beatification, a key step toward john paul becoming a saint. at his funeral in 2005, the crowd chanted for sainthood immediately, a process often decades long. john paul was an enormously popular figure, a global icon, after becoming the youngest pope in more than a century. >> he reinvented the papacy in many ways. >> reporter: but critics also say he didn't act swiftly enough to address the still unfolding sexual abuse scandal rocking the church. thousands of alleged victims and priests involved. the church has said overall john paul led a saintly life. >> i think that grown-ups recognize that even saints have blind spots, and i think that john paul ii did not realize the extent of the sex abuse. >> reporter: an unresolved issue still lingering as the church celebrates this joyous day of the year. ron allen, nbc news, new york. >>> this friday astronaut mark kelly will command a shuttle mission, and his wife plans to be at the launch. we got a fuller picture today of what life is like for gabrielle giffords, the congresswoman shot in the head

[applause] >> thank you john paul. our next speaker is maggie omara and she's a senior transportation engineer with caltran and advises the department on best practices for pedestrian and bicycle travel and for accommodating travel and provides systems to district design staff in solution of problems and for bicycle and pedestrian design standards, maggie. >> thank you, i am so honored to be here. there should be a slide show that will be playing, and i can't see it, so i will have to trust that it's working. i work at caltran's in sacramento at the headquarters level. i am at the corporate level and i don't get involved in district projects that often. on occasion i do, i work at the policy level, and do draft changes to the manuals and move us away from all cars all the time and towards a complete street perspective. and i comment on national guidance documents such as ashto guides and i provide input to the policy documents. and i do provide some technical assistance to the districts, and on occasion, they will ask

one more miracle would now be required for sainthood for john paul. a near-miracle has already occurred. the vatican says many of rome's hotels have agreed not to raise their room rates during the celebration. that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. there's much more on our web site, includg more of our interview with father james martin about the movie "of gods and men." you can comment on all of our stories and share them. audio and video podcasts are also available. you can follow us on facebook and twitter, find us on youtube, and watch us anytime, anywhere on smart phones and iphones with our mobile web app. join us at pbs.org. ♪ >>> major funding for religion and ethics newsweekly is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis-based private family foundation dedicated to its founders interest in region, community development, and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual, and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting.

. >>> in other news, the late john paul ii has been given a feast day by the vatican. it's october 22nd, the day on which he became pope. masses will now be held in his honor on that day in rome and poland. if pope john paul ii becomes a saint, as is widely expected, his feast day will be celebrated worldwide. >>> on our calendar this week, the baha'i holiday, ridvan. the 12-day celebration commemorates the baha'i prophet baha'u'llah's announcement in 1863 that he was the new messenger of god. for jews passover begins at sundown monday with the seder, the special meal remembering god's leading the jews out of slavery in egypt. the exodus story tells how god punished the egyptians for not freeing the jews by killing their firstborn sons. but he passed over the homes of the jews, which they had marked with lamb's blood. every element of the seder symbolizes part of the exodus story, as described for us by rabbi sharon brous of ikar, a jewish group in los angeles dedicated to social justice. >> passover is the centerpiece of the jewish moral imagination and the jewish col

beat john paul's design and count down signals and pedestrian signals, and one of our challenges with our key corridor and 19th avenue and van ness, that are state highways and getting the state to approve those, are those approved by the state or something that we need to petition on an intersection by intersection basis? >> my speciality is geometric design, i heard a conversation about count down signals, and maybe someone else knows more than me. and that's our operation department, we are very stove pipe, the person that can tell you that is richard hagston at headquarters and i believe my e-mail addresses on the hand out, and you just type in richard_ hagston and get in touch with him and he will tell you about the latest and greatest, but it has caught our attention, we were slow on the uptake. >> i had a question about pedestrian bulb outs and having those pictures of kids crossing the intersection and it seems that in san francisco we are schizophrenic about site lines at intersections, and i am pedestrian advocate and a greening advocate. and i know that you can't plant a tr

the pope will bee at my pope john paul ii the eventual step before sainthood. lisa argen joins us this morning and not exactly a bright, sunny day. >> live cameras in london and all over europe but we're stuck in the midst of this dreary weather pattern. it will continue throughout tomorrow, but we will see a little lull in the action later on today. right now, you can see a little hint of sun from emeryville. we do have sunshine up in santa rosa. we've had throughout the bay area but wet weather continues in san francisco. also at the airport. you see the drops on the lens there. the airport has delays of over an hour, about an hour and seven minutes. with all that moisture. temperatures have dropped. it's muggy and mid and upper 50s mountain view 59. 59 in san jose with san francisco coming in at 64 degrees. clouds and drizzle and light shower activities throughout the day today. that is going to increase by tomorrow because tomorrow there is stronger system that is going to move our way. here is a look at satellite and radar composite. moist flow continues f

that being said, i would like to go back to something that john paul mentioned in our earlier item when we talked about change. to me, what a planning department and commission does is to affect change. we are and trimming -- instrument of change. this project is a perfect example. this was envisioned as an airport. probably john stuart, i do not know if he is still in the room, we may have been the only two that were there at the fair. and still remember it. i served my naval air duties at hangar two. they change from the previous period when i had my business, i did at all of my party is at the chapel at the officer's club. now we are considering another change. that is exactly what planning does. it a effectuates change. this is an evolution. this is the way things happen. i do not find it unusual at all that we are contemplating these massive acres of recreation and open space land of a community of up to 8000 units where we complained that we are supposed to come up for san francisco, absorber population. we complain that we have no place to put them. here is a place to put it. and

. >>> and john paul's beatification ceremony will be held tomorrow in vatican city. >> with john paul ii the meeting was always about you. >> reporter: the saint making process involving two miracles in john paul's case. one of those miracles is the curing of a nun with parkinson's disease. >>> if you have plans outside, it's going to be beautiful. >> good morning to you. we are mild out there this morning. warmer than where we started yesterday. plenty of sunshine.  great day for flip-flops. and giving you a look if case you're going to the great ridge event. opening day at the bay this weekend as well. through the next hour or so temperatures sitting in the mid- upper 50s. 10 to 15 degrees warmer than yesterday i may add if you are just joining us. mid-60s inland and for the afternoon 60s and 70s. 76 in concord, 69 expected for the afternoon in san francisco. extended forecast here, nice and dry and warmer as we move along. sunday into monday 80s in the forecast. low 80s on tuesday. 86 expected in your forecast come midweek wednesday. >> looks great. and today is going to be great

since the thousands of people from poland heading to rome for the beatification of pope john paul two the second many more are expected to fill squares in terms of course poland before the serbian video screens pope benedict the sixteenth will be out of ties predecessor in a special ceremony on sunday it's the last full step for possible center. oh this is that was money throwing through the land of opportunity but it's still ending up there is in the hands of the same wealthy few where journalist or half of this is in new york to ask people where why. economy continues to cause a lot of people a lot of difficulties and yet the rich keep getting richer are you ok with that this week let's talk about that well i mean we have to talk about what is actually defined rich i mean for people to say that families making two hundred fifty k. year combined being rich as some people define rich is completely absurd lower middle class although we don't see it there's a lot of work they have to do you don't get rich overnight dealing the people on wall street are working harder than you are no i d

paul the second many more expecting to fill squares and towns across poland following the ceremony of large video screens pope benedict the sixteenth will bad if i his predecessor in a special ceremony sunday it's the last formal step before a possible sainthood. millions watched the new royal highland large library but there were a few dozen or more likely to have caught the ceremony on t.v. they're the ones arrested preemptively by police across was written to keep them from causing trouble during the wedding or about a five officer in so as the approach was far too heavy handed they have to take measures to protect the event problem any such terrorist groups particularly irish republican dissidents or middle eastern terrorist groups and i don't think anyone complains about the fact that they're trying to stop and did stop protestors x. right exercising their right to freedom of expression around the world waiting is of a much greater concern because the police are talking about such squads and during raids and there's the sort of measures that are you do you think countries like sy

of people from poland heading to rome on trains planes and automobiles with you have occasional pope john paul the second many more are expected to fill squares and towns across poland's to follow the ceremonial large video screens pope and sixteen for beatified predecessor a special ceremony sunday this is the last full step with all possible sent but. there's not much money flowing through the land of opportunity these days but it's still ending up in the hands of the same wealthy few that that is where journalists are half and this is in new york to ask people with why. economy continues to cause a lot of people a lot of difficulties and yet the rich keep getting richer are you ok with that this week let's talk about that well i mean we have to talk about what is actually defined rich i mean for people to say that families making two hundred fifty k. a year combined being rich as some people define rich is completely absurd lower middle class well though we don't see it there's a lot of work they have to do you don't get rich overnight you think do you think the people on wall street a

paul the second many more are expected to fill squares in towns across poland following the ceremony on larger video screens pope benedict is external data high his predecessor in a special ceremony sunday it's the last formal step before the possibility of sainthood. and millions watched the new royal couple tie the knot in london yesterday and there were a few dozen who were unlikely to have caught the ceremony on t.v. they're the people arrested preemptively by police across britain to stop them from causing any trouble during the wedding but former m i five intelligence officer and a can says the approach was far too heavy handed. they have to take measures to protect the event from any such terrorist groups particularly irish republican dissidents or middle eastern terrorist groups and i don't think anyone complains about the fact that they're trying to stop stop protestors xor exercising their right to freedom of expression around the world waiting is of much greater concern because the police are talking about such squads raids and in fact this is the sort of measures that are

paul and on yourself. like the french unlike the price of the fence was asleep again and he's going up in one rob rising prices get his head on it move up to six or spot i've only run when from their first ivy league match he's cocky and stated the side to the full price finish last season but things are looking pretty bleak for the muscovites at the moment. well scientists see a scar there top of the wing simulate trying to tell man rubin markham's always is first off the flag to chop food in gold but to get the he calls to put the hind side ahead then see do was in the right place at the right time to make a signal shortly after the break and it's six minutes to go groupies day went from bad to worse after defender salvatore kitty picked up to quit yellow cards seeing red men from sleeping to seventh in the table. clearly identified had temporarily gone up after being free wonder struggling and alexi you know making the most of some suspect. of his head there after twenty minutes and it didn't take them

. >> the obama administration imposed -- >>> at the vatican the tomb of the late john paul ii was opened today. seven cardinals removed the simple wooden coffin. it was then taken to st. peters basilica. it is part of the edification. >>> huge boulders the size of trucks fell more than a mile below the crater. one scientist said the smaller rocks are the size of rocks. several people were evacuated earlier this week. the volcano is just about 80 miles from ecuador's capital. >> fans of the fast and furious brought their own fast cars to the drive-in in concord. >> we do a movie ride to get all the car clubs together and get everybody together in a nice peaceful environment to come watch good movies. >> reporter: the scene in the parking lot almost took the attention away from the movie. police also showed up and told everyone that movie scenes are staged and they do not want people recreating the stunts on the movie. >>> another gold rush and it's not just the high price. what else is fueli >>> california could be on the verge of another gold rush. the enthusiasm comes as the gold rush h

paul the second many more are expected to fill squares in towns across poland following the ceremony on the large screens pope benedict the sixteenth will be at a fire his predecessor in a special ceremony sunday that's the last formal step before the possibility of seeing. millions watched a new royal couple tie the knot in london but there are a few dozen other likely to have caught the ceremony on t.v. they're the ones arrested preemptively by police across britain to keep them from causing trouble during the wedding for more of my five officer says the approach was far too heavy handed they have to take measures to protect the event from any such terrorist groups irish republican dissidents or middle eastern terrorists groups and i don't think anyone complains about that the fact that they're trying to stop and did stop protestors x. right exercising their right to freedom of expression around the world wedding is of much greater concern because the police were talking about snap squads raids and there's the sort of measures that are indeed used in countries like syria but we use

paul ii. the adification is a step toward saint. >>> a cyclone fence went up today on around burnett. lead hospitality is the owner of the concord hotel. officials are trying to find other accommodations for guests who had reservations there. >>> either i'm going to get physically assaulted or sexually assaulted or worse. >>> threatening words from a patient at a mental bay area hospital. and find out why sh >>> it's a place for the mentally ill to get treatment and care, but in many cases both patients and those who work there are getting hurt. violence, sexual assault, even murder it's all happening at a bay area mental hospital. and in tonight's special report, ktvu's john sasaki investigates if enough is being done to protect patients and workers from predators. >>> the proported mission of the mental hospital is to protect and heal. but just about everyone there says it's failing miserably. >> i was assaulted many times. >> it's like psychological rape on a daily basis. >> reporter: last

. >> the obama administration imposed -- >>> at the vatican the tomb of the late john paul ii was opened today. seven cardinals removed the simple wooden coffin. it was then taken to st. peters basilica. it is part of the edification. >>> huge boulders the size of trucks fell more than a mile below the crater. one scientist said the smaller rocks are the size of rocks. several people were evacuated earlier this week. the volcano is just about 80 miles from ecuador's capital. >> fans of the fast and furious brought their own fast cars to the drive-in in concord. >> we do a movie ride to get all the car clubs together and get everybody together in a nice peaceful environment to come watch good movies. >> reporter: the scene in the parking lot almost took the attention away from the movie. police also showed up and told everyone that movie scenes are staged and they do not want people recreating the stunts on the movie. >>> another gold rush and it's not just the high price. what else is fueling the fever. >>> warm weather for your weekend. bill martin is back in five minutes with where the

paul ii. the adification is a step toward saint. >>> a cyclone fence went up today on around burnett. lead hospitality is the owner of the concord hotel. officials are trying to find other accommodations for guests who had reservations there. >>> either i'm going to get physically assaulted or sexually assaulted or worse. >>> threatening words from a patient at a mental bay area hospital. and find out why she's not alone. >>> bill martin is working on his five day forecast, wait until you see what his forecast for this weekend is. >>> it's a place for the mentally ill to get treatment and care, but in many cases both patients and those who work there are getting hurt. violence, sexual assault, even murder it's all happening at a bay area mental hospital. and in tonight's special report, ktvu's john sasaki investigates if enough is being done to protect patients and workers from predators. >>> the proported mission of the mental hospital is to protect and heal. but just about everyone there say

. >>> seven cardinals kissed the coffin of pope john paul and said prayers. >>> the army private charged with leaking government secrets has been found mentally competent to start trial. bradley manning underwent an evaluation by a panel of experts. he is suspected of illegally passing documents to wikileaks. manning was transferred to fort leving worth kansas where he will be allowed to mix with other inmates. he had been in isolation. >> i could reallily do is really do is grab what was left and make it to my friends who brought me up. it came back a second time. >> reporter: one of his friend fought off that shark while others helped him to the surface as he pretty much held the flesh on his leg together. he was very lucky and that he should regain full use of his leg -- doctors say he was very lucky and that she should regain full use of his leg. >>> we have reported several times in recent months about the violence in that pa state hospital. in tonight's special report, what some people say may be behind at least some of those attacks. >>> and the bay area weekend is here, i'll show

paul -- john podhoretz. >> host: kevin williamson, what is socialism? >> guest: the public provision of goods and use of central planning to get that done. >> host: the public provision of nonpublic goods. put that into english. >> guest: sure. in economics there is the definition of what is a public good and a public good is something that is long rivalrous in consumption and mullen come non-excludable if the product is rivalrous for consume one unit there's one less for you. if i eat amine go there's one lesson the world to consume a mile of highway isn't like that. if i drive a mile of highway there's still a model for you to drive through. it's not rivalrous. exclude ability as we debate could to pay for it main goal is another good example. a food stand by you by mining the ore don't buy my me know if you don't buy it you can't have it but if you have a defense system you can't really do it that way because if someone in the metal isn't paying you still have to keep the missiles from landing there or if you're doing mosquitos paying late in delhi a

john paul ii warned of the death of a true freedom and observed that for itself and needs to be set free. the pope visited our nations * he said, "the united states is the only superpower. today they leave the world and nobody has doubts about it militarily. they also lead economically but. they are getting weak don't lead morally and politically anymore. the world has no leadership. the united states was always the last resort and hope for all other nations. it was the hope whenever something was going wrong, one could count on the united states. today, we have lost that hope." i have not. my sense from traveling the country is neither of the american people. they are bursting at the seams to have a leader believes in them and in our country again. in his farewell address to the nation, president reagan reminded us of this when he told the story of the uss midway that was patrolling the south china sea in the early 1980's. a sailor on the midway sought a tiny boat filled with refugees from indochina. a rescue launch was sent to them. as the american came into view, one of the refugees s

she also hired john paul again, architect friend to put together and design lets a the gravesite and i am sure most of you have been to arlington cemetery to see it and then request that she is buried there with she dies in 1994 and -- due to the full member of not in france or greece but to be buried with her husband and the two children that she lost. patrick and a stillborn daughter from the '50s. where does jacqueline kennedy fall when it comes to literature about first ladies? you may come next week for eleanor roosevelt but first ladies in the modern era those of us to steady first lady's we put eleanor roosevelt in her own category. she is unto herself. no one like her before or after but for those ladies to come after i maintain she is a bridge first lady because she bridges the gap between the very traditional ladies' of bess truman and mamie eisenhower but the most modern first lady beginning with lady bird johnson, they have had public policy that they have worked on in their husbands administration. if it said name that policy, for every first lady 10 or more could say ex

paul ii. >> rose: i have to go back to ben. ben, you've been listening to this, will you settle it for he? >> there's no settling. this is something that the arab revolutionings that we've seen beginning in tunisia in january as we're looking into unknown territory. it's very hard to predict. but certainly what we've seen is this outpouring of emotion, of ideals that we haven't seen in the middle east and the arab world i don't think ever and it's hard to predict where it's going. we should hope for the best. what i saw in tunisia, what i saw in tahrir square in egypt was something that gives me great hope. yes, there's the possibility for instance in egypt that the muslim brotherhood could hijack the revolution but what i saw was thousands of young people who are not members of the muslim brotherhood, who are not even supporters of the muslim brotherhood who have made it clear that their idea of the revolution was not to bring in some sort of islamic state. their idea was democracy, freedom of the press and human dignity. so i

next week the pope will preside over an beatification event for the late john paul ii. the first step on the way to being canonized as a saint. >>> people celebrate easter in all sorts of way, going to church, easter egg hunts to name a few. but others are celebrating in less-conventional ways. like this drive-through church in stockton. church volunteers flagging down cars to drive through for blessings and pairs. the church said it was not about recruiting new members, just a way to reach out to the community. and a church in tennessee is giving out more than blessings this easter weekend. the overcoming believers church in knoxville gave away $10,000 worth in gas. people waited for over three hours to get a free fill-up and have their windows washed. the second year in a row the church has held the giveaway. >>> and the attack of the peep, a group of friends went to one home in the middle of the night to litter a lawn with 100 easter peeps. put on skewers and stuck in the lawn. >>> the holiday spring break for kids in the bay area, when some return to cool, they coul

the pope will return to the square in a week to beatify pope john paul ii, the last formal step before eventual sainthood, rather. lisa argen is here. >> looks nice there, the weather. short sleeves. not here. we are looking at the drizzle, the mist this morning. temperatures are in the 50's and emeryville live shot. 54 in oakland. more clouds today. better chance of rain coming your way tomorrow. forecast coming up. >> also next, back to l.a. the sharks struggle on home ice. mike shuman has the highlights coming up in this morning's sports. if your racing thoughts keep you awake... sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here, on the wings of lunesta. lunesta helps you fall asleep and stay asleep, so you can wake up feeling rested. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion

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. >>> and final preparations are under way for tomorrow's beatification of pope john paul ii. on friday, his casket was removed for public viewing at st. peters basilica. beatification is the final step before sainthood. >>> and finally, the alaska zoo is looking for a home for this polar bear cub, that is now believed to be orphaned. this cub was rescued on friday at this oil field where it was first spotted with its mother several weeks ago. that's a quick look at the headlines. >>> time for the weather and jackie meretsky. >> thank you, ron, again. when you have to blow up levees, you know the flooding situation is serious. let's look at video from pocahontas, arkansas. that is in northeastern arkansas. basically, because of a series of heavy rainfall, from april 22nd to the 27th, this is what you got. and more rain on the way. basically, the worst flooding is in six states. from illinois and indiana, all the way down through arkansas. that's where 18 river gauges are in major flooding. and more rain on the way. that will be in the ohio river valley by sunday.ur this weathe

and paul jennings was enslaved to the madisons, john and dolly madison. now, he was there when they burnt down the white house. in fact, the very day that 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 actually 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 actually the first memoir won by somebody who actually worked in the white house. then he talks about his relationship with dolly madison which is interesting because when madison died, there had been a promise that he would be freed. dolly didn't free him. and it took him a while, up until 1847, for him to actually make enough money to buy his freedom. but then he talked later how dolly madison went into very hard times because all her friends and family abandoned her, and he actually had to bring her food, had to give her money, had to help take care of her, right? the wo

." >> safer: just 380 years later, in 1992, pope john paul ii apologized for the galileo affair. his successor, benedict xvi, has sought middle ground in the centuries-old skirmishes between the church and science. in a recent sermon, he said even the big bang theory of the creation of the universe is not in conflict with faith because god's mind was behind it. >> this is the tricky, the tricky part... >> safer: and backstage at the pope's library, science is brought to bear on crumbling books, as restoration workers deal with water damage, mold and the ravages of time. it seems endless, this work, yes? >> angela nunez gaetan: it's endless, yes, obviously. >> safer: angela gaetan and the others go inch by inch, patching and strengthening ancient pages, scratching off paste put on by well-meaning restorers centuries ago-- paste that's turning acid, eating away at the page. mario tiburzi seldom reads what he's repairing-- it's too distracting, especially if the writer happens to be michelangelo. >> mario tiburzi: when i work on the michelangelo papers, it was the same that i work o

john paul ii warned and said that freedom itself needed to be set free. "the united states is the only superpower. today, they lead the world. nobody has doubts about it, militarily. they also lead economically, but they are getting week. but they do not lead morally and politically anymore. the world has no leadership. the united states has always -- was always the last resort and hope for all other nations. there was the hope, whenever something was going wrong, that one could count on the united states. today, we have lost that hope." but i have not. my sense from traveling the country is neither have the american people. they're bursting of the seems to have a leader who believes in them and in our country again. in his farewell address to the nation, president reagan reminded us of this when he told the story of the uss midway that was patrolling the south china sea in the early-1980's. a sailor saw a tiny boat filled with refugees from indochina. a rescue lodge was sent to them. as the american came into view, one of the refugees smiled and shouted

so brad paul. john manley. >> basically this complex will cause -- it already causes a lot of parking problems and things like that whenever any event goes on. the entire project is oversized for the location and it does affect safety and safety is one of the major issues and parking is a huge problem in the area. and for any time the staff picked up 10 parking spots in the community by themselves with just staff members. so that and the heighth and the direction of where the gym is going to be, it's actually going to make by backyard a lightbulb area totally lit by the gym because that is basically right in my lot. and personally if the plan was the same going north and south the way it is now, it would be more appropriate and keep the open space and so forth available there. secondly the site of it is way too high for the neighborhood. it dwarfs everything around it and really we need your insight and professionalism to show that this is just out of character for the neighborhood and is going to

there's even an official facebook page for next sunday's beatification of pope john paul ii. >> this section has features such as the closest synagogue to you. >> reporter: barry swartz's company rusty brick develops primarily jewish apps including this hebrew prayer book. >> this knowledge is helping people observe their faith. it's not replacing anything. instead of using a paper prayer book it's letting them open up a digital prayer book which shows them what they have to say for that day. >> reporter: except on the sabbath and holidays like today. >> if you open it up tonight and you look at it, it will gray out the evening services and you won't be able to click on it because evening services happens to be on a holiday where you're not allowed to use technology. >> reporter: the fact is religion has always made use of technology, even before a man named gutenberg created movable type and published his revolutionary version of the bible. but today, it seems, we've become one nation under god and google. welcome to life church dot-tv. they match their internet ads to google's sear

. >>> thousands of pilgrims gathering in rome to witness pope john paul ii's bee beatification this sunday. the process began with the removal of his coffin from the vat kin's crypt. the late pope will have the status of blessed. >>> newlyweds prince william and kate middleton have left buckingham palace. their honeymoon spot is still on secret, and it is on hold right now, because prince william will return to military duty on monday. that is a short little recovery period. fireworks outside of buckingham palace toasted the newlyweds following a private dinner and dance last night after sharing their wedding with an estimated 2 billion people around the world. the duke and duchess of cambridge, now officially known, shared not one, but two sweet kisses. on the other side of the pond, wedding watchers got the full royal treatment at the britannia arms in san jose. >>> and we are going to have some more news coming up and more on the fabulous weather forecast. also, the sharks opening up their second round playoff series against the detroit red wings last night. we'll show you the unlikely

. >> not too long after that there was an assassination attempt on pope john paul. >> john paul ii was the target. >> people are wondering, what's going on in our world? >> good morning. a splendid morning. >> it is as they say a splendid morning. >> then the summer of 1981. it's charles and diana. >> we were on the edge of our seats, just because it was such a great show. and nobody does spectacle like the british royal family. >> we had been through so many big events. >> we made history. we covered history. >> there had been no bigger audience than the wedding of charles and diana. >> people waiting in the church didn't have the seat that we had. we had the front row seat. >> tom brokaw and jane pauley, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> brings back memories. >> it does. good and bad memories. >> 1981, tom. you're on "today," but your background, you were a white house correspondent. your boss comes up and says, we're going to cover the royal wedding. initial reaction? >> i had not been a royal enthusiast but it was one of the greatest weeks of my life. i had such a good time

paul last ran for the republican nomination in 2008 losing to john mccain. ron paul's likely announcement comes one day after mississippi governor barber said he won't be a candidate next year. the 63-year-old republican says he just isn't feeling the fire in the belly to run. the announcement comes as a surprise to many because barberry cently visited several states with early presidential contests. the governor says he will continue his current job and work hard to get a republican in the white house next year. >>> this morning we are waiting to hear if the nfl is open for business. yesterday a judge ordered an immediate end to the lockout. but right away the league asked for a stay of the ruling while they appeal. now the players' fate is in the hands of the eighth district court of appeal. meanwhile oakland and san francisco are preparing for the loss of revenue if there's no 2011 season. >> millions of dollars probably in the order of $20 million to $30 million just in that kind of spending by the fans. >> the players association has advised players to