iceland, you must resist the pressure from canada's charismatic strong man queen elizabeth ii.th your own currency, the krona? yikes. [laughter] i've never played that board game. but, folks, this is just the beginning of canada's currency coup. >> the first dinosaur fossil discovered in alberta's peace country is getting a cool new iman on a glow-in-the-dark quarter to be released by the canadian minting. >> the coin itself is very important because the first glow-in-the-dark coin. and once the coin has been exposed to light for 20, 30 seconds, if one takes it into a dark place, all of a sudden the skeleton begins to glow. >> stephen: what? what! hold on. how does glow in the dark work again? >> once the coin has been exposed to light for 20, 30 seconds... >> stephen: okay. 20 to 30 seconds. go on. >> if one takes it into a dark place... >> stephen: okay. dark place. i always forget that part. and then? >> the skeleton begins to glow. >> stephen: what! glow-in-the-dark quarters? i can't wait to tell chip and scott about this. maybe if we ask our moms she'll drive us to ontario

mind the famous incident in 1976, time of the bicentennial when the fords were entertaining queen elizabeth ii and someone had not checked the music program, so the time came when the president invited her majesty to take the dance floor, and as they did so, the band broke into a lusty rendition of "the lady is a tramp." they did check after that. both of you had the privilege of entertaining her majesty. is there anything unique about preparing for the british royal family? >> we had a little incident on the south lawn, which started off the visit, and at the arrival ceremony, the president makes remarks first and greets the dignitary, in this case, queen elizabeth, and they are all standing out there, and then the queen stepped up to the microphone to make responding remarks. well, the chief of protocol, who's standing there with them was meant to pull out the step behind the microphone to raise her to the right height, and she had a lovely purple hat on that day with sort of a brim and stripes around it, and she's -- but he did not pull out the step. she went ahead and made her remarks, and

the royal navy fire ago # 1 gun salute marking queen elizabeth ii's 86th birthday. a spokesperson says the queen is spending a quiet day at home. happy birthday. >> rick: back to politics and brand-new polls showing it could be a close race between the president and mitt romney. the latest numbers from the "wall street journal" and nbc news show the president with a of six point lead. real clear politics averages all the polls and they're showing an even tighter race. with the president edging out governor romney by about three points. matt is a former white house political director under president george w. bush. ryan is a consultant, founder of 100 proof politics.com. guys, thanks to both of you. appreciate you coming on. matt what, do polls mean at this stage of the game? >> really very little. if i were sitting in mitt romney's shoes after this kind of tough primary, the fact that the real clear politics average shows him within three points, that's really good news. but nobody should focus too much on these polls. they got to put their plan together for the gen

the royal navy firing a 21 gun salute marking queen elizabeth ii's birthday.appy birthday, today a small celebration with her family. >> all right. when you decide you're going to put your money into something and make an investment. how do you learn about it? well, now, experts say you can learn a lot more about an investment and a company by surfing the web than guy going through traditional analysts, casey stegall has the details, and i'll probably hear from every broker i know who tell us why, casey, the web center. >> reporter: with a can the internet not do? first, a way that people can get a leg up on the market and believe it or not, it has to do with what you and i and others are saying online and there are companies now that specialize in this, and analyze all of the data, like market sites here in santa monica, california and they look at everything, the people are saying online about a company or a product, whether it's good or bad. and they then take all of that information, and condense it down into stock tips for hedge funds, banks and brokerage

. >>> queen elizabeth ii is celebrating her 86th birthday. although she generally celebrates the day privately, there will be a public one complete with a 21-gun salute. amy, lester, back to you. it's great to be queen. you get to have two birthdays. >> or maybe not. i don't know if i'd want two. >> if i were the queen, i'd do it every other year. >> bill karins is here with a check of the weather. >> that's pretty cool with the national parks thing. this would be the time to do it. the drought situation for april is, you know, very high with southeast from georgia to north florida, we're exceptionally dry. the bright reds and also areas from phoenix and all the way back to amarillo, exceptionally dry. we were hoping for wet weather this weekend in georgia and south carolina. we needed that soaking. doesn't look like we're going to get it. as we go through the upcoming week here, we're going to be mainly dry. much after above normal temperatures where the drought's pretty bad in the southwest and california. looking ahead, let's look to may.

but, you know, i would not expect our monarch, elizabeth ii to comment on my playing of richard iii,historical. we know times are very different then, but what it gives us is the ability to play a time when power was pretty absolute coming from the vatican, from rome. >> is any shakespeare role you want to play? >> the great thing is those roles are waiting there. one day there will be a lier, i hope. i just finished playing henry iv, for two plays. i'm getting back to shakespeare is wonderful because that language is so rich. but neil jordan, who writes "the borgias" gives us pretty meaty stuff to play. he's our producer and writer and director. >> your son is an actor? >> he is. >> what's it like for to you watch him? does he ask you for advice? >> he does sometimes ask me, but, you know, you have to learn things yourself. the business is so different now. he's moving -- he's 25 and moving into a business that is quite different from how it was when i was 25. but i look at him now and i think, you're a better actor now than i was at your age. >> wow. >> so -- >> that's pretty high

royalty even made a special appearance, two replicas of queen elizabeth i and ii. amazing. >>> one zoo in china hosted a celebration ten years in the making. a birthday party was held for the zoo's panda, yingmei, who turned 10 years old. local children were invited to sing happy birthday and feed th. after the healthy snack, yingmei got her real tweet, a custom-made birthday cake, fit for a queen, of course. >>> and in the philippines the living dead made thousands run for their lives. a survival-themed race simulated a global zombie takeover, where participants run a three-mile obstacle course while trying to avoid the once dead. the event was aimed at promoting fitness and exercise, and of course, teaching survival skills. you know, bill karins, should there be a flesh-eating zombie outbreak -- >> which would you do? would you want to run the race or do you want to be the zombie during the race? >> i would definitely be the zombie. >> really. you would do that. >> why not? you wouldn't? >> i've never tried it. >>> it is time now for an early look that we're goin

george's chapel, queen elizabeth ii received gifts of flowers from young children. ♪ ♪ and thousandshis morning. it has become a tradition in the washington area, first taking place on the national mall in 1979. this weekend is also a holy time for jews, the passover holiday began on friday at sunset. >>> two front-page politics and newt gingrich pledging to support mitt romney if romney becomes the republican nominee for president. >> i think you have to be realistic, given the size of his organization, given the number of primaries he's won. he's far and away the most likely republican nominee. and if he does get to 1144 delegates, i will support him. >> another sign of republicans coalescing around romney, federal election commission records show the romney camp and the republican national committee have officially filed paperwork to form a joint fundraising committee. first lady michelle obama will make an appearance on comedy central's "the colbert report" on tuesday. let's bring in slate political reporter david weigel and national reporter for "the atlantic" molly ball. thank

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