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We are going to make that next step towards election, sorry, towards independence. and, we are going to make that next step towards election, sorry, towards independence. and, as part of that, we continue to be ruled by the queen as our head of state, and last year the prime minister said, look, of state, and last year the prime ministersaid, look, it is time to get on with this, it is time to get on with this, it is time to move a step further towards independence, towards our own identity and nationality. as a result, we are going to move towards becoming a republic. she has an overwhelming ...

Happy birthday, queen elizabeth. she turns 88 today. today is her actual birthday by they're doing a public celebration for her on june 14th. see, if you're the queen, birthdays mean you get a parade including whole regiments of your army. this is the one from last year but she gets a fresh parade each year. and while being the queen of england is mostly a ceremonial kind of figurehead role, being the queen brings with it responsibilities. queen elizabeth met with a bunch of world leaders, including gandhi and nelson mandela and various presidents over the years. it was not quite as long as th...

Items, i'll quote some of the language. the catholic church's objection to contraception. obama care specifically, it says about rights to religious freedom, life and consequence yes, sirrous objection. this is obviously a topic that creates tricky politics between these two men, the world's most powerful politician. obviously representing two very different communities. >> yeah, it was interesting, as i read this statement, and it's brief, just three paragraphs, there's no mention of what we know was high on the president's agenda, which was their area of agreement, which is income inequality...

bond hearing. >> and the oldest and most traveled space shuttle welcomed this hour at the museum where it will live out its days. more than 13 months after its final mission "discovery" on public display in a hangar near dulles airport in virginia. it's part of the national air and space museum, home to that stuff that won't fit in the building you've probably visited on the mall in d.c. "discovery" flew into dulles on tuesday and its sister shuttle "endevour" was bound for los angeles and "atlantis" kennedy space center in florida. we're following live pictures this morning. after...

Dangerously naive. we will probe that threat from kr radical islam the peril to the christian community in egypt. the possible evacuation tomorrow of tens of thousands of americans and other westerners in egypt what it means to america, israel and the world. after a day of looting, armed rob bro and continued anti government protests we get the latest from the egyptian capital from dominique denata lishg in cairo. who if anybody is in charge there? >> that is a billion dollar question, geraldo. no one is entirely sure. the demonstrators they have actually seen the power here while hiding in hi...