>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." reporting tonight from london. tonight queen elizabeth ii's final journey begins after her coffin was driven through the scottish countryside from her summer home at balmoral castle to holyroodhouse palace in edinburgh. tens of thousands of mourners lined the roads to pay their respects to their beloved queen, the longest-serving monarch in british history. the queen's state funeral will take place next monday and will be the first in the united kingdom in more than half a century, when winston churchill was given the honor in 1965. as proclamation events were held

across the kingdom, we were here at buckingham palace when king charles iii arrived and appeared to become emotional as he was greeted by the public. we have a lot of news to get to tonight. and cbs's elizabeth palmer is in edinburgh to start us off. good evening, elizabeth. >> reporter: good evening. president biden confirmed today that he would attend queen elizabeth's funeral. meanwhile, here in scotland the elaborate prelude has begun. the queen's hearse left balmoral, her private country estate, at 10:00 this morning. the coffin draped in the scottish standard flag and bearing a wreath that included white heather and sweet peas, one of her favorites. the procession wound its way through the scottish countryside. well wishers lining the route, on horseback and even in tractors, to say good-bye. ♪ meanwhile, in the scottish

capital, edinburgh, preparations were under way for the proclamation to officially recognize her son as the new king in scotland. >> prince charles phillip arthur george is now by the death of our late sovereign happy of memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord charles iii. god save the king! >> reporter: by late afternoon crowds packed the streets of the capital to pay their respects to elizabeth. the queen's cortege drove through the heart of edinburgh, down the historic royal mile to the royal residence here, her first stop on the long journey back to london. she will spend two nights here among people connected to her as their sovereign and their countrywoman. queen elizabeth was descended from scottish kings. >> i think it's just important

to be here, just important to say good-bye. >> what was so remarkable about her? >> well, she started out at a really young age and she did do a lot of impact. and now that she's like going to be gone it's going to be different. it's never going to be the same again. >> quite speechless, actually. she was a lovely lady. great mother. grandmother and -- she did well. >> reporter: at holyroodhouse three of the queen's children, princess anne and princes andrew and edward, were waiting at the door as their mother arrived for the very last time. tomorrow afternoon the queen's body will be brought to st. giles's cathedral behind me for a religious service and also to allow members of the public to file past the coffin. norah? >> just incredible to witness it all. elizabeth palm ever, thank you much. well, as the nation comes together to mourn the loss of the queen, her grandsons prince william and prince harry have

also come together in a show of unity to honor her memory. here's cbs's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: cheering crowds caught a glimpse of the new monarch waving as he left buckingham palace this afternoon. after days spent finalizing the queen's funeral plans. fears that family divisions might mar her final farewell why alleviated after yesterday's show of unity. the royal princes and their wives in the surprise walkabout at windsor castle. where kate shared how her youngest, louis, had been consoling her. "my little louis is just so sweet," she's overheard saying. "he said mummy, don't worry because she's now with great grandpa." that shoulder to shoulder united front marks a positive step forward for now, says charles's former press secretary julian payne. >> it is a big international institution, but it is also a family. it's called the royal family for a reason. and that's why you see all of

these dynamics at play. >> reporter: whatever the motivation behind that moment, for the public it wasn't just a show of unity in grief for the queen but a show of support for the new king. >> to see them come back together i think is fantastic for the nation. it makes us feel better. >> it was amazing. really lovely. family's got to come together at this time of -- yeah, when they've had such a traumatic experience and lost the queen. it's -- they've got to be together i think. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: coming together and sharing the burden of loss for the good of the family and a nation. now, the prince of wales thought it was an important show of unity at an incredibly difficult time for the family. norah, we'll see if there are any more joint appearances over this period of mourning. >> no doubt people are watching. charlie d'agata, thank you so much. we turn now overseas to ukraine, where president zelenskyy says russian shelling is to blame for a total blackout in major parts of the country. this comes as ukrainian forces

make significant progress in the latest offensive to regain territory previously held by russian troops. cbs's debora patta reports from kyiv. >> reporter: with lightning speed, advancing ukrainian forces are taking back territory in the northeast kharkiv region. the blue and yellow flag raised in towns and villages occupied for more than half a year. victory in kubiansk, a crucial logistics hub for russia. flowers, warm embraces and the words these women have been waiting to hear for over six months. [ speaking non-english ] "everything is going to be okay," says this soldier. it's a humiliating defeat for vladimir putin, with moscow attempting to save face, saying their forces have retreated to reinforce the front line in donetsk. western military aid has given

ukrainians greater confidence, but more artillery is needed to keep this momentum going, says the mayor of occupied melitopol ivan fedorov. >> but it depend how quickly our partners will give us weapons. >> reporter: nobody expects this to be over quickly. just tonight kharkiv city was plun sjd into darkness following strikes on a thermal plant. russia still holds around a fifth of this country, including the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where the external electricity supply was restored today. well, these battlefield successes in the northeast including russia's withdrawal from izium are the most significant since ukraine thwarted their bed to seize the capital at the start of the war. norah? >> very significant. debora patta thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm christina ruffini in washington. thanks for staying with us. queen elizabeth ii was queen of 14 nations including canada and australia. she was also head of the british commonwealth. 54 countries home to 2.4 billion people. that's 1/3 of the earth's population. that passes now to charles iii. he became heir apparent to the throne at just 3 years old. mark phillips reports on the new king and the challenges that lie ahead. >> your majesty. mummy.

>> reporter: the then prince charles at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of his mother's reign. charles may have been a king in training for more than seven decades, but he still divides opinion on what sort of of king he will be. >> i think he'll be a very good king. >> the monarchy is going to be a very hard act to follow. >> reporter: charles comes to the throne laden with baggage, personal and historic. personally, he's an eccentric character, with aristocratic habits and well-known opinions. on modern architecture, for example. he hates it. he's not a fan of modern industrial farming methods either. >> our current approach will lead to a dead end. >> reporter: the queen from another generation and another time mastered the art of royal enigma. >> the queen never gave an interview. the queen never expressed an opinion. he comes with all sorts of baggage. >> the country knows the prince of wales has opinions. he's had them for as long as most of us can remember.

>> reporter: for robert hartman, whose latest book is "queen of our times," charles's opinions have been baked into his persona and are largely vindicated. >> we look back now on his early pronouncements about the environment, about education, that at the time people said well, hang on, this is quite risky stuff. now it's mainstream orthodoxy. >> reporter: whatever his opinions, charles also comes to the throne with history. the history of his ugly break-up with diana and the tragedy which followed. time has passed, and his marriage to camilla and her role as his queen consor are now largely accepted. but while the stigma of the diana story may have faded, it can never be completely erased. especially given the popularity of her son. robert lacey is a royal historian. >> much of the world would much rather have king william v than king charles iii. >> reporter: but the die of

history has been cast. king charles does have one thing going for limb. the country has a pretty good idea what it's getting. mark phillips, cbs news, london. during her 70-year reign queen elizabeth met with every sitting u.s. president except lyndon johnson. rita braver sat down with one of those presidents, who has never forgotten the experience. >> it was wise not to underestimate her. she was i asmart person. she knew what she was doing, and she believed that the life she had devoted to preserving the british monarchy was not a wasted life. >> reporter: former president bill clinton, like almost every other president since dwight eisenhower -- >> thank you very much for coming to us. >> reporter: -- made it a point to see and be seen with queen elizabeth. >> why did american presidents time after time carve out time to do this, to meet with someone who really didn't have any

actual power? >> you do it the first time because it's a show of respect to the country. you do it the second or third time, as i did, either because she wants to do it and invites you or because you got something out of it. and i gained a much keener insight into the whole culture of the country. >> reporter: mr. clinton told us that during their very first meetings at a 1994 british state dinner and a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of d-day he was impressedtions? >> s wanted to know about what was going on in meringue, how we were dealing with the economic travails we'd been through for the last few years. if she hadn't been a member of royalty, i think she might have made it on her own as a distinguished politician or diplomat. >> when you are about to meet with the queen, is there a whole

list of instructions that you get? >> yes. you're supposed to say "your majesty" no matter what. >> and you're not supposed to have physical contact. >> no, no. not unless she invites it. if she sticks her hand out you're supposed to shake her hand. >> reporter: over the years there were some amusing moments. when president ford danced with the queen, the marine band just happened to play "the lady is a tramp." she certainly knew how to get a laugh out of ronald reagan. president george w. bush almost aged the queen by 200 years. >> you helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 -- in 1976. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but the next day she came right back. >> i wondered whether i should start this toast saying when i was here in 1776.

[ laughter ] >> reporter: but while 13 presidents came and went the queen endured. is there something she said to you that you particularly remember? >> there's one thing, but i can't really still -- it's inappropriate to reveal. >> oh, come on. >> let's just say this. if she trusted you not to say what she said, she would occasionally say something to remind you that she was all business. when i said something that i meant to be supportive but she may have thought was a tad patronizing, and the effect of what she said was yes, i quite understand that, that's why i'm doing what i'm doing the way i'm doing it. and i loved it. i just loved it. i thought she was a very special person. >> i think a lot of americans have just almost seen her as a cutout figure. you're saying she wa a heck of a woman. >> she was an amazing woman. when her own marriage had problems, she felt pain.

when her children were troubled, it bothered her as a mother and as the representative of the country in terms of what it would do to the crown. i'm telling you, she knew that her job was to keep the united kingdom united, to keep the united kingdom on track with america. there's something to be said for someone who wants to keep the show on the road. and queen elizabeth did. and by and large she succeeded, often against all the odds.

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>> reporter: where the towers once stood there's a constant flow of sorrow. the names of those lost here line the water's edge. while just below ground, inside the 9/11 memorial and museum, you can look into their eyes. >> i mean, everybody's face has a story behind it. this is betty ong who made the famous call to the ground reporting the hijacking under way. >> reporter: jan sideler ramirez is the museum's chief curator. she's overseen the massive collection of these images, supplied by loved ones who volunteered photos. >> it sets up immediately the diversity of the victims, the magnitude. when people are in the gallery, they will go to the wall and they will find faces that intrigue them. >> reporter: what intrigued grant yera, who works in visitor services helping guests, was this missing photo for albert ogletree. one of two images unaccounted

for. >> he's a great guy. >> reporter: he then made a promise to his friend in security. >> i pointed out the leaf and i said to linda, i said linda, i'm going to get the photo on the wall. >> he did. >> reporter: but little was known about ogletree except he worked in a cafeteria in the north tower. his wife died after the attacks. and he had no known descendants. then on his own time yera found an online tribute from a stepdaughter. he tracked her down on facebook. >> she did write back to me. however, she did not have any photos because he did not like having his photo taken. >> he was camera shy. >> he was. >> people associated with forte foods who were food handlers, they didn't have the backing of an employer like the new york city police department that had all the different ways people are photographed as part of a community or as part of their employment. >> so the trail had run dry. or did it? >> so i turned to ancestry.com, and i was able to find an

address for him living in romulus, michigan. i felt that maybe if i could find where he went to high school that maybe they would have a photo of him. >> this was really a shot in the dark. >> yes, it was. >> reporter: he e-mailed the high school in romulus outside detroit. they didn't have older yearbooks, but city councilwoman and a former teacher kathy abdo who the school called for help knew where to find them. the local historical museum. >> i had an idea of what decade he was in romulus. so i went over and i went through all of the yearbooks in the '60s. so i had to go through page by page. and that's where i found albert ogletree. >> reporter: the image is pixelated. but the camera shai ogletree is finally found. his only known photo, taken around 15 years old. >> this is someone that used to go to my high school. and he's not going to be forgotten now. >> i'd say i probably jumped i

afoot. >> you jumped a foot in the air? >> yeah. it was a true accomplishment for albert, for his memory. >> reporter: to physically hold it and see this sort of tender sweet young face that, you know, the adult life had not etched yet, the really wonderful moment was when the stepdaughter looked at the portrait and she said oh, my gosh, he hasn't changed at all. >> we spoke to albert's stepdaughter and she said he taught me how to ride a bike, he he helped teach me how to tie my shoes. she didn't want to appear on camera, but i can only imagine that this is going to provide her with some kind of >> absolutely. >> reporter: slightmifou albe name.now appearbo h df his lunear. >> when ocus went up, i'm like linda, it's here. >> i was like, wonderful.

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and parents can sometimes go above and beyond to show how proud they are of their children. well, one new jersey mom went over the top when they are daughter recently graduated. meg oliver has that story. >> dr. christine -- [ cheers ] >> reporter: when christine smalls earned her doctorate, her proud mom let it all out. >> yes! whoo! >> oh, i was on cloud nine. >> cloud nine. >> yes. >> reporter: kendra busby was so ecstatic she wanted a big celebration. >> how did you think your mom would celebrate? >> i thought like a party, dinner. >> dinner. >> yeah. something special like that. >> reporter: the single mom of who raised her family in camden, new jersey, often ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in the country. for that reason kendra wanted to

honor the occasion with a bold move. did you ever think this would be your present? >> no. no. but it's amazing. >> reporter: a giant billboard towering over a busy highway featured kristine's smile and an inspiring message. >> what do you want people to know when they drive by here? >> i want them to know that good things come out of camden. >> good things come out of camden. and why is that so important? >> it's so important because it's a lot of negative things that people portray about camden and i want people to know that there are actually good things that are in the community as well. >> reporter: good people like dr. smalls and her mom. meg oliver, cbs news, camden, new jersey. and that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm christina ruffini.

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for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. ♪ we're here in london as the public sees queen elizabeth ii's coffin for the first time. as the long-reigning monarch begins the long journey home. the queen begins a 500-mile journey from her beloved balmoral castle back to london, escorted by her only daughter, a somber princess royal anne. cbs's elizabeth palmer is in edinburgh. united in grief. for the first time in more than two years princes william and harry appeared together with their wives to greet the crowds outside windsor castle. cbs's charlie d'agata has more on the touching reunion. remembering 9/11. 21 years after the worst attack ever on american soil we remember the lives lost.

>> it took a tragedy to unite our country. >> reporter: cbs's jericka duncan is at ground zero in new york. khv regi. cbs's with ukraine's new military advances. ♪ and on this anniversary of 9/11 we look back at the queen's message to america and the tradition she broke to honor the lives lost. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." reporting tonight from london. tonight queen elizabeth ii's final journey begins after her coffin was driven through the scottish countryside from her summer home at balmoral castle to holyroodhouse palace in edinburgh. tens of thousands of mourners lined the roads to pay their respects to their beloved queen, the longest-serving monarch in

british history. the queen's state funeral will take place next monday and will be the first in the united kingdom in more than half a century when winston churchill was given the honor in 1965. as proclamation events were held across the kingdom, we were here at buckingham palace when king charles iii arrived and appeared to become emotional as he was greeted by the public. we have a lot of news to get to tonight. and cbs's elizabeth palmer is in edinburgh to start us off. good evening, elizabeth. >> reporter: good evening. president biden confirmed today that he would attend queen elizabeth's funeral. meanwhile, here in scotland the elaborate prelude has begun. the queen's hearse left balmoral, her private country estate, at 10:00 this morning. the coffin draped in the scottish standard flag and bearing a wreath that included white heather and sweet peas, one of her favorites.

the procession wound its way through the scottish countryside. well wishers lining the route on horseback and even in tractors to say good-bye. ♪ meanwhile, in the scottish capital edinburgh preparations were under way for the proclamation to officially recognize her son as the new king in scotland. >> prince charles phillip arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign happy of memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord, charles iii. god save the king! >> reporter: by late afternoon crowds packed the streets of the capital to pay their respects to elizabeth. the queen's cortege drove through the heart of edinburgh, down the historic royal mile to the royal residence here, her

first stop on the long journey back to london. she will spend two nights here among people connected to her as their sovereign and their countrywoman. queen elizabeth was descended from scottish kings. >> i think it's just important to be here, just important to say good-bye. >> what was so remarkable about her? >> well, she started out at a really young age and she did do a lot of impact and now that she's going to be gone it's going to be different. it's never going to be the same again. >> quite speechless, actually. she was a lovely lady. great mother. grandmother. she did well. >> reporter: at holyroodhouse three of the queen's children, princess anne and princes andrew and edward, were waiting at the door as their mother arrived for the very last time. tomorrow afternoon the queen's body will be brought to st. giles's cathedral behind me for a religious service and also to allow members of the public to

file past the coffin. norah? >> just incredible to witness it all. elizabeth palmer, thank you so much. well, as the nation comes together to mourn the loss of the queen, her grandsons, prince william and prince harry, have also come together in a show of unity to honor her memory. here's cbs's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: cheering crowds caught a glimpse of the new monarch waving as he left buckingham palace this aftern after days spent finalizing the queen's funeral plans.aty divis might mar her final farewell were alleviated after yesterday's show of unity. the royal princes and their wives in the surprise walkabout at windsor castle. where kate shared how her youngest, louis, had been consoling her. "my little louis is just so sweet," she's overheard saying. "he said mummy, don't worry because she's now with great grandpa."

that shoulder to shoulder united front marks a positive step forward for now, says charles's former press secretary, julian payne. >> it is a big international institution, but it is also a family. it's called the royal family for a reason. and that's why you see all of these dynamics at play. >> reporter: whatever the motivation behind that moment, for the public it wasn't just a show of unity in grief for the queen but a show of support for the new king. >> to see them come back together i think it's fantastic for the nation. it makes us feel better. >> it was amazing. really lovely. family's got to come together at this time of -- when they've had such a traumatic experience and lost -- lost the queen. it's -- yeah. they've got to be together, i think. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: coming together and sharing the burden of loss for the good of the family and a nation. >> now, the prince of wales thought it was an important show of unity at an incredibly

difficult time for the family. norah, we'll see if there are any more joint appearances over this period of mourning. >> no doubt people are watching. charlie d'agata, thank you so much. two u.s. military planes loaded with relief aid landed in flood-ravaged pakistan this weekend. historic summer monsoons killed nearly 1400 people, leaving many homeless and destroying the impoverished nation's farmland. a federal investigation is under way into the water crisis in jackson, mississippi. a team from the epa's inspector general's office is there collecting data and interviewing officials in charge of the city's water system. residents have been under a boil water alert for six weeks. the uvalde high school football team was honored today at the houston texans home opener. the nfl team wore uvalde strong decals on their helmets and recently provided the high schoolers with new uniforms as the community heals from the school massacre in may. coming up next, how the queen used television to bring the royal family closer to the people.

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." reporting tonight from london. we spoke earlier with roya nikkhah, royal editor for the "sunday times" and a cbs news royal contributor. and roya nikkhah joins us now. roya, that public appearance by the two brothers, the princes, not by happenstance. >> well, that's right. i know that william reached out to harry. and i think one of the reasons was that those images that we saw on thursday of william arriving with the rest of the family up in balmoral together, harry arriving on his own later, and leaving the next morning by himself, those images have dominated the narrative for the last few days.

the death of the monarch here has become so much focused on that relationship again. and i think the royal family and particularly william was very keen to put a stop to that and put on a proper show of unity during a difficult time. and that's what the two brothers walking together achieved yesterday. >> you know, it's incredible. there's such mourning all throughout the united kingdom. and at the same time you see people celebrating a new monarch. >> it's so quick, isn't it? we have ten days of national mourning here. ten days running up to a state funeral the likes of which we haven't seen since 1952 for a monarch. and then we also have charles out greeting the public, stamping his authority, giving us an insight into what his new reign is going to look like both with his national address, broadcast and coming out here and talking -- pressing the flesh with the people. it is extraordinary to see the new transition, the new monarch moving so quickly. >> it was remarked today that king charles has already been put to work. he had a number of meetings today at buckingham palace and likely has not had much private time to mourn his mother. >> that's a really important point to make. he is a king at work now.

he is seeing dignitaries. he's seeing prime ministers. he's seeing international heads of state who are arriving every day. extraordinary feat for a man at 73 who's grieving his mother privately but so publicly going about the new role of king. >> roya nikkhah, always good to have you. thank you. and back at home the nation marks the 21st anniversary of the september 11th attacks through tears and vows to never forget. at the pentagon president biden paid tribute to the precious lives lost in one of the darkest days in our nation's history. cbs's jericka duncan is in lower manhattan. >> reporter: under cloudy skies and light rain thousands of mourners gathered at the memorial plaza in lower manhattan. they paid tribute to the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives to terror on september 11th, 2001. >> aaron horwitz. >> charles j. houston.

>> reporter: vice president kamala harris joined other leaders to honor the 9/11 victims and their families. like rosa jimenez, who lost her 25-year-old son luis. he died trying to escape the north tower. >> i miss him a lot. today is very hard for me. 9/11 is very hard for me. >> reporter: at the pentagon in arlington, virginia president joe biden laid a wreath to mark the 21st anniversary and vowed that his administration will continue to eliminate terrorists like ayman al zawahiri, who helped plot the 9/11 attacks and was recently killed in a drone e we'll never give up. our commitment to preventing another attack on the united states is without end. >> reporter: in shanksville, pennsylvania first lady jill biden honored the memory of the brave passengers of united flight 93, who fought to regain control of the airline before it could hit our nation's capital. >> when we remember the events of this day 21 years ago,

certain images are seared into our collective memory. yet even as we shared our grief, that moment affected us all. >> reporter: back at ground zero families recounted their profound loss, which is just as strong today as it was more than two decades ago. >> how i feel? like everybody forgot about my brother. like family and friends. and then when i come here and i see all these people i get happy, like this is my real family. >> reporter: throughout the day we have seen a steady stream of visitors, as you can tell here behind me. some of them say they've come here for the very first time, while others i spoke to say they make this a ritual. and norah, i spoke to one firefighter who was here that fateful day who told me the pain doesn't get any easier. norah? >> it is such a beautiful memorial. jericka duncan, thank you so much. we turn now overseas to

zelenskyy says rus sdent is to tr ess inhelave to regain forces territory previously held by russian troops. cbs's debora patta reports from kyiv. >> reporter: with lightning speed, advancing ukrainian forces are taking back territory in the northeast kharkiv region. the blue and yellow flag raised in towns and villages occupied for more than half a year. victory in kubiansk, a crucial logistics hub for russia and liberated, flowers, warm embraces and the words these women have been waiting to hear for over six months. [ speaking non-english ] "everything is going to be okay," says this soldier. it's a humiliating defeat for vladimir putin, with moscow

attempting to save face, saying thei reinforce the front line in donetsk. western military aid has given ukrainians greater confidence, but more artillery is needed to keep this momentum going, says the mayor of occupied melitopol ivan fedorov. >> but it depend how quickly our partners will give us weapons. >> reporter: nobody expects this to be over quickly. just tonight kharkiv city was plunged into darkness following strikes on a thermal plant. russia still holds around a fifth of this country, including the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where the external electricity supply was restored today. while these battlefield successes in the northeast including russia's withdrawal from izium are the most significant since ukraine thwarted their bid to seize the capital at the start of the war. norah? >> very significant. debora patta, thank you. and straight ahead, the

battle against california wildfires gaining ground in the south. while a massive fire explodes in the north. uvalde strong. the nfl's houston texans honor the high school football team in their home opener. and a new royal era. how television helped queen elizabeth bring the monarchy

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remnants of tropical storm kay have helped firefighters gain an upper hand on the destructive fairview fire. but up north the mosquito fire is raging out of control, forcing more people to flee the flames. here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> reporter: this is northern california's mosquito fire. more menacing by the day. with drought conditions here dense woods became acres of kindling. more than 40,000 acres scorched. today's cooler temperatures and higher humidity helped firefighters. but flames still threaten nearly 6,000 homes. 11,000 residents have fled, including larry nye. >> i'm scared to death i'm going to lose everything. >> reporter: east of los angeles firefighters battling the massive fairview fire got help from above. this weekend's rains. flames have blackened 28,000 rs

this one fully contained tomorrow. but in that fire zone a scary moment. a helicopter carrying firefighters lost control. >> it started like spinning and then it just fell down and pieces went everywhere. >> reporter: all three people aboard survived with moderate injuries. that rain helping firefighters was part of a record storm. five inches of rain in some spots. a berm in long beach walked away, dumping flash flood water into homes. >> three inches of water got into our first floor. and i'm just mitigating right now for future. >> reporter: it's been a brutal weather week here. fires, flooding, and heat that almost collapsed the state's power grid. one small mercy, this state's ten-day heat wave just ended. norah? >> mark strassmann, thank you. and still ahead, we'll tell you about the new federal probe you about the new federal probe into the jackson, mississippi g g the pain has taken me away from my family and friends.

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when elizabeth became queen, radio was king, but the television age was dawning. forever changing the relationship between the public and the monarchy. here's cbs's roxana saberi. >> reporter: elizabeth's 1953 coronation was the first to be televised at her insistence. just 27 years old, she ushered in a modern elizabethan age. over 27 million people watched in the united kingdom alone. millions more around the world.

tv's love affair with elizabeth had begun and rarely wavered. throughout her long reign every public moment was captured on camera. at the height of the pandemic the queen used tv to rally her nation. >> we will meet again. >> reporter: while cameras later showed her grieving alone at prince philip's funeral. >> good evening, mr. bond. >> reporter: there were lighter moments as well. like when she stole the show at the opening of the london olympics. >> careful what you wish for. >> reporter: and even a playful challenge with the obamas. >> oh, really. >> reporter: we also caught glimpses of her life's passions beyond the crown. of family, horses and those beloved corgis. and beyond the royal stoicism hints of her irony and dry wit. >> your majesty, mummy. >> reporter: elizabeth, a queen for the tv age. roxana saberi, cbs news, london.

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as the world mourns queen elizabeth ii, we are also marking the 21st anniversary of the deadliest terror attack in american history. we were reminded today of how the late monarch stood in solidarity with the united states. >> she pointedly reminded us, quote, grief is the price we pay for love. >> reporter: president biden today recalling a message queen elizabeth sent 21 years ago, her first outreach to a stunned and

grieving nation. two days later at the changing of the guard at buckingham palace the queen broke with a 600-year-old tradition. ♪ ordering her guards to play the american national anthem before a mournful crowd of thousands including americans who were overseas during the attack and unable to get home. nine years later on what would be her final visit to the united states the queen paid her respects to those lost at ground zero, dedicating a garden to the 67 britons who also lost their lives. and that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for "cbs mornings." and you can follow us anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from london, i'm norah o'donnell.

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for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise presto it's monday, september 12th it's monday, september 12th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." mourning the monarch. there will be a public viewing today as the body of queen elizabeth ii makes a final journey around the uk. we'll have a report from windsor castle. plus, remembering 9/11. the somber ceremonies for the thousands of lives lost 21 years ago. and a russian retreat. ukraine makes some major military advances in its fight for freedom. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the very latest on mourning of queen elizabeth ii. thousands will line up to pay their respects today. you can see the queen's coffin arriving in the capital city of