the london waterways. during construction i'm going to use the waterways for the guests of the olympics to some extent it's. pretty capacity is you can get a lot of people up rivers and canals but there will be some use of times and then the come out with that lead up through the site yeah but most of the customers big ticket holders will come by rail rather than by war so i'm we've used ride a lot in construction so more than half of all on materials coming in in and out of the site by by rail and by water thank you thank you very much and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was sam director of infrastructure you're really utilities and public thrilled at the london two thousand and twelve olympic village and that's it for now from all of us if you don't tell yourself spotlight or have someone in mind he has a question to me next time to drop me a line algorithm at how to feed our live and let's keep spotlight interactive back with more face time common something that's going on in and outside

london waterways. during construction i'm going to use the one. to some extent it's. pretty capacity is you can get a lot of people out of rivers and canals but there will be some use of the thames and then to come out with that lead up through the site but most of the customers big ticket holders will come by rail rather than buy water and we've used a lot in construction so more than half of all on the tiriel so how many in and out of the site by by rail and by water thank you thank you very much and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was some director of infrastructure you're really utilities and public thrilled at the london two thousand and twelve olympic village and that's it for now for all of us if you want to have yourself caught my breath some of mine she has a question to me next time to drop me a line algorithm at how to teach our young and let's keep spotlight interactive back with more first comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay and r.t. and take your pick you thanks. for the full story we've got. the biggest issu

the question that i had to you as soon as london won the bid was this deal with public transport in london public transport was partly there of the olympic bid and it was rated pretty poorly which was a surprise to me because i love london public transport and for example saatchi as far as i know has no public transport all so that what's wrong with the system for from the point of view of olympics of course with the london transportation system and what and what's being done i think it's going to work extremely well stratford olympic park which is in east london is one of the best connected parts of london has many railway lines that are over we are developing new capacity on existing lines so the underground railway system is being improved the overground surface rover systems also being heavily invested in and the docklands light railway system which is a new system that's gone in fairly recently again has significant investment so that's going to be capacity increases will be measures to keep vehicles off the roads in the days and because by persuading normal commuters to stay at home

london waterways. during construction i'm going to use the waterways for the guests of the olympics to some extent. but pretty capacity is you can get a lot of people up rivers and canals but there will be some use of the times i'm going to come out was that lead up through the site yeah but most of the customers be taken holders will come by rail rather than by war so we've used a lot in construction so more than half of all on materials come in and in and out of the site by by rail and by water thank you thank you very much and just to remind you that my guest on the show today was director of infrastructure utilities and of the field at the london two thousand and twelve olympic village and that's it for now for all of us if you want to have yourself spotlight or have someone in mind who you think i said to be next time to drop me a line algorithm at how to teach our year and let's keep spotlight interact we'll be back with more first comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay

at the tower of london, checking the shot, sorry. it is a gorgeous day and great time to be in london. a lot of excitement about the royal wedding. we'll bring you the latest on that throughout the week. chris, good morning. >> good morning, erica. i confirm the shot looks beautiful. it looks like a beautiful day in london. happy monday morning to you. a busy monday morning here and we're going to get back to new york in a couple minutes. erica, let's begin with you in london. >> yeah, chris, we want to get you the latest on the attack on moammar gadhafi's compound in tripoli, libya. last night nato missiles destroyed a building believed to contain gadhafi's office and library, cbs news national security correspondent david martin has the latest for us from the pentagon. david, good morning. do we know at this point where gadhafi is now, where he was during the strikes? >> we do not know where gadhafi is or was at the time of the strike. this was a preplanned strike, in other words, planned in advance, so this was not based on knowle

erica hill is in london. we'll join her in a couple of moments. >>> coming up, mark kelly has spent two years getting ready for the shuttle launch and his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. kelly talks with preparations for "endeavour's" final preparation so we'll have much more from katie couric and mark kelly. >>> erica hill, another lovely scene in london as we count down to the royal wedding, days away, friday morning. >>> first jeff glor is >>> on tuesday, astronaut mark kelly and his five crew mates flew to the kennedy center, before they head on their final space mission on "endeavour." this morning, katie couric and the shuttle commander talk about the mission as he juggles very important family matters as well. >> for astronaut mark kelly, friday's "endeavour" flight will be his fourth mission into space and second as shuttle commander. a responsibility he does not take lightly. this requires a lot of focus, correct? >> absolutely. a lot of focus, a lot

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the london waterways. during construction i'm going to use the waterways for the guests of the olympics to visit to some extent it's pretty capacity is you can get a lot of people up rivers and canals but there will be some use of the thames and then the come out that lead up through the site yeah but most of the customers the ticket holders will come by rail rather than by water and we've used a lot in construction so more than half of all our materials have come in and in and out of the site by by rail and by water thank you thank you very much and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was sam graff director of alvin first structure your daily utilities and publicly held at the london two thousand and twelve olympic village and that's it for now for all of us if you want to tell yourself spotlight we're at someone in mind who you think i said to be next time to drop me a line algorithm of project lead our year and let's keep spotlight interactive we'll be back with more from the common somethin

great, great stuff from london. good morning, everyone. >>> in the news this morning, pope benedict is urging an end to the fighting in libya and calling for diplomacy. the pope led easter mass in a packed st. peter's square. the pope also gave his traditional easter greetings in dozens of languages. >>> the airport in st. louis is expected to be running about 70% of its normal traffic as it recovers from that powerful tornado, but the main terminal is expected to be closed for up to two months. >>> doctors treating arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords tells "the arizona republic" she is now standing on her own and walking a little. doctors place her in the top 5% of patients recovering from her type of brain injury. >>> and hide your wife, hide your kid, hide your pot? youtube sensation antoine dodson of that intruder song fame has been released after being arrested for marijuana possession. didn't see that one coming. >>> now for a quick look at today's weather. ten states are under flood watches from oklahoma

no doubt somewhere their parties are still going on here in london. it was a flawless fairy tale of a day. the public mood, buoyant. but at the end, it was not just a public spectacle, but the most intimate of scenes. two young people, professing their love, whose whispers to each other today, some of which we can tell you tonight, reveal so much. in the beginning, it was all anticipation. it is possible that we may get a glimpse of the bride as she gets into the car. but since we weren't invited to the wedding, we wondered, where would be the perfect place to watch? with the people, of course. and so, we hit the streets. on motorbikes. our first stop, hyde park. where over 200,000 people gathered. do you mind that we crashed the party? >> would you like some wine? >> reporter: we crashed the party of two young women who had spent a lot of time getting ready. it was the ultimate drive-in. on the scene, a fairy tale. the prince in uniform, making his way with his ginger-haired brother to a date with history. royalty by blood, bonded forever by tragedy,

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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 too. >> it's about exuberant wenting so much as we need this wedding. we need this wedding to make a turn around for some tine. >> reporter: there have been royal turnarounds before. when charles and diana were married, 2.

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fresh weekly terminations depict britain as a terrorism breeding ground forms trained in london mosques and masterminds providing safe haven in the country. international news live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. we're just past eight pm here in the russian capital so it's exactly twenty five years since the world was shocked and shaken by the worst civil nuclear catastrophe in history a deadly explosion at the chernobyl power plant spewed a radioactive cloud across several continents pointing at long last inhuman and environmental consequences and he said now he who is in the ukrainian capital kiev is covering commemoration of events there in the country. of course attention has shifted to ukraine as the country marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the world's worst nuclear catastrophe actually noble that's when an explosion ripped the roof off reactor number four and vast amounts of radiation spewed across europe and several confidence around the world it's estimated that eight and a half million people in ukraine russia and bellow reuss the three most affected c

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live from london. to all our viewer out west. we know what happened when you were probably sleeping. the wedding took place right behind me. and the kiss, not once, but twice did catherine and william kiss on the balcony. so many moments to share with you. oh, there's the kiss again. won't feel like you missed a thing. i'm here outside the abbey. the atmosphere is amazing still. still outside buckingham palace. my two all-stars are there, diane sawyer and barbara walters. got the privilege to work with you all morning long. we had a full complement of all st all-stars, the abc news team out in force. diane and babarbara, what do weo now? it can't be over is it? >> how never thought you would be doing play by play on kisses, did you? >> you weren't seeing double. they did two kisses. that's history. everything else was true to form. it was a fairy tale. but the two kisses were unexpected. >> it was. i want to show you, robin, and everybody on the west coast, in case you didn't get up and join us. look at this little face. this lit

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with cynthia mcfadden. >> good evening again from london. everything now in place for this historic day, when the heir to the throne, will take a bride who is what they call here a commoner. it is a break with tradition and the country has seemed to embrace it. i am joined now live from outside buckingham palace, where people have been camping out for days. jeffrey, paint a picture for me what it is look down there? >> if you want a front row seat on a fairy tale, this is where you want to be. literally in front of buckingham palace here. >> whoa! >> these people have been, camping, it's been cold for the night. they kept warm by huddling under sleeping bags, in tents, and singing songs all night. now the hour is upon us. in about two hours from now we will see the queen, driven down here on the way to her grandson's wedding. in about, 4, 4 1and a half hour, the royal landau will come back. if you upon the over there, we'll see the balcony where we will see the royal kiss. that's why these people wanted to be here. the people, all have union

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these were the defenders of london. buckingham palace, was, of course -- >> lord firmoy, i know that your thoughts are a little with diana today. >> very much so. >> tell us about that. >> she was very well represented. no one would have been happier than her to see her eldest son married off to such an extremely nice girl. i think she would be over the moon about it. kate is a lovely girl. i haven't will the pleasure of meeting her. but by all accounts diana would have been very proud of her. >> diana was remembered many ways during the ceremony. >> very much so. very much so. as i said, there were large numbers of her family there, all her relations were there, the spencers were by no mean kept out of the occasion. it was terribly involved. and everyone was extremely happy from the family side of it. >> and a number of the hymns, i know there was one hymn that was played at diana's funeral. >> yes, there was. we were very lucky to have gone to that as well. her presence was there. it was westminster abbey where her fu

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of foreign royal families who have come to london to attend. the crowds have been gathering. it was to the abbey this morning that the bride came again for what really was the final run through. without prince william this time but with harry and the bridesmaids. the royal wedding official program has been published containing a message from william and kate in which they say they are deeply touched by the affection they have been shown. the vows the bride will take omit the word obey. she will say i katherine elizabeth take to you to cherish until love do us part. the couple chose three hyms. so, tomorrow kate middleton will join a family in the past which hasn't been notably welcome to newcomers. on the eve of this wedding a member of that family has spoken publically in her support. the queen's cousin and one of her most trusted confidants. >> as a future queen. >> good thing for the royal family as well. >> yes. anything is good that promotes a good marriage. >> in london then pretty much everything is ready. the bands have their music and

at the university of london and in washington we go to lawrence korb he's a senior fellow at the center for american progress all right gentlemen this is crossfire going if you can jump in anytime you want first and i to go to gold in london are we seeing different paradigms being developed in the arab spring moves forward the arab awakening as some people call it we have the tunisia maybe egypt model where we have something maybe approaching a revolution a real revolution and changing the guard there and then maybe the bahrain model backed up by the saudi arabia they wrote the script there and maybe reluctantly with american supporting two different paradigms we have right now dictators that fall and dictators that are really clamping down well i wouldn't call that because you have very different situations actually. the situation is quite different between the two countries. the. conference where the succeeded the overthrowing the paper and countries where the fighting still going on yes indeed you. basically all the countries where this has been successful ok if i could stay with you

here in london. i'm erica hill in london where it has been a day full of excitement and pageantry and the wedding of prince william and kate middleton went off without a hitch. all the highlights from the royal wedding. the dress you see it there, the ceremony, the parade, the first kiss. but there's important news back at home where widespread areas of the south are devastated by the most destructive tornado in decades. harry is in pratt city this morning, it's the scene from some of the worst damage from wednesday's storms. >> good morning to you. pratt city is a neighborhood within the city limits of birmingham. a neighborhood that saw some bad damage and death back in 1998 when bad tornadoes went through here, but nobody could have anticipated what happened here on wednesday night. the entire neighborhood behind me is basically flattened. luckily, and we say luckily and put that word in quotation marks, only two people lost their lives here because the death toll was quite stunning. throughout th

london's official wedding campground. starting wednesday, this london park will have campers taking full advantage of the flush toilets, hot showers, and plenty of tea. look who we found. sheree and darla. we saw them in the piece. look at this memento that she's has for 30 years. slippers, diana and charles slippers. they've never left your house until now? >> right. >> reporter: are you going to wear them? >> maybe now? >> reporter: later. >> maybe on friday to keep my feet comfortable. >> reporter: it will be a long day on friday. a lot of americans here. >> and miracle being one of them. you want to go back to mommy, miracle. oh. i know. these are scary slippers, aren't they? i have you and nick running around town. >> we're hunting. >> so we have that coming up. let's get back to new york. and to juju with the other top stories. good morning, juju. >>> good morning, robin. good morning, again, everyone. >>> some americans are seeing $5 a gallon gas prices. the national average inched up to $3.86 this weekend. some co

ben tracy, cbs news, london. >> couric: and definitely wear your hat. and we'll check back with charlotte and the other americans here to see if the wedding lives up to their great expectations. coming up next, a royal reenactment. with my friends, we'll do almost anything. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. a lot of things going on in my life and the last thing i want to be thinking about is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. but i wasn't winning any ribbons managing my diabetes. it was so complicated. there was a lot of information out there. but it was frustrating trying to get the answers i needed. then my company partnered with unitedhealthcare. they provided onsite s

the london poet sums it up in a pithy phrase. when mastery come in, the god of love anon beateth his wings, and farewell, he is gone. as the reality of god has faded from so many lives in the west, there's been a corresponding inflation of expectations that personal relations alone will supply meaning in life. this is to load our partner with too great a burden. we're all incomplete. we all need love which is secure rather than oppressive. we need mutual forgiveness in order to thive. but as we move towards our partner in love, following the example of jesus christ, the holy spirit is quickened within us and can increasingly fill our lives with light. and this leads on to a family life which offers the best conditions in which the next generation can receive and exchange those gifts which can overcome fear and division and incubate the coming world of the spirit whose fruits are love and joy and peace. i pray that all of us present and the many millions watching this ceremony and sharing in your joy today will do everything in ou

at the university of london and in washington we go to lawrence korb he's a senior fellow at the center for american progress all right gentlemen this is a crosstab that means you can jump in anytime you want first and i to go to goldberg in london and are we seeing different paradigms being developed in the arab spring moves forward the arab awakening as some people call it we have the tunisia maybe egypt model where we have something maybe approaching a revolution a real revolution of changing the guard there and then maybe the bahrain model backed up by the saudi arabia they wrote the script there and maybe reluctantly with american supporting two different paradigms we have right now big haters that fall and dictators that are really clamping down well i would call that because you have. very different situations actually even. egypt and tunisia the situation. different between the two countries. i mean if you mean the countries where the. succeeded the overthrowing the dictator and countries where the fight is still going on yes indeed you have. basically all the countries where th

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the jumbotron being e rektded here in london. and it looks like this royal wedding is finally on the launch pad. even buckingham palace has to haul out the hoover when company is coming. today, cleaning crews sucked out the fountain, while gardeners removed the heads on the flowers nearby. all indications that this royal wedding is galloping our way. as the sun rose in london, horses took to the streets for a dress rehearsal of the royal process, from the palace, to westminster abbe. meanwhile, the abbey will become the poster -- >> it could become a gully washer. nancy, of san rafael, who did this for the queen's jubilee, knows how to be a royal spectator. >> come early. bring everything. wendy lewis and her mom, struggled to erect a child-size marquis. >> we're staying dry. >> reporter: what are the odds of a wet wedding? paddy power says bring your chutes. >> the forecast has changed. it does look like we're going to get a bit of rain on friday. but it's england after all. what do you expect? >> reporter: okay. and the two fav

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. >>> the picture tonight of the iconic tower bridge in london. that city is buzzing with last-minute preparations for the wedding of prince william and catherine middleton this friday, and an event of this magnitude, as you might imagine, requires massive security preparations. nbc's stephanie gosk is with our nbc news team in london and is with us tonight from trafalgar square. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: london police are used to securing big event. even for them, even for this city, the royal wedding is a daunting challenge. since the engagement was announced, london's police forces, like the couple themselves, have been getting ready. with four days go, security sweeps have already begun. nothing has been overlooked from storm drains to traffic lights. anything that could hide a potential threat. on the wedding day, there will be an army of officers, 5,000, patrolling the streets on foot and on horseback. on boats along the thames and in helicopters. there are already more security cameras in london than anywhere else in the world.

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an envoy from the libyan government is reportedly holding secret talks in london. it is now time for the business news. >> it's all about the labor market on both sides of the atlantic today. let's start on the other side because figures are due out in just about one hour on the u.s. labor market. perhaps expecting some good news, expecting to show the creation of 190,000 new jobs for the month of march. the unemployment rate is still high and there is concern about the quality of jobs. a report now from new york. >> she works as an assistant at a hair salon. it's a far cry from her old job. for 12 years, she worked as a deejay and music director at a new york radio station until she was let go in 2008. after nine months, she decided she could no longer sit at home waiting for worked. >> i decided to go to school to study cosmetology. it was something i could do in eight months. i knew i could get some job. >> but the transition has not been easy. >> there are days when you sit there and think -- i used to manage a staff of 20. i used to produce radio shows. you si

in london, it's finally and officially the eve of the royal wedding. it's a cold night there, and already the streets are filling up with people. remember, upwards of a million people are expected to jam into london, see what they can see, hear what they can hear. nbc's kate snow, who will have a better than average vantage point on this with us from westminster abbey tonight. kate, good evening. >> reporter: we have a better than average vantage point now and the tents are packed four and five deep on the streets around the abbey. there is the possibility of rain in the forecast tomorrow, but no one is letting that put a damper on the big day. late today, a surprise appearance by the groom greeting well wishers on the eve of his wedding. earlier today, kate arrived at the goring hotel, where she'll stay tonight. when she leaves tomorrow morning, her fans may not have as good a view. a white canopy was put up to make sure her wedding dress remains a secret. >> off the rope, please! >> this morning, kate was spotted with prince harry at westminster abbe

and there is the london i there too. that wouldn't be a bad spot to view it.s nextand, htly news" i more local news on the bay area at 6:00. we'll see you then. good night. >>> path of destruction. the massive cleanup after that sudden storm that shattered homes and lives and shut down a major u.s. airport. tonight, a new and possibly even more powerful storm system is picking up steam. >>> gas prices are on the rise and as we're about to learn this week, so are oil company profits. >>> sitting empty. a brand new state-of-the-art prison built with taxpayer dollars and nobody behind bars. wait until you hear why. >>> and her royal journey. with just five days to go until the wedding the world will be watching, kate middleton's fairy tale story from girl next door watching, kate middleton's fairy tale story from girl next door to queen in waiting. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening and happy easter. it was a difficult holiday sunday for so many in and around st. louis today after a fierce tornad

it is a brilliant story. >> reporter: natalie morales, nbc news, london. >> six days and counting. that is "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. for lester holt and for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching. us at nbc news, thanks for watching. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. the giants fan brutally beaten outside dodgers stadium last month remains in critical

we're live in london with a bad weather warning. plus, how businesses in the bay area are making a royal windfall, as well. >>> close to 70 in the south bay today, with san jose at 67. tonight, it will be cool with plenty of 40s returning. and a sunset that was pretty remarkable here across the bay area. it's a sign of the times. we'll let you know how warm it's going to get for this upcoming weekend, coming up. >>> and thousands of sharks fans line up for tickets for round two late ilea lrn we learn the teams will face off in the stanley cup playoffs. the story still ahead in sports. >>> okay. now, to the royal wedding, which, if you haven't already heard, is only three days away. lots of people are getting ready. and there's one bay area hat shop that's actually outfitting ladies headed to london to watch the royal event. >>> first, we head to london, where wendy is live in trafalgar square where the excitement is growing already. should i say good evening or good morning? it's wednesday morning where you are. and preparations are

, well, they are doing the same thing. >> dana is live in london. how is it going out there? >> reporter: a lot of excitement. live behind me westminster abby, testify 30 abby, london time 11:30 we got the word they were in there. we think they went to this gate to my right. the gate that leads to one of the yards there, so we are told they are in there. they are rehearsing, the first of many rehearsals going on today. one started before dawn. more than 1000 members of the british armed forces, including some who are colleagues of prince william rehearsed their formations with precision starting at 4:30 wednesday morning. dressed in complete uniforms they went through their paces preparing for friday morning's procession. the horse drawn carriages also made practice runs confirming travel times, and london's metro police were out in force, making security sweeps, steps from the abby utility crews went underground checking for anything suspicious. >> we are very clear we want this to be a safe, secure and happy event and we intend to act robustly, qu

live in london with our top story at 11:00. >> reporter: 7:00 a.m. here in london. the city is a buzz with royal wedding fever. in 4 hours kate middleton will arrive and be married to prince william. the future king and queen. last minute well fishes for prince william and kate middleton, who appeared separately. on thursday a royal welcome from prince charles' wife. over night fans vie for a chance to glimpse royalty. >> i want to be in the front when it starts. i want to see them face to face. >> reporter: with hours to go before tying the not, additional wedding details begin to emerge. beautiful images and tree lined. highlighting music from some of greaten's great composers. kate middleton will walk down the aisle to a traditional anthem. >> first wedding to a commoner. >> like a fairy fail. in real life. she will become a princess. >> reporter: over night we learned what prince william will be wearing. he will be in a military uniform wearing a red jacket. no sward, though. emily ruben. back to you. >> we have your coverage of the royal wedding. join us in a f

with tens of thousand already assembling, we are in london where the day of the royal wedding has dawned. a special edition of "nightline" starts right now. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran and bill weir in new york city, and cynthia mcfadden in london, this is "nightline," april 28th, 2011.

simon mcgregor-wood is joining us from london with more this morning. good morning, simon. >> reporter: good morning, guys, from a gray and chilly london town, where we have just over 24 hours to go before the big day. through a side entrance of westminster abbey last night, kate middleton, prince william and prince harry, one final and very private rehearsal before the big day. the order of the wedding service was published this morning in a souvenir official program. >> it's an astonishing story. >> reporter: the bride-to-be is spending her last day as a commoner with her family at the goring hotel, ahead of a ding de prewedding dinner tonight. prince william will spend his last night as a bachelor at clarence house, where he will have a quiet dinner with his father, prince charles, brother, harry, and stepmother, camilla. some have been staking out prime real estate near the historic abbey and buckingham palace for days. >> it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> want to enjoy in the atmosphere. >> reporter: the atmosphere is building to fever pitc

and in london, the ftse opened slightly lower. on wall street, the dow was down less than 0.25% yesterday. meanwhile, the nasdaq index was up by the same amount. >>> netflix added more than 3.5 million new subscribers in the first quarter. the result was first-quarter earnings nearly double those of last year. netflix now has more subscribers than the cable channel showtime. >>> and nintendo says it will release the successor to its wii console next year. the company also plans to show a playable model at a los angeles trade show in june. nintendo, however, is not saying much more about that system. not even its name. >>> and the insurance industry has now tested its first electric cars. and both the chevrolet volt and the nissan leaf got top scores for crash protection in all areas of the car. now, the federal government hasn't released its test results for either car just yet. >>> is your smartphone keeping track of where it and you have been? well, a macrumors.com reader decided to go right to the source to get an answer. he e-

and received their training here in london now most notably in the documents. park mosque was cited its northern london mosque here that was cited as quote an attack planning and propaganda for auction and this was not new to the u.s. military officials who actually drafted these documents this mosque was known as a powerful training ground for many of these men are for quite a while in fact these documents do raise a very big question about where security and government forces were during the time that london gave such a strong reputation as being such a hotbed for these for these training techniques in fact actually earn of the nickname within these doc documents as london a stamp so it does raise a lot of questions about where security and government forces were in quelling this reputation and stopping these men from filtering into the u.k. and then out into terrorist hotbeds around the world now the latest classified documents also suggest that the guantanamo bay detention camp is packed with innocent people surely that's only going to a fuel to the strange

i'm katie couric in london. also tonight, a story book wedding. >> with this ring, i thee wed. >> couric: something old, something new as william and kate lead the monarchy into modern times. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. we'll get to the royal wedding later in the broadcast, but we begin with the incredible devastation back home in the south. the death toll from the tornadoes has now topped 300 making it the deadliest outbreak of twisters in nearly 80 years. harry smith is in tuscaloosa, alabama, tonight and will lead us through our coverage. harry? katie, good evening... >> smith: katie, this is the deadliest natural disaster since hurricane katrina, and the scope of the devastation is hard to put into words unless you see it with your own eyes. which is what president obama did today. the president and first lady toured the splintered homes here in tuscaloosa and met with some survi

. >>> and we're live here in london. this morning, the soon-to-be princess arrives at westminster abbey for a final look. as will and kate release a touching statement and a new photo to the world. >>> prince william calms any wedding jitters with a wild ride and playing soccer. we're live for the final wedding countdown. >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. listen to that panting. it captures the terror that so many americans endured over night. dozens of gigantic tornadoes ripped right through the heartland. this morning, we're just beginning to get a sense of the scale of the destruction. here's a live picture of tuscaloosa, alabama. the death toll across the country more than 200 right now. it continues to climb. we're in the middle of a huge weather crisis. 154 tornados in the last 24 hours. that brings the total over 600 for the month of april, a new record. and it's not over yet. atlanta and washington are in a tornado watch right now. and there's also warnings here in new york state. robin, i know you're

day in london. before i get to the security question, i'd like to ask you how much of diana do you see in her son william? >> eoh, i think that's great question. i think so much of william and diana. from the early days when i began working with watermelon and diana. diana was influential through his early school days up through his education. i see it not only physically but his mannerisms and his sense of hue more which is very entertaining for a lot of people. >> i know that i've about been reading that he called -- he had a nickname for you which was uncle ken and that you were very close with his mother diana so you would know the answer to that question probably better than many people. what can you tell us what to expect for tomorrow given how many people are gaerthering her and the fact that so many important people will be arriving to watch this wedding? >> i mean it's going to be an enormous day. being here on the plot as we say, the excitement is so incredible. but it will be a tre men di

in the jacjack london square neighborhood. how this violent attack could happen near oakland's safest neighborhoods. live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >>pam: police in oakland are searching for four suspects. after two were killed and four wounded. this fatal shooting were at this restaurant, not far from jack london square. less than two hours later, another shooting at clay street. haazig madyun a close look at what happened. >> the pilot seen an oakland's jacqueline and square gunfire or russet sweet jimmy's restaurants. six victims, two-man die. and others taken to local hospitals for injuries. these were family members at the scene. you can still sue the police evidence markers right there in the yellow in front of the restaurant. an official oakland investigator said that for some reason male person brought eight assaul brought ane sian assault rifle onto the restaurant, with opening fire. while there were investigating this week jimmy shooting officers at came---'kimmel's were also heard. shots