ROMANS: Good morning. Welcome back to STARTING POINT. Happening now, a new monarch in the Netherlands, King Willem Alexander, he ascended to the throne this morning after his mother Queen Beatrix abdicated. Max Foster, royal correspondent for CNN international is in Amsterdam this morning. Good morning, Max. How is the country reacting to the news?</s>MAX FOSTER, CNN ROYAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, they've gone wild. Well at least at the scene behind me it took ages to get up here because the crowds were enormous, all wearing orange. I sort of joined in to a limited extent and yes, it was amazing. I was outside the palace where we saw King Willem-Alexander for the very first time on the balcony and the crowds went absolutely crazy. A very, very popular monarch, the queen was, and also he's popular, as well, so people generally very happy with this transition. But as we speak, special guests gathering in the new church, ready for the investiture. They don't crown their monarchs here. Instead the monarch reads out an oath. And we've got crown princes and princesses from all over the world gathering here to witness it. And it's a special, joint session of parliament to give it the formality it needs to become a state event so a very exciting day here -- Christine.</s>ROMANS: New Dutch king. Thanks so much, Max Foster, for following that for us. Ahead on STARTING POINT, how safe are we? A new frontline investigation looks at why intelligence agencies were unable to prevent key terror attacks on the U.S. from 9/11 to the Boston marathon bombings. You're watching STARTING POINT.
King Willem Alexander Of The Netherlands