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Retired Nurse Saves Infant That Stopped Breathing On Flight; Soon: King Charles To Lead Procession Of Queen's Casket To St. Giles'; Ukrainian Military's Rapid Advance In Northeast Continues; U.S. Announces Nearly $3B In Additional Aid To Ukraine. Aired 9-9:30a ET

Aired September 12, 2022 - 09:00   ET

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: -- run to help and her years of experience kicked in.

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TAMARA PANZINO, RETIRED REGISTERED NURSE: Gave daddy the baby, held it, while I did a sternal rub kind of an aggressive shake of the chest. Before we know it, we knew within a couple of minutes the baby was -- we were home free. The baby was going to be good. The color came back. I heard breathing sounds, heard heartbeat.

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KEILAR: Unbelievable. And CNN's coverage continues right now.

POPPY HARLOW, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. We're so glad you're with us. I'm Poppy Harlow.

JIM SCIUTTO, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Jim Sciutto. A solemn day across the United Kingdom as the nation mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth. Right now, King Charles and the Queen Consort are in Scotland where minutes from now they will lead the family in a procession on foot.

As Queen Elizabeth casket travels from the palace of Hollywood house in Edinburgh, to St. Giles Cathedral, shortly after a service of reflection for the Queen's life will take place there. Of course, we're going to bring it to you live as it happens.

HARLOW: Earlier, King Charles gave his first address to Parliament as the new monarch referencing Shakespeare. And saying that the Queen was, quote, a pattern to all princes living. The new king vowed to continue the Queen's dedicated service to her people. Watch this.

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KING CHARLES III, THE NEW MONARCH: As I stand before you today, I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both houses dedicate yourselves with such personal commitment for the betterment of us all. (END VIDEO CLIP)

HARLOW: And people who are paying tribute around the world to Queen Elizabeth from the United Kingdom to the United States, Brazil, New Zealand, Japan, and many more nations, flags have been lowered and buildings have been lit up in remembrance of the Queen.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She was actually named Georgia Elizabeth after the Queen. So we thought it'd be nice for her to grow up and be told that she was here today.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sort of a grandmother to a soul. It's not just a loss of a monarch, it's a loss of some like a family member. And I think the last time we really felt this was with Princess Diana.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know what, I didn't think it would be emotional but, you know, you hear the news and it's like, just losing someone that's so constant in, you know, in our lives.

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HARLOW: So constant in our lives. Our reporters, our anchors, correspondents are covering all of the angles. Our friend Don Lemon is at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, Isa Soares on the Royal Mile towards St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Max Foster outside Buckingham Palace. Don, let's begin with you, what a day. What a meaningful day for the family. What does it feel like on the ground there today?

DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you, Poppy. It's an interesting feeling because there's -- obviously, there's people are mournful at times and then there's celebration. We go back and forth between these really two opposite ends of emotions here because, of course, we're marking the death of someone who is reigned for 70 years.

And then you have a new King now who has to greet parliament and greet all the dignitaries and members of the House of Commons, as well. And then you have people who are happy to see the new King, but sad for the death of a Queen that they have known all their lives.

But thousands upon thousands of people are lining the streets here behind barricades to see the members of the royal family which of course includes the Queen Consort and the new King of England, King Charles III. So it is really sort of this tug of war.

You go back and forth between these two emotions for people here. Happy to see the new King, Poppy and Jim, but sadly mourning the death of someone that they have -- that has been with them and that they have loved their entire lives.

HARLOW: Yes.

SCIUTTO: No question. And then Prince Harry in his statement today reference that about how the Queen had told him that there are partings, final partings right as well as first greeting. So, Isa, you are at St. Giles Cathedral, where the Queen's coffin will be headed after that procession after Royal Mile. I wonder if you could tell us what's happening there now.

ISA SOARES, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Jim. Well as you can see behind me, really a sea of people, as Don was saying, thousands and thousands of people.

Many more people coming here very early in the morning to get a glimpse of course of the royal family and the new King but also pay their respects to a monarch who has defined so many of their generations.

Many people coming with little chairs, with stalls, with their pets, and many with sleeping bags, sleep in the night wanting to be here to be present giving us a glimpse perhaps, Jim, of what we may come to see in London when the Queen makes its way to London.

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But emotions are raw. And I think you're going to see the potency of that, when, of course, that coffin, the hearse, makes its way in less than 25 minutes or so up the Royal Mile, with King Charles III, and his siblings behind him and with him behind the mother's coffin, of course.

And just to explain to our viewers what this moment means, this is uphill, Jim. It is a cobbled street. And between both sides, really the Queen -- the King, and his family is going to be flanked by the public. So this is a family grieving, grieving deeply and the public watching the mourn so publicly. So you can see how potent, how raw that might be.

Now we know that -- we know the Prince Harry nor Prince William will be present. This is simply the Queen's children. But we have heard as you mentioned today from Prince Harry.

And I want to read a part of the statement that we heard from Prince Harry this morning, and this is him addressing his grandmother directly a part of it. "Granny, while this final party brings us great sadness, I am forever grateful for all of our first meetings, from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my commander-in-chief.

To the first moment you met my darling wife, and hugged your beloved great grandchildren. We too smile, knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now, and both together in peace."

Incredibly powerful words, moving words that we heard today from Prince Harry, the Queen's grandson.

I want to bring in Fiona, who's traveled -- come on in Fiona -- who's traveled, got here about four and a half hours or so. Fiona, what does this moment mean to you?

FIONA PATTERSON, TRAVELED FROM GARTMORE, SCOTLAND TO WATCH PROCESSION: It's just so good to be here. And the Queen has been a part of the fabric of our society. I've got huge admiration for a woman who worked with over a bit long until she was 96. Not a huge royalist, but great admiration for her.

SOARES: And I've heard from several people who are not huge loyalists, but they still have a deep love and connection to her. Why is your love so strong? Why is the Queen's love so strong here in Scotland?

PATTERSON: I think Scotland respects the input that the Queen had. She spent a good part of her year in Balmoral. She respected the customs and enjoyed what Scotland stands for. And she was just a great part of our society and how we love Scotland.

SOARES: And how -- finally, how do you feel about King Charles?

PATTERSON: I'll wait and see how he does. I hope he does great things. But it remains to be seen. I don't have any strong feelings either way, actually just now. But I hope he's as good as his mom was.

SOARES: Thank you very much, Fiona.

And Jim, this is something I've been hearing actually in the last kind of two, three days, that people, even those who are not pro-monarchy, that they have huge respect for the Queen. Some telling me, look, he's got big shoes to fill. But he's had, of course, a great teacher, Jim?

HARLOW: Yes, big shoes to fill for sure. Isa, thank you, and stay with us.

Max Foster, let me go to you because we did hear from the King this morning, speaking after he and the Queen Consort received addresses of condolence from both Houses of Parliament. And he opened by talking about really feeling in that moment, especially the weight of history.

MAX FOSTER, CNN ANCHOR & CORRESPONDENT: Yes, it's interesting hearing that lady saying, let's see how he does.

HARLOW: Yes.

FOSTER: The jury is out. I think that's the case across the board, isn't it, certainly amongst politicians as well. So that was a bit of a test for him today. So what you saw was the three branches of Parliament coming together, the House of Lords, the House of Commons, and the Crown, they all came together in Westminster Hall, in this truly historic building, which goes back to the 1100s.

And this is where the Queen will lay to rest in state -- lie in state. This is where the public will get a chance to see the coffin later on. So that's going to be quite profound moment.

But today, it was an opportunity for both houses to pay their condolences to the King, but also the King to reply. And what everyone was waiting for was really confirmation that he would carry on as the Queen had carried on, which was to stay above politics out of politics effectively.

Only they're in a ceremonial role not getting too involved in the politics. Let's leave that to the House of Commons or the House of Lords and let's hear what he said. I think he was pretty convincing.

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KING CHARLES III: The tangible connections to my darling late mother, we see all around us from the fountain in new palace yard which commemorates the late Queen Silver Jubilee to the sundial in old palace yard for the Golden Jubilee.

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The magnificent stained-glass window before me for the Diamond Jubilee, and so poignantly, and yet to be formally unveiled. Your most generous gift to her late majesty, to mark the unprecedented Platinum Jubilee, which we celebrated only three months ago with such joyful hearts.

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FOSTER: Really to speak to how entrench the Queen was in the British establishment. She was hugely popular in Scotland as we've been hearing but this is the U.K. Parliament. There's a big campaign led by the First Minister in Scotland to break away from the United Kingdom. So it's going to be interesting to see how his audience with Nicola Sturgeon goes later on. We're expecting at some point this afternoon.

SCIUTTO: Max Foster, Don Lemon, Isa Soares, so good to have you all there. Thanks so much.

Joining us now, CNN Anchor and Correspondent Julia Chatterley, also Sally Bedell Smith, she's a CNN Contributor, author of really such a great story of the Queen -- "Elizabeth the Queen." Good to have you here. If I could begin with you Sally, listening to those remarks from King Charles, it struck me that you had two sides to it to some degree. He spoke about the weight of history.

You heard Max there emphasizing his comments about the role of the parliament and the monarchy together. But he also had sweet words about the Queen. He called her my darling late mother, my beloved mother, a personal statement as well. I wonder what struck you as you heard his words.

SALLY BEDELL SMITH, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, he's very accomplished. And he knows, he knows everything he's said, is -- reflects principles and traditions that he has known from the time he was a young boy, really. Yes, of course, he would have personal remarks about his mother. But he, you know, you'll have to remember, he studied the Constitution at Cambridge, he has observed his mother in her constitutional role over many decades.

And he -- and, you know, it comes not only from the heart, but from the head. And he, you know, he is determined to follow the tradition that his mother carried out, so impeccably. And I think that was very heartening for a lot of people who may have worried that he could, in some way, deviate from that. But I think now, for really the second time, he has underlined his commitment to following the path that she set out so admirably. HARLOW: Julia, he takes this position controls that are incredibly difficult time for the United Kingdom. I mean, not to mention independence movements, but the economy, what is staring in the face of every Britain right now, and that is soaring energy prices, soaring inflation, a real question of just being able to make it day to day for so many. How do you expect that he will address that, not given a political role, that's not when he has, but still as the new monarch?

JULIA CHATTERLEY, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: Sympathy. It's a delicate moment in many respects, as you said, for the U.K. economy was already expected to head into next year with the worst growth and the highest inflation rate of any nation in the G7. And actually, in the very short term, the Queen's loss, and the mourning period actually complicates that.

You know, we had data this morning that showed that the day off that people were given for the jubilee celebrations in the second quarter actually meant to hit to growth.

And there are some analysts out there already that are saying that the day off and the mourning period that we could see as a result of the Queen's funeral, could actually tip the U.K. economy into technical recession in the third quarter. I mean, the nation was already headed there anyway. But we've got the Bank of England hiking interest rates, we've got the government trying to provide support to people. It's just a complicated moment for all these things combined.

Longer term, of course, tourism, people showing the respects that part of this hopefully will help and obviously the royalty and the monarchy is a huge contributor to the U.K. economy overall. But within the short term, it's tough for many reasons.

SCIUTTO: Yes, the weight of history, but also the weight of the present. But let's be frank, the reality of the present.

And Sally Bedell Smith, as Max reference there, following the service of prayer at St. Giles' Cathedral, King Charles will receive the First Minister of Scotland as she's known Nicola Sturgeon, who herself is pushing for another independence referendum for Scotland to leave the United Kingdom.

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There are elements of Brexit in there, Scotland, many of the people in Scotland supported staying in the E.U. rather than leaving. Does the King, the new King have a role to play in trying to keep the kingdom together?

SMITH: Well, I think by example. What people will realize that -- is that we all know how deeply committed to Scotland the Queen was for so many years and Charles is equally. He spends a lot of time up there. He has a number of charitable initiatives.

I remember back in the 1980s, he went out to the Outer Hebrides and he spent a few days with a small farmer. He has promoted the languages of the Scots in remote areas like that. He has supported regeneration projects in the north of Scotland.

He has his hands all over Scotland in his enterprises and I think people will realize how committed he is to Scotland. Now whether that will have an impact on Nicola Sturgeon and her wish for Scottish independence, but I think Charles can't help but remind her that United Kingdom is a very -- will benefit Scotland and should continue.

SCIUTTO: We'll leave it there. Sally Bedell Smith, thank you. Julia Chatterley, to you as well.

We are waiting for King Charles to lead the procession. Taking his mother's coffin to St. Giles' Cathedral. We'll take you there live, of course, as soon as that begins.

SCIUTTO: Yes. One more moment of history. We are also following major developments in the war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian military says their troops have now recaptured more than 1,100 square miles of territory, this just in the east. Details on how much and why the Russians appear to be on the retreat there.

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HARLOW: This morning, Russia's Defense Ministry says it has launched fresh airstrikes in the Kharkiv region. This is video, take a look here, of firefighters battling flames at a power station on the outskirts of Kharkiv. One employee at that plant is said to have been killed in this attack.

SCIUTTO: Yes. Airstrikes but no credible defense there. The Ukrainian military says its rapid advance in the country's northeast is continuing recapturing more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory just in the last week. One Russian brigade in the Kherson region in the south is said to have lost almost 85 percent of its personnel.

CNN's Melissa Bell joins us from Kharkiv, CNN's Barbara Starr at the Pentagon. Melissa, when we reported the start of this counteroffensive two weeks ago, certainly no one I spoke with on the U.S. side expected this fast progress particularly in the Northeast. The focus expected to be in the south around Kherson, what is the latest you're seeing and witnessing on the ground there?

MELISSA BELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Jim. And this really seems to have been part of very clever communication strategy on the part of the Ukrainians. That Southern counter offensive launch at the very end of August, and then the one here in the Kharkiv region launched just under a week ago and has made those spectacular games sweeping across so many villages of the Kharkiv region.

And of course, this is remember, a counteroffensive that is the subject of a media blackout. Journalists simply aren't allowed near those front lines. So the only indication we have of its progress are those videos, those pictures being shared on social media by the Ukrainian soldiers themselves, as they've been taking, especially over the course of the weekend, village after village all the way into key towns here in the Kharkiv region like Kupiansk and Izyum.

Now, we wanted to see for ourselves exactly what was going on, and we managed to get in to the city of Kupiansk. And what we found, Jim, is despite that flag being raised on Saturday, a very unclear situation. And Russian troops still fighting for control. Have a look.

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BELL (voice over): A first artillery strike, to close for comfort, then a second much closer.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE)

BELL: OK.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. OK.

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BELL: Now all we've been hearing from Ukrainian soldiers who just come back from that Eastern offensive is that the sweep across the villages was much easier than it expected.

But that fighting for the key town continues because bear in mind that these are towns, Kupiansk and Izyum, for instance, that are extremely important for those Russian supply lines as they try and bring men and weaponry from Russia down to their frontlines in Donbas. And they're not going to give them up without a fight, Jim.

HARLOW: No question. Melissa, thank you for that. And Barbara, what more do we know about the U.S.'s role in helping Ukraine and then those forces plan the counteroffensive?

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think everything Melissa just laid out, really tells us where we are at this point. The Pentagon being very cautious about, you know, spiking the ball is saying that this is a victory.

They're very watchful of this. There's been about $15 billion or so in aid, military aid to Ukraine. And that has been very specifically tailored for what Ukraine needs, armor, artillery, howitzers, that sort of thing.

A lot of focus on getting ammunition to Ukraine forces because they need to be able to sustain this advanced. The U.S. has been providing military advice, intelligence assessments, but Ukraine is going to have to be able to sustain this and that will only emerge over time.

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As for the Russians, they're going to have to be able to generate the capacity with troops and with their own equipment to counter the Ukraine offensive. So there's a long way to go on all of this and a lot of caution about it. Look for the U.S. and the allies to send more tailored weapons

packages in the days ahead, more intelligence assessment, more aid and cooperation with Ukraine forces. But nobody's spiking the ball that Ukraine has got this wrapped up anytime soon. Jim, Poppy?

SCIUTTO: No question. There's taking territory than there was holding it, but certainly taken --

HARLOW: Yes.

SCIUTTO: -- much more territory than expected at this point. Barbara Starr at the Pentagon, Melissa Bell in Kyiv, thanks so much.

And just ahead, part of the Queen's final journey. Minutes from now, King Charles expected to lead a procession on foot as the Queen's coffin heads to St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. We're going to take you there live.

HARLOW: We will indeed. First though, moments away from the opening bell on Wall Street here in the United States. Take a look at that, stock futures pointing higher this Monday morning. Of course, big question is, what will the next key inflation data show this week, the consumer price index for August comes tomorrow. Stocks have been volatile. As you know in the lead up to this September coming meeting of the Federal Reserve.

Central bankers are expected to deliver another pretty significant interest rate hike. Investors have been looking for signs that the size of future rate hikes might be smaller as inflation cools off, but that is not clear yet.

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