, being mrs. reagan, she just had to know that things were right and i felt that that's how i eventually was able to anticipate how best to serve her through my two bosses was that, you know, she really did have a checklist. she really did pay attention to the details. and she really was there concerned about her husband primarily for her health. so i felt my role was to be as reassuring and on top of the details as possible. and i think that's, even the few times where, maybe my boss was traveling and i had to be in charge, i just always had that mind set. i had to have the checklist and reassure her so she wasn't too nervous, she wasn't too concerned. and then i always felt it was okay. i think, you know, the press, it's a feeding frenzy. and they -- they wanted to know how she was coping. and i think that people she was closest to, michael deever, jim baker did their best to reassure her as well every day. >> now, all of you of course have had to deal with the unexpected, with tragedy -- invading the

mrs. reaganed herself about six weeks ago when she fell in her los angeles home. >>> new jersey child welfare officials are looking for the parents of a young boy who was trapped in a washing machine. the boy's father playing a game put his son in the machine and shut the door. the machine started spinning the child around. the frantic father got an employee to pull the plug. they grabbed the unharmed child, apparently, and ran. authorities say they want to make sure that child is okay. >>> a mystery that may never be solved. the case of the urban mountain lion. no one knows how a 100-pound male reached downtown santa monica unnoticed. police tried to tranquilize him but he escaped and was shot. officials call the cat's death unfortunate but necessary for public safety. >>> a newlywed couple in kansas had a wedding like no other and they have the pictures to prove it. take a look at this. the uninvited guests at the farm last saturday, tornadoes rolling across the horizon. it being kansas, everyo

mr. reagan was a thoracic patient with a chest wound, and stamped march 30, 1981, the date of the assassinationoundation says mr. reagan's blood should not be traded or sold like a baseball card. >> this is the tissue of the president of the united states. this is something that doesn't belong out in the public. it belongs with the family. it belongs with the estate. >> reporter: the anonymous seller says the vial of blood has been in his family for 31 years, ever since his mother brought it home from the blood lab where she worked at the time. the auction house has offered no proof the sample is actually legitimate but historian douglas brinkley says there are bigger concerns. >> it's just basic human dignity. this strikes me as being something tacky. it's taking the presidential memorabilia notion to a very bizarre new level. >> reporter: it's worth noting very personal presidential memorabilia has been collected and sold before. facial hairs were plucked from abraham lincoln after his death and then worn in his honor. and looks of john f. kennedy's hair sold for $3,000 in 2010. some historia

if you could do me a favor, please thank mrs. reagan for inviting me here to speak. [applause] this is my second time here. i have to say -- there is a spirit that pervades this reagan library. the cannot help but feel uplifted being here. it is the spirit of optimism, a sense that things will turn out all right if only we make the effort. in good times and bad, ronald reagan and body optimism. in here somewhere!" [laughter] his optimism together with his brilliant mind, determined will, and nancy's love and support were the keys to ronald reagan's greatness as an american leader. his temperament was sunny by nature, but i believe his optimism for the future just kept growing the more he talked with people from all walks of life. president reagan liked to talk about his experiences touring ge plants around the country. he addressed maybe a quarter of a million people over those years, and he would stay after to talk with the workers. as he listened to their concerns, he came to realize how worried they were by the bureaucrats, not only within their own company, but al

mrs. reagan is 90 years old. still ahead, something fishy going on in glen burnie. plus, drinking coffee can bring you more than just age-ol. -- just a jolt. >> temperatures are in the 60's and 70's in the northeast. heat in the south is moving our way for the holiday weekend. alert,"day's "consumer where will you be spending memorial day weekend? it is not likely at a hotel. a survey of online travelers found 39% of them planned to sleep in a hotel, motel, or bed- and-breakfast. some are staying with family and friends, others in a campground or an rv. as he planned to fly to your destination, be prepared to break up the family. airlines are reserving a growing number of window and aisle seats for passengers willing to pay extra. it is a boost in revenue but a bomber for families want to sit together -- bummer for families wanting to sit together. >> now, you're 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with meteorologist ava marie. >> a bit of a hazy day. thick fog this morning, and now we are seeing a lot of humanity hanging in the air. under terms are starting to pop up.

mr. reagan was a thoracic patient with a chest wound. tamped march 30, 1981, the date of the assassination attempt. john highbush of the reagan foundation says mr. reagan's blood should not be traded or sold like a baseball card. these is tissue of the president of the united states. this is something that doesn't belong in the public. it belongs with the family. it belongs with the estate. >> reporter: the anonymous seller says the vial of blood has been with his family for 31 years, ever since his mother brought it home from the blood lab where she worked at the time. the auction house has offered no proof nait is legitimate. but there are bigger concerns. >> it's just basic human dignity. and this strikes me as being tacky. it's taking the presidential memorabilia notion to a very bizarre new level. >> reporter: bob or in washington. >> bidding for the vial has past $11,000. and is set to end tomorrow. >>> authorities were set to shoot dozens of exotic animals, and now, new legislation is expected to be signed. >> reporter: the measure

mrs. reagan is 90 years old. >>> in china, a 3-year-old little boy drove his toy motorbike right in the busy middle section unaware of the danger, luckily a police officer spotted him and led the child safely through the rush hour traffic. >>> as we get ready for the memorial day weekend look at the world's largest outdoor swimming pool. that would be fun. located at a beach front resort in chile, over half a mile long, hold as whopping 66 million gallons of filtered and treated salt water and also boasts the world's steepest deep end at 115 feet. >>> now here is an early look at top health headlines on msnbc.com. a new study finds between 1997 and 2004, the percentage of people with diabetes who died dropped 23%. better management of diabetes, lifestyle changes and improved treatments for heart disease contributed to the decline the number of americans diagnosed has more than tripled since 1980, that mostly due to the continuing rise in obesity. >>> for more information on this and other stories

just a few moments ago mrs. reagan telling cnbc in a statement that she had mitt and ann romney over for milk and cookies. here's what i love about nancy. she said, ronnie would've liked governor romney's business background and strong principles. and i have to say, i do too. to go on, i believe mitt romney has the experience and leadership skills that our country so desperately needs and i look forward to seeing him elected president in november. how about that? great stuff. thank you, mrs. reagan. >>> coming up on "kudlow," one of the worst months for u.s. stocks in years. the dow down over 6%, may treasury bond yields, commodities all collapsing. what if you never heard about europe? what if? that's my question. still ahead tonight, we could be on the verge of another recession. many signals are pointing down. and get ready to say adios to president obama if that happens. i'm not calling a recession, i'm just saying it looks like we are getting closer and closer. you'll want to hear this discussion. >>> all right. l

mrs. reagan, hi on tv. it's good to have you with us tonight as well. [ applause ] >> shepard: mrs. is 90 years old, america's oldest living first lady and she has long proved herself to be a survivor. while her husband, president reagan was in office, the first lady had surgery for breast cancer. she broke a rib during a fall in 1999. she broke her pelvis during another fall in 2008. adam housley with the news. is he in our west coast news hub this afternoon. why didn't we hear about this six weeings ago, do you know. >> tells because she had no public appearances. she a normal citizen even though she is the former first lady and very well beloved across the country. she would still attend the event alarm people. word was out there they didn't do a press release. that's why it didn't get out in the press as much as you might expect it would have. hsks when she didn't show last night and they made that announcement everything changed this morning. they say she is still going to attend some events upcoming. we see her a couple of times a year here in los angeles. she doesn't travel o

her spokesman said mrs. reagan is recovering slowly and needs to stick close to home. nancy reagan is an otherwise active 90 years old. >>> still ahead here on "nightly news" tonight, the young drum major and his college band beaten to death, tonight, what his fellow band members say really happened, and why his anguished parents say that just can't be true. >>> and later, the book that's electrified women across the country and what we're learning about where it's flying off shelves the fastest. >>> last november, the death of a member of florida a&m's famed marching band put a spotlight on the little known practice of hazing among big-time marching bands. tonight, there are new details on what happened in the moments leading up to robert champion's death. our report tonight from nbc's kerry sanders. >> florida a&m drum major robert champion was beaten and stomped to death in what the prosecutor called homicide by hazing. in more than 1,500 pages of court documents, the very band members who were at champion's funeral including some of those who escorted his casket cla

in 2009, mrs. reagan hit her pelvis in a fall. >> i don't know mrs. reagan's condition. someone who's 90, you have to take fractures very seriously. when you break a rib, you're not going to breathe as deeply. and that can set you up for pneumonia. pneumonia in someone who is 90 is a very serious infection. >> reporter: the speech last night was a fairly big deal in republican politics. he's thought to be on the short list of a possible running mate for mitt romney. as for questions about the former first lady's health, the chair of the board of trustees at the library said she's in general good health but her doctors have ordered her to take it easy. >> we're certainly thinking of mrs. reagan this morning. david, thank you. >>> now, to the last thing you want to hear when you call 911. someone snoring on the other end. that's what happened when one woman called for help for her husband. and got the sound of an operator sleeping on the job. abc's paula faris is here with these details. >> reporter: not this operator's finest moment. good morning to you. this was an exper

mrs. reagan is 90 years old. let's get a look at whether. >> the big story today is the wind.about 80 degrees or so it would. whether to they will be relatively clear. temperatures right now are pretty mild. the '50s and concord, upper 50s in india. temperature wise, we are ok. this afternoon the with starts to kick it. by this evening, the numbers will begin to climb. it is mainly said to of the north bay about this. house tab for wise it will be warm. all of a peninsula bailey 60 degree weather. small here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. tempers will drop quite a bit especially inland for the fifth at this point, does it twitter for is the fifth for free. for the memorial weekend the weather should be beautiful. >>erica: the typical back up at the approach to the bay bridge this morning. the biggest delays are for those of you coming off of interstate 80 on the east shore freeway. we are certain to see traffic free buckley 880 over crossing. metering lights for activated a little differently and traffic is a bit slow as the a high and across the upper deck. the drive

i covered with president and mrs. reagan for "time" magazine. this is in the solarium, the same room that mrs. ford tried to kill me in. and their relationship was very good. this picture never was published because the editors of "time" thought it was too schmaltzy, and i said they are schmaltzy people. you have to understand they really do this kind of stuff. nobody was making it up, so -- and this is my favorite mrs. bush photo. now, to barbara bush's credit, she has this hanging in their house in kennebunkport. i know that because i've seen it up there, and -- but this was at the president ford library rededication, and i don't even know if you remember what you said to your husband, the colorfully attired one in the striped vest. she said, george, won't you ever grow up? thankfully he has not. this is hillary rodham clinton. i'll do a close-up. hilary rodham in 1974. let's go forward, and this is 20 years later as first lady. the first picture was taken in the house judiciary committee room where she was a lawyer, and this is the night befo

mrs. reagan is 90-years-old. the spokeswoman says the former first lady is slowly adding -- >>> federal investigators looking into an incident that temporarily stopped air traffic at the philadelphia international airport. listen to air traffic control. >> was flares being shot up at you? >> yeah. more than 50 feet off our right wing like a flare gun. >> police were called to investigate. a search failed to turn up anything. the pilot says he's sure he saw that flare being fired. >>> you mentioned issues with the philadelphia airport, no issues for us this morning. >> not with the clouds just a little breezy in some areas gusting 15 to 20 miles per hour we'll be fine as far as our major airports here. emeryville this morning back to san francisco looks clear. the winds are coming back today bringing a cooling trend as we head into the afternoon. you wouldn't notice it now temperatures mild in the mid to upper 50s. monterey bay low to mid 50s with mostly clear conditions. mostly sunny and cooler today through frid

mr. reagan was a patient with chest wound and its stand today to the shooting march 30, 1981. the overseas auction houses traces of dried blood are clearly visible in the tube and bidders are interested the price is approaching 9,200 lbs. nearly $15,000. >>> the executive director of the reagan presidential foundation. >>> i don't know the reaction can be anything other than outrage they're being sold on the internet's the president added states then his family for 31 years his mother and an employee of the lab brought home about a week after the assassination attempt to auction houses offered no proof that ashley as president reagan's blood historian douglas brinkley says it's just one of the problems. taking presidential memorabilia to a very bizarre new level. their personal presidential memorabilia is nothing new facial hairs were plucked from abraham lincoln after his death and then warning is honor hair clippings from john f. kennedy sold for $3,000 in 2010 and this year before and locket containing hear from george and martha washington brought more than $7,000. but bri

mr. reagan was praised by his foundation in california. it was reportedly taken by a lab that tested the president's blood after the assassination attempt. the hawks house says the bidding was -- the auction house says the bidding was up to $30,000 before the sale was suspended. >>> coming up on 9 news now getting into the swim of things, resident in the district have a new place to cool off. we'll tell you more. to get people to try on these new depend silhouette briefs, and today we are rocking the red carpet. look it's lisa rinna! lisa hiii,i know you don't need one but will you try on these new depend silhouette briefs for charity and prove just how great the fit is even under a fantastic dress? are you serious? i am serious... sure why not! she's doing it! the best protection now looks, fits and feels just like underwear. hey lisa, who ya wearing? she's wearing the new depend silhouette. (growl) we invite you to get a free sample and try one on too. >>> in addition to all the sun and fun, summer also heralds the arrival of mosquito se

[applause] many thanks and, please, pass on my thanks to mrs. reagan not only for inviting me, but for all she and her husband did to keep this country great. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> hello, governor. [laughter] good to see you. >> well, thank you, congressman, for that insightful and inspiring speech. we very much appreciate having you with us tonight, and our group of guests are very inquisitive, and they're devoted, and they've got some questions they would like to put to you. and just before the event started, papers were passed around, the questions were submitted, they've been typed up, and i thought i might just start with the most popular question. >> no. [laughter] >> the second most popular question. >> yeah, right. >> the question is, i know you're happy being budget committee chairman -- [laughter] but if mitt romney asks you to run as his vice president, would you agree to do so? [cheers and applause] >> next question. you know, that's somebody else's decisions, months away, and that's a conversation i need to hav

mrs. reagan is 90 years old. >>> in china, this is unreal. a little boy, he's 3 years old.drove his motor bike, this toy bike into a busy intersection. of course, unaware of any danger. well, luckily a police officer spotted him, led him to safety, but just unbelievably frightening video there. >> and as we get ready for the memorial day weekend, here's a look at the world's largest outdoor swimming pool. wouldn't that be nice. located in a beach front resort in chile, it's over a half mile long and holds a whopping 66 million gallons of filtered and treated saltwater. and it also boasts the world's steepest deep end at 115 feet. actually water ski in it. >>> here's you first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,502 after losing a point yesterday. the s&p was up a fraction, but the nasdaq fell 8. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei sank 172 points while in hong kong, the hang seng dropped 252. the fallout continues for facebook after its troubled ipo. shares have tumbled nearly 20% since friday and now the socia

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i heard you mention mrs. reagan.ald reagan put forward to encourage self-determination and i will say it's happening in this countcu country and it's very uplifting. >> you said there are 12 candidates but there are four that people are talking about, being potential winners, moussa, mor morsi, and fatullah and fatique who people are talking about. is there one candidate that the united states would like to see running egypt right now? >> well, i can tell you that i know as freedom-loving people we want the people of egypt to make the decision. who is going to be their leader. it's obviously we've had a roller-coaster ride certainly since january 25th when the revolution started last year. we've had challenges. i was here for the pir limitary elections, the first round, november 28th and 29th. and, you know, we -- no one knows how it's going to come out but the people of egypt will make that decision. and i know that this administration and those of us in the united states congress look forward to working with whoeve

there was a couple stipulations but the one was mrs. reagan wanted it out quickly. so although i was working on the roosevelt i had to make a decision do i continue working on the roosevelt book or is this such an important thing to do. my wife and i endured katrina and so we ended up saying look let's bring the kids and go out to the reagan library nearby, we moved to thousands oaks, california. >> you were living in new orleans. >> yeah, we came back to new orleans, i was professor at tulane and even named my american studies center at tulane the theodore roosevelt center i was teaching classes on theodore roosevelt and conservation at reich conservation. at rice university now uh-huh teach a class theodore roosevelt on conversation. meaning when you say when you start writing a book, i have been informing myself on the research part of this story for a long, long time. the main thing i'med to do is the write the history of first off if dr and u.s. christian wildlife. up until the present time dealing with global warming and the modern green movement. i wanted to

mr. reagan want as a thoracic patient with a chest wound.stamped with the date of the shooting, march 30, 1981. the overseas auction house says traces of dried blood are clearly visible in the tube and bidders are interested. the price is approaching 9200 pounds, nearly $15,000. john heubusch is the executive director of the reagan presidential foundation. >> i don't know that a reaction could be anything other than outraged. this is not baseball cards that are being sold on the internet. this is the blood of the 40th president of the united states, ronald reagan. >> reporter: the seller says the vile of blood has been in his family for 31 years. his mother, then an employee of the lab, brought it home about a week after the assassination attempt. the auction house has offered no proof that it actually is president reagan's blood. historian douglas brinkley says that's just one of the problems. >> taking the presidential memorabilia notion to a very bizarre new level. >> reporter: very personal presidential memorabilia is nothing knew. facia

. >>> mrs. reagan canceled plans the and her husband isn't news again for an unusual reason. >>> claims that it >>> this is not baseball cards that are being sold on the internet to. this is the blood of the 40th president of the united states. >>> traces of blood is visibly in the two. and 25 audio recordings are being added to the audio recording. added was don does sommers hit and then in this in talking tall cylinder. and the most recent purple rain by prince. it >>> google is offering a pioneer. check out this, this is the it moved sent machine. on the homepage just click on the machine in play on it. the inventor it is birthday with an 73 today. >>> agassi to play a little something something and play back. >>> hist and how and ideas to help his mother went spiral. and is up enough to make any toddler gasped. here's a toddler dodging topic on his bike, the officer that spotted him. and the search continues for a sierra lamar. we'll take a look at the dna latrell that led it police to the suspect.

mrs. reagan's condition if someone is 90 you have to take this seriously. when we break a rib you're, it can set you up for pneumonia. >> and her last public appearance was last september. >> and hewlett-packard reported earnings after the closing bell, today's report far from your standard run of the mill announcement because of a massive layoff announcement. for that story and more with today's after the bell report. >> hewlett-packard is flashing 27,000 jobs and says jobs will be eliminated by firings or early retirement offers. many cuts will be in struggling enterprise services group. and this came as hp reported second quarter earnings today and computer maker reporting sales down 3% to around $30 billion. profits sliding 31%. so that is better than estimates. and hp's forecast missed estimates for demands that fall. shares rose, though, as much as 12% in after hours and investors liking that layoff nuts. and -- news, a federal jury ruled in google's favor in oracle's intellectual property case against the search giant. claiming google stole who paten

mrs. reagan is 90 years old.ecommend she not take too many appointments until she recovers. >>> another hit to d.c. mayor vincent gray's campaign staff, a worker charged with lying to the fbi just one day after another campaign worker pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. both are accused of using campaign money to pay another candidate to attack gray's main opponent then mayor adrian fenty. fox 5's matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: vincent gray's campaign for mayor was a long time ago, but questions about what went on behind the scenes won't go away. mayor gray refused to talk about two of his campaign workers charged this week. >> there's an ongoing pending investigation. so there's nothing really i can comment on this day because it is obviously continuing to unfold. >> reporter: according to federal authorities, sulaimon brown was not lying when he said members of gray's campaign paid him to stay in the race. brown has always said the mayor knew about it. the mayor has always denied it. >> i think

mr. reagan then president had lost the first debate to walter mondale when he got called out on the gotchaent social security. second debate questions whether reagan was and richard's immorality words okay and he came through with the fame miss line where he said he is not going to let his opponent's age or youth and inexperience be an issue in the campaign. everybody broke up laughing, including mondale who later said he knew in that moment that good humored moment by ronald reagan that he lost. >> that was ronald reagan's persona. may i quote a political philosopher named dennis miller. may i quote him? >> of course. >> bill: obama is a different kind of cat than carter was, or mondale was. obama is the type of guy, the president is the type of guy that has evoked such powerful emotion on both sides pro and con that you need to harness that emotion against him and if romney can show what he showed with kennedy, i'm telling you, it's going to do him a lot of good. i will give you the last word. >> what i would say about that bill is if romney comes across having made a powerful case a tha

mrs. reagan is 90 years old now. she is still recovering from that fall back in march. she broke several ribs at the time. her doctors say she has been healing slowly but has had to cancel several appearances. >>> the latest on the presidential campaign. a new poll in a major battleground state contains good news for mitt romney. steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: thanks, washington was in washington today in a related move. an initiative, a new one by him to try to show respect to latino voters. to try to get their votes. especially in states where that could make the difference. mitt romney got good news about florida. the biggest swing state. he has turn the race there around, up by six in today's quinnipiac poll. in a state with a lot of hispanics. republicans figure romney needs 40% of latinos. romney got just 27% in the new nbc news "wall street journal" tell moonedo poll. he appealed for support at the latino coalition summit in washington. not by focusing on say, immigration reform. but a more urgent issue to many latino families. public school educat

mrs. reagan, hi on tv, it is good do have you with us tonight, as well. >> former first lady is 90 years old. trace like in los angeles. you know, usually we seem to be kept up on former first ladies and presidents and such but they did not tell us of this for six weeks. it was surprising to me. >>trace: six weeks is a long time. nancy reagan is highly revered in the republican party and her privacy is also very welcome protected. we likely still would not know about the fall and the broken ribs if she had not been scheduled to appear at the fundraiser last night. now her spokesman said she is adding a few appointments to her schedule but no big events at all, and, doctors say make no mistake, broken ribs for a 90-year-old can be very dangerous. listen. >> we need to make sure that the ribs do not actually interfere with her lungs or her breathing so the first thing you do is take an x-ray to make sure the rib itself is not getting into the lung situation because you do not want the rib to punctu

. >> mrs. reagan has been incredibly private about after her husband's passing. abc's david wright spoke to nancy's daughter patti and got an update on her condition. >> reporter: nancy reagan's accident happened six weeks ago. but the news only broke when she was unable to attend a speech at the reagan library. >> she's tuning in to our live broadcast from home tonight on doctor's orders. >> reporter: she's doing okay? >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: everybody's worried about her. >> reporter: we caught up with her daughter, patti davis. they once had a rocky relationship but now speak every day. and what happened? >> i believe she got up in the middle of the night, which is when falls usually happen. >> must have been a scare for you. >> yes. i was told immediately that it was just her ribs and so my first reaction was, i'm glad it wasn't worse. >> reporter: to republicans, ronald reagan's widow is almost a patron saint. in 2007, the former first lady sat down with diane. >> has time made anything easier? >> no, it hasn't. if anything, it's gotten worse. i miss him

the executive director of the reagan presidential library in simi valley said mrs. reaganld not attend the planned event in person because she fell at her home in los angeles six weeks ago. he mentioned she was watching the speech on her television last night. her spokeswoman says the 90-year-old is improving. >>> coming up on 6:35. this afternoon, maryland state police will honor one of their own who was killed while working a security job. family and friends of the late trooper wesley brown will join maryland officials to dedicate a highway sign in his honor. the maryland state highway administration will put up a sign with brown's name along the beltway near the forestville barracks. the 24-year-old was shot and killed working security at the applebee's in forestville in 2010. cyril williams is serving a life sentence without parole for the death. >>> one of vincent gray's former campaign aides is facing jail time after pleading guilty for his actions during the 2010 mayoral campaign. thomas gore pled guilty to felony lying and destruction of evidence. he admitted he fu

a spokeswoman for mrs. reaganays although the 90-year-old former first lady is still adding appointments to her calendar, she was advised by her doctor not to attend. >>> to decision 2012. today air force one will touchdown in the bay area as the president swings through for a new round of campaign fund-raising. we have team coverage on the presidential advice hit the morning. christie smith live in redwood city with a look at the president's agenda. we begin with tracie potts live on capitol hill with new evidence that the presidential race will be a tight one. interesting. >> reporter: it sure will. good morning, everyone. latest numbers we have from the nbc "wall street journal" poll, 47-43. the president four points ahead of mitt romney with registered voters. but that's a statistical tie, within the margin of error of that poll. now, romney has a bit of a challenge. hispanic vote i, according to the poll, president obama has a huge lead among latino voters. in fact, today in d.c., he will be speaking to a lat

mrs. reaganin recent years and her public appearances have been increasingly rare. she is 90 years old. >>> hewlitt packard plans to lay off 27,000 workers over the next year and a half. smart phones and tablets are at least partially to blame, make it a much tougher market for the personal computer. the cuts represent about 8% of hp's work force. he may be the heir to the throne of england, but just call him d.j. prince charles. he's at it again. here he is in toronto where an instructor told him how to scratch and fade. he's in canada for the diamond jubilee, the celebration surrounding queen elizabeth's 60-year reign. it sure looks like he's having fun. talk about a fish out of water, john. >> princes can do that. i don't think a king can. what do you think? >> definitely a distinction must be made there. >> he was the weatherman just last month. >> you might as well. >> have fun, go with it. stay right there, kate. tonight's moment you missed. no one knows the stress of picking a running mate