. >> a huge storm blows through scotland. but it's the name of the hurricane that's making headlines. now officially, the storm was called hurricane freed him. but people started calling it a pregnant injure raf can't get out of a swimming pool. >> you would think it wouldn't be that hard. >> oh, but it was. see the gruelling rescue effort. >> the crazy target lady is back for the holidays. millions love her but few know who she really is. we'll reveal the real lady behind the laugh. >> and bar stools are not just for sipping beer. we're riding in style all the way to number one. we begin our count down and you can have it for us. >> he noticed somebody spray painting his car. >> i would imagine it has something to do with pearl harbor. >> safe guess. the car is a mitsubishi. he caught the guy doing this to his car. when he approached the guy, he started yelling racial slurs, and nicholas claims the guy put his hands on him. he fought back. this is very graphic and full of foul long waj. the guy is saying, you're right. i'm s

he told us at the start of your in his new your message to fight back starry in scotland. that went well, didn't? [laughter] he told us he would have credible plans to cut the deficit. we still haven't seen them. he said he would stand up to a vested interest and yet he backed the strike for years. we all know he hasn't achieved passionate he is achieved one thing. he has completely united his party but everything one of them stands up for the same thing, a new leader for christmas. [shouting] >> order, order. order. the house, i'm sure government back benches will own college. mr. martin baker's. >> thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday's announcements about local television was good news for my constituency where channel seven, the sole survivor from the original, does the prime minister agree that local board casting, local communities advances the pick a side he? would he find time to pay them a visit? >> i would be guided to do that. i don't have any immediate plans to visit north lincolnshire but to support local television and i also think north lincolnshire had some go

she now plans her first gravestone in scotland soil. and the question of the future remains hauntingly unresolved. the families compensation for their losses from the britishlw government but it's not enough to live on and the career opportunities are not all that they would wish for. and so william johnston decides to move yet again. this time to the richest life in the world. you would think it would be a good place to go and i will just read you very briefly about the place that they go, which is jamaica. its beauty could take your breath away. from the sparkling surface of the water year gaze swept sharply up to the blue mountains climbing into the clouds. over the rippled slopes fellow living green blanket textured in the weird vegetable forms of the tropics, giant ferns and tufted vermilya had, muscular trees, drapes careening stand stand of bamboo and sinewy palms. when you turned past the outer lip of the harbor, you floated over the broken stones of the old capital of port royal mostly destroyed in 1692 earthquakes. the gleamin

hurricane-force winds have been lashing scotland, shutting schools and making travel dangerous. forecasters issued their highest warning, a red alert, erjing everyone to stay indoors. winds in the mountains reached 165 miles an hour, the high nest scotland in at quarter century. tonight, 50,000 homes are without power and snow still in the forecast. >>> and surveillance video has now emerged of dominique strauss-kahn and the maid who accused him of sexual assault in a new york hotel. it spokes strauss-kahn calmly cheque out of the hotel, in no hurry, soon after the alleged encounter. the video shows security with the maid, her lawyer claims you can see her demonstrating an attack. both sides say the images prove their case. prosecutors dropped all charges, saying the maid was not reliable in that case. >>> and a baseball bomb shell tonight. albert pujols is leaving the st. louis cardinals for the los angeles angels. espn reports pujols agreed to take a mere $254 million over ten years, the second-richest contract in baseball history. and there is anger in st. louis tonight. in f

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he told us at the start of your in his new your message to fight back starry in scotland. that went well, didn't? [laughter] he told us he would have credible plans to cut the deficit. we still haven't seen them. he said he would stand up to a vested interest and yet he backed the strike for years. we all know he hasn't achieved passionate he is achieved one thing. he has completely united his party but everything one of them stands up for the same thing, a new leader for christmas. [shouting] >> order, order. order. the house, i'm sure government back benches will own college. mr. martin baker's. >> thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday's announcements about local television was good news for my constituency where channel seven, the sole survivor from the original, does the prime minister agree that local board casting, local communities advances the pick a side he? would he find time to pay them a visit? >> i would be guided to do that. i don't have any immediate plans to visit north lincolnshire but to support local television and i also think north lincolnshire had some go

they continue to break into a separate glass case protecting the 11 blue diamonds when scotland yard springs into action. more than 200 officers move in and take down the gang. >> there was a helluva lot of noise. there was a lot of shouting and screaming. they bravely entered the vault, not knowing what was inside. still fearing firearms. there was smoke everywhere. defendants went down to the floor, and they were detained. >> the police operation is executed without any loss of life. in fact, the criminals are apprehended without a single shot being fired. unbeknownst to the geezer gang, police have an ace in the hole. on this day, the real jewels have been replaced with fakes just in case. five gang members are convicted of conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to steal. they're sentenced to prison terms ranging from 5 to 15 years. >>> coming up, a mother trapped in a fire desperate to save her newborn baby. >> the mother was saying, "please, please, somebody catch my baby. catch my baby." >> i had to save him, so i had to drop him. >>> ooh. >>> a stick-up turns a fight into a death. >

he told us at the start of your in hisnew your message to fight back starry in scotland. that went well, didn't? [laughter] he told us he would have credible plans to cut the deficit. we still haven't seen them. he said he would stand up to a vested interest and yet he backed the strike for years. we all know he hasn't achieved passionate he is achieved one thing. he has completely united his party but everything one of them stands up for the same thing, a new leader for christmas. [shouting] >> order, order. order. the house, i'm sure government back benches will own college. mr. martin baker's. >> thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday's announcements about local television was good news for my constituency where channel seven, the sole survivor from the original, does the prime minister agree that local board casting, loca communities advances the pick a side he? would he find time to pay them a visit? >> i woul be guided to do tha i don't have any immediate plans to visit north lincolnshire but to support local television and i also thinknorth lincolnshire had some good ne

you've got a series of storme next 24 hours, heavy be likely across much of the area while snow possir scotland. and also areas like th scandinaviandespread unsettled condesday's high looking fairly ero in moscow, up to 5 degrees inhree-day outlook. ad story this hour, the a south koreanuched off diplo yellow sea. of a boat stabbed the wounded another. south korea's coa rules one captain and h fishing illegally the the officers inspect oast guard detotherfishermen. for maritime authovestigation into the illegal fishin currently opermits firearms self defense. are now rule. restricted use ofthe past this allowing their ofinspection. for this "newsline." o. thanks for joining us. captions by vitac --

first to scotland. they started celebrations yesterday, it's a three-day celebration. >> why are they dressed like that? >> exactly. dressed like vikings to celebrate the tradition of being a viking. there they are. they go through the streets with the lighted torches. it's quite remarkable. they have music festivals, hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of edinboro, scotland. a huge celebration. and then there's another tradition called first footing. the first person who enters your home after midnight determine yours luck. vow to hope it is a tall, dark, handsome man who brings bread and scotch to drink. that's the idea. you don't want it to be somebody blond, that's too representative of the invasive vikings. now let's go to brazil. brazil has a simply beautiful custom of wearing all white. everybody in brazil will go on to the beaches if they can and wear white. >> tops on, of course. >> that would be the caveat, right? but there they are, all wearing white to symbolize peace and hoping f

then scotland. this is the one celebration i would like to be at. the beaches of brazil. we'll take to you copacabana beach in rio de janeiro and hear the fireworks. everybody dresses in white. the idea, to bring in a very peaceful new year, and they light candles and pay homage to the goddess of the sea. >> listening to bar manilow songs. i love it. "copacabana." >> on the exact strike the midnight, everybody gets together. they will have their grapes. some uncover their grapes. >> peel their grapes? >> that's the word. >> who peels grapes? >> some peel grapes, it's taken very seriously and on the strike of midnight, the idea is you have to see how many grapes you can eat in the 12 strikes of the clock. so are you ready -- >> we did this about an hour ago and we tied. we got ten down each. like that hot dog guy, i've been practicing. i spent all of the commercial breaks practicing. >> okay. >> are you ready? >> i'm taking you on. >> let's go for. p tell me when we're ready. one shgs tw, two, three -- >> go! [ bell ] . >> how much do you have left in your mouth, though? y

. ♪ >>> for today's story we go to scotland where the economy's in desire straits. it's so bad that they've had to cut $77 million from social services budget. that's meant closing rural proim mary schools, cutting back on classroom assistants and shutting down library hours. it's been a big problem. one thing that they're not cutting. that is the camels. the community council voted 11-1 to spend about $1500 on three camels for the town's nativity parade. as you can imagine, a few people weren't so happy about this decision. including the one town council member who voted against it. she said quote, of the 11 counselors i was the only one to express disquiet. as everyone wells was clearly in favor, there was no point in pushing to a vote. >>> not helping the camels public relations cause, the $1500 is the exact same amount of money that was going to go to a quiet space for autistic children in one of aberdeenshire's schools. in defense of the camel, the promise of live camels at the parade could increase attendance. think of all the kids that get to see a live camel

how do you explain the connection first in scotland and northern europe and leader in america and the mainland from the 17th century and on between orthodox communism and the work ethic? because the major theme of the orthodox in its heyday from the beginning was predestination that absolutely nothing one who goes on earth can affect the chances of attaining salvation. i've always wondered how this correlates suggest as a thinker rather than expert theologian? >> guest: i don't have scan in the game because i was brought up -- >> i sure was and i think the atheism i was taught at home was ease centrally and ethical framework without so perhaps i shouldn't be quite so distant from the subject, but the point that they make in this essay is the way in which they operate is people of low you're point is correct although the notion was predetermined to who was saved and who was in that election and who wasn't, in practice, people and the communities particularly were not encouraged to believe in ways that sort of advertise to their neighbors and so these behaviors, hard work, cleanliness a

. >>> for today's story we go to scotland where the economy's in desire straits. it's so bad that they've had to cut $77 million from social services budget. that's meant closing rural proim mary schools, cutting back on classroom assistants and shutting down library hours. it's been a big problem. one thing that they're not cutting. that is the camels. the community council voted 11-1 to spend about $1500 on three camels for the town's nativity parade. as you can imagine, a few people weren't so happy about this decision. including the one town council member who voted against it. she said quote, of the 11 counselors i was the only one to express disquiet. as everyone wells was clearly in favor, there was no point in pushing to a vote. >>> not helping the camels public relations cause, the $1500 is the exact same amount of money that was going to go to a quiet space for autistic children in one of aberdeenshire's schools. in defense of the camel, the promise of live camels at the parade could increase attendance. think of all the kids that get to see a live camel

scotland where the economy is in dire straits. it's so bad that they've had to cut $77 million from social services budget. that's meant closing rural primary schools rg cutting back on classroom assistants and shutting down library hours. it's been a big problem. one thing that they're not cutting. that is the camels. the community council voted 11-1 to spend about $1500 on three camels for the town's nativity parade. as you can imagine, a few people weren't so happy about this decision. including the one town council member ho voted against it. she said quote, of the 11 councilors, i was the only one to express disquiet. as everyone wells was clearly in favor, there was no point in pushing to a vote. >>> not helping the camels public relations cause, the $1500 is the exact same amount of money that was going to go to a quiet space for autistic children in one of aberdeen's schools. in defense of the camel, the promise of live camels at the parade could increase attendance. think of all the kids that get to see a live camel. mora

grew from london and into burning and manchester other cities but only in england interesting not in scotland ireland or wailed. oh yeah it was laura was it the first time in decades through the brit was seeing anything like that that scale of violence how the roi it's handled by police and the government what was the response like remind this. would be the police response was i think very slow certainly in the first couple of days the police literally didn't know what to do they turned up at a scene where people had second thoughts a causal to shops along the street they would charge and involved and then not knowing what to do when they got there they would retreat and as far as for the government so much of the government was on holiday of course because they go on holiday and oka say prime minister david cameron eventually came back from his holiday as did to him secretary and the matter of london boris johnson and essentially told people what no teach children they were being and how they had to go back to school and let's do something the media blames its own sort of something for nothi

hurricane-force winds have been lashing scotland, shutting schools and making travel dangerous. forecasters issued their highest warning, a red alert, urging everyone to stay indoors. winds in the mountains reached 165 miles an hour, the highest in scotland in a quarter cent y century. tonight, 50,000 homes are without power and snow still in the forecast. >>> and surveillance video has now emerged of dominique strauss-kahn and the maid who accused him of sexual assault in a new york hotel. it shows strauss-kahn calmly cheque out of the hotel, in no h hurry, soon after the alleged encounter in his room. the video also shows security with the maid, her lawyer claims you can see her demonstrating an attack. both sides say the images prove their case. prosecutors dropped all charges, saying the maid was not reliable in that case. >>> and a baseball bombshell tonight. albert pujols, the best player in the game, is leaving the st. louis cardinals for the los angeles angels. our sister network espn reports pujols agreed to take a mere $254 million over ten years, the second-richest co

grew from london and into burning and manchester other cities but only in england interesting not in scotland ireland or wales. it was laura was it the first time in decades through the britain that was seeing anything like that that scale of violence how the roy it's handled by police and the government what was the response like remind us. what did the police response was i think very slow certainly in the first couple of days the police literally didn't know what to do they turned up at a scene where people had set fire to cars or to shops along the street they would charge an inverse numbers and then not knowing what to do when they got there they would retreat and as for. as for the government so much of the government was on holiday of course because they go on holiday notice a prime minister david cameron eventually came back from his holiday as did the him secretary and the matter of london boris johnson and essentially told people what no teach children they were being and how they had to go back to school and let's do something the media blamed it on a sort of something for nothing

i come from scotland, a curious history. if you had gone to scotland early in my story, say in the late 16th and early 17th century, when the calvinists were really taking control, and i imagine it was rather like tehran not long after the islamic revolution, but intoller rapt and an awful society to be a part of. the levels of intolerance of even having fun were amazingly high. this was the extreme case of puritanism, and yet in that same city, within a century, you had one of the greatest flowerings of thinking, the enlightenment, of all time, the city that produces adam smith and all of his contemporaries, probably the greatest generation of intellectuals the west has ever seen. something extra ordinary happened there which is not yet fully explained that got it from its calvinist phase to the dazzling hayday on the space of 150 years. >> host: they all were looking for consumerism, something better, and so they had to develop a whole sets of economic and libertarian theories to justify all of the trade and exposure to th

one protester died from a bullet wound. 20 others were injured, including two officers. >>> and scotland is gearing up for the arrival of two pandas. china is loaning the 8-year-old pair to the royal zoologolical society. the pandas whose names translate to sweetie and sunshine may potentially breed. britain is hoping for a panda cub all its own. the loan is a result of four years of negotiations. >>> bargain hunters were at the state capitol for an auction of surplus state property. hundreds of 10s were on the auction block. laptops, jewelry, bicycles, cell phones and even vending machines were sold at bargain basement prices. some of the items were confiscated by tsa agents at the airport or by chp during car searches. they hope to race $100,000 to go to the state's general fund. >>> software company sap says they will spend billions of dollars to acquire bay area based success factors. they are paying $4 billion for the company. they make a cloud-based human resource application. the deal is just the latest move in escalating rivalry between sap and oracle. >>> a bay area tradition wi

there are two that are going to currently call scotland home. >> what movies made the top spot. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job training and placement... and supporting an organization working to help the environment. because the more we do in the bay area, the more we help make opportunity possible. >>rob: the box office this weekend. the family of adventure " hugo " and the total was $7.6 million. totaling 23 million the, the total. disney " the muppets " took 11 million bringing the domestic total to over $20 million. in addition, the twilight saw gaga topped the blo-- the saga topped the box office police $70 million for this weekend. $500 million is their grand total! >> holiday items if we have a couple items some of north carolina residents saw something moving and it was not an ornament it was a snake! the doctor wanted to keep this corn snake this -- daughter however, not the case

competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly cast

. >>> the hurricane winds in scotland picked up and caused some things to come tumbling down. see how one lady was swept off her feet. >>> welcome back to the show. but don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com. great video, all day long. >> you know the phrase -- love thy neighbor, right? >> sure. >> well, this is pretty much the opposite. we saw this story on kens 5 in texas. and candace smith and her neighbor have got some beef. according to her, about three years ago, her neighbor started sweeping dog poop into her yard. >> that's not very neighborly. >> and on tuesday, candace, noticed the poop, went out with her broom and started sweeping the poop out into the street. that's when her neighbor came out with her own broom and watch what she does next, pepper-sprays her. according to candace, she immediately begins choking and throwing up. apparently there have been a number of altercations between these neighbors. and -- >> there was cop cars and fire trucks and everything out here. but i just assumed it was something between them because there's cops out here at lea

. >> before we go, just a quick look and sneak through some pictures of the scotland's favorite new residents, two giant pandas that arrived from china. and came out for viewing the first time. see you soon. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength for work for a wide range of companies, what can we do for 

. >>> the hurricane winds in scotland picked up and caused some things to come tumbling down. see how one lady was swept off her feet. ♪ [ female announcer ] during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers help you rise to every occasion. ♪ from delectable to amazing. there are over 20 affordable safeway select appetizers ♪ to make all of your gatherings just as merry as can be. ♪ only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> welcome back to the show. but don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com. great video, all day long. >> you know the phrase -- love thy neighbor, right? >> sure. >> well, this is pretty much the opposite. we saw this story on kens 5 in texas. and candace smith and her neighbor have got some beef. according to her, about three years ago, her neighbor started sweeping dog poop into her yard. >> that's not very neighborly. >> and on tuesday, candace, noticed the poop, went out with her broom and started sweeping the poop out into the street. that's when her neighbor came out with her own broom and watch what she does n

. >> now to a recent arrival in scotland which is causing quite a stuhr. last week, two giant panda arrived from china. they were supposed to be showing off for the cameras. they have taken a new approach to their new-found fame. his one half of the famous and the pairing -- famous panda pairing. swee he was apparently taking a nap. -- sweetie was apparently taking a nap. >> she is quieter, but she has settled in. >> the pandas can see each other through a small opening between the two enclosures. they have called up and have been touching pause. but they are solitary creatures and they only come together to make. what they really like is sleeping and eating. that means bamboo and lots of it. he has eaten almost 30 kilos of the stuff every day. and it is costly, 70,000 p ounds for food. but the zoo is hoping to bring people in. >> we skipped school today to come see the panda. >> they are sweet and cuddly looking, but you know that underneath all of that he could rip you apart. >> their every need is being pandered to to keep them happy. visitors will get

the weapon of choice in scotland. then we met the inmate they could very well become. jimmy reid. >> if you lock me up i'll burn my peter. >> burn your peter? >> yeah. >> all right. >> his disciplinary hearing for a night full of harassing correctional staff. >> yeah. i've let that escalate. i escalated that. >> reid was serving an 11-year sentence. he had stabbed a friend during an argument, and the man died. but reid's personal demon had made him no stranger to prison. >> how long have you been in prison? >> most of my life. >> why? what was your life like out there before prison? >> just spun out of control through alcohol, you know. >> jimmy reid was probably one of the most forthright inmates i've ever interviewed. he was just was completely uncensored. very self-facing. very honest about who he was, what he did, why he did it. and he had a great face. he had a face that looked like he had seen many, many bar fights. and the other crimes that put you in prison before, what were those? >> very different. a lot of different things. thieving, fighting. but the majori

. >> reporter: well, scotland, throughout the campaign, romney generally hasn't responded to his republican rifles. he's kept his focus on president obama. but he's now taking aim at newt gingrich and where he used repeatedly in our interview today was unreliable. >> newt gingrich has been an unreliable leader in the conservative movement hi, how are you? >> reporter: republicans doubting romney's conservative credentials have recently turned to gingrich as the true conservative. today, romney went on the offensive. >> i think people get to know that an individual like myself who is now been a governor, served, has a record, is a person who has the kind of consistency on conservative principles that distinguish me from someone like our speaker, speaker gingrich, who has taken extraordinarily unusual positions with regards to to calling the medicare reform plan a right-wing social engineering plan, suicide he's called it. this is-- this is a person who has a very questionable record when it comes to leading conservative principles. >> reporter: how would you be different as president? >> wel

for the british isles, coming in tuesday and scotland too feeling that wet weather as well. temperatures over all, though still staying on the mild side. london expecting 11 and berly we berlin well above freezing and plos could you up to warmer than seon nal averages. let's look at your weather conditions for now and here is your two-day outlook. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo, thanks for joining us.

no he was from edinburgh, scotland. yep, that's all i've got from that actually. do you read the sherlock holmes, do you, geoff? geoff: craig, si. craig: it's not geoff tonight. it's chloe banderas. geoff: it's chloe banderas! the least famous of antonio banderas' brothers. [laughter] craig: really? who are the most famous brothers of antonio banderas that i perhaps should and don't. geoff: mario. craig: mario? geoff: guillermo. craig: guillermo. geoff: and then there's one just called rick. and then of course, the one from the motion picture, puss and boots. that's antonio. craig: that's antonio banderas. are you like the jacksons? did you perform? geoff: by that do you mean unemployed, looking for jobs? do you mean trying to ring -- wring every penny out of the famous one? yes. craig: that's probably enough! i don't want to know everything about your family. geoff: we are exactly like that, craig. craig: ok. do you read the "sherlock holmes." geoff: i do. i do. when i read it, it give mess a rath boner. craig: is that acceptable on the cbs network? [laughter] ge

arlington national cemetery, marking the 23rd anniversary of the bombing of pan am over lockerbie, scotland. killed 270 people. postal officials say today is the last day to ship anything by priority mail if you want it to arrive anywhere in the u.s. in time for christmas. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. republican presidential candidate michele bachmann speaks out against her gop opponents and the current deadlock in congress. and musical legend tony bennett is live in concert with a special holiday performance. keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

parts of northern england and scotland and ireland will be dealing with ongoing, heavy in places. a right to cross. a few showers making their way in. it's going to be here. much warmer here. 20 degrees for the high. getting just above the freezing mark in moscow now. it's been a while since we have seen the temperatures climb above the freezing point. two in stockholm, 5 in vienna. here is your extended forecast. >> that's our broadcast. we will be back with more news in half an hour. thank you for watching.

so ireland then scotland, too, looking at icy weather. highs on tuesday 8 for london. same also in paris. 2 only in vienna. things looking colder here. not above freezing in moscow. here's a look at your three-day outlook. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

the pandas are arriving now as the first secretary of scotland, guess where he is, china, securing trade deals. it is quite obvious and china is not making a secret about the use of pannia iapandas to impro relations. >> they never had a pair of pandas before. uk may have, but -- >> that was 17 years ago, but the country as a whole hasn't seen pandas, you know, up front and personal for 17 years. >> so people are reacting how overall? they have to be thrilled. >> the red carpet was rolled on, dignitaries were there, crowds at the zoos, the zoos get an immense boost the first year. you've seen the pant ipandas in atlanta. we talked to a woman from the zoo this morning, a scientist, rebecca snyder. we asked her what does it do? why do zoos fight to have pandas. here is what she had to say. >> like a stuffed animal, so cute. >> for our zoo, it was just a decision that this was a species we really wanted to commit to. they are an attraction. people are excited about them. our attendance did increase first year we had them. >> the attendance increases. the scottish zoo is expecting attendance

arlington national cemetery. 270 people were killed when the pan am flight exploded over lockerbie, scotland, 23 years ago today. 189 of those victims were americans. some of their family members will also speak at today's service. >>> 6:07 is our time right now. why it looks like it might be >>> it's 6:11. off to a rainy start. western maryland as well as panhandle of west virginia. farther to our south, a few sprinkles in prince william, stafford, southern fauquier into culpeper counties as well as the northern neck of virginia and the lower eastern shore. right now all around the region, it's chilly. low and mid-40s much of the area. it's near 50 in washington. southern maryland, near the bay, low to mid-50s. later today we'll have a few sprinkles off and on this morning through midday. temperatures gradually climbing into the mid-50s by noontime and then near 60 early afternoon. from late afternoon into this evening, we could get heavier downpours, maybe briefly. sx and coming through with perhaps a little thunder and lightning. all the rain ending by midnight tonight. could get more rai

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and from the second to the sixth of july, she will spend five days in scotland before returning south to visit to the northeast of england and a final visit to the southeast of the twenty fifth of july before the start of the london olympics. it will be a test of stamina. >> is what keeps her going. and also her entire devotion to duty is what she gave her life for. >> it will be 115 years since a written witnessed a diamond jubilee in 1897 by queen victoria. more than a century later, it will have the opportunity to express its feelings for another long-lived queen. the palace says is the queen's express wish to visit as much of the country has she can. >> exciting plans for the diamond jubilee. elizabeth taylor was one of the close -- the most glamorous actresses of her year. her spectacular jewelry collection is on the block at the york city. it might not be the sale for you, one day of bidding has reached $150 million, a record for a private collection sold at auction. a of a co the sending my husband there for me for christmas. get updates all the time on our web site. see you ba