excitement when you turn on your television and you see the potential future queen of england marching out for her big photo call in one of your dresses. what was it like? absolutely overwhelmed. even now i m coming to grips with it. but to be part of such an historic occasion is a real accolade for the brand. even though kate has been a loyal customer for several years and she still is, that sort of recognition is something that will live forever. i m delighted. did you have a warning that she was going to wear one of your dresses? it s quite extraordinary. on that particular day, i was on a flight to moscow and i had no idea. and i arrived in moscow, turned my blackberry own and i was absolutely bombarded with texts, messages, e-mails. i had no idea what was going on. finally it hit me what it was about. i grabbed a sunday paper and there it was. and i can t explain i was very proud. do you see an instant affect on your business?
on that particular day, i was on a flight to moscow and i had no idea. and i arrived in moscow, turned my blackberry own and i was absolutely bombarded with texts, messages, e-mails. i had no idea what was going on. finally it hit me what it was about. i grabbed a sunday paper and there it was. and i can t explain i was very proud. do you see an instant affect on your business? has business been crazy for that dress or similar dresses since kate middleton wore it? it s been absolutely extraordinary. even this dress she purchased a year or 18 months previous, we relaunched it. we had to relaunch, i think, six times. at one time it was one a minute on the internet. for the first few days. one a minute, literally. but more important, we are a global brand, but it s given us overnight brand recognition. and that s something you can t account for.
a brutal double-killing in new york triggers an international manhunt. police say a former russian special ops soldier is the prime suspect in the butch oefrg two women. the bodies of a 56-year-old woman and her grown daughter were found in a brooklyn apartment. police believe that 56-year-old nikolai rikozi killed his girlfriend and then her daughter in a separate room. she may have, in fact, walked in on the crime scene that apartment, we are told, was covered in blood. police say both victims, who worked as nurses, were stand repeatedly in the face, in the neck and their bodies. a cabbie reports picking up rikozi and taking had him to the airport and then he reportedly fled the united states on a flight to moscow that arrived on monday. even the state department is taking note of this investigation. it s true. there s no extradition treaty between the u.s. and russia. it s also true that we haven t been asked from u.s. by u.s.
so that spurred the ttp. they ve got a lot of affiliates in and around the country here. however, let me just give you one piece of news that has come out of karachi here in the last half an hour or so. at the airport here in karachi, security officials tell us that a man, an engineer, a pakistani engineer, was picked up trying to board a plane on a flight to moscow. that man, this pakistani engineer, was found wearing in his shoes some electronic circuit boards in his shoes with some batteries. and he was picked up passing through karachi airport. so the ttp connections all over the country. particularly here in karachi. now we have this latest incident. apparently security incident here in karachi. fredricka? talk to me now about the cooperation between the u.s. and the pakistani officials as it pertains to the investigation involving the times square alleged bomber.
dems and republicans alike say they want president obama to nominate someone who is in the mainstream. several say they re hoping for a nominee who would follow and interpret the laws. not make it. the short list of possible candidates so far include solicitor general kegan, federal appellate judges diane wood and garland. see where we go from there. the case shocking adoption advocates and parents around the world. a tennessee mom sends her 7-year-old adopted son back to russia alone on a flight to moscow. torre hansen says the boy became so violent and threatened to burn the house down. russia now considering suspending all u.s. adoptions which would leave many american families hoping to adopt in a lurch. hansen s mother says her daughter wanted to love the child and the russian orphanage lied to them about the boy. should hansen faces charges now? the mom. we ll ask a prominent adoption