heather: remembering the iron lady. former prime minister margaret thatcher given a ceremonial funeral with military honors, remembered for her courage, her steadfastness and her resolve. among those in attendance, former vice president dick cheney and former secretary of state henry kissinger along with queen elizabeth the ii. we have a member of the u.k. parliament. he was also a close friend of the baroness. he joins us now to talk a little bit more about his reflection on her life and the funeral services today. thank you for joining us and taking the time. good morning, a pleasure. heather: so the last public event for the baroness was your 50th birthday. tell us about your reflection on this day as we look back at her life. well, it was a tremendous honor to have her there. she didn t do very many public events at all but very typical of margaret thatcher they said, she
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zero heartburn. no heartburn in the first place. great. here are some stories to watch today on abc news. funeral services today for first lady betty ford. up to 1,000 people, including michelle obama, plan to attend the memorial in california. wikileaks founder julian assange returns to court in london today to fight his extradition to sweden. he s wanted there on sexual misconduct charges. atlantis astronauts performed their only space walk of t this mission today. they determined that some space junk near the international space station should not interfere. that s obviously good news. yeah, very exciting. and a very sad farewell to betty ford. a lot of people will miss her, that is for sure. quite a lady. finally this half hour it was a close call on this one. but here is our favorite story of the day. it s a feel-good one for sure. it is. yeah. it involves a stray dog named