queen. let s begin this morning with this breaking news out of the united kingdom. buckingham palace with the statement saying that the queen s doctors are concerned for her health, and are recommending she remain under medical supervision. cnn s max foster is following this from london. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta with us, also cnn reporter anna stewart outside buckingham palace. max, you ve been chronicling throughout the last hours the steps being taken that raise the level of concern right now that this could be grave that the children, of course, traveling to the palace, family members, also notes being passed to the conservative and labor leaders in parliament. tell us what we know at this stage about the queen s health. well, the level of concern has really been rising throughout the day as you point out. there were rumors this morning, concern last night that the queen had canceled a virtual meeting with crucial privy council to swear in the
moment? reporter: they described it as concerned. doctors concerned about the queen s health. they very rarely put any statements out about her health and they never speak in such stark language. so that is very concerning. we also know that the queen is at the castle, she is overseeing by medical attention. she is not being taken to the hospital. read into that as bull. the biggest concern is that all the family have dropped everything that they were doing and they headed immediately to balmoral. prince charles is already there as is princess ann. i understand other members of the royal family landed at the airport about an hour away. i don t expect to get any more update until the whole family are within the castle and they have been informed personally about what is a big family moment. we can also read into the fact that prince harry and meghan have also dropped everything, also heading to scotland. and putting all their personal differences with the rest of the family
we have extensive live coverage up. there you see the president of the united states, president biden is at the british embassy right now paying his respects. he s signing the book of condolences at the british embassy in washington. you see him there with the british ambassador to the united states, karen peterson, the first lady of the united states, dr. jill biden as well. we ll monitor what the president is doing at the british embassy. we anticipate he ll be seeing something about queen elizabeth, expressing condolences, paying his respects to the united kingdom, to the british monarchy. live coverage coming up. i want to bring in max foster who is at buckingham palace watching all the history unfold for us. max, truly, truly significant moments unfolding. the longest serving head of state in the world, longest serving monarch in british history, something people are struggling to take in even though we knew the inevitable would be coming at some point. the crowds behi
hour. the british flag lowered to half staff. a double rainbow appearing over buckingham palace amid news of her death. tributes pouring in from around the world. president biden tonight saying queen elizabeth ii was more than a monarch. she defined an era. maggie rulli, james long man in england. mary bruce at the white house. and we look back. queen elizabeth in her own words what she said at just 21 years old, the commitment she made, her promise. her profound words right here tonight. we also have the other major news this thursday night, the deadly shooting spree in memphis. also, longtime trump ally steve bannon charged in new york. state prosecutors accusing him of stealing from donors who gave money thinking that money would build a border wall. they thought they were buying bricks with their names on them for the wall. millions of dollars. the wildfires and theatre 7r states. tributes tonight to a pioneer of cable news. remembering bernard shaw. and at th
at bell amarillo castle the queen s summer home in scotland listen in here and see if we can hear something from the president. bret: president biden signing that condolence book. the reason we are listening in as we are told from the white house press pool that the president will have some remarks here shortly. there are not a lot of sounds to signing a condolence book. but, a world reaction of outpouring of emotion, condolences to the royal family from around the world for queen elizabeth ii, 70 years as monarch of u.k. the longest reign of any monarch there. doctors expressed concern over her failing health. family members rushed to be with her. the keep s death at age 96 makes her son charles the king of england. there will be an official ceremony weeks from now. it ends the seven decade reign. again, the u.k. s longest serving monarch. let s listen back in. looks like the president is writing quite a bit. he had a long statement released by the white house earlier toda