my birth mom was 14 and she was right so she was sent to sean ross abbey where she had me. sister hell the car was in charge of all the adoptions. and she sent me to her niece in the states. i didn't realize tell i got older that my adoptive mom was schizo franek. and there was a lot a lot of the physical and mental abuse so i ended up in hospital few times for with head injuries. her just pushed me against a wall or i come to school sometimes bleeding. but i survived the hand i wanted to be the opposite of how my optimism was i never married never had kids i was always afraid that i would be like her. those kids who escaped adoption faced an equally bleak future some were forced to douse often ins would be use of situations many others was sent to industrial schools notoriously brutal places run by religious orders from. the house as the fee is that. yeah even if morris o'connell was incarcerated in an industrial school in truly along with his step brother kevin nobody really saw. before the dogs talked to go to take the doctor off and he would 3 or 4 big brother he was re

. >> the queen's instinct is to exclude television from the abbey.e feels the coronation is going to be an enormous strain and to have her every movement spied upon by the lens is too much for her. she thinks i really don't want this. >> and of course with the courtiers there's a lot of snobbery. >> there's a terrible feeling that people might be watching the coronation in unsuitable modes. having their feet on the sofa and not being sufficiently dignified. >> the queen agrees with her advisers. buckingham palace announces the coronation will not be broadcast live. there is a public outcry. >> the british newspapers, the daily express and the daily mirror, those take the side of the public. they suggest to their readers that the politicians in the palace don't want you to see the core nation coronation. and if you like, they stir up trouble. >> but the bbc, the press, and the public have a surprising ally. >> prince philip felt very strongly the coronation should be televised. you can see times are changing. you couldn't continue to do things behind

the same order of nuns ran another home sean ross abbey in ross creates a prairie. they sold the buildings in 2018. it is actually the 1st time that any film co have been allowed inside the reason collins was born here. for going to all of those huge this is your 1st impression when you walk in it's like a stately. it is a beautiful i was. but as you go down along i think the secret. of. when you're in you're in. 9 years ago the sisters supply the government with death registers which showed the 269 babies a died in sean ross abbey between the. 934 a 1967. but an examination of the town's official death records reveals a rather different figure. in reality over a 1000 babies and infants died in the home. each mother came in was never called by their own name they always had the house name. is better than 989 i was told aside my name was jane decides to take my culture for me and my family with me they took my money their identity was taken away their human rights was taken away their hair was taken away their clothes was taken away prisoners got better treatment. th

the tomb of the unknown warrior is not a large memorial, but everyone entering westminster abbey haso walk around his resting place, honoring this unnamed commandant of the first world war. a symbol of selfless duty and ultimate sacrifice. the unknown warrior was not exceptional. that's not the point. he represents millions like him who, throughout our history, have put the lives of others above their own, and will be doing so today. for me, this is a source of endearing hope in difficult and unpredictable times. of course, for many, this time of year will be tinged with sadness. some mourning the loss of those dear to them, and others missing friends and family members distanced for safety. when all they really want for christmas is a simple hug or a squeeze of the hand. if you are among them, you are not alone. and let me assure you of my thoughts and prayers. the bible tells how a star appeared in the sky, its light guiding the shepherds and wise men to the scene of jesus' birth. let the light of christmas, the spirit of selflesness, love, and above all, hope, guide us in the time

the tomb of the unknown warrior isn't a large memorial, but everyone entering westminster abbey has toound his resting place, honouring this unnamed combatant of the first world war, a symbol of selfless duty and ultimate sacrifice. the unknown warrior was not exceptional. that's the point. he represents millions like him who, throughout our history, have put the lives of others above their own, and will be doing so today. for me, this is a source of enduring hope in difficult and unpredictable times. of course, for many, this time of year will be tinged with sadness, some mourning the loss of those dear to them, and others missing friends and family members distanced for safety, when all they'd really want for christmas is a simple hug or a squeeze of the hand. if you are among them, you are not alone, and let me assure you of my thoughts and prayers. the bible tells how a star appeared in the sky, its light guiding the shepherds and wise men to the scene ofjesus‘s birth. let the light of christmas, the spirit of selflessness, love, and above all hope, guide us in the times ahead. it

as harry and meghan left the abbey, did they feel regret or relief?or themselves, away from the constraints of royal duty. coming up... the cambridges lead the way in lockdown engagements, and more on harry and meghan's new life in america. for the cambridges, lockdown allowed for some valuable family time. and like so many around the country, they were all enthusiastic participants in the thursday clap for the nhs. and like so many families, this year has presented many challenges. the cambridge family split lockdown between their home in norfolk and here at kensington palace. despite the restrictions, we have seen a lot of them. with the queen in her 90s and the prince of wales in his 70s, it was the cambridges, in their 30s, who often stepped up. but first, the duke of cambridge recovered from his own bout of covid. he didn't reveal details at the time, but it's believed he tested positive in april and self—isolated. well done, honestly, to you and everyone... in those early weeks of lockdown, their royal engagements went online and they focused on

an interesting speech he gave, abbey, last night. he's just not pulling any punches. he's not doing the verbal gymnastics that we've heard certainly from republicans for the past four years, but also from democrats who knew they couldn't alienate president trump and they needed him, governors, democratic governors, needed him during this pandemic. you know, other people in congress needed him if they were going to get things passed. joe biden sounds like, just doesn't need him anymore. >> and he doesn't. joe biden knows he'll be inaugurated january 20th, but i think that this moment last night represents a real a change in gear for joe biden, because weeks ago, shortly after the election, you would hear from people in the biden campaign that they were not going to dignify all of these lies, frankly, around the election by giving it a lot of oxygen, by talking about it too much. by making it a part of biden's speeches or his public comments. he certainly answered questions about it from reporters, but by and large, he was trying to give, perhaps, the president, but mor

having to wait a8-72 effective so by abbey having to wait a8 — 72 hours to get the data and what is to persuade people to support people to still must isolate even effort they have been vaccinated. dealing with this pandemic has been a case of dealing with uncertainty and today we have more certainty because we know that this vaccine is safe and effective but just as i this vaccine is safe and effective butjust as i was saying that we do not know the effect of the vaccine on transmission so we don't know the effect of the vaccine... we will keep and i that discussion and the house of commons but the health secretary advising that 800,000 doses of the newly approved pfizer biontech vaccine have been passed and the first deployment he says will be under way shortly. we will have more reaction that is shown but first a look at the weather. turning colder today and north—western parts planning and show us, still some cloud and patchy rain in the south—east, shoscombe and turning increasingly wintry in scotla nd and turning increasingly wintry in scotland and northern ireland and hear ic

financially the abbey can just about make ends meet. money from organic farming and producing church candles the nuns have in the past taken in 30 refugees to protect them from deportation mother met keeps in touch with all of them. she came from eritrea. and she came from sudan and came to germany and wanted to stay here she received a letter stating that she was going to be deported again the aide worker asked us to give us church asylum we took her in because in addition to this she was pregnant. both mother and child are doing well in the end they were able to stay in germany many refugees have experienced terrible things women were raped men were beat some went back voluntarily as soon as the situation in their home country got better for example this man from iraq. he stayed with us for 6 months he was our 1st church asylum seeker he came to us totally desperate and homeless once we took a man he was very committed he helped wherever he was needed he also like to join us in church even though he's muslim for example he spent almos

holiday lettings push up their rent they claim they're being pushed out of their neighborhoods by abbey and be the company may now be public but plenty of challenges still lie ahead. on this let's cross to our financial correspondent in new york quarter as were just saying it's not always been plain sailing but this is a big day for i.b.m. . it definitely is air b.n. b. will reach market valuation of almost $50000000000.00 was this i.p.o. they were worth about $18000000000.00 in the spring so definitely a big day for every m.v. by the way was this valuation they're worth more than that because. the hilton and term hired their combine so for the year so far b. of you has a loss of about $700000000.00 but as you mentioned in the past water at least they were profitable but it is the company overall that are still losing money this is the latest in a string of high value is in the u.s. this year was making investors so enthusiastic. well 1st of all there's quite some incentive for the companies themselves to go public look at air b.n. b. for instance in april and may they lost about 80 per

it was the first time that westminster abbey had been used for a wedding in decades.a fantastic international spectacle. >> two years after their wedding, prince william and kate welcomed their first child, a boy. >> here we go. there it is. the happy couple with the baby. >> prince george is third in line to the throne. >> william has embarked on family life. he's the perfect prince. but now the light redirects itself onto his younger brother harry. >> prince harry had a few troubled years as a teenager, issues about drugs, late-night drinking. he had been at a fancy dress party, unwisely dresses as a nazi. >> for many years harry -- he drifted and he didn't really have a clear sense of purpose and direction. >> at the age of 20, prince harry joins the armed forces. but he's determined that this won't be a ceremonial role. he serves two tours of duty in afghanistan. >> prince harry loved being in afghanistan. he was right on the front line. he slept in hammocks. he was treated like an ordinary person. and he found a family in the army. >> he was captain and had a job

she recalled that this year was the centenary of the burial of an unknown serviceman in westminster abbeyearlier generation who had become a symbol of selfless duty. he represents millions like him who throughout our history put the lives of others above their own and will be doing so today. for me, this is a source of enduring hope in difficult and unpredictable times. for many, the queen said, christmas would be a particularly difficult time. of course, for many, this time of year will be tinged with sadness. some mourning the loss of those dear to them and others missing friends and family members distanced for safety, when all they really want for christmas is a simple hug or a squeeze of the hand. if you are among them, you are not alone and let me assure you of my thoughts and prayers. # joy to the world...#. the reference to a hug or a squeeze of the hand was a human touch, the kind of language the queen doesn't often use publicly, deployed today in a christmas day message of hope and reassurance. nicholas witchell, bbc news. and viewers in the uk can see the whole speech in a few

our senior correspondent abbey philips is with us, nia-malika henderson is with us. and 18 attorneys general are now signing on in support of this lawsuit filed by the texas attorney general that seeks to invalidate not a few hundred or a few thousand or a few hundred thousand -- millions of votes by american citizens. when this far-fetched lawsuit was filed did you ever imagine it would receive this kind of support? >> i must say i didn't, but it looks like the rigged election caucus is growing larger every day, and that's because it's political, and that's because these elected officials believe that there's absolutely no down side to supporting donald trump in this ridiculous quest. the only question i would really ask is in supporting donald trump and trying to invalidate these elections are these elected officials willing to say that their own elections were fraudulent and that in fact they should not have been elected, and that their own elections should be redone, recounted, toss sa tossed aside? i would like to have all of them answer that question. i doubt t

financially the abbey can just about make ends meet. interns money from organic farming and producing church candles the nuns have in the past taken in 30 refugees to protect them from deportation mother met keeps in touch with all of them. she came from eritrea. and she came from sudan and came to germany and wanted to stay here she received a letter stating that she was going to be deported to get the aid worker asked us to give us church asylum we took her in because in addition to this she was pregnant. both mother and child are doing well in the end they were able to stay in germany many refugees have experienced terrible things women were raped men were beat some went back voluntarily as soon as the situation in their home country got better for example this man from iraq. he stayed with us for 6 months he was our 1st church asylum seeker he came to us totally desperate and homeless once we took a man he was very committed he helped wherever he was needed he also like to join us in church even though he's muslim for example he spe

this is the abbey road studios, is that right? yes, it is.s together and our home charity. it must have been really lovely to be standing in the day room. i know you are socially distancing. but i would imagine rehearsals have all been via zoom or whichever app is being used? yes, we have been using zoom. we have done some other collaborations with other choirs. to see each other again in person and to sing together and hear the choir harmonising was an incredible experience. we were all very emotional about it and very grateful. and we should say it was out, the single is coming out, the single is out. how likely do you think you can get that number one spot? well, i don't know. i think it's been such a busy year. obviously it was amazing to record with justin obviously it was amazing to record withjustin bieber obviously it was amazing to record with justin bieber and thinking about it number one was, i think, i suddenly thought, it's about it number one was, i think, i suddenly thought, its five years, wouldn't that be incredible? this chr

>> "abbey road" was a iconic album. >> probably greatest beatles album. >> i remember looking a

perhaps the prime minister should have acted sooner to crush as nick resentments province in fact abbey wanted to govern with a new style and when he came into office his motto was may damage which means something like harmony as i understand it was he perhaps naive was the turbulence that we are now seeing to be expected should he have perhaps acted to be more with greater toughness in the beginning no no no he's not naive and i've done that is showing forgiveness and what he was trying is it's not like an evolutionary to kill and finish those leads a country with abuse of human rights and be corruption looting the country's money he said let us live a part of what they have done wrong. they have done good and will for a result any graduate's out any conflict so that we keep everybody on board should anything go in the democratic election that's why people are against abi because he was too patient he was too pushing on leaving for the. this and keep them to use and huff by trying to convince people regarding the federalism it's not is not saying anything that he knows that it is in eu

financially the abbey can just about make ends meet. money from organic farming and producing church candles the nuns have in the past taken in 30 refugees to protect them from deportation mother keeps in touch with all of them. she came from eritrea. and she came from sudan came to germany and wanted to stay here and she received a letter stating that she was going to be deported to get the aid worker asked us to give us church asylum we took her in because in addition to this she was pregnant. both mother and child are doing well in the end they were able to stay in germany many refugees have experienced terrible things women were raped men were beat some went back voluntarily as soon as the situation in their home country got better for example this man from iraq. he stayed with us for 6 months he was our 1st church asylum seeker he came to us totally desperate and homeless once we took a man he was very committed he helped wherever he was needed we also like to join us in church even though he's muslim for example he spent almost al

closer look at the role of the prime minister because in fact only a year ago the multigrain legal abbey i've met with his mixed christian muslim background was being compared to nelson mandela barack obama seen as the bright hope of a country that has long been torn by ethnic conflict so how did the nobel peace laureate come to be involved in military conflict. pictures from 1998 tens of thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands fled in the territorial dispute between ethiopia and eritrea. is also a soldier in this war. when he became prime minister in 2018 the political scientist embarked upon an unprecedented course of reform he extended his hand to eritrea for reconciliation and return to territories. liberalize the economy removed old officials and met with leaders from partially divided ethnic groups. and i've celebrated by his followers and internationally hailed as a beacon of hope. for the nobel peace prize for 2019 to ethiopia the prime minister all of it all but the tide turns just one year later. began a military offensive in tikrit in the northern part of the

thinking i came up this time she was hoping to go missing obviously you know the i mean give up the abbey down but i'm going to going to open the gap in the coming. welcome back to worlds apart with that much in takes a mom there are plenty china rules the world mr james before the break really talking about the sort of these different conceptional well being a bit when the westerners and the easterners the chinese in particular and i think one other important factor here is the conception of time because as i was reading your book air currents me that made this change of her rise and your definition of power automatically changes because when you think in terms of 4 or 5 here are a lot and cycles just typical and the west. power becomes primarily about politics and politics becomes a primarily about power but when you have a sort of a longer horizon about here before you than. you can think about what power it is for what you can achieve with it you know with that power it becomes about development what do you think about that distinction i think this is a very important distinction that

hope, and she drew an analogy with the centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior in westminster abbeye parallels with so many who have been heroic during the pandemic. for me, this is a source of enduring hope in difficult and predictable times, she said. then this theme of reassurance, particularly important at christmas was not —— unpredictable times. again, let's have a listen to what she said. of course, for many, this time of year will be tinged with sadness. some mourning the loss of those dear to them and others missing friends and family members, distanced for safety, when all they really want for christmas is a simple hug or a squeeze of the hand. if you are among them, you are not alone. and let me assure you of my thoughts and prayers. a grandmother and great grandmother who has not been able to hug and kiss her children. from the april broadcast it was we will meet again. this one it was a simple hug and squeeze of the hand. the reassurance that the warmth from a monarch, he was very careful in the language she uses, and these were not words i suspect that we have heard qu

nary of acknowledged that this was the centenary of the burial of the unknown soldier in westminster abbey unknown hero from an earlier generation who had become a symbol of selfless duty. he became a symbol of selfless duty. he became a symbol of selfless duty. he became a symbol of those like him who throughout history have put others before their own. many will be doing so before their own. many will be doing so today. for me, this is a source of enduring hope in difficult and enduring times. for many, the queen said, christmas would be a particularly difficult time. for many, this time of year will be tinged with sadness. some mourning the loss of those dear to them, and others missing family members, distanced for safety, when all they really wa nt distanced for safety, when all they really want for christmas is a simple hug or squeeze of the hand. if you are among them, you are not alone. let me assure you of my thoughts and prayers. the reference toa thoughts and prayers. the reference to a hug ora thoughts and prayers. the reference to a hug or a squeeze of the hand was a human tou

military launched an offensive against the leaders of the tigre a region in the north prime minister abbey ahmed described it as an operation against those who want to break the country apart but it spiraled into an ethnic conflict. on wed looks at recent events and where ethiopia stands now. where the hero peon government troops took control of the to grain regional capital of mackay last month prime minister abi ahmed said the law enforcement operation against the to crane people's liberation front. was over others said the conflict had only just begun. he said no civilians are being killed by government troops both sides have been accused of rights abuses we've seen targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure with heavy artillery fire we have seen widespread looting of private property in many towns in western cheek i we've seen extrajudicial executions of individuals and that's to be linked to the t.p.s. but also prominent business people we've obviously also seen a context of massive restrictions on humanitarian access. the conflict has impacted the region there are numerous re

. ♪ ♪ nine-year-old abby hucker's mom sent us a note saying abbey, like most kids, has struggled this but that watching the news has helped. >> abby and her little brother are doing okay. i think a big part of that is due to the fact that she gets so many of her questions answered by watching the news. knowledge empowers her to dismiss many of her fears. >> o'donnell: we asked her mom if we could give abby a call. this is norah o'donnell. >> it is, it really is! >> o'donnell: i wanted to call and say thank you for watching the news. i love that, at nine years old, that you already love journalism. how is your family doing? >> good. >> o'donnell: abby's dad, dr. bill hucker, treats covid patients at massachusetts general hospital. tell your dad that we are so proud of the work he does. what we didn't know is abby's dad is listening. >> okay. he's on the phone now. >> o'donnell: hey, doctor, how are you? >> i'm good. thank you so much. >> o'donnell: one reason abby watches us every night is to learn all about the pandemic. when she heard protective gear was in short supply, she offered

this year was the centenary of the unknown soldier in westminster abbey, an unknown hero from an earliereneration who would become a symbol. he represented millions like him who throughout history but the lives of others above their own. that's what we're doing today. for me, this is a source of enduring hopein me, this is a source of enduring hope in difficult and unpredictable times. for many, the queen said, christmas would be a particularly difficult time. for many, this time of year will be tinged with sadness, some mourning the loss of those dear to them and others missing friends and family members, distance for safety, when all they really want for christmas is a simple hug or a squeeze of the hand. if you are among them, you are not alone. let me assure you of my thoughts and prayers. the reference of a hug or a squeeze of the hand is a human touch, the kind of language the queen does not use often publicly, deployed today in a christmas message of hope and reassurance. after a historic brexit trade deal, the european union's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has been briefing t

. >> abbey goodman is joining thus morning from st. petersburg, florida. to talk about the republican party in a post trump washington.po t? the tale of the tape in the selection was actually how well republicans did against all expectations. they made a gain of at least half a dozen seats in the united states house where they were expected to lose seats. they will at least be in a tie or maintaine control after the elections in georgia. they made dramatic gains among hispanics, especially hispanic women. among black men

.# in the town's abbey, tonight's event will replace their annual carol service. first year where they can't come in and things we are encouraging people to sing just to where they are. # come, come, oh, emmanuel.# it's really important to give people hope and encouragement. people have found this an incredibly hard and difficult year. and especially as we get closer and closer to christmas, people are feeling worried and exhausted and confused and stressed and there is something amazing about singing. so giving as many people a chance to sing together i think is really important. and, tonight, just before 6pm, these bells will ring out across town, a call to sing, one which they're hoping thousands across the country will respond to. now, darren bett has the weather. hello, again. more wet weather around today and more wet weather around today and more windy weather as well. especially in the south—west of england but also some strong winds bringing rough seas as well. this is our next wet and windy weather waiting to come in from the atlantic on friday. this is

does accusing abbey of trying to deceive the international community where tens of thousands of people have fled to grow for refugee camps in neighboring c. done. well, aid agencies say this enough to go round, many of the refugees there, say their nutritional needs are notes being met. mohammad vo has the details. different by hunger, refugees, queue for lunch at the camp. the food is prepared by relief groups with the help of refugees. but the choices are looking at this. these people have been living on lentil soup with a portion of sorghum porridge for 20 days. this type of food doesn't necessarily suit everyone. why didn't you know? you know, we have only this type of food that you see here. i had it for 14 days. now people are throwing it out way they don't want it anymore. the world food program is the main provider of aid relief in the camps. it says, every registered refugee gets enough to eat. this is the main food store of the w a p program inside the camp. they say what is available here is enough to feed 8000 people for an entire month and more is coming soon. so according

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. >> abbey goodman is joining thus morning from st. petersburg, florida. to talk about the republican party in a post trump washington.po t? the tale of the tape in the selection was actually how well republicans did against all expectations. they made a gain of at least half a dozen seats in the united states house where they were expected to lose seats. they will at least be in a tie or maintaine control after the elections in georgia. they made dramatic gains among hispanics, especially hispanic women. , trumps numbers among african-americans were double or triple what they were in 2016 in certain parts of the country. any women are said to serve 96 congress, or publican women than at any time in history. so against all expectations in the middle of a pandemic, with all the media predicting doom and gloom, the president of the united states just barely apparently lost the selection. yet looking ahead, think about what is ahead. havesentially conservative/republican, we have a good foothold in the united states supreme court, historically the midterm ele

former prime minister shinzo are bay was widely ridiculed for his national mask plan that was branded abbey, no mask for its small size and poor quality. the government was also accused of responding late to the outbreak to try to save the 2020 tokyo olympics, which got postponed anyway. of course, i understand the economy's in trouble, but if the government measures aren't effective against the virus in even holding the olympics next year will be difficult. i hope the government can get it together . with the postponement of the games, the olympic rings floating in tokyo bay unceremoniously towed away. but those rings have now been returned to public view, raising hopes the ill fated games will eventually be held if they are, it will be thanks in no small part to the humble mask. and the nationwide willingness to mask up mcbride al-jazeera. how whistleblower in china has leaked documents which show health officials misled the public for months over how serious the coronavirus was. according to file seen by c.n.n. and verified by 6 experts, the reported number of cases was lower than what w

international says dozens of people are still unaccounted for this comes a day after prime minster abbey of men visited that area calling for peace in unity following several deadly incidents and recent months in a tweet he said enemies were trying to divide ethiopia and on ethnic and religious lines no group has yet claimed responsibility elsewhere in ethiopia though government troops have been fighting the people's liberation front in the northern tier a region since the beginning of november raised fears of a security vacuum in other areas of the country elections to next year have further raised tensions over land and power there. well they have been confrontations between police and frustrated truck drivers stranded at the english port of dover several 1000 still waiting for crane a virus tests to arrive and many of them have no food water or access to some of taishan fronts lifting the blockade that it imposed on arrivals from the u.k. 24 hours ago off to a different corona virus strain was discovered brennan reports from. facing a 4th night trapped in their vehicles and unable to