neil robertson has knocked out mark selby to reach the last four.een in fine form all week at milton keynes, beating selby 6—2. here's a round—up of the day's action so far with seema jaswal. we have reached the quarterfinal stage here at the uk championship, and we saw a really intriguing match today between neil robertson and mark selby, but just today between neil robertson and mark selby, butjust to go to. he was an imperious form today, along success was an imperious form today, along success of 90%, his stats. almost impossible to play against, but there was a chance in the match, when mark selby could have got on level terms, a sort of unforced ever in position, but neil robertson was just awesome today. big breaks, high—scoring frames, just what we associate with mark robinson —— neil robertson now. even some of the frames he did lose, but his long game was phenomenal, his safety was great, but his scoring all the winter was fantastic. it was nearly a perfect match of sneaker he played a. he looks like he really enjoyed himself today. over o

robertson? guest: we are as flexible as we have ever been in the way any sort of service delivery, and certainly a response like this, you're talking about the formula of services being locally executed. we have been encouraging state and local partners to be flexible and find creative ways to make sure a person does not go without a meal. -- wee lots of examples have been addressing that episodically across the country. given the flexibility in the cares act and the posture we are in, this is a highly flexible time. we want to make sure people are fed and taking care of. once this coronavirus is gone, thankfully we can circle back and talk about lessons learned and put in place measures that make even more sense moving forward for delivery of services. host: lance robertson is the assistant secretary at health and human services for aging. we appreciate your >> share your experiences and ask expert your question's. join our conversation on washington journal which starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern an

neil robertson leads graeme dott 5—2 in the opening session of the world grand prix final in cheltenhambertson is playing in his third consecutive ranking final, having won the european masters a fortnight ago and he was runner—up at the german masters last weekend. they'll play to a finish tonight. that's all the sport for now.

plus -- ♪ robby robertson and the ban legends of rock 'n' roll.nd now the subjects of a new documentary, once were brothers. >> this music came along w wre it like that's it. that's the sound. that's the feeling. that's the rebel spirit. let's go. judy: and it's friday, march mark brooks is here to analyze theie democratic as bernie sanders and joe biden bear down. all that on ifpbs newshour." or announcer: munding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by -- ♪ ninse move -- announcer: moving our economy for 160ea, bnsf. >> no contra plans give us as much or little talk, text and ta as you want and our u.s.-based service team son hand to help. to learn more go to consumer cellular.tv. >> fidelity investments. >> the john s. and james knight foundation fostering engaged and more on kf.org. ties. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. ♪ this program was made tossible corporation of public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs news station from viewers like you. thank you. stephen: we'll return to

robertson: yes. and the early part of your question, citizenship will become a deal and some of the removal treaties. -- andve us your land" it was not state citizenship, it was united states citizenship. there was a group just east of where i am in central oklahoma, the citizen pottawatomie nation, and the citizenship was part of the removal deal, they were granted u.s. citizenship. i do not think it is so much -- there are two parties we are talking about here, so i cannot really speak to any sort of collective congressional animus toward native people. native peoples were not particularly interested in united states citizenship. it is not exactly a blessing, right? they were citizens of their own nation and happy to live as citizens of cherokee nation or chickasaw nation or whatever. there are individual cases of sort of tribal citizens, exactly as you say, sort of coming a culture he did through -- acculturated maybe through marriage ended become citizens and leave their tribal communities, but,

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after his epic win on sunday night, neil robertson withdrew from the scottish 0pen.you were up watching you'll know the uk championship produced a final to remember — neither robertson norjudd trump were ever more than one frame ahead. it went right down to a decider which started at around quarter to midnight, and 67 minutes later, at five to one in the morning, robertson won it. he spoke afterwards to my colleague sarah mulkerrins. my my brain was really wired after the match and i couldn't get to sleep until probably about five o'clock in the morning. so i woke up about 20 times during the night, sort of, waking up, whether or not i wonder loss, which actually happens a lot with boa rdman and loss, which actually happens a lot with boardman and athletes in general, that after big game, and doing your sleep, you've got the sort of moments where you wake up spontaneously and every time i woke up spontaneously and every time i woke up to spontaneously and every time i woke my spontaneously and every time i woke up to my saw the trophy there to kind of reassure me tha

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at its heart is ro lie robertson,al boy who made it big after first hearing early rock 'n roll in thehen this music camg, that was like-- that's it! at's the sound! that's the feeling, that's the rebel spirit. let's go. >> brown: at 15, he would join the rockabilly band of ronnie hawkins and begin toing all over north america. ♪ ♪ a few years later, he was playing lead guitar as bob dylan went electric. >> he opened some doors that, we didn't know what was behind those doors before.y there was a wa could write about before.♪hat nobody wrote ♪ ♪ i pulled into nazareth...mo >> brown of all, robertson was lead guitarist and songwriter for one of rock's most important and beloved bands, called simply, "theer band"--tson, rick danko, richard manuel, garth hudson, all canadian; and levon helm the arkansas-born singer and drummer. with songs like"up on cripple creek" and "the weight," the band brought together disparate inuences to make something new. >> there is no band that emphasizes coming together and becoming greater than m of their parts. simply their name, the band, that was it. >> a

and particularly, with the dedicated guidance of lindsey robertson, jack baker, mr. butterfield and many others that i see here today. preservation virginia is very pleased to be partnering with the virginia museum of history and culture. and we thank them for their participation and for hosting all of us here today. we are especially honored by the presence of our participants from the virginia tribal nations as well as representatives of the cherokee nation and the poach creek who are also here today. i want to thank and acknowledge our symposium sponsors who helped make this possible. the jesse ball fund and davenport and hersh her. preservation virginia has been the steward of the john marshall house and we have been caring for it since 1911 and help us interpret the legacy of chief justice marshall. this is a house where marshall lived for 45 years and it provides insights into his life and work. not only as a well known and significant american jurist, but also as a man who was a family man. a husband, a father, contributing to the civic life of the city despit

robertson,obinson -- have you had to hire new employees to deliver those meals? are the same people who are delivering them before this pandemic willing to get in their cars and go around and make these deliveries? guest: i have to applaud the resilience of our country. while there has been a bit of an ebb and flow in terms of volunteers across the country, and it does vary per region, some of the more heavily impacted regions -- how are they have seen aall, we continued resilience out of people willing to do that volunteer work. all of our murals -- meals are delivered by volunteers. they are right knology safety precautions. how we deliver the meals are in adherence with safety regulations. we are looking at what makes sense in terms of packaging multiple meals. maybe there is a pickup option for some families and seniors, but in general i am happy to say that that meal service has remained strong. people see the importance of it and i am proud of our network of roughly 20,000 providers that do this every day. host: we talked about that service before. it is no

be all primes and colonial blunder with one of the world's greatest human rights lawyers geoffrey robertson all this and more coming up in today's going underground but 1st the world is not the same since donald trump ordered the killing of iranian soldier caught some salami who along with his iraqi popular mobilization unit counterparts were drone strike on friday at baghdad airport joining me now from tel aviv is former israeli ambassador to the united states danny ayalon thanks so much about coming back on the show let's just begin with what you think your well indicted prime minister netanyahu meant when he said israel should not be dragged into what was an american event yes it was a totally american wholly owned american operation and i believe it came following the attack on the american embassy in baghdad but basically i think the united states was fed up with the intervention of iran through. the iranian revolutionary guard and most of the. force the oca's force which was headed by general assembly money their responsibility was actually to subvert all over and. i would say make su

lieutenant robertson waiting for his cue.cipal announcing they're honoring their son. >> way to go. your brother and sister are here, too. [ cheers and applause ] >> i waited until the last high five, and then took it off. >> reporter: the kids in shock. but the family so happy to be finally back together. remember, this military dad hasn't seen his family in a year. [ cheers and applause ] >> just getting to hug them anda you owin. it was just perfect. >> our thanks to the robertsons for sharing that wonderful story. and we want to thank lieutenant robertson for his service. i'm tom llamas in new york. stay safe, everyone.

now here's cara robertson. cara: thank you. i'm not expecting a call, this is to make sure i don't speak too long. thank so you much for coming, particularly on such a beautiful day. when you've been working on a subject as long as i have, there's also a fear you're involved in some sort of intellectual stockholm syndrome. so it is nice to know once the book is actually out there are people who might want to hear a little more about it. what i thought i would do is tell you a little bit about what drew me into the case to give you a sense of what my approach is. although it is a very familiar case to people, i'll give you a little background about the story so we're all kind of on the same page for the question and answer period. and you know, i look forward to knowing what it is that grabs you about the case. something y thinking like this, a great public trial would be a good way to get a window into the guilded age which was a time of great change and tension in american society, also one that seems uncannily like our own in

'd and the panties talking about his putts well that said robertson is central to the c.b.s. story he founded the network in 1960 and at age 19 still hosts the 700 club jesus i come to be influential figure in the evangelical community with a fundamentalist view of christianity. but it's not just his faith guide said his father was a u.s. senator and he himself ringback ran for the republican presidential nomination in 1980. so pat's got politics flowing through his blood and i've always said that he is 1st a politician and secondly a minister i think he's brilliant he really years he's especially brilliant when it comes to politics and marketing you could think of him almost as a precursor to trump a t.v. personality running for president right he laid the groundwork for someone who is not necessarily a political person. running for president and using the mobilization of conservative christian voters as the driving force behind their presidential run pat robertson believes in the end times and he believes that before the 2nd coming of christ can happen there has to be a kin

and what a disaster neil robertson had this morning before play could even start!f, and the floor and had to leave for a change of clothes before play could get under way. he currently leads barry hawkins 6—4 in the evening session. with the new premiership season beginning next week, there's some positive news for grassroots rugby today. training can be stepped up to involve matches, but with no contact. the professional game does allow that and, ahead of its return, our reporterjohn watson has been to twickenham, to speak to england's head coach. yes, grassroots rugby returns, not quite as we know it, though. there will be no full contact training, but what we are seeing is clubs able to train in larger groups and getting back to playing a sport they love. the definite date locked in with the elite men's game returning on friday. i know one man who is going to be keeping a close eye on the resumption of the premiership. it is the england head coach. great to speak to you. i presume you will be keeping a close eye on those england players involved. i am really loo

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nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh and, nic, let me start with you. one of those close allies, saudi arabia, calling, echoing those calls for restraint. just how concerned is riyadh that the trump administration seems to be upping the ante instead of showing any sense of de-escalation at this point? >> yeah. i think there is concern here because one of the sort of longer concerns about being so closely supported of president trump, but not having knowingly having a huge amount of influence over him is that while saudi arabia and the united states are aligned at the moment in their view of iran as a destabilizing influence spreading instability throughout the region, that's certainly saudi arabia's view and been on the front line of iran's anger and attacking the oil refineries

lindsay robertson is the author of "conquest by law." that explores the subject brings that brings us here today. as we conceptualized this symposium, lindsay has been a -- invaluable in determining the format, in our speakers, and in our goals to share this history. we are excited to finally meet in person. as jenny mentioned, it has been 18 months, i think, of

came in third place behind pat robertson and bob dole. goes to new hampshire. everybody's saying this guy -- again, another vice president, this guy is beaten. he's battered. no way he can win. he wins in new hampshire and makes a vow that night, i will not forget what you have done for me here. i think dukakis came in third place, in the iowa caucuses as well, in '88.

and don't cry over spilt hot milk — neil robertson has a crucible coffee catastophe. to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. in the last few minutes, england have won a thrilling first test against pakistan by 3 wickets at old trafford, having looked like the game was slipping away from them — half centuries from jos buttler and an unbeaten 84 from chris woakes leading joe root‘s side to victory, in a game which ebbed and flowed right to the last. let's cross straight to old trafford and speak to our reporter henry moeran. what a win for england on a day when pakistan looked like they had it, didn't they? just butler and chris woa kes ca m e didn't they? just butler and chris woa kes came together when didn't they? just butler and chris woakes came together when england was in all sorts of bother. the partnership with 139 runs both ended up partnership with 139 runs both ended up scoring half centuries. they had done enough. he had got england to that position where they could get over the line, and it is a remarkable victory. we use all these bits of technology now to work

let's talk about this with charles robertson he's chief economist at rene sounds capital investment bank and joins us now from london hi charles welcome along is this the beginning of a mafia african debt default i think we hope not we've got we've got 2 countries that have been going to the sites of debts investors in terms of anxiety one has been zambia one's been i'm gona but i think zambia's had a special story they were making a lot of money from costa in the 2000 when the china boom took off they voted out a president who was saving that money and they voted in a president and his current successor has followed the same policies as the as the next president who wanted to spend the money and not just spend the money from gotta let them borrow an awful lot more as well so that debt was done to around a 100 percent of g.d.p. and godas even higher and these are the 2 countries that have been of major concern to invest as some because to follow one surprise anyone. now is this all day into the pandemic or do you think there are other factors at play here. actually that the pandemics had

let's talk about this with charles robertson he's chief economist at rene sounds capital investment bank and joins us now from london hi charles welcome along is this the beginning of a mafia african debt default. what we've got we've got 2 countries that have been going to the sites of debts investors in terms of anxiety one has been zambia one's been i'm gona but i think zambia is had a special story they were making a lot of money from costa in the 2000 when the china boom took off they voted out a president who was saving that money and they voted in a president and his current successor has followed the same policies as the as the next president who wanted to spend the money and not just spend the money from copa but then borrow an awful lot more as well so that debt was done to around a 100 percent of g.d.p. and go it is even higher and these are the 2 countries that have been of major concern to invest as some because to follow one surprise anyone. now is this all day into the pandemic or do you think there are other factors at play here. actually that the pandemics had very littl

me now for more on this and other cultural injustices is the leading human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson q.c. whose new book who owns history elegans looting the case for turning plan the treasure is out now jeffrey thanks for coming on i'm going to get to the book particularly in a in a moment but your reaction to president trump saying that the culture of iran should be targeting the world sadly this is a man who thinks like a barbarian because it is to protect against barbarian activities over centuries most recently of course isis we have developed over centuries this rule that you do not attack cultural heritage and here is the commander of the free world if you like. announcing that he's going to target cultural property world heritage areas. to spite iran he calls it a rainy and culture but it's not it's the culture of the world it's cultural property the pretty long was 2 years old because it's part of our artistic a doc a take true evolution and so you know this is a barbarians idea of a sort of reprisal of the playground it's not it it has nothing to do with international law o

robbie robertson told his siden of the storys 2016 memoir, daniel roher's newasis for >> i think it's. i think it's a bitcarsweet story e, ultimately, we're left with this phenomenal body of workthis music that will liv on forever. but, at the sa time, that comes with the acrimony that you, we spoke to earlier, and that comes with the bitterness and sadness and agedy. >> brown: robertson has written musifor many films, often working with scorsese, including composing the score for "the irishman." ♪ ♪ and he recently released a new album, "sinematic," his first in eight years, including songs like "dead end kid" featuring irish singer glen hansard, that tell stories from his own life. ♪ ♪>> ach song is like a little movie, and some of them are about, not about who i broke up at one time, when i was justnto and i thought, "i'm going to doe this," and, "i think i could do that," and, "oh, it would beea to go out in the world, and i want to write songs and write"-- and people were like, what? oh, you're going to be disappointed. th's not going to happen. >> brown: it did happen for robbie

. >> well, nic robertson has been looking at how certain perceived strong men have been handling the virus. >> the united states, brazil, and russia have an uninveryable lead. gold, silver, bronze respectively in the pandemic. the presidents all populists. suffering the highest number of covid-19 infections. inaction and ineptitude key factors, but each leader earning their podium placing. russia coming in third. early march, state media portrays covid-19 as not a russia problem. late march, putin pulls on a hazmat suit in a hospital, signals he has the situation under control. the next day he announces paid vacation which effectively begins a lockdown. but soon day to day responsibilities. [ speaking foreign language ] >> in later meetings he seemed distracted. problem is in russia when the boss doesn't take a grip, the local officials slack. just what the virus needs. [ speaking foreign language ] >> jair bolsonaro recognized the pandemic's danger but began early prioritizing the economy over health concerns. [ speaking foreign language ] >> he sticks to his damaging message. even

now to our nick robertson. this is uncharted territory which could have unintended consequences like we saw when the u.s. moved into iraq on saddam hussein . talk about what impact this could have on the region in the gulf, and you even saw what happened -- the aftermath of when iran attacked the saudi oil fields. >> yeah, the iranian strike in saudi arabia recently was significant because it showed complexity. it was a multiple drone and rocket strike. so it was sophisticated. and it reduced saudi arabia's oil outpit by over a half. so what they can do in the short-term can be very effective. whether or not the united states would see that coming or its allies would see that sort of strike coming and this time and stop it ints tracks that's unclear. i think the threat falls into two areas here. one is what the proxies will do th they know exactly what's expected of them by tehran and that is attack u.s. forces and interests in syria and on the ground and will be exposed to that in iraq potentially. potentially

robertson is on the right. robertson proposed that, "payment of official gold subscription should be expressed in official holdings of gold and dollars."tes it should be noted that this was not a simple mistake on robertson's part. the next day, he checked to make certain that gold and the united states dollars was included in the document text. you can see keynes, dexter white, looking at each other with a big smile. this situation is rife with irony. despite keynes's best efforts, fisuure within the british empire of india brought the issue up for decision. second, in an even greater irony, it was a member of the british delegation understood that the dollar was the sole currency which had the strength and stability to be exchanged for gold. it was not the americans who proposed to put the dollar at the center of the postwar world economy. it came through the weakness of the british empire, fracturing in two places. first through the surging national independence of india seeking to protect her own economic i

>> reporter: robertson clearly had his suspicions. did too. >> so you've felt all along that jim knapp should have been a suspect and wasn't. >> he should've been investigated. there were a lot of red flags that were concerning. >> reporter: knapp told sheriff's deputies he was nowhere near carol's house when the murder happened. he was at his ex-wife's place, miles away, babysitting his son. didn't they find out the alibi, in fact, was pretty solid? >> no. actually it wasn't. what the son said was that, yeah, they'd gotten a video and the son was watching it. he doesn't know where dad was. >> dad wasn't sitting beside him in the room? >> no. dad was not watching with him, so he doesn't know where dad was. the son got bored watching this movie, and i believe he went and got on his computer. so there's a period of time that we don't really know. he might have been in the house, but nobody saw him. >> reporter: so maybe knapp's solid alibi wasn't? and remember how he told everyone he had cancer? sharon, a doctor, discovered something ab

i covered this with professor john robertson who joins me from here professor robertson welcome to the examen show thank you but argument how if the media in general been covering this war of the statue's for for internationally here in scotland than in the the rest of the u.k. those campaigning those tearing down statues are concerned with real social change that is tearing down of the statues this is is it something very secular music deal with is something they find appealing they can become obsolete a great deal of it and then in some respects it takes away from the actual campaign for real social change and i think that's the 1st thing to say but i think that for a long time been a problem with state and corporate media where you say for a long time professor robertson as not always been the case through history have been the poor go back to the american civil war then the last go handled as it was then was solidly for the confederacy that would seem to have something to do with the tobacco and the glasgow and even the manchester guardian that that tolling of vehicle for liberalis

that sometimes that's on a little version comes directly from god at least that's what part robertson reported 2 weeks prior to election day according to what the lord told me the president is going to be re-elected on the christian broadcasting network preaching the gospel of trump down to the wire. and finally these. it's not just the president wondering if he'll still have a job spare a thought for all those trump impersonators actors like alec baldwin and john de dominica comics like sarah cooper they've spent so much time perfecting the tone the gestures the new york accent and the questionable pronunciations of president trump we're going to leave you now with a step by step guide on how to do trump in person a sions it's from a british comedian daniel parker he's probably working on his joe biden impression these days the polls suggest that that would be the prudent thing we'll see you next time here at the listening post close stop by constricting my throat cream that gravelly bass then you'll be the lips in the teeth and then the action is just comes out when you tense up tha

and rinic robertson. the retaliatory strikes have taken place. and we've seen de-escalation. we'll know more in a few hours. what is the reading on this from your vantage point there? >> reporter: there's two messages from iran. one is external and one is internal. one that is external, this is a proportionate response. they are warning if the united states responds, there will be an escalation. you expect them to say that. but the international community, the united states and allies, this was a proportional response for what you did to us. the message internally is different. calling it a hard strike. leadership says this was a crushing response to the united states killing soleimani. on the other hand, they want to make this a success. but internationally, they are giving the impression they don't want to escalate the situation further. when we look at the target that was chosen and what happened here, i've been there. it's at a remote location. it is a massive, sprawling base. iran has fired multiple ballistic missiles into it. by u.s. accounts, not caused casualties. if

i want to bring nic robertson and kylie back in. nic, i want to get back to you, mike pompeo said something that was interesting. again, we know as you've said, this is not a peace deal or treaty. this is an agreement to step forward to get talks going between the taliban and afghan government. he said that the taliban expressed agreement in this. obviously, it was negotiation between all sides but primarily because the taliban -- i don't want to say save up, i don't feel like that's the right verbiage to use here. but the taliban had just decided they wanted to do things differently and how trustworthy are they? >> you know, if we think about how long the taliban has been at war which is almost 30 years now, 1992, to 1993, when they first came on to the scene in afghanistan, they're in the second generations, son and fathers, there on the front lines. there's elements there. they've imposed their will on the elements of the afghan people, they know that. the taliban haven't been able to take a major city in the country and for the

william, i forget his last name because i am thinking it is robertson. he is one of the most popular members of congress. he was their lawyer for this crippled time when everybody thought it had been done. and he explained the way he had done it was, go look at the seal, we had everybody participate in the constitutional convention, that is how we united it. that is what the lawyer thought at the time. and they did it in this unusual way. jeffrey: thank you for that great winston churchill quote, i could not help but look it up. and you are absolutely right, he sping coralhe raps over the -- new state in washington. so, lindsay, one of our listeners asked, this is for robert, for those who have not followed this closely what is the end result, bottom line, depending on which side wins and will it affect india right outside of oklahoma? lindsay: it depends on the basis for the court's decision. if they decide an oklahoma particular decision, probably not. it is less likely to have an impact outside of the state. if they apply more broadly general rules of

nic robertson is in the saudi capital of riyadh while matthew chance is in moscow.en killed, we must now de-escalate. that is one of the headlines today. in the national newspaper here, a very close ally of the u.s. you are in riyadh where i believe you are hearing echoes of a similar call for restraint at this point. >> yeah, i mean, what the saudis are saying in essence is, look, we know iran was the troublemaker and soleimani was the spearhead of driving up aggression from iranian proxies in the edge roothe region causi and strikes from saudi arabia and direct strikes that the saudis believe came from iran on the oil refineries here. so, the message to the united states is, look, we're on track with what you're thinking. but don't escalate this further because that will bring further bloodshed to the region. and a real potential for serious economic impact. nobody wants that. nobody has the appetite for that at the moment. so, the message, message is clear. and whatever the next steps are, don't ratchet it up. and i think it's interesting if you flip this around

robertson?uest: we are as flexible as we have ever been in the way any sort of service delivery, and certainly a response like this, you're talking about the formula of services being locally executed. we have been encouraging state and local partners to be flexible and find creative ways to make sure a person does not go without a meal. -- wee lots of examples have been addressing that episodically across the country. given the flexibility in the cares act and the posture we are in, this is a highly flexible time. we want to make sure people are fed and taking care of. once this coronavirus is gone, thankfully we can circle back and talk about lessons learned and put in place measures that make even more sense moving forward for delivery of services. host: lance robertson is the assistant secretary at health and human services for aging. we appreciate your time. guest: thank you, john. it has been a pleasure. host: up next, the brennan center's lauren-brooke eisen will join us on the increasing

i think so. >> pat robertson made the right point.he electoral college has voted, what, 306-232 in electoral votes. you need 270. the winner is biden. the loser is trump. jeff you were in the room during the biden's address and q&a with reporters. he made it clear he doesn't believe there is going to be a honeymoon or anything like that when he takes office. he's not mincing words at all though when it comes to the challenges that await him. the challenges are aenormous. >> they are enormous and this is part of what we're going to see from president elect biden, his leadership ability here. it will be tested without question. but he's not sugar coating it. he is not diminishing it. in fact he's doing what he don't hear many leaders do, particularly now, warning that the worst is yet to come. at least in the short-term. are warning that, you know, dark days of winter are going to be lock and painful and difficult. there will be more deaths, there will be more cases of coronavirus. so he's trying to as he said steel america. steel peopl

let me bring nic robertson back in.ften with agreements of this type and at this level, require buy-in from other players within the region. what do we know about how this is being received, encouraged or discouraged by others in the middle east? >> you know, i think one of the key indicators there is pakistan, of course. pakistan has been the country that has propped up and given sanctuary and support to the taliban over the decades and being sort of helping to launch them back in the early 1990s. and i think most significantly, when pakistan released from jail the taliban deputy leader who is doing the signing today, who has been the main interlocutor on that side, that alone there, tells you that pakistan is getting on board with this. in part, pakistan will have its own expectations of what a new political dispensation in pa pakist pakistan. with the taliban. and the taliban will play a significant role in a future afghan government that could push the current president ashraf ghani, could push him out of office as

they must've known. >> i think there was a lot of cover-up for example aaron robertson, i don't know if i want to call the guy, and animal. i think what happened and transpired the so many eyes and ears, i feel like they don't want to think it was him, his confirmatory bias. and they wanted to look another way. i'm not sure why they were protecting him. >> but they ultimately got him and that's when he committed suicide i guess, but they ultimately got him so that was frankly, somebody did that, who was in charge, they did not let him get away with it is what i'm saying and they probably wouldn't have. >> so they issued a lookout for him and he escaped somehow on foot and i'm not sure if they give them a hint because how do they let the one guard who is watching him, how did he miss him and then a second guard and then the guard in the front. did they tell him, did they let him in, didn't they try to issue and detain him, for some reason the senior attorney at the base would not allow for them -- they basically could not detain him because there is not enough facts and evidence, beli

robertson talked about drawing lines. and in drawing lines, americans reinforce their identity because they are behind the lines and the enemies of frontiers on the other side. we just said the frontier is closed, right? so where will these lines be drawn to bring people together? there are some people who think that the biggest problem facing americans in this period is a unified national identity. and some will argue that the way to bring americans in a unified national identity is war with someone else. and in this period of emperial -- imperial competition, wars were often in the effort to expand colonies. and that's what americans are going to do. ok, so war for colonial expansion will unite americans together in their effort to build that empire, but as you know, colonialism always has a cascading series of problems that come with it. that's what we're going to talk about today. two other things that i want to point out. this idea that colonialism can be a solution to problems if some. where will this colonial effor

cnn's nic robertson is live this morning at 10 downing street. nic, boris johnson planned to ease restrictions around the current holiday, now a rude about face with this new variant of covid-19. >> reporter: 16.4 million people in the country, a third of england under a tier 4 lock down because of the new variant that the government says could be more transmissible by 70% more. scientists don't believe it's more deadly, just that it can transmit faster and more readily. the concern of course is over a shorter space of time, that could diminish capacity in hospitals and that would have a knock on health effect. but the immediate effect for the cabinet session boris johnson is having today, this emergency session with government experts is to look at the impact of the fact that more than 20 countries have now banned travel from the uk, most significantly across the channel to france, 20% of goods coming in and out of the uk, go across those port crossings, they are blocked today. 6,000 trucks stacked up on the roads. roads being closed by the poli