with al hague who is saying i'm in control. the president of the united states, genshaft, walks into the er and cracks jokes. that is comforting. that is powerful, right? that is what you would expect from a cowboy. that was ronald reagan. his approval rating shot up and not because of the sympathy but because we had a sense of who he was. we like him. it helped him get a lot more stuff down later in life. introduce -- interviewed lou cannon and david broder before he died. david broder may be the best political columnist who ever lived and he said this is a day that ensured he would never be out of office for stuff like iran-contra and other scandals that would have killed another president. people said i can celebrate reagan the person from reagan the politician and they like the person. i think that helped them. reagan also viewed, thought he'd been spared for a purpose. he was very spiritual, very religious and he believed he had been spared for a purpose. he told many people that. but no talk about ronald reagan can end on

hague. he was tried in 2003. >> al bashir remains in office and has no plans to turn himself in. coming up here on world one, a different kind of pressure on moammar gadhafi. the u.n. is in sicily pressing for a cease-fire. >>> also coming up, demonstrations on israel's border turn into confrontation and we'll head to jerusalem for the latest on that. >>> then thousands of people forced out of their homes as the mississippi rivers leave communities under water. tanktops! [ female announcer ] grab a box of multigrain cheerios. get a code to... ...a 7 day plan to get going on your summer weight loss. get the box. get the code. get started! and my dog bailey and iet going love to hang out in the kitchen. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired. glowing. -smooth. -flawless. [ female announcer ] it's more than just one thing. now aveeno brings all five factors of radiance together with positively radiant spf 30. with active naturals soy, it's now proven to v

hague-based court monday. he asked that gadhafi, his second son, siaif al islam gadhafi, and the chief of the intelligence service be indicted. they're accused of organized killings of unarmed civilians in libya during the recent uprisings. he told reporters his fice has evidence that gadhafi ordered the attacks against demonstrators. it would be the second such warrant issued against a head of state following the one for sudanese president omar al bashir. the request is likely to further isolate gadhafi from the international community while the stalemate continues between the government and the opposition. >>> the u.s. space shuttle endeavour has been launched and is on its final mission headed to the international space station. >> three, two, one. zero. and liftoff. for the final launch of endeavour. >> endeavour blasted off from kennedy space center in florida at 8:56 local time monday after undergoing final checkups. it's the second last flight of the space shuttle program. the spacecraft entered earth's orbit after separating from its external fuel tank. the mission commander is mark kelly. he is the husba

embassies are on high alert, and british foreign secretary william hague has told all british embassies to review their security. >> the mantle al qaeda's leadership is likely to pass from right to left, from was, related to -- from osama bin laden to dr. ayman al-zawahiri. in trouble, impoverished yemen, al qaeda has set up a new base. it has taken in the brightest brains of its saudi affiliate and is a serious threat to the west. anwar al-awlaki speaks in fluent english. it was this group that sent ithe underpants bomber to the united states in 2009. the operations failed, but the group has boasted of planning the next one. >> i don't think the tactics are likely to change particularly. al qaeda as a terrorist organization has long been parasitic. it is relying on others protect its leaders and other groups to deliver kinetic effect. when you look at what is happening in afghanistan, most of the activity with which al qaeda is this as it involves other groups. >> bombing of this cafe in marrakesh has been blamed on jihadis. in 2009, they murdered this briton, and insurgents are holding french hostages demanded the withdrawal o

hague. the u.s. supreme court has ruled that former attorney general john ashcroft cannot be sued over a post-9/11 arrest. the decision today was five to three in t alerican muslim. al-kidd was arrested in 2003 and held for 16 days. he was repeatedly strip-searched and left naked in a jail cell, but he never was charged with a crime. the high court ruled ashcroft did not violate kidd's constitutional rights. president obama nominated john bryson to be secretary of commerce today. bryson is a former chairman and c.e.o. of edison international, an energy firm based in california. he also co-founded the natural resources defense council. the current commerce secretary, gary locke, has been tapped to become ambassador to china. wall street finished the month on a high note amid talk of a new financial bailout for greece. the dow jones industrial average gained 128 points to close at 12,569. the nasdaq rose 38 points to close at 2,835. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy >> woodruff: house republicans have staged a largely symbolic vote this evening on a bill ostensibly aimed at raising the nation's debt limit by an additional $2