blair house and montgomery blair and all that, and montgomery blair was her brother. he was in lincoln's cabinet of course. our father francis preston blair was a lincoln's confidant and advisor to her other brother frank blair was a congressman. her husband, philip slay was robert e. lee's cousin but he was an officer in the union navy. and because he was in the navy she wrote to him almost every day. so there are thousands of letters. and her wartime letters are published but there are plenty more on both sides of the war happily at princeton. so her letters really give you a sense of what's happening here all through the war, and how much danger washington was in which is something i really have not focused on, particularly at the beginning of the war when there was every expectation that the southerners which is coming and burn the place down, and until the forests pashtun force were built around it it was really unsafe. and i found a diary and unpublished diary from 1861 that first year of the woman who was a farmer at rosedale. socially talks about how scary it

blair. tony blair: i reckon i just come to 95%. [laughter] look, first of all, have to be very clear about this, what happened in ukraine is the first time that territory has been taken like that since the end of the second world war, in europe, and i think there are whole series of things that have just been talked about that need to be done in order to demonstrate our will and commitment and the fact that we have alliances we're going to adhere to and all of that i agree with. i just want to make one point about europe. europe has also got to understand that it's got a responsibility to deal with this issue properly and seriously and strongly. the fact is, one of the things that always troubles me about the world is when america and europe are not standing together, clearly and firmly, in defense of the values they believe in. the world then becomes a less safe place, and you feel this wherever you go. and the truth of the matter is we know what the strategy of president putin is. i will say it's not very complicated. it's very s

he's a much more left wing leader than say tony blair was and probably also than gordon brown. >> rose: what are the big issues? >> well, i think the really-- starting point is this is a completely bizarre election. we're carrying a thing where we had conservatives and labour and we most likely certainly will end up with one of those leaders but you will end up with this completely weird thing which lab our which came from scotland, most of them were scottish, could end up losing every single seat in scotland and still have miliband becoming prime minister. in american terms that's rather like say hillary clinton storming into the white house having lost california and new york. it's a very very hard starting point. and on cameron's side you've got the difficulty that despite the fact he's by most people's standards done a relatively good job and is more pop larn-- popular than miliband, he doesn't seem to convert people into voting for him. >> rose: why not? >> i think it's partly because miliband has run quite a successful campaign or at least at the beginning it was successful if pi

blair, i reckon i just come to 99%. [laughter] look, first of all, have to be very clear about this, what happened in ukraine is the first time that territory has been taken like that since the end of the second world war, in europe, and i think there are whole series of things that have just been talk talked about that need to be done in order to demonstrate our will and commitment and the fact that we have alliances we're going to adhere to and all of that i agree with. i just want to make one point about europe. europe also has to understand it's got a responsibility to deal with this issue properly and seriously and strongly. the fact is, one of the things that always troubles me about the world is when america and europe are not standing together, clearly and firmly, in defense of the values they believe in. the world then becomes a less safe place, and you feel this wherever you go. and the truth of the matter is we know what the strategy of president putin is. i will say it's not very complicated. it's very simpl

blair: thank you for having me back. let's try to take a step bac

she did tell francis preston blair that she didn't want to settle. she did eventually remarry a union officer had not asked children. >> can you hear me? i just wanted to ask, how did you find all these letters? did you have to ride across the country? >> modern technology is a wonderful thing. mothers came out in 2004 so i started working on not around 2001. then you really did have to go. but now you can see where the guy's papers are. mrs. google does that for you. and then you get in touch with those libraries or historic societies and ask if they have the women's papers at or not the state. they become far far more accommodating because now they know what i'm up to. said they can then scan papers. they can scan papers and send them to you. what you get at that point it's 19th century handwritten letters horizontally and vertically. breeding them is another matter altogether and i did have to hire someone. i really c

we're joined by the former press secretary for tony blair. good morning to you.ou for joining us. this is a devastating defeat for your party. >> it is. i don't think there's anyway around that. we always knew it was going to be tricky in scotland but it's not that great in england either and i think we have to really understand that just sort of thinking about well who might lead and how do we change and there's got to be a really fundamental assessment of what has happened. it's not that long ago in historical terms that we were winning with the source of majorities that david cameron can only dream of. and it's been a very very difficult election in lots of different ways. not just the obvious, the outcome but i think even yesterday afternoon i don't think anybody thought this was going to happen on the scale that it has and i think that requires a really fundamental assessment of who we are, what we stand for, what our relevance is and how we apply the relevance. just walking back here from the bbc and a couple of people saying we should go back to tony and t

and i was a spin doctor for tony blair. communications director for the labour party to put it more formally. even with a good candidate to get the media to do it -- tell the story your way. modes diwas remarkably successful in get think mainstream media to tell the story his way partly by rationing his vault to them. he didn't do sit-down tv interviews until very late in the campaign-didn't give them to the english-speaking media until actually most people already voted. he said to them, i'm going to set the agenda, you're not. you can write about what i say at my rallies what i tweet put on social media but if you want to talk to me youngs have to wait until i'm ready for you. that was surprisingly effective. so good old fashioned doorstep campaigning on the road, and just quickly on the holograms for those who aren't familiar, it's an enormous country and it's impossible for anyone to decide around to all of it. but there were parts described as dark villages and most people don't have television, don't have access to th

i worked for tony blair. i'm on the second of. he's not my kind of politician.and i was a insurance in the book if i had a vote in the election in 2014 i wouldn't have voted for modi the sort that kind of support, with friends like me, you know. but having said that i just love the elections. i find it elections thus taking. i get a kick out of them more than policy, more than the sort of difficult detail of making things happen when you're actually in government. i can't wait to get back to britain because we got an election under way. i can't wait for the next year when you have a fascinating election. this was asked what the election and that's what turned me onto that, what kept me interested in the whole period. and learning as much as they did in a really short space of time. i had to turn this book with incredibly quickly. i anna eshoo correctly detect the british and i've written two books on british politics and immediate and one novel have been helping him and now this one on india politics but i do learn a huge amount. as a journalist you just talk to

what did blair stand for? a very effusive relationship with europe and a more pro-business version of the labour party. he was very pro-america. if cameron is instinctively pro-america, but has not been particularly good at delivering things, ed miliband in terms of what he has said, if you ask him where he would be different, he said he would be more robust. he says, i would be more robust standing up to america. that would be something from the washington point of view people would begin to worry about. you might end up with a divided britain. you might end up with one that is not pro-the transatlantic relationship. charlie: how long will it take them to put together a government? john: there was at least some element, it was unthinkable, nobody ever thought how it coalition would or could work. that gave cameron quite a good hand. in the debate last time, that was an election where he was expected to win and did not. he woke up and said, i will do a deal. he got it pushed through. got the deal pushed throug

they saw the labor party taken to the left away from where it was when tony blair ran the party. they look at the liberal democrats, revolveing around tuition fees and they saw fuel coming down the economy coming around after the global collapse, let's go with the better the devil you know. there's a precedent. it happened in 1992. fighting an election and polls said labor would win it. in the end it was like last thursday night. major with a majority of 31. cameronway majority of four. he can call on the party, who has eight seats. he kind of has a majority of 12. >> we saw in the report, nick clegg, leader of the lib dems and also the labour party resigning their post. looking at the two major parties, major players in british life, plus are they in ruins now. i mean what are they for? >> i think the liberal democrats are in a terrible state. they have more than 50 seats in the previous parliament down to eight. labour is a major force, wiped out in its homeland scotland. they are in a terrible state and will have to spend time finding direction and choosing a leader. they have

. >> many people talk very fondly under tony blair and gordon brown.me do mention the iraq war as a positive role. you might be surprised. but certainly britain's role. >> if isil is still such a threat why is the u.k. stinking its army and yet spending $150 billion on nuclear weapons. these things have become a gift to insurgent parties particularly in scotland. >> i'm sure an s & p contingent is large enough to influence thinking of the labour party, particularly with tony blair new labor center right approach, which is what they've done in recent years. >> you wonder why haven't the politicians done it? >> how could democracy work when you see the public is for something and the government is on the other end you know, there is no synchronization between the input output analysis. this we cannot understand it. that's why we've become so reticent in accepting you know, the western democracy because it's so outlandish. it's full of contradictions. >> the criticism of the u.k. in a no longer guides events, that it has run out of money and increasingly

minister tony blair -- former british prime minister tony blair is leaving his post as the internationalommunity's envoy to the middle east. a formal announcement is expected later today. he was appointed to the post in 2007. spain's government is calling for an overhaul of the common economic policy, according to a spanish newspaper, which says madrid wants the ecb to play a greater role in the beauty -- in avoiding future crises. the spanish government is said to be urging greater labor mobility as well as completion of a banking unit. betty: some trying moments last week aboard a singaporean airlines jet. 30 had to go0 -- a-3 while cruising at 39,000 feet on route to shanghai from singapore. engine returned almost immediately. the pilots had to descend to restore normal operation to the second engine. with 182aft, passengers and 12 crew, lost about 13,000 feet before power returned. it landed safely in shanghai. that's a look at some of your top stories this hour. i read that story this morning. if you were on that airplane, would you have even known the power went out? pimm: i think

. >> many talk about the crisis under tony blair and gordon brown. some mentioned the iraq war as a pi role. certainly britain's roll in afghanistan. >> other policies confused voters. if i.s.i.l. is a threat why is the u.k. shrinking its army but spending $150 billion on weapons. these things are a gift to the conservative parties. >> i am sure an snp large enough to influence thinking could free the labour party or so many from recent flirtations with a tony blair new labour center right approach which is what they have done in recent years. >> if you are the palestinian ambassador to the u.k. and you know a majority of citizens want recognition, you wonder why haven't they done it. >> how dem okay accuracy can work. the government is on the other end. there's no synchronization in a system considered to be democratic. this they cannot under. that is why we are so reticent in accepting the western democracy. it's outlandish. it's full of contradictions. >> the criticism of the u.k. is that it no longer guides event, ran out of money and looks to ri

blair is a big body. but aric can do so much. much bigger than dujaun. while you could see the dejuan blair comparison, arik always thought of himself as another julius peppers. like armstead, peppers played both sports in college. arik 11:30 julius peppers is my idol. i have him as a background on my phone. i look up to him. he played at a high level at both. my brother and i were trying to contact him. we'll see if that's possible. arik comes from an athletic family. his brother armond, played at usc and his father was an assistant in the n-b-a, so he knows how to put his son through a tough workout. (coaching) arik 12:40 my dad's tough on me. but he knows when to be tough and when to take a step back and let me do what i do. after being on the oregon basketball roster for a couple years, armstead put basketball aside a year ago to focus on fotoball... he helped oregon reach the national championship game, and now he should be an impact player as a pro. -- another player in this draft we met as a high school star is florida state cornerback ronald dar

this is what tony blair did when he called new labour. starting over from a party that could at least push something or make the tories change or give them a good fight, which we have not seen thursday. brendan: the best that i got over the weekend was that new new, new labour is like new labour. francine: we had this rather bizarre election results. she is a very liked figure. she is considered very authoritative. so you have 650 seats in parliament. 58 of those seats are now to the scottish national party. the english and the scots -- i will say westminster and the scottish national party, will have to find a way to work together. tom: francine lacqua, thank you so much. jerry webman is with us from oppenheimer funds. it is a new britain. we have all this history where things got shattered, didn't they? jerry: the debate in labour going back to the early 1960's, there was a book in the early 1960's that argued if labour party does not move to the center, it will lose elections. it could be ideologically pure which is sort of the directi

when tony blair i think '97 just swamped the conservatives, you could see there was a time for that change. there was just nothing to justify a change this time. >> i think on the contrary you could say they governed well because cameron and osbourne prime minister and chancellor came in in a deep crisis in 2010, and they got the economy going again. they got it stabilized they got the debt crisis britain was facing under control and they created a lot of jobs and they got rewarded last night. >> and an earthquake in scotland, not a liberal earthquake, but political earthquake, including the youngest member to be elected to parliament since the 17th century. >> scotland is going to be an earthquake because the question of whether united kingdom remains the united kingdom is clearly a reality. >> sure doesn't look like this morning it will. >> two biggest challenges is keeping the country intact and i think the odds are against it and the relationship with europe. mr. cameron promised a referendum before the end of 2017 and whether britain remains within europe. again we're not clear how th

investigators seder der blair -- said alexander blair gave the main suspect some money to rent a storagemponents for a bomb. booker was arrested next month and now he and blair are accused of plotting to bomb fort riley on behalf of isis. >>> testimony in the colorado theater shooting trial will resume later today. on tuesday jurors heard testimony accusing the defendant james holmes of rigging his apartment to blow up. rick salinger has been covering the tile for the courthouse in centennial, colorado. he describes the threat police faced when they went into holmes' apartment. >> reporter: when the aurora theater was attacked, the gunman plan add diversion to keep police away. law enforcement officers testified after his arrest, james holmes revealed he had rigged his apartment with explosives. f.b.i. agent derek described some of what was inside the unit. >> there were two jars two of them in the picture here. >> reporter: pictures were displayed for the jury that showed an intricate trap complete with trip wires and various types of dangerous chemicals. >> if the officer would have in

tony blair leaving his post according to officials familiar with the regional work.ed later today. the quartet appointed blair back in 2007 with the goal of helping develop the palestinian economy and institutions. , it is a commodity that has caused delays. someone has been stealing the power cables. the national oceanic and atmospheric and missed ration announcing an early prediction for storm season. continues.&a where is dish network? all of that is coming up later on in the hour. business leaders from all over the world are attending the sea to montreal conference this week. three day event inspiring executives to think creatively. standing by with kimbal musk. >> there is not one, not to, but three musk brothers and sisters. right here, we have kimbal musk. there was always a spark of entrepreneurship. where did that come from? kimbal: all of our family members are on super doors in some form. i have to give credit to our grandfather who was one of these explorers who explored random parts of africa for 20-30 years. that hein the plane used for exploring. he we

they lived at blair house for 3 1/2 years. my grandmother went back to independence to care for her mother. there was always a tug-of-war. my grandmother was the rope. my grandfather was at the one and on his mother-in-law was at the other and they were constantly pulling her back and forth. my grandmother went back to independence. she was gone for a couple of months. when she returned, the head usher, mr. fields, reported that it was just like sunshine breaking into blair house. everybody -- my grandparents were so thrilled to be with each other again that it just lit up the whole room. the staff would just -- everybody was walking on clouds. it was just fantastic. my grandmother came down the next day after her return, and she took mr. fields aside. and she said we have an issue upstairs. there is a -- in the room, there is -- it's -- oh hell, fields. one of the slats on the bed is broken. [laughter] >> her grandchildren. o -- [laughter] clifton: so there is a surprise about -- >> do not ask me that question because i canno

this is margaret thatcher, wrong sterling hair, 30, 40, tiny tony blair's. trouncing a stronger sterling. brendan: one of the things we are looking at in the background of this entire election is the u.k.'s decision pending by 2017 whether to stay in the eu or not, and they carved out this exemption to hold onto sterling. that is never going to change. tom: and we will have this referendum. olivia: david cameron promised that as part of his election campaign he will hold that referendum, and if he does get a majority, it is likely he will make good on that. i look at that and i see the strength of david cameron, george osborne policy coming out of the crisis. the question is currently, britain is the fastest g7 economy, they do more trade with the eurozone man with the u.s. at some point, and because a lot of restaurant euro. brendan: i tell you what i see -- i see crowds and crowds of brits making way for their stack andg and hen parties. tom: i spoke to -- moments ago and basically at 12:00 noon london time, the most likely cameron victory will be cast in

major labor victories have been with blair in the last 40 years, or 30 years. so it is well worth looking at, what he is saying is pretty straightforward if you look to the future you have a large opportunity, if you emphasize ambition and compassion you have a huge opportunity, if you emphasize new technology you have a huge opportunity, but if you retreat -- i say this for both parties if you retreat to the past and you go to the extreme in either party, you are going to isolate yourself from having a chance to win. >> schieffer: what is your idea of what this campaign is about? >> i couldn't agreed with that more, i think elections are always about the future and i think that candidates who are espousing policies who want to take us back either culturally or in terms of civil rights or economically are going to have a real problem. >> schieffer:. >> one of the things about cameron that is very interesting because column and writing stories what republicans should learn learn from the conservative defeat and the conservatives won which made the column sort of

tony blair is leaving his post as the international community's mideast envoy. the quartet appointed blair in 2007 what they goal of developing the palestinian economy and institutions. scarlet: the obama administration expanding detection for waterways to keep them free of pollutants. move defies republican members of congress who say it represents government overreach. this comes as the epa and the army corps of engineers issue final regulations on what rivers, streams and wetlands are waters of the u.s. coming up in the next half hour, hillary clinton is campaigning in south carolina today. what were the issues she's going to focus on? plus what kind of swag she is selling on her website. this and im so into have something picked out for your daughter already. later this hour, larry summers explains why both sides of the greek talks need to move to solve the never-ending financial crisis. alix: and the founder of staples retails before cosco releases its report. scarlet: bill gross admitting he , callinghe german bund it well-timed but not necessarily well ex

. >> many people talk about the roll of the series of international crisis under tony blair and gordonown. some do mention iraq war as a positive role. >> other policies confuse voters too. if isil is a threat why is the u.k. shrinking it's arm and spending $100 billion on nuclear weapons. i'm sure that an snp is large enough to influence different thinking can help free the labour party or so many people in the labour party from their recent firsttation with a tony blair center right approach. >> if you'reyou wonder why the politicians haven't done it. >> when you see the public is for something, and the government is on the other end you know there, is no synchronization in a system that is considered to be democratic. this we cannot understand it. that's why we've become so reticent in accepting western democracy because it's so outlandish. it's full of contradictions. >> the criticism of the u.k. that it no longer guides events and is out of money and looks to richer countries to make investments rather than make its mark on the world no matter how impressive it all looks. >> the w

i think tony blair was not only more centrist but extremely clever in the way he sold socialism. it fooled most people and i was in the house of commons with him for the number of years, very very bright, very clever man and he did a great job for the labor party. >> we just heard in dana lew ition's piece we heard dick klegg worried about driving apart, almost all the seats of in scotland. does this all risk or increase the risk of seeing a disunited kingdom in the future with scotland wales and northern ireland becoming their own countries? >> well, i think certainly it increases the risk of an independent scotland. no doubt in my mind. it will be interesting in watching the debates in the house of commons why should you an snp member of the house of commons with your own parliament devolved in scotland, decide issues in england? this is going to heat up and force thoughts of devolution, and i think david cameron would not only be thrilled to get rid of 56 seats but build on devolution. >> your party ukip was the third highest vote getter and ukip wants out. will britain stay o

the first inaugural in 1981, we had been staying at blair house. although the folks had moved into the white house, it was silly to move in and go the next day. so we just stayed at blair house. we went over for a small glass of champagne. hence, the family portrait that you see in the library. we had not come back to the white house on that first inaugural. but the second inaugural night we did. when we came in, it was very late at night. i was very embarrassed to find harry standing in the diplomatic reception room waiting for us because usually if i was going to be out late, i would say everybody go home and go to bed. do not wait up for me. i had said that little knowing that i would be the last one in. it was 3:00 in the morning and we came wandering in and it was gary walters standing there. i said gary, i'm so sorry. i apologize. he said, no, this happens every four years. i said, but you will be waiting for somebody else in four years. of course, that was true. i remember i was walking down to the tennis court and there was this little pige

people talk fondly of the role that britain played in a seriesover international crises uner will tony blairdon brown. some mention the iraq war as a positive role. >> reporter: other policies confuse voters too, if isil is such a threat where is the u.k. shrinking its army? and spending $150 billion on more nuclear weapons? >> i'm sure an smp contingent large enough to influence thinking could help free so many people in the labor party from the recent flirtation frankly with a tony blair new labor center right approach. >> reporter: so if you are say the palestinian ambassador to the u.k. and you know politicians want recognition of citizenings, you wonder why it doesn't work. >> there is no synchronization between the input, out put analysis. so this we cannot understand it and that's why we have become so reticent in accepting the western democracy, because it's so outlandish. it's full of con -- contradictions. >> reporter: the u.k. increasingly looking to richer countries to make investments. the question is how impressive it still looks. >>> still to come on the program, in one of the

. >> tony blair after eight years on the job he has reportedly written to ban ki-moon to confirm hisresignation. created in 2007 twarts the a video by radio free europe says the seafertion sustained shelling in the port city of mariupol. >> private christian schools are accusing the israeli government of discrimination. demanding par with under pending ultraul. >> now to some animals which have never been seen before. 139 species have been discovered in the greater mecongress delta. kim vanel what's up? >> a dmental dment am, from vietnam the color-changey, and the females can tell the the male is ready to breed. compared to its smaller-toothed relatives. then there's the stelvie wood strength don't worry it's not venomous and only one of has been found ever. many of these species are already under threat, the world wildlife fund says a real effort is needed in the greater mekong delta to protect them. >> a reminder, the latest can be gotten by visiting our website aljazeera.com, that's aljazeera.com. >> i'm jacksonville. "on target"ali velshi."on target" tonight. blowing the vifl on

. >> talking formally of the role that britain paid in the crisis under tony blair and gordon brown. some dimension in the iraq war it's a positive role. and certainly briton's role in afghanistan. >> the policies too if isil ill is such a threat, why is the uk shrinking it's army, and spending hundreds of billions of dollars on nuclear weapons. these are to the insurgent parties, particularly in scotland. >> they influenced different thinking to help free the labor party, or so many people in the labor party from their recent flirtation frankly with a tony blair center right approach that they have done in recent years. >> so if you're saying the majority of british citizens the recognition of palestinian states you will wonder why have the politicians not done it? >> when you see the public do something, and the government is on the other end? there's no synchronization in the system that's considered -- so this we cannot understand, and that's why we have become so reticent in accepting you know, the western democracy because it's so outlandish. it's full of contradiction. >> the

he was convicted of stealing tony blair's online address book and posting it on the internet. name "trick" he was cited for making crank phone calls to britain's anti-terrorism hot line, preventing legitimate callers from getting through. now analysts worry because of his radical beliefs and internet savvy, hussein might claim a social media attack and run with it. >> even though this one wasn't successful, it certainly is captured media attention. it's something that they want to replicate and given how successful they've been in using social media to radicalize and to absorb people to action, it certainly is a concern. >> and law enforcement officials tell us they're concerned about keeping track of other americans, people like simpson who might be falling jenay on social media and might be in touch with him. cnn, brian todd, washington. >>> the first of 400 military troops are in syria. the u.s. will train the rebels in small arms and battlefield tactics as well as how to use radio and medical equipment. the u.s. plans to train about 5,000 models each year. but the presiden

. >> tony blair was's government was the government that began to tear down these places. >> thousands of young people have had to move out of the capital entirely. failed by applications and a market dominated by rich investors. lawrence lee al jazeera. in london. >> 15 million people suffer a stroke each year. it is a major cause of disability worldwide. but those fortunate enough to have access to rehabilitation can itit can be a slow and frustrating process. that's why in london a team has brought robots to help. >> eight years ago amanda suffered a stroke. she managed to relearn how to walk but never regained full use of her arm or hand. she's now undergoing a treatment where she uses robots to relearn movements. >> your mind is taking off the arm but you still have to use the arm. so the machine actually guides you through the program and it's the lovely feeling because naturally you can maneuver it in the way that your left hand works. >> the team says that 500 repetitions of a movement is needed in each session to make lasting change. the robots allow them to achieve this in a

tom: the bottom line is that tony blair is not -- ed miliband is not tony blair. jim: the substance of the policies on issues like immigration in europe are not very different. the place where the substance of his policies are different are tax and benefits. it was definitely be an overly higher tax system under mr. miliband than it is under mr. cameron. olivia co why is the government not more popular? jim: the economy should be supporting him. maybe that will come to people's decision-making when they get to the polling booth. really the issue is all around immigration. what they see as jobs, overcrowding, high prices of houses. people feel the country is overcrowded. tom: with you as the ex-pat over there, are there two englands? olivia: very much so. i once did a story on bond street in liverpool versus palm street -- versus bond street in london. the country is dealing with pockets of higher unemployment. i do not want to call it poverty, but the legacy of deindustrialization. that is where labor gets its strength. jim: manchester is a pretty good-looking and

this is ed miliband saying i am not tony blair. brendan: he said that explicitly.ne foreign policy speech he gave. he said just as we should learn from the mistakes of this government, so to should we learn from our own past, too. including the 2003 iraq war. his feeling is with his own hangover 10 years in the past. guest: it very much the devils labo -- bedevils labour's foreign policy. brendan: you guys have more of a special relationship. guest: we share a computer. [laughter] haass: he doesn't have the capacity to be a major international player so the best way to have outside influence is by associating himself with the united states. not always agreeing but working closely with us. an independent britain will not have any kind of the weight it historically has. tom: where is ohio" britain -- ohio in britain? guest: it is in the midlands. tom: who will win their? re? guest: my instinct is that it will be shared. tom: john micklethwait, thank you so much. haass will continue with us. let's look at the twitter question of the day. what should the u.k.'s role in

. >> after winning power in 1997, tony blair's first act as labor prime minister was to visit this very estate. he said there would be no forgotten people in the britain he wanted to build yet it was his government which first came up with the idea of knocking down these people's flats. all of which brings us back to the elections and the endless debate about the deserving and undeserving poor and if there should an cap on the number of immigrants allowed in the u.k. yet nowhere in this nationalist conversation is there anything about the role of rich foreigners whose actions have made it incredibly difficult for many, many people to live in london at all. >>> housing inflation found that 43 homes in all of london were now affordable for first-time buyers. thousands of young people have had to move out of the capital entirely failed by politicians and the market dominated by rich investors. lawrence lee al jazeera, london. >> coming up next on al jazeera america getting kids to read. small communities in colombia are doing everything they can to inspire children to pick up a book. >> co

when tony blair came to power he had an majority of 179. and then 167. the fact that david cameron has five members of the majority is a worry, a reason why it looks good news for conservatives because it was such a different result to what had been expected for weeks because of the opinion polls. >> and of course, a conservative majority means that the u.k. is heading for a referendum on whether it should be part of the european union. >> absolutely. it was one of the promises that david cameron had made. bear in mind that there was a huge controversy, huge debate in this country over the past few months years really because of the ukyd. their main effect was to get the u.k. out of the e.u. because of british electorate laws they only got one seat in the house of commons but they did get 4 million votes in the u.k. there is a lot of think for ukip. among the electorate and house of commons and conservative party as well. that oh could be a head for mr. cameron. he has made it clear that he does not want the u.k. to leave europe. what he wants is to rene

after winning power in 1997, tony blair's first act was to visit these places, his government which first came up with the idea of knocking down these people's flats. ail of which brings us back to the elections and the endless debate about the deserving and the undeserving poor and whether there shouldn't be a cap on the number of poor immigrants who are allowed into the u.k. yet nowhere in this national conversation is there anything about the role of ritual foreigners whose actions have made it incredibly difficult for many many people to live in london at all. housing inflation is such that a leading charity found that just 43 homes in all of london were now affordable for first time buyers. thousands of young people have had to move out of the capital entirely failed by politicians and a market dominated by rich investors. lawrence lee, al jazeera in london. >> next on al jazeera america getting kids to read, small communities in are getting people to read and the fight to keep solar panels off your home. >> columbia's annual bogota book fair is paying tribute to the greatest literar

, the blair violation does not matter for the fourth amendment analysis but the court has to come to a point to decide god faith it could be relevant there. this is where you have to be creative in coming up and understanding and really exploring the interplay when to federal law and state law and these issues because there is room to not a lot of room and i'm not saying you're guaranteed to win but these are the types of creative arguments i think lawyers have to be making in their cases. >> thank you. >> hi. how big of a problem for practitioners is technical or technological literacy, and technological literacy for judges and for attorneys? i think it's increasingly possible today to be ex-stromely intelligent, well educated well informed and still not have a basic grasp of how the things you use work let alone the things police are using and the fbi is using, does that play out as problematic in the court? i assume i know the answer to that but if so i know there are mechanisms certainly at judge's disposals, maybe not so much as attorneys, appointing special masters or panelist

janet blair lets loose. "you killed the bear!"ng to run over and ring someone's neck. >> i was very upset, and i stamped my foot, and i said a bad word. [ bleep ] very loudly. i am a journalist and i'm supposed to be dispassionate, but that doesn't mean i don't have really strong feelings about every story that i do. and in this case, i had very strong feelings for that bear. i thought, she was a goner. you know, if she didn't die from that fall, she must have died from the electrocution. >> but the story turns out very differently. >> when we went up to the bear and the bear was still breathing, it still had a heartbeat, it was, like, amazing. we were just amazed. >> she survived it, and she survived the burns on her paws and everything. >> lucky for the bear, fur that's dry doesn't conduct electricity well. and lucky as well, her body is equipped for a high fall. she needs urgent care, but her condition isn't critical. >> she seems stable. she is breathing regularly. her heart rate is regular. and i can't really find any injurie

bush and tony blair and their common ground was iraq. i can't see there's a special relationship.think we're as much middle as ever. >> i don't think any of the changes about to happen in the u.k. should effect it but just bringing it back to the election i think there's been a great lack of focus on foreign policy and what the different leaders and parties think. >> foreign policy won't win you elections. >> i agree but it's a big issue. if we think what defined the tony blair government which is the long lasting government before the current one it was iraq and afghanistan with it and with u. crane and the middle east and votes in the last government and syria, the fact that it's had no discussion at all is a bit of a shame. i know the reason why is its the nhs and the economy that wins you votes but it's an important question of what might define their time. >> foreign policy is torturous. and we had russians as well. let's face it the eu hasn't covered itself in glory over the whole ukraine crisis as well. is there a special relationship? maybe the fact that we speak the same

not that big a majority, when you compare it to the majority that tony blair player had, when he won. that was more than 170 seats and more than 160, when he won in 2001, and challenging time, and there are many challenges, ahead, the referendum that he promised for membership of the e.u. something of course, which was a key part of the manifested, the party and only got one seat in parla then in and got 4 million votes and many taken from the conserve i was. so that will ab challenge, for the prime prime minister and quite a worry for them, and, the key roll that it plays. so that and many other challenges ahey, will be interesting to see how he manages to keep his party united and much of things, that he needs if he is going to keep his majority in parliament. >>> two war bombs have occurred in toward turn iraq, killing 17 worshippers, the ministry is blaming islamic fitters. and the police commander was among them. >>> now, spain has ordered the detention of a man who tried to smuggle his son in a suitcase, they scanned the suitcase and saw the 8-year-old inside. and it occurred, i

. >> many people talk fondly the role britain played in international crisis under tony blair and gordonand some do mention iraq war as a positive role. you might be surprised to hear that. but certainly britain's role in afghanistan and helping to get rid of taliban. >> reporter: confuse voters too and if i.s.i.l. is a threat why is uk shrinking army and spending $100 billion on nuclear weapon and this is a gift to insurgent parties the particularly in scotland. i'm sure smp is large enough to influence different thinking could help free the labor party or so many people in the labor party from their resent flirtation flankly with a tony blair new labor center right approach which is what they have done in recent years. >> reporter: so if you say the palestinian ambassador to uk and majority of british citizens want recognition of palestinian states you wonder why haven't the politicians done it. >> how democracy works when you see the public is for something and the government is on the other end, you know there is no synchronization between the input, out put analysis that is consider

the former british prime minister, tony blair, is stepping down as the middle east envoy. it was his chapter bring economic development to palestinian areas, a challenge that depended on political progress. critics say that he felt to make an impact in the role. queen elizabeth has formally unveiled the first conservative program of government for the u.k. in two decades. and he you referendum by 2017 is among an agenda of new laws. prime minister david cameron said it was a program for working people that would create full employment bringing the country together. in iraq, islamic state of iraq and the levant's launch a series of suicide bombings to counter a new military drive by pro-iraqi forces. 17 iraqi soldiers were killed. the attack began hours after the iraqi troops again to drive them out of the anbar. i spoke to the man in charge of plotting the u.s.'s military teacher. as a military tactician, what do you make of the islamic state military capability? we see the iraqis trying to push back and waves of suicide bombings. how good are they? >> it is a reminder of