illegal in kenya, and wi-fi was illegal in kenya, and no one could tell me why. i even spent a summer interning in kenya, and it wasn't even this broad conspiracy to shut down, it's just a cake sort of regulation, and you needed to lobby the right people, and, you know, convince someone that actually they're no threat to national security. wi-fi is not legal. the spectrum was allocated to the army like, you know, 30 years ago, and so, you know, you had to have a whole conversation around getting the spectrum back. so i became fascinated with this intersection of sort of law and policy and how it had really practical, sort of at that time negative implications on our ability to be a strong economy. and if your starting point is banning skype and voiceover ip, you know, clearly it's impossible to get a lot of other things right. >> host: have those policies changed in kenya? >> guest: yes. dramatically so. we still have a long way to go in terms of just the actual infrastructure and public regulation in terms of protecting consumers and encouraging competition, but

>> it came out of the post election ballots in kenya in 2007. there was a lot of media's self- censorship as the violence broke out. there was a sense of people not knowing what was going on. >> what happened in kenya in 2007? >> the election was essentially rigged, or there was an issue with the results that were announced and how they were announced. the violence broke out partly in protest of the election results, but there were a lot of underlying issues. it was almost a civil conflict that broke up. a lot of people were being displaced or killed. it was something that took the country by surprise, because elections are very hotly contested, but no one thought it would be possible in this day and age with the technology and everyone watching the results as they were trickling in. and so this sort of outburst was really unexpected. a lot of people did not know how to react to that, including the media. there was also concern because we have had clashes after elections before that works swept away as minimal clashes. there was concern that onc

william described how he had proposed of a holiday in kenya last mth. >> we were in kenya and we had part-time away together with france. i decided it was time. we had been talking about marriage for a while. i to occur somewhere nice in kenya and proposed. >> he is a true romantic. >> the news was welcomed through britain. >> i am sure the country will want to pass their best wishes to the couple and wish them a long and happy life together. >> as protocol demands, he asked permission of her father and queen elizabeth ii. william's father has not yet commented in public. the parents of the bride to be more clearly thrilled at the knees. were -- were clearly thrilled. >> they make a lovely couple. >> they met as students in st. andrews university. they have been a couple for eight years. they broke up for a short time in 2007. kate has not spent all her life in the public eye. she has had to deal with the photographers and a media frenzy that is sometimes reminiscent of that surrounding her fiance's late mother. kate middleton is a popular figure in the country can look forward to wh

so i took her somewhere nice in kenya and proposed. >> the prince gave her princess diana's engagement ring. he said he did not want his mother to miss out on the excitement. how will she cope with the kinds of pressures princess diana faced 30 years earlier. we will kill a couple can expect. very warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- ireland insists it can sort out its own finances. european leaders say it's a problem able to solve. >> we will take action as all 17 members of the group in a determined and coordinated manner to save a ireland and the financial stability of the euro. >> 16 former guantanamo detainees secure millions of dollars in compensation from britain's government. >> the royal wedding announcement is a very british occasion, one that is not making headlines around the world. when a passing duchess tells tv cameras is wicked news, you know it's officially glad tidings of great year. the man who is second in line to the british throne, prince william, is finally to ma

in fact, he was born in kenya. he married a woman in kenya, named as the other. he had two children by her. when she was pregnant with a second, he left them, came to america to study in hawaii. he meant obama's mom and married her, so he now had two wives. before young obama was two, he left them and went to harvard, where he took up with a third woman, if i understand, took her back to africa and had children by her, reunited with first wife and have more children by her. altogether he had four wives any children. he was also an unfortunately a chronic alcoholic and irregular drunk driver, who got into a number of disastrous driving accidents. in one case, he killed a man. another case coming with drunken driving and got into such a bad accident that both his legs had to be cut off and replaced with iron rods. finally, in 1982 he became drunk in a bar and nairobi and he drove into a tree, killing himself. i mention all this because this is a very unusual guy to make your role model. and yet, obama did. now, some people have said i'm talking about my book, the "

anyway, back on to mount kenya. carl found squirrel higher than he ever guessed above the timberline of 14,000 feet in the literal hi year where there was hitting the plasma. but right now he was creeping along on an ancient elephant trail he realized he was now tracking what was the biggest bull elephant he had ever come across. he had also begun to realize to his consternation at the same time he himself was being hunted by the bowl. the trail itself was a kind of mays, a series of interconnected passageways police overtime, the traverse feeding grounds high in the mountain forests. indeed in the maze as carl tried to follow the tracks he ended by circling background to the same place from which he started almost as he had been set a ruse. finally to find the exit, carl was going along the perimeter when he found a massive pile of dung still steaming in the june messed. -- mist. i'm going to read to you a passage from my book. i realize i left it in my little atache down here so let me pull it out. >> it was then

what was he like as a man he was a polygamist, born in kenya, married a woman in kenya, two children by her when she was pregnant with the second, he left them and came to america. he meant obama's mom and hawaii and did not tell her he was married and married her. before obama was two he left them and went to harvard and took up with a third woman and took her back to africa had children by her reunited his first wife had children by her he had four wives and eight children and unfortunately a chronic off at -- chocoholichocoholi c and a regular job driver who was then a number of disastrous accidents and in one case killed a man. and another died in such a bad acts in both legs had to be cut off in and replaced with by your rods finally 1982 he became drunk and nairobi and drove into a tree killing himself. i mention this because this is a very unusual guy to make a role model. but yet to come obama did. some people have said in my book "the roots of obama's rage" how could obama's be influenced by his father? he never knew the guy. it is true because he left before he was two and

he reportedly proposed to longtime girlfriend kate middleton during a trip to kenya. >> after months of intensive the speculation about an imminent engagement between prince william and kate middleton, what happened, it took everybody by surprise. a short and succinct statement in which it says that the prince of wales is delighted to announce the engagement of prince william and this catherine middleton. -- ms. katherine middleton. it will take place in the spring of the summer of next year, take place in london, but nothing more specific than that. the news is that william and cage became engaged not today, but he popped the question apparently in kenya. a private holiday, a 10-day safari. there may have been airing as well. prince -- a ring as well. prince william has notified the queen and other family members. >> we are thrilled by the prospect of a wedding sometime next year. >> following the marriage, the couple will be living in north wales. they have a cottage up there, because that is where the raf base is where volume is based. -- william is based princess katherine would

it's hard to generalize -- >> talk of kenya then. >> in kenya it's pretty independent. we have almost 100 radio stations, vibrant newspapers. there is some self-censorship maybe because of the advertising but that is no different from anywhere else in the world, but in kenya it is quite a vibrant, quite open, very little government intervention. >> you grew up in nairobi. you have a law degree from harvard and an undergraduate degree in political science from the university of pittsburgh. how did you get technology involved? >> by accident i think really. when i was in law school the bergman center i was essentially [inaudible] with a did a study the intersection between law, government, policy and technology. and at the time, there is a lot in the media about india and outsourcing and bangalore and thinking to redo this in kenya and when are we not taking advantage of this new space to develop? but the problem was certain fundamental things, like skype was legal in kenya and no one could tell me why. i spent the summer intern with the regulator in kenya. and it wasn't

william described how he had proposed of a holiday in kenya last month. >> we were in kenya and we had part-time away together with france. i decided it was time. we had been talking about marriage for a while. i to occur somewhere nice in kenya and proposed. >> he is a true romantic. >> the news was welcomed through britain. >> i am sure the country will want to pass their best wishes to the couple and wish them a long and happy life together. >> as protocol demands, he asked permission of her father and queen elizabeth ii. william's father has not yet commented in public. the parents of the bride to be more clearly thrilled at the knees. were -- were clearly thrilled. >> they make a lovely couple. >> they met as students in st. andrews university. they have been a couple for eight years. they broke up for a short time in 2007. kate has not spent all her life in the public eye. she has had to deal with the photographers and a media frenzy that is sometimes reminiscent of that surrounding her fiance's late mother. kate middleton is a popular figure in the country can look forward to wh

>> about three weeks ago on holiday in kenya. we had private time together with some friends and i just decided that it was the right time, really. we'd been talking about marriage for a while. so it wasn't a massively big surprise, but i took her up somewhere nice in kenya and proposed. >> it was very romantic. truly romantic. >> reporter: and you said yes. >> of course. >> reporter: and you knew you were going to do this day one or waited it until the end? >> i'd been planning it for a while, but as every guy out there will know it takes motivation to get going, so i was planning it and it felt really right in africa and it was beautiful at the time and i had done a bit of planning to show my romantic side. >> reporter: you'd been on holiday a while so did you see this coming? was he getting nervous and jumpy? >> not at all, no. we were out there with friends and things so i really didn't expect it at all. i thought he might have sort of maybe thought about it, but, no. it was a total shock when it came and very excited. >> rep

. >> we've been talking about marriage fall while it wasn't a surprise attack or someone is in kenya and proposed. >> it was truly romantic. >> this year and kate said thing as a novelty portia's remain very low-key throughout the courtship. did that in 2002 when both attended st. andrews university in scotland. if prince trulls, the tip of the news today wall of the public appearance. british prime minister david can recall the great news for england. the government for ready to do his thing we could to help make sure what we'll go will be a great day of national celebration that will be a great success. william kate say william's mother diana could be here to celebrate. kate's engagement ring is always blow to the princess of wales they say it's their way of including her. it will be back after this break. the black widow spider's severe bite can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite. but there's an even deadlier predator a live look from the bay bridge toll plaza still sunny out there right now but the sun starting to go down a temperature

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anyway, back on mount kenya. carl had found spore higher than ever would have guessed about the timberline of 14,000 feet and a little higher in the marshes where the air was thin as plasma and sulfur coal. but right now in the upper bamboo forest as you is creaking along on an ancient and claustrophobic elephant trail, he realized he was now tracking what was very well the biggest bull elephant he had ever come across. but he had also begun to realize to his trembling consternation at the same time, he himself had been hunted by the bowl. the trail itself is a kind of maze, series of interconnected passageways over time to traverse the elephants feeding grounds high in the mountain forest. indeed in the maze though as carl tried to follow the tracks, he ended by circling back around the same place from which he had started, almost -- finally deciding to try to find the answer to the maze carl was going long the bamboo perimeter when he found a massive pile of dung, still steaming in the freezing gin mist. i'm go

they spend ten days there in the wilderness of kenya. this is a present by william to himself to mark the fact that he had graduated, got his wings from the royal air force and became officially an officer in the search and rescue field. the statement goes on to say that prince william has now notified the queen and other family members and he also sought the permission of the middleton family, specifically mentioning mr. middleton, michael middleton, the father. following the announcement of this short statement, the couple will be living in north wales, they already have a small cottage up there where prince william who's based in north wales, manages to break away and see his fiance to be, now fiance and to be wife. now they will become husband and wife up there in north wales as william pursues a career as a search and rescue pilot, and of course the king of england. this phase of his life could last three years or so. >> any public reaction yet to the news? >> reporter: well, we're hearing a lot of sirens, but i don't think that has

>> about three weeks ago on holiday in kenya. we had private time together with some friends and i just decided that it was the right time, really. we'd been talking about marriage for a while. so it wasn't a massively big surprise, but i took her up somewhere nice in kenya and proposed. >> it was very romantic. will's a true romantic. >> reporter: and you said yes. >> of course. >> reporter: and you knew you were going to do this day one or waited it until the end? >> i'd been planning it for a while, but as every guy out there will know it takes a certain amount of motivation to get yourself going, soy was planning it and then it just felt really right in africa, and it was beautiful at the time, and i just i had a little bit of planning to show her my romantic side. >> reporter: you'd been on holiday a while so did you see this coming? was he getting nervous and jumpy? >> not at all, no. we were out there with friends and things so i really didn't expect it at all. i thought he might have sort of maybe thought about it, but, n

anyway, back on mount kenya. carl had found spoor higher than he ever would have guessed, above the timber line at 14,000 feet, and a little higher in the stagnant marshes where the air was thin as plasma. but right now in the upper bamboo forest as he was creeping along on an ancient and claustrophobic elephant trail, he realized he was now tracking what was very well the biggest bull elephant he had ever come across. but he had also begun to realize to his trembling consternation that at the same time he himself was being hunted by the bull. the trail itself was a kind of maze, a series of interconnected passageways blazed over time that traversed the elephants' feeding grounds high in the mountain forest. and deep in the maze, though, as carl, as carl tried to follow the bull's tracks, he only ended by circling back around to the same place from which he'd started, almost as if he'd been set a ruse. finally, trying to find the exit to the maze, carl was going along the bamboo perimeter when he found a massive

massively big surprise, but i took crowd somewhere nice in kenya and proposed. >> the prince gave his fiancee princess diana's engagement ring. he said he did not want his mother to miss out on the excitement. european finance ministers meet to discuss the debt crisis. ireland says it's country does not be a bailout. very warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- payback time -- 16 former guantanamo detainees secure millions of dollars in compensation from britain's government. past conflicts in afghanistan force the question can the allies succeed where so many others have fallen? >> it is making headlines around the world. when a passing duchess tells tv cameras that it is wicked news, you know it is officially glad tidings of great year. britain's royal air, prince william, is to marry kate middleton , the girlfriend he met at university. the only thing he ask for when his mother died was her safire engage and rang. he has now given it to his fiancee. >> the first sight of prince willia

. >> i picked somewhere nice in kenya. and i proposed. >> very romantic. a true romantic. >> reporter: he is william phillip prince of wales. she is catherine middleton. she told the world they are getting married. first on twitter. then, they sat down to answer questions from reporter tom bradley of itn. >> are you going to do this the whole day? >> i had been planning it for a while. but as every guy out there, it takes a certain amount of motivation to get it going. i was planning it. and it felt right to ask her in africa. it was beautiful at the time. >> it was a total shock when it came. very excited. >> reporter: there was natural joy. and maybe a bit of natural relief, too from their loved ones, prince charles. >> i'm thrilled. thank you very much. waited long enough. >> reporter: and kate's mom and dad. >> we got along really well. we think he's wonderful. and we're extremely fond of him. >> reporter: and from william's grandmother, queen elizabeth. a statement from buckingham palace. she is absolutely delighted. now, she's got the ring. and what

occurs that there are certain truths letter unreasonable to the night to say barack obama was born in kenya or george w. bush initiated the 9/11 attacks, neither of those are true but we seem to be at a point* where maybe from the media that they are almost scared to say there are truths but denied the reality of obama's was not born in kenya but no way bush caused 9/11 that means there in the tank for bush? if there is a free market for truth doesn't that open the possibility is for the acceptability of nonsense which contributes to the incivility it identified as a problem? >> when you talk about the free-market for truth is we don't have to rely on media sources to tell us the truth but to look at obama's birth certificate online and the birth announcement from the day he was born that says he was born yesterday to say that is the truth. even if someone on fox news says we're not 100% sure about this for cnn, we can now say we know the truth just because they said it on tv does not make it true that are making real that is the free market of truth but i agree there's also a free market o

. >> i took her up somewhere nice in kenya and i proposed. >> very romantic. there's a true romantic in there. >> there is. >> reporter: he is prince william arthur phillip lewis of wales. she is katherine elizabeth middleton, known to all as kate. and today they told the world they are getting married. first on twitter. and then, they sat down to answer questions. >> and you knew you were going to day this of day one the whole day? >> i'd been planning it for awhile. as every guy out there will know, it takes a certain amount of motivation to get yourself going. so i was planning it and it just felt really right in africa. beautiful time. >> it was a total shock when it came. and very excited. >> reporter: theirs has been a long, public courtship. and today, there was natural joy and maybe a bit of natural relief, too. from their loved ones. prince charles. >> obviously thrilled. thank you very much. practicing for long enough. >> reporter: and kate's mom and dad, former flight attendance and self-made millionaire in the party planning business whose little g

. >> i picked somewhere nice in kenya. and i proposed. >> very romantic. a true romantic. >> reporter: he is william arthur phillip louis of wales. she is catherine middleton. she told the world they are getting married. first on twitter. then, they sat down to answer a few questions from reporter tom bradley of itn. >> are you going to do this the whole day? >> i had been planning it for a while. but as every guy out there will know, it takes a certain amount of motivation to get it going. i was planning it. and it felt really right to ask her in africa. it was beautiful at the time. >> it was a total shock when it came. very excited. >> reporter: there was natural joy. and maybe a bit of natural relief, too, from their loved ones. prince charles. >> i'm thrilled. thank you very much. waited long enough. >> reporter: and kate's mom and dad. >> we got to know william really well. we all think he's wonderful. and we're extremely fond of him. >> reporter: and from william's grandmother, queen elizabeth. a statement from buckingham palace. she is absolutely d

needed two hours nine minutes and fourteen seconds to complete the distance at max to play grass of kenya one women's race she finished after two hours twenty eight minutes and twenty seconds of golf now and francesco molinari held his nerve to win the h.s.b.c. champions in shanghai after a gripping battle with lee westwood the italian overcame westwood by one shot in the spirited jaw while in ari closed with a five under par sixty seven the second reel of his career has called the debut of westwood as the world's number one player or though the englishman put up a fight where his ranking meanwhile molinari earned one clenched two million u.s. dollars in prize money up to number fourteen google rankings. and finally curling is a fairly new sport for russians but the country sports bosses are keen for it to dominate the next winter games in sochi so the national input committee has turned to canada to help run costs or it has more. it's five. curling is traditionally popular in countries like canada switzerland sweden and denmark to name just a few and it's been that way there for hundreds

it had the historic photograph of president theodore roosevelt coming to nairobi, kenya in 1909 on his great safari. i remember identified as a small boy with that picture, the smile, the sennar, the spectacles and something about him that attracted me. the quarter of a century later, i ended up writing his biography. >> when is your second edition of the three parts coming out? >> it will have to come out on september 14, 2001. that will be the center an array of his emergency inauguration as mckinley's successor. >> are you on time this time also with the third book? >> i was just thinking, thank god it did not come out on september 14, 2001 because that would have been three days after. after wrote a think anybody book in the next few months. it came out slightly after thanksgiving when people were in the middle of reading something about a positive presidential force. the book did very well. it would of been a disaster had come out what was planned to come out. >> is this one on schedule, the new one? >> yes. >> how have you changed your mind about the a roosevelt in the last 30 +

unable to finish a new this give a madam won the race on his first mathematicians after surging to kenya's minute tight with a mile to go finish in two hours nine minutes and fourteen seconds and that killer gats of kenya won the women's race in two hours twenty eight minutes and twenty seconds. in tennis it's only have successfully defended their fed cup title by beating the usa in the finals the italian squad had a commanding two male lead going into the second day after the singles matches however america's made it to one after stunning champion francesca schiavone in straight sets six three six one united states in the final but in the second match flavia pennetta cruised past kolker the end of a go also in a straight set after six one six two it's really completed a three one victory for successfully defend their title italians have now won the trophy three times in the last five years. moving to the n.f.l. and michael thomas scored two touchdowns of the atlanta falcons beat the tampa bay buccaneers twenty seven twenty one just a joint first in the n.f.c. south china took the balkans

the couple discussed marriage for months and that he popped the question on a private safari trip to kenya last month. >> we were out there with friends and things so i really didn't expect it at all. i thought he might have thought about it but, you know, it was a total shock when it came and very excited. >> why did william wait so many years? mostly, he said, to protect kate and her family. >> i have been waiting this long because it wanted to give her a chance to see and back out if she needed to. >> reporter: unlike the aristocratic diana, kate is from a close-knit middle-class family with a highly successful business in party wares. they met at st. andrew's university in scotland and were just friends the first year sharing a love of art history and a keen sense of humor. >> she's a run of the mill ordinary girl that managed to land the heart of a prince. >> royal watchers say it's her loyalty and discretion who hooked prince william. who handles the pressure of being king one day. >> she kind of nurtures prince william. she's very supportive. and i think kate middleton has the sort

the couple discussed marriage for months and that he popped the question on a private safari trip to kenya last month. >> we were out there with friends and things so i really didn't expect it at all. i thought he might have thought about it but, you know, it was a total shock when it came and very excited. >> why did william wait so many ars? mostly, he said, to protect kate and her family. >> i have been waiting this long because it wanted to give her a chance to see and back out if she needed to. >> reporter: unlike the aristocratic diana, te is from a close-knit middle-class family with a highly successful business in party wares. they met at st. andrew's university in scotland and were just friends the first year sharing a love of art history and a keen sense of humor. >> she's a run of the mill ordinary girl that managed to land the heart of a prince. >> royal watchers say it's her loyalty and discretion who hooked prince william. who handles the pressure of being king one day. >> she kind of nurtures prince william. she's very supportive. and i think kate middleton has the sort of c

the couple discussed marriage for months and they he popped the question on a private safari trip to kenya last month. >> we were out there with friends and things so i really didn't expect it at all. i thought he might have thought about it but, you know, it was a total shock when it came and very excited. >> why did william wait so many years? mostly, he said, to protect kate and her family. >> i have been waiting this long because it wanted to give her a chance to see and back out if she needed to. >> reporter: unlike the aristocratic diana, kate is from a close-knit middle-class family with a highly successful business in party wares. they met at st. andrew's university in scotland and were just friends the first year sharing a love of art history and a keen sense of humor. >> she's a run of the mill ordinary girl that managed to land the heart of a prince. >> royal watchers say it's her loyalty and discretion who hooked prince william. >> she kind of nurtures prince william. she's very supportive. and i think kate middleton has the sort of credentials that i think will make prince wil

type the mile to go finish in two hours nine minutes and fourteen seconds and that kid like out of kenya won the women's race in two house twenty eight minutes and twenty seconds. in tennis it's only have successfully defended their fed cup title by beating the usa in the finals italian squad had a commanding two male lead going into the second day after the singles matches however america's the media made it to one after stunning champion francesca schiavone in straight sets six three six one to keep the united states in the final but in the second match flavia pennetta cruised past coco vander vega also in a straight set after six one six two this weekend featured a three one victory to successfully defend their title the italians have now won the trophy three times in the last five years. moving to the n.f.l. and michael turner scored two touchdowns as the atlanta falcons beat the tampa bay buccaneers twenty seven twenty one to stay joined first in the n.f.c. south china took the balkans to half. fourteen male leads what about josh freeman the gaffes seventeen fourteen last time forty

i was a small boy in kenya. at the age of 10, i looked in the civic history that was published to celebrate the 50th anniversary. it had this historic anniversary reaches this historic photograph of theodore roosevelt coming to nairobi, kenya in 1939 when his great safari. i remember identifying as a small boy with that picture, the smile, the snarl, the spectacle. something about him attracted me. half a century later, i wound up writing his biography. >> is there a second edition of the 3 per -- three parter? >> it will have to come out on september 40, 2001. that will be the centennial of his inauguration. >> are you on time this time also, with the third book? >> i was just thinking thank god it did not come out on september 14, 2001. that would have been three days after 9/11. i do not think anybody in the country read a book for the next two months. as it happened, it was slightly delayed and came out after thanksgiving, just when people found the need of reading something about a positive presidential for

they spoke at a press conference, and then flown to kenya. although they were well, they are weak and thin. zl happy to be alive. happy to be free. happy to be here. happy to see our friends and family. we lived for a year with criminal. it's not a very nice thing to be doing. >> during the ordeal they were forced to spend time in solitary confinement and pleaded for their lives at gunpoint on a number of occasions. they were moved around a lot, and they were given little to eat. they were freed after a ransom was reportedly paid. the british government has a strict policy of not paying for the releasing of hostages. there are unconfirmed reports that in the end almost a million dollar was raised by the family along with other private donors. >> tomorrow at the white house, staff sergeant junto will become the first living metal of honor recipient since the vietnam war. president obama will then describe sergeant giunta's historic reactions when he rescued a wounded comrade who had been dragged away by taliban fighters. today he talked with n

it did take place in kenya. they were on a safari there and on holiday there and nice link there that is where the queen was discovered she was going to be queen when she was in kenya on a royal tour. they love that country and prince william, particularly, loves africa. >> robert johnson, nice they were able to keep it quiet, even for a few weeks. >>> let's get back to washington where this story is developing. senate republicans getting ready to vote for their new leaders and also waiting for a news conference where they'll wait for the results of that meeting. hold on to his position of minority leader even though republicans picked up seats they are still in the senate minority, of course. two democrats are taking their place on the hill this morning. new senators from west virginia andd and delaware. joe manchin to fill robert by byrd's old seats and his race was one of the most hotly contested in the country and chris coombs and to take the seat formerly held by vice president joe biden. >>> the new class

they spend ten days there in the wilderness of kenya. this is a present b william to himsf to mark the fact that he had aduated, got his wings from the royal air force and became officially an officer in the search and rescue field. the statement goes on to say that prince william has now notified the queen and other family members and he also sought the permission of the middleton family, specifically mentioning mr. middleton, michael middleton, the father. following the announcement of this short statement, the couple will be living in north wales, they already have a small cottage up there where prince william who's based in north wales, manages to break away and se his fiance to be, now fiance and to be wife. now they will become husband and wife up there in north wales as william pursues a career as a search and rescue pilot, and of course the king of england. this phase of his life could last three years or so. >> any public reaction yet to the news? >> reporter: well, we're hearing a lot of sirens, but i don't think that has anyth

. >> there was a preliminary apprehension of him when i was a small boy in kenya. at the age of 10, i looked in the civic history of nairobi that was published to celebrate the anniversary of the city, and it had this historic photograph of president roosevelt coming to nairobi, kenya in 1909 on his great safari. i remember identifying as a small boy with that picture. the smile, the snarl, the spectacles, and something about it that attracted me. and a quarter of a century later, i ended up writing his biography. >> when is your second edition of the three-parter on him coming out? >> it's going to have to come out on september 14, 2001 because that's the cent tenry of his emergency inauguration. as mckinley's successor. >> are you on time this time also with the third book? >> i was just thinking, thank god it did not come out on september 14, 2001 because that would have been three days after 9/11. and i don't think anybody in the country read a book for the next two months. as it happened, it was slightly delayed and it came out after thanks giving, just when p

who was accused in joining in the plot of the 1988 bombing of the american embassies in tanzania and kenya. david lee miller is in new york with the very latest just coming. in david? >> bret, 285 counts. he was not guilty on all of those counts but for one of them ahmed ghailani found guilty on a single count that was a fifth count of conspiracy charge to destroy government buildings and property of the united states. and that is a charge that carries a possible life sentence. a mandatory minimum of 20 years. now, the jury had deliberated at length today, especially after they were given some jury instructions from the judge. when the jury asked them a question yesterday to define what knowledge is required for a conspiracy, the judge had a hearing this morning. he then instructed the jury wide level of knowledge is required. the jury went back and resumed their deliberations. it's important to put this verdict in context. this is going to be a major blow and disappointment to the u.s. government. ghailani was the first former gitmo detainee to be tried in a civilian courtroom. the judge

last month up in kenya. gives the beautiful katherine elizabeth, the same engagement ring that his father gave to diana, princess of wales. we've come full circle. the british public is gonna will have this the people around the world are gonna love it because it is magic, romance, all over again. another fairy tale remains. another fairy tale wedding. this is the key thing, it will bring in one billion pounds in tourism and ancillary sales of merchandise to do with the royal wedding next spring. >> geraldo: that is incredible. are you saying that charles and camilla weren't cutting it in the charisma area? [ laughing ] >> i think they were indeed need of sizzle from the public relations department. >> geraldo: they have it now from the oldest son the heir to the throne and this lovely young lady. does the fact she is a commoner add to the panache or detract from it? >> i think so the same as when prince rain in monaco married grace kelly the film actress a story made for tabloid news. there is no difference

i live in kenya, where i was in the peace corps. i went in in 1965, and i went back to live there about 40 years later. the thing that surprised me the most when i went back was the gigantic ngo community which had not existed when i was there in the peace corps. and i have my thoughts about ngos, but my greatest worry when i saw them was -- was the peace corps a template for the ngos who come in and do for kenya what kenyon's should be demanding that the government do for them? when i hear about an expansion of the peace corps, that makes me very nervous, because i think, and i would like to -- i think what many kenyans would say, and i have talked to many who do not think the peace corps is any different than the other western ngos -- they do not even live that badly. they would say to you, "why are you sending the peace corps here? why don't you use that money and helped to fund programs that kenyans, 40% of whom are unemployed, including many students i teach at the university who can i get jobs when they finish -- why aren't yo

we'll have a live report from kenya. scandal, growing uproar from travelers who claim the full body scanners, security scanners are showing too much. what is the alternative? all that and senator elect rand paul joins us live on america's news headquarters. ♪ ♪ >> shannon: it is the prize for which mid-term election was waged. control of congress. the house is about to change to republican hands. but newly elected republicans are arriving in washington in the middle of a bit of a political firestorm. malini wilkes is staking out the capitol hill club where a lot of that is happening. hey, malini. >> reporter: good afternoon, shannon. there is a battle going on for time and attention of the incoming lawmakers whose tidal wave of the 85 new house republicans. freshmen orientation started today. week of events. everybody wants to lay claim to the guys and that's where the controversy began brewing yesterday. most of the house republicans, incoming guys are coming to reception here in an hour at the capitol hill club. no

so it wasn't a massively big surprise, but i took her out somewhere nice in kenya and i proposed. >> he's a true romantic. >> and you said yes, obviously? >> of course, yes. >> and you knew you were going to do this from day one of the whole thing? or did you wait until the end? >> i have been planning it for a while, but as every guy out there will know, it takes a certain amount of motivation to get yourself going, so i was planning a certain part of it, and in africa, it was a peaceful time so i had a little bit of planning to show my romantic side. >> did you see this coming? was he getting nervous and jumpy? >> we were out there with friends and things and i really didn't think so at all. i thought he might have -- maybe force of habit, but i was very shocked when he cai was so exci. >> i have been carrying it around with me for about three weeks. i planned it, it went sort of fine. you hear a lot of horror stories about proposing sand things go horribly wrong. >> and it's a family ring? >> it is a family ring, yes, it is my mother's engagement ring, and i thought it was quite n