king charles begins his reign. the official ten days of national mourning throughout the united kingdom for queen elizabeth began earlier today with a tribute in parliament and separate gun salutes at hyde park and edinburgh castle. 96 rounds fired for her 96 years of life. fire! then you have an enduring image from an emotional day here on thursday. this double rainbow over buckingham palace as crowds gathered to pay their respects. the burdens of ruling this nation now fall on king charles. the 73-year-old monarch arriving in london just a few hours ago and exiting his car at buckingham palace to shake hands with the people gathered there. then meeting with prime minister liz truss and members of her cabinet ahead of the most pivotal speech of his life. a prerecorded address that is expected to air next hour. back home, president biden says he will attend the queen s funeral. one of 14 u.s. presidents the queen met during her time on the thrown. joining me now, nbc seni
buckingham palace. a royal 96 gun salute, one for every year of elizabeth s long momentous life. [ gun salute ] also echoing this morning over london, the iconic bells of westminster abbey ringing out along with the bells of other churches across the nation. [ bells tolling ] all of this marks the first of ten days of national mourning. all part of the long planned meticulously orchestrated order of events following the death of the queen. and this hour, we will be bearing witness to all of these historic moments, but also looking back on queen elizabeth s extraordinary life and what is ahead for her son, king charlesiii. you are in front of buckingham palace which we just saw in the last hour king charles iii when he arrived, was able to meet with and briefly talk to so many people. thousands of people that are there. reporter: you are really hit with it as soon as you get off the plane. i arrived this morning and i spent the morning walking around this city. i spent the
commonwealth nations woke up to a new monarch today, for the first time in most of their lives. moments ago, king charles first audience with prime minister liz truss. he referred to his mother s death as a moment i d been dreading. a short time before that, just as his mother did in 1952, king charles iii pledged himself to the people of england, in his first speech since ascending to the throne yesterday. queen elizabeth was a life well lived, a promise with destiny kept, and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. that promise of lifelong service i renew to you all today. i shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love, as i have throughout my life. gun salutes boomed across london and the uk military sites today. 96 rounds were fired to mark queen elizabeth s incredible 96 years of life. the new monarch returned to london and was greeted by a sea of people gathered outside of buckingham palace. some of those who shook hands with and smiled, others we
do the news duel. a little reflection. for 25 years as an anchor at fox i have been accustoms to debating issues. but since the president hired his posse to take over washington, the biden administration is gas lighting america. they want to make us believe what we are seeing and experiencing is not happening at all. 700 migrants gathering under a bridge after crossing there. border patrol has started releasing migrants on city streets. it s open for you to come illegally, right? illegally. that s true. brian: this is reality and the border biden style. we have a secure border. brian: it s just not true. his reality show has texas governor abbott desperate busing immigrants into new york and chicago to show you the crisis they are facing is real, even though they don t want to talk about it. you say our road to freedom and energy is green energy and green technology. folks, the great american road trip will be fully electrified. the charging station will be up and
others demanded they leave. first americans were paid to stay home during the pandemic. now many are refusing to return to their offices. who is d.b. cooper, what happened to amelia earhart. will cain joins me for an update on america s unsolved mysteries. before i get to my monologue. remember my show where i told you we were in the secret service and situations really sucked and you had to embrace it. is america learning to deal with biden by just embracing the suck. according to the a.p., joe biden has a 45% job approval. how is that. how is this plans approval rating not 10% or less. what is going on. are we living in an alternate universe? the suck is getting worse. year over year inflation just popped against at 8.3% in august. inflation means you pay more for everything. because the inflation suck is getting worse. what about the border? a memo went out from dhs instructing border agents how to release migrants into interreer year cities and states. we have had 2 milli