mcguinness hailing from ireland. three some may have this defeat in the house of commons isn't the time to give you something substantial for example limiting the backstop well regardless of whether for marland or not the european union is committed to the backstop because it's important for northern ireland and the history and geography of that region i think today's vote for tonight's vote is certainly a very emphatic no to this deal but i think we're not clear as to what in the house of commons would actually be approved so we have a situation where the house has rejected the deal that's on the table and they've also said a no deal is not acceptable but we don't know what is acceptable and i think i'm not one with the president of the commission john paul younker the ceiling and donald tusk in really needing clarity from the united kingdom as to what exactly they want because i imagine that in the house of commons there are members who would accept certain things and others who would reject them so we need to know

in washington, susan mcguinness, nbc news. >>> with the national parks left unstaffed or even closed during the shutdown, how about visiting our state parks. there are about 300 of them. they're che they're clean, they're staffed and not impacted by the federal shutdown. state parks are often rich in history, and along the coast are miles of state beaches. >> a lot of people don't know that so many beaches along california's beautiful coastline are state parks. and that they are run and operated by state park personnel and staff and partner organizations who really contribute to keep them open and available and accessible. >> make check one out this weekend. there are 51 state parks and recreation areas in the bay area alone. >>> we have new reaction to the colorful language used by a new member of the house. rashe da talib used an expletive when she talked about impeaching president trump. >> using language like that in front of her son and whoever else was there, i thought that was a great dishonor to her and to her family. i thought it was highly disrespectful to the united states

susan mcguinness has the from washington. >> reporter: as the government shutdown moves into a second month, furloughed workers do what they can to get by. >> unfortunately, the bills don't stop. i have two children. >> reporter: in knoxville, she earns extra cash cleaning storage units. >> i have been doing anything and everything. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., a celebrity chef's kitchen feeds thousands per day. nancy pelosi stopped by today and afterwards rejected president trump's latest proposal and insisted on one thing. >> open the government, let's talk. >> reporter: his offer would protect 1 million illegal immigrants, including children brought to the u.s. as children but still demands $5.7 billion for a border wall, insisting today he won't cave on t point. then fro democrats that would reopen the government through february 8th. both are expected to fail. meanwhile, small business owners like elizabeth wynne of richmond are feeling the heat. >> feel a little bit like political pawns right now. >> reporter: she can't get her hot sauce fired up with fda approval on hold.

we put that question to the irish lawmaker mairead mcguinness in brussels.he is the vice president of the european parliament. reporter: are there any alternatives to the backstop? is it right now just about who will blink first? >> i think the worry we have is that we went through a long negotiation and i'm sure alternative arrangements were looked at and obviously were not going to work. what is on the table in the withdrawal agreement is something that will work, this insurance policy so we do not have a hard border. it also protects the single market. so i think there is a little bit of bewilderment here in brussels because we are trying to understand fully what the house of commons really wants. the idea of reopening the backstop, coming from theresa may herself is rather strange because only some days ago she was selling this withdrawal agreement as the only option, the best option we had and a very good deal for the united kingdom. and now she has had to reverse and change her mind. i think that is very difficult politically. from a european perspecti

it all started two years ago this week when deputy first minister martin mcguinness resigned, triggeringhe time, and its handling of a flawed energy scheme known as rhi as the main reason. fast forward to now, past an assembly election, failed talks after talks, and dozens of decisions put on hold in the absence of ministers, and little has changed. the deadlock now, though, isn‘t due to rhi but over sinn fein demands for an irish language act to enshrine the rights of irish speakers here. the dup has refused to budge, and in the meantime the british and irish governments have continued to focus on brexit. that and what is happening in westminster in the next couple of weeks could make getting this assembly restored very difficult. jayne mccormack. time now for a breatherfrom brexit, and a brief look at some of the other highlights from westminster and beyond. televised leaders‘ debates are a relatively recent addition to british election campaigns. but there are often arguments over the format and sometimes one leader, usually the one with the most to lose, refuses to debate head to hea

stormont assembly doesn't exist at the moment, it's two years to the day since the late martin mcguinnessfect bringing to an end the power—sharing devolved government that sinn fein had been in with the dup. the disagreements between those two parties have gone on, they don't agree very much but they do agree these new government proposals aren't acceptable but for different reasons. the dup say they don't go far enough, aren't legally binding and don't provide the assurances they want, that you need is an‘s position won't be undermined within the uk. sinn fein take the opposite argument to arrive at the same thing, they say the proposals would give the dup a veto over the backstop and a backstop which can be vetoed isn't a backstop at all. as regards the bottom line on these proposals, in orderfor it regards the bottom line on these proposals, in order for it to regards the bottom line on these proposals, in orderfor it to be in place at all the stormont assembly will have to be restored. the general view here but the current impasse over brexit makes any restoration of devolution even m

unaffected, and it remains unclear who might be behind the hack. 0ur correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinnesshe large—scale hack targetted very personal information and chats of high—profile people. this is the largest breach of personal data that germany has ever seen. hundreds of politicians have been hit by this attack, including german chancellor angela merkel and germany's president. also top celebrities have been affected, including an actor, a tv comedian, various singers and rappers. what they all have in common is that they are all vocal in politics, they're all politically active in some way. many of them have been very critical of right wing extremism. that has meant that many people are now thinking that possibly the people behind this attack are indeed right wing extremists. the other reason for that supposition is that the only political party not to be affected by this hack is the right populist right—wing afd, alternative for germany. so some people are saying, what does this mean? possibly that right wing extremists are behind this leak of data. however there is no concrete p

the closing of yet another adventure we're simply reaching the finish line counts as a victory mcguinness on just a just. and congratulations to him and you get a moment visit our web site al jazeera dot com keep it are. cyclic the headlines right now on al-jazeera as president on a trump says he wants to explore space space weaponry that could shoot down enemy missiles it made the announcement while unveiling a new defense strategy at the pentagon that called north korea an extraordinary threat that review came on the day pyongyang's top envoy landed in washington d.c. to discuss a second summit between donald trump and kim jong on ken young has been leading to nuclearization talks with the u.s. as an expected to meet with secretary of state pompei o donald trump has canceled a delegation to the world economic forum in davos next week citing the government shutdown is also scrapped house speaker nancy pelosi coming overseas tour for political deadlock between trump and the democrats over a supposed border wall is now in its twenty seventh day. this is a senseless shutdown is inflicting g

our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness, says the large—scale hack targetted very personal informationy has ever seen, hundreds of politicians have been hit by this attack including german chancellor angela merkel and germany's president. also top celebrities have been affected including an actor, a tv comedian, various singers and rappers, what they all have in common is that they are all vocal in politics. they're all politically active in some way. many of them have been very critical of right—wing extremism. that has meant that many people are now thinking that possibly the people behind the attacks are indeed right—wing extremists. the other reason for that supposition is that the only political party not to be affected by this hack is the right—wing, the populist right—wing afb alternative for germany. some people are saying well, what does this mean? possibly that right—wing extremists are behind this league of data. however there is no concrete roof for that and another theory is that actors or individuals from russia or china could be behind this attack. again, no proof of tha

earlier i spoke to our correspondent damien mcguinness, who's in berlin for us.rmation. it ranges from family photos, private correspondence, e—mails, messages between family members and politicians — right through to banking and financial information. as you say, the president has been affected, the whole german government cabinet has been affected. angela merkel herself has been affected — e—mail information of hers has been released, private letters and correspondence has been leaked. so it's incredibly personal information, including addresses and contact information. so it depends what could be done with that information, in terms of safety and security. it's also very important because it's hit almost a whole sector of society in germany. it's gone right through germany's political leadership. every single political party, apart from the right—wing populist alternative for germany party, has been hit. also quite prominentjournalists, prominent tv personalities, such as the very famous tv comedian jan bohmermann have been affected. some musicians, some rappe

his name was glen mcguinness. he was on death row in texas, at the age of 16. he wrote a letter to kelly tailor, and myself, at the time we were television news producers at australian broadcasting in dc. he basically said i want to stay alive, and i want the world to know how many men of color are on death row. kelly, ended up doing a documentary about him but it was only aired in australia. and afterwards they became friends. she is a book lover. they would read the same book, and discuss it via letters. the idea for the book club was born because after he was executed, in 2000, he wanted us to work with youth charge -- as adults they are title 16. that's when started free minds. boys that are in the adult, criminal legal system. so eventually started 2002, 2000 we became an official nonprofit in 2005. >> how many prisons or jails are you in. >> we are just in washington, d.c., but we are hoping to replicate. we are other prisons call us for advice, how to start a book club like this because this methodology is so simple and so powerful. >> peter: why is it p

at the time of martin mcguinness's death, it was quite clear that the mothers of soldier and lots of people that have been involved in northern ireland had not been explained to them what the implications of that freeing of the prisoners was about, on the one hand. so there is a kind of intolerance of anything that agreement represented and i do think one of the consequences was this brexit, this little england vote that developed. that happens to be a personal observation. the other thing that strikes me is that actually, the farmers in northern ireland that are supporting -- or not supporting , one of the real anomalies of the iron -- north ireland situation is the number of people i speak to, including on the shankal, who do not support the dup. the farmers don't support the dup. the businessmen are not getting into the ditch with the dup, yet every time it comes to an election, the dup are reelected. it's always seemed to be a strange thing to me. you are told -- the business people are actually saying they want theresa may's bill. they want what is happening. they want this spec

mcguinness, that if the tax cut and jobs act creates 2.3% economic growth, the tax relief pays for itself? >> if you do not cost -- count the cost of the extenders, increasing .4%, it would pay for itself. gdp growthy we have 3%, commensurate with the postwar average. >> that would be for your -- every year over the decade. >> whether you believe tax revenues are part of the problem or solution, it is a small part of the problem or small part of the solution, almost every witness said something similar. i am paraphrasing, didn't get the words exactly, but one of you said the long-term debt is overwhelmingly social security and medicare. 90% of the increase in our debt is attributable to medicare and social security. >> 90% in the budget deficit over the next 10 years will be social security and medicare. >> and mrs. mcginnis, you said of thegest drivers problems our health care and social security. mr. bernstein you said if we don't reduce the path of -- there is nothing that reduces the debt if it doesn't go through health care. health care -- did i get everyone's language right? does an

basically doesn't exist at the moment will stop it is two years to the day that the late martin mcguinnessect bringing to an end the power—sharing government his party sinn fein had been in with the dup. disagreements between those parties have rumbled on. they do not agree on very much but they do agree these new government proposals are not acceptable, but for different reasons. the dup say they do not go far enough, not legally binding and do not provide assurances enough. sinn fein, if you like, almost take the opposite argument to arrive at the opposite argument to arrive at the same conclusion, saying the proposals would give the dup a veto over the backstop and a backstop that can be vetoed is not a backstop at all. as regards the bottom line on these government proposals, in orderfor it to on these government proposals, in order for it to be on these government proposals, in orderfor it to be in place at on these government proposals, in order for it to be in place at all the stormont assembly would have to be restored and the general view here is that the current situation and imp

let's get more on this from damien mcguinness, who's in berlin for us.ough to banking information, financial information. as you said, the president has been effected, the whole german government cabinet has been effected. angela merkel has been effected. angela merkel has been affected herself. e—mail information of hers has been released, private letters and correspondence have been leaked. it is incredibly personal information including addresses and contact information. it depends what could be done with that information in terms of safety and security. it is also very important because it has hit a whole sector of society in germany, it has gone right through the german political leadership. every single political party apart from the right—wing populist alternative for germany has been hit. and also quite prominent journalists, tv personalities including a very famous comedian, musicians and rappers, what they all have in common is that they are generally quite politically active. they express a lot of political opinions. the comedian has been very

yes, it's interesting that these government proposals, two years to the day since the late martin mcguinnessno resolution of that deadlock. northern ireland has been without government now since january, 2017. so, the proposals from the government, in spite of the fa ct from the government, in spite of the fact that this assembly is not actually sitting at the moment, would give the stormont assembly and the northern ireland executive a strong role in the northern ireland backstop strong role in the northern ireland ba cksto p if strong role in the northern ireland backstop if it did have to come into play. in essence, the backstop would mean, if it kicked in, northern ireland would remain in parts of the single market, continue to follow european rules on the movement of goods, as they cross the land border, but the government says if there was ever going to be any expansion of the areas covered by that, if there was ever going to be any new areas of the single market which would be applied to the backstop, then a minister in london would have to get the agreement of the assembly here at st