blair: we think it is the other way around.s is a group, it is important to us and to our investors who trust us with their capital. we are at a point where it has moved on to being passive, check the box, to think about how we can actively drive positive esg outcomes. a lot of the times we are the sole lender to these companies and have influence. we are doing three things. first, we can promote sustainable business. we can invest in recycling businesses. we just did a one billion pound loan to a consulting business to help them reach more clients and their goals. we had some financial incentives for them to do more on the esg side. the other thing, our average company is not that big. we have a lot of internal esg resources at ares that we can bring to bear. we helped bring one from scratch. these are all things we can do to bring the power of ares and the resource we have to the middle market. dani: that is all we have time for. thank you so much for joining us. that was the ares head, blair jacobson. back to you. manus: tha

i had a plan. >> reporter: blair was about to become part of a staggering statistic, the 30,000 post-9/11 vets and service members who have died by suicide, four times the number who died in combat but the vet who spoke at the fund-raiser that day spoke about a sort of mental health boot camp where it said veterans can get more hours of therapy in two weeks than they would in a year. it's at a place called home base, and it's free, funded by the wounded warrior project and run by mass general blair enrolled. >> from morning to night, their job is to recover. rather than waiting seven more days for the next 50-minute session, they're able to apply in real time what they've learned for the life that lives outside of these two weeks. >> reporter: dr. louis chow is a clinical psychologist who helps run the program. >> there is this incredibly powerful belief that i didn't do enough, i failed, i should have done more. and that gets echoed hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of times. >> reporter: that was the case for sergio alfaro, an iraq veteran who came to home base five years ago.

tony blair opened burton's doors to michael custom, eastern europe. as a european union grew larger and larger and the needs of capital grew more and more demanding. in 2007 flag reluctantly stepped aside for golden brown. and a year later, the financial deregulation put in place during the liberal revolution of the 1980s helped bring about a credit crisis that almost broke the global economy. gordon brown was forced to bail out sailing british banks with british taxpayers money. brown's time as prime minister didn't last long, he was voted out in 2010 and replaced by new conservative prime minister david cameron. cameron set out to leave the country still reeling in the wake of a financial disaster. and a coalition government that had set it fights on one thing above everything else would use the nation's debt. which nearly pre orthodoxy is that you must push your overall levels of debt down a fast to basic neo liberal policy in response to the global financial crisis. and so this is where we go directly from the idea that we must slash public spendi

it is lionel blair! of game shows such as blankety blank. lionel blair, who's died at the age of 92. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. this is bbc news, the headlines. in britain, a conservative mp at the heart of a row over standards in public life has resigned. owen paterson was found to have broken lobbying rules. the government then tried to alter the disciplinary system, prompting a furious backlash. with millions trapped in an escalating conflict in ethiopia — a diplomatic effort is under way — to defuse the war. a us envoy is in the capital, and the eu and regional groups — have again called for a ceasefire. at the glasgow climate conference, more than a0 countries have promised to phase out coal power. but china, india and the us — have not signed up. controversial rules to push tens of millions of american workers into getting vaccinated will come into effect from january. the mandates affect all healthcare workers and businesses with more than a

tony blair was amazed when he met me in aspen, colorado, he says how did you get here?on a plane, of course he meant how did you get here from the north—east of england from a comprehensive skill with an accent like mine to be presenting at this big festival that he was also at. that brought home to me how much the uk is still shaped by accent, class and geography. the uk has made huge strides on gender and race diversification in politics and in the bbc and elsewhere and you do of course hear a lot more northern accents in the bbc than you did before but people still get a lot of complaints. i've noticed as i was looking at the book, i would look at people with a northern accent and what the comments were about their appearances on tv or radio and find that people were complaining about the accent still. and in politics, you certainly don't see a lot of people from the north that you can distinguish they are from the north from their accent and their background. entertainment, the news, media and everything else, absolutely but i still think the uk has got a long way t

lionel blair so loved by many generations.row. mcleod, showers in the west, persistent rain in scotland and northern ireland. brighter in the afternoon but breezy. temperatures climbing up a little. into saturday evening, that patchy rain and drizzle will push southwards. a blustering night across the north. sunday, gales and severe gales across the north. to the south and east it will be windy but should stay dry and sunny all day long. thank you, we will see you later. it's been almost a year since we first met hughie and freddie, the best friends raising money for the hospital where hughie's being treated for leukaemia. they've just won a pride of britain award for their astonishing work — but they're already planning their next fundraiser. in a moment they'll tell us more, but first, let's take a look at their special night. music. you guys will be best friends for your whole life, won't you? yes. i am so proud of you. and i am super proud of you. can i shake your hand? yes. it is a great honour to meet you. and it is a pr

just remembering lionel blair who is died at the age of 92.reaks of rank of it old of the old bill will be heavy burst north west scotland. clear skies by the end of the night will be across east anglia in southern england, parts of the midlands and this is where we will have a frost going into friday morning. overall tomorrow is looking like a cloudier day. we will see from the cloud some outbreaks of veggie rain at time spreading self. they still continue to have drizzle and western areas especially on wheels through the day. most persistent rain will be in northwest scotland. overall although it is a cloudier day it will be largely dry, there was to be a brighter brakes across eastern parts of the easton high ground. there is a westerly breeze coming in now, that's from a less chilly direction. temperatures edging up closer again for the seasonal average. i'm laura trevelyan in new york, and this is bbc world news america. it's one year since the start of the war in ethiopia. the government claims to be on the brink of victory but tigrayan

the uk still has a i long way to go, and reference to tony blair was one of the local and peace fromgland, sent to the prime minister ship, of england, sent to the prime ministership, he of england, sent to the prime minister ship, he was an mp in the next constituent where i grew up, and the north and durham as well as edinburgh. tony blair was amazed when he met me in aspen colorado and said, how did you get here when we had a quick chat with the plane. and of course he meant how did they get here from the northeast of england through a comprehensive school with an accent like mine presenting at the speak festival that he was also out. that brought home to me how much the uk in terms of really acts in class and geography. the uk has made huge strides on gender, race diversification and politics and in the bbc and elsewhere. you do of course you're more northern accents in the bbc that you do here, but people still have a lot of letter complaints. i noticed, there are people with northern accents and with the comments were about their appearances on tv and radio and people complaini

this is lionel blair!onel blair who's died at the age of 92. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @bbcbaxter. we always love to hear from you. more on cop26 coming up so do stay with us. hello there. after the rather chilly conditions of the last few days, things are going to feel a little bit different as we head towards the weekend. some milder weather in the forecast, but with that, quite a lot of cloud feeding in from the west. and for some of us through the weekend there is some wet and windy weather on the way. this warm front has been working its way southwards and eastwards, introducing more in the way of cloud, but also introducing a westerly wind, so that is bringing a milderfeel. a milder start to friday for many. the coldest conditions down towards the south and the east where the skies have remained clear. and that's where we will see the best of any sunshine through the morning. for many other places there is going to be a lot of cloud. that cloud, at times, producing some spots of light rain and

and a picture of lionel blair dominates the front page of the yorkshire post.ry about sponsors leaving its county cricket club due to a racism row. so, let's begin. a bit more of a proper look and let us start with kate and the guardian and the very strong front—page story tories plunged into crisis after sleaze rules you turn and tory mps reacting with fury afterjohnson withdrew in less than 2a hours after ordering them to support this incredibly controversial amendment. conservative backbench mps feel incredibly used over the last 2a hours. it sounds to me like there was a very heavy operation happening saying there is supposed to disband the current standards committee system and the committee system and try to replace it with something else. many of them dutifully went through the lobbies and even had members on the move only forjust a few hours into the parliamentary sessions and there is a huge, they realise this was not a good look, not a good idea they should not have been trained to change the standards committee at this point in time and if you leap f

. >> i can remember the first conversation i had with tony blair and he said this is going to be likeve ever seen. >> dawn had not yet broken over buckingham palace as people began to arrive to pay respects, young people grieving for a princess they regarded as their own. >> she was young. she was fresh. she put the royal family wasn't something that was still stuck in the 19th -- 18th century.8th. [crying] ♪ ♪ >> i remember seeing crowds that were mourning, just be very different. there were asian people. there were black people. there were old people. there were younger people. it did not feel like what we had been used to. it was very powerful in that it showed you the kind of people who had built this coalition of life and support. >> the news about diana's death traveled all over the world. it reached every corner of the globe. >> for a country born in rebellion against british royalty, it was a morning of grief for a fallen princess of wales. [crying] ♪ ♪ >> we have experienced shocking deaths before, jfk a perfect example, but nothing like this and an this scale. >> it would ha

can i ask you about lionel blair.ck in the 1960s allows local newspaper reporter, - pages. back in the 1960s allows local newspaper reporter, i - pages. back in the 1960s allows| local newspaper reporter, i went pages. back in the 1960s allows . local newspaper reporter, i went to the studios — local newspaper reporter, i went to the studios on the weekend the recorded — the studios on the weekend the recorded entertainment shows and their showing them in a whole host of stars. _ their showing them in a whole host of stars, and i did feature on him and i_ of stars, and i did feature on him and i would — of stars, and i did feature on him and i would see genius, all the time — and i would see genius, all the time he — and i would see genius, all the time. he was absolutely lovely, full of wonderful anecdotes and he introduced me to all the stars in the show— introduced me to all the stars in the show and eve, what it what a guy _ the show and eve, what it what a guy a _ the show and eve, what it what a guy. a dancer, s

and tony blair, who was pretty _ century, this? yes.defensive _ century, this? yes. and tony blair, who was pretty defensive on - century, this? yes. and tony blair, who was pretty defensive on this i century, this? yes. and tony blair, i who was pretty defensive on this and wary of— who was pretty defensive on this and wary of taking on the conservatives over this _ wary of taking on the conservatives over this issue, said, wary of taking on the conservatives overthis issue, said, why wary of taking on the conservatives over this issue, said, why is this island? — over this issue, said, why is this island? and _ over this issue, said, why is this island? and it could not be specified. now we have had about albania. _ specified. now we have had about albania, but we have also heard about _ albania, but we have also heard about senior figures in albania saying — about senior figures in albania saying they are not going to do this, _ saying they are not going to do this, so— saying they are not going to do this, so this has been a kind of

we heard from tony blair. he hailed the meeting between xi jinping and joe biden as a step in the right direction. he says it sets the right posture for the u.s. to adopt when it comes to u.s.-china. it comes to taiwan, though, the world has a different view of taiwan than it does of hong kong. there is great anxiety. the potential of a clash between the two is real as far as he is concerned. so we will have to watch what they do. shery: it was one virtual summit that really doesn't change the long-term picture. you need to have a better strategy for both sides to come together. this coming at a time when we continue to have all of these other issues in the background as well as supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressures as well. haslinda: communications need to be kept open. they talked about how they want janet yellen to keep talking, communication has to be open. today there will be a discussion on emerging power. we have a minister of india who will be weighing in on the issue, coming as the backd

blair stayed in the hospital for eight days, august 22 through august 29 where he had a medical leech therapy a rarely used treatment prescribed by dr. louis which provided the necessary suction for attaining adequate blood flow for the severed finger. the doctors and the entire nursing staff went above the call of duty to take part in a successful surgery lasting over five hours into the middle of the night in order a 5-year-old boy could have a normal hand with all five fingers. the two weeks of post op care by dr. louis and dr. nord was exceptional and blair now has the full use of two once damaged fingers on a fully functional hand. the dedication and passion that dr. louis and dr. nord demonstrated along with the nurses and staff where they were willing to sacrifice their time and use their medical talent to perform a surgery that had a minimal chance of success was a testament to the age-old statement, service above self. dr. dan louis and keith nord are a living testimony of the hippocratic oath which they swore to uphold as medical professionals in the ending statement read, m

. >> when, in '97, we got a new and young labor prime minister, tony blair, that ordered something good, the new prime minister. diana had a plan. the trip to angola was just the start. >> she harbored this ambition to be some kind of ambassador for the country. i have got no doubt whatsoever that had she lived, something would have developed. >> labor government were all about modernization and energy and a new way of doing things. and she was in that same space. the royal family. charles would have been seen as much more of a force of conservatism. >> she needs to make sure that the narrative around her life, moving forward, was positive. so, diana's clever. she wooed the editors of the papers, and would invite them over for these cozy lunches at kensington palace. >> how much you were in love with diana and her image. >> she was a manipulator. she could throw you off your guard with a flutter of the eyelids. it was a tactic. >> she actually phoned her favorite photographers to let them know where she might be. she would telephone gossip writers. she would encourage them to build her

norman lear cast me as blair's cousin on "facts of life." >> see, i had this made.>> how was the bus ride? >> i don't know. i drove. >> a car? >> no. a lemon. >> when "facts of life" aired, i was so used to kids bullying me and calling me names that that's what was in my head when i saw these kids behind me. and the one kid, there were about four of them, "are you cousin geri from facts of life?" it was a real incredible feeling to be liked by kids. you mean you're not going to make fun of me? you're not going to call me names? wow. >> "facts of life" was winning a younger demographic. >> eventually, those kids would grow up. what stories do you tell them? >> the 1980s were a radical transformation. how do you live up to the ideals that you set for yourself when you were younger when dealing with the realities of having to raise children and pay a mortgage? ♪ sometimes you want to go ♪ ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ >> i don't know if i can tell you why "cheers" was so popular in the '80s but i do know that the song was brilliant. ♪ you want to go where everybo

hillary clinton, tony blair, the external master. we believe that there.berg subscribers can continue watching at live go. we have 20 more ahead. this is bloomberg. -- plenty more ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ corrected someone say tgif? you're watching -- >> did someone say tgif? let's talk about the third and final day. >> great work with you and the team on the ground there singapore. such a great lineup of guests here as well. let's bring it back to the news and what we have been hearing in the last hour. the women's tennis association says it is willing to pull out of china if tennis star safety is not accounted for. that is what we got from cnn on that interview. this tennis star had not been seen since early november when she made the accusation against former chinese vice premier. let's get more in beijing. this is an ongoing story. we see increasing twists and turns in the story. tell us more about that statement we heard from the wta speaking with cnn. this is a bold statement. >> yes. especially if you contrasted with other sport organizations who

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that evening, ed's father and mother were housed at the traditional rehearsal dinner at blairk-tie affair included beside members of the wedding party, mamie eisenhower, the wives of the four four groomsmen, te president's brothers and their wives, and a few other friends and relatives. members of the wedding party exchange traditional gifts. millions of people throughout the world waited in anticipation as the white house prepared to celebrate the wedding. historians took note that tricia was the eighth daughter of a a president to be married in the white house, that hers was the first june wedding held their and the first marriage ceremony to be performed out-of-doors at the executive mansion. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the father of the bride to be unexpectedly visited the press center and express a poetic view to reporters about the possibility of rain when he explained that a soft rain caresses the marriage. and then anymore lighthearted vein he said, -- >> a little rain will keep people indoors and they will remember it more. >> in spite of threatening skies, tricia decided to go forward

they looked at it is what paul blair community to say from. do you feel that i'm bell full lines on al jazeera. ah, knowledge is here. with me. oh . hello there, i'm this tells you, hey, and dough at the top stories here on al jazeera. now governance have reached a deal which attempts to limit the effects of climate change at the top $26.00 summit and glasgow. the deal follows 2 weeks of negotiations, but many countries say it doesn't go far enough. one of the major sticking points is cole, which is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. india pushed for a last minute change to soften the language from phasing it out to phasing it down this port anger from small island states. this commitment on hall had been a bright spot in this package.

well, from the was started by tony blair and, and george w bush all that time ago. but actually the news here is not mean about the refugees across the english channel. i'll give you far more coming for france. it's about, of course, as you mentioned earlier, the better route poland border is putin responsible for hybrid warfare, as we're being told every day. here is a vanguard of this kind of opposition to washington's research and imperial policies. i mean, there's obviously dissolving something of a standalone diplomatic stand or taking place between bella ruth and the european union. but when it started all we were told i have 4000 refugees on the other side of the fence to poland. now it turns out that there are only 2 has that, let's put this into context is just going to be this hybrid wall that's going to bring down the can union. you would know better than me, but as a pain, experiencing one refugees arriving in a day. not over this period. i think the rhetoric you think is funny, being deescalate, you know, wiley refugees going, that is not someone is rec

veteran entertainer, tv presenter and dancer lionel blair has died aged 92.n game show give us a clue. in recent years he acted in ricky gervais�*s extras and also appeared on celebrity big brother. there are warnings that the food crisis in north korea is becoming acute. as winter approaches, there's increasing concern that the most vulnerable will starve. the country is more isolated than ever, after closing its borders to its main trading partner china to prevent the spread of covidi9. laura bicker reports from seoul. the applause is always loud. it is always fervent, but even as he accepts this adulation, kim jong—un admits his people are going hungry. the newsreader announces that the food situation is tense. mr kim has also reportedly said that this year every grain of rice counts. state tv follows the farmer keen to show how he will carry out the leader's orders. what he doesn't say is that strict pandemic border closures have led to shortages of farming supplies needed to keep crops healthy. translation: it seems like the food shortage . is worse than

and at the same moment you have somebody like tony blair coming in and you had this like big election campaign in 1097. the slogan was things can only get better. i guess the question is, which kind of route he took and where the things really dig better for people in this country? oh, a ah a ah . this is al jazeera ah, hello, i'm marianne muzzy. welcome to the news. our life from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes, 9 ethiopian groups form an alliance to bring down abbe armored government, which is calling on former soldiers to rejoin the army. more than a 100 people are injured in clashes over last month's election results in iraq.

they took him off the story before that the jason blair a writer made up all that stuff and he got caught into his great credit of feeling of what we done we need to write the ship we can never let happen to get they were very vulnerable to criticize at that moment contract that was purdue pharma in 2007 the federal criminal charges with a hundred billion dollar fine and it keeps on going, indeed new criminal charges is quite interesting and they were manipulated and on the other hand they were trying to behave in a responsible way which is the stark contrast into which purdue has conducted itself about the country's most powerful opioid distributors did the ever try to block it or intimidate you? congratulations for your courage, conviction, kahunas will be the best way to put it, very great work. i didn't have any black limousine stocking my house but there was threats from the attorney general and west virginia, when i got some leaked documents i notified him that i was going to do a story about his role in this lawsuit against the distributors and he had one of his underlined call his

jennifer aniston will play blair.>> the role of miss garrett goes to ann dowd, who will play the same role on a reenactment of "diff'rent strokes." >>> the first living robots figuring out how to reproduce on their own. >> researchers say the tiny blobs made from the stem cells of fogs can replicate themselves. xenobots can produce by pushing lose cells together. >> the copies are smaller than the original and they actually need help from humans to start moving. scientists hope to use the xenobots to explore how the first organisms on earth reproduced. >> this is how the robot revolution starts. >>> all right, next the trip to an english pub that turned into an extended sleepover. >> when dozens of people gthered at the tan to hear a band, they had no idea what was ahead. a blizzard kept them snowbound. they stayed for another night and another night. three nights in all. >> luckily the pub was plenty stocked up for the winter. >> we were not worried about running out of any food or drink or anything. i think the only

and tony blair, who was pretty defensive on this and wary of taking on the conservatives over this issuesland?" and it could not be specified. now we have heard about albania, but we have also heard about senior figures in albania saying they are not going to do this, so this has been a kind of constant thing that there would be a fantasy place where they could all gather and be processed, so i doubt whether that would be a solution. but when you look at australia, they had about 20,000 people a yearcoming in. the year after they did this off—country on some pretty grim islands — it has to be said — in the pacific, the numbers of people came down to 160. presumably, a few people smugglers being able to deliver their contract, getting you to the coast of britain, then people would stop giving them the money. yeah, but where is this equivalent island? in other words, pointing out albania is still a country connected to europe. exactly. one of many interesting issues raised by this is that the key relationship for britain is actually not america, it is with france — and it is disastrous at

pita capacity, the legendary environmentalist actor, whose role is malcolm tucker, personified, tony blair's iraq warriors spin and arguably war on the cods. again, nearly 30 years after nature destruction of socialist yugoslavia, we speak to the man who implemented the 995 new liberal, dayton agreement that divided bostonians from serbs and croats as one of the poorest countries to want to join the e. u was via faces, another hard winter, all of them all coming up in today's going underground. but for us, today's the birthday of edward benet's credited with creating modern public relations critics of a bar, a strong and government here of seeing plans for new oil, gas and coal exploration after cop $26.00. believe that spin is winning the war of information, and one actor who has experience playing spin doctors is pita capacity, the environmentalist, known for roles in the thick of it, linked via armando, he a new cheat of iep and succession, has also played dr. who and the thinker in the suicide squad, he joins me now from la pita. welcome to going under ground. i don't know whether it is

and at the same moment you have somebody like tony blair coming in and you had this like big election campaign in 1097. the slogan was, things can only get better. i guess the question is which kind of route he took and where the things really dig better for people in this country the on both coasts, the u. s. with his active at the moment and maybe the most active is this. he is massive clad. that's an area of low pressures been giving heavy rain to florida, south carolina, particularly in charleston. very high tides because you got the wind added to it. that's just going up through north carolina, then probably go off shore and take the weather with it, leaving behind still chill the client, whether on the pacific coast it's rain or snow depending on whether you in the cascades or whether you're on the coast, which is not unusual, that'll spread some rain further south into a california in the middle. it's just cold, not specially so if anything happens to rise, a toronto is warming up a little and he's dry, texas and quite warm. in houston 25. there's a lot of persistent shad sands

well, from the was started by tony blair and, and george w bush all that time ago. but actually the news here is not mean about the refugees across the english channel. i'll give you far more coming for france. it's about, of course, as you mentioned earlier, the better roost. poland border is putin responsible for hybrid warfare, as we're being told every day. here is a vanguard of this kind of opposition to washington's resurgent imperial policies. no, i mean there's obviously a zone assuming something of a stand off to pro magic stand or taking place between bella bruce and the european union. but when it started off, you know, we were told to, we're happy 4000 refugees on the other side of the fence to poem. now it turns out that there are only 2000 that let's put this into context. is us going to be, is this hybrid water is going to bring down the or can union or you would know better than me, but as a pain experiencing was refugees arriving in a day. not over this period. i think the refugee thing is slowly being deescalate the airline. why in the refugees goi

and at the same moment you have somebody like tony blair coming in and you had this like big election campaign in 1097. and the slogan was, things can only get better. i guess the question is, which kind of routes he took and what the things really did get better for people in this country. the corona virus has been indiscriminate in selecting its victims. it's devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain, a disproportionately high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skins. the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that is seen united kingdom fail, it citizens, britain's true colors pop 2 on al jazeera. ah . and setting the discussions, what is greenwashing is when an old company talked green, but at 30 unflinching journalism. are you committed to building a vibrant democratic afghanistan, sharing personal stories with a global audience? our minifee had no idea what was happening on the shelf fuel, but i could see the body bag explore and abundance of world tough programming. c