and how that evolves fascinates me the other thing interesting to me is england to the ayman, england is half. almost all histories of britain tend to be of britain or the united kingdom. they uncomfortably include dublin ireland and england and as if you write the history of america you had to cover mexico and canada. we really do. it was not a history and you get a different view of england because it is anglo-saxon and substantial migrant population is still very much england and if you go to scotland or other a lot of people think they are all british. you are not british when you leaving went to go abroad and i was trying to draw that lastrence out in this book. summer prior to the election he used the term anglo-saxon and that raised some eyebrows. why? >> because there's a kind of political correctness of route that now. we have to pretend that we are one country. now ireland is gone, scotland is going there will be three other countries in the british isles and i think that we can adjust to that but no, it is unfortunate. >> go back to scotland. >> will be in a different relat

much as people legend. >> 50 million people or so living in england now. how many of those people are in london, and is london influence outsized in this nation? >> he would have to ask about the precise number people in london. i think it is something in the order of 13 million but i may be a couple million now. but whatever the number, the important thing is that the influence of london, the ora of london has for the last 2,000 years shaped the perception of england and is also shaped the nature from the climate that's always been in every sense of the nation and the centrality changing over the next few. >> as you write your history of england, how much of that history is legal history? >> i hope not much as it has been in the first couple of volumes where the monarchs play a much larger role in the history than they do in the later centuries. as we go forward into the 18th and 19th and 20th century the role of the monarchies lessons become almost invisible. >> so we talk about the victorian era. will be at some point talk about the qe2 era? the queen e

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flood watches go from georgia up through new england. potential for some flooding but not catastrophic or epic or anything like that. just localized flooding concerns. middle of the country is calm but we'll warm it up and heat it up too. especially in the desert southwest all the way to texas. by the time we get to saturday new england will clear out and everyone will look for a pretty decent sunday out there. again andrea will be gone by saturday afternoon. >> thanks. time for entertainment. it will be an interesting mix at the box office this weekend as comedy goes up against horror. wedding crashers reunite as middle aged google trainees in the internship. all crime becomes legal in the violent thriller the purge. plus the highly-anticipated modern adaptation of shake disappear's much ado about nothing. >>> the ceo of aeg said he never consulted with doctors about michael jackson's health. jackson's son prince michael jackson has cancelled his trip to europe so he can be with his sister paris as she recovers. >>> jennifer lawrence is

simon jenkins is the author of many books including battle for the fault land and a short history of england. >> now joining us from london on book tv is simon jenkins. here is a little bit about our guest before we get started in our chat with him. he served as the editor of the evening standard newspaper as well as editor of the times of london as well. he served as a columnist for that paper and also worked with the as political editor and he is a huffingtonpost.com blogger and the former chairman of the national trust here in england and he is the author of several books. he's written about the war and about newspapers, imperialism, race relations, government policy. three of your latest books include churches, margaret thatcher and a history of

hours after his arrest, hernandez was released by the new england patriots. i want to bring in michael floria. mike, thanks for being up with us this morning. describe time line that officials say they put together on this case. >> well, it was a very detailed presentation of a minute by minute account of what happened at least, what prosecutors believe what happened on the night odin lloyd was killed. through the use of text messages sent by aaron hernandez, text messages sent by odin lloyd, surveillance cameras not only at

we are english and we stay in england. we don't wander the world and link people. and flirting with their sons. we don't do that. there's a lot more to the story. much more. >> didn't his mother save this incredible phrase in response to you and his courtship of you or your courtship with him, better a negress that a jew? >> it is loaded in so many ways. the thing about calling women something, and a baby was a baby woman, so yes, and this was my mother-in-law. and eight presence for hanukkah for each of three grandchildren is 24 and mailed them from england and they are softball. she did say that and was told she was brought up that way in a small village in wales where she definitely met jews and in england they were about centuries with note jews in england and kicked out in the middle ages from york and a lot of the literature has illusions to jews and very negative ones and she learned prejudicial things my father experience in eastern europe. and try to beat him up and say that he drank christian blood. i don't know what her particular images were but she fel

what is going on at the all england club is astounding. to realize that rafael nadal went out in round one. the stennis world was up -- the tennis world was up in arms. they seeded him number 5. only wimbledon can make decisions on how they seed people. all other grand slams go with the rankings, but not wimbledon. they seeded him number 5. they say we want to see these two in the quarters. you are not seeing these two at all. roger federer is done and out. and this morning, maria sharapova is out with an injury. they are all out. i don't know. no need to watch that now. we will come -- actually the testimony is about to get underway in central florida. we will have that for you right after this. for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/bayarea. and the trial of george zimmerman. this is rachel genteel previously known as witness number eight. she was believed to be on the phone with trayvon moments before his death. don west, not mark o'mara, but don west is doing the questions on cross. he established they were friends off and on sin

a cold front is bringing rain in new england. rains will pick up when andrea arrives later today that's when the heavy rain adds up. up to three inches in areas of new england, boston province and an inch to two inches for the big city in philly, baltimore and d.c. that's pretty much the heavy rain threat during the day today. middle of the country you're looking pretty dry and nice. southeast isolated chance of a storm this afternoon but nothing like what you saw yesterday. as far as the weekend goes the heat is going to build from arizona through the inner mountain west, temperatures above 110 in some spots of arizona. typical showers and storms. if we get any severe weather over the weekend we'll watch the central plains saturday into sunday. >> thanks. time for entertainment. it will be an interesting mix at the box office this weekend as comedy goes up against horror. wedding crashers reunite as middle aged google trainees in the internship. all crime becomes legal in the violent thriller the purge. plus the highly-anticipat

and in england the government would ensure surely the rates of corporate taxation personal taxation public expenditure levels etc were so low that the scottish government would have no alternative even if they were enthusiastic about doing so which they are of following them to the bottom which point what price the so-called progressive even socialist independent scotland that's projected by supporters of the s.n.p. what price that you would have to. free market friedman night monetarist governments chasing each other to the bottom and i think the time would come quite soon that the scottish people would rule the day that they had broken up this country in my last point is less powerful now than it once was but it remains i think a fact that in these storm tossed times to get out of an ocean liner and get into a rowing boat which is why our country of five million with the only population in western europe that's actually falling which is four thousand miles of coastline oil and gas fast running out and huge tracts of the country empty. that would be a very perilous choice for the s

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. >> reporter: and from the glory of the gridiron to the jailhouse, former new england patriots star aaron hernan disis charged with first-degree murder. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 27th, >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 27th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, supporters of same-sex marriage say they have more work to do, but this morning they're celebrating two landmark supreme court decisions. in one the court ruled legally married same-sex couples are entitled to the same federal benefits as straight couples. another court ruling paved the way for resumption of same-sex marriages in california. jan crawford begins our coverage. >> fighting for the wars says the 1996 marriage defensive act that denied federal benefits to legally married same-sex couple had one purpose, one effect, to impose a disadvantage, a separate status and so a stigma to those made it lawful by the unquestioned authority of the states. it tells those couples and all the world that they're otherwise valid

the rain is moving into central and northern new england. more showers across boston and new england do have flood watches up throughout the day today. we are going to see the threat of possibly severe thunderstorms, anywhere from new england down into the gulf coast states. biggest threat would be for moderate hail and also damaging wind gusts with the isolated thunderstorms. we're also focusing on the heat. we are looking at dangerous heat in the southwest, all through the weekend. look at some of the high temperatures for today. palm springs, about 112. death valley will be up around 130 degrees this weekend. that's just, you know, jumping into an oven. that is hot for even them. >> can you cook an egg? >> i can cook an egg. >> you mean in that temperature? >> i'm glad you can. i mean -- >> we'll try it. >> maybe after the show, we can test your egg cooking skills. dylan, thank you very much. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," governor rick perry on the offensive about state senator wendy davis' abortion stance and did

they beat england by five runs in the final at birmingham. the match had been reduced due to bad weather. delay,r a five-hour rain the covers came off in birmingham. , india -- thee tournament-leading runner could only manage 31. continued to be a danger. he got 43. from the 20 on 129 overs. had beentrott england's highest scorer but was stopped at 20. he added some resurgence to slow building angling -- innings from england. but he would be one of two wickets in a crucial 18th over. england was running out of balls to reach the target and was still losing wickets. they needed a six off the last ball, but james treadwell could not do it. that meant india had won the final by five runs. >> this means a lot. playing against some of the best sides. the kind of match we had one. is somethingnd that is very difficult. >> world cup holders india showing their dominance by lifting the champions trophy. -- a reporter had watched the final. >> this final may have been played in the english city of birmingham, but over the half -- half the fans in the

police in massachusetts search the home of new england patriots' tight end aaron hernandez after a body's discovered near his home. >>> back out to allen. bang. tied game with five seconds remaining! >> and miami heat avoid elimination and head to game seven with a classic over the san antonio spurs. captioning funded by cbs >> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, june 19th, 2013. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, president obama is in berlin this morning where he will call for a major reduction of american and russian nuclear weapons. the president's one-day stop in germany includes a meeting with the german president. mr. obama will make his case for reducing the number of nuclear weapons during his speech at berlin's brandenburg gate. he'll call for a one third reduction in the u.s. and russian nuclear arsenals. as the president targets nuclear proliferation, the focus in washington concerns the program. the direct of nsa returns to capitol hill today. general keith alexander says he'll provide lawmakers with details about the dozens of terrori

nearly 66,000 fans packed the stadium for brazil's match against england. it was seen as an historic occasion at a venue with such rich history. we report from rio. , inside the new stadium here in rio de janeiro. this is what $600 million will buy you, the stadium reopening after being closed for three years for these reforms. a couple new things, number one, there are seats. it seats 79,000 people. before the old stadium, it did not have seats. everyone sat on concrete benches. is other interesting fact the new roof on the stadium. it is made out of a teflon material. if itself costs over $100 million. >> the new stadium is beautiful. the seats are great, and so is the top. >> today is a reunion of sorts for the people of rio with the a symbol ofe that is u brazilian football. >> it is cool. i like the changes. >> the people here and rio, they have the best view of the stadium. that is the community of montera. the -- daye day or there, and many people there said they did not have the opportunity to see this match. >> the price they charge for a overt is

nearly two dozen boy scouts in new england, recovering from a lightning strike. that strike in central new hampshire sent 3 adults and 23 scouts to the hospital, some as young as 13 years old. it happened during a major storm just outside of belmont. the lightning strike at camp bell. officials say no one was hit directly by the lightning because everyone was huddled under a shelter at the time. >> it could have hit the tent. it could have hit the ground and traveled through. the tent could have been anchored by a rope on to a tree. there's so many different ways when you get lightning strikes that things can travel. >> reporter: in all, 23 scouts and 3 adults were hospitalized. six of the scouts suffered burns to their chests. but officials say no one suffered life-threatening injuries. the severe weather also pounding the nation's midsection. in illinois, high winds and torrential rains triggered mudslides, downed trees and blew over vehicles on the interstate. heavy rain flooded parts of southwestern indiana. and hundreds of people are still cleaning up from f

and he made a diagnosis from england. he said he's feeling vulnerable, and so he's losing his skin because he's feeling insecure about what happened. and then he actually, he was going to stay there longer, but he didn't. he took a boat, and two weeks later he arrived in bombay. and sanjiv's skin came back. now, in hindsight i'm thinking, you know, i wondered about this. was that my first clue to the mind/body connection. [laughter] long time ago. i know, also, my obsession with the meaning of death. >> brilliant. you have this fascinating and hilarious story, bb gun story, and i was hoping you could share it with all of us and also the connection of how that really helped start this lifelong bond between both of you. >> right. so those of you who are sitting in the front or if you've met deepak before will realize and appreciate that he has a dimple in his chin. [laughter] i call it the kirk douglas chin. [laughter] and with great pride i want to tell you that i'm responsible for this. [laughter] so i was about 9 years o

england specific problem and it's an extent in america where you have a different problem student that they are looking to this scheme we have in england that's the kind of solution to the student debt crisis you have over there well in america they have sallie mae which is effectively the g.-man are the fannie mae freddie mac. of the student loan market and they're bankrupt as well they're seeking a massive bail out everything goes back out of the central bank's balance sheet whether it's the bank of england's balance sheet went from eight hundred billion pound losses to over three trillion under mervyn king the federal reserve bank in the united states is interrogate now something upwards of five trillion dollars worth of new debt in the last i think what twenty five twenty four months or so so this all comes back to the same kind of accounting fraud that we're see endemic throughout the world now. what's the current default rate on the forty billion pounds of student loans and what's the state of just what's the default rate because that's the one way that will judge a loan book wel

we were the only county town in england without a direct train service to london. will he use his good offices to ensure this blockage is resolve the? >> well, i'm happy to tell my honorable friend that the transfer secretary will be meeting with them next week to discuss this issue. in terms of the answer i just did a moment ago on high-speed rail, i think we have to recognize that there is a lot of congestion on our existing main lines, and high-speed rail will help free up services so we can have more direct connections, particularly to important towns like his. >> the department of business proposes to abolish the protection for the name sheffield that guarantees the quality of our manufactured goods. the ministry of defence proposes to move the headquarters of our territorial army regiment out of this city. what has this government got against the businesses and people of sheffield? >> well, first of all, on the issue -- sheffield is a fantastic city, it's a fantastic city, and their importance of britain's, a very important part of britain's of social base an

>>steve: a murder mystery hits the new england patriots. a star player under investigation after a body is found near his house. we have a live report straight ahead. >>brian: they make for some of the funniest videos on the internet but do you know how to use pepper spray the right way. we're learning. steve has volunteered to take it straight in the face. "fox & friends" starts right now. >>steve: brian kilmeade comes back graduation of a daughter from school. >>brian: kirsten is now officially going into seventh grade. everything went well. she has three more days to pretend to go to school. why do you have graduation and three more days to sit there and have ice cream. >>steve: i would look for them to watch at least one harry potter movie, maybe little mermaid and

tim tebow signed by the new england patriots. will he play or is he just way for the team to sell merchandise? that's next. little things anyone can do. it steals your memories. your independence. ensures support, a breakthrough. and sooner than you'd like. sooner than you'd think. you die from alzheimer's disease. we cure alzheimer's disease. every little click, call or donation adds up to something big. i missed a payment. aw, shoot. shoot! this is bad. no! we're good! this is your first time missing a payment. and you've got the it card, so we won't hike up your apr for paying late. that's great! it is great! thank you. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card with late payment forgiveness. >>> tampa bay rays pitcher alex cobb was released from the hospital today one day after being hit with a line drive in a game with the kansas city royals. tough watch. he was diagnosed with a mild concussion. but all of his tests have come back normal. he was placed on a 7-day concussion list but there is no word when

. >> here's another story, and this is when he was in england, my father, and so was my father, and we were seeing the uncles, and i was six, and so he was maybe close to four and there was letters, but there was a telegram from england that he passed examines, and so my grandfather, his father took us both out that evening to see a movie, and i still remember the movie, and i don't know if you remember it, but i do, and then we went to a carnival and took us out to dinner, and then in the middle of the night to the wailing of women crying. my grandfather had died of a heart attack that evening, and so the next day they took him to the commission grounds, and he was cremated. we didn't go because we were very little, and the same uncle that he's talking about, you know, he make interesting remarks, and he said what is a man, what is a human being? one day he's taking the children out to see a movie and a carnival, and the next day he comes back as a bunch of ashes, in a bowl of glass. i remember that comment, and, you know, for a 6-year-old to see someone and then they disappear comple

going back ever well fisher or liken this to the one thousand nine hundred two attack on the bank of england exchange rate mechanism by george soros and he warned that markets should not think the fed would end up propping up the economy indefinitely but as we saw from the top of the show with anglo irish bankers they're trolling they're laughing their bottoms off as where from where they pull all the figures and they know that they're going to get the fed to print whatever they want and they're laughing they are if we could hear the audio tapes now not only would you hear that. but you would hear them laughing hysterically at the same time of course the fed is going to prop up the government indefinitely as the federal the central banker has merged with the central intelligence. it's a central american style soviet era central planning that you know this russia has moved on from that idea that's why america and russia are two ships passing in the night russia is heading away from central planning and the ravages of naziism and the stasi and the us is heading in that direction go figure well

we're talking new england patriots tight hernandez and i have new information. our boston station is reporting police sources say hernandez appears to be directly tied to the murder. hernandez has reportedly stopped talking to the police, after the cops searched his home and a rental car. the rental car turned up near the victim's body. this man, dead of a gunshot wound to the head. according to the reporting of the the local station, the victim was hanging out in a bar with hernandez. the two of them were together. as for their connection, the victim was reportedly dating the sister of hernandez's fiancee. got it? mean while, new video, reporters swarmed hernandez at a gas station. didn't ask him any questions about the investigation, and his attorney says hernandez will not have any comment on the case. let's get back to our criminal defense attorney, arthur. there's more to this. after the murder, boarding to multiple reports, after the death, the cops are going to the house. that big house we just showed you. and for some reason, mr. tight end for the new en

one, the merchant of venice happened in venice, not in england. and in the play there are no, there's no character developed which is in good. which is i see shakespeare saying that new judaism or christianity aren't any good. both of them supported slavery. and porsche was a crook. it was not developed but there was nothing bad about it. the other thing is that i think you are underestimating with a jewish power means today. 53% -- o. and 53% of the fed. and that's, that's the power -- summit. >> that keeps the united states locked in with israel making the palestinians the center of all the conflicts in the world today. >> those are two really interesting points, and i love you reading of porsche. icon in a way, i couldn't agree with you more about porsche being a crook. but i'm not at all sure that the play is clear about that. in fact, my reading -- >> she was a racist. >> you've asked a question everythinat athing now it woulde to answer it, and that's the procedure here. but i agree that the slave is an important aspect of the play and it is

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today, tebow is getting ready for a medical exam with the new england patriots. if he passes he will be signed

broncos in the playoffs and deserves a second chance in new england to show he is worth it for the n.f.l.. >> paul: did i detect clinton nostalgia. >> i'm only interesting what works. [ laughter ] >> paul: all right. remember if you have your own hit or miss, please send it to us and follow us on twitter. that is it for this week's show. thanks to all of

espn is reporting quarterback tim tebow will sign with new england anw֖ report for minicap tomorrow. former first round pick tebow mania took off two years ago when he led denver to the title but later traded to the jets and spent almost all of last season riding the benc bench. by signing with the patriots tebow is reunited with offensive coordinator josh mcdaniels who was the broncos head coach in 2011. >> well with fix 3 games scheduled for san antonio the spurs have good chance of taking control of the fba finals. san antonio was 35 and 6 at home during the regular season. defending champ miami even the series with great defense last tonight and balance offense. lebron jim's held to discuss 17 points but got a lot of help from his team mates. >> i think the support is why both teams are here. making impact all year long and they feel like they are supporting cast is better and wevl like ours is better but who goes out and do it every every nature to

the this is a live picture of the bank of england. governor king speaking in testimony there for the last time at this treasury select committee hearing before he leaves his post. >>> the japanese rail and hotel operator seibu holdings held a meeting today and reject ed cerberus's proposals. now we have a report live from tokyo from sachiko. >> the larkest shareholder, cerberus recommended former u.s. vice president dan quayle and seven others to become directors at the japanese company. cerberus hopes to win more influence and bosk profitability before selling the shares but rejecting the proposals, the president said that the fund's actions are hurting corporate value and a letter was sent to shareholders asking not to let cerberus use their proxy votes. cerberus has spent more than $1 billion acquiring its stake in seibu, which was delisted from tokyo stock exchange in 2004 for breaking exchange rules. the relationship broke down recently as seibu claimed it was being forced to list at too high a price. prime minister abe is recomm

they have introduced the and put the bank of england in charge of regulating our country. what we should be getting from him as an apology and a thank you for clearing up the mess. >> one should be grateful. [laughter] for being thehim first conserve department store to support a referendum and a a government that has done more than any to tackle welfare dependency to reduce immigration and to bring in academies. there by showing, a can be a conservative at the same time. >> thank you for the question. on behalf of everybody on the house, congratulate him on his knighthood. he served in this house for many decades. he also served in the vital role of overseeing and -- the anmittee that provides important service. i would urge all colleagues to come to the house on july 5 and vote on this bill. >> thank you. if the prime minister proud of the fact that on his watch 300,000 more children have been pushed into absolute poverty? >> we have protected the poorest of by increasing the child tax credit. the most important we can do is to get more people into work. there are now mo

from severe thunderstorms in new england to the heat and winds fanning this california powerhouse fire. >> it's living up to its name this morning. tripling in size in the last 24 hours, forcing thousands from their homes. >>> and not forgotten, the storm zone in oklahoma. littered with wreckage. twisters claiming several lives over the weekend, including three veteran storm chasers. we start in oklahoma with devin dwyer. >> reporter: downed trees, smashed cars, and splintered homes. a heart-wrenching and all-too-familiar scene in oklahoma city. residents are picking up pieces of their lives. >> i really loved my home. this house is 117 years old. i'm like, we're okay. it's going to be fine. and no, it's just not. >> reporter: the weekend storms spawned five tornadoes, damaging winds and hail and extreme flash floods. the rushing waters from oklahoma to missouri swallowing homes and highways. authorities say the twisters and floods claimed more than a dozen lives, including four children, a veteran storm chaser, his son, and a colleague. the search continues for several others still mi

investigators have questioned the new england patriots' tight end and cbs's boston affiliate reports that hernandez has not been ruled out as a suspect. >> reporter: patriots' tight end aaron hernandez arrive at his sprawling house in north attleboro, massachusetts, with his mother at his side. he didn't speak to reporters. while hernandez was out, police detectives returned with a court document but got no answer at the door. officers spent hours searching the home tuesday evening. the body of semipro linebacker oden lloyd was found monday at an industrial park just a half mile from hernandez's home. a chevy suburban rented in hernandez's name was also left at the scene. a dozen state police officers searched surrounding woods and neighbors' property. a neighbor in lloyds chester community said he had seen hernandez 'there and he was seen dating the sister of hernandez's girlfrie girlfriend. >> he was a nice guy, never got in trouble or anything like that. >> reporter: hernandez is also the subject of a civil suit. a connecticut man claims hernandez shot him after an argument at a m

you can see the moisture which has now moved toward southern new england. light showers through areas on the west side of new york here coming through southeast pooh pa with some of the heavier rains which dropped more than an inch in spots here overnight. to the south, though, here comes andrea. the circulation near charleston. look at the heavy rains coming south and north carolina cracking almost into southern virginia right now. that's what we're looking at for later today. when we look at the futurecast, we certainly see this showing up here as we go through the morning. by 9:00, the heaviest stuff in our southern suburbs approaching fredricksburg, down toward pax river. look how it overspreads us. the middle of the day, these could be torrential downpours. qee have a flood watch in effect till 10:00 tonight. with the concern being we could see several inches of rain in spots through the afternoon and early evening hours. you're really going to have to pay attention to any of the lower areas that tend to flood a lot easier than others. i'll be back wit

chairman of our state house appropriations committee, terry england, is a prime example of someone who had the desire for public office and ran for elected office when it was fueled as a student when he came up here on the tour some 20 years ago. i congratulate terry and many and thousands of others just like him who have engaged in this great tour, and i commend the youth tour and thank the georgia e.m.c.'s for all the great work they're doing in develop's america's youth. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? . . mr. waxman: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. waxman: today i rise to commemorate the lives lost in the tragic shooting rampage on the streets of santa monica and santa monica college. chris, marcelo,

of the newtown connecticut shooting and the boston marathon bombings by bringing the cup back to new england. >> i think that's what's hard right now for the players.

in england a traditional competition in kicking shins. this is a game. even with pads it's pretty rough. very painful one as competitors struggle to score points. opposite "early today" sports is brought to you for just for men auto stop. gray is over. >> you can't sign me up for a sport like that. just ahead, michael jackson's mother is accused of an elaborate shakedown. but sophie a times three. she says gracias for her two girls. and taking on ron burgundy. you're watching "early today." . >>> mother nature just won't leave oklahoma alone and this time kansas either. thunderstorms with thousands of lightning strikes right now approaching i-35, from central kansas down through wichita and approaching areas around oklahoma city. a lot of people unfortunately will be woke up here in the middle of the night and won't like it. as far as later on today we have a chance of more severe weather, oklahoma city, amarillo, isolated tornadoes most likely here in west texas and for everyone on the eastern seaboard we'll see thunderstorms developing in florida today

the new england patriots said tim, you think you will play with tom brady? you have another thing coming, but we will see what happens. the new england patriots have signed tim tebow. he is a quarter back and number 45. johnson is being reprimanded in court. >> do you have any questions? do you have questions for him? mr. johnson i don't know if you are taking this seriously slapping your attorney on the back side. everybody in the courtroom was laughing. . >> so they had a plea bargain. this stemmed from a domestic violence against his former wife. the judge all of a sudden said no, you will get 30 days for not taking it seriously. pam, that's why you need cameras out of the courtroom. i am not a judge, but we don't think chad will serve the full 30. if you are out there, chad, pam and i are on your side. you tell me the judge, she knew she was on camera. >> i don't know. >> you act this way on camera. >>> tiger woods and sergio have shaken hands. i think tiger said i will beat your rear end. he made a stupid statement to tiger about serving fried chicken.

. >>> but first live pictures in southampt southampton, england. >> the duchess of cambridge makes her last solo public appearance, we're joined by royal watcher victoria arbiter. >> royal history, live.

which today the new england patriots aaron hernandez was. or with the dramatic and confusing testimony of the prosecution's star witness in the most watched murder trial in this nation, which came today in central florida. or with the greatest living civil rights leader in the world, on life support, which tonight nelson mandela is. and we'll get to all of that, but the history books will remember this day for landmark supreme court rulings on civil rights. as the president put it, in america, discrimination is no longer enshrined in law. >> the federal government can no longer discriminate against the marriages of gay and lesbian americans. [cheers] >> shepard: the decisions triggering eruptions of joy outside the supreme court. but not everybody is celebrating. >> we are disappointed but we're not going anywhere. this debate is going to continue it. >> shepard: tonight, we'll look at the rulings and their impact on a historic day in america. >> shepard: the supreme court wrapping up its term with two victories for marriage equality. the ju