southern, mid-atlantic and new england.you can see, colonists on the continent held 70% of the wealth in british america. when you bring north america down by region you see that wealth increases as you move cell. that is according to the degree in the colonial economy depended upon and slave labor. when you examine the average amount of property for a white person astonishing disparity drop them in the british caribbean or some 90% of the population was made up of enslaved black people free white people were stupendously rich boasting more than 17 times the wealth of those in the 13 colonies. indeed the average private wealth of the three white colonists in jamaica the single most lucrative american colony was nearly 58 times greater than that of a similar settler in new england military deployments were distributed to protect that well. often they were nearly as many warships assigned to jamaica as to the whole of the north american continent. jamaica's plan of emergence will the greater influence in the metropolis the no

list that the largest city in portugal and the only european capital on the atlantic coast at the mouth of the take the discovery monument evokes nostalgia for a time when the portuguese made the world their home carved in stone some 52 meters above the water the heroes of portugal pioneers of the conquest looked triumphantly towards the ocean that gave them such wealth and pristine. they are headed by prince henry the navigator the architect of a perilous project to open up a new trade route via the atlantic ocean his aim was to bypass the muslim rivals in the mediterranean and gain access to africa's gold coast in the 14th century the portuguese succeeded in ousting the arabs from their territory the kingdom now had free reign to begin its campaign of conquest promising gold and power henry the navigator convinced the nobility to follow him in this adventure. remember the navigator was the crown prince in a way this mythical figure this great christian portuguese prince was portrayed as very devout and it'll be coming don't you going to put the he started out commanding a brand of rai

the largest city in portugal and the only european capital on the atlantic coast at the mouth of the take the discovery monument evokes nostalgia for a time when the portuguese made the world their home carved in stone some 52 meters above the water the heroes of portugal pioneers of the conquest looked triumphantly towards the ocean that gave them such wealth and prestige. they are headed by prince henry the navigator the architect of a perilous project to open up a new trade route via the atlantic ocean his aim was to bypass the muslim arrivals in the mediterranean and gain access to africa's gold coast in the 14th century the portuguese succeeded in ousting the arabs from their territory the kingdom now had free reign to begin its campaign of conquest promising gold and power henry the navigator convinced the nobility to follow him in this adventure. to get though remember the navigator was the crown prince in a way this mythical figure this great christian portuguese prince was portrayed as very devout and it will be could be he started out commanding a brand of raiders pirates w

seven, bit atlantic and new england. congress held nearly 70% of the wealth and british america. it is much larger than the caribbean. when you break north america down by region, cutie the growth increase as you move south. that is according to the degree the economy depended upon in slave labor. when you examine the average amount of property held, an astonishing amount dropped. the british for the ring, 90% of the population there. mostly for then 17 times the wealth in the 13 colonies. the average private wealth of jamaica was the most lucrative american colonies with 58 times greater than new england. military deployment distributed to protect that wealth. often, warships assigned to not american continents. this was explaining why hutchinson couldn't get as much support as he needed as soon as he wanted for british policymakers. before that american revolution, the british were well aware that they now know as tax, represented in the crisis and it was generally a source of overwhelming concern. taking advantage of the work against the opponents from more than 1000 enslaved

ocean of atlantic to talk of what happens on the atlantic has a big effect on us. that means in winters where the atlantic is calm cold winters. vinter. he doesn't foresee warm weather putting it into winter sports in the central uplands any time soon. as it is we don't expect a repeat of this winter it's an exception it's warm and changeable phases of the next winter to be significant in colder and snowier that's what we expect will happen. in the often also and many inventive big share his optimism including nico blink man still he's been making provisions for years and that along with the ski lifts and ski rentals he also runs a hostel the bookings from schools and clubs mean he's no longer reliant on holiday years who stay away if the snow does such obvious. winter like this one would i think only if you didn't have a 2nd source of income. but most people here do here is show it's not nice and here and there it can be problematic when a winter like this happens a lot to spend so on the mission cong. he's already preparing for spring when the ski slopes are tran

who flew the south atlantic. so i sometimes have to mention that. flying it, she left newfoundland, canada and landed 15 hours later near londonderry northern ireland. the feat made her an instant worldwide sensation and proved she was a courageous and able pilot. then on august when he fourth and 25th of that year, she made her first solo nonstop flight by a woman across the united states from los angeles to newark, establishing a woman's record of 19 hours and five minutes. and setting a woman's distance record of 2447 miles. to be sure, amelia had courage and commitment. it takes courage to embark on a path that is so different from the norm, but earhart felt that tug all her life. she was born on july 24, 1897 in kansas, the daughter of edwin and amy otis earhart, and her sister was born two years later. she was a tomboy, no surprise. playing cowboys and indians, building and testing homemade roller coasters, the neighborhood leader, and she could handle a gun and so her own clothes. the family made moves due

a low in welcome the cross for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the atlantic alliance the bedrock of the post world war 2 global security order is slowly but surely unraveling more and more often washington and brussels diverged on important foreign policy issues today europe has a choice to defend its interests or fade into oblivion. crosstalk in the atlantic alliance i'm joined by my guest mark ullman in oxford he's the director of the crisis research institute in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator also in london we have a real because he is founder of a k. consulting and a foreign affairs analyst all right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mark let me go to you 1st here and let me just read you 2 quotes here number one foreign minister lavrov played in munich saying quote change course speak for it's too late and we have the new head of the european union's foreign policy arm he said he also says europe must develop quote. appetite for power in the trump era they

to know people who don't think the atlantic ports also generated wealth for areas that stretched very far inland as far as of leo in the case of nunzio by exalting their. goods were also transported along rivers really flowed over so the wealth that slavery produced was essential for france. 1669 from the want or don't and after slavery money flowed back up reverse to all well. and. it had such repercussions on inland areas that it became a national objective look at the 14th knew that to win the sugar war he would need a powerful fleet. the king ordered the construction of $500.00 galleons the atlantic became the theater of a naval war between france england and the netherlands a bitter fight in which each sunken ship was a total loss for the respective countries economy. it was very expensive to build and equip a 74 gun ship and its crew. if not more ultimately who bore the cost of financing these wars the financing of ships and assholes was mainly footed by french presence. in. the slave trade fleets were protected 16000 galleons were already protecting dutch commercial ships while

. $1620.00 a century after sugar plantations were introduced in brazil the atlantic became the battle ground for the sugar war england the netherlands and france wanted to break spain and portugal as had gemini. in the caribbean the dutch took control of congress south central station and some a town the french what a loop martinique granada and. cental man the english occupied the bahamas jamaica . barbados and dominican. only cuba and pleasure rico remained under spanish rule. after the extermination of the meat as are a lot of people the 1st sugar canes flourished and this from thailand the caribbean became a space of conquest for the europeans very early on really was the 1st place the columbus landed in the new world the 1st place that the spanish began to search for gold and the 1st place they began to enslave the indians so they were thoroughgoing spaces created by design of european planters and imperial policy makers and for their profit right there aren't so many places where you can completely overlay a territory like that so there are in some ways the caribbean is a space

the king ordered the construction of $500.00 galleons the atlantic became the theater of a naval war between france england and the netherlands a bitter fight in which each sunken ship was a total loss for the respective countries economy. it was very expensive to build and equip a 74 gun ship and its crew. if not more ultimately who bore the cost the bill for financing these wars the financing of ships and assholes was mainly footed by french presence also as a force in. the slave trade fleets were protected 16000 galleons were already protecting dutch commercial ships while the 3000 light and fast royal navy cruisers terrified their adversaries friends paled in comparison to these are modest. each nation needed a fortress in africa if it were to compete in the atlantic race just like on the caribbean islands these forts were the bastions of the triangular trade. as military bases they offered a secure store for guarded goods and captives before departure by sea. in less than 80 years 43 such forts were built from senegal to the niger delta every stone every being every element of m

amelia was getting the idea to fly atlantic. she had done it as a passenger but she felt she hadn't done enough flying yet. she was doing a variety of race, doing a variety of shows, but she felt she really needed to show the discipline and show that she could actually accomplish a flight like this. so she bought a differentin$ lockheed vega than the one she used in the derby, the red one that we have in the collection of the national air and space museum and determined to prove herself she decided to slow the atlantic. she thought a transatlantic flight would bring her respect, something that other women sought too. ruth nichols already had made an attempt in 1931, crashing in canada, but she recovered and was planning another flight within a few weeks of earhart taking off on her flight. so, earhart took off on a nonstop solo flight from harvard grace, newfoundland to londonderry, northern ireland. this is what she said when she got there. she noticed -- she obviously realized when she was flying that the landscape, when she

nichols had an idea to fly the atlantic and amelia was getting the idea to fly the atlantic. she'd done it as a passenger, but she felt she hadn't done enough flying yet. she was doing a variety of races, doing a variety of shows and things like that. but she felt she really needed to show the discipline and show she could actually accomplish a flight like this. so she bought a different lockheed than the one she'd used in the derby, the 5b, the red one we actually have now in the collection of the space museum. she thought a transatlantic flight would bring her respect, something other women saw, too. ruth nicales had already made an attempt in 1931 crashing in canada. but she recovered and was planning another flight within a few weeks of earhart taking off on her flight. so earhart took off on a nonstop solo flight from harbor grace new finland to northern ireland. this is what she said when she got there. she obviously realized when she was flying that the landscape when she reached land it didn't look like france. she'd been thinking she wanted to go to france. she knew

crosstalk in the atlantic alliance i'm joined by my guest mark allman an ox. he's the director of the crisis research institute in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator also in london we have a real because he is founder of a k. consulting and a foreign affairs analyst or a gentleman cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mark let me go to you 1st here and let me just read you 2 quotes here number one foreign minister lavrov in munich saying quote change course speak for it's too late and we have the new head of the european union's foreign policy arm he he also says europe must develop quote appetite for power in the trump era they're both hinting at the same thing in different directions here what does that tell you better change course before it's too late what's that mean to you. i think certainly the tensions between russia and the west in general are really probably tension in russia in the united states and we can see that actually inside the european union and th

f this sort of thing from the atlantic council.e're going to be even more intensive in this period taking on this challenge, as we should be, under our mission of working together with our friends and partners to shape the future. the panel of experts was called together by three of the atlantic council perhaps, the scowcroft council and the adrian r. rockefeller resilience center. at the atlantic council, we're working rapidly to respond to provide all of you as much understanding as we can realtime. but at the same time, to provide policy ideas, ideas of how we can collaborate better across the world is and across the atlantic. we find ourselves bracing for major gee geo political and geoeconomic impact as covid-19's spread is causing chaos, confusion around the globe but alsoso the beginnings of common cause. what we know already is that the coronavirus has reached some 130 countries, latest is 6,518 deaths, 1 -- sorry, 169,700 cases, and in the united states it could be as many. as 80 deats now. the finishing t's web site has 8

it's one of the works in the exhibition beyond the black atlantic at the concert for roy in hanover the show's title derives from an academic theory about the diversity of black culture and it's exchange of ideas and influences across eras and national borders the concept centers on the peoples who were subjected to the atlantic slave trade trying to generational trauma that continues to influence artists to this day all of the works in the exhibition deal with racism in some way whether directly or indirectly the artists themselves are wary of being labeled as making black arts but at the same time identity is a topic that keeps arising for instance in the pictures of a lawless self from new york. striking karachi is a resting and challenging. game on part is my main subject i think partially mostly because of the body of which i have it so it's been it's been a way for me to speak very very fairly about and i don't i mean. i also used to be i'm not a body on and off but the racialized be a body to kind of speak about larger humanistic concerns or accidental concerns. the object of our

it's out in the atlantic. how many days is that?ully 8 days but no more than 10 days keep the quality. and you need to go that far to find the best fish stocks? yes, it's lovely haddock but it keeps us out of the north sea, reduces the effort in the north sea and because the cod quota has been cut this year, we have less time to spend in the north sea. the amount of fish skipper james stephen can catch is controlled by quota and under the eu system, 60% of the quotable fish caught in uk waters belongs to non—british fishermen. james, where are we going now? down into the accommodation. i want to see this because i want to get a sense of how you guys live when you are on a 10—day trip. you've got to get used to the stairs. it's easy for me. are you ready to go in here? let's have a look at one of the cabins. so this is it, sleeping quarters. sleeping quarters for the next ten days, 8—10 days. well, let's be honest, it's cramped. well, it is what it is. on day nine and ten, are you getting pretty fed up being in here? i am in my own w

it is approaching from the atlantic.ide of it so a narrow band of patchy rain with some snow over the hills further north. it may well be that the showers behind that are a bit more potent and heavy and back again wintry over the high ground with temperature stuck at around 7—9dc. we don't have a name storm but it will be turning windier with more rain on the way on saturday to be replaced by sunshine and showers on sunday. you're watching beyond 100 days. the who says the death rate from coronavirus is now higher than seasonal flow. in the coronavirus is now higher than seasonalflow. in the uk, the nhs has declared it a level for incident, the most serious. so, the nhs has put it up to level four and the government now insists it has a plan to tackle the virus and virus and stop the spread until the weather gets warnmer. voting is under way on super tuesday, the most significant day in the race to select a democratic candidate to take on donald trump in november.

the sun rose over the atlantic horizon on a cloudless, blue sky that morning. and the what's north of fort fisher the federal frontline troops were in position waiting for orders to assaults the great fort. according to general terry's attack plan, a naval bombardment would seize at a rearrange time, and then the soldiers from the army of the james would rush the fort. the troops and make the assault and three brigades. one after another, aiming for an extreme western flank of the forts land face overlooking the cape fear river. at the same time, 2000 men in a naval brigade composed of sailors and marines, drawn from the naval fleet what assault fort fishers northeastern -- . the angle of the foot of the land faced meant to the sea face at water's edge. the naval brigade force, which is admiral porter's idea, was composed entirely of volunteers. they faced a deadly challenge. they would charge the fort over approximately one mile of open beach, largely armed with nothing more than handguns. at 3:35 that afternoon, the fleet ceased fire and the warships blew the

you will get more of the sort of thing from the atlantic council. were going to be even more tested taken on this challenge and we should be under our mission of working together with her friends and partners to shape the future. panel of experts was called together through the atlantic council programs, the scowcroft center for strategy and security, the rockefeller foundation resilience center. atlantic council are working rapidly to respond to provide all of you with as much of us it is a can in real time but at the same time to provide policy ideas, ideas of how we can collaborate better across the world and across the atlantic. we find ourselves bracing for major geopolitical and you economic impact as covid-19 spreads, is causing chaos, confusion around the globe. also the beginnings of common cause. what we know already is the coronavirus has reached some 130 countries, latest count is 1000 -- circuit 169,700 cases, and in the united states it could be as many as 80 deaths now. the website has 81 and 3782 cases. what we know is that informati

which opened into the atlantic via two inlets. this mighty collection of forts and artillery batteries known as the defense system was anchored at the mouth of the river by the largest fortification in the confederacy, fort fisher. located on the tip of a peninsula known as confederate point during the war, fort fisher was roughly shaped like a number 7 with its top or land face stretching for half a mile across the peninsula from the cape hill river to the atlantic and its sea face stretching for a mile along the beach to the south. it was known as the gibraltar of the south. it was one of history's great fortresses. at one point 40 pieces of heavy artillery. its gun chambers were protect by high hill traverse which were hollow or bomb proof. it also boasted a 60-foot high sea face battery called the mound battery and a cutting-edge of military piece of technology on its land face, a modern style mine field, which dozens of artillery shells were connected by wires to a battery which would detonate them at the feet of assaults inf

across the atlantic of the united states the n.b.a. other major sports leagues you're talking about hundreds upon hundreds of millions of lost revenue and a lot of restructuring could be involved as well because you know the teams and organizations ever allowed ticket sales will be affected in hit you know the hardest because they don't have you know the money and the recognition to generate revenue other ways other than because they're very dependent on gate receipts if you don't you know if you come a lot of people into your stadium you've got nothing so well let's talk about football then because all of these consolations or all of the stuff which is football's good has some major issues when it comes to shuttling these games because they don't they don't they don't drop them completely all the right right now the top you know european all the leagues basically in europe you know are postponed until early april but you wait for the governing body for football they're going to meet next week and determine what the future of the europ

staff to ta ke atlantic has asked staff to take unpaid leave.ine like flybe already in poor financial health has been finished off by a virus whose economic impact continue to spread. a short time ago, mark anderson, the ceo of flybe sent an email out, saying he appreciates our distressing this news is and goes on to say coronavirus is impacted both oui’ coronavirus is impacted both our shareholders and ourselves and has put additional pressure on an already difficult situation. i'm very sorry, he says, would not been able to secure the funding needed to deliver our turnaround. i feel so proud of you and thank you and wish you the very best for the future. flybe did seem to have been saved earlier this year. these are not passengers with luggage, but mechanics taking their tools home from the compa ny‘s headquarters at the end of the runway. they'd come in especially to collect their kit, even before any official announcement. we are not allowed to tell you anything. nothing. have you been told what's happening? no. it has been an anxious few we

s creatures to adventure has he crossed the atlantic . 5 times the 1st time in a globe and once in a vessel shaped like a beer bottle for his latest trip he sailed from newfoundland children in the smallest sailboat ever to cross the atlantic. and. soon mclean will travel to new york in a boat built to resemble a whale. but it was more than an adventure it. was a mission a mission done in service to mother england. somebody said about us and killed it and they go in there but so the rock or rock was right there in the middle of the atlantic and there seems to be a dispute who owns it and i thought why if i be your 1st civilian to reside on rock all that would help the case it wasn't quite so good the wind carried there. they closed in without it. is very dangerous there now you can see how lumpy is quite dangerous. they were far from ok after that momentary triumph but then a strong work ethic the big the way down i go down there was 54 straight down into the foam flies helplessly into the sea. the landing at 1985. told him to clean his knife. but he eventually made it to safety and

it cuts off that flow ofairfrom atlantic. it cuts off that flow of airfrom the atlantic.m the north, so it's not going to be quite as cold with this west or north—westerly wind toppling in. still some cloud, some spells of sunshine, one or two showers, those temperatures up to nine or 10 degrees. as we move into wednesday, for northern ireland, for england and wales, a similar sort of day. some sunny spells but we will see a front assist in bringing some showery rain into northern parts of scotland. the wind starting to pick up you once again but those temperatures againjust once again but those temperatures again just a touch higher at ten or 11 degrees. now, for the end of the some changes. 0ur area of high pressure slips away south—west woods, a low pressure dives in from the north, anotherfront assist them into scotland, rain and snow without, another shot according to the north of the uk but for the south of the uk, it looks like it will stay that bit milder. so to sum up through the week ahead, a chilly start, some rain and snow, particularly in the north, a lot of

as you know here at the atlantic council we value european allies and valued u.s. engagement in the transatlantic relationship and the initiative is precisely to make the case that the european union is a key, critical strategic partner of the united states. part of our role is to explain the developments within the european union and to engage policymakers and great bridge between policymakers united states and europe especially in times of great power competition for as you know president macron of france is laid out an ambitious agenda for reform of the european union for engagement of partners like russia, reforming the eurozone, reforming and stepping up european defense integration as well as changing enlargement policy. these are issues that are think will discuss today with the minister. let me first turn to start with initial remarks and then we will open to a conversation with all of you and we want this to be as interactive as possible. thank you very much. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you for hosting me and thank you for taking time today to talk

atlantic, they are approaching us and you can the atlantic, they are approaching us and you can seeigns of the weather front moving across ireland into the uk. through the course ireland into the uk. through the course of saturday night a weather front slides across the country and brings some outbreaks of rain but then a gap between weather fronts during the middle of the day on saturday. this is what it looks like through the early hours of saturday, you see that weather front moves across you see that weather front moves across the uk, there is that gap heading our way. just towards the west off the edge of the forecast area here, you can see west off the edge of the forecast area here, you can see the next weather system but that does mean that the weather front is over us early on saturday morning. outbreaks of rain early on saturday and then in the middle of the dance saturday looks as though it we will be between weather systems before the next one arrives later on saturday and that will be in place across the country during sunday. you can see the changes to the course of th

atlantic,des of the things worked out. >> how did you get into this line of work? >> when i was in college in the dark ages, i had a radio show. opportunity because i by -- montreal expo 67. toad the opportunity broadcast the opening in montreal. , we hadirst meeting folks like walter cronkite. i had access to the whole place. the notion of communication, transatlantic or transnational youth and communication as a way to improve conversations around the world, i thought would be a great one. later, i went to law school, got a degree. business school, looking at communication's. for almost a decade. susan ness, thank you for sharing some of your expertise, and background on "the company caters. reminder, this program as well as all others are available as podcasts. c-span, created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. the hill

let's cross back over the atlantic again. sorry. so in the 1980s and '90s, an irish art historian named fintan cullen was undertaking a study of this painting, a portrait of richard st. george man sir st. george painted in about 1796.