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This fly-pass with 78 aircraft involved is just beginning of two weeks of events culminates in a pageant down the river rames and a concert in the d akyard of buckingham palace. >> even if you sit out for hours upon hours, for that split second, its worth it. >> reporter: and it doesnt look queenthe queen is getting sick of the excitement, either. charlie dagata, cbs news, windsor, england. >> dubois: and that is the cbs evening news. rater on cbs "48 hours mystery. urm maurice dubois, cbs news ...

Urbanization changed that. another reason why the swallows left. now, tucked beneath the bell tower, biologists are using the sound of love to lure the swallows home. >> were playing back the birds courtship songs. >> biologist charles brown is leading the mission. he studied cliff swallows for 30 years. >> 30.5. >> and believes the birds will migrate back to capistrano. >> it may not be this year or may not even be next year, but i think if we keep trying long enough, they will realize its a go...

>> its known as the jewel of californias missions, san juan capistrano, steeped in 200 years of history, renowned for its beauty and famous for its cliff swallows. >> a song in 1940 made their annual migration legendary. >> there are still some things we can count on. one of them is the swallows coming back to capistrano. >> for decades, the swallows arrived in the spring and then flew back to argentina in the fall. >> the swallows are intertwined with our story and our relevance to society. we ...

Dont want to the pretend that mormons and christians are the same thing, you notes. >> at liberty university, i believe mormonism is still defined as a cult. some of the folks interviewed afterwards, my favorite was the one thing thats going to be the glaring problem is going to be the deity of jesus christ. its going to be a problem. >> the big whommie. >> there is a bigger question which is how does he tackle had his mormom monism. mckay, you are a young mormon man and he never talks about the...

>> scott bland and scotty burns are veterans of the high octane sport. >> you know, most people ride a roller coaster for a thrill. thats just about something to put me to sleep. >> but the greater the thrill, the greater the danger. >> i would say the most dangerous thing is the risk of collision. if you lose sight of somebody else that youre flying with, you can wind up with closing speeds in excess of 200 miles an hour. >> the main fear with being hit is to be knocked out or killed. >> the bi...

Bland. >> scotts been leader of more large formations than anybody else on the planet. the number one thing that we know is we can always trust him to get us home. >> they look to me for the point of reference. i have to go a rate and a speed and hold it there no matter what happens. >> if he falters in any way, his flock could be thrown into a state of chaos. >> if were all going in the same direction, if were all doing the same thing, the chance of collision is fairly low. but that can change....

Looking straight at my face that nothing else was wrong. so at that point, i knew i was okay. >> bland immediately turns his attention to the safety of his team members who start reforming around him. >> i need to make sure i am aiming myself back towards the drop zone to make sure im safe and to make sure everybody else gets back. i consider that my responsibility as the person on the bottom. >> but as quickly as bland reorients himself, unbelievably, it happens again. another pocket of dead ai...

The beaches are beautiful. the water is beautiful. and the sky diving is terrific. >> their team has been jumping out of planes all morning. on their fifth jump of the day, they decide to ratchet up the adrenaline to try one of the most dangerous formations a flock can perform. its called the stack. >> its when you get a number of wing suiters actually flying one over top of the other. you can only see whats in front of your eyes. so you have a hard time seeing the people behind you. you have to...

Made up of experienced leaders, battle-tested terrorists, and a talented bomb maker. >> reporter: this is training video of al qaeda of the arabian peninsula or a.q.a.p. this latest plot serves as a stark reminder of their primary mission. bring down an american plane. a former f.b.i. agent who has questioned more members of a.q.a.p. than anyone. what makes al qaeda of the arabian peninsula, out of all the al-qaeda affiliates the chosen one to attack america? >> al-qaeda on the arabian peninsula...

Sensitive topic as are many social issues. but i have the same view that i have had since, well, since running for office. >> 30 states in the union word a total of 309 electoral votes have constitutional amendments banning same sex marriage. seven of these, including north carolina are battleground states. and, yet, the gallup poll has seen public opinion steadily shift towards embracing same sex marriage. and when the nbc "wall street journal" poll asked adults across the country five weeks ag...