>> henry vii, viii. his son ruled for a very short time. there was queen mary and elizabeth who led and turned to an abrupt end. >> who took over that point? >> it went to james six of scotland. >> was he a when mr.? >> no, he was a steward and he was the first of england because his mother was married but there were all sorts of affiliations and ties between the two in many cases. so he was the natural choice as the queens successor. >> how much power did the king or the queen have in this nation? >> the king and the queen had enormous power administered. they were the fountain of prestige. the house of commons and not period although not just talking were very much subsidiaries to the world. the mantel of the important decisions. the of rose, the influence was always limited by the king. >> you're first volume, history of england cannot foundations you called that. what does that cover? >> it covers everything before they began which you might take and goes right on to the beginning to the and the overview if you like to put it that way o

>> henry vii, viii. his son ruled for a very short time. there was queen mary and elizabeth who led and turned to an abrupt end. >> who took over that point? >> it went to james six of scotland. >> was he a when mr.? >> no, he was a steward and he was the first

appropriate, the employment discrimination cases that came out this last week reinterpreting title vii as too complicated to go into. this was very reminiscent of the ledbetter case. perhaps the same thing might happen this time. >> we do have a couple of minutes left. i want to put one general question on the table. looking back at the comments i made at the outset about the country of the court in the process the court had, i was struck between justice kennedy and justice scalia in the doma case. justice kennedy speaks of the primary rule in determining the constitutionality of a law. scalia even by his standards had a scathing dissent. he said this is a draw dropping -- jaw-dropping assertion of judicial supremacy of the people's representatives in congress. it envisions a supreme court standing he has enthroned at the apex of governments. they are joining an issue on this. justice scalia had voted to strike down the section four voting right act. the question i want to put to the panel to bring us to closure is, looking at the major decisions that we have talked about and some othe

circumstances companies use accurate information to deny employment opportunities could be at odds with title vii of the 1964 civil rights act. both companies denying these charges. back to you. lori: peter barnes. adam: nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. companies upping their dividends. nicole: you know dividend paying companies are hot, right? everybody likes a good dividend. looking at two companies that have both upped their dividend. this news came out just after 1:00 p.m., some heavy trading volume. $0.43 per share. caterpillar doing the same thing. rate the dividend by 15%. $0.60 per share, a gain of $0.08 costing roughly $52 million per quarter. stocks are virtually flat. adam: see you in 15 minutes. lori: google asking for a chance to prove the nsa is not snooping on them. we'll hear from google's top lawyer and lou dobbs next. adam: a massive storm brewing from iowa to maryland. we are tracking its latest path. lori: stocks climb back from earlier losses still down so far. i look at how it is faring against major trading customers. we are back in a moment. >> it is 21 mi

the idea of doing it after her birthday was really edward vii's idea at the beginning of the 20th centurybetter and you take a chance. and today quite interestingly, the queen rode in the glass coach. and i've never seen her ride in a closed carriage. it's always been an open carriage. but i think they were worried about the weather. so erring on the side of caution, in the glass coach. >> dickie the official parade is called the trooping of the color. it's quite a spectacle, but it's really just a birthday party? >> not quite a birthday party. it goes back centuries when they used to fight battles, they only fought during the day. at night they went back to camp. in order to find the right camp you belonged to and the right army you belonged to they used to fly the flag. and you headed forwards that flag. today itd's largely ceremonial and a little bit of a birthday party. it's the household division of which there are five foot guard regiments, and the royal hall's artillery that fires the gun salutes. it's their way of saying happy birthday, ma'am. >> we also know her husband, prince p

you can discriminate on the basis of the age and the work place, title vii covers race, john dare and national origin. .. and information about their health status even though it should be kept private and the law require that about the employer learning something about it and taking some sort of adverse action. so i think what struck me is the eeoc has something because the of the nondiscrimination laws that i mentioned from title vii gender and race, national origin to the americans with disabilities act which also comes into play and they held a hearing earlier this month on wellness programs. and i was sort of struck. i am sure all of you expect me to call about an employer or some organization since i come from the afl-cio and i promise not to disappoint you. the chamber of commerce submitted a letter after they heard testimony from the selected witnesses and the chamber of commerce submitted a letter that basically says if employers comply with the requirement under the affordable care act and hippa there is no reason for the eeoc to impose additional requirements on this area a

appropriate, the employment discrimination cases that came out this last week reinterpreting title vii as -- it is too complicated to go into. this was very reminiscent of the ledbetter case. perhaps the same thing might happen this time. we do have a couple of minutes left. put one general question on the table. looking back at the comments i made at the outset about the country of the court in the process the court had, i was justice kennedy domaustice galena in the case. justice kennedy speaks of the theary rule in determining constitutionality of a law. scalia even by his standards had a scathing dissent. he said this is a draw dropping assertion of judicial supremacy. the constitutionality of a law. it envisions a supreme court he has enthroned at the apex of governments. they are joining an issue on this. justice leah had voted to strike down the section four voting right act. >> i want to bring us to closure. the major decisions that we have talked about, what do they tell us about the collective o of what the courtss that we have talked about, what do they tell us about the col

age, gender and as we know, you can discriminate on the basis of the age and the work place, title vii covers race, john dare and national origin. ..