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But they remain surrounded by gadhafi's forces, and now nato is saying that gadhafi's ships were trying to lay mines in that harbor, but they were intercepted, and now those mines are going to be disposed of according to the nato commander for libya. gadhafi has no respect for international law regarding this latest incident in the laying of mines, and that what he was doing would ultimately sewer fear with efforts -- interfere with efforts to bring in humanitarian aid. jenna? jenna: david lee miller, sill a volatile situation in libya and the surrounding area, thank you. jon: more than one in...

Chocolate, 1700 biscuits and then the very elaborate and traditional fruitcake which was eight-tiered, and it had 900 individual flowers put on it, candied flowers all individually iced. very elaborate. all of it very symbolic, different flowers from different regions of the united kingdom. back to you. jon: amy kellogg outside buckingham palace. jenna: we just want to show you one quick moment when prince william saw katherine for the first time -- jon: 72 cameras in westminster abbey. jenna: i don't know if we have ha that moment for you, he kind of whispered something to her. the lip reader...

Jon: breaking news from coast to and really around the world as we stand here at the assignment desk. all kinds of things going on. the big sell praise in britain -- celebration in britain still underway in the aftermath of the royal wedding. there you see the back of one of our technical people outside buckingham palace as the crowds are still gathered wishing william and kate the very best on their wedding day. they are now the duke and duchess of cambridge. also the shuttle endeavour astronauts are getting ready to take off on the launch pad 39b in florida. president obama is on his way the...

As you and i have said on this show several times we realize afghanistan is not a rock, it's a different set of strategic circumstances, a different type of mission and enemy. he'll have to display the name talents that he displayed in iraq but shift over to afghanistan and take on a war of an entirely different dimension. jon: i believe you said you met him, you're impressed by this guy. >> yes, i met him a couple of years ago when i headed a panel. he's very bright, extremely educated. he's good on the stage, good with strategic communications, not just with the folks in afghanistan but also...

Actually recovering and business is getting better? >> well, that's an interesting point. and ken cohen made a point to say, yeah, exxonmobil, we're a huge taxpayer. they provided us with this graphic as part of their conference call. pays more taxes than virtually any other publicly-traded company in the united states. 59 billion to the u.s. over the past five years compared to earnings of more than 41 billion from u.s. operation. exxonmobil points out that energy is, you know, makes up 9.2 million jobs many this country, investing in if energy shares has been great for public pension funds, ...