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and the world remember the queen. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room as cnn s special live coverage continues. we begin with charles iii s debut as king. the new monarch facing a moment he acknowledges he s been dreading, the death of his mother, queen elizabeth. cnn s bianca nobilo is outside st. paul s cathedral where a service for the queen was held today. bianca, this has been a very, very emotional day for the british people and their new king. it has, wolf. i ve been speaking to those who attended this service. 2,000 members of the public, first come, first serve were given wristbands this morning, and they were coming from all over the world. these were people from australia, cuba, italy that i spoke to. they were going past the tourism office where they were giving out tickets to this remembrance service and service of thanksgiving. and they just happened to be in the right place and t ....
very good thursday morning to you and welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. i m jim sciutto. and i m poppy harlow. we re glad you are with us as we follow breaking news, buckingham palace says 96-year-old queen elizabeth is under medical supervision because doctors are concerned for her health. her son and the heir apparent prince charles arrived to be by her side. her other three children along with princes william and harry are also headed there right now. and you our reporters and correspondents are standing by. anna stewart, kate williams as well. and kate, i wonder if i could begin with you. we ve been speaking in the last hour about the enormous span of her leadership, the longest serving monarch really in history, certainly in the uk history, more than 70 years celebrated earlier this year. we came across something she said at the young age of 21 on a visit to south africa before she assumed the throne, can which struck us as telling o ....
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 crowd ....
it is notably quiet hour and perhaps the quietest period modern london has ever seen, as mourners make their way toward westminster hall. even at this hour behind me, it is 2:00 a.m. in london, the line is long and yet people are waiting. it is moving quickly, and they are getting to see their queen. whether inside or outside the chamber, so many people we ve spoken to here have pointed out it is the silence, perhaps, that is so remarkable, silence in nearly every respect. even if you take away the buses and taxis, london is one of the busiest international airports, heath heathrow. the only sounds today were the music of mourning chosen by the queen herself and military cadence calls. slow, march. in, out, in, out, in, out in, out president biden and the first lady are expected to fly here saturday morning. the president spoke with king charles today and will be the first american president the king will know as monarch. his mother met 13 of them. more ....
line is long, and yet people are waiting. it s moving quickly. they re getting to see their queen. whether inside or outside the chambers, so many people we ve spoken to here appointed out it s the silence, perhaps, that is so remarkable. silence in nearly every respect. even if you take away the buses in the taxes and general bustle that you find in any great global capital, london s bill is under the approach path to one of the world s busiest international airports, heathrow. airliners fly over the city every minute of every daylight hour every single day, except for this day, when the only sounds were the music of mourning chosen by the queen herself, and military cadence calls. party, slow. march. president biden in the first lady are expected to fly here saturday morning. first american president the king will know as monarch. his mother knew 14, and met 13 of them. more now from cnn s jeff zeleny on the remarkable span of history and presidential pers ....