of one of britain's greatest hero. but many opportunities were lost so with the troops of the leadership. these leaders face major problems settle most precluded it america and if i have to give a postage stamp of my argument that is a tough sell it would be that britain had a conquest not an army of occupation. but they could never occupied. every time they would stand out there would be the insurgency led by people who today midlife thomas sumter or maryann. british authority collapsed in new jersey in the winter of 1776 and 1777. and also from the carolinas 17831781. this may not tell the startling insight to this audience but a brilliant form of the new scholarship with the neutrality in the disaffection with modern day newspeak it was motivated before even one shot was fired, britain had effectively left political authority in america. to successfully wrestle control of the assemblies and of the courts they gained control of the militia of the local population as is argued service in the militia with the revolutio

most of britain's wars previously had in one with allies. what you call the french and indian war was known in europe as the seven years war. the british won largely thanks to their alliance with frederick the great of prussia. frederick the great of prussia tighten down french troops in europe while the british succeeded in sweeping canada and defeating the french in canada. as william pitt later posted, america had been conquered in germany. after 1763 britain had no allies in europe and this had huge implications even before the french joined the war in 1778. written did not fully mobilize its army and navy for fear that it might ring the french into the war. after the french entered the war in 1778 the british army and navy was overstretched fighting in the mediterranean africa the caribbean and central africa india and the british isles. the last battle of the revolutionary war was fought in india. in fact the defense of britain became a major priority with threats throughout the summer said 1778 in 1780 the combined french and spanish

he was the main architect of the war in britain. he achieved -- he was a veteran military veteran, and also an administrator achieved a remarkable feat of sending more troops to america than the generals requested in 1776. he always blamed the generals for losing him the best opportunity of winning the war. he felt they would be more interested in negotiating a truce than in really waging the war vigorously. most historians retrospectively would argue the war can be won. it was in 1776. then sir hen, the commander in chief of the second hair of -- second half of the war who was expected to win with fewer troops and less naval support than britain fighting both against france and spain. the most was the british generals. he would obsess more than anyone else over the causes of the british failure. he even wrote out the dialogue. in which he imagined lord -- apologizing to him for the british defeat at worktown. his memoirs are the most comprehensive and most detailed of any general on either side of the war. charles -- charles cornwa

we are too often obsessed in britain with guns and with a gun crime. we have an easy sense that america is a violent place where does of course i give an example in the book with one of my favorite places in the whole united states is des moines. or you go to the little towns outside of the -- des moines much of reporters to and the whole presidential thing -- and end up going quite a few times and getting a real sense of what it is like to live in that kind of state the lead it's a friendly gentle place. actually it wasn't in des moines and it was a small town and pulling out to let our tv crew go and get some coffee and i parked where you are not meant to park and a cop car came up behind me with the lights on and i thought he was going to move me on. but he walked up and motioned to put the window down and i did and i said sorry, i'm from the bbc. we are getting some coffee. he said you go out and get warm and i will look after the car while you are in there. there is no other country in the world where that kind of friendliness, openness of devotee

and there's money to be made up by getting britain out of the e.u. we report on how one thing tank plans a roadmap award ahead of a proposed referendum. thanks for tuning in this evening i'm here watching. well and our top story now russian anti-corruption blogger alex a not only has been handed five years in jail for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a standard rise now he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs. in central moscow with reaction to the ruling. let us know what are you hearing from the volley supporters who certainly has a large following at least here in moscow what are we expecting in terms of how they'll respond to the verdict. or the news about no one is verdict exploded. people are posting. supporters are calling for. going on with twenty other cities and when they did the same in his twitter account the rallies not been authorized by officials but they are scheduled around one of them is supposed to be held in central moscow on mine yours. square where we are now right next to

and britain. one because of the war of 1812 was the way the british navy would board and american ships, which conscript americans on board and say hey, actually we don't think you are really americans. you are british and guess what, we're tracking and the british navy to fight against the war against france. this a long been tension between u.s. and britain. it was not popular in the u.s. it did go to a different version, the treaty went to the senate to the senate attached a bunch of reservations or changes to it. including a provision that the cases would be tried in american courts rather than in these international courts. they changed the geographical scope and the british were not willing to go along with that. the treaty failed in 1820s. the u.s. and britain cooperated for a while, the 1830s were british ships and american navy ships would patrol off the coast of africa looking for illegal slave ships of the the country. at the british happened to catch an american slave trade ship, the b

and britain. one of the causes of the war 1812 is the way that the british navy were aboard american ships and would conscript americans on board and say we don't think you're really america, you are british and that is why we are drifting you into the navy to fight against the war against france said this was a tension between the u.s. and britain and it wasn't politically popular to sign the treaty the would give the british the right to search american ships if they felt they were participating in the slave trade. it different version did go to the senate and they had a bunch of reservations or changes including a provision that the cases would be tried in the american courts rather than these international courts and they changed the geographical scope and the british were not willing to go along with it. so the treaty failed in the 18 twenties and the u.s. and britain cooperated in the 1830's where the british and american navy ship patrol off the coast of africa looking for illegal slaves fr

and there's money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. a report coming up on how one think tank plans of robot reward head of the proposed referendum. are going to be just joy this is kevin owen here tonight is to say just past eight pm now on our top story this russian anti corruption blogger alexina valmy has been handed five years in jail for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his state enterprise he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs you go piskun office in central moscow with reaction to the ruling no hi there we go what's going on where you are i can see the crowds are gathered what what is the state of play down there right now. where we're at miners a square right now this is one of the busiest places in the central moscow traffic wise this is the peak of the evening rush hour right now with heavy traffic on. the street. mine isn't a square itself was previously cleared by the police and blocked for all pedestrians and attempts to prevent the an authorized rally from taking place in support of and against the verdi

and there's cash to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. we report on how one thing tank plans a road map reward ahead of a proposed referendum. thanks for joining me this hour we've got world news and analysis live for you from our moscow headquarters in of course you're watching our team well on to our top story now russian anti-corruption blogger alexei navalny has been handed a five year jail sentence for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state enterprise and he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs in a moment. on the reaction to the ruling in central moscow but first our reporting from outside the courthouse. also the day they came is a hard break to supporters the man who has positioned himself as an activist against corruption in russia has actually been indicted on corruption charges he's looking at five years in prison for apparently embezzling up to half a million dollars in timber schemes machinations in the region of cure of a but you have to understand that the maximum p

and the seems to be money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. report on how one thing tank plans a road map awarded i had a full head pardon me of a proposed referendum. thanks for joining me this hour i'm lucy cough and when you're watching our team well on to our top story right now russian anti-corruption blogger alex a not only has been handed five years in jail for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state prize he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock and handcuffs let's cross not live now to our correspondent who is outside of the courthouse and pissed off who is a awaiting reaction in central moscow now irina we'll start with you i do assume that feelings must have run pide both inside and outside of the courtroom can you describe what went on. while alex in a minute did get a five year prison sentence which of course left a lot of his supporters that were here extremely unhappy but you have to understand that the maximum penalty for the type of crime that big alex in a violent was convicted on i

all of those in britain. the role they play to train the trainers in these important programs. >> does the prime minister agree that the separation of croatia yesterday it will increase the burden on the european union budget because it another net recipient? little bit of extra pressure the budget, reflective. it is a modest additional amount. i think it is in the british interest. the is adding croatia to world's already largest single market. there are all sorts of opportunities to increase the trade investment with croatia. let me add that we will be putting in place transitional controls. >> the commission has been worse than useless in the upstanding burdens on our smallest businesses. how do the 5 million sme's input into the new task force from last week? >> i think that we have to recognize that the commission has made some progress. -- my tactic. they have for the first time committed to exempt micro businesses. those with less than 10 proposals, exempt from the you proposals. -- from e.u. proposals

>>> coming up -- david tereshchuck on what the united states can learn from britain about fighting terrorism. >> you've got to swallow a bit of pride and say, yes, we have a homegrown problem. ♪ >>> and, the rapid growth in the number of evangelical protestants who are hispanic. >> god is saying, i've got the money. i've got the resources. what i need is a church that's willing to meet the needs of the people. >>> welcome. i'm deborah potter, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. faith communities across the country reacted this week to the acquittal of george zimmerman in the shooting death of trayvon martin, an unarmed black teenager. demonstrations against the verdict were mostly peaceful. some ministers organized vigils to press for federal civil rights charges against zimmerman. the president of the national council of churches said people of faith should join in a renewed call for racial justice. joining us to talk about all this are kim lawton, managing editor of this program and the reverand romal tune, founder of the non-profit group faith for change. romal, let me

ambassador to great britain. that is ironic since america first was founded one of its key points was not to give aid to britain. america first organizing to let britain go down. three examples of america first supporters at this time included harvard senior named john f. kennedy, a cornell university student named kurt vonnegut and a precocious student named gore vidal who founded a chapter of america first. their opposition isn't all that surprising if you think about it. they didn't know they were going to be the greatest generation in a few years. they didn't think of this as a good war back then. they knew that if we got into the war they were going to be among the first to fight ends millions of them revolted against the very thought of american participation in another bloody european conflict. remember it was only 20 years since world war i had ended. that was supposed to be the war to make the world save for democracy, that was what woodrow wilson told the american people. actually made the world save fo

london and while britain and the rest of the e.u. feel the grip of a staring timing some well connected individuals are making more money than ever are these financial guru max keiser says a new financial apartheid is appearing and you can watch the full show later today but here's a quick preview so basically the bank of england is loaning itself money that actually is called the asset purchase facility lending it money at point five percent interest and then lending it to the government at a higher interest with their guilt but then capturing that spread and giving it to the government to reduce their deficit so. you know if you borrow money from longer which is a payday lender shop here in the u.k. they charge annual analyze rates of interest of five thousand percent if you're one of these bankers dealing with the bank of england mark carney's new shop then the rate of interest is negative another word they pay you to take out a loan at one go they charge me five thousand percent at the bank of england they pay me two percent they

and there's more money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. we were poured on how one thing tank plans a road map ward ahead of a proposed referendum. thanks for joining me this hour i'm lucy catherine if we've got live news and analysis for you you're watching our one to our top story russian anti-corruption blogger alex a of only has been handed five years in jail for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state enterprise he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs. is in central moscow with reaction to the ruling now igor we have heard from these supporters of mr not only they're supposed to head out to where you are and my national plushest to protest describe the scene what's going on so far. exactly we're at square right now this is the very center of moscow one of the most busiest spots trapping traffic wise this is pretty much the peak of the evening rush hour traffic right now and well this is where over ten thousand people said that they come around seven pm to protest the verdict . i

and seems there's money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. a report coming up this hour on how one think tank plans a road map reward ahead of a proposed referendum. very good evening chief just joined us as i say just after nine pm now my name's kevin i mean this is. well our main story tonight russian anti corruption blogger alexina vollies been one hundred five years in jail today for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state enterprise he was immediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs he got his can office in central moscow with reaction to the ruling are really in the city of killed off which is about one hundred fifty kilometers from moscow when of on this case was heard if you guys come to you first if i may you updated this last hour i can see the crowds behind you rush hour is subsiding now in moscow still plenty of traffic still plenty of police and a lot of crowds too what's the big. picture there. while the rush of a rush hour may be subsiding but to this rally improvised protest rally against diverted to opposition.

at why waves of high spending chinese tourists are splashing their cash across europe but not in britain. great to have you with me this morning nine am here in the russian capital i'm lucy catherine of and of course you're watching our t.v. well into our top story america's most wanted man the former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden has found himself weighing not one but potentially three asylum offers venezuela nicaragua bolivia have all spoken favorably of granting him safe haven this despite threats from the united states but it's going to show you can explain getting there won't be easy. edward snowden submitted his request after of venezuela's president indicated been very strong terms that his country was ready to accept him this is what nicolas maduro said about snowden he's a young man who in the spirit of her belly and has told the truth about the united states spying on the whole world so we see that snowden will be very much welcome. but the question is how is he going to get there we understand that he is still in the transit zone in a moscow airport there are no direct comm

and the money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. we report to this hour on how one think tank plans a road map reward ahead of a proposed referendum. just after ten pm now here in moscow when it was kevin zero in ok our top story then russian anti corruption blogger election of ali's been hunted five years in jail today for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a state enterprise he was a mediately arrested after the verdict and led from the dock in handcuffs our correspondents are across there so we're hoping to go to cure for a bit later a co-sponsor is there that's where the the hearing was held but right now let's go first of all to central moscow you've been covering what's been happening there hi again from the looks of it less people to see in that shot but less people than right on the streets a little bit earlier on what is the scene. improvised still very much going teenie weenie scores of people are still here in the city center right next to the speech right next to the kremlin around the intersection of the m

lose money to be made by getting britain out of the e.u. we've got a report coming up on how one think tank plans a road map reward ahead of a proposed referendum. rather good evening for just joining us is kevin owen here live with. the saving of moscow and i'll top story military judges refused to drop the most serious charge facing whistleblower bradley manning that of aiding the enemy found guilty the former private accused of leaking classified information to wiki leaks could face life in jail without parole let's cross to well he was at today's hearing how their lives you can hear it's a big blow here isn't it for a defense team. that is right today the judge did not dismiss that charge the charge of aiding the enemy it is the most serious charge in the private first class face says so that means he still faces the possibility. of life without parole now the court took a look at the testimony and evidence we've heard so far throughout this case and found that there is enough evidence to move forward with this charge this charge of aid

and competition is launched in britain for the bass plan to leave the european union following the government's promise to hold a referendum on whether the u.k. should remain a member. of the russian council you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program now a cord in the russian city of kirov is about to deliver its verdict in the high profile trial of a volley a leading opposition figure an anti-crime and blogger the man best known for his crusade against corrupt bureaucrats is self accused of taking illegal commissions for contracts with the state timber company watches or english go and joins us now live she is outside the courthouse in kiro of hello there irina so tell us a bit more about it's an evolving his persona and why is this case talked about so much. well the irony is has made a name for himself as a blogger who was exposing various large scale corruption scandals he has actually very active in using social. just on media he's an avid twitter use their live journal writer and has actually. physically gained more than millions of followers that you can take with you so

britain who the u.s. government under like america's n.s.a. programs washington's drone warfare has been shrouded in secrecy conventional airpower missiles are far less precise than drones. and are likely to cause more civilian casualties and more local outrage yet a recent report conducted by a us military adviser found that drone strikes in afghanistan caused ten times more civilian casualties than strikes by manned aircraft working links wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks as for the whistle blowing website that aims to expose the truth the u.s. has listed wiki leaks as an enemy of the state until the obama administration comes forward with a way to roll out open this into the national security debate there's going to be a problem of people trusting what the ministration is up to the american public has witnessed a top u.s. official lie about the nation's pervasive surveillance program and an n.s.a. contractor reveal the truth yet only one of those men is being punished and prosecuted for their actions and if people can't

britain's prime minister of. extremism among the syrian rebels is appears indication yet. to go for full scale deliveries. of power. in. twenty four hours a day a german magazine claims that intelligence services have been making active use of the us national security agency secret spying program that's raised questions over chancellor merkel's early a condemnation of washington's surveillance tactics. reports from. german chancellor angela merkel had to rigidly said that she only found out of the extent of the united states's spying programs through the media and it now comes out thanks to n.s.a. internal documents that have been reported by news magazine that well they were far more involved than she let on that indeed in fact they quote in the dish legal article the internal memos that say that there was a willingness to take risks and pursue new opportunities for cooperation with the u.s. that was shown by the german authorities they also were talking about the head of the b n d germany's foreign security service that he showed an eagerness and a desire to cooperate tu

and the competition is launched in britain for the best plan to leave the european union following the government's promise to hold a referendum on whether the u.k. should remain a member. of the russian capital watching r.t. on marina joshie welcome to the program syria faces the prospect of terrorist forces gaining overwhelming control over the country's north sources in the free syrian army claim the terrorist group al qaida plans to take control over transit routes on the border with turkey ousting other rebel troops from the area well the relationship between radical groups and the f.s.a. has been rapidly deteriorating with a senior army commander recently killed by the islamists are just going to count investigates. you imagine okai hiding in some remote mountains not anymore they want their own country they found the land for that it's the part of syria which is under the rebels control we're talking about the northern part of the country that borders turkey according to an influential arabic newspaper off charcol outside which cites a source in the free syrian army a kind of fe

that is a great tradition for britain. it establishes once again why britain is such a great nation. the whole country is rallying around the royal family. it is a fantastic day for the monarchy and the british people and also of course for the anglo-american special relationship. this royal birth seems to be celebrated widely in the united states with wall to wall coverage on every u.s. news network. it is a big story on this side of the atlantic as well. >> i think what most -- well not most, but some americans i have come in contact with today especially said, look, wait a minute. we are joyous over the birth of a child. mom and child are doing well. we are happy for them. but nobody should be royal. nobody is born above somebody else. i don't think americans can or should get to grips with the idea of monarchy. it is alien to americans. they respect the celebrity and enjoying the coverage, but they don't quite get and approve of the concept of royalty. do you agree with me? >> well, that is certainly a good point and t

rolls everything is more expensive as in britain always people spend a lot of money. it's on news it is difficult to get their. toys so if you just want to come along it's just so complicated for the you can see and it is different as it is now the way. the problem isn't just confined to extra paperwork for chinese citizens britain's economy is suffering as a result in particular the luxury retail sector the average chinese citizen spends over one and a half thousand pounds in the u.k. but not enough are coming over to spend that money the situation's got to a point where representatives of the u.k. travel and tourism industry calling on the government to drastically reform chinese visa processing they argued that if the rules were relaxed british businesses would be pulling in an extra one point two billion pounds every year we. chinese visitors coming to europe coming to britain if you are the preferred destination would be london would be top the list part because we're marching ashamed and we're not getting anything like the potential that we could have in lumbert

she got to britain with help from members of nongovernment organization. she was reunited with her friend. armed men attacked a school bus the girls were riding in last october. they shot her in the arm and her friend in the hand. they targeted malana because she supported education for women. ngo members say that shazia had been receiving threats since the attack and couldn't continue her education in pakistan. her brother said she was too scared to go to school. >> translator: i want her to study hard in britain to become a doctor and come back home. >> ngo members now plan to invite another girl who survived the attack to study in britain. >>> here's our three-day world weather forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm keiko kitagawa in tokyo. thank you for joining us.

perhaps what does it say about politician in the britain. these days in term of scatture. >> guest: i agree with you in the it. how much international intersection is being -- i expected some. and expected a british interest. but absolutely indagated from all over the world. that seems telling for two thing. she did so much. the other thing is mit logical db mythological. -- almost like a saga. sometimes they say she's the patron saint of taxi drivers. i haven't met a taxi driver that can't talk about her. it's going to be one particular belief although they were important. it was something about the personality and the leader which sinks to the human memory. it becomes a figure of history like queen elizabeth i, lincoln, these are big fig yours. you can't get them out of your head. >> host: yeah. now for the last decade or fifteen years or so we have been there and spin doctors and meaningless statements. that was not her in any way at all. >> guest: it was not. i think they made a mistake here. what they say is she didn't care what people

but we don't want to know about the battle of britain. we know a lot about the united states in the pacific. i personally think the united states navy was the greatest ally fighting forces. they were just phenomenal. you know, what they did up against the japanese was quite something. we know about that stuff. but a lot of other things we don't know so much about. i have come to realize that although you have to tell the story, there is a huge mentioning of this. which is about all these countless millions of people all of this with the wives and mothers who were separated for years on end. especially from an unimaginable scale. so many people start can you think of anything worse? millions of people saw their children start. most americans think of vietnam, they think of the vietnam war in which the united states was involved was the worst thing that happened. many vietnamese of experience of this was worse than the vietnam war in the 60s and 70s. a 1 million vietnamese died of starvation because of japanese policies which involve this o

he said that the writers and britain can't be just writers. they have to be writers and something else. do you have a job? >> i am a writer and teacher of writing putting it on to each the equivalent of a course on tuesdays and wednesdays every week. that is a good place to go. >> it is part of the university of london was founded long ago by some actable goldsmith that we haven't done any of the precious metal for quite some time. we are good at art and writing and web design. we do that have the time and the other half the time i am at home or sitting at a cafe. i'm actually rather bad working at home. other folks are getting on with their lives and their business and then i can concentrate. >> unapologetic coming out in paperback later this year. the subtitle why despite everything christianity can still make surprising emotional sense. will you be touring the u.s. with this book? >> it depends whether it counts as a tour. i will be doing what i'm invited to do and i hope to get to quite a few places that will have to be very pact. >> do yo

here in new britain, connecticut, the figure is just 20%-- the lowest in the state.s urban, mostly latino school district, is trying to turn that around. the effort began with home visits, to address chronic absenteeism among kindergartners. >> chronic absenteeism in new britain last year was 30%. we had approximately 1,000 kindergartners last year so that means 30% were missing at least 18 days of school. >> reporter: attendance officers joe vaverchek and jarrell williams have made some 400 home visits this year. >> we're not here to put a hammer to the parents because there's lots of things that cause truancy. >> the good thing is the school is helping potty train him, that's why he's missing school. >> poverty plays a key piece, clothing associated with poverty, hygiene. each case you need to really sit down with them, find out what you can do to help. >> reporter: a recent study found that among chronically absent kindergartners, more than 80% were behind in reading by the time they finished third grade. >> we want the little guys in school, because that's really

the problem isn't just confined to extra paperwork for chinese citizens britain's economy is suffering as a result in particular the luxury retail sector the average chinese citizen spends over one and a half thousand pounds in the u.k. but not enough are coming over to spend that money the situation's got to a point where representatives of the u.k. travel and tourism industry calling on the government to drastically reform chinese visa processing they argue that if the rules were relaxed british businesses would be pulling in an extra one point two billion pounds every year we. chinese v. it shows coming to you are coming to grips if you all stood up before the nation would be lumbered would be top the list because when washing machine gun we're not getting anything like the potential that we could have in them but the u.k. china visa alliance argues that easing the process could create up to twenty four thousand jobs that britain is in desperate need of the box more worrying of reports that major chinese tore up or a tos and simply cutting britain out of their custom is european tra

shores previous advertising campaign aimed at stressing the negative parts of life in britain hoping to perhaps ward off potential immigrants to the e.u. from november a pilot scheme to see the need to do a ride from countries are deemed high risk have to pay a three thousand pound bomb to end to britain only to get that money back when they actually leave the country and here are some of the questions from the brand new citizenship test basically coming into force this week designed to test those to anyone who wants to stay in england permanently not one impact of years of immigration has been shown in a recent study which shows that britain's most popular boy's name is now mohammed artie's test our studio now has a look at whether multiculturalism has perhaps failed in the u.k. . this is barking and dagenham one of six london boroughs where the vans with massive billboards like the one behind me with a message go home or face arrest will be driving around london in the next week this is the latest attempt of the u.k. a home office to would deal with illegal immigration in of the co

she voted for the law decriminalizing homosexuality in great britain. never interfered with gun control. when she had a chance, she voted for abortion. the social issues which britains are sometimes very different opinions than american conservatives she doesn't look really like a traditional conservative at all. one. most interesting stories her relationship with ronald reagan. there is no question she and reagan were very close. they really adored each other. but they were both very intense and intent when it came to defending the national interests of their respective countries. make no mistake, margaret thatcher even when it came to ronald reagan was not shy about defending her national interests. >> host: she wasn't shy about much, right? really on the economy in many ways her legacy rises or falls according to your account of it? >> guest: yes. for example, we live now in a world where it's taken for granted that capital can flow across boundaries with almost no barriers at all. one of the very first things she did when she became prime minister,

this is exciting for britain. one of the most recent statements came from prince billium himself who had a five-word statement. we could not be happier. the queen may have beaten him with a up with word statement. they've had a great year and a half really since the olympics and before that, there was the royal wedding. they've been winning big sports competitions. they could not be happier. buzz here is hard to describe in words. but even when you go back to the u.s. and you see, i find myself surprised to see kate's picture all over "us" magazines, regularly. i think to myself, wow, the electrical really is that will high here that her face is selling these celebrity magazines and you know, you talk to people that you know and they will might even roll their eyes about coverage of the royal baby or act like they have better things to talk to. almost immediately after, they're asking you about the royal baby. just kind of one of those things that happens i guess, chris. >> hang in there, michelle. we're joined by