st. andrews.rom those occasions, he was to be left in peace. >> i met him as soon as we arrived. and incredibly, quickly, this group of friends formed. >> jules knight became one of william's closest friends. >> there were no real heirs and graces, if you like. for me, he was just another guy. he's a very down-to-earth, normal guy. >> one of the first girls to join their circle of friends, the equally down to earth and normal, kate middleton. >> i got to know her early on. she was very charming, a very delightful girl. >> maybe a bit shy, though, when meeting the future king of england. >> i turned bright red and sort of scuttled off, feeling very shy about meeting you. >> william invited friends to his dormitory room and she did this courtesy and he spilled his drink on himself. he realized he would do things like this to put people at ease. >> sally's is where they lived freshman year. they quickly became friends, bonding over their love of art history and their swims in the pool. another connec

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st. andrews.were in this little bubble with their friends. so they were able to go to local restaurants and bars. >> he made better friendships and relaxed into the friendship group that he was in and started to enjoy himself more socially. >> he may have enjoyed himself socially a little too much. >> he did like to drink. william would go swimming in castle motes. he would climb to the tops of fountains and dive in. but kate really pulled him back from the brink. >> what was dating like early on? >> i suppose being in that environment was conducive for the friendship taking a different turn and becoming an intimate relationship, which is what happened. >> but william was having a hard time finding his way, and an even harder time committing. >> for his 21st birthday, which was called the willenium, it was a huge party at windsor castle. kate was there, but she wasn't the guest of honor. the guest of honor was jeka craig. and the press was all over that. all of a sudden she was the one. >> other w

in reality neither he nor his daughter touched the water of the gulf they swam at st andrews bay a protected area. what happened with safety regulations in the gulf of mexico in the wake of the b.p. disaster rename a couple of agencies change a couple of faces business as usual full steam ahead what does that tell you. the administration that it promised us change made no alteration to be antiquated spill response plan that still cites wall versus the most threatened species in the gulf of mexico and it still lists deceased people as the contacts and policemen emergency. obama might have had a good reason to tread carefully when he dealt the spill the largest oil consumer in the world as the u.s. department of defense and gas which company is the pentagon's single largest supplier of fuel to b.p. is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the us war machine is heavily reliant upon b.p. and their oil. during the last ten years b.p. has been the single largest energy contractor to the various branches of the u.s. military receiving over seventeen billion dollars in direct contracts

st. andrews, that those years would be protected.did a few photo calls with the media, interviews and photos taken of him. after that, everyone knew they had to really stand back and let him get on with it. of course, it was there that he met kate and had the opportunity to meet her, to fall in love with her, for them to really get to know each other without the glare of publicity. really, i believe that he is going to try and carve out similar circumstances for his own son to protect him, to give him the space, to grow up away from the glare of publicity as much as he can. obviously with social media, with iphones, with smart phones everywhere, that's much harder. one other point i'd like to raise, martin was saying about the tough economic circumstances that we're experiencing in britain. i think that william and kate's naturalness is really part and parcel of the same thing. they go together. william, kate have to be done to earth. he has to come out with his shirt sleeves rolled up, his collar open. he has to look like the rest o

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st. andrews in scotland when the air to the british throne ran into the woman who was later to become his wife. >> take would go running in the mornings and he would turn up in the canteen and make sure that william had caught her eye. by the end of the first term, they were breakfasting together. but the end of the first year that something of a) chip and by the end of the second year that had moved in together into a townhouse -- there was an understanding that would never be photographed together. they would not be pictured holding hands. >> following their graduation, kate middleton was soon a permanent fixture at williams side, accompanying him on official engagements while the u.k. media speculated about a possible marital engagement. middleton's family became a target for the newspapers and the lady herself subjected to infamous -- to enlist comparisons with the late duchess of wales. many believe it was this constant scrutiny that comes in to break off the relationship briefly in 2007, the break up the short-lived. she did not have too long to wait. in november 2010 the couple ann

carried on the celebrations marking the anniversary of the major christian relic relic of the cross of st andrew brought from greece to keep. coming to pay their respects and of course to take part in this really really important orthodox event now it's not just christian orthodox that united russia and ukraine as both presidents of russia and ukraine have mentioned over the past couple of days that several times it's their cultural. of course religious and economic ties which go back for centuries and now as of late there have been has been an increasing movement towards westernisation in ukraine some of the political elite believe you should side with your up there are some who believe that russia is looking to encroach upon ukraine's independence for example during the facilities in kiev on saturday there has been and. rally by the nationalist movement yet others are questioning whether it is something the great ukraine really should be doing because it is risking to lose its independence since ukraine really it's historically and culturally closer to russia and may not. make me not really fi

st. andrews university in scotland, applications rose by 44%.udents from america making up the greatest influx. among the young ladies wanting an education and possibly a shot at the title, was a shy brunette from the village of bucklebury named cade mitt mitt. >> i had four years to form a relationship in st. andrews at scotland, the university, where there was no media intrusion. martha: she quickly became a member of william's circle. apparently it took a fashion show fund-raiser and this see-through dress for william to notice all of her assets. in any good ferry tale, there is that moment when it looks like it will all fall apart. >> i think william and kate took time out during that period of, intense period of their relationship, to think to themselves, can we survive without each other? do we really miss each other? martha: they split in the twinge of 2007. william putting kate on hold to pursue his military career. to her credit the broken-hearted middleton kept a stiff upper lip and said not a word to the press. >> the fact she has rem

orthodox church delegations how arrived in ukraine folly and historical hauling around like the st andrews cross that unites the nations of ancient russia but the symbolic event in king of comes during politically hard times for ukraine where the country as a at the crossroads between russia and the e.u. bringing the risk of explains. well really the center of one of the most religious festivities you have seen in the last several years that hundreds of thousands of people have flocked here. taking part. because one thousand and twenty five years ago it was here and it was adopted as official religion. and then spread its way across the country and there have been several you can see conflicts that russia and ukraine have participated in over the past several decades the orange revolution which increasingly saw ukraine pushing its way. away from russia and towards europe ukraine is just and destroying. reasons to say that. i was living in russia and half of the country. moving in the opposite direction. because. of course there are people in ukraine who a look who are looking west they're

something they created and president putin has visited caves main cathedral to mark the arrival of the st andrews cross a symbolic rally that united the nations of ancient russia and he's also said to hold talks with ukraine's leader a victory on a cottage i do looks at the historical twists and turns between moscow and kiev. well it's really the center of one of the most religious festivities you have seen in the last several years that hundreds of thousands of people have flocked. taking part places because one thousand and twenty five years ago it was here and it was adopted as official religion. and then spread its way across the country and there have been several conflicts that russia and ukraine have participated in over the past several decades the orange revolution which increasingly saw ukraine pushing. away from russian towards europe ukraine is just and destroying. reasons to say that everything would ukrainians. living in russia and the country. moving in the opposite direction. because. of course there are people in ukraine who a look who are looking west they're looking at europe a

something they created world orthodox church allegations are in ukraine's capital of kiev to follow the st andrew's cross a symbolic relic that had united the nations of ancient russia president putin is set to meet the leaders of ukraine and belarus starting the festivities artie's a regular school looks at the historical twists and turns between moscow and kiev. ukraine again seems to be facing a choice either siding with moscow with which its political cultural and economic ties go back for centuries or to turn its back on his old relations and trying to make its way towards the european union relations which in moscow and kiev haven't been exactly seamless as of late specially over the past several years of course there was the orange revolution the recent gazprom flicks yet the robberies is inside the country and say ukraine would be a much better off staying on friendly terms with russia rather than playing a back seat role for europe. ukraine is distance destroying for favorable relations with russia for thousands of reasons posted to say that every third ukrainian has close relatives living

of the cross of st andrew brought from greece to kiev with hundreds of thousands of people coming to pay their respects and of course to take part in this really really important orthodox event it's not just faith and orthodox that united russia and ukraine as both presidents of russia and ukraine have mentioned over the past couple of days and several times it's their cultural. of course religious and economic ties which go back for centuries and now is the fleet there have been has been increasing movement towards westernisation in ukraine some of the political elite believe should side with your up there are some who believe that russia is looking to encroach upon ukraine's independence for example during his duties in kiev on saturday there has been and. rally by the nationalist movement others are questioning whether it is something the great ukraine really should be doing because it is risking to lose its independence since ukraine really it's historically and culturally closer to russia and may not be. me not really fits with the european lifestyle which has been a kind of und

the service is underway in kiev's main cathedral to mark the arrival of the st andrew's cross a symbolic relic that has united nations of ancient russia president vladimir putin is in the capital for the festivities let's cross now live to who is there for us. thanks so much for joining me i know it's a beautiful day behind you this certainly looks gorgeous what's happening in kiev right now. one of the most religious festivities you have seen in the last several years of course russia. more than one thousand years. and hundreds of thousands of people have flocked here as you mentioned president. north of here today we have of course the ukrainian president. president presidents are all here but of course there's hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and just people who flock here from all over russia other countries to see that very relic. cross which is one of the main relics in. moscow for several days it made its way all the way from greece on a special train it was in moscow for several days where hundreds of thousands of people have paid their respects of course that is a relic of utmo

you ever did well among them i guess i would take a congressman to scotland gulfstream stay at st andrewsthose were usually six speaker trips and so unfortunately they were there were many occasions like that at what percentage of bills introduced on the hill would you say are backed by lobbying forces well i think lobbying forces come into play in virtually every bill that comes on capitol hill and every little component of the bill people got to realize that legislation isn't just some small one page. of ideas it's usually two thousand pages and within those two thousand pages you can have a lot of room for a lobbyist to play in effect you mentioned earlier that there are twelve thousand lobbyists the truth is there are many more than twelve thousand twelve thousand people have registered to lobby now most of the people don't register how does that operate well but there are loopholes within the system there are loopholes within the actual definition of what a lobbyist is that's enables people like newt gingrich and tom daschle will to say that there are strategic advisors or new skates

several kilometers and church volunteers have been brought in to try to keep the lion under control st andrew's cross which dates back to the first century arrived in the capital on friday to mark the anniversary of russia's conversion to christianity warrant that a millennium ago it will be on display at the cathedral for five more days and up to four hundred thousand believers expected to pay their respects right now you are looking at live pictures coming out of christ the savior. well let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world and it rains calls between the government activist and police have left dozens of people injured one officer was also wounded after being shot by a homemade firearm at least allegedly fired shotguns to disperse the crowds who were marching against the ruling sunni dynasty the protests erupted a day after the government banned opposition demonstrations in several villages following a car blast near a mosque. and here in violence is deepening in iraq where a bomb explosion is sunni mosque in a series of other attacks have killed at least twenty si

kilometers and the church volunteers have been brought in to try to keep a line under control at st andrew's cross which dates back to the first century arrived in the capital on friday to mark the anniversary of russia's conversion to christianity more than in the lane am a go it will be on display in the fetal for five more days and up to four hundred thousand believers expected to pay their respects. let's now take a quick look at some other world news and bahrain's couples between anti-government activists and police have left dozens of people injured one officer was also wounded after being shot by a homemade firearm police allegedly fired shotguns to disperse the crowds who were marching against the ruling sunni dynasty the pro. up to the day after the government banned opposition demonstrations in several shia villages following a car blast near a mosque. and security violence is deepening an iraq where a bomb explosion in a sunni mosque and a series of other attacks have killed at least twenty six people a blast came during friday prayers during the islamic holy month of ramadan and

world orthodox church delegations arrived in ukraine following the historical holy relic the st andrew's cross that unites the nations of ancient russia but the symbolic event in kiev comes during politically hard times for ukraine right now with a country to crossroads between russia and the e.u. really going to explain. well it's really the center of one of the most grandiose religious festivities you have seen in the last several years that hundreds of thousands of people have flocked here and the reason why the festivities are taking part place is because one thousand and twenty five years ago it was here and it was adopted as official religion. and then spread its way across the country and there have been several you can see conflicts that russia and ukraine have participated in over the past several decades the orange revolution which increasingly saw ukraine pushing its way. away from rushing towards ukraine is distant destroying favorable relations with russia for thousands of reasons suffice it to say that every third ukrainian has close relatives living in russia and although

kilometers and church volunteers have been brought in to try to keep the line under control the st andrew's cross had arrived in the capital on friday to mark the anniversary of russia's conversion to christianity more than a millennium ago will be on display at the cathedral for five more days and up to four hundred thousand believers are expected to pay their respects. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the globe now we begin in bahrain where struggles between anti-government activists and the police have left dozens of people injured police reportedly fired live rounds to disperse the crowd marching against the ruling sunni monarchy the protest erupted a day after the government had banned opposition demonstrations in several shia villages following a car blast near a mosque. and sectarian violence is deepening in iraq where a bomb explosion in a sunni mosque and a series of other attacks that killed at least twenty six people the blast came during friday prayers during the islamic holy month of ramadan rampant violence throughout the country claimed o

st. andrew's by the sea. so here it is in that incarnation. in the back there's a shed there. that's the sunday school, it says. you can see the fence. it was necessary to sort of fight the sand and keep it at bay. it's another pretty famous house on the great highway. it looks sort of like a mechanist myian temple or something. it kept being boxy and then growing. it's in the center here. it was made up of about four or five cars, actually. you could see people had different takes on it. some people liked to keep their cars very exposed and open. kind of have that old sutro land quality to it. so people could see it was a car. and others really rushed to shingle over or hide the caffers -- cars inside the architecture. this is the house on 40th avenue you see he has two cars. then he builds a more conventional little cabin on the right. again, it was sort of like you're showing off the cars. you don't necessarily need them. you could build a very small little cabin. the stars are made up, by the way. i just put those in. so carville becomes -- like we said, we had these rich

among them i guess i would take a congressman to scotland to play golf with gulfstream stay at st andrewsthose were usually six figure trips and so forth and they were there were many occasions like that and what percentage of bills introduced on the hill would you say are backed by lobbying forces well i think the lobbying forces come into play and virtually every bill that comes on capitol hill and every little component of the bill people got to realize that legislation isn't just some small one page. of ideas it's usually two thousand pages and within those two thousand pages you can have a lot of room for a lobbyist to play in effect you mentioned earlier that there are twelve thousand lobbyists the truth is there are many more than twelve thousand twelve thousand people have registered to lobby now most of the people don't register how does that operate well but there are loopholes within the system there are loopholes within the actual definition of what a lobbyist is that's enabled people like newt gingrich and tom daschle all to say that there are strategic advisors or new skates

st. andrews, where will and kate met. john, what's your bet? >> i like arthur.ng. king irving. he'd be the first. >> i'm still taking spencer as the middle name but i haven't placed any money on it. >> diana's maiden name. i think it would be nice if there were a twist, george, edward, james a little boring to me. >> here's one bet that i like. people are saying it's 1,000-1 that he'll play premier league football. >> very good. like to see that. beckham would be so pleased. erin mcpike, thank you so much. >> some travel agents say they saw an uptick in royal baby fever leading up to the final weeks of kate's pregnancy. now that the future king has arrived, the city's top tourist attractions are getting ready to invite people to check out some of women and kate's favorite hangouts. hotels in london are hosting special royal baby themed tea parties. a suite and grand hotel has been transformed into a royal family nursery. and if you're third in line for your flight at the royal airlines upper class clubhouse. joining us is an economic reporter for the "new york t

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