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Well, hello and welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm becky anderson in london, where it is 9:00 a.m. and in just two hours from now, britain and the world will say a final farewell to queen elizabeth ii as her state funeral gets under way. the doors to westminster abbey opened last hour. and in the next 30 minutes, the general congregation will be seated followed by the foreign heads of state, up to 2,000 people are expected to attend the queen's funeral. before it begins, the bell will toll once a minute for 96 minutes to represent each year of the queen's life. so this, the general c...

The circle that formed around joseph ratzinger some 30 years ago. >> let me ask you finally, george, over the next couple of days before they go into the meeting, the general congregation, that will be monday morning, what is going to be happening with these cardinals and how much are they talking about what will be discussed in the conclave? >> there is certainly a lot of lunches and dinners going on, chris. >> yes, but there always are in italy, george. come on. >> well, these are perhaps slightly more substantive than we occasionally experience here. there are a lot of informal meetings, na...

Back to you. right now in the oval office, president obama is hosting a bipartisan leadership meeting as the sequester looms. with most of congress gone from d.c., the budget cuts will take effect at midnight. we see the microphones there for when they come out. joining me now, republican congressman nick mulvaney who served on the budget committee. >> thanks for having me. >> i spoke to peter welch and

Think, helpful in making a prudent decision. >> so father, can you go to the local restaurants on the borbo po and eavesdrop on the conversations or are they at north american college having dinner? >> well, actually, they choose their restaurants from a variety. some close to the coliseum. it would be a little tricky to eavesdrop on them. >> chris, if we keep this up -- >> yeah? >> if we keep this up, we're going to have to have the msnbc approved list of rome and eavesdropping restaurants. >> i will look for that when i arrive, george. get your pencil ready. >> it's cold. >> very good to kno...

Of course, a holiday here at the moment. and in about an hour and a half, this street will -- the well wishers start to make their way toward the south of me. >> the picture is actually, you know, the headline from all of the security is, it's actually okay at this point but they are watching it. aisha? >> max, thank you. and i just want to alert our viewers to the fact that just behind me at the abbey at the great west door, which is where the vips will enter, the british royals and kate middleton, they are rolling out the red carpet. we want to zoom in and show you the shot. you see the work...