let's bring in nic robertson, who is in edinburgh. know, iconic image of the casket yesterday draped in the royal standard of scotland. we saw princess ann clearly visibly moved as she curtesied before the queen's coffin. she had, nic, spent six hours yesterday following the hurst what was a slow journey from balmoral to edinburgh. what can we expect there today? >> reporter: yeah. becky, i think that image of princess ann curtesying really caught everyone's attention. the royal family will be walking up the royal mile from the palace of holyrood house at the bottom of the hill here. this road, the royal mile stretches to the edinburgh castle and stop at st. giles cathedral where the queen's coffin will be brought for that prayer service, but there's a lot of people gathering here and a lot of people are expected to be here at the roadside to watch the royal family make their way on foot up these cobbled streets. when you think of the emotion that princess ann was going through yesterday, for the royal family, this is going to be a ve

well, let's get you to edinburgh now where cnn's nic robertson is standing by. d, nic, what can we expect today? >> reporter: all right. it doesn't appear that nic can hear us at the moment. we will get back to nic just as soon as we can. let's move on. we're joined now by the reverend in greenshield who's moderator of the general assembly of the church of scotland. he is coming to us live from edinburgh. a very warm welcome to you, sir, at this morning. i know that you were with the queen at balmoral the weekend before her passing. just tell us about what you discussed there and how she was. >> well, my first impression when she walked into the room was a very frail lady. and, yet, once she sat down and once she started to engage and speak, she was quite the opposite. she was attentive, her memory was exceptional, conversation was interesting. and obviously she was speaking to a great affinity with the church of scotland and loved the church. she was talking about as she is around the church and international issues, personal issues going way back to a history t

let's get to nic robertson. past hour or so, gathering, don. and people are really now waiting for that moment when they will be able to see the queen's procession drive by. most people have their cell phones out, ready to take a picture as a way to remember the events of today. it's very low key and relaxed. everyone is waiting at the barriers, looking over and out, waiting, waiting, and waiting. but as everyone knows, the queen's procession isn't far away. the traffic now has been shut off. it's a gentle chatter in the background as people talk with family and friends. this princess street, as you were talking about before, very famous in scotland and edinburgh, it's have people come to do their shopping. but today it will be remembered for a different reason, the reason the queen's final passage on this long, long and important journey back from london, resting in here in edinburgh for the next couple of days. but she'll be passing the iconic castle. we're on one side, you're on the other side, don. >> yeah.

nic robertson? your question. >> i said, did you get a chance to speak to anyone in the crowd today, any of the public? >> oh, absolutely. we were taulking to people as te sun came up this morning, people going to work. what one might describe common ordinary folk, the working people of the town we were in, inverness. people who were repairing the roads, who were carrying trays of food to bakery shops, people who were opening those stores. everyone -- and remembering that i'm in scotland, a place where the scottish nationalist -- scottish national party here -- is incredibly popular, runs the government here, is pushing to have another independence referendum, pushing hard, a big political fight that is taking on to do that. and i thought perhaps when i talked to people today i might here, you know, people who were against the monarchy, who want this independent scotland. and i'm sure some of those i talked to do want an independent scotland. but they were to a person, to a man and woman, in admirat

nic robertson joins us from belfast, northern ireland. tell us how the new king is being received there. >> reporter: oh, very positively. very warmly. before he went into hillsborough castle, viewing the flowers laid out for the queen consort and the crowd there. there is a growing crowd here outside of st. ann's cathedral. we're seen hundreds of people, community and religious leaders headed into the cathedral for the service that should begin within the next hour or so. but i think perhaps some of the most significant moments were those inside of hillsborough castle where the pro-united ireland anti-monarchy if you will, speaker of the northern island assembly gave a speech to the new king where he talked about the healing that the queen had brought to the country. the importance of her handshake with former para military leaders, the importance of moments when she had spoken in irish. and king charles, for his part, his speech very carefully tailored to a very broad audience here. speaking about the way his mother tried to work to bri

it is incredible to think about it. >> duty, duty, duty, as nic robertson said. i think for those of us in britain, those of us who are, if you like, subjects of what was queen elizabeth ii, steven fry the actor summed it up in his tweet today. he said, oh, dear, oh, my, oh, heavens. bless my soul. oh, lord, hack. and that sort of is the way a lot of us, just talking to friends and family tonight. from the day i was born, she was there. i mean every event, every national moment had the queen at its center. duty was just something born and bred into her and certainly from her mother onwards. so i think that feeling of what next, that uncertainty and that general feeling of it won't be the same. and you know the british, very understated, but i think what they're concerned about this time, erin, is the sheer large numbers of crowds of people who will be coming to london, both to pay their respects and to the funeral and the fear is that london could actually become literally filled full of mourners. >> so, sally, we know there had been talk about mobility issues pr

cnn's nic robertson is in belfast for us this morning at st. 's cathedral with what to expect, nic. >> reporter: yeah, king charles, queen consort, they're arriving at hillsborough castle at important political meetings for king charms, although obviously has no direct role in the politics of the united kingdom, there is a deep political division here, pro-british and pro-irish, and it played out 25 years ago before the peace agreement as 30 years of violence, 3,000 people killed here in the name of those different pro-irish or pro-british views. so king charles to meet politicians from both sides of the divide. it's interesting because over the weekend when at hillsborough castle, the royal proclamation of king charles being announced officially as king was read out, the pro-irish politicians chose not to attend. that said they'd been full of praise for queen elizabeth. they have been praising king charles as well. both the queen and king charles have done a lot here to sort of build cross community bridges. the queen meeting former paramilitar

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. >> nic robertson is at balmoral castle, in scotland. where the queen died on thursday.'s start with what we understand to be happening. st. james's palace, long from where i am sitting, the focus of attention. what can we expect? explain. >> this will be a important piece of constitutional business. king charles became king charles when the queen died. but, to have it formally made official, via session counsel, does that. they do it for the first time -- or will do for the first time ever, in front of tv cameras. it will be carried on television. after that, there is a proclamation. he uses a formula of words that it's been used for generations of monarchs. that will be made at the palace, there. that will confirm king charles as king charles iii. and then, other important meetings through the day. principally, with the head of the church of england. of course, king charles, the head of the church. the archbishop of canterbury is meeting with him. again, these are significant meetings. there will be other events across the country. i think one of those that will signif

>> nic robertson is outside balmoral castle in scotland. thanks, nic. anna stewart is at the tribute site set up just behind me in bream park opposite the palace. and i can see the floor there strewn with tributes, floor tributes to queen elizabeth ii. and people are looking at those tributes. what are they telling you how are they feeling? >> people have a mixture of huge sadness. they've had a massive loss. they describe the queen as someone who felt like a member of their family, but also some hope for the next chapter. i'll get out of the way and show you how this has changed within the last 45 minutes. flower tributes mounting up. beautiful drawings, photos, letters, flags. this popped up overnight, because there were too many flowers mounting up outside the gates of buckingham palace. this will be someplace for people to gather, pay their respects and share their memories of the queen. we have annabelle. we have david, we have chloe. we have josh. we have david. i might have got that wrong. this is steven and this is willow the dog, but we're not

cnn's nic robertson is at balmoral castle in scotland where the queen of course died peacefully on thursday today the beginning of what is a series of events which will culminate, nic, in the funeral of queen elizabeth ii. what do we know about what to expect next? >> reporter: yeah. the accession council meeting the affirmation, confirmation that it is king charles. this is of course the position he took as soon as his mother died. but this is the formalization of it, the proclamation, centuries-old proclamation that will be read out. a meeting, an important meeting with the archbishop of canterbury for the king. and around the country and perhaps symbolically important showing the unity of the country, that this is felt across the whole country, a gun salute in edinburgh castle in scotland, of course. in cardiff castle in wales. in holyrood castle in -- hollywood castle rather in northern ireland. and as well in hyde park in london. these will be the gun salutes during the day but it's the steps after that. the queen expected, her body expected to be taken to edinburgh where it will lie i

. >> there are nick days, nic robe robertson, as you join in, every inch of these processions from scotland now, waiting at the airport in edinburgh. you see the motorcade beginning to approach. you see in the wider shots, you see the rolling hills of scotland behind. this part of a meticulous days and days of ceremonies are crafted by the queen herself. >> indeed. i believe those will be the pentland hills seen in the background of that picture. it's not just the physical, logistical preparations that have been worked down to the detail. i think it's also been the words and the script, if you will, that the new king will follow. this was really shown today when king charles, the queen consort, came to northern ireland, one of the foreparts of the united kingdom to have a service of reflection with leaders of the community here and also to receive condolences from the parliament, from the speaker of parliament here. w i talk about the well-crafted and well-chosen words because in northern ireland words can mean a lot. there is a pro british community here and a pro irish -- pro united irela

nic robertson is here.lso want to get my colleague first that's isa suarez in edinburgh with the latest. are you seeing crowds yet? >> reporter: yeah. we are indeed. starting to really pick up. it was very busy because in the last hour there was also a transfer of power. proclamation not just here but also in northern ireland and in wales. the crown starting to pick up. people wanting to be part of history and pay final respects to a monarch that defined so many generations. one lady said she's the only monarch i have ever known and the children see her as a granny. will make it way to the holyroodhouse where the queen will stay for the fight. i'm joined now, want to bring in hillary who drove for about an hour and a half away. explain to the viewers what this moment means to you and why it is important to be here today. >> it is important to pay the respects to our queen, the only queen i have ever really known and i brought my mom with my today. she is 78. she just wanted to come and to pay her respects.

nic robertson and nina dos santos, we appreciate it.et's bring in julie montague, a royal commentator and an american married to the heir of the earl of sandwich. the queen's casket is in edinburgh and we saw people line the streets all along this procession. tell us about this special connection that she had in scotland with the scots there and why they feel so connected to her. >> she was the queen of great britain and that includes scotland. i've had two children attend university of he hedinburgh. the only mon argue they have ever known. to pay respect to the longest serving monarch. the old, the young in an extraordinary way. to see people line up watching her go by and throwing out flowers in front of the hearse to see love and gratitude to this sensational woman. >> i mean, these ten days of mourning, it's steeped in tradition, but at the same time do you see in people or an anticipation perhaps of a page turning of the monarchy? >> reporter: i definitely see a page turning. >> in what way? >> reporter: i see it with we are going

cnn's nic robertson is in edenboro with the latest. nic? >> reporter: pam, at about 10:00 a.m. time on sunday, the queen's body will be taken by hoaearse, on a slow long dri, leaving balmoral, passing through the villages, arriving in the city of aberdeen, turning south, passing through stone haven, dundee, perth, before driving through the streets here in edinboro past the castle to t, which will be placed in the throne room, on monday taken by procession to st. charles cathedral, attended by the british prime minister, liz truss, later in the week, similar as mucservices in north ireland and wales, taken to london, to buckingham palace, and westminster hall, one of the oldest buildings in westminster abbey where she'll lie in state for four days, giving the people of britain a chance to come and pay their last respects and then on monday, the 19th of september, a funeral service at westminster abbey, after that, the queen's last journey to windsor castle where she'll be laid to rest, pam. >> our thanks to nic robertson. >> and joining us now is carolyn harris a royal historia

nic robertson joining us live from 10 downing street. we appreciate it. >>> here in the united states we are nine weeks away from the critical mid-term elections when americans will head to the polls to decide who will lead congress. president biden is heading to wisconsin and then pennsylvania days after delivering a fiery speech where he warned donald trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine u.s. democracy. meantime, the former president made a trip to pennsylvania. he was in the state saturday to promote doug mastriano and dr. mehmet oz. joe johns has more on mr. biden's key visits ahead of the mid terms. >> reporter: the president heading out to labor day celebrationness pittsburgh, pennsylvania as well as milwaukee, wisconsin. he's expected to talk about his infrastructure act and inflation reduction act talked last week. later in the month he's going to fly over to central ohio to promote a ground breaking. what they have in common is they are battleground states and labor day is traditionally when campaigns start be

cnn's nic robertson has the details. >> reporter: at buckingham palace, massive crowds greet king charlesgs as the nation's new king. in wales, northern ireland, and scotland, celebration as his royal proclamation is read out sunday. >> god save the king! >> reporter: a more muted tone in balmoral, where his mother passed away on thursday. the queen's coffin began a six-hour journey to edinburgh, all part of a ceremony approved by the queen herself. crowds lined the streets as the queen's casket passed them by. the cortege accompanied by the queen's daughter, princess anne, wound its way through remote villages and cities of scotland. [ applause ] edinburgh's royal mile packed with mourners. the crowd gently clapping. and there goes the queen's coffin around the corner. people of all ages straining at the barriers for a better view, all coming to say good-bye to britain's longest-serving monarch. some had even saved spots along the road since news of the queen's death first broke. >> a lot of people have been here for hours, and the mood's been quite somber, but also quite nice. people ta

nic robertson joins me from the beautiful city of edinburgh scotland. much of today was about saying goodbye to one moan narch, but o about welcoming another. >> reporter: yeah, it is that continuity here in scotland. you had people coming out across the whole of north of scotland, from tiny villages as the queen's cortege made its way to edinburgh where the streets around me here, deserted now, but crowded earlier. the new king out being seen by people to quite some applause. at buckingham palace, massive crowds greet king charles ahead of some of his first meet tinges as the nation's new king. in wales, northern ireland and scotland, celebration as his royal proclamation is read out sunday. >> god save the king. >> reporter: a more muted town in balmoral where his mother passed away on thursday. the queen's coffin began a six-hour journey to edinburgh, part of a ceremony approved by the queen herself. crowds line the streets as the queen's casket passed them by. the cortege accompanied by the queen's daughter, princess anne, wound its way through remo

cnn's nic robertson is in edinburgh. nic, what have you learned?ter: it's going to be a long journey before the queen arrives back in london. it begins tomorrow at 10:00, local time in the morning. the queen will be taken in the coffin by hurst on a long road journey, more than 100 miles expected to last over six hours. she'll leave balmoral, go through the town of bancory city of aberdeen and turn south and go through stone haven and dundee and perth before they get here to edinburgh and pass along the streets right here, castle behind me. they'll go past the castle and then to the official residence of the monarch in scotland. the palace of holyrood house. the queen will be taken, the coffin to the throne room there where she'll rest. on monday, she'll be taken in procession to saint charles cathedral. there will be a service there attended by king charles, other senior royals, british prime minister liz truss expected to be there. and in the coming week, there will be other similar services in northern ireland and in wales. but on tuesday, the q

nic robertson is outside st. giles cathedral. what are you seeing as we wait for the king and queen consort to arrive? >> reporter: don, along the royal mile here, just past the cathedral is the edinburgh castle just hidden around the corner. it will be an historic moment as much as there is so much history emb im imbued in st. giles' cathedral. they'll walk up this street, imagine that a few feet away from the gathering crowds. and there really is a lot of people really have been a lot of people gathering here through the morning, this sense of anticipation of what people will be able to see, the memories they'll be able to take away. the queen's casket going up the street. this is an event here today that most people will never have witnessed, to see the royals walk so close by them. i'm joined by edward lipskom. you're wearing a medal for your service to the royal family. what does it mean for you to be here now? >> i came here to show support for the king and the rest of the royal family. but above all, as a way of showing my

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his words and he had an important speech already, going down well it seems. >> nic robertson, good to have you. thank you. >> thank you, nic. >>> well this morning the ukrainian military claims it continues to gain ground against russian forces in the east. ukraine said russia has been chased from several towns leaving behind weapons and tanks as those forces make a hasty retreat in a race in the face of an aggressive push from ukraine's counter offensive. >> ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy claims his troops have taken back 2300 square miles of russian territory, russian controlled territory in two weeks. about 10% of the territory taken from ukraine held by russia since february. for compare sison, that is abou the size of the state of delaware. and we are inside of izium. and weaver been talking about this coming offensive. but neither you nor i or folks we spoke to expected it to proceed so quickly, particularly in the northeast and as you go into a key city such as izium, what does it look like and what was reaction there. >> well i think the striking thing, jim, is when you

nic robertson, please stand by for us if you will. >>> the schedule is set for her majesty queen elizabeth's final jour journey. on wednesday she moves from buckingham to westminster hall. there the queen will lie in state at the palace of westminster through sunday. and finally on monday, a state funeral for the monarch at westminster abbey. cnn's nina dos santos is live for us outside of buckingham palace with all of the details on this. nina, what can you tell us? >> reporter: thanks so much, brianna. crowds have already started to converge upon the british capital, awaiting the return of their much loved departed sovereign. authorities are expecting 2 million people to arrive in london over the next few days to pay their respects to their late queen, elizabeth ii. that obviously presents a huge low gi logistics and security challenge for authorities who have to put out other security issues. that's before we get to the big issue of the state funeral early next week. now this evening, the focus is firmly fixed upon welcoming the late monarch back to a place that was her home, the seat of

cnn's nic robertson joins me now with more details. well there is not a lot of details.? >> reporter: a huge amount to be learned. nord stream, that operates nord stream 1 and 2, could carry gas but russia is throttling back the gas it sent to europe. the operator said a hope or something of this nature is a one in a hundred thousand year event. so three of these events in the same vicinity within 24 hours is really causing concern about what actually triggered it. what we know is that seismologists in sweden picks up at about 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning, monday morning, a seismic event that they say seems like an explosion on the sea floor. and then at 7:00 in the evening they picked up another explosion on the sea floor. and the danish military has put in an exclusion zone and aircraft flighting over have taken pictures and you could see the sea bubbling up from the gas that is coming out of the pipelines. one of the areas of bubbles is more than half a mile across. a kilometer across. other one is about 200 yards across. this is causing a great deal of concern. we don

. >> cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live for us in london on this big day with big moment. >> reporter: liz truss has given us a taste of what to expect. she's not prime minister until tomorrow. she'll fly out to scotland separately to bother ris johnson, who will fly to scotland as well. they'll both meet the queen. the queen will accept boris johnson's resignation and she'll invite liz truss to become the next prime minister, which is what's going to happen. liz truss said she will govern the country the way she campaigned, on conservative values. she said she will lower tax, she will grow business that way, there will be personal responsibility for the people of this country. she faces daunting challenges, not the least the rising energy costs. she said there will be a statement from her how she's going to tackle that. she's widely expected to lower taxes, to borrow money, to cap the cost of rising energy prices to try to keep control of inflation in the country. and she thinks that way she'll be able to grow businesses in her country. she needs to rebuild th

nic robertson, cnn, london. >> and thanks so much for joining us.not over. john berman here in for anderson, and that is trait from the national hurricane center. it is still forecast to bring dangerously high winds, heavy rain, storm surge and flash flooding as it moves inland. it has already

let's take you to nic robertson right outside the castle.he queen's remains are still there, but there will be another stop in scotland before she heads back to england? >> there will be. she will go to edinburgh over the next couple days. the precise timing isn't clear at the moment. when she's in edinburgh, she'll be in holholyrood house, the official residence of the monarch in scotland. her body will rest there for a day or so, and then she'll go to a cathedral where there will be a service, a memorial service for her attended by royals and other dignitaries. and only after a couple of days in edinburgh will she actually then travel down to london where she's expected to lie in state, and as king charles indicated earlier on today, in a little over a week's time, there will be a funeral. of course, this was a place that she found comfort, that she enjoyed. the queen had many large estates, windsor, sandringham, but it was here that she had the raw and royal beauty of the scottish countryside, enjoyed the walks, enjoyed driving the land r

nic robertson live from london. nic, how does this process work?vative party members got to vote over a seven-week and very divisive process trying to pick which one of them will be the better leader of the conservative party and prime minister of the country. 160 members of the conservative party, more affluent, typically more white than the general population in the u.k. so not typical of the u.k. population as a whole, it is expected to be ms. truss. she does seem to be the one that the bookies are picking and the expectations around wes minister are that she'll get the job. she's likely to take a different tact to boris johnson. he was planning to raise taxes. she believes she can tackle some of the country's numerous problems by lowering taxes. that's the indications that she's given so far, but the biggest issue facing her of course for many leaders across the world, united states as well as other european countries, it's the rising cost of energy. on that issue she said she would very quickly, if she becomes prime minister, make an announcem

nic robertson, cnn, london. >>> the head of the russian orthodox church says russian soldiers who dieing in the war against ukraine will be cleansed of all their sins. cnn's claire sebastian. this church leader very close ties to the state and vladimir putin? >> reporter: yes. he has been a long time ally. a key partner in bringing about his morey press sieve ideas. a key figure in russian society. he has previously criticized the war going even further offering some kind of spiritual incentive to those being called out. the fact that if they die during their duty, they will be cleansed of their sins. the calls coming in opposition of widespread opposition and in the face of official md missions. there are plans being carried out. as he has through the area, the ukrainian orthodox church was under the patriarchy. it's highlighted the regions in the christian church as a whole. the pope has been very vocal in his opposition to this. just last week pope francis criticized it, calling it a terrible plan. >> how much influence does the russian orthodox church have on the lives of russians

nic robertson at the church. >> reporter: we can expect the king and the queen consort to go to the royalhere in northern ireland. they'll have meetings with politicians from both sides of a deeply divided political spectrum here. of course you have the pro british, if you will, politician here and you have the pro irish, pro united island politicians here who decided not to attend the royal proclamation. they said that was an event for people whose political affiliation is towards the british monarchy. they have been very complimentary of king charles. they've been very complimentary of the queen and everything she did. both sides will have that today. the irish president has been invited. the irish prime minister. these are important steps for the monarchy to take to help affirm and strengthen the peace. there are troubled times here. king charles has met some of those with a para military background. there's some deep emotional ties here for king charles. they are seen, the monarchy is seen here by all sides as a good thing for the people in their daily lives and as helping cement peac

. >> nic robertson is in inverness, in scotland.e get you to new zealand where there is a 21 gun salute, firing 96 rounds and wellington, and new zealand. a country that is also mourning the queen. prime minister there suggesting she was an extraordinary woman. live pictures coming to you from wellington in new zealand. the outpouring of sympathy and sorrow has been nothing short of tremendous. and so, so touching. canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, and -- speaking of the king queens study grace and courage. >> in a complicated world, her study grace, and resolve brought comfort and strength to us all. canada is in mourning. she was one of my favorite people in the world. and i will miss her so. >> [interpreter] queen elizabeth will be remembered as one of the best teams of all time due to her dignity, sense of duty, courage, and her commitment to her people always and at all times. [end of translation] >> she was head of state in the uk and other countries, including canada, you just heard from justin trudeau. u.s. president

nic robertson is this scotland and anna stewart is here behind me at buckingham palace where crowds are beginning to grow as they come to pay their respects. n nic, let start with the in scotland where the queen passed away peacefully yesterday after 70 years of service, 70 years of highs. and of course many lows. >> reporter: yes, and balmoral was perhaps the place where she could recover from some of thos where her two grandsons, prince william and prince harry, learned of the news of the death of their mother, tragic news. and this was a place where they could be away from the world and, if you will, kept away from the pain that the nation was beginning to suffer. but of course it was coming back to london that the queen brought the family back into engaging with the country's sorrow and passion and loss over princess diana. and of course won the support of the nation because she understood the nation's suffering and her family shared it as well. so balmoral has played a huge role in the lives of the royals and the queen as well. very family figure here in scotland. she was too ill t

nina desantos is at buckingham palace in london and nic robertson in edinburgh.ewell for the queen through the streets of scotland today. >> reporter: really was. it wasn't raining like this when the queen arrived. the people were straining to get a better look. they had come to pay the respects. they knew the queen was traveling from balmoral and they were the sense of anticipation that they had waiting here for a chance to see the cortege go by was palpable at the moment it happened. we were talking to younger and older people and memories were made here today. >> she was named georgia elizabeth after the queen. >> reporter: do you have memories of the queen yourself? >> oh yeah, i do. all we have ever known and my grand not with us now loved the queen so much and makes me think of her, as well. >> reporter: what does it mean to be here today? >> sad. >> reporter: do you have good memories of the queen? >> yes. >> reporter: what do you remember about her? >> clothes and the elegance. >> reporter: do you have any memories of the queen? >> seeing her as a young l

nic robertson joins me from the beautiful city of edinburgh scotland.

i want to get to nic robertson. i would imagine this is getting closer to you as we are hearing the helicopter and seeing it overhead. what are you seeing there? >> yeah, absolutely, don. that helicopter just literally passed overhead. we watched it track its way, come over here where we are on prince's street, a line of police speaks came through. it will pass in front of us. i asked a 92-year-old lady why was she here today. she had been sitting out here in a chair at the railings to get a view for the past several hours with her daughter and some of her grandchildren. she said, i remember seeing the queen in 1977, 45 years ago. i said, what do you remember? she said i remember her clothes, her dignity. but everyone you talked to here speaks rwith such a reverence about her. what you hear from people is they're paying that back in their own special way, to be here, to pay their respects as she passes by. she meant -- means still so much to so many people. she will come around that corner. but as the cortege gets c

nic robertson. cnn international diplomatic editor is in scotland. cnn correspondent, scott mclain. is that windsor castle. monogram, former department chair of the british museum, is also here in london. that is all just try to make sense of what is happening today and what is to come. so, first bianca, you are out there near the palace. it is the longest serving monarch as we just said. how do you think the country is going to react over the next several days and weeks before her funeral. because she has been in office longer than most britons had been alive. >>, i'd expected to see a state of grief manifests. there was a sense of numbness and shock today. as well as a motion. i think that raw motion, will likely bumble to the surface more in the days that we have ahead. many people be descending on buckingham palace. and trying to find outlets for their grief. we have seen photographs of brits all over the world. from california, to australia. going to pumps or places which they associate with britain. to light candles and pay tribute to the queen. because, this is a global outpo

joining us now, cnn international diplomatic reporter nic robertson, who's at downing street.alk us through how and when all this happens and what it really means. >> reporter: the next step, liz truss will go to scotland tomorrow, balmoral, to see the queen. she will have seen boris johnson who gave his resignation. she'll come back here and give a speech from downing street later tomorrow afternoon. that's when it gets real. she's already got an outline of what a cabinet could be, but she'll be appointing key cabinet positions, who gets to be foreign secretary filling in for her, who gets to run the economy in the country from the chancellor, who will be at the home office, she'll be doing those jobs. what she said she's going to make very clear is she's made very clear already is she will be cutting taxes. she is expected and said she will give a speech within the first week about how she is going to handle this energy crisis in the country. the expectation is she will borrow to keep those costs down. economists in the uk are concerned that that could ultimately lead to inf

nic robertson, cnn, london. >> such extraordinary scenes.for that report. >>> let's head to ukraine, where officials are bracing for putin's escalation there. cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground in kharkiv. what are ukrainian officials afraid could come next? >> reporter: well, tomorrow is the last day voting, alex, in these sham referenda in the four regions partially occupied by the russians, and the result is a foregone conclusion that, of course, the results, take that as you will, will be in favor of an annexation by russia and the russians will probably make a rapid decision on that. now, the ukrainians' more immediate concern, of course, is the partial mobilization, which in theory could bring as many as 300,000 russian troops to the front lines here in ukraine. but today i was speaking to an experienced commander who has dealt a lot with russian prisoners, and he says what he's seen is the ones already on the ground are demoralized, poorly equipped, poorly supported, poorly led. they're really just c

i spoke to nic robertson. can't think of another event with more heads of state coming together. prime ministers but the heads of states and the monarchs pretty much from the world, even the japanese emperor and the presidents, as well. so they need to be looked after and doing it in a british way why head of the funeral monday morning gathering at the palatial building in chelsea and all the heads of states put on buses to be brought in. can't bring delegations or use a car but one thing to be particularly concerned about and the size of the crowds and stretching out. a five-mile queue they give security. there are demonstrators but nothing too violent. they just want to keep it that way. >> we stand by waiting king charles iii, the princess royal, prince oedward, prince andrew t stage at the prince's vigil at the coffin of their mother. we expect that to start in a couple minutes. max, i know that we were expecting when this happened at st. giles ka cathedral that the crowds would be stopped but they filed through. is it your understanding that the lines will move through and p

nic robertson, cnn, london.russia's annexation were joined by david singer, cnn national and political analyst for the white house, and national correspondent for the new york times. good to see you. david >> great to be back. with the >> you know how this plays out. descriptors ridden out in 2014 with crimea. but it had no credibility. putin was not challenged, he was allowed to get away with it. will be the same this time? >> things are different and no doubt the crimean model is one of the reasons that he is following this playbook because he did get away with it. there were sanctions a year later, they weren't fairly strong. now, in this case he is gone through a remarkable setback with his conventional military. he's taking a much broader swath of land, and as nick's report suggests, no one is going to recognize this or go along with him. i think the risk we are running here is that once this land is formally part of russia and his esteem, then he will say it is covered by russia's nuclear umbrella, and of

nic robertson, thank you so much. and let's continue this conversation.ning us now is sally bedell smith, author of "elizabeth the queen: the life of a modern monarch." so it's just incredible to see the outpouring of support and love for the late queen. does it surprise you at all? >> no. and i think it's going to get bigger and bigger and bigger. in the millions by the time we see the funeral on monday. and because she was so beloved. she was so admired. she held the standard for everybody else. she was the consoler in chief. she -- you know, she was -- she was the person everybody would turn to in times of trouble. most recently we saw what she did during the pandemic, during the lockdowns. and that was just one of many, many times over the course of her reign when she stepped in like that. but she also held a standard of behavior and stood for values, timeless values that everybody really should aspire to. and she not only espoused them, she walked the walk. >> never wavered, even though parts of her life were very tumultuous. i want to look at this v

. >> nic robertson to you in bel belfast, charles making his first trip to northern ireland shortly asing, obviously the next stop in this sort of royal tour since he took over the crown. this stop obviously has some compl compl compli complications. >> it does. this is a politically divided part of britain, perhaps more politically divided than any other part, and of course the division is very straightforward. it's pro-british or pro-irish, pro-united irish. it's about a 50-minute flight from edinburgh over here to belfast. when the king lands with the queen consort, they'll go to hillsborough castle. that's the royal residence here. that's where king charles will meet with politicians from both sides of that political divide, and we know that the pro-irish politicians didn't attend over the weekend. that proclamation ceremony where king charles officially proclaimed king because they said that was for people who sort of follow the british mon monarchy. so they will be there today, and the message from both sides is that the queen was a great help in bringing peace here in northern i

nic robertson, cnn, belfast, northern ireland. >> still ahead here on cnn, a blistering fast ukrainianrs of taken russian troops by surprise. the consequences are being felt all the way to moscow. with growing and rare criticism of vladimir putin's war of choice. we were told, super young, that you have to be tough, you have to be macho in a male perspective. you feel like, you know, you're not able to open up and, you know, be vulnerable with your feelings, you know what i mean. you have this idea of this machismo, right? like that you have to always be the toughest, the strongest. for me as a man, it's about opening up. not feeling too macho to tell someone how you're feeling when you're feeling down. opening up your heart and sharing with other people the way that you're feeling. i have a twin sister who, when i'm sad, i call her and talk to her and we normally have the same feelings. i face time, my grandchildren. that always seems to kind of give me a boost, even when you're having your darkest moments. kicking the stigma means talking about it. it's something that a lot of people

cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson has the latest. >> reporter: aside the thames, emotionslize that when you're there -- because you can see other people get emotional too. you can't -- you can't not come here and not be emotional. >> i think it's right just to pay my respects, you know, because it's someone i admired over my lifetime. >> she's been there constant the whole time, the whole of your life. i think we're just beginning to realize that that constant is gone. >> reporter: for a second day, queen elizabeth ii's royal standard draped casket lying in state, serene atop. royal archers, heads bowed standing guard. one succumbing to the rigors of such prestigious duty, collapsing where he stood. among those paying respect, former british prime minister theresa may. around the country, royals hearing condolences first hand. the prince and princess of wales at the queen's norfolk residence, sandringham, meeting villagers. the queen's daughter, the princess royal, was in glasgow. and the queen's youngest son and wife, the earl and countess of wessex went to manchester. af

cnn's nic robertson has the latest. >> reporter: at buckingham palace, massive crowds greet king charleshead of some of his first meetings as the nation's new king. in wales, northern ireland, and scotland, celebration as his royal proclamation is read out sunday. >> god save the king! >> reporter: a more muted tone if balmoral where his mother passed away on thursday. the queen's coffin began a six-hour journey to edinburgh all part of a ceremony approved by the queen herself. crowds lined the streets as the queen's casket passed them by. the group accompanied by the queen's daughter princess anne wound its way through remote villages and cities of scotland. the royal mile packed with mourners. >> the crowd gently clapping. and there goes the queen's coffin around the corner. >> people of all ages straining at the barriers for a better view, all coming to say good-bye to britain's longest serving monarch. some had even saved spots along the road since news of the queen's death first broke. >> a lot of people have been here for hours and the mood has been quite somber. but also quite nic

. >> cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live for us in london on this big day withxpect. she's not prime minister until tomorrow. she'll fly out to scotland separately to bother ris johnson, who will fly to scotland as well. they'll both meet the queen. the queen will accept boris johnson's resignation and she'll invite liz truss to become the next prime minister, which is what's going to happen. liz truss said she will govern the country the way she campaigned, on conservative