it wasn't a custom in england. yes, sir. >> was there any organized support in the colony, any of them which would call loyalist? >> organized support for >> loyalists supporting -- >> across the nation at least one-third of the population were absolutely loyal subjects of britain. in the debate over independence in the continental congress, only days before the actual declaration of independence, john dickinson of philadelphia offered at the olive branch petition to the king pledging the american loyalty to the king, the love of the king, love of being british subjects and simply asking for him to control the parliament and let us raise our own and taxes and keep parliament out of hours. had he accepted the olive branch petition we probably could have become a member of the british commonwealth. so there was a tremendous amount of loyalty, and even a loyalist forces. there was a major battle that often not mentioned, and i don't know whether this is prejudiced or what, but the major battle and most north carolina

just as their puritan forebe forebearers into the new england the new england missionaries sent sail for the sandwich islands a place they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. perhaps 9 out of tern natives of the americas were wiped out by contact with european diseases, so was the native hawaiian population ravaged by smallpox, measles, whooping cough and venereal disease and the building of the railroads brought in the huddled masses of immigrants to the united states, the sugar plantations founded by the sons of the missionaries required massive imports of labor, primarily from china, japan, korea, portugal and the philippines transforming hawaii into what it has become. a multiethnic miscellaneous in which every race is a minority. hence the plate lunch. two scoops of japanese style rice and one scoop of macaroni salad seemingly airlifted from church potluck in anywhere usa are served alongside a polynesian or asian protein such as pig, chicken, teriyaki beef or loco moco a hamburger patty on top with gravy and egg invented what has always been the hamburger's most obvious defec

it was not a custom in england. yes, sir. >> harlow, was there any organized support in the colonies, any of the states, what you would call loyalists? >> organized support for? >> what you might call loyalists supporting the -- >> oh, yes. oh, across the nation at least one-third of the population were absolutely loyal subjects of britain. and in the debate over independence in the continental congress only days before the actual declaration of independence, john dickenson of philadelphia authored the olive branch petition to the king pledging our loyalty, american loyalty to the king, love of the king, love of being british subjects. and simply asking for him to control the parliament and let us raise our own taxes and keep parliament out of our business. had he accepted the olive branch petition, we'd probably have become a member of the british commonwealth. so there was tremendous amount of loyalty, and even loyalist forces, there was a major battle that's off not mentioned -- often not mentioned, and i don't k

that wedding came at a time of great suffer and great hope in england. world war ii ended only years before and the austerity and rationing had not yet endedment food was in short supply and so was gasoline and much of london showed the scars of bombings that the country endured of the so the major was a rare, bright spot for a nation looking for opportunities to celebrate its victory and survival. the marriage of the british queen gave them that opportunity. >> you are invited to the wedding of the royal highiness, princess elizabeth, daughter of king and queen, to lieutenant philip, royal navy in westminster abbey,30th of november, 1947. elizabeth the royal princess. elizabeth, the future queen. elizabeth a girl of 21 and this her wedding day. ♪[ music ] after the royal couple, the guests, kings, queens and princesses from every corner of the earth. elizabeth, a 21-year-old bride. a princess who had made a pledge to her people, "i declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service

he himself had been raised and taught in europe and in england. and he instilled in his family a love of learning. he had excellent libraries in his houses, and the family priest would double as a -- [inaudible] so the sisters learned latin. highly unusual for girls in those days. but they also benefited from the changes that were going on in america at the time, ask we're talking -- and we're talking here of the period, the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. so the postrevolutionary period. and i thought i would just read you a pass only about their -- passage about their upbringing and what was going on in america at the time in terms of the development of the education of women. when a character in the graduation play at greenfield academy playfully asked, really, now, what do you think of these times? everybody's going to school. do you think they gets any good by it? the "everybody" referred not to those traditional scholars' boys, but to girls. this was remarkable because in america, as in england, female educatio

we are not done with the storm sitting of the new england coast just yet. keep an eye on all this rain coming across the ohio valley. the threat of more rain showers and maybe some snow in the higher elevations tomorrow. up in new england, it is still wintertime. 40 right now in boston with a rain-no mix. -- rain-snow mixed. expect some wintry conditions through tomorrow night and maybe into sunday morning as well. 12 degrees colder than normal. the normal high is 60, and we only had 48 at artificial weather station at bwi marshall. the rain did wash the pollen of the atmosphere. -- at our official weather station at bwi marshall. some rain and snow showers will continue in the western maryland mountains. anywhere from 31 to 38 for the low around here. wins should diminish to --winds should diminish to five-50 miles an hour. as the storm moves away, another one will rapidly be moving in behind it. another round of rain and snow showers will cut across the region tomorrow afternoon. light accumulations possible in the mountains, especially above 2008. mostly

is what you are or or or new england in 1819. rainbow drive-in only serve chicken for it is that we carried a beaming in waikiki is a fine spot for a sunburned tourists from new york city stood beneath him ponder historical implications of a lukewarm box of takeout because none of us belong here, not me, not the macaroni, not the chicken soaked in serious task of a nested. like a lot of a lot of people and teams in the silence cannot be another imports from somewhere else in this case india appeared to be in his bridge to shoot off sprouts that dripped down and pour slowly into the ground and take root, bulging into new connected trunks celesta support more and more chunks into each tree becomes a spooky little porous. thursday shady courthouse that was painted in 1873 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of new england missionaries on the mailing. to safely tell when a missionary to senate planted it and now it stands over 60 feet high with 12 tracks spanning within 200 square feet. one time i was in the line of co

rain and snow showers extend across parts of new england and upstate new york. western maryland has been dealing with some wintry conditions. you will see some snow not only tonight but for the day tomorrow as we continue to monitor the progress of a weather disturbance over the ohio valley that still has the swing through our area. it will not pull away until sometime tomorrow evening. another 24 hours of this chilly spring weather pattern. the normal high temperature at 60 degrees, and we fell short of that by 12 officially at bwi marshall. the record high was 88 degrees in 1978. we may see temperatures try and get into the 80's here early next week as a warm front makes its way through, but that is a few days away. temperatures continue on the chilly side of around the region. 46 at hagerstown, and you would think it would get warmer as you head south, but it is not much warmer there. we will see a clearing trend overnight. western maryland still in the rain and snow showers right into saturday morning. the wins have been brisk throughout the day but will dim

a winterlike storm will bring gusty winds and snow to new england. snow and rain are also likely across the midwest. and the southwest and deep south will remain dry and sunny. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. a messy morning commute in the northeast. an april fools' snowstorm is hitting the region and it is no joke. some high elevation areas could get up to a foot of snow. >>> and the labor department releases the march jobs report later this morning. most economists predict the economy added about 185,000 jobs last month. if so, that would follow strong gains in february. >>> and seven lucky coworkers can quit their jobs. they collected their big checks thursday from last week's huge mega millions lottery. and after taxes, get this, they get $19 million each. jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: they took their first public steps into their new lives as multimillionaires. seven new york state workers. >> we've been doing this every time one of the jackpots usually gets above $100 million, we go around to our coworkers in our offi

not only into parts of new england, but all the way into the hudson valley. this area used is beginning to get going. it has spread snow into boston, worcester, parts of connecticut. we will be really on the back and into that and nothing really will fall around us, other than the leftover, lingering sprinkles. overnight tonight and during the day tomorrow, it will still be cold, but that is way in the atmosphere. it will rein in the cold air to the north and the storm will move up the coast. in some spots there may be a blizzard warning. the cold relief filters into new england, but, on the backs of that drier milder air begins to come in around us. finally, we will see a change in this pattern. we will get a little bit of sunshine as we head into the weekend. not tomorrow, look at the lingering showers. temperatures jamarr will be sunny again in the 30 -- devore jamarr will be sunny, again in the 30's. -- temperatures tomorrow will be sunny, again in the 30's. as we get into the weekend finally, the pattern really changes. there will be a bit of real spring

new england is not alone. the new england plane could see a foot of snow sunday into monday. >>> there is breaking news on the health of the former governor. a longtime aide can confirmed he is being treated for a slight case of pneumonia. he was admitted to the hospital last night and is reportedly feeling much better. he was said to term governor in maryland from 1987 until 1985. he also served two terms as comptroller. >>> the person was seriously hurt after a car drove through a shop. the helicopter was over the scene soon after it happened. the car crashed into the of ozone -- auto zone. the the the most taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital. -- the victim was taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital. >>> we must continue to be vigilant about safety on the roadways. that is the only way we will get the numbers to decline. >> more than 30,000 people died last year in the oppression. that is the fewest number of deaths since 1949. seat belts better safety equipment, and the recession are some reasons for

this is primarily a northern new england storm out there today. it's still raining in areas like new york city and philadelphia and up here in the hudson valley, but as far as the snow, the only big accumulations will be from worcester, boston, northwards up into vermont, new hampshire and definitely up there in maine. the entire state of maine could pick up heavy snow. that's the white on this map. boston is right on the line. south of boston, you went over to rain. north of boston, you got heavy wet snow coming down. we've gone back and forth from snow to rain to sleet and right now we're back to snow. areas of western mass, already reports of four to six inches at the higher elevations. so the higher elevations are getting the heavy snow and later on today, just all of new hampshire and maine, especially the mountainous areas will get nailed with possibly up to a foot of snow. so here is your forecast. bangor, maine, 10 to 14 for you. concord, 6 to 10. worcester, about 4 to 8. boston, a slushy 2 to 4. albany, not much at all for you. maybe 1 to

just as the puritan before theirs set off into the wilderness of new england, the new england set sail for the islands, what they thought of as a spiritual wilderness. nine out of ten natives were wiped out by contacts of european diseases, so was the population ravaged with other disease. just as the industrial revolution and the building of the railroads brought in the huddled masses of immigrant the to the united states, the sugar plantations founded by the sons of the missionaries required massive imports of labor from china, korea, jay pap, portugal, and the philippines making this a multiethnic place where every one is a minority, hint the plate lunch. this was air lifted from some church pot luck in air, usa, are served alongside an asian protein like pig, chick, adobo or loco moco, a hamburger patty served with a fried egg and it's the most obvious defect, not enough egg. [laughter] sugar plantation workers used to share food at lunchtime swapping noodles for korea spare ribs and bread. this got passed down evolving into the plate lunch served at diners, drive-ins, and lunch tr

. >>> tonight in new england new england -- tonight in new england crews are stairing at another work of snow. work began just outside of boston. beantown is expected to get two to four inches. places like new hampshire and maine could see close to a foo. nothing like a light coating some of us saw this morning. what can we expect tonight? hopefully nothing like that in our way, wyatt? >> most of us did not see snow. an earn or two of slush that quickly melted by mid-morning but we have the chance, a few more flakes could fly overnight. let's take a look at maryland's most powerful radar. i wish i could tell you that's an april fool's. i cannot. you see a much more active radar pitch. these are not heavy showers. we have snow showers, sleet showers back out to western maryland and beyond. thrp lea not heavy but they are numerous and mr. track steadily in our area as a clipper system arrives. it will keep things from being sunnier. today was 10 degrees below average. a few rain showers possible. we'll talk about the rest of your weekend coming up. >>> now to the economy, news from lay

new england is getting socked with snow. maine, massachusetts, and new hampshire are reporting tens of thousands of power outages. the winter that will never end. if you have never seen the cherry blossoms at its peak, it is the final day. as the weeks winter like weather driven away the crowds? we can see that the wind is whipping things up down there. >> it is very windy and cold out here. the national park service tells me it is too early whether the weather has had a factor in attendance of visitors at the cherry blossom festival. at their peak, the cherry blossoms are usually a picture- perfect background, but this year the photographers and the crowds are few and far between. the reason is the weather. >> it is not normal. it is not spring. >> era, and her mother come to see the trees every year and -- era, and her mother come to see the trees every year and write poetry. they are not the only visitors noticing the change. >> last year, our friends came into town and it was an absolute traffic jam. we are very, very su

big snow in new england. insta-weather-plus forecast just ahead. --in this afternoon cost afternoon's "medical alert," if you have high blood pressure you probably inherited it from your mother. --lf of those descended fr researchers identified a blood pressure mutation in a mother's dna that is passed down to children. being hospitalized for an illness or surgery can be a scary and lonely experience, especially if you are separated from her family. a hospital is experimenting with the video conferencing technology as a way to keep patients connected with loved ones. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> this the first launch -- a time since she was admitted to hospital for testing that she has been able to see our parents because they are elderly, they could not come in person, but they can now make a virtual participation. >> the camera will tilt and panza you can get anywhere in their room -- and pan so you can get anywhere in the room. >> it now allows a patient to talk online with a loved one who may be too ill or for a w

lousy travel conditions in new england today. high pressure eventually comes in, but there is more stuff out to the west that will be spinning around. so any break we get in the weather this weekend will be short-lived. >> we have rain this morning, the most significant tapers off. then we might have some spotty rain activity. a little warmer than yesterday. northwest winds will get breezy. insta-weather future cast shows any rain we have left over this afternoon and into the evening hours. as you start to clear overnight tonight, then during tomorrow we have rain chances that might pop up in the area. kind of spotty. i think most of the day will be dry. then in the evening we have another chance for rain shower activity. so it's an on again-off again situation. skies clear tonight. tomorrow might be a couple of snow flakes mixed with a couple of brief showers. 49 the high. sunday looks dry. but sunday night into monday we could see a couple scattered showers. we'll be in the mid 50's for a high near 70 on tuesday with thundersto

great right yes you know ok you know me they sent to england to to london to be anderson cooper's little entourage one hundred twenty five ok hundred twenty for a good look so dustin put this clip together i would call it the highlights of shame but this is what you're about to see the last few weeks of television coverage from the united states of the royal wedding should be considered among the most of their scene moments in american television history and joy in this morning's installment of our royal diary series how plans for clinton and kate middleton's big day are shaping up some couples get married they're just helping out some bank would be nice not to give them a mortgage you have these towns have a number of palaces to pick from but let's clean. up have said let's the royal couple is this a piece of fine craftsmanship or what is a place for you with their pictures it looks so official if you want to brush up on your royal knowledge ahead of time n.b.c. this is launching a free royal wedding at for the i pad we got ours right here at archives all of our coverage of prince willi

affluent lawyers from the north of england. michael was a flight controller for british airways. that's where he met kate's mom carol, a flight attendant. william's buddies called her doors to manmanual. >> i think people have been unappealingly snobby about it. >> reporter: kate's parents are regular folks. they live in a village outside london. occasionally pop down to the pub for a pint and a pie. >> they're a normal family like the rest of the people that come in here. down to effort. lovely, lovely family. very polite, very nice. >> reporter: now kate's parents are very rich. they run a successful internet mail order company. >> they're self-made millionaires. they should all be celebrating that. >> reporter: remember, britain, well, old britain, isn't a country that applauds new money. you're respected if you inherit money. not so much if you earn it. weird but true. >> a generation ago, someone like her would never have the chance to marry a prince. >> no, she would have been called a commoner. he would have to look for some nice princess of denmark. >> it's a great moment

so, they arranged a secret vacation for william, slipping him out of england, to the e.r. bar tell dude ranch in montana. >> he was wearing a baseball cap, much like he saw his mother do. >> reporter: paul was a 21-year-old ranch hand on summer break from yale. >> i think quickly he got a sense that this was a safe place. this was a place where nobody was going to be chasing him or his family around. >> reporter: before long, an average, 10-year-old boy emerged, pretending to be a cowboy, bobbing for apples. and enjoying cucumber sandwiches. he goaded his new friend into executing a mild form of western justice. >> he decides to be a smartmouth. the right thing to do at the time was to hang him up in a tree by his shorts and spray him with a hose. >> reporter: did it occur to you at any moment that i'm spray sp the future king of england. >> it did occur to me. >> reporter: and he was loving every second. >> he was. all the people at the ranch have kept this a secret for 20 years. our priority was this boy's privacy and this boy's happiness. i've gone back to all them and

because it's invoking of jerusalem as the perp is for burger sacrificed to enable the lord to wackier and england again and speaks to the power of this fantasy. it was made even more palpable a year later the work continued to go devastatingly envoy george took one of his commanders in the western frentzen said to him, i want you to need a special expedition, the purpose of which is to bring a christmas present to the british people, jerusalem, which is how lord allenby was dispatched with an expeditionary force, landed in egypt, living at the lafond into

heavy snow in new england near boston and heading through central mass. through the capital district of new york and interior sections northwest of the new york metro area. some of the places will wind up with a foot of snow. it goes back to the poconos. the snow extended all the way down through york pa, westminster and near the baltimore area. take it closer. not doing the best job highlighting where the particular line was. we had to extrapolate that further just north of baltimore. you go 15, 20 miles north, and that is reisterstown and westminster, the highest rain getting stickage in snowfall. the cold air is catching up to the storm and pulling up towards new england. our future radar highlighting the fact that it's there and the rain south and east just wet road, i-95, eastern shore, annapolis, no worries. this gets out of here and could have showers in the rain variety in the afternoon. another system could sneak in with showers heading in through saturday afternoon. warming temperatures and the warming trend continues up through early next week.

will they cre-- cement england? be right back. chris: welcome back. buckingham pals is hoping that william and kate will be the revitalizingen toic that the windsors need. style, check, smarts, check. charisma, definitely check. and the kind of worldwide popularity that princess diana had. i guess that's the question. what are the hopes for the monarchy coming out of this great marriage? we hope it's a great marriage. >> the hopes are that the monarchy will carry on indefinitely. if there isn't that question of whether prince charles should do the honorable thing and stand aside for his son which people are discussing in open. but here's the point. although we love the fact that william does the washing up and makes fried eggs and he's trying to be normal and although this is going to be a normal couple, too much nor malt for the monarchy is a bad thing because then people ask, why are we paying these taxes to keep them in the lifetile? can chris: they seem very regal to me. >> they are quite regal. but here's the interesting statistic. right now only

not england. >> it's not a fairy tale, it's a proper love story and they

cooler in new england. low 80s in dallas and new orleans and phoenix. 87 degrees in miami. just 51 in seattle, portland and salt lake. mid-50s in chicago/detroit. low 70s in indianapolis, kansas city and l.a. >>> after a seven-year, $55 million investigation, we now have a verdict in the government's case against barry bonds. guilty. baseball's home run king was convicted yesterday of obstructing justice. but the perjury charges against him were thrown out. more, now, from john donvan. >> and it's a high, fly ball. right, center field. back it goes. racing back. that ball is gone. >> reporter: the thing you can say about barry bonds on this day that a jury declared him a felon, he was a ballplayer who wanted it. who wanted it badly. the fame. the money. the glory. to right to call himself, not just great. barry bonds wanted to be the best. >> there it is.

this is royal england. thousands of buildings around you. you can actually feel it in the air. michelle miller is standing by on the street with some guests. i understand you met another catherine and william, is that right, michelle? i'm not sure if michelle can hear us, because the crowd noise is deafening. >> okay. it is starting to get very exciting here. right directly through the welsh guard we can begin to see the profession. coming through the horse guard parade, those five carriages. and the first, carrying the bride and the groom. the duke and duchess of cambridge. coming through, it is going to be bedlam in just a few minutes. you start to see the members of the guard crossing the parade. the horse guard parade there. they're coming right up to the duke of york steps as we speak. you can hear the crowd begin that wave of cheering. the wooing. the cameras going up. you can begin to see a quick clip, just running along. and here, i believe, here comes the carriage. this group of horsemen, this group of horsemen is the last group that we'll see before the prince and his

new england to new york state and on into pennsylvania. lots of travel problems there today, so check ahead if you're going to be flying or taking the train or something. as this storm pulls away, we will see wet weather. the basic forecast today. this morning, we have this light to moderate rainfall activity with snow mixing into the city. we could see -- 47-52 for the high today. 2 breeze picks up northwest. insta-weather future cast shows the bulk of the rain pulling out of here later this morning and going north. but then we could see spotty showers the develop this afternoon and finally clearing out this evening. so we'll have mostly clear skies then. but then it will be much drier tomorrow than it was today and yesterday. we could see a band of showers move through. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. we really don't shake the rain completely. 50 today. 49 on saturday. shower chances tapering off today. spotty showers. maybe even a snow flake tomorrow. 54, the high. 56 on monday. there's a rain threat even with the o's game in t

the royal wedding may be just about over but spirits still remain very high in england even long now that the ceremony has ended. a television camera caught a man in a black robe there doing a couple of cartwheels down the aisle at westminster abbey roya the man dog the cartwheels was a layman and not a minister and did not identify him. a lot of people here are blurry eyed. too tired for cartwheels. fans of the royal family gathered long before the crack of dawn for sold out royal wedding viewing parties.

she happened to be in england for the birth of a grandson. my uncle was stationed, he was military and stationed close by at heathrow. and my grandmother attended the coronation. when i had the privilege of meeting prince philip, and, of course, his wife, queen elizabeth. the bushes, president bush, and mrs. bush, was so kind to invite me to a state dinner. and my mom kept saying, tell the queen your story. and mrs. bush was able to help me relay that message and that story to queen elizabeth. that was a very special story for our family. and a very special night. always special to have barbara walters with us. >> what a special story. i have been introduced to the queen. i was not here for the coronation. but you do get jittery. you do get excited. you are not supposed to talk to her, unless she speaks to you first, which was very difficult for me. but you know, this is quite a week for the queen. she has a lot to celebrate this week. she just turned 85, by the way. her husband is 90. she has eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. and

was it was it was real special gulf is set to have a new world number one england's lee westwood is in line to take top spot from german martin calm after winning in the knees in masses today but luke donald could end up at the summit himself if he wins in south carolina englishman riding his luck to take a one shot lead into the final round of the heritage i don't know what is third in the world at the moment in his penultimate round didn't get off to the best of starts his ball touching bouncing out of bounds on just the second hole a double bogey here seeing him briefly lose the lead but he was back to par by the time he reached the ten i really found his form finishing on a one under par seventy his first round of the tone but he still a shot ahead of defending champion jim fury. the american missing a putt for par on the last hole to play his chances of topping the lead of pool. meanwhile tennis number one rafael nadal has reached a landmark in his career the twenty four year old claiming his five hundred when i

yeah, quite an april fool's joke for those people in new england. how about yesterday, the last day of march, that we had record highs in many areas. downtown l.a., hit 92 degrees. in phoenix, 93. yuma, arizona, hit 100, vegas 88, even 80s as far north as san francisco. what a treat that was. the one really warm day. for some people probably too hot. today, temperatures coming down a little bit. this next storm system in the trough dipping down the west coast is going to cool the west coast off over the weekend and bring showers and wet weather back into the forecast. so enjoy about one more really mild day here in the desert southwest. it's not even that rainy in the pacific northwest. just a slight chance of showers today. our 48 hour rainfall totals, this isn't a lot. maybe a half inch at most as we go throughout the next 48 hours. mostly in the mountains. just shower activities for a lot of the cities from medford, portland, northward. forecast for today, there's the showers from seattle to portland. further to the south, sunny and still warm. w

look at the snow in pennsylvania, moving upstate into new york, and interior new england. they will get to a foot of snow in some places. this is a powerful storm system, we will get wind from it later today. a small chance of sprinkles this morning. thin, strong winds kick in this afternoon, temperatures in the upper 40s, briefly near 50. the winds should diminish tonight, and sun. clouding up again. sprinkles tomorrow, and highs mid 50s. sunny sunday, upper 50s to near 60. should be delightful. we get into next week. is thes on tuesday. strong storms likely late in the day. wednesday, thursday, cool down a bit. >> come on 70s. interstate 66, any overnight roadway should be wrapping up. can't find any, so they have picked it up. and one more stop, two more. 270, volume only, road spray through germantown. and 395, capital beltway. >>> eye traffic alert for you, if you take the 14th street bridge to work, your commute could be tricky next week. crews will be moving the barriers to the north half of the bridge on 347d. it is part of the renovation project. the whole thing i

the storm system spreading into new england. highs rears winds will pick up today, too. a look at your night planner in ten minutes. >>. >> there is the inner loop. there was an accident reported minutes ago. authorities were headed over to investigate. don't see it yet. i will keep a watch on it should police find anything. >> traveling on the tyson's corner area. all the way down to i-66, so far, so good. and the third street tunnel, the southbound side, new york side. no early issues to report. >> metro's money troubles could mean service cuts if the transit agencyicancy come up to 72 million, it will be forced to run less. what it means for riders. >> reporter: many of riders are relieved they are not talking about raising rates, but what they are considering is possible duts in converse. met metro. 1.47 million dollar budget closes in july. each jurisdiction would have to give additional money. reportedly, they are considering cuts in service, that they have reviewed before. longer waits for trains, less popular bus routes closed and changes in late night service. n

and that is the west door, where the royal family, the queen of england, and of course, catherine middleton, will walk through that door a little later this morning. but the doors have opened here at westminster. and with me, i think when diane said formidable guests that we

well over in england this tuesday night f.a. cup finalists toga hosting second button was in a premier league medal and darby the potters themselves are five points above the relegation zone while was the worst away record in the top flight when we would see them move out of the drop zone underscored the early exchanges he still will nail. on wednesday following need a draw at home to bolton to reach their traditional safe marker forty points out as manager i mean call use that name the same side that they asked for two one on sunday but then the gunners title hopes however cool admits it's the memory of the five nil f.a. cup semi final warning to stay that's helping to spur on his side to the end of the season. as we always hope for that was it was a fluke really was a bar and. it was a super play for one group to this point and there's not been too many of those those occasions are not good just. happened they were hard to see with bridgepoint quick we would succeed in our point and we're trying to as many points and we can do

things are a bit predictable in europe with the man united and barcelona topping the leagues in england and spain but there have been quite a few surprises in the russian premier league cup and that's where the new season's only just a few weeks old but cabana the only surviving used at least the phrase of the year today because they topped the league at the moment to skull failed to win against just a few moments ago which meant they failed to go we've got all the details coming. hello there thanks for watching the sport and these are the headlines. now have a chance to talk to the russian premier league the tears scar can only draw with lowly taunts. while gold for luke donald rides his luck to stay on course for world's number one ranking. and reaching a milestone down enjoys the five hundred when it's his career to make the final of the barcelona ripens. let's go straight to the russian premier league where tears scar missed the chance to reclaim top spot there a surprise one one draw again tom chance i mean if they stay second behind leaders to advance to do dumb by giving to scar

here in england, they took drastic measures, cutting deeply right away. so, we wondered, how do the people feeling the sting of those cuts view the splendor of the royal wedding, and david muir went out to find out today. hello, david. >> reporter: hi, diane. great to see you here in london. and so many people here will tell you, they're facing so many of the problems americans are facing back at home. as diane mentioned, unemployment, huge deficits. and now, an opulent royal wedding. but we learned today that many here welcome it. it was the image of that moment, the cocoon around prince charles and camilla was punctured. windows shattered as the anger and frustration here boiled over. after giant cuts passed by the government here. $133 billion over four years. while back in the u.s., congress just finished a bruising battle over cutting less than 1% of that. in the uk, they cut college funding by 40%. public housing, 60%. retirement age moved up to 66. and so the people here, desperate for relief, have found themselves desperate for this royal escape t

this system will wrap up the new england storm, towards the new england area, be a big storm for new england is kind of what i meant to say there but a wrap around precipitation will still be a plaguing maryland, keeping us damp, dreary and ugly into the day tomorrow. cloudy, i think less showers, but still ugly an then saturday we've got a new disturbance, a weak one, comes in out of the north. that could actually keep us cloudy and kind of a little bit deery saturday, looks a little better. sunday finally drying out and the o's opener 60, could be a few showers. overnight tonight, more rain, brief wintery mix, cloudy through the day tomorrow, still rainy, rainy evening showers tomorrow night. i know. not the -- april showers, isn't that right? isn't that what they say. i wish i could tell you it's an april fools joke. it's not. sunday, looking ahead to next week, temperatures milder but still some showers and storms around. back to you guys. >> the oils don't play until tomorrow, they'll play down in tampa, but it may not feel like it is opening day. the bronx bombers give fans a r

and massive security measures are put in place as england gets ready for the big day. >> i'm lynn berry and today we begin with syria thea revolt. there are conflicting reports on the death toll. at least 11 people are died. soldiers are been going house to house rounding up suspected protesters. meanwhile, the u.s. state department as reminded americans to leave syria. >> heavy rain pelted parts of the midwest from northeast texas all the way to kentucky where firefighters rescued a man confined to a wheelchair from a flooded home. we'll have more in weather in a a few minutes. >>> first, yet another air traffic controller has been fired for falling asleep on the job. the federal aviation administration says a third controller, this one working in ceilings has been fired for dozing off on two separate days. since march, five cases of napping controllers have surfaced along with one who missed calls while watching a dvd. officials have rolled out new rules aimed at preventing such incidents. >>> there are just three days until the royal wedding. with the streets of london buzzing with a

they were ready in england and israel much sooner. but we fought that debate in the cabinet room in 1940. i knew about that when i was 11 or 12 years old which meant lord halifax would not become prime minister. that that churchill had made a decision whatever the consequences and the fight on the beaches to go it alone. that had saved us from the gas chamber somehow. so there was a weird fit that was embodied in my parents' generation of the kind of realive the benevolence of britain towards the jews and the great honor integrity of the british constitutional liberal past. so churchill didn't prevent my parents from voting labour when it came to 1945. >> rose: did they really. after churchill saved them >> well, i fear my father may have. i don't think my mother did. they might have had one of their many arguments about that, actually. but father my father voted for churchill again in 1951. but my father again said to me "a jew's most important weapon is his voice." he said that. and he was a soap box orator and he was beaten up and

really hammering new england through today. we're talking about basically highs around 50 and the rain should be tapering off by this afternoon. sports is next. >> and now, 9 sports, the best sports in town. >> good morning, everybody. when the nats spent $126 million on jayson werth and another $125 on adam la roche, they had a pretty good idea they would score runs but just not on thursday. they gave up five hits, just two off the second inning. 41 degrees yesterday. remember that when you're there in july and it is 91. braves striking first in this game. top one, brian mccann slaps a single, scores the single. atlanta up 1-0. in the second, jason hayworth who homered in his first at-bat last year and does it again this year. 2-0 braves. livan hernandez retired 15 strai. unfortunately, the braves derek lowe was filthier than livo. the nats get blanked 2-0. >> the story was pitching and both clubs pitched good but they were a little better than us today. >> that's one of the games where we needed to win. more than half of thos

. >> ( heavy breathing ) >> reporter: his breathing heavy, his heart pounding, chris england watched as twisting fury chalked tuscaloosa. >> it was just so massive. it was just... i mean, we were just in shock. >> reporter: from the third floor of an athletic building at the university of alabama, england recorded these images of the mega-twister. the ruin left behind would break tuscaloosa's heart-- a swath of rubble four miles long, a half mile wide. >> all this is still here about this time yesterday. i mean, all this was still here. and today, it's gone. >> reporter: ken shackelford's home, gone. >> i know i'm being emotional, but, oh, man, just seeing all this stuff down... >> i got some water. you want some? >> reporter: for the first time, shackelford and his fiancÉ, latasha temple, were seeing what they had left. her reaction said it all. they rode out the twister in a closet, cowering under a mattress with their dogs. >> our ears were popping and we just held on to the mattress. and within 15 seconds, you could feel the house go. >> reporter: here in forest lake drive, it's

while in england arsenal's talisman dreams shattered by a shot defeat to bolton. and perhaps off the england's lee westwood as he becomes called the world number one. best kick off there with a russian crime a league with defending champions and eight ever again top spot there after they won three know at home decrease of yet arthur world class free kick alexander k.g. cough after eleven minutes putting the high side in front on one i stayed until nine minutes to go when three five strikes and bank allows the big game to rest before and school the nico back to the top then yes sneak off and. just go missed the chance of playing top spot of the day we held for surprise one one draw at lowly. i mean from a cone of death to be army men after twenty seven minutes but not seeing the new me cough be the visits defense to level just before they die and that was how it finished to start remain unbeaten but slipped to home dropped to the box in the. meanwhile ruby i have yet to win in four gangs are being held one one in a gritty kind of pain to study and car alexander thr

he can't blame the bank of england. he could blame the last government. he can't even blame the snow. why didn't -- why doesn't he admit -- why doesn't he admit the six months of no growth is because of his decisions, his chancellor's decisions and his government's decisions? >> the economy has grown by 1.8% by last year. let me tell you i did a little research. all the time -- all the time the right honorable gentleman was in the cabinet, there wasn't one single quarter when the economy grow more than 9.8%. one. so that is his great record. so let me tell him -- let me tell him something about the need to make public spending cuts. we are now in a new financial year, the year in which the darling plan was going to cut the deficit and start the process of cutting it by half. so for every 8 pounds we are proposing to cut this year, they would be cutting 7 pounds. have we heard a single sensible proposal for making any cut? or have we just heard blatant opportunism and talking the economy down? i think we know. >> would the prime minister join me in examini

why such an occasion england for almost eight years between two thousand and two thousand and seven. series win for the first time in eighteen is joined in his role by current voting coach eric simons. and that's all sports news for this person i think. for the full system we've got it from. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. touches the so much i'm going to give each visitor the power to find the mark left amidst the stalemate in palestinian israeli peace making a storm of diplomatic activity of rolling palestinian leaders. from. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. shining corporations are relieved a. mum. in moscow g.'s available in hotels coolest i'm going to know a little something also to people come this it is congress moto east west nova told moscow center.

once one of the richest couples in england, now ozzie and sharon osbourne oh the u.s. in back taxes and face losing one of their homes. >>> comics stolen over a decade ago from nicholas cage, wants it back. but first claims goes to the insurance company that paid him off for that. >> can you imagine owning a $1 million economic bocomic book a having it stolen? >> i'm sure, i think of him more as owning cars not comic books but hey. >> i think maybe bad movies. >> and this coming to us from channel 2 in alaska where on nearby spy island discovery of the new world stopped a mama and her cubs in her tracks. in between that time, workers arrived and transformed the area into an oil complex. they ended their stay and headed for a less crowded habitat. that is an amazing story. i cannot imagine having them go to sleep and wake up and then look an oil field. >> imagine the worker that was sitting then and then looked up and there was a polar bear. >> this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc stays. >>> you can get closer than ever to the object

>>catherine: in weather, april fool's storm brought heavy snow to parts of new england today. it was the kind of scene, a lot of people woke up to today. >> an unpleasant surprise some hoping this is the last of it for the season. >>catherine: maybe, people in new england did not expect to spend april 1st shovelling heavy wet snow. it quickly covered the pavement and roads, it was clinging to trees burying the for spring flowers. snow removal trucks were out but it still made the morning to new messy. at least it was pretty in places. this is a country road in massachusetts. it tens of thousands of people lost power after the heavy snow hit power lines. if that was especially true in maine and new hampshire. it also the two spots had the most was roughly 1 ft. of snow. >> is as real or april fools? it's more like a nightmare. >>catherine: not a total nightmare, it seems to be melting quickly, still a lot of people were caught by surprise by the intensity of the storm. >>jacqueline: a different picture here, take a look at this sunny skies people enjoying the nice weather. out