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queen elizabeth ii and prince philip were scheduled to tour the park following a visit with president reagan at his california home. don schneider, a photographer and reporter for a local radio station, monitored the preparations for her arrival on his shortwave radio. >> in advance of that, there were three carloads of secret service agents that were going to yosemite to provide security at that location for her. they were not directly involved in her transport, but were supposed to be preceding her and have things ready up there in the park. >> three cars carrying secret service agents traveled along highway 132, a two-lane road that snaked its way through the foothills of the sierra nevada. there were three agents in the second car. the driver was george labarge, 41 years old. he was married with a young son. >> george labarge was a 14-year veteran of the secret service from dayton, ohio. he had been, for many years, assigned to the protection detail of the vice presidents. >> as the three agents made their way eastward towards yosemite, deputy sheriff rod sinclair of the mariposa

queen elizabeth ii. it took five hours and 6 1/2 tons of sand to create it. the artist says the sculpture reminds everyone that women can do anything and they have the power to change the political scene. india has gender laws but they are rarely enforced. >>> mystery surrounds this frozen waterfall in new york that suddenly turned blue. dozens of people are stopping by to take pictures and talk theories. some think it could be copper sulfate used to kill algae. tests by the department of environmental conservation show the blue color doesn't appear to be anything harmful. they think somebody dyed its as a prank. >> that would be a good theory. >>> we have clouds in the bay area setting the stage for tomorrow. not as much sunshine for sunday. and then by late in the day sonoma county could get light rain and that rain will overspread the rest of the bay area tomorrow night but wait until you hear what's happening later next week. it's kind of wild. right now, concord 67 degrees. oakland 66. san jose 70. 67 santa rosa. 8:00 tonight heading out and about, we ha

. >> this is the queen of england -- queen elizabeth ii. this is her husband -- his royal highness the prince philip, duke of edinburgh. and this is their youngest son -- his royal highness the prince edward. back in the 1950s, prince philip started the duke of edinburgh awards. its goal was to encourage young adults around the world to embrace self-improvement. over the years, millions of young adults from more than 140 countries have participated in the program. and that brings us back to prince edward. he travels the world, personally attending the award ceremonies. that's why he's here at the governor's residence in nashville, tennessee. >> it is an honor to have you here today and to welcome his royal highness the prince edward, the earl of wessex. and congratulations to all the award winners, as well. >> the award winners included students, scouts, members from boys & girls clubs, as well as teens from miss america. >> six years ago, we started this program. i've been involved for three years, and in that time, we've grown from one pr

sand artists sent a message that every woman is a queen of hearts with a sandsculpture of queen elizabeth ii. international women's day today. that's the show. thank you for joining us. i'm jonathan betz. i'll be back is the 11:00 p.m. more news and a look at the headlines after this short break. sna >> this is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york with the top stories. we continue to follow the breaking news out of asia. there's no sign of a malaysian airliner this disappeared overnight. a 12 of mile oil slick suggests it crashed into the south china sea. 329 were on board. one was philip wood from texas. a linked in describing him as a technical storage specialist at ibm in malaysia. and his ex wife posted this photo on facebook saying: >> warning shots fired as european military observers tried to enter crimea. russia's annexation of crimea would close the door to diplomacy. the libyan government is threatening to bomb a tanker of north korea. libya is refusing to let it leave because it brought oil from a rebel group crawling the area. libyan government mandates control over

ii. elizabeth exams role of manmade influences on plant and animal loss o in the fourth book, the sixth extinction and spoke at the town hall an show you on book tv. go to book tv.org to see our complete schedule. fifth, fox news host bill o'reilly and martin recount the life and death of jesus of nazareth in killing jesus. number six is charles hammers collection of the political columns things that matter. three decades of passion, past times an plibs. 7th is glitter and glue by kelly. watch the pulitzer prize oning columnist program from the george washington library on our website book tv.org. facebook chief operateing has her book, lean in. >> ninth is secret six that has the spy ring during the revolutionary war. >> the talk of the computer history music in california an brian featured on the afterwards program last november. wrapping up the list is one way out by alan paul and oral history of the almond brothers band. a look at some of the current best selling nonfiction books according to to the "new york times." >> three elements are first a sense of exceptionality and you can get it from

in 1997, paul mccartney was knighted by queen elizabeth ii. in america with "can't fight this feeling." ♪ ♪ >>> the answer to the trivia question of the day is terrence howard. great actor. our winner is melba alexander from gunnersville, alabama. she will get a copy of brian's new book "george washington's secret six". now some quick headlines. green makes green. new numbers show colorado rake not guilty about $2 million in its first month of recreational marijuana sales. that's from taxes. the first $40 million in tax tax goes to school construction. after that, it's up to the state lawmakers how to spend the dough. and in other pot news, three students in a middle school in colorado under arrest. they're accused of bringing candy made of marijuana to school. then handing it out. several students, unfortunately, appeared high in class. elisabeth? >> i was never that student. well, the unemployment rate ticked up a notch to 6.7%, meaning more americans are on the job hunt. cheryl casone from the "fox business" network is here to break down so

ii. elizabeth colbert examines man-made influence on plant and animal loss in the sixth extinction. she spoke about her book at the seattle town hall recently. we will show you that this weekend on booktv. you can go to booktv.org to see the complete schedule. fifth, fox news host bill reilly recounting the life and death of jesus of nazareth in killing jesus. number 6 is charles krauthammer's collection of things that matter. three decades of passions, and politics. seventh is glitter and blew by kelly corrigan. watch the pulitzer prize-winning columnist's program from the george w. bush presidential library on booktv.org. facebook's chief operating officer cheryl sandberg with her book lean in and brian kilmeade's george washington's secret six telling the story of the colder spy ring in the revolutionary war. booktv covered the top of the computer history museum and brian kilmeade was featured on our afterwards program last november. wrapping up the list is one way out by alan paul, an oral history of the allman brothers band. a look at the current best-selling nonfiction books a

elizabeth. >> good morning, heather. according to routers they got information ahead of the balltis tick launch. the ones responsible for ukraine's revolution are mostly neo nazi protestors bringing back very cringing memories from world war ii. he's also alleging the far right is on the rise in the former soviet republic. he says if armed forces are used it will be justified. >> eeb if i take a decision to used armed force it would be legitimate fully corresponding to the norms of international law. in this case it would also correspond to our interest in protecting the people who are tied to us historically, culturally, economically. >> john kerry visiting kiev showing support for the lives lost during the violent clashes. he is offering a $1 billion loan to the ukraine's new leaders. president obama announcing there is still an opportunity for russia to work with the international community. critics are blasting the president. they say he doesn't understand the geopolitical threat. >> it is time we woke up about vladimir putin. it is time this administration got real and we are on the verge possibly of seeing a move to reassert the old russian empire which is mr. put tin's lifelong ambition. >> this president doesn't unde