World News Now (ABC) - 2006-07-28 (partial)

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[0:06] about a possible attack on the US. And

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[0:14] Well, this morning one of America's most

[0:16] famous couples, even though Oprah's best

[0:18] friend is gay, y'all. That's how they

[0:21] spell it, g a y. They insist they're not

[0:24] gay. In this GMA Playback segment, Gayle

[0:26] talks about that and what it means for

[0:27] women to have a best friend. Then she

[0:29] sits down with Diane Sawyer to talk

[0:31] specifically about her relationship with

[0:33] Oprah.

[0:37] When I met Oprah Winfrey over 30 years

[0:39] ago, we were young and eager, just

[0:41] getting started [music] in our careers.

[0:43] We bonded through ups and downs, daily

[0:46] phone calls, sometimes three or [music]

[0:47] four times a day. Like many other women,

[0:50] we shared the treasured gift of a

[0:52] lasting friendship.

[0:54] Alexa is my best friend because she is

[0:57] my support line. She

[1:00] goes that extra mile.

[1:02] I can always count on her. On my bad

[1:04] days, I think she

[1:05] believes in me when I don't even believe

[1:07] in me, which is great.

[1:09] Girlfriends keep our secrets, boost our

[1:12] spirits, and hold our hand through

[1:14] life's adventures, creating a special

[1:16] intimacy rarely seen among men. Males

[1:20] and females relate to each other

[1:22] differently when it comes to friendship.

[1:24] Women are much more likely to hug and

[1:26] kiss each other when they meet

[1:28] if they're friends. And uh men are much

[1:31] more likely to [music] give each other a

[1:33] slap on the back. In fact, scientists at

[1:35] UCLA say the deep friendships many women

[1:38] form keep them healthier [music]

[1:40] and may even be the reason that women

[1:43] outlive men.

[1:46] I love it. According to the university

[1:48] study, when women are stressed, a

[1:50] hormone called oxytocin is triggered. It

[1:53] acts together [music] with estrogen to

[1:55] send her in search of a sympathetic ear.

[1:57] So, after telling her tale of woe to a

[1:59] female friend, the result is a calming

[2:02] effect.

[2:03] Marriages begin, marriages end, children

[2:08] are born, children grow, life moves on,

[2:11] and oftentimes that good friend that

[2:14] [music] you met back when is the person

[2:17] who you will connect with

[2:20] all the way through your life.

[2:22] And knowing that there's [music] that

[2:23] unconditional support from someone,

[2:25] knowing that, you know, you really you

[2:27] can laugh, you can cry, you can express

[2:29] any emotion [music] that you need to,

[2:31] and not being judged for it. You know,

[2:33] that's what a true friend is.

[2:36] I go away on vacation, I come back,

[2:38] every place you and Oprah are saying,

[2:41] "We're not gay. We're friends. We're not

[2:42] gay."

[2:43] >> so silly. Diane, let me tell you, if

[2:44] Oprah and I are gay, you're gay, too. I

[2:46] mean, that's how outrageous it is. You

[2:48] know, we were asked during the

[2:49] interview, you know, the Lisa Kogan,

[2:52] who's a brilliant editor of ours and who

[2:54] did the interview, said, "Everyone's

[2:55] asking, well, you know they're gay." So,

[2:56] she asked, we answered. And I tell you,

[2:59] I know it sounds sort of silly to go, "I

[3:00] never thought it would be this big." But

[3:02] I never thought it would be this big.

[3:04] It's been everywhere, and what's so

[3:05] frustrating about it is it implies that

[3:07] Oprah's a liar, I'm a liar, Stedman's a

[3:10] liar, that we're or that there's

[3:12] anything wrong. And you wouldn't say it.

[3:13] Yeah, or that and that's the biggest the

[3:15] biggest thing of all that bothers me,

[3:17] cuz if we were we would so tell you, cuz

[3:19] we so don't think there's anything wrong

[3:21] with it. That's what's so frustrating

[3:22] about it.

[3:23] >> In fact, you said well, Oprah said that

[3:25] there was no definition for a friendship

[3:27] like yours, and that's part of the

[3:29] reason that people continue to wonder.

[3:31] But also, you said you thought the real

[3:33] headline was that she told you

[3:36] >> [laughter]

[3:36] >> she knew your marriage

[3:38] was a bust. She called your wedding a

[3:39] pitiful thing?

[3:41] >> that.

[3:42] >> thing? You never said that to you

[3:43] before.

[3:44] >> she's the maid of honor. I felt like

[3:46] that woman in the there's a line in the

[3:48] movie The Wedding Singer with The

[3:49] Wedding Singer with Adam Sandler where

[3:51] he goes, "Once again, something you

[3:52] could have told me yesterday." I mean,

[3:55] she said that and we're sitting side by

[3:56] side and I looked at her and I'm like,

[3:58] "What are you saying?" I mean, I had no

[4:00] idea she felt that way.

[4:01] >> Why? What was her foreboding going in?

[4:04] Well, I mean, I guess, you know, as it

[4:05] turns out, she was right. But I mean, I

[4:08] think that she just did not think that

[4:09] we were a good match. And and she was

[4:12] she was right. But she did not say it.

[4:13] To her credit, she didn't tell me. And

[4:15] the thing I think that if she had, I

[4:16] would have

[4:18] I would not have believed it, you know,

[4:19] cuz you're young, you're in love, you

[4:21] think this is it. So, I would not have

[4:22] believed it.

[4:23] >> us to the question though of telling the

[4:24] truth in a friendship, which is a

[4:26] complicated one. I know you talk about

[4:28] the fact that you want to be brutally

[4:30] honest in a friendship.

[4:32] >> Yeah. But do you think you've ever hurt

[4:33] her feelings? Has she ever hurt your

[4:35] feelings? Um hurt my feelings? Not about

[4:39] being honest about something. Not when

[4:40] she's really trying to help me, no. You

[4:43] know, we have disagreements about I

[4:44] think your hair looks like this or maybe

[4:46] you shouldn't wear that dress. I mean,

[4:48] it and we can be and we are very

[4:50] brutally honest and candid with each

[4:51] other. But no, there hasn't been a time

[4:53] that I felt that she hurt me by being

[4:56] honest about something, no. Because

[4:59] I guess you're saying then that you can

[5:00] be honest as long as it's clear

[5:03] that you only wish the best.

[5:05] >> doing this out of kindness, and I'm

[5:06] doing this out of love, and I'm doing

[5:08] this because I really care for you. But

[5:09] saying to your friend that you don't

[5:11] care for their significant other, that's

[5:13] a that's a a tricky, dicey thing. I

[5:15] think now she would have no hesitation

[5:18] telling me. I'm thinking, you know, you

[5:20] know, it's hard enough for me

[5:21] >> every one of your dates?

[5:22] >> Well, dates, it's hard for me to get a

[5:24] date. I'm thinking now it's because

[5:25] people thought I was gay. Now all the

[5:26] people are afraid, you can call now. But

[5:28] yeah, she always weighs in about

[5:30] something, yes. So, I think she would

[5:31] have no trouble telling me if she didn't

[5:33] think somebody was going to work for me.

[5:34] And you know what? I would listen. Yeah.

[5:37] This time you would listen. No more

[5:38] pitiful weddings I would [laughter]

[5:40] listen.

[5:41] Well, she says wonderful things about

[5:42] you and your kids. But one of the things

[5:44] that struck me in this is that the three

[5:47] things you said that have to happen in

[5:49] friendship

[5:49] >> Yeah.

[5:50] >> someone who always supports you, always

[5:52] respects you, and always wants the best

[5:54] for you.

[5:55] >> Yes. And do you think you know that? Can

[5:58] you be sure of that? Have you ever been

[6:00] betrayed by another friend? Um

[6:04] You know, I've been betrayed by people

[6:05] you think you're friends, and really

[6:07] what they're trying to do is get a

[6:08] manuscript to Oprah.

[6:10] >> [laughter]

[6:10] >> Or you're or they need you to pay a

[6:11] bill, so could you give Oprah my bill?

[6:13] So, yes, that has happened to me. I

[6:15] think at this stage in life, what I

[6:17] realize is that a lot of women I just

[6:19] assumed everybody has a really close

[6:21] friend and a really good friend. But I'm

[6:23] finding, Diane, the more I move in the

[6:25] world and talk to people, most people

[6:27] don't even have one. Do you see that

[6:28] that Yeah. Women say to me, "What you

[6:30] and Oprah have is so rare." And I to be

[6:32] honest with you, I didn't think of it as

[6:33] rare until I start, you know, talking to

[6:36] people. They go, "You don't even realize

[6:37] what you have." So, I now think that if

[6:39] you have one true blue friend who you

[6:41] know really cheers you on, supports you,

[6:45] that you're really, really very lucky.

[6:47] Yeah. We both agree with that.

[6:50] >> Oprah says it's one reason she's never

[6:51] [music] needed therapy after all she's

[6:52] been through. So, it's important.

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[11:46] that sports spirit inside you always

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[11:52] I have a sense that I could decide to

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[12:00] mi? Let's just say most of us fall a

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[12:06] I don't think cumulatively in my whole

[12:07] lifetime I have walked 3,000 mi. Yes, I

[12:10] don't think I have, either. And I was

[12:11] going to say, you know, I thought when I

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[12:14] marathon to get back in shape, or train

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[12:17] That's never going to happen.

[12:18] >> you? It's not working for me at all.

[12:20] >> Like she needs to get back in shape.

[12:22] Well, you know, I wanted to have that

[12:24] Sure.

[12:24] >> marathon runner.

[12:26] I think a mom is enough. Yeah, really.

[12:28] That's a marathon in and of itself. And

[12:30] in terms of like running around the

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[12:33] >> I at one point decided I was going to

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[12:37] too far, a taxi at home.

[12:39] >> [laughter]

[12:39] >> Cuz I just thought, you know, I did the

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[12:42] running 2 mi back home."

[12:43] >> going to walk back? No, I taxied. There

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[12:46] >> That's why I do the treadmill now. You

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[15:03] It's Friday morning. 3,500 troops get

[15:06] word they will be staying in Iraq as the

[15:08] US tries to stop the violence in

[15:09] Baghdad.

[15:12] From ABC News world headquarters in New

[15:14] York, this is World News Now. And just a

[15:18] short time ago [music] we'd been talking

[15:19] about Operation Forward Together,

[15:21] apparently not a success, and now this.

[15:23] [music] This is part of moving forward

[15:25] how they might in fact meet success.

[15:27] We'll talk about it coming up. Good

[15:28] morning, everyone. It is Friday morning.

[15:29] I'm Ron Corning, along with Tye

[15:31] Hernandez. Also coming up here this half

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[15:36] to remember a royal wedding. It has been

[15:38] 25 years since Charles and Diana tied

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[15:48] But we begin in Iraq. The battle for

[15:50] Baghdad is intensifying, and the US is

[15:52] raising the stakes by upping the number

[15:54] of troops in the city. That means a

[15:56] longer stay for some, and possibly more

[15:58] troops in the country. ABC's Sonia

[16:00] Crawford has the details now from

[16:02] Washington. Good morning, Sonia.

[16:04] Good morning, Tyeena. Hopes of reducing

[16:06] the number of US troops in Iraq appear

[16:08] to be fading with the increased violence

[16:10] in Baghdad. Two days ago, the president

[16:13] announced more troops would move into

[16:14] Iraq's capital, and now the military is

[16:17] shifting personnel to make that happen.

[16:20] Baghdad is a war zone. People are trying

[16:23] to survive amidst a daily barrage of car

[16:26] bombs and mortars. The US is sending

[16:29] 5,000 more troops into the city after

[16:31] moving 4,000 US troops and 50,000 Iraqi

[16:35] forces there 6 weeks ago. Violence

[16:37] between Sunnis and Shiites is up 40%.

[16:41] We're doing what we've done before. We

[16:43] bulk up at a certain period, and we'll

[16:45] bring them down at a certain period, and

[16:47] do whatever the conditions on the ground

[16:49] dictate. The US military is moving

[16:51] troops from the dangerous Al Anbar

[16:53] province in Kuwait, and keeping 3,500

[16:56] members of the 172nd Stryker Brigade up

[16:59] to 4 months longer than they were told.

[17:01] Some 378 soldiers who have already come

[17:04] home may have to go back. In addition,

[17:07] the Pentagon has notified roughly 21,000

[17:10] soldiers and Marines they're part of the

[17:12] next rotation into Iraq. They include

[17:15] the First Cavalry Division's First and

[17:17] Fourth Brigades from Texas, and

[17:19] Regimental Combat Teams Two and Six from

[17:21] Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. If all the

[17:24] forces scheduled in this rotation are

[17:26] deployed, the number of US troops in

[17:28] Iraq could climb from about 130,000

[17:32] to 144,000.

[17:34] Reporters asked Secretary Rumsfeld if

[17:36] that means a hope for troop reduction

[17:38] this fall is out of the question. No one

[17:41] ought to draw any conclusions as to what

[17:44] force levels will exist

[17:47] in in the in the months ahead.

[17:50] There are already about 30,000 US troops

[17:52] in Baghdad, and military analysts wonder

[17:54] if bringing in 5,000 extra troops is

[17:57] enough. Others are concerned how this

[17:59] will affect operations in other parts of

[18:01] the country, and even Secretary Rumsfeld

[18:03] admitted the security problem in Baghdad

[18:05] is not just a military issue, but a

[18:08] political one. Tyeena? Thank you, Sonia.

[18:10] ABC's Sonia Crawford in Washington. We

[18:12] turn now to the fighting between Israel

[18:14] and Hezbollah. It is continuing this

[18:17] morning, and threatening to grow even

[18:18] worse. Israel called up 30,000

[18:21] reservists to train for the conflict,

[18:23] but decided not to expand the ground

[18:25] war, at least for now. Meanwhile, the

[18:27] bombs keep falling on both sides of the

[18:29] border. Israel shelled about 130 targets

[18:32] in Lebanon today after Hezbollah

[18:34] launched about 50 rockets on Thursday.

[18:38] This conflict, as you know, has caused

[18:39] incredible death and destruction, and it

[18:42] has torn families apart. We learned of

[18:44] one such family earlier this week, a

[18:46] mother and her children separated. So,

[18:48] what has become of them? ABC's David

[18:51] Wright is in Beirut now with an update.

[18:55] It's one of the most heart-wrenching

[18:56] images of the war, a story we told you

[18:59] Monday, how a mother fled to safety on a

[19:02] German boat,

[19:05] leaving her two young sons behind.

[19:10] >> [screaming]

[19:11] >> In the mad rush to get out of Tyre, the

[19:13] family became separated.

[19:16] The German vessel had plenty of room,

[19:18] but Israel's navy had only ensured safe

[19:20] passage until sunset. So, this was the

[19:23] last boat out.

[19:25] This is Donia Ahmed now,

[19:28] in Copenhagen, Denmark, safe with part

[19:30] of her family.

[19:32] And these are her two sons, Mahmoud and

[19:35] Youssef, still stuck in Tyre with their

[19:37] father.

[19:38] The little boy wanted to throw himself

[19:40] in the water after his mother, he says.

[19:42] Now, every time he sees the sea on

[19:44] television, he shouts for her.

[19:47] The three of them waited for hours,

[19:49] hoping to leave on a Canadian ship, only

[19:52] to be turned away again.

[19:54] Their mother took their passports in the

[19:56] rush. No passport, no exit. Simple as

[19:59] that.

[20:01] Other families are leaving Tyre by land,

[20:04] but it's expensive. A seat on the

[20:06] crowded bus to Beirut costs $35, a

[20:09] private taxi, $400.

[20:12] There's a compelling reason to leave and

[20:15] a shortage of willing drivers.

[20:17] For Donia Ahmed, an excruciating ordeal.

[20:21] Now, what can I do?

[20:23] It's my family

[20:25] separated.

[20:27] If I want to return But this was a

[20:30] one-way ticket out and not everyone

[20:32] could make it. David Wright, ABC News,

[20:35] Beirut.

[20:37] Well, shocking news now from the sport

[20:39] of cycling. Tour de France winner Floyd

[20:41] Landis tested positive for an unusual

[20:43] level of testosterone. His blood was

[20:45] taken after winning the 17th stage of

[20:47] the tour and what many considered one of

[20:49] the greatest individual rides in the

[20:51] race's history. The American rider's

[20:53] victory is now in jeopardy, but he told

[20:55] reporters on a conference call he's

[20:57] hoping the follow-up test will clear his

[20:59] name.

[21:00] All I'm asking for

[21:02] from

[21:03] just from me is that

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[21:09] Um cycling has a

[21:12] traditional way of trying people in the

[21:14] court of public opinion before they ever

[21:16] get a chance to do anything else.

[21:19] And um

[21:20] I can't stop that.

[21:22] But I would like to be

[21:24] uh assumed innocent

[21:27] until proven guilty since that's the way

[21:29] we do things in America.

[21:32] Finally this morning, some cooler

[21:33] temperatures are bringing relief to most

[21:35] of California. At least 100 people have

[21:38] died there during the nearly 2-week heat

[21:40] wave. In fact, some local morgues

[21:42] couldn't even keep up. The state's dairy

[21:44] industry was also hit hard. Officials

[21:46] estimate now that 16,000 cows were

[21:49] killed by the heat.

[21:51] Authorities in Colorado investigating

[21:53] the chilling claims of a convicted

[21:55] murderer who now says he killed as many

[21:57] as 48 people over 25 years. Robert

[22:00] Charles Brown is already serving a life

[22:02] sentence for killing a 13-year-old girl.

[22:04] He has been linked to seven more

[22:06] murders, but now he says there are many

[22:08] more.

[22:09] A Utah man has been charged in the death

[22:11] of his 5-year-old neighbor. The body of

[22:13] Destiny Norton was discovered stuffed in

[22:15] a storage box 8 days after she

[22:17] disappeared. Police say Craig Gregerson

[22:19] told them he lured the child from her

[22:22] backyard and killed and sexually

[22:24] assaulted her.

[22:26] We begin with some business news this

[22:27] morning in our news note. Chevron is the

[22:29] last of the five major oil companies

[22:31] reporting second quarter earnings. Exxon

[22:34] Mobil's profits for the 3-month period

[22:36] are a staggering $10 billion.

[22:39] Later today, Tony Blair and President

[22:41] Bush are talking about the Middle East

[22:43] during a White House meeting. The

[22:44] British Prime Minister faces political

[22:46] trouble at home for being too close to

[22:48] the US. A vote on increasing the minimum

[22:51] wage could come as early as today in the

[22:53] House. There is growing political

[22:55] pressure on Republicans to increase the

[22:57] wage, which now stands at $5.15 an hour.

[23:01] Doctors are testing a radical new

[23:02] approach to help people quit smoking, a

[23:04] vaccine which takes away the pleasurable

[23:07] nicotine high.

[23:08] And more fallout from the Big Dig. The

[23:11] head of the Mass Turnpike Authority has

[23:13] been forced to resign. He's been under

[23:15] fire since the collapse of a ceiling

[23:17] tile which killed a woman earlier this

[23:19] month.

[23:20] Well, coming up on World News Now, you

[23:22] may not believe it, but it has been 25

[23:24] years since Diana married Charles and

[23:27] we'll open up the ABC video vault for a

[23:29] look back. And the book that may be the

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[27:18] headed my way.

[27:20] Uh indeed he is. Sonia, good morning to

[27:22] you. Prime Minister Tony Blair flying

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[29:19] I know Tony Blair's taken a lot of flak

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[29:24] right, thanks so much. Declan Curry of

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[31:03] You may not remember where you were on

[31:04] July 29th, 1981, but many of us do

[31:07] remember what Princess Diana was up to.

[31:09] She was becoming Princess Diana, walking

[31:12] down the aisle before an audience of

[31:14] millions. The wedding was broadcast live

[31:16] in this country, and it was the number

[31:17] one topic on Nightline. Here's a snippet

[31:19] of our coverage fresh from the video

[31:21] vault.

[31:25] I, Charles Philip Arthur George, take

[31:28] thee, Diana Frances, take thee, Diana

[31:30] Frances, to my wedded wife. To my wedded

[31:33] wife. The royal wedding in London, one

[31:37] in a million, perhaps, but also one of

[31:39] millions of weddings that take place

[31:41] every year. Tonight, we'll examine the

[31:43] institution of marriage and how it's

[31:45] faring.

[31:50] This is ABC News Nightline.

[31:54] Reporting from New York, Ted Koppel.

[31:57] Good evening. Today marked the first

[31:59] time in more than 300 years that a

[32:01] Prince of Wales married an English

[32:03] woman. In times past, the marriage of an

[32:05] heir to the throne of England was far

[32:07] too valuable a commodity to be wasted on

[32:09] simple romance. It was the stuff of

[32:11] which alliances were made, the means by

[32:13] which wars were ended.

[32:15] It was quite literally a tool of state

[32:18] by which Great Britain might gain the

[32:19] support of some other nation's powerful

[32:21] royal family.

[32:23] Today's marriage between Charles and

[32:25] Diana was less an exercise in

[32:27] statecraft, though, than a hugely

[32:28] magnified version of what most of us

[32:31] hope for, the idealized beginning of

[32:33] what is meant to ripen into the perfect

[32:35] partnership of a man and a woman.

[32:38] The writers of of fairy tales most

[32:40] commonly ended their stories about

[32:42] princes and princesses at the altar.

[32:45] These writers knew what marriage was

[32:47] meant to be. They were also wise enough

[32:49] to know that it rarely turns out that

[32:50] way.

[32:51] And yet, for all that, as contributing

[32:53] editor Bob Greene observes, today's

[32:55] marriage between the prince and the

[32:57] princess may have led even a few

[32:59] grown-ups to believe that they will live

[33:02] happily ever after.

[33:11] The surprising thing, at first, was that

[33:13] so many people would care. We live in a

[33:16] cynical age, and the idea that in 1981,

[33:19] there would be worldwide excitement over

[33:21] a royal wedding was an unlikely one.

[33:29] But today, something special happened.

[33:31] For a few hours, people around the world

[33:34] put aside their anger and feuding and

[33:36] hurtfulness, and they stopped to watch

[33:38] two people get married. The royal aspect

[33:41] almost was secondary. It was as if the

[33:43] world was starving for a love story, and

[33:46] suddenly it found one.

[33:52] >> [bell]

[33:59] >> Most couples get married in front of

[34:01] perhaps 60 people. This couple got

[34:04] married in front of 600 million. But, as

[34:07] if they recognized the importance of the

[34:09] message they were bringing [music] to a

[34:11] world too often immersed in bitterness,

[34:14] there was an intimacy to today's events

[34:16] that belied the numbers.

[34:19] >> [music]

[34:25] [music]

[34:27] >> Those may be corny thoughts, but it has

[34:30] been that kind of a day in England.

[34:32] People around the world probably found

[34:34] themselves feeling completely foreign to

[34:36] the royal family's way of living,

[34:38] >> [music]

[34:38] >> but there was something universal about

[34:40] the ceremony of life that was taking

[34:42] place.

[34:46] The message was the same one that comes

[34:48] through at a wedding in a church

[34:49] recreation room in New Hampshire, or a

[34:52] justice of the peace's office in Ohio.

[34:55] The message was that the cares and

[34:56] politics of a weary world can disappear,

[34:59] if only for a moment, when two people

[35:01] begin a life together.

[35:05] >> [music]

[35:09] >> Prince Charles was asked if he would

[35:11] take Lady Diana to be his wife, and when

[35:13] he answered, it was almost as if the

[35:16] world was cheering for itself. I will.

[35:20] Diana Frances,

[35:23] wilt thou have this

[35:24] >> Lady Diana was asked if she would take

[35:26] the prince as her husband, and from

[35:28] outside the church were the sounds of

[35:30] joy. I will.

[35:39] >> [music]

[35:47] [music]

[35:50] >> The sounds were not the usual mean,

[35:53] violent, shattering ones that we [music]

[35:55] have become so familiar with in the

[35:56] course of world events, but today,

[35:59] joyful sounds were allowed to make news,

[36:01] too.

[36:03] The throngs in the streets, the ornate

[36:05] coaches, the colorful horsemen gave us

[36:08] all an excuse to watch. But the

[36:11] underlying emotions were not ornate and

[36:13] were not difficult to decipher. In a day

[36:16] when marriage and the family have fallen

[36:17] on hard times, when sometimes people

[36:20] seem too busy to slow down for a moment,

[36:22] the world took a few hours out to think

[36:25] about love.

[36:27] >> [music]

[36:28] >> Perhaps, in the scheme of things, it was

[36:30] not important news that was made here

[36:32] today, but for a while, we forgot about

[36:34] our troubles and took a moment to honor

[36:36] romance. And in a world so often steeped

[36:39] in meanness and anger, maybe that isn't

[36:42] such a terrible thing.

[36:44] This is Bob Greene in London.

[36:47] I remember being awakened at 4:30 in the

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[36:51] my grandmother said it's history in the

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[40:02] And welcome back. When Keshia says smile

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[40:08] talking about

[40:10] >> Isn't that pretty?

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[40:14] talking about what is We're still

[40:15] talking about weddings and we were

[40:16] saying that Princess Diana and Prince

[40:18] Charles held their wedding on a

[40:19] Wednesday cuz they saved money. That's

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[40:24] >> 2 million pounds. All right, let's kick

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[40:35] Smile pretty.

[40:36] Eight years ago, a business book

[40:37] [laughter] called The 48 Laws of Power

[40:39] became an unlikely national bestseller,

[40:41] and now its popularity is rising yet

[40:43] again, finding a new life this time from

[40:46] an audience of rappers. No joke. Jam

[40:48] Master John Berman has the story.

[40:53] I don't know what you heard about me.

[40:55] Hip-hop stars 50 Cent

[40:59] and Jay-Z both say The 48 Laws of Power

[41:03] is a must-read. Once you have control

[41:05] over yourself, the whole game just opens

[41:08] up for you and you're able to be

[41:09] rational and think before you act and be

[41:12] strategic. In the multi-billion-dollar

[41:14] world of hip-hop, rapping alone isn't

[41:16] enough. It seems if you aren't the CEO

[41:19] of a multi-million-dollar company, you

[41:21] haven't really made it. Which is why

[41:23] would-be moguls are turning to the 48

[41:25] Laws. Examples? Play to people's

[41:28] fantasies, crush your enemy totally, and

[41:31] court attention at all costs.

[41:35] Raised in a housing project in Brooklyn,

[41:37] platinum-selling rapper, record mogul,

[41:39] and NBA owner Jay-Z is a 48 Laws success

[41:43] story. I consider him

[41:46] perhaps the supreme player in the

[41:49] hip-hop world. Practically every single

[41:51] one of these laws is something that

[41:53] Jay-Z does right.

[41:56] 50 Cent never knew his father, and his

[41:58] mother was murdered when he was eight,

[42:00] but he made it, adhering to Law 28,

[42:03] enter action with boldness. I think 50

[42:07] epitomizes

[42:08] a kind of way of getting power in this

[42:10] world that I think is very much just

[42:13] right out of my book. Now, 50 runs the

[42:16] G-Unit record label, made a movie of his

[42:18] life, has his own video game, even his

[42:21] own bottled water. So, even if you can't

[42:23] rap,

[42:26] maybe with this book, you can be a

[42:28] mogul, too. John Berman, ABC News, New

[42:31] York.

[42:33] Do the white man over by her

[42:35] >> Who knew you could get

[42:36] down?

[42:38] Nice. [laughter] Nice run. It's fitting.

[42:40] It's not 50. What is wrong with these

[42:42] people?

[42:43] Um very interesting. All right, [music]

[42:45] let's uh We're out of

[42:47] We're out of time. That's the skinny on

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