>> building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. kumasi: a live look at london, where in just minutes queen elizabeth will be at buckingham palace for the last time first or -- for the last time. abc news will have a special report when the queen's coffin leaves for westminster. we will bring that to you live. reggie: san francisco's mayor promising action in the castro following a threat from local business owners. why police are getting involved. kumasi: plus an earthquake

rattles the north bay. reggie: good morning. it is wednesday, september 14. drew: you will find poor weather today. today is the callista day of the week. into the city -- today is the cooleseek. northwest wind reinforcing the cooler than average afternoon. a bit of a chill in the north bay. upper 50's to lower 60's. patchy fog. here is a live look outside. the big take away, it feels like fall. only in the 60's and 70's. let's talk to sue because we have a little bit of a mess at the toll plaza. sue: luckily they just cleared out lanes 12 and dean. an accident had broken the sand barrels so they had it blocked

off -- hopefully that will be dissipating. the crews have cleared out, there are still some residual flares, but obviously folks are seeing the lanes have reopened westbound on the bay bridge. it looks like there may be one lane still closed. we will follow this when we come back. reggie: a four point four magnitude quake struck near santa rosa. many people reported feeling the shaking ramp 6:40. it only lasted a few seconds. less than a minute later a 3.9 otangasks and fir isheecond eahquake in just a few days.

the smaller one hit near piedmont. coming up we will get to experts who talk about whether these quakes could happen more often. kumasi: governor newsom is set aside is somewhat controversial proposal into law. our reporter is live in santa clara county. lena: good morning. this is a plan that would force people off the streets and into the care they need, with court ordered care plans. governor newsom was in the bay area pitching this proposal back in march. now he is ready to sign it after it was just approved by the senate last month. care stands for community assistance, recovery, and empowerment. the state says it gives those on the ground the ability to provide a court ordered care plan. the governor calls it new hope for thousands suffering from

severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders and it is meant to prevent more restrictive conservatorships or incarceration and instead stabilize and support this community. the court ordered care plans will last up to 24 months, each managed by a care team. opponents say it infringes on people's rights. governor newsom is expected to be in santa clara county around 10:45 to sign this into law, surrounded by local leaders, family members, and service providers. reggie: in the south bay, of 144 page report has been released detailing how the san jose has handled complaints against officers. the city's independent police auditor found one third of the officers had at least one complaint filed against them,

which is up 24% compared to 2020. there were 1000 individual complaints, including 100 22 allegations of biased based policing with the auditor found to be unsubstantiated. some residents are not so sure. >> no law enforcement agency should investigate itself. we need independent people looking at these complaints so they can be objectively investigated and reviewed. reggie: the auditor issued 10 policy recommendations. among them, a on guidance and training alongside addressing police retaliation. kumasi: antioch's police chief are calling for changes to the apartments use of force policy. eight antioch police officers are being investigated for possible misconduct. a report revealed one incident included the officers use of his k-9 unit.

that area needs to be evaluated. >> we are conducting a top-down survey of our k-9 department. we will take a closer look at how we deploy our canines with emphasis on mitigating unnecessary harm. kumasi: chief ford and city council members are calling for early interventions to monitor use of force and implement a system to monitor officers cell phone use. they want the entire city council to address the reforms as soon as possible. reggie: according to the chronicle, san francisco mayor is pledging to coordinate city efforts to help with homelessness and addiction in the castro. she says police will be able to step in to ensure people who review shelter do not cause problems. last month the castro merchants association set a letter to officials threatening to stop paying taxes and fees if the city did not take action. during the board of supervisors meeting, she accepts -- he

expressed frustration. she says chapters are not helping if people are refusing to go. kumasi: disco wild fires are burning in placer county. that one has been burning for about a week. the dutch fire temporarily forced evacuations in the partial closure of i-80 before crews could get it under control. calfire says about 80 acres of bird. 80 has reopened. the mosquito fire spread into el dorado county and is prompting new evacuations. thousands of homes are threatened this morning. the mosquito fire has burned more than 50,000 acres. at this point it is 25% contained. you can get an idea of the air quality by using our interactive wildfire tracker. it will show you the latest information on each fire burning in the state and you can find it on our website. reggie: in just a few minutes

queen elizabeth will buckingham palace for the last time. her profit will be transferred through london to westminster where the public will pay their respects. abc news reporter is in london where people have been lining up for more than 24 hours. >> overnight, a homecoming. the hearse carrying queen elizabeth's coffin driving through the gates of buckingham palace. this as the royal family comes together, the king, queen consort camilla, and harry in at the palace as the queen returned to london from scotland where she passed on thursday. the royal regiment of scotland saluting her majesty. the queen's daughter princess anne traveling with her every step of the way, writing in a statement it was an honor and privilege to be doing so. this as the king continued his tour of nations, traveling to

northern ireland before heading to london. >> now with that shining example before me and with god's help, i take up my dude -- my new duties resolved to seek the welfare of all of the inhabitants of northern ireland. >> london now preparing for what could be the largest gathering in british history. members of the public lighting up outside of westminster where the queen will line in-state for four days in the lead up to her funeral. where than 750,000 people expected. >> she has reigned for 70 years, so 24 hours of rain -- she is like the mother and grandmother i've never met and i think she has done a fantastic job. >> the queen will be transferred to westminster in a procession later today. officials are predicting the line to see the queen could last as long as 30 hours. reggie: when the queens coffin leaves buckingham palace we will bring that to you live here.

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drew: today is the coolest day we have a week. it feels like autumn. 60's and 70's under partly cloudy skies. a marine layer searching background the bay shoreline. upper 50's to lower 60's around the bay shoreline. we are attracting a chance of wet weather. we are watching a storm move into the west coast. sunday night we find a cold front crossing the bay area, which will likely bring light rain. we will find tune forecast. it is nice to see wet weather in the forecast this early in our season.

it feels like fall today. we will keep the below average temperatures for the upcoming weekend. a chance for wet weather sunday into early monday. sure: back to the bay bridge tol plaza, we had an accident. all clear. one lane remains closed. slow traffic due to the metering lights turned on at 5:35. traffic has snapped back to the macarthur maze. the east shore freeway has not funneled onto the freeway yet, at least 80 westbound you are still looking at a 35 minute drive om hercules into san francisco. give yourself a little extra time or perhaps take bart. kumasi: we are just a few units away from abc news special report. reggie: peers a live look at london where the queens coffin is about to leave buckingham palace for westminster.

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ask your doctor about myfembree. my life, myfembree. ♪ this is an abc news special report. queen elizabeth ii, the legacy, the life, now reporting, david muir. >> good morning, everyone and we're coming on the air this morning for what will be a truly somber yet majestic moment. t the coffin carrying queen elizabeth ii is leaving buckingham. she will lie in state for four days until her funeral at westminster abbey on monday. it will take 38 minutes to complete the route from buckingham palace to westminster, arriving at about

10:00 a.m. eastern. that's 3:00 p.m. london time. they're five hours ahead, of course. her coffin will journey through central london, it will take in the queen's gardens, the mall, parliament square to the palace of westminster. the streets are filled with mourners this morning as they have been for days now. you're about to see members of the royal family in just a moment here led by king charles. prince william and prince harry will join. during the queen's final journey to buckingham palace, we have all seen the mourners standing in silent reverence, trying to get a glimpse of her coffin passing by. once at westminster hall, the public will begin filing past the queen, paying their respects, of course. mourners have been told they will have to stand for hours, possibly overnight. the line will move around the clock until monday. that's the day of her funeral.

it was less than 24 hours ago we saw the breathtaking images as queen elizabeth made her final return home to buckingham. the king, the queen consort, camilla, prince william and prince harry welcomed the coffin. princess ann with her mother's coffin. she called it an honor and a privilege to take the queen home saying, quote, i was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest mother's life. the last time the public saw the queen at buckingham palace was her platinum jubilee just this past june. we all remember that moment on the balcony celebrating her 70-year reign. victoria murphy back with us this morning at buckingham palace. we can't overstate how powerful

this will be watching the queen leave buckingham palace for the final time. >> that's right, david. we really feel the weight of history this morning, waiting outside of buckingham palace to see the queen's coffin. she will leave for one final time today. th buckingham palace balcony will be in the background there that she has stood on so many times as her coffin is pulled on a carriage by horses for her final journey down the mile. the crowds have been gathering here waiting for hours for as long as it takes to be part of this historic moment. as you know, david, when the coffin was seen last night, there was a spontaneous cheer. but i feel that today we might see a very somber, very quiet moment as that procession makes its way down the mile. there will be no music. there will just be the sound of gun salutes from hyde park. >> and those gun salutes, one

for each minute of this procession, this journey to westminster. >> that's right. and the people who are at westminster will also hear the sound of big ben tolling on the minute as well. but i think that perhaps we shall wait and see, but there will be silence in the streets. i think we're reminded here today of the symbolism of the queen's many roles, her role as head of state, her role as head of the armed forces, reflected in this military spectacle of pomp and pageantry. and her role as well as head of the nation. she brought us together in so many times of joy and sorry. she was a figurehead for us all and we gather here today to honor her one final time. >> head of nation for 70 years. when you talk about that role as head of family, i can't help but remember the images that we

first saw last night, last evening when we saw william and kate, of course now prince and princess of wales, and then prince harry and duchess meghan arriving at the palace. the images of king charles through the window, harry and meghan right behind him. a very personal time for the family. you have to remember as they help the commonwealth, the united kingdom move forward, that this is also a family mourning the loss of the woman, the queen, who held them all together all these years. >> you're absolutely right. and i think it's been very difficult, actually, to see some of those images of members of the royal family this week normally so stoic, particularly princess ann. so no nonsense, looking absolutely devastated in some of the pictures we've seen. they had a private moment with the coffin last night. we saw pictures of them arriving at the palace, but we didn't see any images of them inside the palace when the queen's coffin arrived. now today a very public moment for them.

this is what they are straddling at this time, they are mourning the loss of a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother, but they also understand that they have public roles to play, just as the queen did her whole life. they'll be keen to do her proud. >> see the royal standard flying above the palace signaling that king charles is there. he became king the moment the world lost queen elizabeth ii. ian pannell also outside the palace. not only is this a farewell, but this is history being made today, the last person -- last dignitary who lay in state was the queen mother back in 2002. >> yeah, that's right, david. london, britain hasn't seen a scene like this for 70 years when the queen's father, king george vi was married. it sounds to me like it's beginning.

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cushion and a wreath of flowers. we have taken note of those flowers every step of the way. many of them are from balmoral. symbolic of the queen's love for nature. that crown carries a lot of history. she wore it often. after the coronation on her trip from westminster to the palace. >> it does indeed. it's a very powerful symbol of the british monarchy there, part of the crown jewels which are kept in the tower of london when they are not in use. this is a crown that we do see in use. as you say, the queen wore it at the end of her coronation when she left westminster abbey. it's not the crown the sovereign is crowned with. this is the won that is worn afterwards and it is worn at the state opening of parliament, something we have seen the queen

do so many times throughout her reign. so a real sense of history but also a familiarity with that crown that we see on top of her coffin now. >> and more powerful than even the crown, those images of the family walking behind, king charles, obviously, his sons, prince william, now the prince of wales, prince harry as well. and robert also watching with us this morning, our royal contributor. impossible to overstate the significance of the family behind the coffin, in particular, william and harry, given so much attention on them, this solidarity for their grandmother. >> i think it's been very important that that solidarity has been shown by william and harry.

this is the final time as they leave buckingham palace and make this route -- that this is the last time they're handing over the private time that they've had with the queen and she now becomes public property. this is when they're handing her over to be queen of the nation and all of those people will be able to file past her coffin at westminster hall. so it must be a very poignant moment for the king and all of his family. you see them there marching. harry and the duke of york are not in military uniform when they are actually the only two amongst all of those guys in uniform that actually served on the front line. but they're wearing their campaign medals and they're doing the right thing by the king. >> i know for many here in the united states watching, robert, can't help but to think of william and harry as young boys

following behind their mother and we know now in looking back at history it was the queen who privately for many days comforted her grandchildren and now to watch them as grown men following behind the queen, the grandmother they love so much. >> it was the queen that really did put that arm around them when they were in balmoral when they heard the news of heads. but those memories of them walking behind the coffin of the late princess still with us now. harry has talked recently that it haunted him for many, many years. they were boys then, all those years ago, 25 years ago. but they're very much men now. william, 40 years old, harry approaching 40. and i's absolutely right that they're marching behind their commander in chief and their grandmother and the queen of the country.

>> victoria, you can hear the bells toll as well. it must be quite moving to be there in person, silence along this route with the exception of the bells tolling on this procession. >> it is very moving, david, to be standing here watching that coffin come past and as we anticipated, the crowds unlike last night where they cheered, cotry ha,ountrynce and a realilt has spp men o quiet reflection. i saw someone from the crowd throwing a single rose out towards the you can see people just looking at one another, sort of in disbelief that we are now taking in this truly historic moment which i think has personal resonance for so many as well.

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princess of wales, and we should note that king charles -- and you have seen this in some of this imagery this morning -- walking besides his siblings. and one sibling in particular, princess ann who doesn't get a lot of attention, but is known as one of the hardest working royals, she has been with her mother on this final journey from scotland, then flying to london and now this finally 38-minute journey to westminster. i just wanted to share with you this line, this statement that she released. again, it was rare for the princess to put something out public in this way. she said of all of the people along the journey -- there you see her -- we may have been reminded how much of her presence and contribution to our national identity we took for granted. and she said i am so grateful for the support and understanding offered by my dear

brother charles as he now accepts the added ince andrew, prince edward arch. there as well. harry next to his brother, william and their 'ccousin ther as well. it sends a powerful image. a and, victoria, i would gather -- you can see people wiping their tears as the queen comes by. i would gather that if there wasn't an appreciation for princess anne before, certainly the respect for her and her role in this final journey for her mother has really set an example for the united kingdom. >> absolutely. she's been an absolutely shining star over the past few days. as you said, david, never left her mother's side.

she issued a statement yesterday where she told us that she had been with her mother in the last 24 hours of her life and since then we have seen her travel down from balmoral, follow her mother's coffin on a six-hour journey to edinburgh, and then fly from scotland to england, and then follow her here to buckingham palace. she is such a stalwart of the firm. one of the hardest-working royals that ovften does not get the attention that other working royals do. and this has felt like her moment to shine and people have recognized and acknowledged and appreciated her role. ♪

♪ >> big ben is being tolled one minute intervals here as the coffin moves to westminster. and, robert, to watch king charles behind his mother's coffin, it's impossible to know, again, as he takes on this new role as he has for several days now, he also balances that with the loss of his mother. >> yeah, i think the king has really risen this role. obviously he's not only leading the nation in mourning, but he's leading a family in mourning. we know when the loss of anybody happens, it's a traumatic moment. he's having to deal with all of

that, supported by the queen, camilla, who has been a great help to him at this time. he has a great team around him guiding him through this difficult time in terms of the constitutional responsibilities that he has to face. but i do think the family have rallied around the king and it's great to see that the prince of wales, william, and catherine have helped get that image of a united royal family put out around the world by having harry and meghan go on a joint walkabout. that was an important image earlier. and now this combined image of the two brothers along with the queen's eldest grandson, princess ald behind him, the king, in this moment. ♪>>nd the queenonsort,

camilla, traveling to westminster by will and duchess meghan as well. but her role in being beside the king in this time, there have been those moments, the camera always rolling. we have seen the king. it's a lot to balance the mourning of a mother with being the new leader and the new head of a nation. but you can see in small ways and in some more significant ways the role she will play and is already playing and it was the queen's wish in those final months that the united kingdom welcomed the queen consort in this new role. >> it absolutely was. and the queen knew how important and how crucial camilla would be

to charles' reign and how important it was to him that when he became king, she was alongside him as queen and had all of the titles that went -- that go withyhen she marked 70 years on the throne, queen elizabeth paved way to ensure that it was onein chars. she will be a huge support to him. her role has been growing gradually. she's been increasingly accepted by the public here. when queen elizabeth announced she would be called queen consort, there was no backlash. many have embraced her. we see now the key role she's playing alongside charles.

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♪ ♪ >> you can hear during the procession the band of the scots guards performing a number of different marches. the funeral march number one there at the beginning. the bands, the marching bands along with the sound of the minute guns and big ben. i gather other than that, silence along the route as you can see here. families have gathered 15, 20 people deep to bid farewell to the queen. >> yes, i mean, we've seen over the last few days, people coming

t inro buckingham esct palace, but the park which is adjacent to it. a sea of bouquets have been laid down there. every single day, we've seen people coming to london, almost making a final pilgrimage. the messages i've been struck by the most, how personal people's connection with the queen is. some very personal messages, a lot of praise, wishing her well sa saying you'll now be reunited with our husband, prince philip. it's the personal connection that accounts for them being here. as the coffin passed and the rest of the members of the party, there was a ripple of applause that rattled through the crowd entirely spontaneous. i think people are left almost not knowing what to do once this

has happened. it also shows the country has moved on. it's less formal than it used to be and we saw that when king charles came out to greet the cowd, the people were cheering and people were clapping, crying out "god save the king." britons can be very, very dry. but as we saw with the death of diana, there are moments like this where britons will show their emotions. i think it brings back a lot of feelings from people about a lot of moments from their life that we don't normally express. this is one of those moments, a care coming together as a nation, a unity spirit of purpose and a sense of grief and loss. ♪ >> king charles there, princess

anne, princes andrew and edward. welco william and harry next to each other. the queen's cousin, margaret's son, they're just behind prince harry and prince william there. and, of course, princess anne's also part of this procession. ian pannell talking about the mood of the nation largely silent. but spontaneous applause along the route. people unsure of what to do and understandable. those who welcomed king charles at buckingham palace for the first time, singing "god save the queen" and then breaking intosavehe king."

it was moving overnight when the queen returned to buckingham palace. spontaneous applause and cheers for their queen. look at the faces there. i think that says it all. people holding their phones and wiping their tears on this journey. ♪ >> it's a stark difference from 70 years ago. so much was made of when elizabeth became queen, the coronation. some 20 million people watched it on television which was an extraordinary number at the time given that not every household had a television. that people would gather at homes of their friends and family to watch together the queen's coronation. juxtapose that with the image you saw, the crowd holding their

phone, recording and documenting this moment of history themselves. reminder of the societal changes, obviously not just technology, but political change, societal change, economic challenge, war. all of the milestones and hurdles that the queen helped to carry the people through. as we're looking at the sons, william and harry, there have been a couple of those moments where the camera has been trained simply on prince harry. and harry so often through this years talked about his relationship with his grandmother. not just as a grandmother to him but aohe nation. he also talked about her as his

commander in chief. >> yes. i mean, this is a woman who was not only the head of state, she had many roles. she was the grandmother of the nation and the military was a huge part of -- is a huge part of british public life. and we're seeing it on full display today as they pay tribute to -- one of the members of the household cavalry said, this is the last thing he's able to do for the queen and the first thing he's able to do for the king. the relationship between the military and the monarchy is absolute. and on days like these, it's really able to bring the entire nation together. as i stand talking to you now, i'm on the side of -- on the banks of the river. many people around me aren't able to go to the procession.

they chose to stand in line to be able to go and see her majesty in state, lying in state. you have to make choices on days like these because london is just so busy. everyone is crowded around mobile phones trying to get a view of what's happening. that's the sense of community that the queen fostered. >> a sense of community in london and across the united kingdom and bidding farewell to the queen. we saw just moments ago, amy robach, the queen consort camilla and kate, now princess of wales, a title not used since diana, leaving the palace. we also know duchess meghan, part of the convoy of cars now making their way over westminster. extraordinarily powerful to see the queen consort and the princess of wales making their way to westminster. >> it certainly is. david, as we hear the cannons

firing, it's remarkable to think about all of the people who have come out from the beginning in balmoral, winding through the scottish country roads to pay respects to the queen and then through the streets of edinburgh. i have to say, we actually flew towards london almost coinciding with the queen's coffin and it was remarkable to be in edinburgh airport when her coffin arrived. it was being transported out by the royal air force on a big cargo jet, a c-17. there was a two-minute moment of silence in a very busy airport. everyone stopped what they were doing. we're hearing it's pretty remarkable when you think about the interest, not just in this nation, but around the world, just to be a part of history. and to watch and witness this all unfold, their flight tracking website, 6 million people tuned in one minute after that c-17 plane took off from edinburgh airport to head here to london just to track the

queen's coffin, to track that flight into london and then to see this incredible pomp and ceremony and to see the unity of the royal family, that's not something we have seen in recent years. it is remarkable and heartwarming to all of these people who have been watching and lining the streets and waiting overnight in the rain and that famous london weather to witness not only the queen's coffin passing, but to witness this royal family come together as a family and show that familial spirit that has been missing. this is really a unifying moment as well as a somber one. >> and there we see the images of the queen consort and princess kate and the rest of the caravan heading towards westminster now. amy, thank you. tj holmes, we know queen elizabeth ii will lie in state for four days until monday which is the day of her funeral.

robin and i will be there with all of you as we record and carry the funeral for our viewers back here in the united st states, and the people of london had been told it could be many, many hours in line to pay their respects to the queen. >> they're told, david, it could be 30. and for many of the people we talked to here, they will tell you she gave us a lifetime of service. i can give her a few hours in line to pay respects for just a few seconds. and you've been talking about juxtapositions and heard ian talking about emotions. the juxtapositions jump out to me now because yesterday -- it rained all day here. all day in london when she came back and made that final journey. we heard that quiet applause, that spontaneous applause that broke out.

today, quiet, solemn, somber, but it's an absolutely beautiful day in london. david, we're sitting on the same set that was set up for us just a few months ago. behind us was buckingham palace, the queen was stepping out on that balcony, and ian was talking about brits don't like to show their emotion. that was the extreme. it was exciting. and here we are now, behind us, westminster abbey, that same woman who was on that balcony, her funeral is going to take place and just a totally different britain right now. and so we've seen the extremes here and experienced it in a lot of ways, david, and those things stand out to me. and princess anne's statement saying we maybe took for granted what she meant to us and talking -- i spoke to you about it last night, that 18-year-old young lady, she said, the queen didn't mean anything to me until i started seeing these tributes

and she admitted that she took for granted until this moment what this queen meant to her. >> tj holmes there in westminster. thank you. it's not lost on any of us that the queen approved what we're seeing unfold today. she was an integral part in the planning and in how the uk and really the world would bid farewell, and i -- you know, what she would have made of this image of her son, now the king, the rest of her family, her daughter princess anne, her other sons, princess andrew and edward. what she would have made of her grandsons, william and harry, behind that coffin in solidarity for their grandmother. >> she would have been proud of the king and all of her family today, and rightly so. i think they've performed

immaculately. in the back of that procession, there's a cousin. he's there marching in uniform. the duke of kent, her other cousin is not well enough to do so. but i do find it very deeply moving that we're watching these images of history unfold before us and the fact thestep element the funeral from the moment she knew everything about this. every single step she would have signed off on. i find that amazing. she could envision through her study exactly what we're all seeing around the world today. and to me, that just shows you what an incredible person she was, that she's going out with such style as a queen should go out. >> she has been a healing force,

victoria, of over 70 years as we hear big ben in the background. a healing force for the nation, the entire united kingdom, obviously, during times of great difficulty and the world watching the relationship between the family which has been strained in recent times and perhaps there's hope here that she'll help heal in this moment as well as they move forward. >> yes, this is a family who is very much united in their grief. we know that there have been challenges in the family that have been played out very publicly on the world stage in the last few years of the queen's life. but what we have seen in the past few days is them really put their differenceso her. 'v sn william and harry today standing side by side walking behind her coffin, a very powerful symbol of the display of unity.

she was the one person that none of them had a bad word to say about. they were all in awe of her. they adored her as a mother and a grandmother and a great-grandmother and they had huge amounts of respect for her. and they want more than anything right now for that to be the focus of these next few days. >> victoria, thank you. walking past white hall. the route taken by the queen and her family following behind has taken them to the queen's gardens, of course, the mall, along the route, parliament square, eventually making their way to westminster. and as ian described a short time ago, you saw there in that image of people along the route spontaneously applauding.

despite the somber tone and the heaviness of this moment, it's almost impossible for many of them to hide their emotions, their love for their queen, which obviously has come out through applause even through the tears. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ >> as robert and i were talking moments ago about the queen's plans, how every part of this journey was crafted in part and certainly approved of by the

queen. we were talking to james a moment ago, and i want to bring james back in, because he's standing in the crowds of people who are lined up already and have been, many of them overnight, for a chance to honor the queen as she lay in state for four days until her funeral once she arrives at westminster. it will be quite powerful to watch. and i know they are predicting historic crowds, perhaps the largest crowd ever to honor a sovereign. >> yes, this is frankly, david, the biggest event in british history. it must be. it's an absolutely huge undertaking for so many people to ascend on the capital to be a part of this moment. they believe 400,000 people are going to want to view the queen as she lies in state at the palace of westminster which is just over the river where i am

now, westminster hall, 1,000-year-old hall where she wll lie in state. these people i'm standing here with now, they're toward the front of the queue. many of them have been here overnight trying to get a head start on what will be -- what has already been for them a very long wait. what they've tried to do is foster a sense of community along the way. and so the line has actually been divided up as it goes down the river. it's going to last possibly for something like 30 hours for those who are joining at the end, some 3 miles down this river. all along the way there are stewards, there are faith stewards, people here are, yes, waiting in line for an event, but they're also in mourning. i've been watching -- very moved to watch a group behind me here sharing one phone among a group. they don't know each other. with tears in their eyes, they're watching this happen. they feel like this is a moment where they're going to see a family member lying in state.

it's not just the leader of the nation, not just the monarch, not just the queen, but someone who they feel very, very personally connected to. many of the people who are lining up here are actually in mourning clothes. for them, this is an incredibly somber moment and we've heard time and time again, i don't mind waiting 10, 12, 15, maybe 30 hours. she was our queen for 70 years. >> really appreciate that, james. robert, it's extraordinary when you think about the history of this moment. we know the queen mot of thousa paid their respects as she lie in state. but queen elizabeth ii will be the first sovereign since her father in 70 years to be at westminster. these are extraordinarily rare moments that the uk, the people

of britain witness. and they're about to witness it again. >> it is history unfolding before our eyes. we can see these wonderful color images here now, but this is exactly what we would have been seeing at king george vi's funeral all those years ago. and the emotion then was about a man who led a nation through a war. the emotion know i think is a woman who led us through peace. but somebody who really did command total respect around the world, somebody who was on the throne when stalin was still leader of the soviet union. she's met so many presidents from truman onward. she's been in all of our lives for so long. it's a moment not just for rlo ain to mourn, but for the

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