becky anderson on the streets of london. o you. >> becky, on the banks of the river thames, full crowds filling the whole space here. not since the times of charles ii have we seen a pageant on the river thames. 350 years. everyone is set. guys? of what does today mean to you? explain it? >> it's good fun. >> why are you all here? >> to come see the queen. >> there we are. in two hours' time special programming from the river pageant, but now we're going to go to candy crowley with state of the union. >>> a recall race fueled by big labor power, tea party passion, and national implications. politics gone wild.

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we want to check in with becky anderson standing by with some very, very proud brits this morning. hi, becky. >> reporter: hello there. just as you speak to us, the band is coming toward uses from my right-hand side. we have buckingham palace behind us. the crowd here really waiting in anticipation for the queen's arrival in 40 minutes time. the mall is absolutely packed as richard was saying. once they open the mall, this crowd will just swarm down to what is buckingham palace behind me. my friend is from bangladesh. are you enjoying yourself? >> i am enjoying here. lifetime opportunity in london. the queen jubilee. >> reporter: did you see the marching band come behind us? >> it's fantastic. amazing actually. the nice music. >> reporter: are you going to pole vault this fence when you know you can? you have to be an acrobat as this will be open when the queen comes in and people push toward the fence. you get the fly by and queen on the balcony. this is what we have here outside buckingham palace as we speak. >> thank you, becky. right behind us as we are speaking, you can see a l

. >> becky anderson is in piccadilly, the mother of all street parties. having fun down there. >> we're at the biggest street party of all. for the first time in its history it is closed for all the right reasons i've been saying over the past couple hour, 2.5 million across the country are celebrating. thousands of them, let me tell you are here on piccadilly for the big lunch street party joined by i know your name is pierre. what are you nose excited about? >> underneath this bevy is what you call it. we're from again rich. enjoying the day. it is a little windier. test. the great artillery. >> ten, vessels from different branches of the royal navy. all not only playing ceremony. you got the royal marines. it was queen victoria at age 78. let's go to zain verjee and she made it it on there. >> i'm in the narrow boat section. if you look all around me these are canal boats and can't deal with the wind. a lot have a v shape. or other boats of motor power. we've been having a situation maybe a little bit like a bumper car situation that have been in one o

let's stay in london right now, richard quest is joining, becky anderson is joining us as well. would you say prince phillip is to queen elizabeth ii? >> i cannot overstate the importance in any shape or form. prince phillip is the backbone, the rock, the queen has admitted on numerous occasions, exactly how significant he is to her. there is no question, he is the master of his own household, he decided what was going to happen with the family. she deferreded to him on those issues. and even if he doesn't see protocol papers and matters of state, when it comes to the relationship between phillip and the queen, he is the only person who can tell her things that she mibl might not want to hear and they have a relationship of brutal honesty. >> becky, how much of a damper does prince phillips' hospitalization put on all of these celebrations? >> well, it's a really good question and one i put to one of my guests this evening on my show who is very, very close to the royal family. he said, look, the queen will go on, the show must go on, she would use that term herself. he would ha

. >> let's bring in becky anderson. icadilly at the street party where they appear to be going absolutely crazy, becky. >> reporter: yes. absolutely crazy too, sort of. this is a complete experience. you see me underneath the umbrellas that are sold in this shop by this young man, the cunning standing here. he has -- who has one of the few individually owned shops on picadilly on this historic day for the first time ever. this is main street, london. that's been closed down for what has been the most tremendous street party. even millie here. hello, millie. even she's got a little something on down there. it's been an extraordinary day. there have been thousands and thousands and thousands of people here. they are still here enjoying the big screens, watching the footage that you have been watching today. it really has been the most extraordinary atmosphere. we've got -- knocking out a big old hog roast. what? are you stopping me? >> we're going to leave you now and go to max foster, who is down behind me in the crowd. i

. >> we go to becky anderson. she's at the mother of all street parties going on. there? >> reporter: that's right. we're at the biggest street party of them all. picadilly. it's the first time in its history it is closed for all the right reasons. over the past couple of hours, 2.5 million people across the country are celebrating. thousands of them, let me tell you, are here on picadilly for the big lunch street party. i'm joined by -- i know you're named pierre. what are you excited about most today, pierre? >> the queen! >> reporter: that sums up the atmosphere we've had down here today. it's been absolutely marvelous. you can see now all of the umbrellas are up. come down here. underneath this bevy of umbrellas, if that's what you call it, a bunch of umbrellas, we have another group of people. where are you from? >> from greenwich. >> greenwich, england, of course, that's what you mean. are you enjoying the day? >> fantastic. it's a really good time. despite the rain. >> the rain is not going to dampen spirits, is it? >> no. >> reporter: no. i don't think he k

becky anderson on the streets of london. max, over to you. >> becky, on the banks of the river thames, full crowds filling the whole space here. not since the times of charles ii have we seen a pageant on the river thames. 350 years. everyone is set. guys? of what does today mean to you? explain it? >> it's good fun. >> why are you all here? >> to come see the queen. >> there we are. in two hours' time special programming from the river pageant, but now we're going to go to candy crowley with state of the union. >>> a recall race fueled by big labor power, tea party passion, and national implications. politics gone wild. >>> today wisconsin is a fall preview. >> they look at wisconsin, and they see america's battleground between people who want to work together to solve problems and penal who want to divide and conquer. >> democratic challenger and milwaukee mayor tom barrett on his bid to oust the republican governor in a recall race. then battleground politics with virginia republican governor bob mcdonald, u.s. jobs and th

becky anderson is live at the bridge right now. ture of the special light show tonight. that is going to be exciting. big crowds expect ed? >> well, i'm not sure that they will be as big as they were for the diamond jubilee, but expect them to come in there hundreds if not thousands to see the light show this evening. that is right. these marking the calendar month, and it is a month to go, and marking the occasion, of course, these olympic rings. each the size of a london bus, let me tell you. they weigh three tons and 25 meters wide. the mayor of london boris johnson today said that they represent the five hoops that london has had to go through in order to ready itself for what they call the most spectacular sporting event ever on the planet, at least that is what they hope, don. they have to get the venues ready and the security ready and the transport and look and feel of the city, and indeed, they have to be ready for the athletes. 10,500 athletes pitching up here in the uk ready for july 27th. they will be coming in over the

let's go to becky anderson live in the crowd behind us. how is it down there?may have been here since last night. they are determined they will have a front row seat for the next couple of hours and it will be fun. pomp and pageantry and parties and picnics. my friend has come up for the day from south london. >> southeast london. >> reporter: that's important when you are in london. what are you looking forward to most? >> i'm looking forward to the carriage and royal family on the balcony. >> reporter: no kisses today you realize? you might like to be up there with one of the princes some day? thank you very much indeed. you have been hanging around for some time. where are you from? >> manchester. >> reporter: what are you looking forward to most? >> seeing the queen. it's been great. the weather has been really, really kind today. excellent day. >> good stuff. and you? >> i'm really glad i'm here. very exciting. >> reporter: everybody getting ready for what's going to be the next couple of hours. a little quiet down here but we'll get this crowd growing as

becky. the ucla anderson forecast is telling us we're going to have to be patient.rough the recovery. the gap between where we are and where we should be is getting larger, not smaller. this closely watched forecast predicts gdp growth this year of 2.2%, which is a little higher than some have, growing to 2.4% next year. it says corporate profits will fall in 2014. unemployment should fall to 7.7% by the end of next year but america's economic problem is the lack of parkfrz development. foreclosures have peaked but $1 trillion in student loan debt could keep potential buyers out of the market, quote, for years to come. housing has not bottomed in california. the state will continue to lag and the high speed rail project will not predict the economic boom the governor predicts. still it sees unemployment coming down, gdp inching up. it's just going to about four times longer to return to normal. >> sthe reason they're saying this is because the inferior education system is part. it's something we were discussing off camera with jack welch. it's a huge problem. if you