this is the culmination of three months of preparations by the u s diplomat and his colleague meghan o'sullivan they're trying to address the issues. flax parades and how to deal with the past. he has put in context what's at stake to supply party political process. no one party. you don't walk away with everything. it was in no one gets his or her wish list the negotiation of. the last week visit my auntie katie and david cameron to her irish and british citizens get their minds in the force would walk was evidence of two governments keen to bring their relationship to a new stable place. the next twelve hours bushel of northern ireland's politicians want to be part of that dynamic. can they produce. what might become known as the christmas eve to green. the crossover to tell me go on an atomic in your own question. she lived at christmas. pierre in the offing well they're certainly not going to make a deal before midnight tonight sharon. betsy was happens today. he was due to begin those round table negotiations at eleven am that was about four pm there's still no sign of an era started to te