the queen elizabeth ii. sorry, i went american on you. islamic i suppose they will be talking about the second elizabethton era. i suppose we will begin to talk about the second elizabeth era because it is handy for the historians and biographers to name these periods. that is the only reason. >> peter ackroyd, how many books have you written? >> that is a good question to the i cannot remember off hand. about 40. i really don't know. i do not keep a count of them. but as it were set for box, for me every book is a chapter in the large book which will be finished. there is one aspect of the larger. >> what do you mean by that? >> by then it will be to lead of course. >> you also have the prolific biographer. who is ezra pound? >> a great companion and friend left t.s. eliot. i became interested in them when i was at yale university many years ago and i can interested in the modern american poet. and it seemed natural to me to write about him, and then from him to go to tsl the it. there is often a progress and in the biography where one a

the day of great spiritual significance to the queen was recalled. , in this holyo place, queen elizabeth ii was anointed with holy oil. not whenronation was she became queen.n. that happened when her father died. she was set up onto a life of service. six years after her coronation, that commitment to serve shows no sign of diminishing him a even if the pace at which he was accomplished will slow. the queen after place of hernation followed by eldest son charles, who was followed by his eldest son and his wife, catherine, who will give first to the next in line. this abbey and expect to witness >> queen elizabeth and her family marking a very special day there at westminster abbey. that brings the broadcast to a close. you can carry on watching bbc news on our 24-hour news channel. from all of us here, thank you so much for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and united healthcare. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work

. >> britain's royal family has celebrated the 60th anniversary of the coronation of queen elizabeth ii. prince william and his pregnant wife catherine were among the guests at the service in london 's westminster abbey.

. >> it has been a big day for the british royal family and royal watchers as queen elizabeth ii celebrated the 60th anniversary of her coronation. >> some 2000 international dignitaries attended the ceremony at westminster abbey commemorating the event. now 87 years old, elizabeth was found on june 2, 1953, although she became queen the year before. she is the second longest reigning british monarch after queen victoria. that is all for now. thanks so much for joining us. >> see you later. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

. >> it has been a big day for the british royal family and royal watchers as queen elizabeth ii celebrated the 60th anniversary of her coronation. >> some 2000 international dignitaries attended the ceremony at westminster abbey commemorating the event. now 87 years old, elizabeth was found on june 2, 1953, although she became queen the year before. she is the second longest reigning british monarch after queen victoria. that is all for now. thanks so much for joining us. >> see you later. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> hello there. welcome to "newsline." it's wednesday, june 5th, i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. french leaders say they have proof that leaders in syria used a deadly nerve agent. french scientists tested samples from syria. he said results point to serin gas. >> there is no doubt of the use of the regime and its accomplices. >> he said a line has been crossed and french leadersl

. >> it has been a big day for the british royal family and royal watchers as queen elizabeth ii celebrated the 60th anniversary of her coronation. >> some 2000 international dignitaries attended the ceremony at westminster abbey commemorating the event. now 87 years old, elizabeth was found on june 2, 1953, although she became queen the year before. she is the second longest reigning british monarch after queen victoria. that is all for now. thanks so much for joining us. >> see you later. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- bradley manning goes on trial charged with the biggest week in u.s. history. you are watching "inside story americas." in an hour-long opening statement, the lawyer for the u.s. government has accused rive at bradley manning of leaking secrets into the "lap of the enemy." he claimed he had

queen elizabeth ii has been queen for 60 years.he has successors lined up behind her like planes on approach into heathrow, but there are no indications she's headed anywhere. and today at westminster abbey, they celebrated her 60 years on the throne. the queen and all her family, all gathered at the scene of her coronation back in 1953. we get our report tonight from nbc's keir simmons in london. >> reporter: it was a family gathering. >> today we celebrate 60 years of commitment. >> reporter: held in the same ancient abbey where this royal family gathered 60 years ago. a 27-year-old queen and her 4-year-old heir. charles is 64 now, still a king in waiting, with an heir of his own and another on the way. kate is due next month. the queen, now 87, the family matriarch, her husband prince philip still at her side as he was when it all began. nobody knew on that day 60 years ago what the future would hold. the queen has been a constant presence while the world has been constantly changing. during her reign, american presidents have c

>> the reason they made 60 was in celebration of queen elizabeth's ii's 60 years of throne. >> siblingalry is as old as man. >> that's true. >> hey, guys, i just want to introduce you to my sister. >> hi! >> no one cares! >> oh, my gosh! that's 25-year-old keith vanky, and that's his 14-year-old sister. shoved her with her shorts in her pocket. >> awesome. >> this isn't the only how to be a mean bro video. >> how to be mean part two. >> oh, no! >> really? >> it might be fake. who would do that? you can't do that. >> and it's also a flip phone. >> who has a flip phone these days? >> good question. these may all be just for the entertainment purposes of viral videoness. >> okay. >> part three. hey, is that your drink? good. you look a little hot! >> that's mean. that's evil. >> is that your drink? you looked a little hot. >> still being a mean brother. >> sure. >> in the last video, he claish claims she is getting payback. >> not payback at all. >> these are all set up. they're sort of tutorials. >> there is discussion out there about whether or not these are set up. we actually reached

the day of great spiritual significance to the queen was recalled. , in this holyo place, queen elizabeth ii was anointed with holy oil. not whenronation was she became queen. that happened when her father died. she was set up onto a life of service. six years after her coronation, that commitment to serve shows no sign of diminishing him a even if the pace at which he was accomplished will slow. the queen after place of hernation followed by eldest son charles, who was followed by his eldest son and his wife, catherine, who will give first to the next in line. this abbey and expect to witness many more coronations. >> queen elizabeth and her family marking a very special day there at westminster abbey. that brings the broadcast to a close. you can carry on watching bbc news on our 24-hour news channel. from all of us here, thank you so much for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and united healthcare. >> at union bank, our relat

. >> pelley: in 1953 dwight eisenhower was sworn in as president and elizabeth ii was crowned queen of've had 11 presidents but there's only been one queen who celebrated her 60th anniversary today. elizabeth palmer was there. >> reporter: queen elizabeth arrived at westminster abbey as britain's head of state for 60 years and head of a thriving family. her son prince charles was there, so was her grandson prince william along with his very pregnant wife catherine who is due to give birth to yet another royal heir next month. this ceremony echoed the original coronation service 60 years ago. the solid gold saint edwards crown displayed on the altar hasn't been out of the tower of london since 1953. when the archbishop much canterbury placed a five-pound jewel-encrusted weight on elizabeth's head. back then there had been a fight to get tv cameras into the abbey. what if anything went wrong argued conservative politicians. but it didn't and 20 million people watched around the world. cbs news chartered a mustang fighter plane to fly the freshly developed film reels to the u.s. at record

. >>> finally britain's queen elizabeth ii going back to the scene of her coronation.ebration happening today to mark the monarch's 60 years on the throne. >> time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. superheroes bringing smiles to young cancer patients in chicago. captain america and spider man took on the tough job of washing the windows at a children's hospital there. >> that's the bad: a visiting professor in hot water. jeffrey miller tweeted this: fat students lack will power and wouldn't be able to complete a doctoral dissertation. he has apologized. the ugly. a ship launch going horribly wrong. you can see it tumbling sideways into the water there. it creates a "titanic"-sized wave and sends debris towards a camera. one person suffered a broken leg. >> time for your brew on this responses. earlier in the show we told you about a wisconsin school that plans to ticket and fine parents $114 if their kids are bullying. >> do you think parents should take the blame for bullies? charlie e-mails us parents delegated authority to others too long.

. >>> today marks the 60th anniversary of the coronation of between elizabeth ii.return to westminster abbey, when she was crowned way back when as a 27-year-old. >>> when taylor higman couldn't make it to her high school graduation, well, graduation came to her. the florida teen is confined to a hospital dead, waiting for a heart transplant. she got to see the ceremony through a large screen. one of her sisters walked virtual taylor on stage to accept her diploma. got to love that story. >>> time for weather with our own valedictorian, ginger zee. she is down in oklahoma. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, rob. still stunning pictures coming out here and stories. you can see right behind me, an airplane flipped. you see so many of these pictures. but today, really decent weather for oklahoma. and a break from all of that severe. let's look at the midwest because that's who we have to talk about. it wasn't so great in illinois, where the flooding was really astou astounding. these pictures, actually, from missouri. and then, in illinois, this is what i w

were among the guests at westminster abbey for a service marking the 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth ii'soronation. william and catherine are expecting their first child next month. anderson? i isha, thanks so much. crime and punishment tonight. for the first time tonight we have the answer straight from the alleged mass murderer's mouth to why this happened. one of the deadliest mass killings at a u.s. military base. the shooting rampage that claimed 13 lives 3 1/2 years ago at ft. hood, texas. well, today the man facing court-martial for the massacre told the judge he did it for the taliban. army psychiatrist major nidal hasan, now representing himself in court, wants more time to prepare a new defense. and his defense is that he was acting in defense of others. and when the judge asked whom he was defending major hasan replied, "the leadership of the islamic emirate of afghanistan, the taliban." he specifically named taliban leader. the question is, is that really a defense? busy night for cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin he joins me once again. what do you think of what hasan is sayin

elizabeth ii was crowned queen of england back in 1953 at just 26 years old. today she is 87.g and screaming, actually a spo in england. that is the shin kicking championship. every year contestants get together and kick each other in the shins. geniuses. the sport began 500 or 600 years ago. a lot of folks pan their pants with hay to make it tolerable. quicking opponent hard and as quickly as possible. before we go our team's top five thingf day. number five the retailer lulu lemon reports it's bringing back blackio go pants fixed the problem that folks sd they could see through them. chrysler is refusing a request from the feds to recall millions of jeeps over concern their fuel tanks could leak and cause fires in rear end crashes. the national weather service reports the deadly tornado that hit oklahoma last friday was the widest ever recorded. number 2. france's foreign minister says that nation was confirmed syria's regime has indeed used a chemical weapon sarin at least once. tea party gave emotiona testimony to a panel today how the irs asked them inappropriate question

people are really excited to celebrate the coronation of elizabeth ii.ast year celebrated 60 years on the throne. but because your queen, the queen has to wait a year before crowned the actual coronation was in 1953. going back to 1953, when she was a young mother of two, britain was a completely different place, most of it was manual labors. britain transformed hugely. what was din about the coronation the first big televised event. television was a novelty in britain. we crowded around our screens, desperate to watch it. it had to be flown over the atlantic so canadians could watch it, too. the fact she's been on the thrown for 60 years, having to be our longest reigning monarch in the world. >> awesome. old television. nice. >> i've got to ask, as you say, longest reigning, approaching that anyway. we have seen in other parts of europe monarchs step down. wishing her a long life and good health, prince charles is getting on a bit himself, he's 65, i think. is she likely to step down? some people say she's so serious about the responsibility she is doi

the 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth ii's coronation in westminster abbey on june 2nd, 1953.of 38 coronations to be held in westminster. that brings me to my question. who was the first monarch to be crowned in westminster abbey, a, william the conquering, b, richard the lion heart, -- stay tuned and we'll tell you the answer. go to cnn.com/fareed for a special look back at five years of gps. many asked what i'm drinking in this mug. to find out, go to our website, and make sure to follow us on twitter and facebook. this week's book of the week is "strange stones" by peter hessler. have you ever thought you really should spend some time in china to understand the world's next great power? well, here's the quick route. read this book. the new yorker correspondent takes you inside the lives and world of the chinese people in a way that few outsiders have ever been able to. this is long-form journalism at its finest, and now for the last look. what is the world's happiest country? it's the land down under, australia, for the third year in a row. that's according to the oecd's re

. >>> parade in honor of queen elizabeth ii's 82nd birthday. now back to "the assassination of dr.>>> as the millennium turns in wichita, kansas, a growing sense of anxiety and paranoia surrounds dr. tiller and his clinic. and for very good reason. the anti-abortion group operation rescue embarks on a relentless campaign to shutter dr. tiller's clinic for good. >> their approach was to wear him down and peck at him from every angle. from harassing him personally at his home to harassing the vendors or whoever else might be doing business with the clinic. >> we released a list of people we called collaborators, if there were any businesses that would have regular association with mr. tiller, we would list that. >> our plumber, electrician, people that hauled our trash. >> wichita is a pretty big town. there's three cab companies. two of them refused to bring patients from the airport to our clinic. >> fedex said they wouldn't deliver their packages to us anymore. would it be okay if we just dropped them off some other place? >> it wasn't fedex as a policy. it was our driver. and the

is a day of pomp and prayer in england because it marks 60 years since the coronation of queen elizabeth ii. >> how about that. the royal family gathered at westminster abbey for a ceremony today. british monarchs have been crowned at that ancient london church for almost 1,000 years. and the 87-year-old queen's children and grandchildren were among the 2,000 people in attendance. 60 years strong. wow. >> great. >>> 6:53. coming up a final check of your top stories. >> including this suv slamming into a san francisco home early this morning. why pg&e had to be called to the scene coming up. you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't pause a show in one room then start playing it in another. and...i'm talking to myself... [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. foour neighbors.... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new

. >> 60 years ago queen elizabeth ii was crowned.she marked the occasion with a service at westminster abbey. it's the same place she assumed the throne in 1953 and the same abbey where prince william married kate middleton. they were on hand today with a pregnant kate blglowing in a lit pink dress. will and kate met in college, but increasingly that's not how it's done. a new study from the university of chicago shows more than one-third of u.s. marriages between 2050 and 2012 started online. now, the study doesn't answer the question why, although researchers speculate it may be that online dating sites attract people who are serious about getting married. >>> well, lots of people are unhappy with the happieiest pla on earth, which isn't exactly the cheapest place on earth. mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. disney announced a new round of significant price hike. >> you're absolutely right. it comes just two weeks after universal orlando broke that $90 threshold for the single day tickets. now you have disney admiss

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. >> i name this ship queen elizabeth ii. >> her namesake and again in 2010.due to i astubborn champagne bottle that looked more likely to smash the hull than the glass. for the most part it has been clear sailing for kate throughout her pregnancy. she has kept busy playing field hockey at her old school back in november. nobody would have guessed she was pregnant. the palace had no choice to announce her pregnancy, when she spent time in the hospital for acute morning sickness. the dutchess was soon back on her feet and back on royal duty. just last week she was at westminster abbey marking the anniversary of the queen's coronation. the palace says she will spend a few more engagements with the rest of the royal family in the coming weeks but with each passing day, that bump has been growing, so has the tension. is it a boy or a girl? if it is a girl she'll make history. for the first time the law giving the crown to the firstborn boy has been thrown out. the royal princess may be the new addition to the fleet. the question remains, whether a royal princess m

. >> walter cronkite reporting from london where in a few moments queen elizabeth ii leaves buckingham for the most significant ride of her life where the ceremony 1,000 years old she is to be crowned queen. >> broadcasting change quite a bit. >> the broadcast was held as a huge success. cbs put them on the air and walter cronkite broadcasted and was bringing the whole event not quite live but as soon as we could get it on the air. >> getting history to you as fast as he could. >>> microsoft is facing hard choices. the company is looking at a massive overhaul. we're going to talk to the >>> microsoft is facing a large overhaul. we are going to bring the writer who broke the story. >>> tomorrow some tobacco farmers may be ready to quit the habit. you'll see whether they are cashing in on a new crop, chick pe peas. it starts with something little. it starts with something little. tiny changes in the brain. it can happen to anyone. a request for information. a simple donation. things anyone can do. it steals your memories. your independence. your loved ones. it ensures care, support, a br

. >> reporter: 60 years ago this week the 27-year-old queen elizabeth ii was crowned in a grand ceremonymbolism. the first held in the same spot was for william the conquer in 1066. the queen returns to the abbey to mark her coronation with special guests and family. >> it's a moment of great pride and admiration. you could go on and on. what she has achieved and what she has seen over the last 60 years, i mean, for anybody to try and get their heads around would just be -- any normal person would be like, wow, that's incredible. you know, as well as being -- having a huge sense of pride abher being the sovereign of this country for the last 60 years and also the common wea h wealth, it's also the proud of being able to show supporters as grand children and children to show that she has a very supportive family around her. which, you know, i think anyone in that position certainly needs. >> reporter: another grandchild, prince william also attending tuesday's service will be crowned there himself one day. he'll be accompanied by his wife, the dutchess of cambridge who is bearing the unbo

martha: a service today to mark the 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth ii's coronation. ♪ . >> justher majesty's royal predecessors --. martha: just a little snippet of it this morning. some 2,000 people in attendance including members of the royal family and prime minister david cameron there. there the jewel-encrusted crown of st. edward which has not left the tower of london since her 1953 coronation. there is look at her wearing the fancy crown. the 87-year-old queen elizabeth is closing in on queen victoria's longest rein. she reined 63 years. queen elizabeth has a couple years to go. bill: you go girl. can you say that about the queen? martha: you just did i think. bill: a mere commoner here. we're just minutes away from what is expected to be riveting testimony on the hill. we'll hear from some of the americans who say the irs targeted them over their political beliefs. a little bit earlier today i talked to the lawmaker running this today's hearing. that is dave camp, the chairman of the house ways and means committee. dave camping, good morning. welcome to "america's newsro

about his nonfiction work including biographies of queen elizabeth i come edward, napoleon, george washington, pope john the 23rd and pope john paul ii. >> author and historian paul johnson joins book tv in london. mr. johnson how many books have you written? >> i'm not sure. it's somewhere in the high 50s, not yet 60. but i hope before ipod off i will have written 60. >> host: what books are you working on now? >> guest: i'm writing my memoirs though they only cover a part of my life. so that is what i am doing at the moment. but i just finished a short life of stalin aimed at young people because i find young people don't know anything about him. and i think they ought to know about him. >> host: what should they know about him? >> guest: they should know that he was an unmitigated a villain who murdered at least 20 million people and imprisoned many more of them. and they should know that he put russia on the course from which it has still not reestablished itself. so i think young people should know this. >> host: what are the best books at least in the united states is the history of the american people. and in the book, you wri

ii. our banks can. elizabeth warren, who watches the show, and happens to be a very bright woman, would look at this and say, listen, let's call some banks in and it starts over again. the banks ought to give up and brokers ought to give up the big gross credit they get on the stuff and say, you know what? we don't want to be brought down in front of the senate again. that didn't go that well. >> i agree. >> that was an ugly thing. this time they take the fifth. i have found -- i went to law -- one of the things i found incredible, you take the fifth. the vast majority of the people taking fifth they may have been involved in the situation. shocker. >> listen to what you said. >> they should. >> right. >> at the end of the day, that's what matters most. people balked at buying these things because of the risk. >> they're not coming after people who bought them. i don't mean to come after nice people who quizling ii won. i'm talking about brokers, big bankers, i'm calling after you and i'm calling elizabeth warren

ii were president obama would say, the first step is we will stop. >> james, i have to stop you there. still to come, look who came to visit, queen elizabeth opens the bbc new lobo headquarters and gets quite the view of the new set. -- global headquarters and it's quite the view of the new set. in bosnia, 1500 people had to be freed from the parliament building. babies born since the old one expired in february have no legal documents. lawmakers and civil servants were trapped for 12 hours. most of the protesters are students. they were heard chanting "we want change." we have this report on the unrest and let the demonstrators want. under siege by thousands of protesters met they formed a human chain to stop mps leaving the building. .t did not work police intervened so politicians could come out under heavy guard, but the protesters have made their point, it's handing them until the early of friday morning. -- detaining them until the of friday morning. it has always been a tricky issue in bosnia. cards have been issued since february when the old system ended without an agreement for a new one. bosnia's youngest citizens have been most

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elizabeth dole is an advocate for what she called hidden heroes. it is the subject she knows a lot about. her husband and former senator and presidential candidate bob dole was wounded in world war iiet your take. how is senator dole doing? >> he's doing well. he's had his ups and downs. he's strong. he's been out to kansas where they had a walk of honor and he was the first step in the walk of honor. it's lovely. it's the state capitol. >> he's not lost none of his candor. >> none of his candor or humor. he's as funny and as humerus as he's ever been. >> he said his party and your party need repair. >> yes. i remember he took the door off of his office. he said we need to have an open door. >> what would you do and what would he do to fix it? >> i think most definitely there are serve things that would be helpful. this immigration policy that's being discussed right now, which i think could be a very helpful initiative if that moves forward, immigration certainly in terms of continuing sustained economic growth. >> and reach out to women and young people and latinos and everybody else it seems to not -- >> yes. and i think we need to be careful not to be too rigid so that we seem