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>> i can't believe she's gone. it's a great loss, great loss. i just hope that charles can live up to what his mother has obviously instilled in him. that will be a wonderful legacy for him to carry forward. >> and just moments ago we saw king charles iii showing everyone what it means to carry on in the midst of grief, coming here to buckingham palace for the first time as king, shaking hands with some of the absolute throngs of crowds that have gathered outside in the wake of his mother's death. all of this with a host of tributes to the monarch who sat on the throne for seven deca...

we just observed the minute of silence, marked at the beginning by big ben. the final day the queen is lying in state there at the state funeral. that will be tomorrow, with state leaders and dignitaries from around the world attending the funeral there. after ten days, of course, of mourning. we want to bring in nbc's former editor, tim york. both in london for us. and lindsey, let me start with you, as we just marked that moment, that minute of silence for the queen there. talk to me about what we heard from america's president, president biden, paying his respects earlier today ah...

queen elizabeth ii dead. her son, prince charles, is now king charles iii, officially. we learned queen elizabeth's doctors were quote, concerned about her health this morning. it was at the time, an extraordinary statement from a notoriously private buckingham palace. those words sent news outlets like ours into rolling wait and see coverage and thousands of well wishers to buckingham palace itself, watching those railings. that fencing. where all the royals most significant news is so often posted. from the birth of an heir to the death of a monarch. the queen did not pass at bucki...

negotiators their due. he is meeting with them in the oval office. this case down to the wire with a source familiar with the negotiations telling nbc news the deal was reached early this morning after 20 hours of talks. there was, quote, a basic handshake at 2:30 a.m. and approval by the teamsters board at 4:30 a.m. it couldn't come at a more critical juncture as the biden administration tries to tame red hot 40 year high inflation with the midterms now just 53 days away. for some context about what a strike would mean for our economy, our web of railways are responsible for shippin...

there to receive her body. with me now is kier simmons, tim york. kier, glad to have you with us at this really somber and emotional moment for people in the uk who are now for the first time seeing the queen arrive to a place that she called home for decades. >> reporter: that's right. i just drove along that same route that the queen's hearse, the state hearse, glass windows to make it easier for people to see the coffin as she passes by. i just drove that route and people were lining the route, waiting in silence with umbrellas. very british scene. as they waited for the queen to ...