and let's start overseas. It was a weekend of
sadness and ceremony in the United Kingdom as queen Elizabeth
coffin arrived in Edinburgh from Balmoral castle On sunday that
as you see crowds lining the street today, the
newly proclaimed king Charles the third and the rest of
the royal family will accompany the coffin to ST Giles
Cathedral. That's where they're going to pay their respects
with the public. On Tuesday, the queen's coffin
will be flown to London. That's where she will
lie in State before her funeral. On Monday now
Prince William, now the Prince of Wales invited his
brother Harry and their wives on a walking tour outside
of Buckingham Palace that to meet the public over the
weekend, it was the first time that the two
brothers have been seen together in public since the Queen's
Platinum Jubilee back in June Shannon. Alright, well
, now Sunday marked another somber event, the 21st
anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The tolling bell
and a moment of silence began the commemoration at ground
zero in new york where the World Trade Center's twin
towers were destroyed by hijacked planes, victims, relatives
and dignitaries also gathered at two other crash sites,
the pentagon and a field in pennsylvania. President biden
took part in a wreath laying ceremony at the pentagon
paying tribute to extraordinary americans who gave their lives on
one of the nation's darkest days Alright and staying now
with the president's 9 11 address, let's head over
to the nation's capital where our own aerial Hickson is
standing by with more. Good morning Ariel, Good
morning Shannon President biden honored the victims of 9 11
sunday during a ceremony at the pentagon and during his
speech, the president took the time to not only
reflect on the nearly 3000 lives lost, but talk
about the significance of securing american democracy today. Take
a listen. There's nothing this nation cannot accomplish when
we stand together and defend with all our hearts that
which makes us unique in the world, our democracy
, we don't always live up to it. We've
never walked away from it. 21 years ago,
nearly 3000 people were killed during the 9 11 attacks
planned by the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin
laden hijacked flights crashed into the World Trade Center,
The pentagon and a field near shanksville pennsylvania and during
his speech, the president acknowledged the recent killing of
al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri saying that the US
quote will never never give up family members of the
victims of the attacks were in attendance as the president
participated in a wreath laying ceremony. The President also
mentioned that he has a future plan for the families
of 9 11. Yeah, in area. While
we have you President biden is set to attend the
funeral of Queen Elizabeth the second next week. What
sort of details we know so far of his visit
. So Buckingham palace. Specifically invited the president and
the first lady to the funeral, meaning that the
president is not permitted to assemble a delegation some background
here. Previous state funerals have allowed for the president
to bring a delegation or a small team of officials
to the event. For example, this happened at
the funeral of former South African President NElson Mandela.
Regardless, the White House confirm that the president and
first lady will attend. The funeral will be held
on september 19th at Westminster Abbey. All right.
A lot to get to. All right, thank
you so much. Ariel Hickson live in Washington,
D. C. All right. Meanwhile, let's
stay overseas. Ukrainian forces are pushing north in the
Kharkiv region and they're advancing to the south and the
east. That is the army's rapid games are forcing
Russia to fall back and this marks Russia's worst defeat
since they were pushed back from the capital of Kiev
back in March. Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky hailed that
victory as a potential breakthrough in the six month old
war. Ukrainian officials say the armed forces regained control
of more than 1100 square miles just since the start
of this month and get this new york Governor Kathy
huckle has declared a state of emergency as polio spreads
in the state. Now, according to state health
officials, poliovirus has now been detected in sewage samples
from four counties in the new york metro area as
well as new york city itself. Now polio virus
can cause paralysis and humans and the new york health
commissioner called on people who are unvaccinated to get their
polio shots immediately. Well, history happening at the
US Open Carlos Alvarez, one of Spain, took
home the Grand Slam title at the U. S
. Open in new york yesterday, defeating Casper Ruud
and at just 19 years old. Yeah, 19
Alcock press the youngest player to rise to number one
in the A. T. P. Rankings.
He's also the youngest man to earn a Grand Slam
final since Rafael Nadal in 2005, and also the
youngest to reach the U. S. Open men's
singles final since Pete Sampras did it back in 1990
coincidentally, both Nadal and Sampras also won their Grand
Slam titles at 19.