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Days to comply with that order. the british government apologizing to pope benedict for what he calls a foolish internal memo never supposed to be seen by the public. the memo offered tongue in cheek suggestion for the popes visit to the uk later this year, including opening an abortion clinic, blessing a gay marriage and launching a papal brand of condoms. meanwhile the vatican accepted the british governments apology. jim macedo joins us from london. jim, why would anyone put this in a memo....

Down to the memorial service for the miners that died a couple of weeks ago in west virginia and he also paid a last minute visit to billy graham. this timing was incredibly important because as you recall last week, we were discussing how franklin graham, the son of billy graham was suddenly not allowed to speak on the national day of prayer coming up. he was disinvited by the army and the pentagon by some remarks he had made post 9/11 about the religion of islam. we have the president meeting ...

Visit the united kingdom in september and given the historical context it would be a delicate visit but the whole sex abuse crisis rach cheted everything up and this memo makes fun of the pope saying that benedict could bless a gay marriage on his visit. one of the other ideas that benedict come out with his own brand of condoms during the trip. not surprisingly, the british government has been forced to apologize, sending its ambassador personally to meet with some top vatican officials. it was...

Because its too big for just me. >> reporter: that may be the biggest understatement in real estate. >> this is what i call the pool lounge. >> reporter: candy spelling is selling her home, asking $150 million. the most expensive home for sale in the world. it may also be the biggest. >> 56,500 square feet, but the attic is not counted in on that and thats another 17,000 square feet. as big as my new condo. >> reporter: simply called the m manor, the house is so big, shes not sure how many bedro...

Because its too big for just me. >> reporter: that may be the biggest understatement in real estate. >> this is what i call the pool lounge. >> reporter: candy spelling is selling her home, asking $150 million. the most expensive home for sale in the world. it may also be the biggest. >> 56,500 square feet, but the attic is not counted in. its another 17,000. >> reporter: simply called the manor, the house is so big, candy spelling says she isnt sure how many rooms there are. we found seven bedr...

Results. once those results come in, if everything goes okay, they are saying they will start to ask for permission to start sending flights periodically. that, again, is a very tentative if. >> inconvenience is an understatement here for all the passengers stuck and stranded. the financial impact is also a big issue. british airways canceled all their flights for today and tomorrow. what is the financial impact on the airlines that are facing this? >> reporter: it is huge. the runway behind me ...

Better several days. >> i would imagine. >> weve been trying to get to england. weve had several flights. theyve all been cancelled. the people at the airlines have been wonderful. but the planes just arent moving. were stuck in connecticut. our sons getting married tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. local time. which is 3:00 eastern time. >> hey, mr. klein, give us the backstory. why is he getting married in europe? did he meet a young lady there? is he stationed there for work? >> he works in lond...

Church who think like mindedly as us. also my wifes mom is in route tomorrow. shes really been a hero. those two thing, but also ultimately our hope is in god who is in total of control of this. we are not. were hopeful there will be a way soon for us to get back. >> and were following his story closely. hes going to be joining us by skype by 8:00 this morning. in the meantime in a lot of cases youre seeing the opposite. people are missing big events away from home. this now one of the biggest, ...

Hatch. he says that would be an interesting person in the mix. that might be an understatement. kirsten, what are you hearing? >> secretary clintons name has been thrown around every time there is an opening. i would be surprised if that was somebody that went with. there is a long list of people that he looked at last time around which has been widely circulated that he is going back over again. and i would expect its going to come off that list and not be somebody like secretary clinton who as...

And the stories will continue. he is still a figure of tabloid interest, though, as long as his marital relationship remains in the crucible. >> thats the understatement of the year, perhaps. at that news conference this week, we cant show it to you because cbs and the masters pulled the rights, which i think is ridiculous. woods was asked about the media coverage. this is what he to say. i was surprised at the mainstream media. i think also times have changed, as well, with 24 hour news youre l...