♪ bundle ♪ mm, feel those savings, baby and that's how a home and auto bundle is made. better he learns it here than on the streets. the miracle of bundling -- now, that's progressive. hello, you're watching gmt on bbc world news. our top stories, the world cup is upon us. will it be a celebration of the beautiful game or an international pr nightmare for brazil? as strikes in sao paulo are ruled illegal, riot police are back on the streets to clear away the protests. >> and i'm in brazil where police used tear gas against those striking metro workers. the country's president vows that violent protests will not be allowed to mar the world cup. >> nearly 30 people are killed in an attack on pakistan's

busiest airport. the taliban claims responsibility. >> and as egypt swears in it's fifth president from a military background, we look at the huge, economic, and political power of the country's armed forces. >> also in the program, alex is here with all the latest business and more world cup headaches. but this time not for brazil. >> you're right. we're looking 15 years into the future because more major sponsors are joining in and piled pressure on fifa to answer allegations of mass bribery over the decision to give the 2022 world cup to them. hello. it's midday here in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington and in sao paulo, it's 8:00 in the morning. but the focus there is already on riot police and tear gas as

the authorities disperse striking metro workers demanding better pay. they're threatening to call travel chaos for that opening match on thursday. so 31 teams around the globe arrive in brazil for their dreams of glory t state governor declared the strike to be illegal and told the workers they'll be sacked if they carey on. it's a standoff that could dictate the mood of the entire world cup campaign. we're launching our special world cup coverage here on gmt and john joining us now from rio. john. >> david, thank you very much. i'm sure the brazilian authorities would like to be talking about the strikers. instead they're talking about the metro strikers who are causing chaos in brazil's biggest city sao paulo and where thursday's opening match brazil versus croatia is due to be taking place. it is a congested city and it's

gridlocked for those people. but i have to say here on rio, here behind me, the atmosphere is changing and it's changing from one of celebration. brazilian flags are going up everywhere. people are painting, where ever their community s they're painting it green and gold in the national colors of the brazilian team. and i went to one yesterday that has been pacified where so much has changed that people now encourage tourists to come and visit. >> reporter: in the shadow of christ the redeemer, they've found redemption. it used to be a place where drug dealers openly carried guns and operated with impunity. that changed. >> so there's no streets at all? >> no, just steps. >> just steps. >> hundreds of them. >> more than 800 steps.

>> he is now in charge of santa marta and he told me of the dramatic difference that the upp, the police pacification unit had made. >> in the past it's normal, one, two, three. >> where was the last homicide? >> before it starts. >> so there hasn't been a homicide since 2008. >> yes, more than five years without homicide. >> but pacification is relative. after we left the captain we ran into this police squad. guns drawn looking decidely tense. an off duty police officer told him about the encounter he had the week before. >> how many shots did the drug dealer fire at you? >> it's very difficult to count. >> around ten minutes of shots. >> wow. >> very dangerous, i know that. but the drug dealers shot from

all directions. >> reporter: before this was pacified there was three murders a month. 36 a month in a community of 7,000 people. the figures speak for themselves and the scars of yesterday's battles, well, they're everywhere to be seen. through the problems and frustrations of daily life, they're getting ready to party. yellow, blue, and green paint will surely be in short supply with santa marta and rio as a whole take on dlcolors of the national flag. >> translator: the world cup is very important to us. everybody is excited about the games and regardless of everything that is happening in brazil at the moment, the important thing is that we participate and celebrate and we believe that things are getting better. everything is going to be all right. >> reporter: the game has never

been played more beautifully than by brazilians. children dream that one day it will be them representing the national side. and on the question of who will win, they speak with one voice. >> brazil. >> brazil. >> brazil. >> brazil. >> brazil. >> well, that is john there. i'm just going to see if we've got john now. i hope you can hear me, john, because it's a beautiful scene behind you there as well which does contrast some what with the pictures we have seen from sao paulo in the last couple of hours. there's a lot of bluff called in the build up to a big tournament but how anxious are the authorities? >> reporter: yeah, i think what's going on -- i'm sure the brazilian authorities are hoping this will be the last of the strikes that is taking place

ahead of the world cup but always in the run off to this the workers and unions know they have maximum leverage. what the government wants is for the world cup to be able to pass off peacefully and for it to go well in the process. so i think they're hoping that they will be able to resolve the metro workers strike but everywhere else in brazil you do get the sense that people are taking down the banners and starting to put up the national flag. the talk will be of football come thursday when everyone will be gathered around their television sets. 30,000 people down below where we're speaking to now. across brazil, across the world, what always happens on these occasions is that people will be stuck talking about team formations. the way the site is performing and maybe the other things will slide into the background. >> as you're laurgeging our world cup coverage now, we

should reflect on brazil and what football means. you know it's not about life and death. t it's much more important than that. it couldn't be true of where you're standing now, could it? >> absolutely fantastic. we were watching these young kids play. you look at the brazillian side and so many of them were drawn from there. the neighbors built into the hillsides. one was explaining to me if you look at the way they are they're incredibly fast and agile. that's the way they play football as well. this idea of samba football you get from brazil and it is wonderful to watch and it is kind of almost akined to a national religion here and you can just be sure that as well as a mass i have weight of expectation should be said on the brazilian side, there is enormous anticipation ahead of that first ball being kicked on thursday in sao paulo.

>> it's a global anticipation too. thank you very much. >> i should say, we have plenty more for you on our website including a special live page. you can find details there and the latest on the build up for the tournament. it's all at bbc.com/worldcup. >> pakistani police say they have regained control of the city's airport after taliban fighters stormed a terminal using machine guns and rocket launchers. 28 people in all including the ten were killed in an overnight battle. pakistan's taliban say this was their work. they carried out the attack in revenge for air strikes in villages along the afghan border. emily thomas reports. >> the siege now over. the body of the attackers and their weapons on display. overnight pakistan's biggest airport became a battlefield.

just before midnight, gunmen disguised as policemen stormed a building mainly used for cargo. >> translator: the t ten terrorists entered the airport from two different directions in groups of five. >> reporter: as they fired at security guards, the rest of the airport is swiftly evacuated. for five hours the sound of gunfire and explosions, smoke and flames filling the night sky. >> translator: sounds were coming from the direction of the airport. then we saw small fires erupting around the hanger. the firing was so intense that it looked like war had broken out. >> reporter: more than 25 people have been killed. many of them airport workers and security guards. a nearby hospital struggling to cope as the injured continue to arrive. as dawn broke, the army set in to take control and then fresh violence. the sound of gunfire once more. the attackers may have intended a longer and deadlier siege.

one official told the bbc that the gunmen were carrying dry food supplies. suicide vests have also been found. security officials again insisted the siege was over. they say the airports will reopen in the next few hours. pakistan's taliban says it carried out the attack in response to the killing of its leader in a u.s. air strike last year. a spokesman said it's a message to the pakistan government that we're still alive to react to the killings of innocent people on bomb attacks on their villages. the taliban is the main militant group in pakistan and peace talks from the government founded in many weeks. they describe the latest attack as well thought out and the attackers as well trained. >> let's go to the latest. we're joined now live from karachi. thank you for joining us. they're talk about trying to get the airport open. again, already, that's pretty quick work, isn't it?

>> reporter: yes, indeed. and it's about to be taken off from the state owned pakistan airline. so things seem to be very normal in karachi airport at the moment. the people are coming in and flights have started to go on out of karachi and the foreign airlines have been asked to flow back into karachi which were actually asked not to. >> that's pretty extraordinary given the report there. the scale of this operation. would you agree that it looked as if they were looking to get into the airport and stay there? >> well, we understand the attackers were getting into the airport through the old terminal and all the operations is now being held from the new terminal for the last 20 years almost. so they got in through the old terminal and stayed there.

the airport security forces actually did a good job of containing them. the new terminal was not attacked by the terrorists at all. that's how they managed to do it. >> it is an extraordinary attack. a lot of people lost their lives and yet the authorities seem to have dealt with it pretty quickly. what is the government's perspective at the moment on what has happened? >> reporter: according to them, you have the report that ten people got into the airport and they were wearing the ess uniform. the airport security officers uniform. that's how they managed to get inside the airport. all of them have -- seven were killed by the law enforcement agencies and three of them blew themselves up. they were wearing a suicide

jacket. but i just spoke to him a few minutes ago and he told me all of the attackers were iran origin and not pakistani nationals. >> the latest there from karachi. i want to bring you the latest coming from syria as well. syrian state television is reporting that the president has announced what they're calling a general amnesty for all crimes committed to date. the country's justice minister is quoting as well as saying the decree is issued in the context of social forgiveness and national cohesion. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come in gmt, from the world's most dangerous conflicts to fighting a battle closer to home, bheet twe meet the u.s. a

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the former army chief that took office on sunday is the fifth egyptian leader drawn from the armed forces. as well as exercising it the military is a key player in the economy and with the presidency his vast business interests are also expected to grow. >> reporter: on duty in cairo, safe guarding the main road to the capitol, but as well as protecting the nation, the egyptian army is also protecting this. a vast business empire built with conscript labor. it's commercial interests stretch from petro stations and

shopping malls to hotels and spas and even grocery shops where you can buy the army's own products including it's brand of pasta. >> super markets like this are just one small part of the army's economic activities. these days, some say the military is less of a fighting force and more of a trading company. some see how much profit it makes or how much of the company it controls but estimates range from 5% to 40% and beyond. it's keen to show off it's major infrastructure projects delivered with military efficiency. but it's not keen on showing off it's accounts. there's virtually no civilian oversight of its budget. this expert says it's vested interests have been concealed for decades in the name of

national security. >> it's a black box. actually, it's not just a black box. it's a black box in a dark room. we know that there's a box but we don't know how big it is and we don't know what's inside it. that's how secret it snchts this is dangerous for egypt? >> of course it is dangerous to the egyptian economy. it's dangerous to the egyptian transition to democracy. >> we got a rare look under the hood at the american vehicles company. it's seen as an offshoot of the military economy. this joint venture with chrysler international produces jeeps for the army and the civilian market. the retired general in charge says the military is an engine for growth. >> it's very important for the

country because it's part of the rising force for the economy. >> how much of the economy does it control? this is the big question. >> only support. not control. only support. >> reporter: but now the economy and the country are in the hands of the former army chief. he may be out of uniform but he is still seen as their man. under the president, the army is expected to get even more of the spoils. bbc news, cairo. other news for you now, the two men that were found guilty of the murder of the russian journalist have been sentenced to life in prison by a court in moscow. three of their accomplices were jailed up to three years. she was an internationally

renowned writer and vocal critic. he was shot dead in 2006. >> japan says it intends to resume it's annual whale hunt in the antarctic. it was called off after it was ruld it wasn't scientific but japan's prime minister shinzo abe said the government is committed to the commercial whaling. >> a suicide truck bomb killed at least 15 people. the attack happened in the town of tuz khumato. it was headed by the iraqi president. it comes a day after another of the party's offices and security services building were hit in bombings northeast of baghdad. >> the pope held an unprecedented prayer meeting at the vatican with the israeli president and his palestinian

counterpart. they were urged to show courage, strength and tenacity and to engage with dialogue with one another. they planted olive trees as a symbol of peace. >> now maxwell moore was a combat medic with the military. he was working in iraq and afghanistan. in the line of duty he witnessed abject poverty but when he got home in los angeles he was shocked by those living on the streets in the city. he started a business selling soap an giving it away to the homeless. >> having access to soap and water is a basic human right and i'm trying to bring it to the poor people here in los angeles. i'm a combat medic. we take care of everything from bullet wounds to skin infections. it's definitely my business to

understand human hygiene. one of my jobs is to monitor an maintain my troop's health or hygiene and in so doing, their mental health improves and the health of the group improves. a universal human need is to be able to get clean. having lived all over the place. lived in war zones and seen people living so poorly, to come home to america and see people living on the streets in those same conditions was a real motivator for me. i started a company, maxwell soap and for every bar of soap i sell i give a bar of soap back to the homeless in los angeles. there's a cooking process to make the base and then it poor it into molds and let them cool and then i pop them out and cut them up. that's about it. don't be nasty is a few things. it's something my mother used to say to me when i was a kid and

tried to skip a shower but it adheres to the military also. if your rifle was dirty or your boots weren't shined or your bed wasn't made right they would say don't be nasty. but then coming home to los angeles and living near skid row people were definitely living pretty nasty and i would see people that weren't really sharing or weren't trying to help out the world they were living in and that was nasty. peel would ask me, do homeless people really want soap, you know? and those people are living right on the edge. they are just surviving. and it might as well be the wilderness. the universal response i have gotten from the hundreds of folks now that have talked to on skid row, it's all been the same. everybody is so happy just to have someone pay attention to them. someone to look at them and treat them like a human and to give them soap. i know it's not changing everything but it's changing something and i think that if everybody just decided that they would just not be nasty.

that they would embrace change. that they would start moving toward something bigger than themselves. and that's the challenge i'm telling everybody. that's the challenge in that little don't be nasty is you can do something. you can do something to make it a little bit better than you better found it. >> maxwell moore making a difference there in los angeles. hong kong's airport has been overcome by panda mania. 1600 sculptors have been unveiled there. this is part of a campaign to raise funds for the world wildlife fund charity. why 1600? that's the number of pandas left in the world and he wants to raise awareness about their plight. also coming up in the next half hour in gmt, just 100 days time scotland will decide whether to remain a part of the u.k. or go eight loan campaigning on both sides already intense so we can only imagine what it's going to be like in the days before millions decide yes or no. we'll be live for the latest.

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welcome to gmt here on bbc world news. in this half hour, 100 days to make up their mind. will scotland opt for independence? the political pressure grows day by day as support for a split from the u.k. is gaining ground. also an interview under the sea as fabian cousteau joins us on his record breaking challenge in the florida keys. you're going underground as well. >> you're right, david. business fully immersed itself

in the e-3 gaming expos taking place in los angeles. >> it's the poll that could change the face of the united kingdom forever. in 100 days time, scotland will decide whether to stay apart of the u.k. or become an independent country. campaigning is intense as rival political groups are across the country in a way to sway the voters one way or the other. will it be a yes? or will it be a no? let's go to rob watson. getting closer, rob. >> it is. and after this very long campaign, essentially they have been talking about it for three years since the scottish national party won the

government elections here in scotland. it's been raging on but there's a sense that the historic decision now faces scottland's 4 million voters and we have of course heard the arguments for and against in some detail about economic and governance and i want to explore a little bit about the kind of people the scottish people are that will be making this decision and to do that i'm joined by a screen writer who is with me now. now, sergio, a lot of people are watching, they'll think of scotland and probably think sean connnery, sir alex ferguson, bagpipes, the kilt, i could go on. is that the modern scotland? >> i arrived at the station this morning and there was a newspaper and the shelves were filled with loch ness monsters and that's really scotland the brand. that's the way we market ourselves abroad and it's a

fantastic brand and really recognizable and it helps trade and tourism but that's not what scotland is really about. it's not what the scots are really about. >> i think a lot of people watching this debate from afar would think well, the scottish, are they different to the english? do they have a strong sense of separate identity? >> i don't even think it's a question of identity which surprises a lot of people when you talk about the vote for independence. when you look at the range of people supporting independence, you have polls for independence, french people, africans, one is english people for scottish independence. it's not really to do with ethnic identity. >> it's not that scottish people feel threatened by the union for england. you have been in a union for 300 years. >> but it's about the best way to run our society. i haven't got a drop of scottish blood in my body. my family is italian but it

doesn't make me feel any less scottish. it's a civic identity and not an ethnic identity. >> briefly as i mentioned in the beginning, some people aren't always aware of this but it's a historic moment. it's huge for the people of scotland and huge for the united kingdom. do you think there's a sense among the 4 million voters that this is a big one? >> people are saying it's the biggest decision in 300 years. it's the first time ever that the people living and working in scotland have the chance to make a democratic decision about how we run our own affairs. it's a historic moment. >> do you think that scotland would feel like a different country? >> i think it would feel like a different country in the sense that we would be invigorated. there would be a sense of excitement and possibility of optimism. but then again i'm biased. >> well, that way of course you have revealed that you were a yes voter. absolutely no harm in that. thank you very much sergio. there you have it david.

i wanted to give you a flavor of how seriously this debate is being taken but also to explore a little bit about what is the kind of scotland, the kind of voters that the scottish are that will be making that decision in 100 days. >> it's a real countdown time. thank you. we humans have an appetite for the unknown. our 20th century was sent going boldly where no one had gone before unlocking the secrets of outerspace but our love affair with space took our eyes away from the oceans. today we know more about the moon's surface than about our sea's floor. that's a fact my next guest, fabian cousteau is hoping to change. he's in an underwater laboratory and he is hoping to stay there for 31 days. we can now join fabian on board

aquarius and speak to him now. thank you very much, indeed, for joining us. great picture too. what are you up to? >> good morning. welcome to the bottom of the sea. well, our divers are out and doing their science experiments. i'm here speaking with you for the first time ever on a cousteau expedition live from the bottom of the sea and some of our others are working here. >> can you give us a tour? >> absolutely. absolutely. we're in the gally here which is our main area. you can see for example that's where i was sitting. that's our eating, living, dining quarters. our gallery where we cook. we cannot have open flames down here considering it is a 2 1/2 almost three atmosphere environment. hot water and the microwave are the only way we can cook and we

can cook these prepackaged meals. those are nice freeze dried meals we get to eat every day. this is our sleeping quarters. so if you have ever been in the navy, you're familiar with this kind of environment. nice and tiny and nice and tight. we're making sure that they're not getting stolen here. and down below this way, i'm doing the 5 cent tour of course, our folks here, this is ryan. this is kip. >> good morning. >> they're all working on some of the shots we did this morning. this is mark. he is making sure that the divers do okay. we've got the science lab right here. fabian, you've got a lot haven't you and you know how to treat yourself down there quite clearliment let me ask you a serious question at all, though. i guess one of the challenges

for your sort of work is to explore, to make new discoveries without, however, disturbing the habitat that you're staring into. how do you do that? >> that's right. it's very difficult, actually. living with the fish in order to film the fish is not always easy to keep that environment pristine. so we have to make sure that we do so. you know, it's part of the message basically for mission 31. i'm going to put you here on the counter again because that's the most comfortable place around. the reality is that over the last few decades we have done quite a number on the oceans. but the point i guess is for mission 31 anyway is to be able to connect people with the ocean floor. why it's so important. why it's so magical. we explored less than 5% of it and now we're able to communicate these things for the first time underwater with

devices like this. we can bring them back to the habitat and beam them up into social media so that people can check it out. >> i tell you, the communication is just fantastic. we have a brilliant picture of you. it's wonderful. >> today. >> we'll take it today. that's fine. >> but just give us an idea. you have this number 31 days. what's the magic 31 about? >> well, the 31 days is symbolic. it's one day longer than my grandfather did with his team. he was one of the first to build underwater habitats. that one was monumental because it was a whole underwater village in 1963. they spent 30 days under water in the red sea to do scientific experiments and of course aquanauts since then have been

able to do it and follow in his footsteps. it's one day longer than he did but it's about honoring those who came before us and those that will come after. >> briefly, what have you seen out your window there? >> well, as you can see, we're getting a parade of sergeant majors. we have some grouper including a couple of goliath grouper. they're actually under the habitat right now. barracuda, tarpin and we just saw spotted eagle rays early this morning. it's a magical hour. i just said that and one of them is coming by. i don't know if you can see that but there they are. can you see that in the background. i'm not sure. >> i'm trying to. >> way off in the distance. she is doing kind of a spanish dance. >> we can see. we can make something out there.

a tell you what it's a terrific picture even if it is only today. thank you for showing us around. it's very interesting. >> thank you all. >> stay with us here on gmt if you can. coming up in a moment, the world cup. the hopes, the fierce. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy?

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it's the top stories this hour. striking subway workers in brazil are warned they will be sack first degree they don't return to work. riot police in sao paulo are firing tear gas at protestors

demanding a pay rise. an attack at karachi airport was carried out. 28 people died, ten of them militants. alex is here now with the business and big problems here. >> claims over how they ciatar won the kwid for the tournament. let's take a quick look now at some of the numbers involved and what they have been saying. over a four year world cup cycle, fifa sponsors contribute around $1.5 billion. adidas has a contract they

renewed until 2013 and that alone is worth $353 million. in the last few days they said that the public debate around fifa at the moment is not good for football nor for fifa and it's partners. visa, another big sponsor has a contract worth around $168 million. they said they expect fifa will take the appropriate actions to respond to the current investigation and it's recommendations. and then there's also the japanese electronics giant sony that sponsored a contract with fifa expires this year and they expect fifa to ensure that disclosures are investigated appropriately. coca-cola said today and as well as hyundai and kia voicing concerns. only the airline emirates has not commented so far. the professor of sports and

business at coventry university joins me now. the timing couldn't be worse. days away from the upcoming world cup in brazil. how damaging is this for fifa that five major sponsors voiced major concerns? >> the big problems at fifa for several years and fifa recognized this themselves but it seems internally that fifa is unable to change. several costarted to identify tt change is coming externally and it's coming at this particular moment, you could say it's coming from the marketplace. >> how significant is it that emirates hasn't publicly raised it's concerns? >> i don't think it's too big. last year they made public statements about fifa and was making similar requests to the

requests their spontaneous source are making now. i wouldn't necessarily expect emirates to say anything but if they do i imagine it would be consistent with the other partners. >> but what is the real danger here? say the worst happened. say one of these major sponsors pulls out. will someone else come along to fill their place. >> this is an interesting issue because i wouldn't expect wholesale withdrawal any time soon because this is a big strategic ask for the sponsors. obviously as you mentioned they spent huge amounts of money on getting the contract in the first place. they then spent a huge amount of money after it in the contract, in other words, engaging in promotional activity around it. they invested vast sums of money but along side that there's the danger that somebody else could step in and if we look at the recent case for example of the south african football association they lost it to match fixing allegations but within months they stepped in to replace them. so what you're doing is seeding

strategic power to a rival if you pull out. >> and the sums involved are just so large, aren't they? for now, many thanks. >> now if you remember that moment of terror when jaws first appeared on your screen, just imagine what it would be like to actually be inside the sea with jaws at the time? that's one of the experiences from game developers at the e-3 conference in los angeles. it's curtesy of sony's new reality. and we dropped our correspondent into a virtual shark tank to see how he got on. >> it's quite nerve racking i have been told to expect a shark attack. i'm inside this cage. >> oh, they look friendly enough. >> oh, please, please.

come on. the whole cage is shaking. it really isn't safe here. >> you're fully emerged in this experience. you're in a diving cage. you're not looking at it on a screen. you can look around and experience it. one of our key goals is to get an emotional response out of people. when you're in there and going face to face with a shark attacking the cage you're in, you've got that emotional response from everybody that's tried it. >> i can also look down and see my feet which have got -- my knees are bending. that is incredibly weird. >> i have got 360 degree vision. it is quite immersive. quite literally among the water. i feel somehow maybe i should be wearing a wet suit. >> is it ever going to be mainstream or kind of an amusing side show? >> i think that the stars have aligned as they are now, we have the technology to make it fast

enough. we can get the frame rate up there and the screen technology is really good these days. so i think that those base level things are achieved now and it's actually about creating amazing compelling experiences. >> i don't they he's got good intentions. >> oh, no, dangerous. >> >> it's exciting to get hands dirty. >> we're all about creating compelling experiences and it's a great opportunity to get out there and do that. >> how do i get out of here? oh, i think i may have died. it's gotten very dark. >> i can assure you he didn't die. he's alive and well. but for more on the e-3 conference check out the latest news on our website at bbc.com/e-3. what are you thinking david? you're quite sporty. does it tickle your fancy that

you're dropping yourself into a virtual shark tank? >> is that a request? you have done the real thing. >> never again. >> never again. well, i'll stay with fabian cousteau for a nice look at some fishes. >> as we await the first blow of the whistle of the world cup in brazil, how many hearts will be broken over the next few weeks. so much hope and expectation followed by pain and frustration and disappointment. england fans know all of those sentiments. the teams flattered to deceive since that triumph in 1966. has the nation come to terms with failure? we have the exclusive first performance with a special poem for the england team called that time again.

>> have we finally learned our lesson? do we finally know the score? has reality come home to roost and knocked on every day. >> in a land where blind convictions never ceases to amaze. >> when you weigh up all those barren years, dashed hopes and early graves. >> have we woked up, seized the reigns of truth. >> are we reckoning on nothing. >> it's the basement not the roof. >> yet once again from our senses taken leave. >> has it forced us to declare in hope. >> can we count upon these men. >> envolkswagen the ghost of more. >> will they whimper. >> will we hear three lions roar. >> from the bridge up to the lake. >> from the valley to the

cottage. >> is it four more years of pain? [ inaudible ] >> let them cry out in fear. >> let the hand align. [ inaudible ] >> we will rally. >> we will gather. >> we will throw all colors in. >> for our team and for our country. >> for our queen and for our king. >> and when all is done. >> and they dragged us through the dirt. >> we'll still celebrate the honor of three lions and the shirt. >> well, that terrifying individual at the end is with me now. he put all of that together. henry, that's fantastic. that's quite an achievement to gather everyone up to reflect england. >> it was actually easier than i thought it was going to be.

40 years ago you wouldn't have been able to do it because in the voir dire tinty of where you lived you had people very local but nowadays there's everyone. so it wasn't too difficult but it was a great mix of very interesting people. >> well, very famous people as well. but i have to say, i love the jamaican. >> he was brilliant. he was brilliant. he was a bowler for the local cricket team. very pacey in his time and that was just a lucky situation where i bumped into him and he agreed to do it. >> isn't it true with these sorts of events they play havoc with our emotions. you try to get that sense. let's hope they won't do too well because they won't be disappointed. >> it was very much about reality to begin with but then as you heard it's on the side of wishful thinking and probably ridiculous optimism. >> we're going to win, aren't we?

>> of course we're going to win. >> there's penalty shoot outs so we're told but other countries have to go through that. >> but if you speak to the germans they know they have the history to take it on and get the result that their country won't. >> well, you know, there are 32 so we have the england stamp on our competition. you're waiting on a few people to challenge you. >> it would be great if people enerred into the spirit. there isn't that much time for them to do it but if they can get together with their friends and put a rhyme or lyric together about their world cup chances it wouldn't be a bad thing. >> thank you for coming in. if you have a poem for nigeria perhaps, maybe a sketch of the french team will do, join in the fun. we want you to send us your

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