♪ right now on "america this morning," the end of an era. teinn,ereadehi tribute to queenr >> i'm just gutted. absolutely gutted for our country. >> a great mother, a great grandmother. i just can't believe it. >> a changing of the guard for the first time since harry truman was president of the united states. >> the passing of a woman described as the backbone of britain, who famously said, giant leaps begin with small steps, now giving way to a new beginning, the reign of charles iii. >> this morning, the commemoration set to begin in london, charles to address the nation, plans for final good-byes and what comes next for the british people and the american people and their bond long described as the special relationship.

we look back, and we look ahead right now on this special edition of "america this morning: queen elizabeth, the legacy, the life." good friday morning, everyone. we begin with the royal succession under way in britain as the world mourns the death of queen elizabeth at age 96. >> people in the uk are waking up to a new monarch for the first time in 70 years. a crowd has been gathering at buckingham palace paying tribute to the queen and her life of service. and a live picture this morning outside of balmoral castle in scotland where the queen passed away yesterday. most of the immediate royal family still at balmoral this morning. we've seen all kinds of reactions, some people visiting the gates have been silent. others visibly shaken. >> the queen's son is now king charles iii. he's returning to london from scotland today to observe ten days of mourning and begin a series of events of years in the making. abc's patrick reevell begins our coverage from london. patrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrew and rhiannon.

the uk is waking up to a world without queen elizabeth. her death has set off a cascade of proceedings and rituals as britain marks the ending of one era and the beginning of another. this morning, king charles is preparing to address the united kingdom. his first public speech to his subjects since the death of his mother, queen elizabeth. the king expected to return to london today as the country goes into mourning, so far issuing a short statement calling this a moment of greatest sadness, the bells at windsor castle and st. paul's cathedral to toll around noon today then a 96-gun salute at hyde park, one for each year of the queen's life and an elaborate plan called "operation london bridge," charles expected to be formally proclaimed king charles iii at st. james' palace within 24 hours. his wife camilla will acquire the title queen consort. >> the thoughts and prayers of all of us will be with her majesty the queen.

>> reporter: all parliamentary activity will be suspended for ten days for a period of mourning. ♪ god save the queen ♪ >> reporter: crowds have been gathering outside buckingham palace since the royal family announced the queen's death at 6:30 last night. >> shocked. i can't believe it. i'm gutted, absolutely gutted. >> reporter: the announcement as is tradition posted on this modest placard on the gates saying, the queen passed away peacefully at balmoral castle in scotland. there a steady stream of cars carrying members of the royal family including princes william and harry, each without their wives. after the queen's coffin travels to london, her body will lie in state at westminster hall for three days, allowing the public to pay their respects around the clock. the state funeral will then take place ten days after her death at westminster abbey. >> quite shocking really. you kind of always knew it was

coming, but when it happens, you are sad. >> reporter: queen elizabeth was last seen in public tuesday swearing in her new prime minister, liz truss. reacting yesterday, truss hailed the queen as the rock of modern britain. >> our country has grown and flourished under her reign. britain is the great country it is today because of her. >> reporter: the queen's death is still sinking in for people here. she was such a constant in british culture. king charles is now expected to address the nation later today in a prerecorded message, andrew, rhiannon. >> and, patrick, we know that obviously the immediate future is about mourning the queen and celebrating her life as well, eventually for the funeral. but looking ahead, what do we know about the plans for charles' coronation? >> reporter: i think any coronation for king charles is many months out still, as you say, the focus is still very much on remembering queen elizabeth who we do expect within the next 24 hours king charles to be proclaimed formally as king. >> all right, patrick, thank you, live from london this morning. and here are some of the front pages that got our

attention. "the daily mail" saying, our hearts are broken. "the daily mirror" simply saying, thank you, and "the daily telegraph" quoting the queen herself saying, grief is the price we pay for love. let's turn now to reaction from washington, and abc's jay o'brien is there. jay, good morning. >> reporter: rhiannon, good morning. president biden and the first lady visited the british embassy here in washington paying their respects, flags across the capitol have been lowered to half staff in honor of the queen. president biden saying she defined an era and was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and signed a condolence book at the embassy. his message there reading in part, the american people mourn today with people throughout the united kingdom. the queen led with enduring strength devoting her whole life to serving her people. the president then spoke at an event last night. >> before i begin, i want to say a few words about queen elizabeth. i just stopped by the british embassy to sign the condolence book in her honor.

i had the opportunity to meet her before she passed, and she was an incredibly gracious and decent woman, and the thoughts and prayers of the american people are with the people of the united kingdom and the commonwealth in their grief. >> reporter: americans young and old have been visiting the british embassy here in washington leaving their own messages and flowers. one man saying, the world will miss the queen's resilience. another person calling her, a true public servant. now, as for the queen's state funeral in london, the white house has issued no official word yet on the president's travel plans. rhiannon. >> thank you, jay. today the focus turns to king charles iii. he has a giant task before him, now forced to step out of his mother's shadow. this morning, the man the world has known as the prince of wales since 1969 ascends to the throne after a lifetime of preparation charles was the first heir to attend school rather than having private tutors.

he said he was bullied and once told barbara walters he struggled in certain subjects. >> oh, yes. i failed my maths exam three times. i finally got it on the fourth attempt. >> reporter: he would soon become known as a playboy prince. >> they tried to kind of create him as kind of a james bond figure. he was referred to as action man, i think, in the '60s as he like flew planes or flew helicopters or rode in jeeps or whatever he was doing. >> reporter: at 31 he proposed to his uncle's granddaughter. she turned him down, then he met camilla shand when she was already married. finally he found a perfect match in lady diana spencer, the younger sister of an acquaintance. >> i remember thinking what a very jolly and amusing and attractive 16-year-old she was and great fun and fancy and full of life and everything. ♪ >> reporter: in 1981 charles married diana before a tv audience of 750 million people. iam anrry. have two sons,

imount of ppes r: but thearriage began to crumble. their foreign trips became portraits of an unhappy relationship. >> she was in touch with her feelings. if she was mad at her spouse, there were going to be indications of that in the photographs, and there were. >> reporter: unable to stay away from each other, charles and camilla began an affair. diana would also later admit to infidelity, but observers say it was charles who became alienated after divorcing a beloved princess. >> the funeral procession is on the south side of the park. >> reporter: diana's sudden death just one year after their divorce, charles became a single parent. it took years for many in britain to forgive charles for his affair with camilla who became his wife. the public mood eventually softened for charles with moments like this playing weatherman on the bbc. >> the potential for a few flurries over balmoral -- who the hell wrote this script -- as the afternoon goes on. >> reporter: and the queen's jubilee in june, charles winning

the crowd over with a deeply personal tribute to his mummy. >> your majesty, mummy. [ cheers ] we think of all you have done to make the commonwealth such an important force for good. you continue to make history. >> reporter: with charles now king, prince william is next in line to the throne. he's expected to become the prince of wales soon. his wife kate is expected to become princess of wales. the title long associated with william's mother diana. we'll have much more coverage ahead including a look back at queen elizabeth's life of service and her role in pop culture on both sides of the pond. that's coming up. but right now let's get a check of your friday forecast. a wildfire southeast of los angeles has now burned more than 42 square miles, and despite erratic winds, officials expect it to be fully contained by monday. they could get some help from hurricane kay.

the storm's approach has already triggered flood watches in southern california, arizona and nevada. heavy rain is expected across that region by tonight. and checking today's high temperatures, the rockies are cooling off. some areas will see 30 degrees cooler than yesterday. 80s from the great lakes to the northeast. coming up, the other headlines of the morning including a shooting in uvalde, texas, last night. and later, what we can all learn from queen elizabeth. her strength, her endurance and her legacy. coming

we're back with a shooting near the scene of may's school massacre in uvalde, texas. the shots rang out last night about one mile from robb elementary school. two people were wounded, and

four suspects including a minor were taken into custody. police believe it was gang related. a judge has denied bail for a las vegas politician charged with murdering a local reporter. prosecutors say robert telles stabbed jeff german seven times because he was angry about his reporting on alleged corruption. they say telles tried to cover up the crime by wearing a disguise and leaving his cell phone at home. the justice department is planning to appeal a judge's ruling concerning classified documents seized at former president trump's mar-a-lago home. prosecutors say the decision to appoint a so-called special master to review the documents and to bar the justice department from accessing the material would cause irreparable harm and delay its criminal investigation. trump's lawyers have until monday to respond to the motion. and former trump adviser steve bannon has pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges in new york. prosecutors accuse bannon, who arrived in court in handcuffs, of defrauding donors who gave money to a border wall fund-raising effort. he's back in court next month. new video shows a frantic

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back now with the empire state building lit up overnight. you see in purple in tribute to queen elizabeth. and look at this remarkable image. a rainbow over buckingham palace just before the announcement that the queen had passed. a double rainbow in fact if you look closely. we want to look at the queen's remarkable 70 years on the throne from truman to trump and biden from world war ii to the war in ukraine. >> 80% of the british people have never known another monarch.

she's on their coins, passports and stamps. our david muir looks back at the ups and downs through the decades and the queen who stood tall through it all. >> reporter: she was a beacon of stability. her strength, her steady hand, deeply devoted to her role as queen for more than 70 years. queen elizabeth ii, her life defined by duty and resilience. and this is what she said in 1947, still princess elizabeth at just 21 years old. >> i declare before you all that 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. >> reporter: her reign spanning seven popes, 14 u.s. presidents, 15 prime ministers. born in 1926 as a little girl she couldn't pronounce her own name, calling herself lilibet. >> princess elizabeth. >> reporter: she was a princess who never expected to rule.

but when her uncle, king edward viii gave up the throne to marry a divorced american it was his brother, princess elizabeth's father who became king charles george vi. at 10, elizabeth was suddenly first in line to the throne. in a radio address during the war still a princess, speaking directly to the country. >> in the end all will be well, for god will care for us and give us victory and peace. ♪ >> taking a driving course at a training center is princess elizabeth. she has been learning to drive and maintain all types of motor vehicles. >> reporter: she was volunteer during world war ii as a driver and mechanic. and after the war, she would marry naval lieutenant philip mountbatten, the world would know him as prince philip. >> i take thee philip. >> for my wedded husband. >> for my wedded husband. >> reporter: their wedding november 20th, 1947, she was 21. he was 26. in 1952 the young couple was on

a royal trip to kenya, they climbed up into a tree house where they would spend the night and when she came down the next morning, she was queen. her father had died and it was prince philip who told his young wife she was now the queen. >> the lord clothe you with the robe of righteousness. >> reporter: her coronation was the first ever televised and was watched around the world. reigning over 52 commonwealth countries, covering one-third of the world's population while raising her four children too. >> she set an incredible example to me to others to follow her leadership, her duty, her sacrifice. >> reporter: she was a constant on the world stage. the most traveled monarch in history, nearly 300 state visits. she would entertain u.s. presidents, dancing with gerald ford. riding horses with ronald reagan. watching a ball game with george h.w. bush, having high tea with the clintons, attending state dinners alongside prince philip with president obama and former

first lady michelle obama. the state dinner with former president trump. a master of diplomacy she would navigate the monarchy through moments of joy, of sadness and through great challenges too. the family moments on the world stage. the wedding of prince charles and diana. later their divorce and diana's death. it was the queen who consoled. >> what i say to you now as your queen and as a grandmother, i say from my heart, first i want to pay tribute to diana myself. she was an exceptional and gifted human being. >> reporter: in recent years guiding her people through the covid-19 pandemic. >> we should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. we will be with our friends again. we will be with our families again. we will meet again. >> reporter: after 73 years of

husband prince philip. that searing image, the queen during covid seated alone during his service wearing a mask. she is survived by her four children, eight grandchildren, a dozen great grandchildren. we remember what she said. >> it's worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change. >> our thanks there to david. you want to talk about a lasting legacy, she reigned for 15 prime ministers, starting with winston churchill all the way up to liz truss a few days ago, by the way, liz truss was born 101 years after winston churchill. >> the world feels a little emptier. as you mentioned in the intro 80% of britons don't know a world without her so we're all mourning with our friends in the uk. >> then it will be time for king. >> king charles iii. >> more news ahead. >> more news ahead. stay with us. ever wonder what everyone's doing on their phones?

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the clean -- queen. the country morning queen elizabeth, what we just learned about her final moments. kumasi: another hot day. the state issuing a flex day for the 10th day in a row. >> a shocking crime in the middle of the street, a local mother brutally attacked and killed. kumasi:kumasi: a fire near lake is continuing to explode in size. the thousands of buildings now in the path of destruction. good morning. >> we made it to the end of the week. we are starting with spencer christian for a look at the forecast on this friday. spencer: i am happy to be the bearer of encouraging news. starting much cooler than earlier in the week. this is an indication of what is to come later today.