be on the competence of britain. and winston churchill himself, it was worth holding on to the whole of the empire. we were what you wish for, franklin roosevelt, america was the greatest nation in the world. and and all of the korean war and vietnam war the two iraq worse, horribly expensive. nothing to show for it. it was heartbreaking to be the top dog in life. you can see why too. one of the great achievements of franklin roosevelt was the way it could never be used again. it is so poisonous, gets to that point of view. let me stress before i go any further i am not an isolationist. and go on to say why they are 9 interventionist where many of the euphemisms. and helping people abroad foreign aid, they think the military should be cut drastically in the interest of fiscal conscience keeping the deficit down but what it would mean if you remove half of america's military. since 1945 in places like japan, korea, germany, all of these defeated nations and they are there for purpose to they turn the world and when pe

but eventually britain - - britain did run out of money and roosevelt was never happier than when he was nazi he would call up a destroyer and that is what he did when britain granddad of money in there was nothing else to do other than give up which would be impossible because congress would not allow it, then to be found somewhere. see if i can find the name. i'm not sure how to pronounce it. heat to a gm paddle's they would fish by a day and they drank a lot of martinis. but then of boat delivered a letter from roosevelt what he considered the most important letters. and said i now believe the future of the free democracy with that civilization are bounden survival and independence of the british commonwealth by the united states navy is the surest means to reach the shores of the united states. but the more rapid that they're able to send it to us the more you help us the more we will go broke see you have to find a way out of it. so if you can imagine to the president of the united states he said i thank you agree it would be wrong and principal at the height of the struggle so

britain has suffered for the way the embassy and staff were treated in that country. we approach it with a huge amount of skepticism and concern, but the goal of an iran without an nuclear weapon makes the talks worthwhile. your question is if this is a turning point for europe. i would argue that we turned some time ago. maybe britain in particular because of the appalling attacks that took place in 2005. there are attacks elsewhere in europe. since i have been prime minister there is one major plot every year of a significant nature that we have managed to intercept and stop and prevent. and so the awareness of the scale of the challenge we face is absolutely there across the government, across parliament and the different political parties and police and intelligence services. i think there is an opportunity for countries in europe less affected to work with them, and make sure we share knowledge and skills. because when you say the turning point is making sure your legislation is up-to-date and police and security services have the cap anlts they need and programs

for britain the war front was now the home front. >> the battle of bray -- of britain is about to beginlet us brace ourselves to our duty. and so bare ourselves the british empire and it's commonwealth, lasts for a thousand years. men will still say, this was their finallest hour. >> at if outset, they contend with the bombing. hitler had been expecting an early surrender but never came. operational eagle day was implemented to knock out the radar's defense systems. it almost worked. by september 1940 england was about to lose the battle with britain and hence the war. at precisely the this point, a plane dropped his bombs. an enraged hitler changed strategies. saturate british cities with bombs. that decision effectively cost him the battle of britain. from now the toll the was winning. american correspondent describes air raids in london. >> the noise you hear at the moment is the noise of the air sirens. i'm standing at the steps of st. martin on the field. a search burst into action off in the distance. one single beam sweeping the sky above me now. people are walking around quite q

i have mentioned they are economically dependent from britain. another reason still connected with the economy was that fear of slave uprising. and still a third and perhaps lesser reason is that the planters were so wealthy that and elite of them were able to go back and live in england. indeed, many of them would be educated in england. antigua -- assemblymen as being identified as having part of their education in england. a much higher population anywhere other than possibly south carolina. codrington college on our graders one of the very few schools on the island. there were no universities. codrington college was the most impressive of all of the facilities. it is still a wonderful place to visit. yet, codrington college was close down just before the american revolution because it did not have enough pupils. in other words, planters were either bringing students from england or sending their children back to england for an education. the planters were so wealthy that some were able to live in england where they had the most effective poli

he is a dual citizen of britain and the united states. after completing his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at oxford, he headed to eton college before becoming a visiting professor at southern methodist university in dallas and professor of american history at the university of wisconsin at our scotch, which is where he was chair of the history department. he is the author of "an empire divided," which is what our topic is tonight and his most recent book is "the men who lost america -- the british leadership and the american revolution and the fate of the american empire." it has received a five national awards including the george washington book prize. he is an editor of the jeffersonian american series of the university of virginia press and a fellow of the royal historical society and we are very pleased to have him with us tonight. [applause] >> well, i'd like to thank alicia tucker for her introduction and also the invitation to speak here at the headquarters of the society of the cincinnati, at the anderson house. it is an ho

trade deal that could benefit the average household and britain by 400 pounds a year. the uk is now the top destination for american and foreign investment, with 500 projects last year providing 32,000 jobs. america is the u.k.'s biggest trade partner. our message on the economy today is simple. we are going to stick to the course. seeing through our economic plans is the only sustainable way to create jobs, raise living standards, and secure a better future for hard-working people. britain and america both face threats to our national security from people who hate what our countries stand for and who are determined to do us harm. in recent weeks we have seen appalling attacks in paris, in nigeria. the world is sickened by this terrorism. we will not be standing alone in this fight. we know what we're up against. we know how we will win. we face a poisonous and fanatical ideology that wants to pervert one of the world's major religions, islam and create conflict, terror, and death. with our allies we are confronted whenever it appears. the uk is the second-largest cont

but said in general, britain is facing serious threats. president obama described it as a phenomenon of violent extremism that has ma taste sized, but the president said these are threats that we will solve. there were also news on iran. the british prime minister admitted that yes, he is lobbying senators to try to stop congress from passing a bill that would essentially say if the iranian nuclear negotiations stop, there will automatically be a round of new sanctions. president obama said that threat themselves could undermine the negotiations. the two leaders talked about efforts to deal with cyber security to map and trace where some of the terrorists have been operating. the president saying the main way they are communicating is through the net. let's go to mike viqueira who is in the east room of the white house. what jumped out at you? >> well first of all the iran issue, this has been gurgling now in washington. there has been talks about a new extension that was just agreed to recently the president coming out very forcefully aga

you are a great friend to britain and to me personally. as leaders we share the same values and as you said on some issues we see the world in the same way. and most of the time we speak the same language. in the last six years since you became president and in the nearly five since i have been prime minister, we faced some big issues on our watch. and those challenges have boiled down to one word, security. economic security jobs and living standards of our citizens and national security, the ability of our peoples to live safely and in peace. at the heart of both eschews are the values that our countries cherish. freedom of expression, the rule of law and our democratic institutions. those are the things that make both our countries strong and which give us confidence that even in the midst of the most violent storms with strong leadership we will come through to safer, to calmer and to brighter days. during your presidency you had to deal with the aftermath of a massive banking crisis and deep recession. when i became prime minister, br

and we're working with partners like great britain and the united kingdom. but we're also going to be in dialogue with the companies to try to make that work. >> on the iranian issue, i won't add much to what the president said. i just think at this point, i don't think you can characterize it as if there's a deal the pressure is off iran and if there isn't a deal new pressure has to be applied to iran. even if there is a deal the key to that deal will be transparency and verification and making sure this country isn't developing a nuclear weapon. that will mean repeated pressure even after a deal is done. and i would absolutely back up what barack says about recognizing that in so many other ways, we have some major disagreements with what the iranians have been doing. britain has suffered particularly from the appalling way that our embassy and our staff were treated in that country. so we approach with a huge amount of skepticism and concern. but the goal of an iran without a nuclear weapon makes these talks worthwhile. on the question is this a turning p

trade deal that could benefit the average household and -- in britain by 400 pounds a year. the uk is now the top destination for american and foreign investment, with 500 projects last year providing 32,000 jobs. and america is the u.k.'s biggest trade partner. with exports worth nearly 90 million pounds. 90 billion pounds -- 90 billion pounds. our message on the economy today is simple. we are going to stick to the course. seeing through our economic plans is the only sustainable way to create jobs, raise living standards, and secure a better future for hard-working people. now britain and america both face threats to our national security from people who hate what our countries stand for and who are determined to do us harm. in recent weeks we have seen appalling attacks in paris, in nigeria. the world is sickened by this terrorism. so we will not be standing alone in this fight. we know what we're up against. and we know how we will win. we face a poisonous and fanatical ideology that wants to pervert one of the world's major religions, islam, and create conflict, terror

you are a great friend to britain and to me personally.d as you said on so many issues we see the world in the same way. and most of the time we speak the same language. in the last six years since you became president and in the nearly five since i've been prime minister, we face some big issues on our watch. those challenges have boiled down to one word security. economic security the jobs and living standards of our citizens and national security the ability of our peoples to live safely and in peace. and at the heart of both issues are the values that our countries cherish, freedom of expression, law and democratic institutions. those are the things that make both of our countries strong and which give us confidence that even in the midst of the most violent storms with strong leadership we will come through to saver and calmer and brighter days. during your presidency, you've had to deal with the aftermath of a massive banking crisis and deep recession. when i became prime minister britain had the highest budget deficit in the peace t

prime minister, it is clear there is a security under -- security alert underway in britain. is that based on specific intelligence? should people be concerned about doing their daily activities this weekend. ? do you regarded terrorist attack on british soil as inevitable? you say there's a dialogue with big american tech companies. but do share it deep our minister's view that the current environment is so severe that there does need to be a swing of the pendulum a little bit maybe from privacy towards counterterrorism? this area of private encrypted communications is a very dangerous one, potentially, in terms of facilitating dialogue between terrorist groups? >> on the issue of the threats we face -- the level has been set at severe. that is set by an independent expert organization. so people can have full confidence that these things are never done for any other motives then literally to look at the evidence that is there about terrorist threats coming to set the level accordingly. when the level is set severe, that means that the authorities believe an attack is highly

still going to have to find ways to make sure that if an al qaeda affiliate is operating in great britain or the united states, that we can try to prevent real tragedy. the companies want to see that as well. they are patriots. they have families they want to see protected. we just have to work through in when -- in what in many cases are technical issues. there is not so much difference in intent. how to square the circle on these issues is difficult. we are working with partners like great britain and the united kingdom but we are also going to be in dialogue with companies to try to make that

the bargain in britain seems to be you are discreet. jews are very successful in britain.est place in europe for jews to be. >> how much anti-semitism is there in europe? >> growing. definitely growing. i was a correspondent in germany from 1998-2001. if anybody had said to me that you would have people in the streets of germany saying “jews are pigs,” as they were during the gaza war last summer, i would say, “that is never going to happen in germany.” we have had jews shot at a museum in brussels. four jews killed at a kosher supermarket in france. it is not an easy situation. my book is partly about belonging. where do you belong? after love, belonging is a basic human instinct. you want to belong. you want to know where home is. >> a search for identity. >> absolutely. and you have an alienated muslim community in europe. an increasingly fearful jewish community. >> what did you think of >> what did you think of prime minister netanyahu's invitation to come to israel at the time of the assassinations in paris? >> what he said in paris -- well, i think perhaps netanyahu

it's clear there's a security alert under way around the jewish community in britain. can i be clear, is that based on specific intelligence? should people be concerned about doing their daily activities this weekend? and do you regard a terrorist attack on british soil as almost inevitable? mr. president, you say there's a dialogue under way with big mesh tech companies but you share the prime minister's view that the current threat environment is so severe that there does need to be a swing of pendulum from privacy towards counterterrorism and that this area of private encrypted communications is a very dangerous one potentially in terms of facilitating dialogue between terrorist groups? >> on the issue of the threat we face, as i said the level has been set at severe. that is set by an independent expert organization. so people can have full confidence that these things are never done for any other motives other than literally to look at the evidence that is there about terrorist threats and set the level accordingly. when the level as it is at the moment is selt at

they are anxious the government is planning action. >> without its dues, britain would not be britain. just as without muslims, britain would not be britain. >> analysts say there's good reason to fear islamists are plotting further attacks. >> they feel they are having a great deal of momentum and may be people sitting in different parts of europe who may feel this is the right moment to strike. >> tonight at the site of the magazine massacre, the tributes mount. a place of paris pilgrimage. >> reporter: there's fear in europe, furry beyond, and the feeling in france that the crisis that started here with so much death is very much alive and very dangerous. bill neely, nbc news paris. >>> this was a historic day in the philippines, what some call the biggest turnout ever for the appearance by the pope. it was the final mass for pope francis on this asian tour. he showed he's very much the people's pope. our report from anne thompson in manila. >> reporter: pope francis' final mass in the philippines, a demonstration of faith and resilience. the record crowd of 6 million people in the

or great britain or other countries stood on the sidelines is -- it , first of all, mischaracterizes our position. we haven't been standing on the sidelines. it is true we did not invade syria. the assertion is had we invaded , syria, we would be less prone to terrorist attacks. i will leave it to you to play out that scenario and whether that sounds accurate. we have been very active in trying to resolve a tragic situation in syria. diplomatically, to humanitarian efforts, through the removal of chemical weapons from syria that had been so deadly. and now, as isil has moved forward -- we have been very active in degrading their capabilities inside of syria even as we are working with partners to make sure the foreign fighters situation is resolved. but i think david's point is the key one. this phenomenon of violent extremism -- the ideology, the networks, the capacity to recruit young people -- this has metastasized, and it is widespread, and it has penetrated communities around the world. i do not consider it an existential threat. this is one we can solve. we are stronger, we are

great britain is our indispensable partner. david has been personally an authentic partner. -- outstanding partner and i thank you for your friendship. with both of our economies growing and unemployment falling, we used our working dinner last night to discuss how we can help create more jobs for our people. we believe this needs to be the year when the united states and the european union make real progress toward the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, and we share the view that boosting demand in europe can keep our economies going. -- growing. as innovative economies in his -- this information age, we're expanding our collaboration on digital technologies to improve how our governments serve our citizens and businesses. given the urgent and growing danger of cyber threats, we decided to expand our cooperation on cyber security. as leaders in the global fight against climate change, we believe a strong commitment to reducing greenhouse gases will be an essential element of any ambitious climate agreement that we

those who helped them in czechoslovakia and in britain.best by doing this, they deprived the gestapo of any proof that the british had a hand in the assassination and let it to them to -- [dramatic music] [man speaking in german] >> that was dramatic. his death was turned into a propaganda film by the nazis as you might imagine. joseph goebbels, the of the propaganda agency, stage a funeral to this great martyr to the third reich. a lot of people who paid tribute to him as a hero were people who detested him or feared him. this highly efficient, totally ruthless bureaucrat was a student at politics, was terrifying personally and probably was also a little nuts. infamously, he came home drunk one night, saw himself reflected in a mirror, pulled out his pistol fired two shots, and said "i finally got you, you bastard." but now he could be turned into a saint. they could make a death mask. send it down to the ss training school. here is our sainted reinhardt heidrick. himmler eulogized him as an ideal nazi hitler describing them as one of the

you have people who want to break up britain or bankrupt britain. what a useless challenge. [shouting] >> mr. stevens gilbert. [shouting] spin thank you very much, mr. speaker but after watching that i reminded of the famous line, clowns to the left and jokers to the right. [laughter] >> yeah, yeah. >> eight months ago -- [shouting] eight months ago the second state -- [inaudible] usher people in cornwall that the delay over resulting the eu funding program would be settled. eight months later hundreds of months of pounds of investment and hundreds of jobs are at risk. will the prime minister please sort out this pickle? >> well, what i've done my best to run a coalition government i do occasionally get stuck in the middle with the liberal democrats. but what i will say is that it is this government that is delivering for the west country because we're sorting of the transport them a the local produce, putting money into road and rail connections. with help with the final airport and the roots act to london and we'll go well because we want to close

great britain is our indispensable partner.as been personally an outstanding partner and i thank you for your friendship. with both of our countries growing and unemployment falling, we used our working dinner last night to discuss how to help create more jobs for our people. this needs to be the year when the united states and the european union make real progress toward the transatlantic trade and investment partnership and share the view that boosting demand in europe can also keep our economies growing. we're expanding our collaboration on digital technologies to improve how our governments serve our citizens and businesses. given the urgent and growing danger of cyber threats, we decided to expand our cooperation on cyber security to protect our critical infrastructure, our businesses and the privacy of our people. and as leaders in the global fight against climate change, we rebel reducing greenhouse gases will be an essential part of any agreement we seek in paris and help spur the creation of more clean energy jobs on b

paine actually charged in britain with libel. he could not have been bury yesterday there because of madison's objections and the supreme court's eventual recognition. three great questions with just a bit of time to go. here they of. we talked about burke's influence on madison, the question here is, how did burke and paine influence jefferson? >> guest: well, jefferson was a great admirer like madison of burke's writings on the american revolution. he was not an mire of burke's writings on the french revolution, jefferson was a fan of the french revolution almost to the end. not quite as adamant as paine but a close and was very much a frank o-phile and he took burke's writings about france to be crazy. ...

britain has moved from a lack of growth to low productivity. we've got to focus on the long term decisions which we can make which will improve the underlying productivity of our economy. part of that is making sure we get the most money out of the capital intrastructure. it worries me during the government's current plans they are seeking to reduce capital investment but in the future years they get the capital investment profile rising again. what i talked about is making sure we do more on the housing site than on the overall capital program but you're right in britain today we aren't making any proposal for traditional spending. what we're really focusing on is the productivity of the infrastructure program in the next five years that's already been set out. >> is there a question here? >> bill klein. i'm a retired army physician. i was going to ask about inflation but in the conversation what i've been more interested is the question of citizenship. i am wondering if you think that poor citizens make poor economics. in the benchmarks more

to britain. to israel. than the united states. >> the family has been on the move for war generations -- four generations. in the u.s., we think of immigration in positive terms, but it is lost. you are leaving something behind. my mother is the girl from human street. she was plucked out in the 1950's from this tightknit jewish community in south africa plunked down in postwar london with my father, a physician. and she fell apart. >> do you say, i am an american? when they say where you are from. >> i grew up in south africa and britain. it is strange. i spent much of my of ringing in britain. i had a wonderful education or -- there. a bit like my mother, something did not quite gel. i feel the united dates and south africa are more intimately tied at this point to my identity than britain. i think it has something to do with the difficulty for a jewish family in britain. philip roth has an observation that when jews are alluded to in britain, voices always drop. i remember my mother pointing to another f

britain and america.resident obama does as well, as has every president in my lifetime going back to frank d roosevelt. obama was observed in 2001 in a speech to the british parliament that are speech of -- that our process stems from our british forefathers. the president went on to say that our relationship is special because of the values and beliefs that have united our people throughout the ages. centuries ago when kings, emperors, and warlords reigned over the world, the english first spell out the rights and liberties of man in magna carta. i thank you. [applause] >> well, it is a great village to be part of this 800th anniversary celebration and enjoy the wonderful hospitality of the law library. thank you to you all for your hospitality. over the past three decades scholars have taught us a great deal about the history of bright stock in the history of the western tradition prior to the enlightenment's. we now know a great deal more about rights, liberties, capacities, and powers. we know cooler

and britain but canada which has the third-largest navy in world war ii and then there were individual ships from france and poland. it really wasn't multinational endeavor. >> i will say that you achieved a wonderful balance even though you are clearly an aviation junkie but there's a lot in here about the navy and the army. you give great space to the royal air force and the planes that flew and the royal canadian air force and so forth. anyway it's absolutely fascinating i thought. i particularly liked the alphabet. the covert golfer bravo charlie but you have a chart that lists the u.s. version in the german version so i thought the choice of names was really fun. sometimes what they were the same like king and king but the german ones were. >> the germans were burnell caesar and in fact even had a word that eludes me. >> there's a thriller out called whiskey thank foxtrot and in fact those are three of the code words in the british side of it. there is a lot you can learn from this book i found it greatly fascinating. you have all kinds of extra stuff in here like the d-day movies

i grew up in south africa and britain. i spent most of my upbringing in britain. i had a wonderful education there. my dad did very well. i had every privilege. but a bit like my mother something didn't quite gel and i feel the united states and south africa are more intimately tied at this point to my identity than britain. i think it had something to do with the difficulty for a jewish family in britain, the phillip roth has this observation that when jews are alluded to in britain, voices drop a bit. i remember my mother in a restaurant pointing to another family and say, you know, darling, that family is jewish. i said mom, why are you whispering? and she said i am not whispering but they are jewish. we were koens. we didn't hide who we were. for me, coming to new york, you can live as a jew in this way. you can live that identity ex uberently rather than the bargain in britain always seemed to me to be: you keep a little -- you are discrete and make your way. you choose -- the jews are very successful. it's probably the best place in europe today for jews to

france, germany, britain, netherlands - have they come to terms with rapid changes. have muslims come to terms with what it means to live in very different societies. it's "inside story". >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. for a variety of reasons people have pulled up stakes in south asia, north africa, the middle east and headed to western europe to live and work. and for a variety of reasons countries welcome them in. now, decades on, previouslihomo genius countries like norway and ploourallist ones like france are wrestling with what it means to incorporate people from different societies if large numbers, and many muslim immigrant families, long after transplanting in the west are struggling to cope with life in a place where religion and daily customs play a smaller role, where freedom of religions include the freedom to practice and mock religious faith. the murd erts at an editorial office by men who shouted they were avenging the prophet forces mutual suspicion to the front. >> reporter: flowers lined the streets and pens filled the sky. they mourned the loss of 12

this is curly hill road in new britain. >> no one is hurt here.ut firefighters are now calling for additional companies to respond, which you can understand. when you see these flames right here live we'll continue to monitor this fire for you. >> and alleged odometer tampering scam with ties to our area. investigators say a new york man and his israeli brother lowered odometer readings in hundreds of vehicles. they then sold the cars at auctions in pennsylvania and noj e new jersey. they are charged in federal courts in philadelphia and brooklyn. authorities say the men sold about 690 used vehicles and, in some cases, odometers were lowered by 100,000 miles. >>> foermer sports caster don toloffsen will be back for day two in his trial. he told jurors that he's a bad businessman but not a thooef. toloffson is accused of stealing more than $300,000 by selling fake sports-themed trips. >> rapper b.b. siegel is back at home tonight. police have not named any suspects in this case but siegel's own sister in law was one so-called interest e person of i

great britain security the supply from iran. and this is critical advantage that the allies had in world war ii. oil was one of the main reasons hitler attacked russia in the winter and we know how that ended. russia worked with the u.s. and u.k. to defeat nazis. something today our media forgetes. i'm not here to glorify put it put. i'm their lay the facts out so you can make the decision. but history took a dramatic change in july of 1944. two critical outcomes occurred out of the conference. first, the 44 allied governments agreed maintain a fixed currency versus the u.s. dollar interestingly enough, russia was never invited to the meeting and never agreed to this but the 44 allied nations who agreed each country pledged to buy and sell the u.s. dollar to keep the europe si within one percent o agreed upon exchange rate, and if everyone agreed to that the u.s. government assured the allies the delivery of gold at a rate of $35 u.s. per ounce of gold if you were to tender your u.s. dollar. so post conference u.s. becomes the c

imagine if britain or the united states suffered 85,000 people dead overnight -- would we have still wanted to continue the war? i am not sure. >> host: these are not questions we can answer. okay. your books are published here and the final book we are going to do and jeff and i are doing the "forgotten fifteenth: the daring airmen who crippled hitler's war machine" but first does anyone have questions they would like to ask about the two books we just discussed or are you in a state of total amazement? seriously, anything you would like to ask about anything we talked about. >> at the start you mentioned doolittle, he raced airplanes before world war ii and how poplar was he then? >> guest: he was a rock starr in aviation. he won every race available. the sea and land planes and he always made a contribution to aviation progress in developing instrument flying and worked in concert with the sperry company and after he left the air core before world war ii and worked with shell oil he developed high octane gasoline. >>> how significant would you consider the deception campaign prior

you are a great friend to britain and to me personally.ers, we share the same values, and as you said on so many issues we see the world in the same way. and most of the time we speak the same language. [laughter] in the last six years since you became president and in the nearly five since i've been prime minister, we've faced some big issues on our watch. and those challenges have boiled could be to one -- boiled down to one word: security. economic security, the jobs and the living standards of our citizens, and national security the ability of our peoples to live safely and in peace. at the heart of both issues are the values that our countries cherish; freedom of expression the rule of law and our democratic institutions. those are the things that make both our countries strong and which give us confidence that even in the midst of the most violent storms with strong leadership, we will come through to safer, to calmer and to brighter days. during your presidency you've had to deal with the aftermath of a massive banking crisis and a

great britain and america. i would argue that threats to our shared values strengthen the special relationship which bonds and binds our two countries. great britain and america. president obama does as well as has every president in my lifetime going back to franklin d. roosevelt. obama observed in 20 -- in 2001 in a speech of the british parliament, our system of justice, customs, and values stemmed from our british forefathers. the president went on to say our relationship is special because of the values and beliefs that have united our people throughout the ages. centuries ago when kings, emperors, and warlords reigned over much of the world, it was the english who first spelled out the rights and liberties of man in magna carta. i thank you. [applause] >> thank you for your hospitality. over the last decades, scholars have taught us a great deal about the history of rights on the western tradition prior to the enlightenment. we now know a great deal more about classical roman understandings of rights libe

i'm sure it is in britain. i'm sure it is in france. >> i know that of course we've had a huge scandal about the sexual grooming of underage girls in british. and help perpetrators, you know were men, come to britain from pakistan. and the reason, the reason, that the sexual preying on young girls reached the level that it did, is that the politicians and the authorities were scared of using profiling to go in and deal with the problem for fear of being thought to be racist. though, i think, that after an attack like this, i think public opinion won't worry being quite the same way about profiling. i think the real fear that is going to be in people's minds in france, in britain, and germany and right across europe today, the real fear is what we saw here wasn't a, you know staged extravaganza. it wasn't the blowing up of a tube train. it wasn't the bombing of a commuter train as we saw in madrid a few years ago. this was a hit-and-run incident. and i've listened to your security guard speaking earlier, it's fr

we are getting britain back to work. [shouting] >> is my right honorable friend to wear that in the past 12 months over 60 journalists have been killed in the course of the work including those at charlie hebdo last week? just five weeks ago i attended with several other members upon the finding in paris a declaration by representatives of every european country recognizing the vital role of the journalist in a free society, and pledging to do everything possible to protect their safety. will my right honorable friend reaffirm that commitment today? >> i pay tribute to my right honorable friend for the work he does in supporting the freedom of the press and i certainly reiterate what he says today. win this most struck me was action when i visited chapter in northern sri lanka in which is a newspaper office that had been shot up, bombed and burned. that brings him to you what journalists and other countries have four years faced in bringing the truth and putting in front of the people which is a vital part of a free demo

when i became prime minister britain had the highest budget deficit in peacetime history. our economy was in grave peril. five years ago, we had 110,000 troops serving together in afghanistan afghanistan. thanks to their efforts today, it is afghan forces taking responsibility for security in their country. but we continue to face difficult times for the world. first and foremost, we have to deal with the warning lights flashing in the gloeshl economy. weak goethe in the euro zone a slow down in emerging markets. that's why it is vital for our shared processing parity we stick to the long-term economic plans we set out. we agreed that 2015 should be a pivotal year for an ambitious and comprehensive eu/u.s. trade deal that could bit the average household in britain by 400 pounds a year. the u.k. is now a top detonation for american investment. knife 00 projects providing 32,000 jobs. america is the u.k.'s biggest trade partner with exports worth nearly 90 billion pounds. we want to about on this. our mention on the economy today is simple: we are going to stick to the cours

when britain is getting more inward investment than the rest of europe together. >> i'm sure the whole house want to honor the bravery of colleagues. as the oxford vaccine group moves to the next stage of its ebola trial, will the prime minister congratulate it on its outstanding work so far and offer all possible support in the race to develop this vital vaccine? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. i am sure everyone is thinking of pauline cafferkey. it is very good news that she is out of critical care, but there is still a long way to go. what my honorable friend says about developing a vaccine is vital. the right honorable gentleman the minister for government policy is leading the work on this, ensuring that we do everything to cut through some of the bureaucracy that would otherwise be in place, so that we can develop a vaccine fast. >> the whole country, across all faiths and communities, felt a sense of solidarity with the people of france following last week's dreadful attacks. those who seek to terrorize and divide us should be in no doubt: they wi

everything from britain wanting the u.s.ase one of its citizens from guantanamo bay detention center and ebola is another topic. of course the war on terror and its various forms is really going to be the focus, john. >> with so many arrests happening now not just in france but also in belgium with people moving around from madrid to bulgaria to turkey this entire continent where i am michelle is certainly watching this news conference very very closely. do you get a sense that the president is communicating on a regular basis with the leaders of these countries? today we saw secretary of state john kerry finally come here to paris meeting with the french leader francois hollande. >> reporter: they are constantly in touch with their counterparts overseas when anything happens. they may not get into specifics each time. the white house hasn't put out a response today on the raids in belgium overnight. but we know that officials are talking. they are in communication about what information surfaces. what's going to be interest

the author examines the growing fissures between britain and the colonists and the importance of the boston tea party as an impetus for war. this is about an hour. >> well, thank you very much indeed. now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and i've given quite a number in the last week while i've been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. but strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about something else entirely. i took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up central park west towards the historical society, and as i was walking up the street, out of the corner of my eye i saw a bronze plaque on the wall, on the wall of a rather august looking building. it wasn't the second church of christ scientists, it's the spanish-portuguese synagogue. and i read the plaque, and i've never seen that before. i normally try to keep my eyes open for historical things when i'm in new york, but i hadn't actually seen this. i was quite

anymore, 80% of muslims living in britain are proud to be british and identify with great britain.sing to see man like governor jindal say idiotic things in public and embarrassing things that actually do harm. >> why do you think he's sticking by -- as he was talking to max foster and wolf blitzer, he couldn't cite a single name of a location. he goes back to the police officer that gave an interview to a british newspaper -- >> he's living in a fantasy world. he couldn't cite any instances for the simple reason there are no places in europe. there are no places where nonmuslims are certainly barred away and where police won't go because they are so afraid of the islamic population. this is the kind of islamaphobia that gives people a simplistic idea of how we deal with terrorism instead of having a sensible long-term plan and understanding that this is going to be with us for decades to come and we have to understand that most muslims are not scary jihadists who want to blow us up. jindal is playing off a fantasy that may play well with his constituents in louisiana. i hope not.

i think this is -- have you to recognize in fighting terrorism, as we've found in britain before, you cannot simply rely on police and security. this is a job for everyone. this is a role we're all going to have to play in the vigilance and making sure we keep our community safe. >> with respect to syria and the connection to foreign fighters, there is no doubt in the chaos vacuum that's been created in big chunks of syria that's given an opportunity for foreign fighters to both come in and come back out. we are now busy working with our partners to implement a series of actions to identify who may be traveling to syria in order to get trained, to fight, or to hatch plots that would be activated on return to her home countries. so it's a very serious problem. first of all, mischaracterizes our position. we had so tanned on the sidelines. it's true we did not invade syria. the assertion is had we invaded syria, we roob less prone to terrorist attacks. i'll leave it to you to play out that scenario and if that sounds accurate. we've been active in trying to resolve a tragic situation in