Happening now. Amtract is cancelling all long distance train service ahead of a looming

rail strike high states talks underway right now is unions and rail companies try to avert a major

shutdown. Can the Biden administration help the two sides strike a deal before the

Friday deadline? The economic and the political stakes are enormous.

Also tonight, thousands of people are paying respects to Queen Elizabeth as she lies in state.

The public viewing caamping an extraordinary day of

pageantry and mourning including a show of unity by King Charles and his family

as they walked in a royal procession with the Queen's flag-draped coffin.

And Ukrainian President Velodemir Zelensky visits a newly liberated city and says he's

shocked, shocked by the destruction Russian troops left behind.

CNN is on the ground with the latest on Ukraine's games, Russia's retreat

and the state of the war.

Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer, rail strike in the United States is already

having a major impact just ahead of a Friday deadline.

Amtrak shutting down all long-haul train routes as unions and freight rail companies try to hammer out a deal to avoid a work stoppage

that could cripple fragile U.S. supply chains.

CNN's Pete Bontin is joining us from just outside the US Labor Department here in Washington where negotiations

are ongoing this hour. Pete, what's the latest?

It's a marathon, not a sprint wolf.

We're on hour 10 of talks here at the Labor Department.

The Biden administration is insisting that all parties remain at the table to hammer out a deal

...