benedicte, perhaps you could start us on benedicte, perhaps you could start us on this. student loans now slashed them. this is lord willits, who came up with the idea of university jewish willits, who came up with the idea of universityjewish and fees at £9,000. the trouble is, it is the interest that is charged on them, and he says that is too high. -- tuition fees. he oversaw tuition fees, universities kept on hiking the fees. it made it a huge industry. he is now saying that it should be slashed for the greater good of preserving a viable graduate repayment system that is politically acceptable. the extra 3% on the interest rate should be dropped. that's funny, i have consistently seen that's funny, i have consistently seenin that's funny, i have consistently seen in the bbc paper reviews the riaz reviewers saying this very thing. perhaps they are classed cottoning on. it's so much easier when you are not in government to have these thoughts! this is part of the conservatives trying to appeal to young people who might have drifted off. you're absolutely right. every

the riflemen were joined by benedict arnold. benedict arnold had left the attack that was occurring. he rode over here when he saw what was occurring at the entrenchment. although the attack was brilliantly successful, defenders retreated to try to save their own lives. benedict arnold was severely wounded in the left leg. after the second battle of saratoga was over, he realized his defensive positions were untenable and he had no choice but to retreat back to the north. his army began to retreat. his army only made it eight miles north. the american army was in hot pursuit. the american army caught up at a place then known as saratoga. it is known as the villages of schuylerville and victory. general gates begins to surround general burgoyne after a few days of siege and negotiations. he surrendered his army 1777. this is often called the turning point of the revolutionary war. a british army had never surrendered before in the history of the world. burgoyne's surrender was a major factor in bringing about the french alliance.

benedict, pope benedict went on to say, the state must inevitably face the question of how justice can be abelieved here and now. he cautioned against, in his words, the danger of certain ethical blindness caused by the dazzling effect of power and special interest. my colleagues, is there justice in a bill that rewards corporation shipping jobs overseas? jobs of hardworking men -- american he men and women, veterans shipping those jobs overseas? is there justice in that? no, i don't think so. is there justice in a bill that pikes health care premiums and 13 million americans to the ranks of the up insured? no justice there. is there justice in the bill that raises taxes on 86 million the ranks of the up insured? middle class families? here we're. raises taxes on middle million class families and they try to present the delusion it's a middle class tax cut. is there justice in a bill that hands a breathtaking 83% of its benefits to the wealthiest 1% of americans? 83% of bep fits to the top 1%. -- benefits to the top 1% s there justice in a bill that explodes the national debt to give t

benedict arnold was severely wounded in the left leg. after the second battle of realizedwas over, he his defensive positions were untenable and he had no choice but to retreat back to the north. his army began to retreat. his army only made it eight miles north. the american army was in hot pursuit. up at aican army caught place then nona saratoga. it is known as the villages of schuylerville and victory. surroundates begins to general burgoyne after a few days of siege and negotiations. he surrendered his army 1777. this is often called the turning point of the revolutionary war. burgoyne's surrender was a major factor in bringing about the french alliance. we had envoys in ambassadors to france who are trying to get the french to side with the united states. they were not biting as far as an official alliance. had that peace that they needed to bring about the french to convince them to not only recognize the united states as a real legitimate country, but to become our formal allies. the french signed a treaty of alliance and a treat

thank you, benedicte paviot and robert fox.'ll both be back at 11:30pm for another look at the stories making the news tomorrow. coming up next, it's meet the author. sometimes, an author makes a big demand of a reader. and nick harkaway does that in his novel gnomon — an intricate, complicated story on a vast canvas, set in a future britain where we're living in a surveillance state, although it's one that most people seem to believe is fundamentally good. but this is, among many other things, a murder mystery. something's gone wrong, and there is a fiendish puzzle, many fiendish puzzles, to be solved. gnomon, after all, is the name for the part of a sundial that casts a shadow. welcome. it is a tough challenge for a reader, this book. you even put a puzzle on the frontispiece, which is like an entry test for gchq. something encrypted. you're saying right from the beginning, look, i hope in a good way, but you're going to have to work at this? yeah, absolutely. and it's actually not the only puzzle in the book, it's just the o

like his preaches has as benedict time. paul the second he has a deep devotion to the virgin mary the catholic icon of womanhood. but francis is also a pope who understands our lives are not simply an embodiment of ideals. he reaches out to each individual passenger. this is a pope who encounters men women and children with the same warmth compassion and respect although at some general audiences you might think he was simply a pop star being mobbed by his fans. the pope's deputy spokesperson c.e.o. of a hero explains the special report that he seems to have with women. in the squad going to see the pope francis grew up surrounded by women not what looks revolutionary in the bad economy is really quite normal the pope always close his grandmother rossana he had sisters his mother and close female friends his right hand in buenos aires was a woman his private secretary who died a few months ago. it is. perhaps it was this female environment in which jorge bergoglio grew up that makes him more receptive to the role of women i

if you compare him with his predecessors especially benedict the sixteenth and john paul the second i think it's clear that he goes further his predecessors would never have said something like that they had a very clear idea that the main duty of a woman is to serve the family as a wife and mother of god and if women go out to work then only in social professions. the idea that they should do every job that men do was beyond their comprehension. in that respect francis is pretty advanced that is why. it's in the wide. agrees she has studied the situation of women at the vatican for years and has written books on the role of women in the church. she believes pope francis might soon go even further. i was personally disappointed that for instance in a new vatican agency for the laity family and life the under secretary is a priest he could have been a lay person. maybe the pope couldn't find a suitable woman who is prepared to take the job. why a woman has exercised managerial responsibilities for decades in catholic organizations and then has to change to a number two position at the

when his holiness pope benedict wrote in his first incyclical "god is love" he says sometimes you have to work hard to determine what justice is. but in doing so you mississippi beware of the dazzling blindness of money -- you must beware of the dazzling blindness of money and power. you did not heed that. let us look at the g.o.p. tax scam before us. no justice. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote yes on the motion to instruct conferees, to inject some element of fairness and common sense into this destruction, and then to reject this terrible bill. with that i yield back the balance of my time.

the riflemen were joined by benedict arnold. benedict arnold had led the attack, -- left the attack and rode over here when he saw what was occurring at the entrenchment. he wanted to be part of this attack, and indeed he was. although the attack was brilliantly successful and the american forces were able to capture this fortification, the defenders retreated in a panic through the woods, trying to save their own lives. benedict arnold himself was severely wounded in the left leg. this was the second time he was wounded in the left leg during the war. after the second battle of saratoga was over, general burgoyne realized that his refensive positions we untenable and he had no choice but to retreat back to the north. the following day, on the eighth of october, his army began to retreat. his army only made it eight miles north up saratoga battlefield. the american army commanded by horatio gates was in hot pursuit. the american army caught up with general burgoyne's army at a place then known as saratoga. today it is known as t

thank you to benedicte paviot and robert fox. up next, the film review.me to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching, mark? very, very interesting week. we have bingo: the king of the mornings, a film about the dark side of clowning. we have, of course, star wars: the lastjedi, you might have noticed that this is opening in cinemas! and the unseen, a low—key british chiller. bingo: the king of the mornings, this is a really curious looking one. very interesting film, submitted for the foreign—language 0scar although it has not made it through to the short list. it comes on like an episode of the chuckle brothers crossed with the last third of goodfellas. it is inspired by a real—life story of a kids' tv icon, this is a fictionalised version in which there is struggling actor who has made his name in soft—core sex films and manages to get a break as bingo, this clown on morning television. and realises that he may actually have found something for which he can become celebrated

before i introduce our chaplain to offer the benediction, i have a few announcements.eryone is welcome to join for food and relaxation and beverages at the marriott crystal gateway restaurant in crystal city. they open up early for us, and it is a good time to decompress and catch up with each other. next, i wanted to take a moment to thank teresa carpenter and the pender choir, who have come to sing with us for years. our piper, our chaplain, the military color guard, our bugleer, our speaker, jeff sessions. my other counterpart, maxine, who arranges the dinner time at the hotel. syracuse university for sending all of their students and staff to us and helping us out every year. and the staff at arlington cemetery for hosting us once again. and frank's wife, faye. chaplain major willie has been the deputy commands chaplain for military affairs at arlington cemetery since june. his time serving in the military has included two combat tours in iraq, and he has received two bronze star medals and the combat action batch for being present and engaged by enemy forces durin

with me are benedicte paviot, uk correspondent at the french broadcaster france 2a, and the defence editorf the evening standard, robert fox. the observer leads on brexit, and warnings from tory peers that they will vote against the government in parliament if the prime minister tries to bully them into supporting an extreme version of leaving the eu. the sunday telegraph's front page features an article by the prime minister with a quote "i've proved doubters wrong". and another of its stories highlights changes to company pensions, and new government plans reduce the automatic enrolment age from 22 to 18. in the sunday times, as well as their lead on borisjohnson‘s warning on brexit, there's a story on tuition fees, with the former universities minister david willetts, saying he wants an urgent government review to scrap high interest rates on loan repayments. theresa may writes in the sunday express, saying she will not be ‘derailed' from her duty to deliver the public‘s decision to leave the eu. the mail on sunday claims left—wing trolls sent abuse to the pregnant wife of a tory mp aft

week is a long time in politics, theresa may last week flying to brussels was enjoying her eggs benedict, heurtaux stand her orange juice. she has no appetite on that plane tomorrow, has she? she will be as sick as a pig! this has been the hallmark basically of theresa may's entire career as pm, about how quickly things can change will stop look at that front page. proud of yourselves question? yourselves i look at that front page. proud of yourselves i mean, what is that?! to be honest, they probably are proud of themselves. jess was pointing out, the telegraph front page where they had the mutineers were stopped nicky morgan tonight, a lot of these tory mps will face huge problems in their own constituencies, but she is saying the telegraph front page, they will have t—shirts made of it. it emboldened them. 17 million people wanted brexit, remember, so a lot of them will say, great, they would be happy about this. but all these mps are the ones on the front of the daily mail, they will make the point that this is not going to derail brexit. this is backing brexit up, it is giving the p

please join me in welcoming the chaplain as he performs the benediction and afterwards the piper willre we close the program. thank you. chaplain? >> please join me in prayer. bless our gathering ward, with love,irit of unity and anoint those gathered here to do your purpose on earth. grant us the courage to champion the well-being of ourselves and our neighbors. enable us to have emergency life-giving service and to the body, mind, and spirit as we seek to live selflessly as a witness to you and your greatness. dismiss us now with your blessings, your piece, and the assurance that you are always with us. the lord bless you and keep you, the lord make china fund, may he lived upon you and give you peace. amen. >> amen. ♪ >> thank you, that is all. [laughter] >> president trump today signed into law a $1.5 trillion tax reform measure and a short-term government spending bill for leaving the white house for the holidays in south florida. the president originally wanted to sign the legislation after january 1 but changed his mind. this is about 15 minutes. >> good morning.

please join me in welcoming the chaplain as he performs the benediction and afterwards the piper willong before we close the program. thank you. chaplain? >> please join me in prayer. bless our gathering ward, with the spirit of unity and love, anoint those gathered here to do your purpose on earth. grant us the courage to champion the well-being of ourselves and our neighbors. enable us to have emergency life-giving service and to the body, mind, and spirit as we seek to live selflessly as a witness to you and your greatness. dismiss us now with your blessings, your peace, and the assurance that you are always with us. the lord bless you and keep you, may he live upon you and give you peace. amen. >> amen. ♪ >> thank you, that is all. [laughter] >> a discussion about politics in the media, with the washington examiner reporter. he sure to watch c-span's " washington journal," joined the discussion. c-span's cities tour takes us on january 6 and seven. while in springfield we are working with mediacom. 6, at noon, january eastern on book tv, the conflict occurring along the kansas mis

. >> benedict cumberbatch. sherlock, the lying detective. was that too dramatic?going to step it up. i'm going to give to it you guys. >> okay. >> reporter: taking what is usual lay laundry list of nominees read from a teleprompter and making it their own. >> origin is the new black. >> i need the niecy and olivia show in my life. >> i need it in my life. >> reporter: they met for the first time this morning. they said it was spontaneous to go off script. >> "black-ish". >> you could have pointed to would be about that si pointed to you. if "fresh off the boat" comes up, don't point at me. >> reporter: they're setting the tone for what will be a celebration of women in hollywood when the s.a.g. awards broadcasts live on tnt and tbs. all 13 acting awards will be presented by women. the nominees in the various categories include nicole kidman, reese witherspoon. laura dern. allison janney. and mary j. blige. kristen bell is the first ever s.a.g. awards host. she said the pressure is on. >> i'm so nervous. the stakes are high, i guess, being the first person ever. yo

and eggs benedict with smoked salmon and avocado. >> and hidden behind the splashy new makeover vesper retains a piece of its pass. >> it's the door to a secret staircase, you can open only if you know the code. i think the password is fyi philly and leads to an underground speaky easy. a private club for real vip treatment. for fyi philly i'm jeanette reyes. >>> cold out there northern and western suburbs into the low 20s in most of the region and windchills in the single digits. 23 is your high if philadelphia and windchills holding around 9 this afternoon and down the shore 28 degrees and better chance of a windchill and single digits. bundle up and treat the cold today. >>> coming up on "action news" at 4:00 as you make the new years resolution we have advice to help cleanse your life. see the five things you should not bring with you and they are not just physical belongings. hear the tips at 4:00 p.m. fow for sara bloomquist david murphy and the entire "action news" team i'm matt o'donnell have a great thursday everyone. >> announcer: it's time to party! it's an hour of unpredict

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our guests joining me tonight are benedicte paviot, uk correspondent at the french broadcaster franceence editor of the evening standard, robert fox. police investigating the deaths of a 75—year—old canadian billionaire and his wife say the circumstances appear suspicious. barry sherman, who founded a major pharmaceutical company, was found dead with his wife honey at their mansion in toronto. reports say there was no sign of forced entry. angus crawford reports. one of toronto's richest suburbs, a house for sale. in the basement, a discovery — two bodies, a man and a woman. barry sherman and his wife honey, one of the richest couples in the country. police cannot yet say what happened. the circumstances of their death lead us to believe that there may be suspicious circumstances. it is an investigative tool. until we know exactly how they died, we treat it as suspicious. barry sherman, who was 75, is thought to be worth more than £2 billion. he made his money in pharmaceuticals, setting up apotex in the 1970s, and building it into one of the biggest drugs companies in the world. step

benedict, pope benedict went on to say, the state must inevitably face the question of how justice can be abelieved here and now. he cautioned against, in his words, the danger of certain ethical blindness caused by the dazzling effect of power and special interest. my colleagues, is there justice in a bill that rewards corporation shipping jobs overseas? jobs of hardworking men -- american he men and women, veterans shipping those jobs overseas? is there justice in that? no, i don't think so. is there justice in a bill that pikes health care premiums and 13 million americans to the ranks of the up insured? no justice there. is there justice in the bill that raises taxes on 86 million the ranks of the up insured? middle class families? here we're. raises taxes on middle million class families and they try to present the delusion it's a middle class tax cut. is there justice in a bill that hands a breathtaking 83% of its benefits to the wealthiest 1% of americans? 83% of bep fits to the top 1%. -- benefits to the top 1% s there justice in a bill that explodes the national debt to give t

respiratory illness are in there i mean a suppressed it could be very dangerous clinic patient blanca benedict has been coughing in wheezing since the smoke rolled in it's something beyond your control and this is a very very tough i think to experience most of the thousands of people who've been evacuated are staying with friends or family or in hotels but those with no place to go come here a red cross shelter set up in a gymnasium at the university of california santa barbara is a five year plans. tonight. to. richard taylor fled with his family in the middle of the night do you know what has happened to your home you know we have no idea. we have no idea whatsoever waiting and hoping for the best as the fires rage on rob reynolds al-jazeera santa barbara . venezuela's main opposition parties are deciding what to do off to present madeira said they should be banned from running in any future elections this fall as sunday's municipal elections which the opposition largely boycotted the ruling socialist party says while at least ninety percent of the three hundred thirty five missions that we

it was a major theme of pope benedict.he media can force us to a totalitarianism of conformity. this pope is following on the heels of the previous pope. and interestingly they received critical coverage, they are not always opposed to that. they praised some of the critical coverage about their scandals. howie: no matter who you are, your own experience informs what you think about media coverage. i find this to be nuanced from this pope who is on twitter. he says bringing back old stories, scandals that died down. he talks about one-sided reports. some of these can in the eyes of the beholder. mollie: if you think there is a religious component and understanding there is redemption and forgiveness. people are always having to face some old news story, that doesn't allow the forgiveness to take place. howie: you may have done something terrible 20 years ago and the media exacerbate that by bringing it back, it can feel unfair. mollie: he is talking about journalists. and he's talking about everybody. he announced a world

what has become of benedict seo the president of the association. searching for clues. of. the.where will the small timid boy in a dark men suit and oversized trousers lead us. from. an african career. then it did so has become the minister of tourism criticism bosy office had this office in exchange she had to give up her commitment to the victim's rights just one more. man. i don't so you knew that a bond with me. that what he did to scientists is just going to be. you know wasted he should. be suspended this song. that when in fact. if we get it. soon the pitches will have been replaced. there won't be any tourism or elephant safaris anymore. the frame will hold the poor trait of the next two just. minutes to say. she will disappear on the frayed edge of history and so will the donation funds of the victims organization. on telling the cost the gulf cooperation council although there's not much cooperation these days look at all the reasons being affected by a pause in economic relations also the shocking numbers on the plastic economy o.-m. g. twenty five years since the wor

she lives in benedict canyon. it should say beverly hills for this particular picture. it's from the west coming east. specifically where are you. we are in bel air and right now firefighters had been struggling to get control of these flames. some flames are flickering through that spot right there. and still they are not able to get it to extinguish completely. they are having trouble finding the source of the fire. yes it does. we are stretched thin. we continue to respond to all 911 calls we are not taking as many resources to those. it will be the wind. the reason my these santa ana winds are so dangerous is because it's unpredictable and you can't tell where the embers from flames like these are going to travel and they can travel up to 2 miles and you expand that out to a radius. there is no telling what home is at risk next. i was talking to a fire captain yesterday who said their game plan is to try to protect the houses surrounding the one that's already on fire but you can see they were not able to save this one either and most of these flames now completely

next, benedict arnold's chaplain and the reverend george whitfield, or what was left of him by 1775. this is the frontis piece to a book of poetry, rather, one poem, by phyllis wheatley, whose name has already come up in our -- some of our discussions. and i want you to see this because it illustrates the entombment of whitfield. it looks like it should be pronounced whitefield but it's whitfield. one of the great leaders of the first great awakening. and it shows his clerical collar there. you see that geneva collar that he has on. you can't see as well but ministers in that tradition wore very prominent cuffs as well, or bands, as they called them. now you may know that whitfield made many trips, he was english, made many trips across the atlantic, but he died here, died in massachusetts, in 1770, relatively young. and was buried there. so in 1775, which is a year after gage's letter that we just looked at, in newberry port, massachusetts, american forces under the command of benedict arnold assembled to begin their ill-fated invasion of canada. and their chaplain led a group of of

may 1947 entitled us as the benediction of the master. master capitalized, talking about jesus. he quotes jesus, blessed are the peace makers or they shall be called the children of god, unquote. truman goes on, because of what we have achieved for peace, because of all the promise our uture holds, i say to all my countrymen, merry christmas. merry christmas, and may god bless you all. just want to conclude, mr. peaker, with this best message . ronald reagan, 1988, christmas message. this is his official message. he said, the themes of christmas and of coming home for the holidays have long been intertwined in song and story. there is a profind irony and lesson in this because christmas celebrates the coming of his savior who is born without a home. there was no room at the inn for the holy family. young mary chose -- young mary close to childbirth and her carpenter husband joseph found the shelter of a stable. there born the king of kings, the prince of peace and which history would turn. jesus would again be without home and -- more than once on the flight to egypt during his

and after the speech, reverend franklin graham delivered the benediction. >> in the bible, rain is ated to rain, mr. president, when you came to the platform. >> stephen: yeah, i've read the bible. blessing's not exactly how noah took it. ( cheers and applause ) yes. >> jon: hey, that's a different story. >> stephen: bless you. and the lord said, "you better build a boat, because i'm going to bless the hell out of this place." so here we are. it's really happening. donald trump is officially the president of the united states, which means there are now all sorts of new sentences you can actually say and mean like "the president of the united states was in 'home alone 2'." ( laughter ) i always thought i'd be saying that on the first day of president pesci's administration. "the president of the united states has met with dozens of world leaders, and also the grimace." and, "i sure miss george w. bush." ( cheers and applause ) we have a great show for you tonight. jim gaffigan is here! stick around. ♪ ♪ action. ♪ ♪ ♪ deck the halls oh yes! we bring your family amazing value every day.

. >> benedict cumberbatch. sherlock, the lying detective. >> was that dramatic?as pretty awesome. >> orange, the new black. >> niecy and olivia met for the first time that morning and they told me it was a spontaneous decision to go totally off script. >> somebody is probably writing a buddy comedy for us right now. >> the s.a.g. awards are going to be a celebration of women when the show is broadcast live in january. "e.t." has learned that all 13 acting awards will be presented by women. among the nominees, nicole kidman, reese witherspoon, laura dern, margot robbie, allison janney, and mary j blige. kristen bell has been tapped as the host. >> i'm so nervous. the ss being the first person ever because you -- >> back to the globes, next year's golden globe ambassadors, none other than the rock's daughter. she was with her dad this week and their every expanding family. >> just hours after dwayne posted this shot of his other daughter, jasmine, announcing that the exseiciting news that and his girlfriend are expecting, we were with them at the premiere of his ne

pope francis is sparking some controversy after offering benediction to disgraced cardinal bernard lawesterday. some catholics expressed disappointment the pope gave cardinal law a full cardinal's funeral at saint peter's basilica. >> cardinal law became a symbol of the catholic church sexual abuse scandal after a boston globe investigation was turned into the oscar winning movie "spotlight." >>> he news host catt sadler quit over a gender pay gap. >> the co-host says jason kennedy makes almost twice as much as she does. sadler says she decided to leave the e network to take a stand. >> the e network says it denies the allegations. they say kennedy makes more due to his other roles at the network. >> a federal class action lawsuit claims hundreds of employers such as amazon, t-mobile and cox communications discriminated against older workers through facebook ads. >> the recruitment ads targeted younger workers. the suit claims the companies set age limits on who could see the ads. >> in one local case an ad showed a notice for part-time work in silver spring and the ad specifically tar

for more on this story, let's join benedict out of berlin.g to be the ceo of the operating company into loose -- -- in toulouse. seems to be the reading from the press release this morning. he is an interesting figure because he is both an insider and outsider. he started his career within airbus at the helicopter business and he joined the carmaker and has come back. he has seen the outside world, so that is something he will be quite keen on. he is 49. he will be 60 next week. they will be trying to lead to remain the management ranks this morning. this is our next generation of managers, so it does look as if he is the man of the future and both are men of the past. matt: i got to ask. if you look at the comp page, the stock over the last five years, airbus has done great, but is anders in some way marred by this bribery scandal? does he really stay in office until 2019 with all this going on? benedikt: it does seem like an awfully long time to ba, let's say, a lame-duck, essentially. this will be a year he cannot do much anymore. he will