joining me in the studio as did every reporter alex forrest watching alex prince philip a lifeless ordinary but nevertheless managed to win find his way into the public's heart how did you go about doing that yes rebecca he did and you get the sense of that in that report just with some of the comments about his his wit some of his perhaps not necessarily so. careful with some of the language in the jokes that he made but i think that did win him a lot of operation because he appeared very very human and you have to remember that prince philip was marriage to princess elizabeth they got married when they were very young she was only 27 when she became queen not just of england or of britain but also of the commonwealth and suddenly he had to give everything up he had heard often expect much earlier than expected when her father died he had to give everything up including his role in the royal navy and he had to be by has side consulate a steadfast presence all the time and i think he found that very difficult to begin with and had to learn how to play that role and so he threw himself into

joining me in the studio as did every reporter alex forrest whiting alex prince philip led a life less ordinary but nevertheless managed to win find his way into the public's heart how did he go about doing that yes rebecca he did and you get the sense of that in that report just with some of the comments about his his wit some of his perhaps not necessarily so. careful with some of the language in the jokes that he made but i think that. did win him a lot of operation because he appeared very very human and you have to remember that prince philip was marriage to princess elizabeth they got married when they were very young she was only 27 when she became queen not just of england or of britain but also of the commonwealth and suddenly he had to give everything up he had good often expect much earlier than expected when her father died he had to give everything up including his role in the royal navy and he had to be by has side consulate a steadfast presence all the time and i think he found that very difficult to begin with and had to learn how to play that role and so he threw himse

alex. they're setting the stage for a royal funeral encompassing two families, the royal family and prince philip's military family. what you are seeing with the live pictures are the royal navy, the royal marines, the royal air force, just to name but a few getting into position to line the route as prince philip's coffin will be taken from the state entrance of windsor castle to the west entrance of st. george's chapel behind me there. there will be so many moments and every moment will have meaning. some of those troops that you can see lining up, the royal marines will carry prince philip's coffin into the chapel. the artillery will fire a gun salute with world war i guns, guns that the queen's father put in place for ceremonies just like this. everything was planned by prince philip himself, including the greenland rover that will carry his coffin as his children and grandchildren walk behind for that eight-minute walk to the chapel. we will see moments that will bring out prince philip's sense of humor, when his coffin is lowered into the royal vault the bugler's will play "battle stations."

alex. they're setting the stage for a royal funeral encompassing two families, the royal family and prince philip'snes, the royal air force, just to name but a few getting into position to line the route as prince

alex is off. breaking news this hour. new information on the funeral memorials for prince philip as the commonwealth mourns his death and condolences from all over the world today for queen elizabeth's husband of more than 70 years. just a short time ago a traditional 41-gun salute for the prince. covering the reagan developments for us, msnbc's correspondent kelly cobiella and raf sanchez. palace officials released new information on these funeral arrangements. what have you learned? >>. >> lindsay, that's right. palace officials have just confirmed prince philip's funeral will take place next saturday, april 17 here at windsor castle. those same palace officials confirming prince harry will attend his grandfather's funeral. he is flying in from california and in a week today we will see him standing alongside his father, prince william, his father, prince charles and the queen. for the first sometime since that explosive interview. meghan will not be attending the funeral and she is pregnant with the couple's second child and the doctors have advised her against traveling. prince harry will be at the funeral. meghan will not. we

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alex witt. >>> breaking news this hour from london. moments ago, prince charles speaking out about the passing of his father, prince philip.first time we're hearing from the royal family publicly about the 99-year-old's death. here is that statement in its entirely. >> i particularly wanted to say that my father, i suppose over the last 70 years, has given the most remarkable, devoted service to the queen, to my family and to the country, and also to the whole of the commonwealth, and as you can imagine, my family and i miss my father enormously. he was a much-loved and appreciated figure, and apart from anything else, i can imagine and we are so deeply touched by the number of other people here and elsewhere around the world in the commonwealth who also, i think, share our loss and our sorrow, and my dear papa was a very special person who i think above all else would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things said about him and from that point of view, my family are deeply grateful for all of that. it will sustain us in this particular loss and at this particularly sad time. thank you. >> that is the statem

alex perez, thanks very much. >>> we have a lot more coming up on the life and legacy of prince philip. >>> first to rob marciano reporter: hey, good morning, george. we have a severe weather threat in the southeast today. we want to show you the fires that are burning in the west, this one just north of tucson. the fire in dudleyville. they have 20% contain it, but 12 structures were destroyed with this fire. we have another dicey day ahead as far as the fire danger is concerned with escalating winds and dry air not gistjust across parts of the southwest, but in much of the west and the dakotas, and humidity levels as low as 5%, and any fire that does spark will see rapid rates of growth. time now for a look at your weekend forecast sponsored by amazon. >>> good morning. welcome to friday. we are going to have mostly sunny conditions today and a little bit cooler. in fact, our coolest day moving forward as we have we can warming trend away from the coast, and still searching for any rain in the seven-day forecast. coming up dry. emperors inland, we will have the 70s, low to mid 60s around the bay. look at the m

alex is off. breaking news this hour. new information on the funeral memorials for prince philip as the commonwealth mourns his death and condolenceshe prince. covering the reagan developments for us,

beginning of the ceremonial funeral for prince philip who passed away some eight days ago at the age of 99. we will have live coverage starting at 9:00 a.m. katy tur and alexlace right now on capitol hill. congressman, good morning. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> we do want to start with the whole america-first caucus. what do you make of it? >> well, it sounds like the ku klux caucus to me. are we going to have the pro-hate caucus and the storm trooper caucus? marjorie taylor green are catering to the malcontents of america, people like david duke and others. but the other folks who are kind of probably cheerleading for this are the chinese communist party, vladimir putin, and our adversaries. they love to see this extremist activity and divisive politics. it weakens our country and it distracts us from our collective challenges. >> congressman, one of the biggest issues right now for our country is one we keep gleaning more and more information on, that's the insurrection that happened january 6th. one of the founders of the far-right group, the oath keepers, john shaffer, was the first to plead guilty. what does this tell you about the di

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alex iwobi. saturday's scottish cup match between rangers and celtic has been moved to sunday, as a mark of respect, to avoid a clash with prince philip'sthe leading jockey at this year's cheltenham festival produced that brilliant ride at aintree to become the first woman to win the historic race. she says she's been blown away by the support she's received from some surprising names. there's been a lot of messages. you know, it's been unbelievable. people i haven't spoken to for years from school, you know, people like ringo starr tweeting about it, like, it's, you know, it goes from one end of the spectrum to the other. so, eh, yeah, it'sjust such an iconic race, isuppose, and, you know, it captures everyone's imagination. it has indeed. we will be speaking to trainer venetia williams after half past seven. mark cavendish said he never got tired of winning, after his first victory in over three years. he was considering retirement last season, but he rejoined the deceuninck quick step team and it's paid off. on the right of the screen you can see cavendish winning the second stage of the tour of turkey. and finally, ben stokes first