joining us live from buckingham palace is nbc's keir simmons, and katty kay, an msnbc contributor. keir, let me start with you. what do we know at this hour about the queen's condition? >> reporter: jose, the last update from buckingham palace was around an hour ago. it was that statement that people are concerned by because that statement itself saying doctors are concerned for her majesty's health. it is highly unusual for buckingham palace to make a statement like that. i have seen again and again questions to buckingham palace about the queen's health. beyond with, we never comment on that. with a statement like that, that has people worried, of course. the second part is members of her family are on their way to balmoral or at balmoral to see her. just to go through that list for you. the prince of wales and county duchess of cornwall, prince william, the prince royal, princess ann, edward and sophie, prince andrew, duke of york, and the duke and duchess of sussex harry and meghan are all either at balmoral or on their way there. presumably to be beside her. i was going to say

keir simmons from london for us. keir, we thank you >>> now to the other breaking news today. stunning retreat by russia, from a key region in ukraine today, as ukrainian forces take back territory. the surprise move marks one of the biggest setbacks for russia since vladimir putin launched the invasion in february megan fitzgerald has the late details from ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, ukraine is on the offensive and quickly gaining ground, reclaiming the largest swath of russian-controlled territory since april, when forces pushed the russians out of the outskirts of kyiv. president zelenskyy saying that ukraine has liberated at least 30 settlements and reclaimed nearly a thousand square miles of land around kharkiv, the country's second largest city, including taking back the town of isum, a strategically important railway hub that was seized by russian forces in the spring after a week-long battle the russians acknowledging they're pulling troops from kharkiv, but saying it's only to redeploy them to the east the united states praising ukraine's advancement. >> we see suc

it's where we start tonight with keir simmons. >> reporter: and, lester, right behind me here in frontbuckingham palace, king charles stepped out of his car and stepped into history he walked across to greet those who are now his subjects the unmistakable message, he hopes to be a king for the people king charles, tonight his title still so new and unfamiliar, greeted by thousands today. some chanting god save the king >> god save the king >> reporter: one trying for a kiss. already devoted to duty in public amid deep, private grief. then for the first time in 70 years a new british monarch walking into buckingham palace and recording his first message to his nation. >> wherever you may live, whatever may be your background or beliefs, i shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love as i have throughout my life >> reporter: if those words sound familiar they mirror vows his mother made, including in her first televised address. >> i can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations. >> reporter: king charles to

in line for hours to pay their respects that line now has a wait that is nearly 14 hours long keir simmonss covering it all for us tonight. >> reporter: into the somber hall they emerged in silence taking each step in unison, william and harry with six cousins side by side the quiet interrupted by the tap-tap of sword on stone and they took their places eight heirs to a thousand years of history never in that millenia have a monarch's grandchildren held a vigil like this. both william and harry in uniform, all bowing their heads, their emotion unmistakable princesses eugenie and beatrice writing today, our dearest grannie, we've not been able to put much into words since you left us all. you were our matriarch, our guide, our loving hand on our backs leading us through this world throughout the day, world leaders came to pay their respects prime ministers from canada and australia japan's emperor and empress, and president biden and dr. jill biden who touched down just moments ago back in westminster the people keep coming the five-mile line visible in satellite pictures, more than a dozen

prime minister truss, agreeing to tackled shared challenges like supporting ukraine lester. >> keir simmons in london thank you. >>> in 60 seconds how quick thinking may have saved a liechlt we hear from an anchor at a nbc station who appeared have a stroke on air the warning signs you should know about next . >>> a massive cement juul agreed to may nearly $440 million to resolve an investigation into allegations the e-cigarette maker marketed products to children they did not acknowledge any wrongdoing with the settlement. >>> also we are glad to report one of our colleagues from the nbc affiliate in tulsa says she is doing well after suffering stroke-like symptoms on live tv tom costello now on the warning signs her co-workers spotted right away >> to tulsa our -- the tulsa air response space museum is hosting a launch today. >> reporter: the first signs of trouble came during kjrh tulsa's saturday morning newscast. >> at the -- at the event. the event features live -- >> reporter: anchor julie chin suddenly struggled to read the words on the teleprompter. >> sorry something is going on w

>> keir simmons for us tonight. keir, our thanks to you. and we will have much more later from the uk. but for now, back to kate in new york. kate? >> tom, it was of course a somber say for many back here in the u.s. as well. today marks 21 years since the terror attacks on the united states on 9/11. rehema ellis has more on the memorial today. >> reporter: on this day of remembrance, somber moments of silence. [ bell tolling ] emotional tributes at ground zero have become tradition. >> maria, i don't know when this weight in my chest is going to go away. but it's going to be there, i guess, until they lay me down beside you. >> uncle jimmy, i am so proud to be named after you. you are my hero. >> one thing i'm sure, i was there from day one looking for you from the first hour i received the phone call. thanks to you for loving me. >> vice president harris joined families remembering those lost in the terrorist attacks when two planes struck the twin towers at the world trade center in new york city on 9/11. >> we'll never forget. >> at the

>> keir simmons, thank you.om llamas has been on the ground for us in edinburgh the last few days. and tom, you walked the royal mile today. >> reporter: lester, that's right. the scene down there was remarkable because of the size of the crowd. it was double if not triple what we experienced when the queen's hearse first pulled into edinburgh on sunday. but tonight that solemn procession uphill through the medieval street with the king and the queen's children marching along through a sea of people, so many, onlookers were pouring over staircases on some corners. but the impact of queen elizabeth's reign, it hit us afterwards, lester. it's what many didn't see. the line nine hours see the queen's casket up close. i spoke to several people in the crowd, some who said they wanted to witness history, but so many others saying the queen earned that devotion with her 70 years on the throne. two female veterans told me they were waiting all that time to personally salute the coffin. and tonight, lester, this is a liv

back to keir simmons right now.noepted the prime minister referred to king charles and king charles iii. we'll be learning new titles in the next day or two. >> reporter: yes, we are. charles has the right to decide whether hess called king charles. the prime minister describing him as king charles iii suggests that he is going to be and is now king charles iii. this is what it is to watch history happen, isn't i. today the crown passes and at the same time paying tribute to the late queen. she had this personal experience of this, talking about the queen's determination to see her and appoint her prime minister just days before her death. that will be a key moment in the queen's biography, won't it, in the fact that she was so determined to carry out her constitutional duties right up until end. no wonder prime minister truss said that the queen has been a personal inspiration to me. and she also touched on some of the aspects that we have been talking about that have been so quintessentially the queen and to this

let's bring in senior international spopt keir simmons. he's live in london.ter: these pictures from northern ireland are somewhat extraordinary honestly. those live pitures of the new king arriving at the cathedral for a community service. a community service are words carefully chosen because of the history in northern ireland, the violent history between ireland and the british. we talk about bloody sunday. we talk about the fact that king charles' uncle died in a bomb on a boat there in 1972. and then we think a little bit about that moment when the queen herself met with martin mcginnis and shook his hand. all of those things are part of the history of what we're now looking at. those cheering crowds, pretty extraordinary scenes, some people shouting "god save the king." others will not feel that way and won't be part of those crowds, but still, goodness me, it does seem to reflect northern ireland has come a long way. the king there not just as a king, but also for people to pay their respects to the queen, the late queen. i'm looking down because i want

we have this story covered for you tonight and we want to begin with nbc's keir simmons live from buckingham palace. keir? >> reporter: ari, tonight there are crowds outside buckingham palace much as there were crowds outside this same palace just a few months ago when the queen celebrated her jubilee, her 70 years on the throne. anyone who has been here to london on vacation will know exactly where i am. the world famous mile to my right. the statue of queen victoria, the last perhaps great monarch. now we will say queen elizabeth ii was the last great monarch. think about this, ari, when queen elizabeth was born -- >> with apologies, keir, i'll come back to you. we're going to listen to the president. we are looking at what is live footage of president biden as he leaves the british embassy. we got some notation he was going to speak. i want to bring keir simmons back. i would say apologize. you know what these news nights are like. please continue. >> reporter: yeah, this is history happening, ari. both presidents and world leaders and ordinary folks out there on the streets behind me. an

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. >>> joining us from london is senior international correspondent keir simmons. morning, keir. here, what is this going to look like, how this gets announced, and what is the chatter as to who is going to win? >> reporter: as you say, we expect the announcement in around an hour's time. the two candidates likely to found out about ten minutes beforehand. it'll happen in this westminster conference center. jonathan, it's a little like a primary. it is the person, not the party, that is changing. it is a little like a primary there, except for the general election already decided. to put it another way, it is like president biden resigns but kamala harris doesn't immediately become president. the democratic party gets to have a primary to decide who the next president will be. that is the british system. then tomorrow, there will be a constitutional moment, unprecedented in the reign of queen elizabeth ii. the prime minister and then the new prime minister will go all the way to scotland, not to buckingham palace just a few streets from here, because of the health challenges the

the crowds cheering for queen elizabeth ii a monarch for the ages for "the news," i'm keir simmons. >nd wilfred frost is with us tonight from buckingham palace now a sky news anchor and cnbc contributor. wilf, describe for us if youwill can what the emotions are like for the people there >> well, one of deep sadness, of course, shep, but, at the same time, immense gratitude. i would potentially add as well a little bit less surprised than maybe we might have expected a day we all hoped and wished would never arrive, but probably deep down knew may have been approaching in recent weeks and months i think it's impossible though to overstate, shep, the sense of a constant unifying and and months. it is impossible to overstate, shep, reassuring support that he majority queen elizabeth ii has provided to the nation over the last 70 years. 70 years of immense change from popular culture to politics and she's risen above it all remained that neutral head of state that we can look up to as we do here in the united kingdom. the fact that the person we now the united kingdom. the fact look up t

joining me now from buckingham palace is nbc news senior international correspondent, keir simmons. keir, operation london bridge -- >> yeah. >> -- has been in the making since the '60s. >> yeah. >> meticulously prepared and updated over the years. queen elizabeth herself took part in planning some of this. >> yes. >> just lay out what we're going to start to see in the coming days. >> well, i think it's the continuity that london bridge is about. it's about saying, the queen is dead, long live the king. the monarch can never die. this is the end, of course, of king charles' first full day as king, there in buckingham palace behind me. so what we're going to see is more of that continuity, but i think also, and what we saw that in the king's speech today, elements of change. just gentle elements of change. so tomorrow, for example, his ascension service at st. james' palace just a short distance from here. now, that is steeped in history. but at the same time, we are going to have william and kate there, who have just been made prince and princess of wales. princess of wales, a title

for now, let's bring in keir simmons. keir, this has been quite an address.ing to annex these four new places after those so-called sham referendums. but also accusing the united states of blowing up the nord stream pipeline and other outlandish claims on what the west has been up to and what ukraine has been up to. >> reporter: those four areas, are the areas in the eastern part of ukraine annexed now. that's the news, that they have now been an necked by russia. there is some bureaucratic loopholes to go through as far as the russians are concerned. obviously, none of this will be accepted by the international community after those votes in those areas that are widely discredited outside of those areas and outside of russia. then we have this fiery speech from president putin, people things would recognize, attacking the west, insisting that ukraine is part of russia and you could argue in some ways going further accusing the west of wanting to colonize russia just as critics of president putin accuse him of effectively trying to kind of reheat a colonial r

we'll begin our coverage with keir simmons also here at buckingham palace. good morning. >> good morning to you. this is a water shed moment, a defining moment, and both very public and very private moment for the man who we must now call king charles. who we just saw as you mentioned just a few moments ago. you have to pinch yourself, don't you, that this is really happening. that king charles is walking into buckingham palace for the first time. and how me you be feeling, grieving his mother and showing his public face to so many of us, savannah. charles must be experiencing this, too. there have been these moments where you're getting on with your life, you're distracted. and then suddenly you stop and it hits you again almost as if it did yesterday. the queen is dead. >> britain woke this morning without the queen of 70 years. the beginning of a new era. charles and camilla traveling to dlon this morning and paying tribute to buckingham palace. this is the last public picture of her at the home where she died, her beloved balmoral castle in scotland. the

we want to turn to keir simmons here with me in london with more on today's history in the making thate to witness. it was pretty incredible. >> that's right, savannah what you and i have been watching this morning is the weaving together of the british constitution, royalty, religion, military and most important perhaps the people out on the streets of london behind me there. and never before have people been taken inside the walls of st. james' palace, to see the ceremony, a king ascending to the throne. tradition and change. what we've been watching is history happening, savannah. this morning, an ancient ceremony, the official proclamation, king charles fulfilling his destiny. and ushering in change. this is called the accession council and this is the first time it's been televised. alongside charles, camilla and william. >> i shall strive to follow the inspiring example i have been set in upholding constitutional government and to seek the peace, harmony, and prosperity of the peoples of these islands. >> reporter: king charles, that title still sounds so new and unfamiliar. then

. >> nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons joins us from downing street.er. what kind of leader is she and what's she walking into on day one? >> reporter: joe, the kind of leader she's going to be is a leader in an election campaign. she said she's expecting a general election. she was chosen by her party. it's the person, not the party that has changed with this change of prime minister. it's like a primary. i think she herself is now going to be preparing for a general election in around two years' time. that has to happen. she doesn't have very long. i think just listening to what jay is talking about the worries in ukraine, joe, i think that will be a worry for european countries, possibly for the biden administration. what you're likely to see is a british government focussed on the economic headwinds she talked about before she walked into 10 downing street behind me, that is focussed on trying to support british businesses that are very fearful of the rise in prices because of energy prices this winter. she's going to want to win the next election

nbc's a senior international correspondent, keir simmons, is on downing street in london.ght. it will be a dramatic day of political events and peasant pageantry here tomorrow. you can expect prime minister boris johnson, when most folks watching will be asleep around 8:30 here in the morning here in london, will come out to number 10 dime downing street behind me. he will then head to scotland but this is unprecedented in the reign of queen elizabeth the second. she will go there because of her continuing illness. there at balmoral, in scotland, where he will hand over power, and liz truss, the new prime minister elect, if you like, will take the mantle from the cream, there in scotland, and fly back down here around 2:00 in the afternoon, 9:00 a.m. east coast time, she will make a speech here in downing street. when british politics happens, jose, it happens pretty quickly. we heard from liz truss today saying that she wants to act quickly as soon as she is in power, painting herself as a reagan style tax cut, free to choose leader. she also faces some huge challenges he

joining us now keir simmons, what are we learning about plans for the funeral and other events?e it is to westminster hall. if we pan that way, that is the route that charles and william and harry will walk on monday behind her coffin as they make their way from that hall where she is lying in state to the abbey, a solemn procession, a procession we have seen before for the queen mother and indeed for the queen's father in the last century. so it is a well troden route if you like and william and diana know it well after walking it for princess diana. as you mentioned, the queen's children will hold a vigil here. tomorrow the included. and harry will be able to wear his military uniform at that vigil. many people will welcome that. and then those crowds, crowds astonishing crowds, 14 hours, 5 miles. they've had to pause those lines because there are too many people there at capacity, jose. so many people wanted to come and pay their respects. >> keir simmons in london, thank you so much. >>> and coming up, my colleague andrea mitchell will talk with gordon brown today at noon ea

with us is nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella and keir simmons. kelly? >> reporter: that's right. today the viewings of her majesty's coffin have stopped. there were people waiting in line right up until the end. they stopped people from joining the line a couple hours ago trying to ensure those waiting for so long would be able to get inside the cathedral and pay their final respects. in the next hour to two, we'll see preparations start to get underway to move the queen's coffin to london. and this will be another round of sort of ceremonial events. the royal company of archers honor guard, the company that protects the monarch, they have been standing vigil around her coffin. they will perform a salute. there will be a small prayer. and then her coffin will be loaded into that herself that we saw during the procession yesterday when she was moved from the ka heat dral. she will be taken to the airport. we expect that she will be boarded on to a c-17 royal air force. she will be flown to london, an hour-long flight and accompanying her will be her own

joining me right now from downing street is nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons.russ as prime minister compared to her predecessor? >> well, i think you can expect her to arrive here on downing street with a plan that she will quickly try to implement. she will know and does know that first impressions last and that britain is facing a very, very difficult winter after a long good-bye during the summer from boris johnson. it is ironic, isn't it, that liz truss is a member of the conservative party that has been in power as a member of a decade but she will walk into downing street here and try to claim that she is the wind of change. whether she will persuade the british people of that is one of the biggest questions. you laid it out there, all of the challenges she faces, i just had another one for example, difficult relations with the biden administration and boris johnson. i think one of her priorities will be to try to fix those. but the biden administration look with deep concern at brexit and this trust was she argued against brexit, was very much a supporte

joining us with the latest, keir simmons. ent at "newsweek" and co-host of the royal report podcast and daisy mcandrew. keir, what you have watched for and what you have seen in at the last hour and what will we see in the next snowshower. >> in the next hour? >> we're watching leaders of british politics arrive by the north door. not the door behind me. slightly over to my right. the side entrance, if you like. of course, the great west door which is the entrance that the royal family and the queen's casket will make -- she will be carried in across the time of the unknown soldier for this service under the towering arching of westminster abbey. it goes back 1,000 years in royal history. and throughout the streets behind me, soldiers, sailors, aviators, members of the british military will carry out funeral pomp and ceremony as the bells of big ben ring and guns fire. as she enters the abbey, the boll will toll for 96 years for 96 years of her life. all of that will be watched by hundreds of millions, perhaps billions around

keir simmons, nbc news. >> we thank keir simmons for all his incredible reporting today.reaking news coverage. joining us, peter spiegel, former london news editor of the financial times. also joining us, emily nash. rick stengel is still with us. let me start with all of you. i mean, the news some people have been taking this in all day long. now that the news is settling in, peter, what are your thoughts? >> well, i mean, in your piece, i think the most shocking thing that, frankly, in the news room, the words being uttered, king charles iii. i think a lot of people are beginning to think forward now as opposed to looking backwards, because we've been preparing for the queen to pass on for some time now, and obviously someone in their 90s who we've known in failing health in recent weeks, that isn't a surprise. i think having lived in london for many years, i think we'll be surprised at some of the outpouring of emotion we'll see from the british on this one. 70 years, you have almost all the united kingdom who has lived through her reign, and i think a lot of brits the

everything in its time >> as you say there will be time for that keir simmons starting us off outside in london keir, thanks so much as keir mentioned the queen's coffin headed from balmoral castle to scotland's capital of edinburgh where it'll remain until tuesday. tom, what's the latest >> reporter: hey, willie, good morning to you just behind me is the official residence of the queen here in scotland and as you mentioned the motorcade, that procession we've been watching all morning, will stop here just above my eye line over here there are sharp shooters watching over all this we do want to take you through our aerial cameras and walk you through what we've been seeing this morning first the maercedes benzhurst an that wreath made of flowers and plants from her beloved balmoral estate, we're talking about dahlias and pine ferns and of course the queen's favorite flower, sweet peas this is the first time anyone has seen that coffin yet and you can imagine what the sight has been look for people gathering as it goes through the east coast of scotland. when it went through one of the

i want to turn to nbc's keir simmons. these are long days for the royals.day in london where he addressed a joint session of parliament for the very first time as king. >> reporter: that's right, savannah. we are watching history both in the royal mile there in scotland after a morning of democracy here in london in an equally historic venue. the palace of westminster, westminster hall, 900 years old. and members of parliament, lawmakers gath exerted there, 900 of them, to hear the king speak and to speak to him about their love for the queen. one quote from that moment that i thought really was touching, the speaker of the house of commons saying deep as our grief is, we know your grief is deeper. and we think of those words as we watch the king and princess anne and prince andrew and prince edward walk slowly behind their mother's coffin because this week and in these days we are seeing the interweaving of royalty and history and politics and a very personal story for these members of the royal family for whom, of course, this is more than just a constitu

keir simmons reports from buckingham palace on the gathering crowds and a look back at how she handled a century of challenges and controversy. >>> developing right now, disturbing details on a gruesome murder on the peninsula. authorities say the victim was murdered on the street in front of neighbors. >> "today in the bay's" ginger conejero saab is live there this morning. the community was in shock. they are continuing to look for the weapon though they believe they have the suspect. >> that's right. good morning. you hear the story and it's hard not to be in shock with what happened. that weapon is still being searched for. it's whereabouts still unknown. it's hard to imagine what happened less than 24 hours ago on this street at that apartment building where a woman is said to be beheaded in front of her home in broad daylight. that woman is said to have two children, a 7-year-old and a 1-year-old, and this morning both of those children are without their mother. everything unfolded yesterday before noon on this typically quiet residential street. much as it is right now. it happe

. >>> we begin overseas with nbc's kelly cobiella and keir simmons in london and andrew roberts and jillian. the casket departing earlier today than expected. tell us about the reception as the coffin left after an outpouring of people -- scottish people in chilly weather lining up to pay their last respects. >> there were tens of thousands waiting in that long line overnight. some waiting up to five hours or more, hoping to pay their final respects to the queen overnight. at 1:00 this afternoon, the scottish government said, i'm sorry, no more people can stand in line. we're hoping to get the rest of the public in by 3:00 p.m., at which point they stopped all viewing. they cleared the cathedral and started making the preparations for the queen's casket to be moved. we saw princess anne arrive just after 4:00. she went inside. there was some private prayer time for the family, while outside all of the thousands of people who desperately wanted to see the queen off here in scotland lined the streets once again. they were shoulder to shoulder behind barricades, not just here in edinburg but a

joining us now is nbc's keir simmons and server of all things royal.ouldn't help and the crowds have been getting bigger and bigger, you couldn't help but think about the call of duty you have as a new monarch or as a member of the royal family, you're grieving your mother, and yet the expectation of all these folks is that you are here. >> yeah. there have been some moments that have really brought that home this week, haven't there? first, the queen herself meeting with the prime minister and appointing a new prime minister just days from death. that's duty. it's an extraordinary symbol of her dedication to service, and now you see king charles, and you have to pinch yourself, don't you? it's king charles walking into buckingham palace for the first time. you're watching him do that and shaking hands with the public ensuring that he connects himself with the public as quickly as possible whilst he is still grieving his mom. we are all feeling, many of us this morning, that sense of going about your business and then suddenly you stop and you remember

keir simmons with her remarkable life >> reporter: queen elizabeth ii, died after living a life dedicated. born in 1926, the third grandchild, elizabeth would guide the monarchy through historic challenges. the royal family stayed in london to the people of britain there was this message from their future queen >> we know every one of us that in the end all will be well. for god will care for us and given us victory and peace >> reporter: that speech sealed a relationship westminster abbey 1953, the first time tv cameras allowed inside to record a coronation, a celebration was seen worldwide and elizabeth's reign would be felt worldwide she helped transform britain's empire while balancing motherhood and the monarchy. the pomp was there but for the first time the queen opened to the public eye she encouraged her children to live lives beyond the palace walls. in some ways the royal family appeared just like the rest of us, vulnerable there was divorce and reconciliation her son, prince andrew, mired in accusations of sexual misconduct, but the tragedy of princess diana was an especially d

keir simmons, nbc news. >>> still with me. commentator victoria arbiter and i want to bring in jon meacham. when she became queen at 25, someone not supposed to ascend to the throne, winston churchill was prime minister, harry truman was president. what she has seen, lived, is extraordinary. talk about her contribution as unique in history. >> think of this as a 96 year life. and i think we should say god save the queen in the prayer book which she was the defender of the faith, there's a prayer about preserving our strength through the changes and chances of this mortal life, and she has now slipped that bond. for 100 years nearly, for a century. born in the roaring 20s. her destiny and life changes in the middle of the great depression when her uncle edward iiiv over scandal. there's something rich in that beginning. that beginning origin narrative, which is that it was a debate over duty. and by 1940, 82 years ago, she is speaking to the children of britain. she's speaking to children of the free world. as nazi bombs are fa

joining me is nbc senior international correspondent keir simmons who is standing by for the speech, lso an msnbc contributor. keir, let's start with you. what is the state of the uk as truss takes over right now and what themes do you expect her to hit on as she addresses the british people? >> reporter: an incredibly challenging prospect for liz truss, lindsey. just to tell you what i'm seeing right now, because we are expecting liz truss to arrive here in this famous street outside that world famous door, 10 downing street. she's flown back from ball morrow castle. she is prime minister. i'm look oing to my left. there is a crowd of british members of parliament who are now just beginning to make their way down the street. what we expect is for them to fill the street on either side so that liz truss has a kind of welcome audience, a receptive audience as she comes out -- as she stands in front of that door and makes her speech. just back to your question, i was looking back at britain's first female prime minister, margaret thatcher who quoted francis assisi. there was inflation,

so we want to get right to nbc news correspondent keir simmons. we're watching history unfold, keir. >> reporter: we really are. we're seeing tradition and change at the same time. as you rightly say, this is an ancient ceremony going back hundreds of years, and yet we are seeing it for the first time, televised for the first time. here's what's happening right now, savannah. the council is meeting at st. james' palace around the corner here. this is all happeningn this small royal area of london. it's a group called the privy council. the politicians, their role is to advise the king. what they're doing right now -- of course, the king is king charles already, so this is ceremonial, but the british constitution is based on ceremony, on history, so it's important. what they're doing right now is deciding who they want to be king, deciding that they want charles to be the king. they will announce that the queen is dead, announce that charles is the next king, and then charles will be invited in, and he will make a personal statement. then, savannah,

keir simmons, nbc news. >>> throughout her 70 years there were moments where she was forced to be so reserved because she was leading a country and she had what the british refer to as a stiff upper lip, but it's also important to remember that she was funny and she liked playing a prank and that moment there with paddington bear was a reminder of that, an example of her humor and her light heartedness. joining me is people magazine's chief foreign correspondent simon perry. simon, what is it like there in the u.k. today? >> well, katy, hi. it's just incredibly somber. it's a day when, you know, your phone lights up with people just texting, wondering what's the latest news, so this is happening right through our working day and it almost feels like the country stopped and the bbc, for example, counselled all its broadcasts on its main channel and went straight to a rolling news type special. this was through the afternoon when obviously the noon hadn't broken that she'd passed away yet. so that just sums up really how i think britain today has been in a sort of suspension as we wait

. >> keir simmons is just a step away from perfect wr we're watching king charles iii shake hands with crowd gathered outside of buckingham palace. what is it like there. >> as the king's car arrived and he stepped out, people began to run to be close to him, to see him. those folks you see shakes his hands and exchanges words, there are people who have been waiting all morning in order to see him like this. this is an opportunity for him to really set the tone for his kingship if you like. and what he's trying to do here is to ensure that he is seen as a king of the people. that there have been times when prince charles has been seen a little aloof. maybe that is not fair. but that is the perception. and he's very determined to not have that be the case now. and you know, i think back, guys, to princess diana who shifted their relationship with the people. who frankly metaphorically speaking stomped her foot and said you have engage, you have to connect. and to watch now her former husband walking there, shaking hands, that is another example of how the royal family has changed. and t

keir simmons explains. >> reporter: chosen as britain's third female prime minister today, tonight liz truss is being compared to margaret thatcher, facing inflation, strikes and a recession and promising tax cuts >> we will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver. >> reporter: soon to be former prime minister boris johnson tweeting congratulations. his scandal-ridden tenure ending with a long good-bye this summer with stunts like flying in a fighter jet. now liz truss looking at a long, hard winter with skyrocketing energy bills, fueled by the war in ukraine. she may need billions just to stop british businesses like pubs from going broke all this as the nation's queen is increasingly frail, unable to make it to london because of mobility issues. for 70 years prime ministers have traveled half a mile to see her at buckingham palace. tomorrow they'll fly 500 miles for a handover at balmoral castle a constitutional moment unprecedented during the queen's reign. liz truss hoping to reaffirm britain's long-standing special relationship with america after at times rocky relations between

ceremonies are real people doing their duty, but also at the same time, facing real emotions. >> keir simmonsu for that. and here in london, probably you know there's a lot of talk about king charles climate activism. now an enormous statement in that by the founder of patagonia. the company's owner sold the company on wednesday to make sure its profits go to fighting climate change. the founder transferred his family's ownership of the company into two entities that will use their annual profits to combat climate change. that brand has a long standing history of climate activism donating 1% of profits annualy to grass roots activists. they said in a statement, it will continue to operate as a private for profit company. >>> new legal developments surrounding the former president as a judge could rule any minute now on the doj's request to look at those classified documents seized at mar-a-lago. >>> plus preparations underway less than two weeks out from the next january 6th hearing. we have more on that, next. e mot ♪ we believe there's an innovator in all of us. ♪ that's why we build techno

here is nbc keir simmons. >> reporter: cameras were rolling. argentina's vice president smiling.head. a click is heard. but the weapon does not fire. an attempted assassination according to one government minister, another angle showing christina fernandez greeting the crowd when in seconds the man pushes forward and holds the gun inches from her face. argentina's president addressing the nation. christina remains alive because for a reason not yet technically confirmed, the gun which contained five bullets did not fire. within minutes, the suspect was detained dragged down by a crowd. two officials identifying him as fernando. his motive unclear. forensic police out in force. overnight, supporters rallied outside the vice president's home a towering figure but controversial. argentina's politics increasingly bitter. she has face protests and corruption allegations she denied and branded a media judicial firing squad. now these images, the most serious challenge to democracy for decades the president said warning that hate leads to violence but as argentina television replays the

with her now gone, what does the future hold for the royal family keir simmons now with more on thatght the final act in queen elizabeth's royal story is just the beginning for the new face of the monarchy and for his family 9-year-old george and 7-year-old charlotte still figuring out when to bow and curtsy and charlotte whispering "you need to bow." >> today was very much dual purpose it was partly saying good-bye to the queen, but it was also putting the rest of the royal family center stage so that those of us thinking about the future could see with our own eyes what the future of the royal family would entail >> reporter: now king charles looks to his own coronation next year, and there are signals he may make changes, like perhaps slimming down the monarchy as he followed his mother's casket past buckingham palace where he was born, there are suggestions he might open more of it up to the public. william and kate will play a central role. charles breaking tradition by acting before his coronation to make his son prince of wales, his daughter-in-law the first princess of wales

keir simmons is in london to start us off. you're at buckingham palace. what you are seeing there tonight? >> lester, it's hard to comprehend. it is just a few months ago we were watching the queen on that historic buckingham palace balcony celebrating 70 years on the throne. tonight, close to midnight, there are crowds out sued buckingham palace to pay respect to this figure. this is the last moment the world saw queen elizabeth. just two days ago, the queen pictured looking frail but meeting the new british prime minister. always doing her duties even days before her death. quernd about her health. saying the queen passed peacefully this afternoon. liz truss who appeared in that last photo saying she was her inspiration. >> she was a very spirit of great britain. and that spirit will endure. >> reporter: tonight the queen's son charles now becoming king charles iii. though his coronation will not likely be for months n a statement, calling his mother's death a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. the royal family pictured

nbc's keir simmons reports from london on the first public appearance for the group in years. >> reporter: good morning. this week pageantry and the public will give queen elizabeth a good-bye fit for a monarch. her body in edinburgh will be brought here to buckingham palace and on to lie in state where thousands are expected to line up for one last chance to say good-bye. but it is this last weekend's events that have many people stunned. william and harry, kate and meghan, appearing in front of the public and one member of the public this morning sharing a conversation with kate where she told them little louie, just 4 years old, told her, don't worry, mommy, the queen is now with great-grandpa. i'll have all the latest coming up on "today." >>> coming up for you on "today" savannah guthrie live in london with more coverage honoring the queen. that starts for you at 7:00 right after us here on "today in the bay." >>> new details on a tragic story out of the east bay. a second suspect in the murder of sophia mason. the state attorney general shared more details about the arrest of the su

keir simmons reports from buckingham palace on the gathering crowds and a look back at how she handled a century of challenges and controversy. >>> developing this morning, a terrifying death on the peninsula that played out in the middle of a typically quiet street. deputies say a woman was beheaded in front of her home as neighbors watched in horror. the suspect is in custody. the weapon is still missing. >> reporter: everything happened in the middle of this road before noon today after authorities say a fight broke out between the victim and the suspect inside one of these apartment units. a woman beheaded in broad daylight and in plain view leaving this san carlos neighborhood in disbelief and two children without a mother. >> this was a shock. this is a nice neighborhood. >> reporter: chapelle tells us he knew the victim and the suspect and said they moved into this neighborhood about three years ago. >> they seemed like they loved each other. >> reporter: investigators identified the suspect as jose illness. he was arrested near the scene with the help of witnesses. >> when our

keir simmons has more from london >> reporter: in london, charles meeting representatives from commonwealth countries that count him as their king, recognizing his rule, lingering doubts put aside for now >> god save the king >> reporter: but as he was declared the new monarch in edinburgh, some held booing, and a protester held a sign saying "not my king." meanwhile, much of the talk is of his sons, reunited. william and harry, kate and meghan, together in public for the first time in years. and the public loved it. >> harry, harry! me meghan >> one well-wisher sharing touching words exchanged with kate, the princess of wales saying her 4-year-old told her mommy, don't worry the queen is now with great grandpa. george, charlotte and louie starting a new school days before they lost their beloved great-grandmother. harry crouching down to talk to children in the crowd. it was like old times. the feeling in william's circle, this was an important show of unity at an incredibly difficult time newspaper commentators poured over the pictures. how sad that it took such a tragic event to make it

joining us from london, nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons. ka, we just got that picture of liz truss meeting with the queen, a ceremony called kissing of the handing. you'll be glad to know she doesn't lean in to kiss the queen, it's just a shaking of thet' hands. when sheng gets back here to downing street some time this afternoon, british time, you're right, she faces an enormous challenge. let me show you some of the front pages of the newspapers. the labor supporting "daily mirror" merging the faces of david cameron, boris johnson, theresa may and liz truss. same old toris. conservatives "the sun" liz puts her foot on the gas, referencing the huge cost of living crisis that she's going to have to deal with, businesses, including pubs, across britain warning they may grow broke because they cannot afford to heat their homes because of the price of gas dueof to the war in ukraine. she is going to have to borrow money for that and she's promising tax cuts and at the same time trycu to avoid a debt crisis and you have to think that she's not g

keir simmons is going >>> hi, everybody. happy tuesday. big day for the return of millions to school and work. we're tracking extreme weather from coast to coast. >> everything you need to know before you head out the door. it's september 6th, and this is "today." >>> states of emergency. heavy rain up and down the entire east coast creating new flooding. and neighbors helping neighbors in the hard hit south. >> people coming together all throughout the community. really been heart warming. >> while out west, historic heat wave set to intensify with yet another day of record breaking temperatures on tap. your full forecast coming up. >>> legal twist. a courtroom victory for donald trump and his battle with the justice department over those classified documents seized from his florida home. the impact on the investigation straight ahead. >>> breaking overnight, grim discovery. a body found in memphis during the search for missing mother and teacher eliza fletcher. we're live with the very latest as the suspect in her disappearance appears i

i want to bring in senior international correspondent keir simmons. and, keir, we were listening to all of these speeches. the one that i noted by the first minister told a very funny story about the corgi chewing away at the cord. there was a cutaway shot as we call it. you could see the king react reacting. this is humanizing. it cannot be easy to spend 10 days. he laughed first and then he seemed to sigh. and i thought seeing that, that it must be something that you never get to have your mother to yourself even in death, you have to share her. of course he's known that his whole life. what you said at the beginning is so right. he of course has to deal with the political reality. i think some of the things that he will do, you heard in his speech there. so he will try to use language. he is a wordsmith. i loved what he had to say that the queen found in the hills of this land and the hearts of its people a haven and a home. words can turn opinions. and i thought that is what you saw him start to do. robert byrnes, that great scottish man of words.