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westminster abby is free to the limited list of people eligible to marry there. why wouldn't she?wow. >> they want -- in her position, though? the scrutiny coming in and, by the way, we didn't didn't get the memo. she doesn't want to be called kate anymore. >> oh, she doesn't? >> cath lip. >> -- catherine. >> excuse me, i have been corrected, stand corrected. >>> all right, let's talk about the forecast, gary. it's probably dark outside now. >> it is. >> and you checked before a came in. >> and these people look -- . >> and waiting for a movie. is that what that is? >> that is right. >> harry potter comes out tonight. >> is it midnight? >> uptown theatre, midnight. >> yup. >> and i wish they could hear us. we could talk to them a little bit and they could wave at us and tell us what are they thinking? they're waiting for a movie that is going to start at midnight. it's nice and not bad. sweater weather, jacket weather and that is dry out there tonight. even though we have a few clouds overhead. it's getting better in the clouds department overnight and much more sunshine for tomor

we thought today was the day we found out about westminster abby.umors are that it could be now monday lunchtime before we find this out. earlier today camill and prince charles flew into buckingham palace in their own private helicopter. there's some activity going on there. >> why is it takes so long? they were engaged in october. we only learned about it this week. why is this process being dragged out? how much places do they really have to choose from? >> it's not like your average wedding, you know. we have a few palaces. >> surely they say where might we be married one day. >> you're such a girl. i know what you mean. you wasted how how many years? get a move on. they're caught in a corner here. if they go for a big wedding which is what we all want, great. but over here in england, people are thinking do we have to pay for this? it's a double-sided coin for this. world leaders want to come to westminster abby. you have to coordinate all of this. you mentioned the cost. i saw a report that it may be split between the royal family and british

it is going to be in london, westminster abbie. but that would make the most sense.don't think they're going to do another charles and diana. westminster abbie is where the queen was married and where andrew and furnlgy got married. it will be a big, glamorous event, no doubt about that. >> what's everybody on pins and needles about? who is going to design the dress and who is going to get invited? obviously, the hottest invitation around the world. >> so impatient. the fact that they haven't announced any of that yet. a few, i'm sure, the isa is a designer that kate particularly favors and perhaps she's singled out for the designing of the dress. they'll tell us all those sort of things. a long thrill of an engagement. usually engagements are a couple months and this one will be six, seven months and that's a long, long time for us to work out all the details. but i'll tell you one thing, a huge event. there will be thousands of people in the streets behind me there waiting and i'm sure the queen and william, charles and kate will all be on that balcony behind us. t

she was spotted scouting out westminster abby yesterday. with me now is hugo vickers. ch for joining us this morning, hugo. >> it's a pleasure. >> as we said, kate spotted leaving westminster abbey. talk to us about that church and why they might pick it. >> well, it's definitely the most obvious choice. very much what you might call the royal church in london. it comes under the jurisdiction of the queen rather than the archbishop. and if i tell you that virtually every english king since william the conquerer has been crowned there. including henry the vii was buried there. and of course, there was the funeral of diana took place there in 1997. it has a lot going for it. >> would that be one of the reasons they might want to do it elsewhere because of the fact that princess diana had her funeral there. >> it could go either way, couldn't it? i would have thought in a way if you think of a church, it's a place you go for happy occasions and sad occasions and important occasions and that sort of thing. i don't think that would play against westminster abby. i think st.

>>reporter: that seems to be on westminster abby for the location of the nuptial an british prime ministeravid cameron is in talk to declare the royal wedding a public holiday. >>> the 2 biggest names in social networking are engaged. my space announce today it will be mashing with facebook new feature will allow my space users to create a personalized stream of contact in their facebook profile. first time the 2 sites found a way to share such content. >> update tonight on very brave adorable koala in australia. someone shot the baby koala named fr o t o 15 times. now after several surgery and around the clock c care, vet say they are now confident that he will recover. whhever shot him faces two years in prison. >>> approximately and it is the time muggles have been waiting for. latest harry potter movie hit theaters today anddit has brought in at least 24 million dollars. hear review from fansswho already saw it on screen coming up in the low down. >>> this is emily graae leif at sz. >> the day officially here. harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 is in theaters. for tonight low

paul's cathedral or westminster abby. and of course what will kate's wedding dress be like? prince william's grandmother, the queen, said she was absolutely delighted for them both and his father prince charles said he was thrilled added they've been practicing long enough. they have been together for eight years since kate caught william's eye while studying in scotland. kate doesn't have william's aristocratic background. her parents created a million dollar party supply company, but royal watchers say that gives her a common touch. >> of course someone wants the fairy tale princess but at least you can say she's our fairy tail princess. >> reporter: a fairy tale that is about to become reality. for kate middleton, life will never be the same again. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> the busiest travel season of the year is just a week away. if you think the airports were crowded last year it could be worse this year because of security screenings. >>> we'll be right back. >>> free rides for montgomery county school students could soon come to an end. county and state

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the venues, westminster abby or st. charles cathedral. they married in 1981. are considered the front runners. >> one sexy canadian. actor ryan reynolds this year's sexiest man alive. many comedies including the proposal with sandra bullock. the green lantern next year. he said it will give his family something else to tease him about. reynolds is married to actress scar lot johansson pretty hot himself. he can hear himself saying sexiest man, take out the garbage! >> and you can take out the garbage. >> and our own sexy man here. >> all his other chores. >> you wanna come watch me. >> that dsn't sound right. >> no. >> go ahead, mike, move on. >> let's take a look what's going on outside in the northeast whe we had a strong thunderstorm move through. 120 reports of wind damage. uprooted trees, power lines down. quite a wind-driven sysm they had there >> here at home things still pretty quiet. love this shot from mount tamalpais all the way back to sunset beach. how calm and tranqui here. los gatos, the monter and inland low to mid-60s. hour highlight, sunny to

>> i think the wedding will probably be at westminster abbie but i'm always wrong. probably westminster abbie an they have what they call a magic 400 guests to invite and i'm afraid poor kate probably won't have that many of her friends there and very royal. >> among that 400, that is dignitaries, heads of state. those are the 400 to include? >> heads of state. depending on how big an occasion it will be and then the queen's immediate family and then, of course, kate middleton's family come a little bit down the line and william determined not let them be sucked in by the royal sort of machine. i think he wants them to have a bit of a say in this. >> they seem to be making a path and diana wanted them to have a normal life as possible and continuing that path even in this engagement. >> diana said to him as a kid, you will have my engagement ring when you're grown up and he carried that through and she said to him, make sure your fiancee is your friend and what he said yesterday. >> he thinks it's going to work because they were friends first. is this a royal marria

we're talking about westminster abby. people are delighted.give something for the country to look forward to next year. in a time when there are cuts, where there is this sort of age of austerity, job losses, and the economy is in a terrible state. this is one bright beacon everyone can look forward to next summer. >> what are they saying about kate there in bucklebury? is she a favorite daughter of the town? >> reporter: she's pretty well known, yeah. and, you know, comes from a well-known family here. but by no means from a sort of aristocratic family. she comes from a middle class family, her parents michael and carol live in a nice house down the road. but they run their own business, they sell children's toys, you know, for children's parties. they are very well off, but by no means big sort of aristocr aristocratic landowners here at all. i think that's part of this enchantment with this engagement that she is someone from a fairly normal background who, you know, is going through this dramatic transformation. the name kate will be dropp

as to the venue, most people thought it probably with be westminster abby. kate middleton was snapped by photographers leaving there last week. in many ways it is the obvious place, the scene of royal coronations down the centuries and it is where the queen got married in november of 1947. so, an obvious choice in many ways. >> thank you, naomi. still to come, the smart phones left wide open to hacking. how easy it is to get into your personal fails. -- personal files. >> 48 hours after being forced to accept a massive bailout from the european union and i.m.f. the irish prime minister is coming under increasing pressure from opposition parties to dissolve parliament and hold an election immediately. on monday the irish green party announced they would pull out of the government in january. here is our ireland correspondent mark simpson. >> he is still in the job but only just. the irish prime minister is not just trying to see if the irish economy but keep his government in power. he wants to implement a new budget. he doesn't want a pre-christmas election.

the venues, westminster abby or st. charles cathedral. they married in 1981.ose are considered the front runners. >> one sexy canadian. actor ryan reynolds this year's sexiest man alive. many comedies including the proposal with sandra bullock. the green lantern next year. he said it will give his family something else to tease him about. reynolds is married to actress scar lot johansson pretty hot himself. he can hear himself saying sexiest man take out the garbage! >> and you can take out the garbage. >> and our own sexy man here. >> all his other chores. >> you wanna come watch me. >> that doesn't sound right. >> no. >> go ahead, mike, move on. >> let's take a look what's going on outside in the northeast where we had a strong thunderstorm move through. 120 reports of wind damage. uprooted trees, power lines down. quite a wind-driven system they had there. >> here at home things still pretty quiet. love this shot from mount tamalpais all the way back to sunset beach. how calm and tranquil here. los gatos, the monterey and inland low to mid-60s. hour highlig

and katie's wedding will take place, but here's a hint-- a newspaper caught kate inspecting westminster abbynouncement is expected as soon as tomorrow. that the cathedral where princess diana's funeral was held and with almost 700 years of history will make some more. if ever the phrase "bittersweet memory" could be applied to a place, it would apply to westminster abbey. yes, prince william and the rest of the world, for that matter, mourned his mother here, but there have also been 38 monarches crowned here, and any number of royal weddings, including the queen and prince phillip. there are plenty of happy memories to go along with the sad once. a more shocking revelation is that kate and william's family trees contain some surprising details and connections. kate's great-great-great-great grandfather, john harrison, it seems, labored in the grime of a coal mine owned by the family of william's great-great-great-great grandmother, francis bowes-lyon. the harrisons continued to work for the bowes-lyon through the generations until elizabeth, who would become queen, is born, and dorothy harr

it's where william may one day be crowned king there at westminster abby. >>> tom skilling did you writenvitation. >> i'll await my invitation in the mail. >> well, we wish them well. and wish you well for thanksgiving too. we've got some weather issues around the midwest. i'll tell you, the big story out there is it's cold. coldest night of the season as the snow pack up to the north is allowing the arctic air to come in here. we will stop this and show you how our models are developing prep sippation. that's noon tomorrow. then the rains come up here in the pink areas are areas of mixed precipitation. which will premarely occupy the west and northwest suburbs where there might be freezing rain mixed in. that is up through 5:00 tomorrow. then you'll see the how precipitation winds down a bit tomorrow night. there's a second wave of moisture that will come up on thanksgiving day. that intersects colder air that comes in late in the day. at that point rain would start again up. for snow in minneapolis and wisconsin. see that second l right there and how another area of precipitation devel

she was photographed coming out of westminster abby last night.ccording to the british press, it is her first choice. the prince has already returned home to a village in northern wales where they lived together. natalie morales reports. >> reporter: their engage. may have been a traditnal affair but they are a thoroughly modern royal couple. for the last eight months, they've been living as m and wife where prince william served as a helicopter pilot at the nearby royal air force base, flying search and rescue missions. >> luckily we live in the the 21st century and a lot of people live together before they marry. in this particular instance, the queen was delighted that the couple were living together. >> reporter: far away from the media glare in thi isolated and wind swept part of wales, they've been making their home in a secluded farm house, trying to lead a normal life. >> it is a long way away from the royal life and glamour surrounding that prince william is used to. they're hoping it will boost tourism. >> i think it is good news. >> rep

the wedding will be on april 29th in london's westminster abby. that's our newscast for today.nt and laura will be back on monday. the "today" show is next and will have a local news update in a half hour. have a great day.

. >> british press association said she was spotted at the westminster abby last night and that led to speculation that the abby is the front-runner for the royal wedding. they are no stranger to royalty. queen elizabeth and the queen mother were married there. that's where the funeral for william's mother, princess diana took place. >> a woman is suing after she is convicted of assaulting an off duty police officer. we will show you the video. >> the immigration fray. what he is signing up for coming up. >> the university of california regents will vote on tuition increases today. a live report is coming up. [ male announcer ] how do you say... welcome to the neighborhood. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say... can you believe it's been 20 years since college? ♪ [ male announcer ] nothing says "you're special" like boursin, a creamy, crumbly blend of real cheese and savory herbs, boursin makes any moment more memorable. even if you're saying... my mother has the kids tonight. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say boursin?

the couple will wed on april 29th at westminster abby.overnment said the day will be a public holiday. the couple chose the abby because despite the size, it has a sense of intimacy. william's grandmother and her mother married at the abby. the royal family and middletons will pay for the wedding apart from security. the queen mother better get ready for a party. grandson harry wants snoop dogg to play at william's engagement party. harry is apparently organizing the barb. tiniy is a british chart topper who promised to clear his schedule for the party. no word from snoop dogg. the party will apparently be low key with mini burgers and fish and chips. >> it will be a cool gig. >> i bet you harry can throw a party. >> 5:57 and the netherlands may send one of the biggest tourist attracts up in snoek. >> par know what you won't find at san francisco's airports. tsa agents.ho w atndthorks a what it means orr fou. next. [ male announcer ] how do you say... welcome to the neighborhood. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say... can you believe it's

prince william and katherine middleton will tie the night at westminster abby in london. it will be marked as a public holiday. royal watcher neil sean is standing by live at buckingham palace. people had a day to soak it in and absorb itting why did the couple decide on this date? >> well, royal engagements don't tend to be that long. the queen behind me is thrilled this has finally come to something. and also the fact that kate middleton waited so long. the long engagement, prince william doesn't like to rush too many things. but a spring wedding is in the cards. and everybody wants to know how the wedding will pan out. the dress, the guests. everything we do so well once a royal wedding is under way. and the price tag is $40 million. $20 million coming from taxpayers. i ess the other amount from the royal family. any pushback? any concern from every day folks about how much this wedding will cost? >> in a wedding, normally one side of the family has to pay a bulk. that ask the middletons. they're not that rich. so the queen will be picking up the most part of the tab a

and the place, westminster min westminster abby. >> this is their church and this is where they want it to take place. >> queen elizabeth's wedding and core nation were held at westminster. the church itself is steeped in history. it's been around since the 13th century. weddings cost a bit more these days. wedding of this century is expected to run about $40 million. prince charles and the middletons reportedly footing that bill. but security could cost another $20 million. and that will be up to the taxpayers. >> this wedding will contribute billions of pounds to the british economy, so i think it's great news. >> reporter: let's worry about the dress then. who is going to design it, what will it look like? >> it actually could be egg anything, but the one thing i'm pretty certain about, probably not going to look like diana's dress. >> a lot of questions to figure out. standing by live is neal sean. this is big news. we have clarification as to dates and also now to where it's going to take place, but, since there were pictures, do people have -- they had a head start knowing where

still looks like westminster abby is the most likely venue. but no official word.heard from the palace that all options are open, but the smart money is on the abbey. we're told anything there march to august, but they're looking at minimizing execue scrutiny. the queen's cal deendar is very full after april, but we'll see when they tell us. s . >> greatly appreciate it. >>> up next, former first -- up next, former first lady -- we were just trying to get your attention -- barbara bush takes a swipe at sarah palin. hear what she said about palin's potential presidential aspirations. >>> plus, not happy with your child's school picture? why not just reit toutouch that. what kind of message is this sending to kids? it is a new trend and it is our news nation's gut check. you get to chime in in three minutes. >>> time for the your bus entrepreneur of the week. jenny and ashley worked in the financial industry until both were pink slipped. jenny loved making pickles from her grandmother's recipe, so they went to pickle school and with the help of friends started miss j

he was only 15 when he followed the coffin of his mother, princess diana, into westminster abby before funeral in 1997. the historic church is right in the heart of central london, and just around the corner from buckingham palace. they also have enough room to fit 2,000 wedding guests. but it's got a rival across town. st. paul's cathedral is also in the running and it too has sweet bitter ties. it's where prince charles and princess diana walked down the aisle in 1991. that ended in a painful and public divorce. nobody wants that overshadowing the ceremony. >> it needs to be uplifting and the whole nation could be enjoying and loving it. so i think that it could be quite special. >> reporter: the royal couple is planning the wedding of the century apart. prince william has returned to whales where he is serving as a chopper pilot while kate is staying at his grandmother's pad, buckingham palace. >> nice pad. and prince william is second to line in thrown after his dad, prince charles. it will not be a former state occasion, but there's no question that it will be grand. thank you for

. >> westminster abby is the setting for the show of the century. >> couric: did you know much aboutrole on? >> i think most of my generation are not particularly focused on the royal family unless a big moment comes along. >> reporter: for george 6th who was born prince albert or bertie to his family that big moment came in 1936. his brother king edward 8th stepped down from the throne to marry a twice divorced woman, wallace simpson. >> i have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility without the help of the woman that i love. >> couric: as great britain prepared for war albert prepared to reign while fighting a more personal battle. >> i'm sure that we are all.... >> couric: trying to overcome a debilitating stammer. >> happy to feel. >> you see him running into this problem it's absolutely heart breaking. i choked up watching him. it's very moving because it's not just the struggle. it's the courage with which he deals with the struggle. he just does it. he gets on with it. he grows through the silence which probably seems like an eternity. >> the generosity

the odds-on favorites are for now may for the nuptials at westminster abby, where princess diana's funeralwas almost 13 years ago. >> and our coverage of the royal engagement will continue later in this half hour with a little more on the background of kate middleton, then of course more reaction on "america this morning" and live reports from london later today on "good morning america." >>> now to the reality tv producer charged with killing his wife. he is under arrest and due in court later this morning. bruce water recessed for redman was taken into custody yesterday at his southern california home. the arrest comes seven months after his wife's body was found at a mexican resort where the family was vacationing. his attorneys say the former "survivor" producer is not guilty and will fight extradition to mexico. >>> investigators are searching by air and by ground for that missing family of an ohio teenager who was found bound and gagged in a basement. >> and the suspect, an unemployment ex-con, went before a judge. steven portnoy is following the investigation. good morning, steven.

. >>> and a picture in front of london's westminster abby? is that where she will marry her prince. natalie takes us on a tour of the place where they call home. >>> and 250,000 ping-pong balls in the most downloaded in history. our attempt to go viral in 2010. >>> welcome to "today." i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. >> the results are not official but looks like lisa murkowski will become the first u.s. senate candidate to win a campaign in 50 years. >> what appears to be a long shot to save her senate seat, that after she was defeated by sarah palin endorsee, joe miller in the state's gop primary. we will talk to lisa murkowski straight ahead. >>> and the food you eat at the local mall food court, how safe are the items served, "today"'s investigation uncovered health violations inside some of the most popular malls in the country. >>> new details of the most bitter custody between mel gibson and his girlfriend and she sits down for an interview and describes in detail the night mel gibson allegedly hit her and why she started her private phone conversations. >> we will hea

they're saying it's going to be in london, my belief is it will probably be at westminster abby, because i don't think that where charles and diana were married is appropriate. but where the queen herself got married is appropriate. i think it will be a massive media event and there will be a lot of people wanting to catch a glimpse of the beautiful bride. >> you mentioned the queen, what do we know about her relationship with kate middleton? >> she has met kate middleton on a number of occasions. the way things work in the royal family, everything is a little bit formal. she's not staying at balmoral or at the queen's two private estates until now. but one of the reasons i believed it was going to happen before christmas is that i understood that she was going to be there this christmas with the royal family and that would be impossible unless she was actually betrothed to prince william. the queen obviously thinks she fits the bill, she's been with william for almost eight years, but now at least she will have protection, immediately, already she will have scotland yard protection with

think i'm going to hedge my bets on the june wedding and i think it's going to be at westminst westminster abbys a wonderful day in london. it's very happy news, it's beautiful weather and a very, very happy couple. >> very happy couple. the ring is glowing, there's a picture of it. can we talk about the ring, katie? >> the ring is huge. i got a good look at it today, it's beautiful, it's been cleaned up and polished and it's a beautiful blue sapphire, and she chose to wear royal blue today by her favorite designer and it complemented, the dress complemented the ring, she looked stunning. it is of course princess diana's engagement ring. 2011 is a significant year, it would have been her 50th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of her marrying prince charles and i think that's why he chose 2011. >> so much significant next year for this couple obviously. let's talk about this engagement, we heard they got engaged on safari in october, they kept it a secret. i'm not sure how. i'm sure that ring was burning a hole in his rucksack. >> the poor boy, he was absolutely terrified of losing it. but th

prince william has also said to favor westminster abbi as the location that is where the queen herself nancy jeffrey a. a senior editor at "people" magazine. good morning to both of you. he wants a low key affair with a billion people watching. >> i don't think there's any chance of that. the most coveted wedding. we're fascinated by royalty. this is the famous of them out there today. >> you covered this couple from the beginning, when they were friends and started to date one another. you say that william may i guess revel in the fact that he took people off guard. >> what's amazing about this story, they were dating for eight years. everyone expected them to get engaged but when the moment came, they took the world by surprise. if you were watching william yesterday, he was very pleased with himself that he pulled it off. >> the bride glowed but in this case it was the groom was glow. what do you think of the way she handled herself? her body language seemed comfortable. >> she handled herself with incredib incredible pois and confidence. when you watched them yesterday, you could s

. >> reporter: kate middleton was spotted leaving westminster abby.ueling speculation that will be the choice for the royal wedding. as she remains in london, prince william returned back to work at the royal air force base and here is where they will spend their first years of life as a married couple. their engagement may have been a traditional affair but kate and william are a thoroughly modern couple. the last eight months they have been living as man and wife where prince william serves as a helicopter pilot on an air force pilot on a rescue mission. >> luckily we live in the 21st century and a lot of people live together before they're married. i think in this instance, the queen was delight. >> reporter: far away from the media glare and in this insulated part of lake wales, they've been trying to lead a normal life, shopping at the local supermarket and picking up a takeout dinner and having an occasional drink at the pub. >> she was here for a good hour. it was quite pleasing to have them in the establishment. >> reporter: it's a long way aw

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