it ended with hundreds of families being burned out of their homes in belfast.t was mainly catholics who were attacked by protestants. but there were sectarian attacks on both sides. catholics believed they were being treated as second-class citizens in ireland. protestants were afraid that they were facing an armed revolt. the result was mayhem. >> i went out the back door of my church last night and saw my sunday school making petrol bombs on the back steps of the church. ucb effect upon people, the scars, wounds, their lives are wrecked. their minds are warped and twisted for life. >> 40 years on, he recalls how some of the teenagers he tried to turn away from violence ended up in jail. >> i remember two of them saying to me that they wished to god that they had listened to me. they said that they thought i might actually get medals because they were fighting for god and ulster. instead, they got life imprisonment. >> in the wake of the violence of august 1969, the modern ira was formed. belfast was more divided than ever. >> on the other side of the street.

it ended with hundreds of families being burned out of their homes in belfast.was mainly catholics forced out by protestants. there were attacks on both sides. catholics believed they were being treated as second-class citizens in ireland. the protestants were afraid that they were facing an organized armed revolt. the result was made him. >> i went out the back door of the church. i could see my sunday school making petrol bombs on the back steps of the church. you can see the facts upon people. their lives are wrecked. their minds are work and twisted. >> 40 years on, he recalls how some of the teenagers he tried to turn away from violence ended up in jail. >> i remember two of them saying to me that they wished to god that they had listened to me. they said they thought they might get medals because they were fighting for god and ul ster. instead, that life imprisonment. >> in the wake of this, the modern ira was formed. >> he was 20 at the time. he is now 60. he remembers being a young belfast catholic who was willing to fight. >> i said that it was not for

in this part of belfast, protestants and catholics still cann live tether.hat is wy there is this hug wall toeep them apart. in northern ireland,he wound of sectarianism islow to heal. bbc news in belfast >>> you can find more o th anall of the internional news anyti on bbc.com/news that you for being witus. -- thank you for bng with us. >>unding for this presentation was made possible by -- thereeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont and luno wmnee an's own foundaon,the john d. ancatherine t. carthur foundation, and union bank. >> union ban has put its finaial strength to work a wide viety of businesses. what can we do for you? >>> public brdcasting is my source forews abouthe world, intellentonversation, elecon coverage that you can count on, conversations, a commitment to journalism, decidingho to vote for. public broadcasting is source forntelligent connections to my community. >>> "

>> i was in a bar in belfast, during the filming, and three really enormous like wardrobes, enormous guys in leather jackets walked in stood behind me. here is my guiness he hit another one next to it. >> charlie: there story that he did not want this movie to be made at all. the other character. >> martin? he's happy with it. >> charlie: after he wrote the book, which you d d not read either or did you read the book? >> i did -- just individuals i didn't meet. i did read the book. >> charlie: to get the story. i've read that he having written the book did not want movie made then once he saw the movie loved it. >> yes. he was very positive about it. which i think is very healing. i think that the irish are self-healing nation, they have been through a lot. i think that they werer ready fr the story to be told. because they know that, acknowledge it really happened first step to healing process. it really wants bad guys. do we want to go back to this. looking at it saying, near 20 years ago, enormous changes now saying come on let's look what it was really like. we did feel very welc

belfast is a divided city but coming to the city hall, protestant and catholic, to welcome clinton. cementing peace, and in his phrase, making northern ireland and inspiration to the rest of the world. >> how important was america and all of this? >> vital. when you read the memoirs, they both agree that one of the best things in their presidency was that -- but it surprised everybody because up until now american woman -- america has been distant or regarded by unionists as interfering. bill clinton's contribution was to persuade unionists that an american influence could be benign and that in fact if you read the memoirs of tony blair's chief of staff, he said he was amazed that bill clinton was available 24/7, any hour, day and night, to help out. you would not have had the process without people like john major and albert reynolds who kicked the whole thing off with the downing street declaration, where everything became possible after that. but there is no doubt that bill clinton -- not intervention, but the influence was absolutely vital for the whole thing. >> you have that p

. >>> wet weather could be to blame in sparks where a tractor trailer jackknifed near belfast road and the truck fell overinto an unattended vehicle. it was carrying fuel and it has spilled on to the highway, two lanes of i-83 southbound are closed right now. we have a crew on the way to the scene. >>> two men go down in a fiery crash in new jersey. we learn that one of them is from maryland. sally thorner reports they were burned but walked away. >> reporter: the wreckage is all that's left from the plane that crashed here in new jersey. and somehow, the pilot and co- pilot got out. the police found them at a bus stop. >> i saw the wreckage and they said they were in the plane. i was taken back. how did you walk away? >> reporter: the co-pilot is from maryland and the pilot from pennsylvania. both men are severely burned and one with burns over 30% of his body and they're conscious and talking. >> i tried to get a story, but they were in shock, they didn't know what was going on. >> reporter: it was carrying medical specimens for quest diagnostics. something went wrong. >> some point,

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this is right near belfast road. state police tell us that the truck fell over on top of an unattended vehicle that was left on the shoulder. that caused some of fuel to spill on the road and triggered a clean-up that closed traffic for hours. >>> a lot of people in the market for a new car are rushing to dealerships this weekend. tonight, jessica car tally reports that the government's "cash for clunkers" program will end soon on monday night. >> a good example of what can happen if the government does right. >> reporter: jerry and betsy mason turned in their clunker for a brand-new toyota sion. >> taking all these terrible cars off the road they are getting rid of them. >> it's the government initiative where they want the gas guzzlers off the street and replace then them with ecofriendly vehicles that get better gas mileage and safer. >> reporter: the $3 billion that the government spent has boosted private spending. >> i think whatever they need to do to stimulate the economy, great. >> reporter: dealers are havi

take a look at this tractor trailer jackknifed right on i- 83 at belfast road. state police tell us that the truck fell over on top of an unattended vehicle sitting there on the shoulder. some fuel spilled on to the road that triggered a cleanup that closed down traffic on that inn center state for a couple of hours. since been re-opened. >>> a lot of people in the market for a new car are rushing to dealership. the government's cash for clunkers program will end soon on monday night. >> a good example of what can happen if the government does it right. >> reporter: jerry and betsy mason turned in their clunker for a brand new toyota sion. >> taking all of these terrible gas mileage cars off the road. not just recycling them getting rid of them. >> in a nutshell a government initiative where they want to take the gas guzzlers off the street and replace them with better gas mileage and also safer vehicles. >> reporter: the $1 billion the government spent on the cash for clunkers program has boosted private spending. >> i think whatever they need to do to stimulat

>> i was in belfast. >> wow. >> in u.k. >> did you get to see northern ireland while you were working? >> i was working so i didn't get to see a lot. the first day i got there i was like, oh, man. really pretty. it's like, you know, everything is really green. i'm going to take a little jog. i didn't know that -- i got there like the day after -- there was like a huge holiday. and like it was a big holiday that i never heard of. not -- just because i didn't -- i'm ignorant. i didn't know about it. >> and you're an american. >> yeah. it was kind of like a 4th of july type thing. and the streets were like covered in like beer bottles. like everyone was out in the city and they were drinking and they were on lawn chairs and watching things. i'm like, i'm going to go for a jog. >> perfect. >> i wasn't really thinking about it, that there were beer bottles everywhere. like litter and like there's lawns and there's just tons of like litter everywhere. i mean, regardless, it's really beautiful -- >> sounds beautiful, yeah. sounds like a landfill. >> it was just one day. they were like don't

shawon to belfast. an accident, blocking the right- hand lane. and now, let's take a live look here. you can see plenty of congestion here. that's from the beltway, right at 70. this traffic report is brought to you by carpet 1. take advantage of no deposit or interest through 2011. call 1-800 carpet for the showroom that is nearest you. now, back to you. >> okay, kristy. thank you very much. let's check in with tim. >>> by land, by sea. it's all just happening. weather is everywhere now. we're looking at pretty nice temperatures currently. we have rain moving across the region. 76 now, at bwi marshall. 76 -- 72, the dew point. wind east to northeast at 10 miles per hour. barometer falling. we'll have a look at your complete forecast coming up. >>> you know, most days, we say, hey, i'd rather be in ocean city. these are people in the surf. and this is something they're being advised not to do. >> there's different breeds. >> you know, and the boogie boarders and everybody is out there. just when some folks are running away from the shore, others

been done before and spg that has made an enormous difference to the lives of people in the likes of belfast and derry. ig w coninnu a coverage of the story throughoco ur nestws.ca ws nec will bring you coverage toni io itneede-on ofn ur edition of "nightlyew n w nith brins williams". it will follow us and run from 7:00 to 8:00. >>> scary memtsz on the beltway today when a dump truck lost its wheels. it happen order the inner loop just past connecticut avenue. that truck was traveling eastbound and went two of his ten back tires came f. they careened off the roadway and over the jersey wall. one of the tires hit a lexus suv going in the opposite direction. and a man and woman inside that vehicle was taken to the hospital with what police described as minor injuries. truck driver says it happened when hay hit some debris. >> got in between my wheels. wheels came off. >> margin of error is very slim. and in this case, you have to think providence, divine prevent providence, escaping something like that. >> similar accident on the beltway last year had deadly consequences. pregnant woman was ki

something that has made an enormous difference to the lives of people and belfast. >> today the irish prime minister said the world lost a great and respected statesman and prime minister brown of england call kdyened h ine n wordsedhe senator of senators. >>> coming up a little later on "news4 at 5:00," our coverage continues as we remember the life of ted kennedy here in our area. we will take a look at his impact on the community at american university. and bringouur more reaction, including an emotional tribute from vice president biden today. bob joins us now to take a look at the weather and we have changes towards the end of this week. >> we do. another hot one today. 90 degrees. more 90-degree days in august than we had in july. s i p tuteo y jthulutake a look tut mid part of the trere luhee ty. b see where the blues are. july was thewh coolest monthha , many states. as a matter of fact, in seven midwest states july was t a coolest or second coolest ever. so what's that mean? what was the global average temperature, do you thask, for july? there are your choices. it is wednesd

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library there was a 50-year-old construction worker from summerville just outside of boston, born in belfastwho wanted to come here and thank the senator for his work helping to broker peace in that region. i also talked to another 82-year-old woman who waited for an hour in line, leaning on her son. she had grown-up with a picture of jfk on her mantel piece here in dorchester, a blue collared section of boston. and wanted to bear witness to the senator here at the library. then she wrote a page-long entry in his book. so people aren't just coming here to sign their names but they are really pouring out their feels. and i think that is something incredibl rare especially when it comes to a political figure. >> reporter: what can you tell us -- >> for me --. >> reporter: excuse me. >> you know, i was going to say for me it harkens back to, you know, some of the stories of political past here in boston. you know, i think back on, you know, the funeral possession for james michael carly, the legendary rascal king, mayor of boston when a million people thronged the streets for his funeral in 195

i remember the night we completed the good friday agreement i arrived back in belfast, dublin and thel i got was from ted kennedy. >> that's so interesting to hear your perspective. mr. prime minister, a lot of the people here in america, the u.s. viewers know him for his focus on our domestic issues but, again, as we said, he really played a big part in some of the key politics in northern ireland. how big an impact did senator kennedy's involvement in your political situation there have in helping to eventually bring peace to northern ireland? >> oh, enormously. i mean, the reality is we never would have solved the conflict in the north between ourselves. we wouldn't have solved it, resolved it in the island of ireland. neither would we have resolved it with our neighbors, friends and sometimes enemies in the uk. that never would have happened. the only way we were ever going to move it on, i think we realized this from the '80s, i was elected to parliament in '77 but as a young politician in the '80s i realized there was no way out of this unless we internationalized it. and i reme

wonderful work promoting african-american research and actually last week i was at queen's university in belfaston rethinking reconstruction, myself and susan odom and from harvard. of course we were the only ones to talk about gender and i would like to reassure crystal in this sense that people don't really know what you're talking about or may not fully appreciated, persist. i don't care. [laughter] so that -- i did a paper on gender, labor and kind of this expansive sense of citizenship that and the emancipation era, and it was interesting but, you know, a great conference. so i think things are happening. and tom host was a keynote speaker at this and he is at the academy of sciences in berlin. >> i would like to alt-a you -- think you. we have run out of time although i know we could go on. i would like to invite you to the university of north carolina booths where there will be a little reception and book signing. [applause] the >>> coming up next, book tv present "after words," an hourlong interview program where we invite a guest host interview author this week political commentator ann

wonderful work promoting african-american research and actually last week i was at queen's university in belfastn rethinking reconstruction, myself and susan odom and from harvard. of course we were the only ones to talk about gender and i would like to reassure crystal in this sense that people don't really know what you're talking about or may not fully appreciated, persist. i don't care. [laughter] so that -- i did a paper on gender, labor and kind of this expansive sense of citizenship that and the emancipation era, and it was interesting but, you know, a great conference. so i think things are happening. and tom host was a keynote speaker at this and he is at the academy of sciences in berlin. >> i would like to alt-a you -- think you. we have run out of time although i know we could go on. i would like to invite you to the university of north carolina booths where there will be a "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is christopher whatley from the council of state behrman's. can you explain what your agency is and what you do there? guest: it is the oldest and largest of st