. >> brown: john burns of "the new york times" looks behind the pomp and pageantry following our extended report at this morning's royal wedding in london's westminster abbey. >> i william take thee catherine to be my wedded wife. >> for better or for worse. >> for better or for worse. >> to love and to cherish. >> and thereto i give thee my troth. >> and thereto i give thee my troth. >> warner: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the heart of local communities, providing jobs, keeping people at work. they depend on us. >> the economy depends on them. >> and we depend on them. pacific life-- the power to

for more on the significance of today's event we turn to john burns, london bureau chief for "the new. john, there was a lot of talk in advance that the britons had become kind of blasse about this, it didn't look that way on television today watch. did this wedding mean for britain today? >> it didn't feel blase in the streets. i'm not sure there were a million people there. i think that might be a somewhat hopeful estimate but this was the second of the two four-day weekends. much of london seems to have gone to the country or abroad. and it was a pretty good throng that turned out. first of all, everybody had a terrific festival day. the aesthetics were wonderful, the bride was beautiful, the wedding was conducted virtually flawilessly. the music was beautiful. who would be so dead in spirit so as not to enjoy that. but i think there was a larger, if you will, implication in all of this was that the monarchy has had a bad 30 years, not at all as bad as some of the passages it has had in the past but still a tricky 30 years. divorces, indiscretions of all kinds, financial irregulari

john f. burns for the new york times who wrote the story on kate and camilla and martin basheer joins us as well. you write, when the 1900 invited guests take their places in westminster abbey this month one of the most uneasy seats in the 13th century gothic church may be the one occupied by camilla, duchess of cornwall. why do you write that? >> she's in a curious position, isn't she? she's attending the wedding of the oldest son of princess diana who, of course -- whose marriage to prince charles, now camilla's husband, was accelerated into disintegration by the love affair over years between camilla and charles. that's the first thing. the second thing is that while camilla has gone a long way toward redeeming the affections or owning the affections of the british people with her straightforward, natural and unpretentious ways, the polls show that public opinion budged almost not at all on whether or not they want her as queen. the fact is that the over well. ing majority of brits do not. >> yo

we expect to hear from john boehner in 10 minutes. alison burns. >>> president obama's weekend plans may change if a government shutdown is not averted. the president had planned top spend the weekend in williamsburg, virginia with his family. it's a recreated 18th century village but the white house said the president's plans would be altered if the government is shut down. >>> the effort to keep the don't ask, don't tell policy in place has failed. the house arms service committee held a meeting aimed at starting the new policy. however, the chiefs of the army, navy and airforce said the training was going smoothly. also, implementation is on track. one member compared the repeal to the massacre at the alamo. >>> the quality of recruits is at its highest decade in two decades. 99% of recruits had a high school diploma. that is up 91% in 2006. recruiters say part of the reason is the tough job market and a more stable situation in iraq. >>> in arizona state legislationtors passed a bill allowing people to carry guns while walking or driving throu

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burn rubber screaming in the driveway. the marianet and tongue were skillets at mid night. i wouldn't see his ass again until the next afternoon. twoshgs johnnie. gee my cousin johnolunteered for possession every week. he was certified. ex exor citizenim did nothing. colt 45, crazy horse they demand the sacrifices in blood so bottles would go to the couch friday night. walls kicked until straight jackets lay waiting on the lawn. mama would site visions of gang boys with metal vent as if it explained anything. it didn't between dusk from the and dawn saturday he was ready to blow the -- up. do you want some of this? oh , no, yes oh , no or yes , i will be damn, i will be damn, i will be damn. [applause] >> this is called someone else's child. and i guess it's a sort of an imagined conversation with a took place in a real moment in my father's hospital room in a matter of weeks before he d.

burn rubber screaming in the driveway. the marianet and tongue were skillets at mid night. i wouldn't see his ass again until the next afternoon. twoshgs johnnie. gee my cousin john volunteered for possession every week. he was certified. ex exor citizenim did nothing. colt 45, crazy horse they demand the sacrifices in blood so bottles would go to the couch friday night. walls kicked until straight jackets lay waiting on the lawn. mama would site visions of gang boys with metal vent as if it explained anything. it didn't between dusk from the and dawn saturday he was ready to blow the -- up. do you want some of this? oh , no, yes oh , no or yes , i will be damn, i will be damn, i will be damn. [applause] >> this is called someone else's child. and i guess it's a sort of an imagined conversation with a took place in a real moment in my father's hospital room in a matter of weeks before he died. my father is my foster father and there was always in my life this level of awkwardness because i was not biologically his own son. and he and i never got to have the conversation that i imagined here on page in this piece. so, there is a lot of truth in it. and here we go.

john and dolley madison. now, she was there when they burned down the white house. in fact the very day when the british were down the road and they could see the smoke coming from other buildings he was in the white house packing stuff, and they took off like within an hour or so before the british got to the building and burned it down. now, we actually have details about this because he actually wrote a memoir in 1865 and was the first memoir by somebody that actually worked in the white house and he talks about his relationship with dolley madison which is really interesting because when madison died, they're had been a promise that he would be free. dolley didn't free him and it took him awhile from 1847 for him to actually make enough money to buy his freedom. then he talked leader how dolly madison went into very hard times because all the friends and family abandoned her and he actually had to bring her food, give her money and help take care and the one had turned. one of the things he doesn't talk about is his role in 1848 thus leaves escapes the plot in w

the violence came after a protest reportedly over the burning of a koran in florida. >>> house speaker johns would keep the u.s. government running beyond an april 8th deadline. negotiators are trying to cut roughly $33 million from the 2011 budget. house republicans originally wanted about $100 billion in cuts. although the numbers are not set in stone, they've begun drawing up a list of specific spending cuts. >>. >> coming up next, the final report from especially correspondent philippe cousteau's amazing journey to the arctic circle. >>> chad myers is here now. i think, chad, a lot of people in the northeast probably saw the weather forecast and thought this was an april fool's joke. >> it was punxsutawney phil who promised the early spring. new york city, boston, bangor just a mess. if it isn't raining, it's mixing around and snow in the poconos. even pictures out of boston as to where it was snowing earlier. it's tapered off a bit but the airport not doing bit. yeah, that's what you wanted to do on your spring day right there. very pleasant. that's only a dust compared to this. hope,

john mccain arrives in libya to consult with rebel forces, as fighting rages on and u.s. predator drones patrol the skies. >>> and fuel to the fire. the florida preacher who burned a koran plans to protest today the florida preacher who burned a koran plans to protest today at america's biggest mosque. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us on this good friday. i'm betty nguyen. president obama is returning to washington this morning after a three-day campaign trip to the west coast. appearing at a renewable energy plant in reno, nevada, on thursday, the president says that he has launched an investigation into why americans are paying so much for gasoline. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. >> good morning, betty. yeah, the president wants this new task force to look into the reasons behind the spike in gas prices, to see if they go beyond the fundamental reasons, like supplies and inflation, and whether any manipulation, fraud or speculation is happening in the oil markets. president obama wants to get to the bottom of the nation's high gas prices. >> we're going to make sure that no

burns. we have no word on how it started. >>> nevada's republican senator john ensign announced he will resign because of annette thicks investigation -- an ethics investigation. he is resigning because of an affair he had with a member of his staff. last month ensign said he would not run for reelection. >> pg&e's chief is stepping down. peter darbee will leave with a $35 million retirement package. it comes six months after the deadly san bruno explosion. for more on the resignation, go to ktvu.com and click on the pipeline tab. >>> after eight years, san francisco's supervisors will finally get to have their say on a treasure island development. this a-- they approved the development for 8,000 new homes, a park and shopping. a lot of people wanted to testify, including who said it would bring in badly needed jobs. there are others who worry about treasure island safety and how traffic on the bay bridge would be affected. >> they can't bring more. >> this is an opportunity we have to put carpenters to work. >> now the final vote was 4-3 to send the project on to the supervisors for their app

john thank you have come home america dot us and a member of the steering committee at the bradley manning support network. now the florida pastor who sparked international violence and outrage for the burning of the koran and part of this weekend behind bars pastor terry jones had planned to protest in front of the country's largest mosque in dearborn michigan but with a night permit after local officials officials cited safety concerns and he refused to pay a one dollar bond and said that he may sue the city but he's still planning another protest this coming friday the time i thought it's a whole hour to correspondent christine friends out just returned from dearborn michigan and shows us what life is like in a place where nearly half of the population is arab american. the. was the it is a tale of two worlds or at least two hemispheres and you could say this is where they meet for the turn sixty five dollars in the shade of the ford headquarters lies dearborn michigan it may be in the midwest. but it looks and sounds be much more like the middle east. because the old model with the largest muslim population not to mention the largest mosque in north america. on this day the mosque the i

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john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a southwest flight from oakland to san diego made a safe emergency landing last night in los angeles after reports of an electrical burning smell in the plane's cabin. 142 people were on board. no one was hurt. the plane was also a 737, but its emergency landing is said to be unrelated to the cracks that forced friday's landing in arizona. >>> a united airlines flight from new orleans to san francisco had to return to the airport this morning shortly after takeoff because the plane lost electrical power and had smoke in the cockpit. the pilot reported that all of his instruments were out and the air traffic controllers on hand had to help guide united flight 497 to the ground. and the emergency landing was a rough one. the nose of the place of business ended up off the -- the nose of the plane ended up off the tarmac. passengers and crew members all evacuated the plane using emergency chutes. >> they had smoke coming from the nose area. when he touched down, there was even more smoke and kind of a screeching sound and then he just ran off the runway. >> the flight was originally due to arrive in san francisco just after 9

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burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the big changes in the lineup. >> reporter: the president will formerly make the announcements tomorrow. here is what we learning today. at the pentagon lee john panetta will take over as defense secretary. general david petraeus will reportedly be dominated for cia director. john allen will replace petraeus and ryan crocker will be named u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. robert gates who started the job under george w. bush wanted to retire. he has been on a farewell tour. but this is not going to be without controversy. i spoked to a former top military intelligence officer who says panetta does not have the military experience for the job and has done a questionable job as cia director. he will have to be confirmed by the senate. >>> we are also following developing news from afghanis thunderstorm warning. an afghan military pilot killed eight nato troops and a contractor during a meeting. cnn is reporting at least six of the troops are americans. reportedly the afghan pilot opened fire after an argument. >>> a uc berkeley graduate is wanted back in iran now. the iranian foreign ministry issued a subpoena for sarah shourd. she was arrested al

burns reports from our washington d.c. newsroom, it's creating some bad blood within the democratic and republican parties. allison. >> reporter: claudine, there has been some doubt about whether house speaker john boehner had enough votes to get this deal passed today. but it looks like he says he does have the votes. there have been more fears again about a possible government shutdown. speaker boehner says he will get it through today and be able to pass it. some republicans have called this a hollow victory. they won nearly $40 billion in budget cuts, but analysts say it will do little to reduce the deficit. a lot of democrats don't like it either. liberals railed against it on capitol hill yesterday. >> by all means we should try to bring the budget into balance. and let's do it by targeting wasteful war spending instead of going after seniors, going after school children and middle class families. >> reporter: other bay area lawmakers bar barbara lee and pete stark said they will vote against the deal today. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 5:14. in japan doctors say they're seeing more people experiencing symptoms of what they call eart

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now, if that all white jury thought for one second that john and i had murdered those people, they would have burped us to -- burneds to a baking rod, but the only evidence that even suggested that we had anything to do with such a thing was two convicts who were in the area that night breaking into a factory and robbing the dead bodies in this bar and grill, and this one person who was the -- supposed to be the lookout, ran out of cigarettes and walked up to the bar and grill, a block away, and as he was walking up to the bar and grill, he said that he saw me and john artis coming around the corner laughing, me carrying a shotgun, and john carrying a pistol. he said he turned around and ran away, and we couldn't catch him. now, this was a limit -- little fat boy. >> host: that was the base sis of the conviction? >> guest: the whole conviction, and the reason why an all white jury said, no, that can't be so, i mean -- >> host: obviously they convicted you. tell me about it being overturned. >> guest: he was overturned because of the same thing. the new jersey state supreme court heard cases where the police promise

burns he updated the indispensable volume, after the people vote. he worked tirelessly to get people in washington to focus on continuity of government issues. john leaving us in a few weeks for a new assignment. he will become director of the democracy project at the bipartisan policy center. the democracy project is a bipartisan initiative that analyzes and advocateses for improvements in democratic institution. it is chaired by dan glickman and steve case. its main current projects are strengthening civil discourse in congressional redistricting. we wish john well in this challenging new assignment and we will miss him greatly. john, i will turn it over to you. >> thank you, charles la. thank you for many kindnesses over the years and you from the institution of aei. i won't be a stranger. just a few blocks away and, expect to be back. we've got a great panel today. i'm going to do some introductions. first a bit of news. bit of news about donald trump. apparently donald trump has declared for president and, turns out he declared of president of latvia, because his birth certificate turns out was not correct. he is, turns out he was born in an

you know, john kennedy once said -- and i'm paraphrasing -- you can live with the lies but it's the myth. once that story broke it became a myth. i never hit him with a fireplace log. >> burning day. >> absolutely. that was a mistake i made. i moved on. left office, paid a price and came back. >> in 1990 after being a radio host for a while you ran for mayor and were elected again. why do you think the people of rhode island took you back? >> well, i felt at that time like now they appreciated progress in the city. we took that city. that was a terrible, terrible image the city had. i felt -- they felt that the city of providence could be better. we tried to raise their self-esteem and we did historic preservation and built the city up. >> the term comes to a crashing halt when the federal government launched an investigation into you. it ended with you being charged with 27 counts. you went to a high profile trial. you were acquitted on 26 of the counts. >> yes. >> but convicted of racketeering conspiracy. were you corrupt? >> no. when the jury instruction was you don't have to find the mayor guilty of a crime, just that he knew of or should have known of the crime, you can'