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welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper in washington, d.c. for 70 years her subjects and her fans have been saying, "god save the queen" but this afternoon, queen elizabeth ii, longest ruling monarch in british history died at the age of 96. the royal family confirmed the news just about 90 minutes ago saying that the queen died peacefully at balmoral castle in scotland. moments ago her son charles, now king charles iii released a statement saying in part, "we mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished, sovereign and a much-loved mother." he loss will be deeply felt by countless peo...

we begin with sunlen who is outside the supreme court. what are you seeing? >> reporter: jim, it certainly is a very tense moment right here on the steps of the supreme court. i want to show you the scene playing out now at this moment. i'll take you to the crowd here in the last few minutes we've seen really this conversation between both sides break out. the police have moved in some barricades, some police fences and they have separated the two sides. over here you have a side who is not in support of friday's supreme court decision and over here pro-life and we have seen them ...

All of these topics i expect elizabeth warren to keep talking about. again, it is what is made -- what has made her crowd swell. back here she has a pretty good crowd in this black town, not a black town, an hbcu. that is one of the things she is trying to do obviously is attract african-american voters. about two-thirds of the voters in this primary state. as you can see not a lot of african-american voters in this crowd. today she has to do better with those voters if she is going to remain competitive. you see her doing obviously really well in national polls when it comes to south carolina...

To chicago we go. ryan young, what are you seeing. >> >> reporter: >> we have seen this crowd swell. we have seen creative signs. you told me it's important for you to be out here today. why did you think it was important to come out to this protest? >> i have never cared about politics more until now when you find that our figurehead cannot be trusted. and this is -- trump-pinocchio that my friend sue cook made. you can hashtag it and check it out. seriously, we have to do something. we have to stand up. we won't stand idly by. >> reporter: trump tower is over here in chicago with a big sign....

Like so many around the globe, i cannot fully imagine my life without the example mandela set. and so long as i live, i will do what i can to learn from him. >> today we look not only at how mandela is being remembered but also reflect on how his life's mission will be carried forward. >> often when some great man dies, we say we have to wait the judgment of history. i don't think we have to in his case. we start with michelle kosinski. as i understand the crowd has been gathering because the news of madiba's death came so late in the day. explain how you have seen the crowd swell. >> reporter...