♪ tonight, the making of a king. ♪ in an ancient ceremony with a modern twist, charles iii is formally proclaimed sovereign. >> charles iii, king. >> i am deeply aware of this great inheritance. >> this centuries old tradition broadcast live for the first time. the proclamation ringing across the realm. i'm roxanna sa barry outside buckingham palace, where crowds keep gathering to pay their respects to the late queen and the new king. >> at windsor castle, brothers unite with their wives, honoring their grandmother and queen.

also tonight, royal change. symbols of elizabeth. what stays and what goes. in ukraine, russia retreats after a stunning advance of ukrainian troops. plus, weather whiplash in the west. >> i'm ben tracey in southern cal, where firefighters are getting help from a rare september storm. and later, majestic monarch and good sport, the other side of her majesty. >> i'm elizabeth palmer in edinburgh on the charm that lent magic to queen elizabeth's reign. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. buckingham palace made it official today. queen elizabeth's funeral will be held monday, september 19th at westminster abbey in london.

this is the scene today outside balmoral castle in scott lands, where the queen died thursday. tomorrow her coffin will be taken to holyroodhouse. princess william and harry greeting crowds outside windsor castle. they were joined by their wives, kate, now the princess of wales, and meghan, the duchess of sussex. formally naming charles as king. cbs leads us off outside buckingham palace. roxanna, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. charles automatically became the new monarch when the queen died two days ago, but his role was officially announced across the country today. in a solemn ceremony steeped in

centuries of tradition, king charles iii was officially declared the united kingdom's new monarch. before a dcouncil of advisers, the king pledged to carry on his late mother's legacy. >> i am deeply aware of this great inheritance and the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty, which have now passed to me. >> when queen elizabeth was proclaimed monarch seven decades ago -- >> god save the queen. >> reporter: -- some of the formalities were filmed. >> to the high and mighty princess, elizabeth -- >> reporter: on saturday for the frst time -- >> the crown of the united kingdom and great britain and northern ireland -- >> reporter: -- the entire broadcast was live on tv. but it was also read out to the public at st. james palace. >> public and proclaim that

prince charles phillip arthur george -- >> reporter: and in the ancient center of london. >> become our only rightful liege lord charles iii. >> reporter: the way people used to learn the identity of their new sovereign. the proclamation of charles as king will continue in other corners of the united kingdom and will be declared against in northern ireland, wales, and scotland on sunday. it's already echoing in the other 14 commonwealth realms, including canada, where charles is king. >> by the grace of god and the united kingdom, canada and his other realms and territories, king. >> reporter: the 73-year-old is britain's longest serving heir to the throne, and most brits know only his mother as monarch. >> are there certain issues you hope the king will focus on? >> i guess equality is one of the biggest things that's happening at the moment, making sure everyone feels welcome in

england. >> but londoners point out king charles has had a lifetime to prepare. >> he knows this country really well. he's really savvy. everything is going to be great. >> king charles is expected to travel to edinburgh on monday. he'll join a procession carrying the queen's coffin where it will lie in rest for 24 hours before being flown here to london on tuesday. adriana. >> roxanna at buckingham palace, thank you. we go now to windsor castle just outside london. that's where princess william and harry and their wives were seen together for the first time in more than two years. cbs' ray asense yo is there. >> a stunned silence gave way to cheers after prince william and prince harry walked out the gate of windsor side by side with their wives kate middleton, the new princess of wales, and meghan markle, duchess of sussex.

reunited after their royal rift in recent years. this is a surprise. prince william and harry here together putting aside their differences. they are two brothers united again in grief. >> it doesn't mean the canyon between the brothers is healed. >> these brothers are professionals. they know they have a job to do. and at the moment, the job they want to do is honor their mother. >> the fracture widened after harry and meghan's interview with oprah, alleging this family discussion about their son. >> concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. >> what? >> he responded that his family is not racist. more controversy could come in a memoir harry is writing. still, the new king charles issued. >> my love for harry and meghan,

as they continue to build their lives overseas. >> and it's understood william, the new prince of wales, invited the sussex's to join them in a show of unity. >> what more could you want, being king and his two sons united. >> thank you so much. >> and this was likely what queen elizabeth would have wanted too. cbs news, windsor. >> we'll have more from britain later in the broadcast. but to california now where the state is going from one weather extreme to another, including a historic heat wave. now residents along the southern coast are cleaning up after being hit by remnants of tropical storm kay. cbs' ben tracy is in los angeles. bn, good evening. >> adriana, good evening, from a cloudy and much cooler southern california, this is welcomed relief from folks here after a

scorching heat wave and a rare storm that dropped much needed rain. it's weather whiplash on the west coast, from raging wildfires to storms. tropical storm force winds kicked up rough surf and downed trees. >> this is all too much at once. >> hurricane kay pummelled mexico's baja peninsula but turned out to be friend rather than foe. it dropped several inch of rare september rain on southern california, giving firefighters battling a deadly blaze east of los angeles the upper hand. but massive fires in northern california and oregon are still burning. the explosive mosquito fire north of sacramento is now the largest in the state, sending a plume of smoke and ash 40,000 feet in the air and forcing more evacuations. >> terrified because everything i have is my home. i'm retired, disabled.

everything i ever worked for is up there, everything. >> reporter: california's historic and seemingly endless heat wave is finally coming to an end, after smashing records and straining the state's electrical grid. many areas endured ten days of 100-plus-degree heat. this is all happening as climate change is making the american west hotter and dryer. now, scientists say that climate change doesn't necessarily cause a heat wave to happen, but it can make them longer and more intense. adriana? >> ben tracy, thank you. now to the latest on a judge's ruling that a special master review the documents seized from former president trump's mar-a-lago home last month. cbs' christina rah feenny is at our washington bureau where there is news on new january 6th subpoenas. christina, what information are they seeking from these individuals? >> good evening, adriana. it's not yet clear how many subpoenas were issued. investigators want to know about

the trump team's fundraising between the election and january 6th and how that money was used. to be clear, this investigation is separate from the inquiry into trump's handling of documents and that fbi search of his mar-a-lago property. >> and there were also several filings in that case last week. can you bring us up to speed? >> yeah, the judge in that case, aileen cannon, who is a trump appointee, has agreed to have a neutral third party, or special master, go over the evidence seized from that fbi search and decide, among other things, if executive privilege applies to any of the documents. but trump's legal team and the justice department haven't yet agreed on who that special master should be. they've each put forward their own candidates. they're also at odds about owho should pay for their services and what authority that person should have. in a filing last night, the doj argued the special master, quote, should not review the documents with classification markings and should not adjudicate claims of executive privilege. the judge also ordered the fbi to stop reviewing the documents

from that search until that special master can be appointed, essentially freezing that part of the investigation. but she said the documents can be used to evaluate whether there was a compromise of national security. so, in essence, the judge is saying there is a concern about a breach of national security, but she's hitting the pause on the efforts to find out how that breach occurred. keep in mind the fbi has already logged the evidence it seized from that search, so they know what they have. the issue now is what investigators can do with it. >> all right. christi christina ruffini, thanks so much. video posts on social media shows residents in newly liberated towns greeting ukrainian soldiers. president zelenskyy says more than 600 square mile of territory has been reclaims over the last ten days. it's the biggest gain from ukrainian forces since april. straight ahead on the cbs weekend new, september 11th families bring attention to a possible plea deal with gitmo

detainees.

quezen elizabeth's legacy quite literally sewn in. the change will have a ripple effect from the crown to the currency to mailing a letter. >> what does this change signify? >> we've seen language. we've seen traditions. we've seen rituals that haven't been enacted in seven decades. and that is actually an incredible impact on the nation's psyche. >> the last time a new monarch

graced a british coin was in 1953, then featured on a bank note in 1960. today, her face is on more than 4.7 billion british bank notes and 29 billion coins. millions have carried eight decades of her life in portraits in their wallets. >> historians protect new coins and notes will begin circulates by 2023 in some commonwealth nations. >> this is the coin of the realm, so it's important to make sure that you have a symbolic recognition of the fact that you have a new head of state. >> until then, those in the commonwealth will have britain's new national anthem. ♪ "god save the king." elise preston, cbs news, new york. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, it's one of the biggest criminal cases in american history. but our plea deals in the works for plotters behind 9/11?

sunday marks 21 years since the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on u.s. soil. now some family members and victims are protesting possible plea deals for some of those charged in the attacks. here's cbs' katherine herridge. >> he was living his dream. >> reporter: pilot charles was more than a war hero to his family, who affectionately called him chick. >> he was really our touch stone, and he still is. >> reporter: days before the anniversary, his sister, an advocate for the 9/11 families, showed us his name among those etched in bronze surrounding the two memorial pools in new york city. on 9/11, al quaeda terrorists took over american airlines flight 77, slamming it into the pentagon. debra's grief has turned to anger with confirmation a potential plea deal is under

discussion for the five 9/11 defendants. >> i was outraged. >> reporter: defense attorneys told cbs news military prosecutors may be willing to take the death penalty off the table. and in return, the 9/11 defendants would plead guilty to the worst terrorist attack on u.s. soil. >> do other families feel the same way? >> the families are outraged. and they don't want closure. they want justice. >> reporter: but another group, 9/11 families for peaceful tomorrows, believes a plea deal could deliver some measure of judicial finality. >> all five defendants and the government are all engaged in good faith negotiations with the idea of bringing this trial, which has become a forever trial, to an end. >> nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11. is it right to take the death penalty off the table? >> the united states government failed all of us after september 11th in their decisions to use illegal techniques and illegal

programs. >> reporter: a spokesman for the military trials did not address our questions about the 9/11 case but confirmed the parties are currently engaged in preliminary plea negotiations. >> i will not have closure, as long as there is any possibility for some future president to commute their sentences or trade them away. >> charles chick burlinggame was laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. >> i do believe forgiveness is more powerful than love. but it's earned. they never will have that. >> cbs news, washington. next on the cbs weekend news, it's that time of year. corn stalks are tall enough for the biggest corn maze in the world. why it might take a secret agent to get through this labyrinth.

today, about 1,200 members of the united auto workers union went on strike at the stellantis

plant. the facility makes dodge vehicles. while the eyes of the world were on the royals, a tribute to another british icon opened today in america's corn belt. what's billed as the world's largest corn maze near chicago is dedicated to james bond this year, the 60th anniversary of the first 007 film. and just like bond films, there is plenty of mystery. ten mile of disorienting pathways and few ways to escape. queen elizabeth's passion for horses is well documented. and today one of the horses bred by the late monarch won today's second race in baltimore. it was his fourth win in 19 career starts. when we return, from slapstick to dry wit, a look

back at the majesty and sharp wit of queen elizabeth.

finally tonight, queen elizabeth is being remembered for her stoic and steadfast leadership style in an ever changing world. and while she's known for displaying her sense of duty, her majesty's sense of humor wasn't far behind. here's cbs' elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: she was at once the uk's majestic sovereign, and its accessible monarch. on the job, sh meeting and greeting her people with the perfect blend of reserve and warmth. >> and it was that indenominatorbility, that humor, that work ethic, that sense of history, which together made her elizabeth the great. >> take her insistence on cutting the cake at a g7 summit with a sword. >> there's a knife. >> i know there is.

>> she down right enjoyed the absurdity. >> queen elizabeth never gave an interview, but she showed what she was made of. heart, stoic dignity, on display in 2012, as cold rain drenched her diamond jubilee celebrations. but equally playful, as she was in this video, made for her platinum jubilee, with the beloved paddington bear. >> perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich. i always keep one for emergencies. >> so do i. i keep mine in here. >> sas when justin trudeau announced he was the 12th canadian prime minister of her reign. >> thank you, mr. prime minister of canada, for making me feel so old. >> good evening. >> and no one in the uk will forget her star turn in the london 2012 olympic games video

when she teamed up with james bond and apparently jumped out of a helicopter into the olympic stadium. at a concert in toronto the night she died, sir elton john said it all. >> she led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments. i'm glad she's at peace and i'm glad she's at rest, and she deserves it. she's worked bloody hard. >> a multifaceted monarch, queen elizabeth achieved near impossible for such a public figure. in all those decades on the throne, she rarely ever put a foot wrong. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, edinburgh. >> there will be more on the life and legacy of queen elizabeth on cbs sunday morning. also on sunday, norah o'donnell in london anchors a special edition of the cbs evening news. for now, i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night.

>> live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5 news. > >> now at 6:00, the heat moves out as the smoke moves in. raging wildfires are affecting r quality. > >> plus, i am totally aware that it happened in a different way. way. >> first time homeowners getting getting a fresh start. > >> members of the largest homeless encampment scramble to pack up their homes and figure out what is next. > >> lived from the cbs studios ie san francisco studios, liforn facing dangerous wildfires burning up and down the west coast. one of them, the the mosquito fire, 34,000 acres have burned. there is no contai. no containment. crews are

fighting fire and high winds which is spreading the fire east deep into el dorado county. >> a lot of canyons. those caused the fire to come right up right up and you have the alignment with the wind. >> firefighters are bracing for another night of high and dry conditions. > >> smoke making for the hazy conditions today. a parent tells tells us she is worried about her kids playing outside. >> they are young kids. i don't want them to inhale smoke. many parents are mindful if there iso much smoke during a game where they are outside playing. >> experts say as long as the smoke stays up high, not to worry. >> a lot of the smoke is blowing blowing into the bay area, but t of it is actually aloft. what we what were telling people is stay stay diligent.