super wealthy. well, inflation is a wicked tax on the working class and you were talking about wages being eaten up by this inflation. he talks about jobs, the president. if you have to work three times as hard or work two jobs to afford that same hamburger,

that's a problem. that's kind of what we have right now. it could get worse. here is the other problem. because of his fiscal policies, what the white house does. they spend so much money. the federal reserve has to essentially increase interest rates much more than it wanted to. so what it comes down to is the fed has to enforce the recession and a steep one instead of what they tried to do which was known as a soft landing. maybe calm the economy down a little bit to get inflation under control and back off and let the animal spirits run wild and the economy improves with low inflation. we're in a pickle and probably heading to a recession. administration won't loosen up fiscal policy in terms of regulations to increase supply and help inflation. they won't drill. they are cutting leases. "wall street journal" editorial page had a story on that today. we're in for some rough waters. >> dana: inflation is having an

impact on a lot of key races leading into the mid-terms. in phoenix, inflation at 13%. atlanta up 11.7%. you are seeing this kind of effect that might actually impact the elections as well. >> bill: there has never been a period of hyper inflation that did not have a societal effect. i grew up in the 70s and i remember the lines for gasoline. i remember my old man having to work two jobs, sometimes three jobs to pay essentially to make ends meet when he used to have to work only one job. this affects working class people. again, it's a tax on the working class and if you think inflation is good as long as the economy keeps growing, if you have to work four times as hard to put the same amount of food on your table, then -- >> bill: to dana's point arizona and georgia you have significant senate races. the fed meets wednesday. going to raise probably 3/4,

some might think a full point. that would be a head turner. they'll meet again on the wednesday before the election on november 8th. what that means, then, is all this conversation happens almost every day leading up to that. >> i know the fed is a focal point, what will the fed do? some of this is the market itself. if the fed doesn't take the lead in addressing inflation through its monetary policy, some bond traders are going to do it and that's how it works. the yields on the 10 year are already spiking more than what the fed wants them to spike. it is out of the fed's control if they don't try to take the lead. my guess, just a guess, i will go out on a limb, they do 100 bases points instead of 75. i say that because the bond markets are starting to react in a way they're saying we'll take care of this if you don't. >> dana: the other thing to watch is the rent.

>> rent and food is out of control. when gas prices go down, guess what that means? people are using less gas. that's a recession. >> bill: nice to see you, charlie gasparino. >> dana: also let's go back over to the u.k. mourners have packed the streets of london and minutes from now we'll see the royal procession of the coffin of the late queen elizabeth from buckingham palace in london to westminster hall. jonathan hunt is at buckingham palace. what can we expect to see in a few minutes, jonathan? >> dana and bill we're just about 14 minutes away from the beginning of what will be obviously a very solemn procession. the queen's coffin will be born on a gun carriage. it will leaving buckingham palace at precisely 9:22 eastern, 2:22 p.m. here.

the procession will take precisely 38 minutes as the queen's coffin is borne along here. a right turn to horse guards parade and go down whitehall passing the senate and the war memorial and 10 downing street before it enters into westminster square and ultimately into westminster hall itself. that's the oldest part of the palace of westminster. there there will be a service led by the archbishop of cantebury. then for four days people can pay their final respects to a woman who reigned over this country for seven decades. one of the most poignant moments of the procession we're about to witness will be king

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>> bill: new hampshire. one of three states holding the final primaries. republican senate race there was considered too close to call but the retired army general don bolduc has a lead over morse. has there been a concession of sorts? >> there has. the moderate in the race chuck morse did call bolduc to succeed after democrats spent millions of dollars in new hampshire's republican primary boosting the more far right candidate they think is easier to beat in november. republicans are saying careful when you wish for. democrats might get it. in the house primary race there was a big upset.

leavitt will face chris pappas in november and would be the youngest woman ever elected to congress if she wins. >> we're sending a strong and clear message to the washington, d.c. establishment and our democrat opponents that our votes cannot be bought. >> fox hasn't called the race for the senate in new hampshire. bolduc is in the lead and morse called bolduc to concede last night. >> we have taken the arrows. we have successfully protected ourselves. you sent the biggest signal to the establishment tonight. >> if bolduc wins he will face maggie hassan in november. she said in bolduc had his way

in the senate he would vote to ban abortion nationwide. he is already debunking hassan's attacks. >> i will support no legislation, zero legislation at the federal level. we don't belong in the abortion arena. that is the states. and this state will do the right thing by granite state. >> why do you think she keeps pushing this abortion issue? >> it's the only thing she's got. >> and bill, former president trump did not weigh in in this race leaving it up to republicans to decide. looks like they decided not to play it safe. >> bill: very interesting. going to get great analysis. hillary, thank you. >> dana: let's bring in former house speaker newt gingrich. interesting that maggie hassan would say that general bolduc is such an extremist when it was democrats, we have this here. senate majority placed 2.3

million in attack ads of democratic fundraising money to try to elect bolduc because they said he was so extreme. >> well, you know, interesting in terms of the hypocrisy of president biden's philadelphia speech and his vicious, hateful attacks upon what he called maga republicans, democrats turn right around and in several states have spent money trying to help nominate what we would call conservative or maga republicans. purely as a political tactic. if they're that afraid of them how come they keep helping nominate them. the big thing in new hampshire, both in the house race you reported on and in the senate race, the anti-establishment candidate has done amazingly well even with a lot less money. the establishment candidate in the senate race had over $4 million spent by an outside group trying to defeat general bolduc who started in the army as a private and worked his way

up to being a general. i think he built a huge statewide grassroots network. i think senator hassan in every poll is the weakest democrat in terms of reelection numbers in the entire country. so i think there is a very real likelihood that general bolduc will be the next senator from new hampshire. >> bill: when she first won six years ago it was a squeaker. bolduc's entire campaign was town halls. do you believe new hampshire, based on these results, is now stronger for republicans or weaker? >> well, i think the big thing is the larger reality that you were reporting on earlier. if you have food prices going up 15%, if you have inflation out of control, if you have the establishment answer to inflation putting americans out of work and deliberately causing a recession, if you

have the stock market dropping over 1,000 points, how does senator hassan go home and say this is working? and i think that frankly will outweigh all of the washington political chatter. back home whether it's crime in philadelphia, atlanta, or it is the problems of immigration in arizona, or it is inflation everywhere in america. remember, in new hampshire they start filling up their heating oil tanks in early october. when they get hit with the sticker shock for what the biden democrats have done to the cost of heating oil, i think that senator hassan is going to have a very hard time winning. >> bill: sir, thank you, mr. speaker. so now we want to welcome you to the fox news coverage of the queen's coffin procession as we pause.

so this is the moment where her casket will begin a four-day period where she will lie in state. we're about to see the movement from buckingham palace. welcome to our coverage. i'm bill hemmer alongside dana perino and welcome to the stations across america joining us to watch this historical moment. >> dana: a very good morning indeed. it's wonderful to be with you all. it is a solemn day of mourning in london. people from across the united kingdom and maybe the world have flown in and gathering in the streets as we await the royal procession of queen elizabeth's coffin making its final journey ahead of the funeral on monday. king charles and princes william and harry will lead the procession as well as other members of the royal family. >> bill: pomp and majesty will be on full display. we're told the actual procession will be played out

in silence, meaning no bands, no music, etc. the queen's coffin draped by the flag called the royal standard carried on a gun carriage. upon arrival at westminster hall the queen will lie in state for four days under 24-hour armed protection allowing the people she served for seven decades to pay their respects one final time. >> dana: martha maccallum is anchor of "the story" during the week and she has been an incredible resource as we're grieving alongside our cousins in the u.k. martha, your thoughts this morning as we are watching the procession. >> nice way to put it. so many ties between the two countries. i have to tell you, there is this beautiful underpinning of drums and music right now that you can feel all across this area in front of buckingham palace. there is just absolute

precision, the timing is to the moment as we watch this play out. we saw the empty gun carriage go into the arch just a short time ago and any moment it will be emerging from buckingham palace with queen elizabeth's coffin on it just as it did for king george vi an v. there is a tremendous amount of history. she really orchestrated everything you're seeing including the fact that it would be silent once the actual procession begins. when queen victoria's coffin went through these streets there was music she had chosen. beethoven at the time. queen elizabeth wanted it to be a silent procession through the streets and marks the transition going from her home. here we see the first glimpse of the casket of queen elizabeth ii moving from her home to the public venue of

westminster hall signifying that close connection between the royal and between the government of the united kingdom. let's pause for a moment and watch this. ♪♪ >> the crown on top of the casket and the orb and scepter as well. we have king charles iii, prince andrew, the son of queen elizabeth, princess anne, tim lawrence, her husband and also

edward. also of course william and harry, who we watched reunited the other day as they came out to meet the greeting mourners out there. a big moment. we haven't seen the two of them walk behind a casket since they did for their mother, princess diana. >> bill: we'll welcome a number of guests who are royal experts in their own right. duncan. we have spoken for the last week and a half. when you think about where martha is standing and broadcasting. last night around 5:00 new york time, 10:00 in london, when her coffin entered buckingham palace for the final time. that is really quite the image. singular car going back to where she ruled for 70 years. >> yes, that's right. this has been now several days

of very momentous moments from a television point of view. some things that we haven't seen for 70 years or have never really seen before. and as martha was alluding to there, of course, a slight side issue, perhaps, but nonetheless very significant that william and harry are walking there invoking those memories of princess diana in 1997. harry talked about that being the worst day of his life rather unsurprisingly. to see those boys standing side-by-side. they got through this together when it was a tragedy of a life lost. today this really is marking a tragedy really of a life lived and the fact that we'll miss the queen and no one will replace her majesty. so we haven't seen scenes like this in london really since

diana's death but there is a very different feel now. a sense of loss rather than tragedy. and that's why you can see so many people now, thousands and thousands of people, not prompted by anyone but coming in to stand on the mile and pay their respects. incredible scenes we're seeing. >> dana: ingrid is with us as well, editor and chief in majesty magazine as martha has explained, -- no ingrid yet. let me go to, shannon, are you available? the royal expert? i wonder if you could talk about the queen and her decision making as she planned what we're seeing today. >> well, the queen had a very long reign. she had seen over the funeral of her dear father when she was 25, also her mother and her

sister. and you know, she knew this day was coming and so she planned every single moment. martha was saying that she wanted this procession to be done in silence. i think that's quite poignant but every action that we'll see for the next week will be what the queen had wanted. remember, that's not just to say goodbye to the queen as the sovereign but also because this pomp and circumstance is so important in the tool box of british diplomacy. the entire world is watching this today, tomorrow, and certainly on monday for the funeral. and so this is sort of the queen's final act as the head of state. >> bill: thank you for that. stand by. mikko joins our coverage and i want to get your thoughts on what turned out to be a spectacular day in central london yet again. >> i think we've said it before and it is worth saying again this is history unfolding in

front of us. when you look at the ceremony, there are parts of it that are centuries old. it's a family business that goes back to 1690 as an example. lots of parts of this ceremony and the things that we'll see over the coming days are traditional but a lot of these other elements are chosen and that's quite important. it gives you the hint of the personality. prince philip, the queen's husband, that funeral he had a custom made hearse made out of a land rover. all of this is so evocative of just how big a force in not just british politics, not just british life, but in the world that elizabeth was. every single element. all these people on the streets as duncan said have come out without any prompting are here

just to say goodbye because she was such a massive part of their life. she was more than a celebrity, more than a household name, she was britain. i know we talk about britannia as being the spirit of britain but i think elizabeth was possibly more that than anything else we could think of today. >> bill: a shot here today of the king and behind the king walking right behind him is his older son, prince william and that's quite a moment for them as they begin this 40-minute procession. you mentioned the design for the hearse. i understand she designed it that we've been watching for the last several days, correct? >> i haven't got information on that. i know in the funeral itself we'll see a carriage procession and as we've seen for generations and those people walking behind now we know it will be charles and his two sons, william and harry included. but all of these little elements are going to be able to be seen in detail that we haven't been able to before.

there are billions of people that will be watching this from around the world. we'll see it in color. this is something we haven't seen very much and it is just going to be something i think we'll be telling future generations about for a long time to come. every single element of this is britain to its core. we see just a great chance for britain to just show what it is about and just to give elizabeth that final great send-off that she deserves for all of her many years of service. >> dana: a former chief to queen elizabeth ii. so glad you're joining us this morning. your reflections on this day. >> i'm watching this and it is just so sad, you know. i stood many times on the mile watching the color. the queen's smiling face waving to the crowd going down the mile. you're seeing this now it is

heartbreaking watching it. the 11 years i cooked for her and seeing her all the time and seeing the boys. i still refer to william and harry as the boys when i cooked for them and it wasn't that long ago they lost their mother in this procession down the mile, too. i'm happy to see some of the royal household personal staff walking in line as well. >> dana: that's interesting. i didn't realize that and it's one of the reasons we have you. martha maccallum, one of the things about having the procession be in silence without music, it gives people a chance to be there in the moment and we just saw some people in the crowd there with tears as the weight of all of this sinks in. >> so true. in the shot we see now you can see king charles in view. right behind the coffin and you do see people openly weeping

along the side. for many of them it is an overwhelming moment to see not only the coffin of queen elizabeth but also her family right behind and you see prince william now the prince of wales next in line behind his father and princess anne, and also her son peter phillips is part of the procession. there is prince andrew and the world of snow den, princess margaret, the sister of queen elizabeth's son. this is the absolute inner circle of her family and the people who meant the most to her. a couple of vehicles at the end of this procession, those are carrying the spouses of william and harry and also queen camilla and sophia, part of this as well. it is a stunning sight, dana. i think it's conveyed in the images you are looking at right

now down the mile. it is an absolute perfection, beautiful. you will look at this video, which hasn't happened in 70 years, this kind of procession. i think if you step outside of the procession you see people holding up iphones and the way the world is now. the central core of this going down the mile now is very similar in many ways to what you would have seen during king george vi's funeral when elizabeth was a 25-year-old girl. i think that's why people has been a strong connection to her. she has been there since a young woman. they saw her grow and age over time that she did so gracefully but a very long time before you see a young monarch most likely. i think that's why she held such a special place in people's hearts.

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>> bill: we'll be taking our spots to take in the sights and images and certainly the sounds. nile gardiner continues our cast of experts. nile, welcome to our coverage today. you were the director of heritage foundation, margaret thatcher center for freedom. you follow the history of this country as well as anyone. i don't think what a lot of people realize here in the u.s. is that there was essentially a 12 or 13 day holiday now in effect for the people of the u.k. and many people are observing this period of mourning to honor her life and the country has been locked in on this, these services and these moments, and at the same time if they want to stay home from a job, this is their time to do that and england is frozen in time to remember the time she has given them today.

>> extraordinary moment, i think, for great britain and also, of course, on the world stage here. we have not seen scenes like this on this scale in britain for 70 years since the days of winston churchill and the immediate aftermath of world war ii. so immensely powerful scenes. heartbreaking but also inspiring and a reminder, i think, of the greatness of britain as a nation, tremendous past as a world shaping country. and i think also, i think, this provides inspiration of britain's future as well as a leading power on the world stage alongside the united states. the queen was a champion of the u.s. and u.k. special relationship. she loved the united states and dearly loved by the american people. and so this is a moment, i think, when we remember a great monarch who was not only the leader of the british people but also the commonwealth of

nations and also in many respects the leader of the free world over the course of the last seven decades. just an incredible accomplishment and this week as well we also, of course, celebrate and cherish the life of a truly wonderful lady who dedicated her life selflessly serving the british people, the commonwealth and the entire free world as well. >> bill: this procession will make its way to westminster hall where she will be for the next four days in the coffin and then sometime between sunday night and monday morning they will make the short procession, which i think in total is probably 100 yards from westminster hall to westminster abby where the funeral will be held on monday morning at 6:00 our time on monday morning. >> dana: martha, remind us the numbers they are talking about. how many people are expected to

pay their respects? >> well, dana, i've heard estimates from 700,000 all the way up to a million. so far i know they've given out a couple thousand of these wrist bands as people line what could be a 4 1/2 mile line which goes from westminster hall across westminster bridge and then wraps around the south side of the thames all the way down perhaps to the tower bridge and maybe a little further. the other thing i would say is people have been extraordinarily quiet, respectful. there is not a sort of frantic mood that you might see in other places to get in line or get ahead of everyone. it is a very mournful and respectful mood, i would say, all over the city. there is a beautiful shot of prince harry as he walks along and, you know, obviously a lot has passed.

you see andrew and harry, both wearing mourning suits, not wearing their military uniforms because of their status due to various separations and scandals and there is the imperial crown. when it came around the corner the sunlight hit it and it lit up this bright blue from the sapphire. enormous sapphire, ruby and diamonds which are on that incredible piece of history, the imperial crown. it was a stellar moment to see that. in answer to your question could be as many as a million people. very well orchestrated so far and four days for people to experience that if they are willing to wait in the long lines. >> bill: prince harry is not in military uniform despite his service overseas in places like afghanistan. apparently only working members of the royal family, martha, only working members of the family are allowed to do so?

>> indeed. so, you know, a statement from harry's people. because he did not wearing his suit does not diminish his 10 years in service and a couple towers in afghanistan and talked about being greeted by the queen when he was in military service. i think there is a potential for some thawing here, perhaps some reconsideration on the part of prince harry as he witnesses this deep well of feeling, family, all of this surrounding and no doubt the queen always looked for ways to kind of mend some of these fences. and we'll see what happens in the days to come. also in that statement, very much wanting it to be about queen elizabeth today and not about some of those issues that have been much in the news in the past two years. >>

>> dana: ingrid is the editor in chief of majesty magazine. let's turn the floor over to you. ingrid, if you can hear me we would love to get your reflections this morning. >> i beg your pardon. yes, i think the mood is one of great, great respect. and i think when the hearse carrying the queen's coffin came past people were stunned into silence. it was such an emotional moment and such a beautiful moment seeing her children, her grandchildren, the people that have been closest to her, the military, all in unison paying their great respects by putting on this wonderful ceremonial

for the late queen. >> dana: rounding a corner here. look at that precision. as martha reminded us earlier this week it is not something she just threw together. this has been practiced and you can see the pageantry of it all it marks the moments in the way brits do very well. >> bill: i see buckingham palace behind you. i expect that's your location. you have been watching this for days now and there are still days to come. is there a moment or an image that stands out to you that you will look back and recall that will crystallize this moment in british history? >> certainly the image that we have just seen i think is the most poignant image of the queen's hearse with the imperial state crown and the

sunlight on it and the somber faces of her family. an image that will remain with all of us for as long as we live and the muffled sound of the guns and guns in hyde park, the military band, everything was the most amazing precision. the scottish scenery and scottish military was equally impressive. but this is the lasting image. >> bill: one more question on that. were you at buckingham last night when her customized jaguar hearse arrived and went through the gate at buckingham palace? , no i wasn't, but i was watching it on television and i really loved the idea that our late queen had actually customized a hearse so people could see her on her very last

journey by car as they had seen her all her life for the last 70 years. she had been constantly on show and she wanted to be on show until the end, which is what she meant by doing her duty. a duty to her people. >> dana: we're watching now the limousines that are carrying the queen consort camilla and princess of wales, also meghan markle will be in one of those and duncan if you could tell us a little about what it might be like to be riding behind all of this. >> yes, i suppose it depends which member of the royal family you are as to how you are feeling right now. for meghan, i think it will be a reminder that the olive branch is there. king charles spoke of his love for her and harry in his first

speech and thankfully they're both involved in these incredible scenes. this is something that has been planned for for at least 25 years, operation london bridge as it is called when the queen would finally pass away and we would see this. the bit in scotland was a bonus of where she died but this is london bridge, operation london bridge being played out and for meghan, for the new princess of wales as kate is now and, of course, the queen consort, camilla, a lot rides on them now to make sure that this family in front of them, the men if you like, are kept under control. let's be honest, we can't have that row between harry and william continuing and it's up to meghan and kate to sort that out. that's perhaps a discussion for another day. >> bill: stand by, duncan. want to bring back in mikko to talk about this moment.

it has been 25 years since princess diana's funeral and the world watched these two young men at the time trail the coffin of their mother and wow, that was quite a moment. and how do you reflect 25 years later on where they are now as they follow their grandmother? >> i mean, they're grown men. grown up in the public eye. they have spent their whole lives preparing for moments like this and we can see it. even that preparation doesn't get you ready for something of this scale and seeing, i think, everyone has been touched by just the amount of public affection being shown. you can see in all of these, these huge crowds of people lining the streets as well. that i think has been an immense sense of support, a great thing for them to look on.

when william and harry may first walk together looking at the flowers left for their grandmother and william made the statement about losing his grandmother and harry made his own statement we're seeing this great difficult moment playing out in front of our eyes and they're doing the very best they can in this situation. i don't think they really got it wrong. it must be so difficult for them to deal with and they have been doing everything right and we're seeing, i think, a very mature william and harry, which i think you definitely would have expected. but we're now seeing everything that we wanted those young boys following diana to be. i think everything diana would have wanted her boys to grow into. and i think maybe she'll be very proud of this wherever she is, i think perhaps, you know, she would certainly be very happy about where william and harry are right now. >> dana: i have a geography

question for you. what are they walking across right now? >> so this is where we see the horse parades and we see a bit more. an area just as we get towards westminster hall. so as the body is being taken where she will lie in state everyone will be able to walk past we'll see a lot of these london landmarks. the line itself that is being prepared for those people who will come and pay their respects, to put into perspective one of the last big funerals we had like this, winston churchill, a tightian of the 20th century. he had a mile-long queue. when it comes to queen elizabeth we are looking at a line five times that size. all of these landmarks you see today will be absolutely lined with people ready and waiting to say that final goodbye to

someone that has been such a large part of their life. >> bill: we have seen them so far, dana, in the past 30 minutes leave buckingham palace and make their way through st. james park. to our viewers at home if you've been to london on business or as a tourist. st. james park is one of the prettiest places you will find anywhere. it is a spectacular place and imagine on a mid-september day like today what it's like. martha said earlier there is not a flower out of place. i agree based on what we have seen there. making their way through whitehall and eventually will arrive at westminster where the four-day wait will begin on this watch. mikko, do you know why it was so important for this ceremony to begin exactly at 2:22 local time in london? >> that's a good question. that's one i don't have the answer off the top of my head.

but every single part of this is very well planned. every single element has significance or traditional significance. there is no part of this left to chance. everything you see has been designed and prepared. even last night you might see on social media some people were watching this exact procession being practiced just to make sure everything was without a hair out of place. >> dana: i think it could be that the arrival at westminster needed to be at 3:00 p.m. and it's a 38-minute walk. i'm not very good at math but i think i could figure that one out. shannon, if we could return to you, as they make this -- their way to westminster, what are you hearing about the day to come in terms of maybe the government officials who are there who may or may not have

strong ties to the royal family, but seeing this they must see the outpouring is quite extraordinary and the respect for the queen and even for king charles now. you have already seen people start to become more respectful and think that he deserves a little bit of time to show his duty and devotion as king charles iii. >> the relationship between monarch and government is a sacred one. the monarch brings big value to the prime minister in providing the stability and continuity, benefit of experience. the tuesday audiences they have together are off the record and they will never get leaked to the press and it is time for the prime minister to really just interact with the monarch for advice. the queen was always so well

informed in those meetings. she would receive her big red box we saw in the king's speech. she would get that every evening and she would read it top to tail and get a parliamentary report that was written quite irreverently. the workings of the day. she liked to keep track of the horse race as well and was quite well informed in those meetings. there is quite a respect for obviously queen elizabeth the second but even just the monarch in the constitutional monarchy system that they have. the government will be out there to show their respects as well and, you know, oddly this sort of comes at quite a difficult time, although the queen was 96 and it happened suddenly. two weeks ago, the tuesday

audience was boris johnson and queen elizabeth. going forward it will be king charles and liz truss. britain has a cost of living and energy crisis caused by the war in ukraine. they had to stop all government. vladimir putin does not wait so they will be right back at work on tuesday morning after the funeral. >> bill: shannon, stand by. i heard in the background big ben starting to toll and that will continue for quite some time. i want to bring in darren mcgrady, the former cook, can i call you that, darren? is that all right. officially you are the former chef but look, you knew harry and william when they were young. you knew them when they had their mom and you knew them when they were on a similar procession like this as young men. how do you think they've grown up? what have you observed about

the two of them? >> well, of course, the last procession they walked behind as you said earlier was their mother's. now over the years -- [inaudible] they have drifted apart and i think that and i rather hope that what we're seeing today, seeing them going through burying their grandmother, the commonwealth's and nation's grandmother. everyone in the world loved her. i hope that brings them back together for the sake of the queen, for the sake of the monarchy and for the sake of king charles iii. >> bill: thank you for that, darren. he was the former chef to queen

elizabeth ii, princess diana for 15 years. they went through the mall, dana, but they call it the mall and i caught up on that earlier today as i was getting ready for the 38-minute procession. >> dana: this is traditional. >> bill: we were told some of this was supposed to happen in silence. we can still hear the band so we'll see how it plays out. >> dana: beautiful. >> bill: once they reach the hall. the funeral on monday will be something else. to our viewers here in the u.s., if you want to set your alarm early for monday morning it will be worth your time. westminster abbey has a history of some 800, 900 years wrapped inside of it and there is room, i do believe, for a little more than 2,000 dignitaries and guests that will be present. >> dana: the coverage we will have, of course, martha

maccallum and ainsley earhardt and jonathan hunt and alex hogan will be there live that morning. martha, as they start to make their way and almost going to arrive there at the palace of westminster, you know that this was quite precise, right? they wanted to arrive there at 3:00 p.m.? >> i believe that was the goal, to arrive at 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon. so they're leaving at 2:22. all of this timed out very carefully. with an afternoon service, you allow a lot of different parts of the globe to witness this historic procession this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. and it's an important christian time, which may have been significant to queen elizabeth. with regard to the palace where they went across the large area that's a sandy surface, that's where the queen would be in her

red uniform on her horse inspecting the troops there for the trooping of the color -- trooping the color on her birthday every year, which was a highlight of the year and to see her casket go through that area and to sort of remember all the times with her big smile would be there receiving the troops. here you have a beautiful shot of the back of the coffin as it travels across at that spectacular crown on top. i don't know how well you can pick it up. we have gun salutes to hyde park and various areas you hear the cannons going off. this is the historic nearly

1,000-year-old hall that has been the center of trials, king charles i, thomas moore, and many core nations, also winston churchill lied in state. >> dana: big ben just recently repaired and back to chiming. >> the scaffolding was taken down before the jubilee. it was covered up for a long time and great to see the city in such fine form for this enormous, historic moment. >> bill: we just heard churchill's wait was a mile long that was extraordinary. and our guest suggested it might be five times that for the queen. edinburgh in scotland you had 33,000 people file past her

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