and for that alone i francis hutchison, father of the scottish enlightenment, the greatest and most humane of all the enlightenment merits your attention today. thank you you. sam. thank you very much. our third speaker is judge rogers brown. judge brown is one of the premier jurists of our era. those you who were at coolidge house where i had a chance to appreciate that statement, she was nominated by president george w bush to the federal bench. she served on the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. from 2005 until her retirement 2017. today, judge brown will speak about the meaning of the concept of the pursuit of happiness and where it came from. will also speak on the common law english tradition of, property rights and its crucial role in the formation of our republic. judge brown. well, i will first of all want to thank the coolidge foundation. deciding on this conference. we may be starting a little early, but i think it's well worthwhile that we would begin thinking about this particular universe. three. and since of my colleagues here have told you about the legacies that we are oh, i'm sorry. it just occurred. the legacies that we hav

but first, your news headlines with sam francis. >> chris billam—smith. >> chris billam—smith. >> goodng to you from the newsroom. just coming up to 10:02. leading the news this houn 10:02. leading the news this hour. world leaders are gathering in london for a major summit on the war in ukraine. after a week of high stakes diplomacy and fiery exchanges. it follows extraordinary scenes at the white house, where donald trump clashed with volodymyr zelenskyy, telling him to strike a deal with russia or we are out, he said. well, dame priti patel, that spoke to us earlier here on gb news about the uk's relationship with the us. she says it remains firm but condemned those scenes in washington. >> those scenes on friday in the white house were awful. they were absolutely awful. and, you know, i just i were absolutely awful. and, you know, ijust i genuinely say this when we look at president zelenskyy, we feel a great deal of respect towards him because of respect towards him because of the way in which he's of the way in which he�*s conducted himself over the three years of this appalling

and here's sam francis. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. 3:02.ell, as. >> we. >> we. >> were just. >> were just. >> hearing there. >> hearing there. >> keir starmer is. >> keir starmer is. >> expected back in the commons later. >> this afternoon after warning. european leaders. >> he says. >> he says. >> we are at a crossroads in. >> we are at a crossroads in. >> history and an emergency summit in london. >> last night he announced a four point plan to help ukraine four point plan to help ukraine defend. itself against russia defend. itself against russia and to bring an end to the war. take a listen. >> the uk is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with others. europe must do the heavy lifting. >> well, the uk. >> well, the uk. >> well, the uk. >> and france are leading a coalition of the willing, urging the united states to step up its support. meanwhile, president volodymyr zelenskyy met the king at sandringham last night before sharing footage of recent russian attacks, saying they prove that vladimi

but before we get stuck in to today's stories, let's get the news headlines with the lovely sam francishank you very much. good afternoon to you. it's just after 1:00. the top story this lunchtime. well, we start with a catch up on what�*s been going on today as we gear up for this afternoon's summit of european leaders in london. let�*s take you live now to central london, where more world leaders are expected to arrive shortly for that summit on ukraine. the prime minister is already inside after welcoming french president emmanuel macron, and they are joining european allies to show solidarity with ukraine, as tensions between kyiv and washington are still dominating. talks will also focus on strengthening european defence and rebuilding transatlantic ties. well ahead of that summit, italy's prime minister has italy�*s prime minister has warned the west must avoid division, giorgia meloni said the uk and italy could and should play a key role in building bridges, as she proposed talks between the us and european leaders. she was welcomed to downing street by sir keir starmer earlier,