of national mourning for britain s longest serving monarch. well, the public viewing of the queen s coffin has now officially ended, and westminster hall is closed to the public as preparations begin for her funeral. over the last few days thousands have waited for hours in lines stretching several miles along the river thames just to pay their respects. well, in the hours ahead a procession will take the queen s coffin from westminster hall to westminster abbey where the funeral will take place. that service will be conducted by the dean of westminster. following the funeral the queen s coffin will be moved in a procession through central london to wellington arch where it ll be placed in the state hearse and travel on her final journey to windsor. from there a committal service will take place at st. george s chapel. well, cnn correspondents are following all of the developments for you. scott mcclain standing by in london where the final mourners have been waiting to pay t
known. we watched it s hard not to notice how well the calmness of this late hour fits the moment. this is after all a bustling capital and looks and sounds that way during most daylight hours. except earlier today when even some flights into heathrow were suspended and the city fell quiet for the procession from buckingham palace. flanked by guard and cavalry and led by her four children they carried the coffin down the mall toward westminster. it was a remarkable display of ceremony, ritual, history and family. each piece of it, every gesture planned to the heartbeat and done with precision. slow. march. inside westminster hall the only spoken words were prayers led by the archbishop of c canterbury. and the blessing of god almighty, the father, the son, and the holy spirit be among you and remain with you always. amen. the king staying tonight at his private residence west of the city where he s expected to spend some time on the phone with world leaders. h
impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. almost since the day capitol was attacked, so many that it s hard to keep track, and harder still to be surprised or imagine any of it changes what we think we already know. yet this week, the house january 6 committee, even as it tries to bundle up the scandal and tie a bow around it, has also delivered plenty that is new. and today promised more. listen to committee member zoe lofgren today on cnn talk about donald trump s effort to strong arm georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger after the election. i think we ve all heard the infamous phone call where then-president trump was trying to fo
shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain s defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the international red cross said the scale of destruction defies comprehension. but ukraine claims its forces have progressed into the southern kherson region. as the conflict surpassed 100 days ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, remained confident of the outcome. translator: we have been dedefending ukraine for 100 days. victory shall be ours. glory to ukraine. now, the human toll in ukraine
Latest on the explosion at the hospital, palestinian officials blaming israel. Israel categorically denies that and says Islamic Jihad is responsible while protests break out in the middle east. Were joined by a spokesperson for the islamic Defense Force when we come back. A bit more than two hours until the sun comes up here in tel aviv. Its country both at war and still in shock from the initial atrocities that caused this war, the Terror Attacks that took place here last saturday. Now it appears that the face of what already was a dire potentially widening crisis has been transformed potentially by a fresh human tragedy. Today explanations at the Baptist Hospital in gaza city full of patients and also reportedly hundreds of people from the very old to the very youngest who had sought refuge there over the last week or so. Hundreds are believed dead. We neither know the precise number nor who is responsible for the blast. Hamas blames israeli air strikes. Israels military says theres