high commissioner for human rights to cooper union. president robinson's career has been devoted to fairness in all aspects of society. she defended the causes of nnn marginalized as a member of the irish senate promote a progressive legislation, including legalization of contraception. president robinson has been the honorary president of oxfam and a member of the group of others brought together by nelson mandela to offer collective influence to support peacebuilding. how to dress and shared humanity. in 2009, president obama already has a presidential freedom -- medal of freedom calling her an advocate for the hungry and hunted, forgotten and ignored. mary robinson has notably shine the light of the freight and make a better future for our world. this book, "everybody matters: my life giving voice" said that some of the work of our speaker tonight and i will allow her to speak in her own voice. please welcome president mary robinson. [applause] >> thank you very much for that warm welcome. it's very inspiring to be in a hall that's

high commissioner for human rights to the cooper union. president -- career has been devoted to the pursuit of fairness in society. as an activist lawyer she defended the causes of women and as a member of every senate promoted the rest of the legislation including the legalization of contraception. president robinson has been the honorary president of oxfam and is a member of of the group of 11 independent world leaders together by nelson mandela to offer their collective influence and experience to support teambuilding. and to help address major causes of the suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity. in 2009, president obama awarded her the presidential medal of freedom calling her quote and advocate for the hungry, the hunted and the forgotten and ignored. mary robinson has not only shone a light on human suffering but eliminated a better future for our world. this book "everybody matters" my life giving voice really sets out some of the work of our speaker tonight and i will allow her to speak with her own voice so please

to increase that it in my opinion first is called beer in fascinating taste is for cooperation between the european union russia turkey israel. and the the great the probable surplus of the reunification of cyprus for the in the greek part the rupee part you part what about. the options of gas and oil. perspectives in the region together with palestinians and israel's what about the defames expenditures of the greeks. if there will be a generally green meant there would be a win win situation for everybody it's entirely cypresses problem right now it is cyprus problem i think it would not effect the eurozone as such it could create a. tendency this is true but not only for you you put your opinion but those is not a good symbol for russia. for international people in the financial markets this is true all but it's up to the cyprus people to see into government to see what should be done you've mentioned australia yass all strays during much better than the rest of the eurozone economically how do people in your country take the fact that they have to bail out troubled economies they think that they'd bet

all those things really require cooperation of a lot of different unions, a lot of different city employee leaders, and that's the only way that you can tackle long-range structural problems as complex as pension and as complex as the issue that is before you today. so, we have another one of those situations. i think people are prepared to have discussions about it and that's why i say i do appreciate the way the controller has presented the problem to you this afternoon. we think it's important that people's perspective on this number, which can be alarming, be realistic and that we go deeper on the problem to understand it a little bit more thoroughly. and the threat to the extent it is a threat that is presented to the city. it is beyond a doubt for us that the long-term financial health of the city is in the interest of city employees as well as the people that live and count on the services in san francisco. that is the perspective that we bring to the work that we do. so, we have our everyday concerns about the problems [inaudible] now, but long-term problems like this are of equal

union member you're an owner of that institution. unlike banks we don't have shareholders to please, we don't have to draw big profits. that's a different model, a cooperative model. >> so why wouldn't i go to you first? i mann, what do i get by going to a credit union? >> you should go to us first. you get a lot. better rates, lower fees. we are a better deal for consume consumers. the challenge is people don't realize they can get business loans from credit unions. they are starting to wake up to it but it's really an education process. >> okay. so give me a sense of interest rates compared to banks. >> well, overall our interest rates are better across the board. whatever the product is on average. the difference really on the business side with banks is we'll do the true small business loans. our average small business loan is $215,000. a lot of times those are loans that banks don't want to touch. they're just not profitable enough for them, but we'll do those loans. we often do loans that are $50,000 and below. so these are the people that may need a new landscape truck, may want to keep their restaurant going during tough times. we look at those loan

union city boulevard and horner street. they found him lying in the street. the driver of the vehicle involved stayed at the scene and cooperated with police. >>> someone stole a taxi early this morning near san francisco state university. then led police on a chase before the thief got away. this is video of the chase. investigators say the driver was -- the tax taxi driver was helping a passenger to the door when the thief jumped in and took off. they used gps to find it. they chased the thief to pacifica and back to san francisco state. >> we see this taxicab roll up and this guy jumps out of it before it stops and it slams into the parking poles here and a cop pulls up behind him. he jumps out and both start running. >> i that are checking the cab's cameras to see if they can identify the thief. >>> a controversial decision was made this morning on the morning-after pill. a federal judge decided the contraception should be available for anyone regardless of their age. janine de la vega joins us live with some reaction from san jose. >> reporter: good afternoon. well here at planned parenthood a young girl can go in and get

union city boulevard and horner street. they found him lying in the street. the driver of the vehicle involved stayed at the scene and cooperated with police. >>> someone stole a taxi early this morning near san francisco state university. then led police on a chase before the thief got away. this is video of the chase. investigators say the driver was -- the tax taxi driver was helping a passenger to the door when the thief jumped in and took off. they used gps to find it. they chased the thief to pacifica and back to san francisco state. >> we see this taxicab roll up and this guy jumps out of it before it stops and it slams into the parking poles here and a cop pulls up behind him. he jumps out and both start running. >> i that are checking the cab's cameras to see if they can identify the thief. >>> a controversial decision was made this morning on the morning-after pill. a federal judge decided the contraception should be available for anyone regardless of their age. janine de la vega joins us live with some reaction from san jose. >> reporter: good afternoon. well here at planned parenthood a young girl can go in and get

the nato was created only against a soviet union communism but what does that mean for the future it means actually we have to revive the elements of cooperation that nato actually had during the cold war and find new elements with with russia the founders of containment paul. and george tenet both were against nato enlargement they were for bringing russia into a larger income because i'm sorry well you've been advocate you've been advocating for russia's integration into into might i was activities i mean how do you foresee that playing out well i see it now is the beginning of it because the united states is giving up on the four things of missile defense and that to me is a signal that we're not aiming these missile missile defenses but russia of course they were deployed against iran and the fourth phase though could potentially be used at least in the russian view against moscow so the idea there is that we begin first step is to begin missile defense agreements finding ways to jointly engage missile defense that will bring all sorts of cooperation as i'm very upper levels of military and the documents that trickle down into cooperation

union. is global international cooperation at risk here?rules? >> no, i don't think so at all. and in fact, we should take note of the fact that a jurisdiction that has already moved to require subsidiarization to have requirements as the united kingdom. part of the european union. and why is that? because the uk is really closest to us in terms of its being a home for large broker dealer operations that have lots of short-term funding. you know, five of the ten largest broker dealers in the united states are foreign banking organizations. the change in the composition of foreign banking activities over the last 15 years in the u.s. has been dramatic. in 1995, only about 13% of foreign banking organization assets in this country were associated with broker dealer trading type activities. today, the number's 50%. and it's to take account of those changes that we have to shift our regulatory approach just as we have in the past. >> and your point is they have different rules from the u.s. broker dealers. and what you're talking about is a lev

cooperate fully, and give the u.s. attorney anything and everything they need from us. >> reporter: correctional officers back, with their union, claiming staff was cut to the bone ask lacked proper training. >> there needs to be a thorough examination at every level. >> if there aren't enough officers overseeing the activities. >> i don't know how it reached the level of the incident that happened. >> reporter: other questions have gone unanswered, including how this could happen years after a crackdown on cell phones in jails. and why it took federal action to bring change. >> it's one thing to suprez corruption. it's cute a harder and more important and long-lasting thing, to route out corruption. >> reporter: and the department of public safety tells us tonight that over the past six years they believe staffing has increased. they have recently revamped traping. and the background checks, they say, is tough, with 80% of the officers in the baltimore aircraft area, not clearing those checks. reporting live at the city detention center, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. >>> travon white pleaded not guil

that is well what is the european union for and i think the alternative model that a growing number of people you were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation europe based on trade europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that only grow in support as the years go by. this is r.t. and greece is again turning to for some cash it wants to hold germany to a promise made to stump up the reparations dating back to the second world war but berlin which has already provided the vast majority of a two hundred forty billion euro rescue package given to athens is refusing to talk about it more on the actions some european countries are using to ease financial strain when i was joined by dr frank up a tree a spokesperson for an anti e.u. party the alternative for germany good to see today thanks for sharing your time with us here on r.t. and germany was supposed to promise to pay back money it owes back to the days of world war two once germany was reunified some are saying the burden isn't even right to decide what do you say about that. i know because all the well they're going to germany is quite a new article so i just hear

is well what is the european union for and i think the alternative model that a growing number of people in the e.u. were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation europe based on trade a europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that in any given support as the years go by. as a reporter very shortly the tough economic times are hurting even the most vulnerable that. you. feel like you're laying on a gay teen and the blade is going to drop or not thousands of disabled in the u.k. could soon be forced to prove to the government they are does able do not get the money they need. the u.s. military to admit almost daily that the gone time a big hunger strikers are increasing in number but the official figure is to lower than that claimed by lawyers who say the majority of the one hundred sixty six detainees have been starving themselves for nearly three months now the fischel figures rose exponentially after prison guards trying to break up the prison as protest get more official say ninety two detainees are now refusing also he was seventeen being force fed and two in hospital so there have been several recent suicide attem

is well what is the european union for and i think the alternative model that a growing number of people knew you were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation a european trade a europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that can only grow in support as the years go by. the u.s. military is being so it's almost daily that the go on time of a hunger strike is are increasing in number but the official figures to lower than that claimed by luhrs who say the majority over the one hundred sixty six detainees have been starving themselves for nearly three months now the official figures rose exponentially of to prison guards trying to break up the prisoners approaches gets more official say ninety two detainees are now refusing all sued with seventeen being force fed and sued in hospital they have been several recent suicide attempts and the military's muslim advisors are so he's worried the protest will leave two deaths detainees have grown desperate over their indefinite detention without charge with some believing they'll never leave the notorious facility she's going to take out reports u.s. officials now acknowledge th

not define it as cooperation though as it was later revealed they did have contacts they coordinated their actions and supported al qaeda is fight against the russians and the soviet union when bush said that saddam hussein sent an envoy to bin laden he didn't talk of the results of that mission so formally his statement was true but in terms of the meaning he was wrong now let's talk a little bit about the weapons of mass destruction in iraq really have these weapons as america claimed when it invaded the country but. now one more thing about al qaeda before the war against iraq the u.s. media talked a lot about abu musaab now is that kerry who allegedly was in iraq and had connections with the iraqi regime we searched but didn't find miss sampson we had no connections with or al qaeda there was an attempt to establish a connection with the taliban through one of the ministers who was in pakistan from iraqi intelligence proposed this but foreign minister tariq aziz said that it was an unstable regime and it wouldn't benefit iraq to have relations with it did iraq actually have w m d that could threaten the entire world or the region where. they fabricated a certain pro

is well what is the european union for and i think that the alternative model that a growing number of people knew you were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation europe based on trade europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that really growing support as the years go by . i from moscow this is r.t. u.s. officials are now admitting on an almost daily basis that the guantanamo bay hunger strike is on the rise but lawyers for the prisoners claim the real figures are still much higher with the majority of one hundred sixty six of them said to be refusing all food now the official numbers started to grow after prison guards tried to break up the protest and more medics have been sent in with officials saying ninety two detainees are now starving seventeen are being force fed two are currently in hospital and there's been several recent suicide attempts as well the military's muslim advisor says that he's worried the protests will lead to deaths many are held in the prison without charge with a majority believing they'll never walk free. nature can reports. u.s. officials now acknowledge that ninety two detainees source sta

i think what is the european union for and i think that the alternative model that a growing of people in the e.u. were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation a europe based on trade a europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that can only grow in support as the years go by. well clear to see the euro skepticism has been soaring across the e.u. fueled by banking crises controversial bailouts and of course the harsh austerity the latest survey showed trust in the block has plummeted to historic low levels and i will apparently we can actually have we can show you some of the graphics here on r.t. to show you exactly how certain members of the eurozone are struggling for example in debt riddled spain or the number of nationals who said they don't trust the european union has risen from twenty three percent in two thousand and seven to seventy two percent last year the u.k. while it's gone from forty nine percent to sixty nine percent is almost seventy percent on that germany almost sixty percent now where it was thirty six percent as well so you can see that people are certainly losing their trust in the eurozone and

well what is the european union for and i think that the alternative model that a growing number of people in the e.u. were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation a europe based on trade a europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that can only grow in support as the years go by. and as we reported earlier here on our two year the tough economic times are hurting even the most vulnerable. yeah i feel like i mean a laying on a good scene and the blades bad i don't know how he's going to jump or not thousands of disabled in the u.k. could soon be forced to prove to the gulf and they are disabled enough to get the money they need to know. about international landlords in the very heart of moscow. thank you for joining us here on our. show now the u.s. military is being forced to admit almost daily that the guantanamo bay hunger strikers are increasing in number but the official figure is still lower than that claimed by lawyers who say the majority of one hundred sixty six detainees have been starving themselves for nearly three months now the official figures rose exponentially after prison guard tried to break up the pris

well what is the european union for and i think that the alternative model that a growing number of people in the e.u. were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation europe based on trade europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that can only grow in support as the years go by. as a reporter very shortly the tough economic times are hurting even the most vulnerable. i feel like. laying on a gay teen and the blade there and i don't know what he's going to drop or not. thousands of disabled in great britain could soon be forced to prove to the government they are does they build enough to get the money they need to live. in the u.s. military is being made almost daily that the gun time of day hunger strikers are increasing in their number but their official figure is still lower than that claimed by lawyers who say the majority of the one hundred sixty six detainees there have been starving themselves for nearly three months their facial figures rose exponentially after prison guards tried to break up the prisoners protest officials say ninety two detainees are now refusing all sued with seventeen being force fed and two in

holdings by united rentals and pacific capital by union bank, to a total of illicit profits to shaw of $1.2 million. shaw, when confronted, began cooperating with the fbi in the sting operation against london. he told the fbi that london always told shaw he was very jitterous in the gifts he was giving and he didn't have to, but he didn't turn those gifts down. and when he was alerted he was going to put a hold in his account, the criminal complaint said, "shaw said that london reassured him that there was no reason for concern and explained that insider trading was like counting cards in las vegas. if you were caught, they simply ask you to leave because they cannot prove it." again, the two men knew each other, they were both members at the high end country club out of west lake village. no word if bruin shaw will be charged with any crimes. but scott london will make his first appearance here in court at 2:00 p.m. pacific. >>> the court battle -- >> wait a second -- >> -- over martha stewart continuing today, even as the man who replaced ron johnson is seeking a way to end the battle. courtney reagan is inside the courthouse with the la

cooperate fully and make sure you give the u.s. attorney anything and everything they need from us. >> reporter: correctional officers hit back, claiming their union staff cut to the bone. >> they tell everything. they tell it. so someone had to know about this. i believe the buck doesn't just stop with these 13 that has been indicted. >> others have gone on unanswered. including how this could affect those. >> there will always be a certain number of individuals that will be turned and corrupted by the allure of the easy and quick money. we're all responsible for cleaning it up. >> reporter: and the department of public safety told us today that staffing levels by their count are higher than they were six years ago. they also said that more than 80% of applicants, to be a correctional officer here in the area, don't even pass the initial background screening. reporting live at the city detention center. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, mike. thank you. and tavon white pleaded not guilty in federal court yesterday. new at 6:00, hear a retired correctional officer's take on the scandal. well, right now, we are following some breaki

that the world's best performing economies and strongest middle classes have high union density and a high level of cooperation between labor and management. if republicans care about creating jobs and strengthening our economy, then why are they considering a bill that would take away a forum for employers and unions to work out their differences? mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to join me in opposing this rule and the underlying bill. i yield back the balance of my time. i thank the gentleman for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: i'll reserve, mr. speaker, and assume that the gentleman's ready to close. mr. polis: i'm ready to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: i'd like to yield myself the remainder of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. polis: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question

cooperating. the question is is how much information do they have? look, they don't -- remember, these jihadist movements inside these separatist regions of the former soviet unionssia, they don't necessarily have the greatest information links inside those groups. remember we had one chechnyan group pull off a very large attack in the moscow metro years ago and the russians were caught flat-footed, didn't know about it. they didn't necessarily know when he came to his country they were surveilling him and knew what he was doing. they will take a while to piece together. >> it's interesting to know he was on their radar screen enough to notify us and then he went back to russia and was either pinged in the system like the secretary says or who knows. but he was able to slip around and move around without a whole lot of monitoring, it appears. >> yeah. and troubling that we do have a disagreement between the fbi and the department of homeland security. did we know he was going to russia or did we not know? if we did know, it's very problematic that we did know and the department of homeland security did not let the fbi know. you can tell me the case officer on th

now it is time for that economic cooperation to catch up and sink deeper roots. the united states and the european union each other's most important trading partners. and will remain so. the commercial relationship today is $5 trillion. far and away the world's largest. we know, you know, we can do more. that is why we are announced negotiations this partnership. is a big opportunity. a partnership can build on what is already our leading export market, supporting more than an estimated 2.4 million it is about the possibility to track progress together on shared priorities. we have an ambitious agenda. not just to eliminate terrorists, but to tackle behind the border barriers to the flow of goods and services. improve transparency and develop rules and principles that can --among competitive this promote competitiveness. when i was in china, i made it clear when i was recently in germany, in paris with the president, in england prime minister. we americans welcome competition. it is stamped into our dna. it is not a problem. it is not a problem. period. that is the fundamental point with regard to both

that span the atlantic, and now it's time for the cooperation to catch up and sink deeper roots because the truth is the united states and the european unionach other's most important trading partners and will remain so. the u.s. commercial relationship today exceeds $5 trillion, far aaway the world's largest, but we know, we know, you know, we can do more. that's why we have been on negotiations on the trade vinestment partnership. this is a big opportunity. a new partnership to build on what's already the leading export market supporting more than an estimated 2.4 million way paying american jobs, but this is not purely about basic economic gain. it's about the possibility to drive progress together on shared priorities. that's why we have an ambitious agenda to tackle costly, colted behind the border barriers to the flow of goods and services, improve transparency, and develop rules and prince. s to improve global competitiveness. again, i'll say it, when i was in china speaking to the great hall of the people and talked about our economy, i made it clear when i was recently in germany with the chancellor, in paris with the president, i

together in cooperation and open to the world carrying for it in an intergenerationally responsible way. bracing all of our people as equal citizens. so the citizens who want to make a real union together, come out of the dark and into the light and achieve something great. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. for your wonderful speech. i don't know if every member of the house agrees with every time you -- with everything that you id, i doubt they did but i listened with enthusiasm. one thing i can assure you of, ireland is a lucky cub to have such a wonderful head of state who made such a wonderful speech. ou have given us encouragement thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> tomorrow on c-span. u.s. senate chaplain berry black talks about religious freedom. he was eleed as senate chaplain in 2003 and is the first african american to hold that office. then defense secretary chuck hagel holds a joint press conference with the japanese defense minister. martin dempsey japan's of las talk strategy. korea's >> if you're trying to generate a government and you're looking

cooperation from russia or didn't follow-up. who are the chechens? they are largely muslim ethnic minority fought and lost two wars of independence against russia since the former soviet union's collapse. chechen terrorists have attacked russian targets but never targeting the u.s. last night president obama did talk to russia's president vladimir putin who originally came to power because of the hard line he took in supporting the movement. officials say that boston attack is now helped putin say i told you so because they have been complaining about his suppression and his human rights abuses but there will be questions about the fbi and whether there will now be more cooperation intelligence cooperation with russia. matt? >> andrea mitchell in washington. as always, thank you very much. it's a big victory for everyone involved but the work has just begun. now authorities need to figure out if these bombings suspects had any help. michael is an nbc counterterrorism analyst and served as director of national counterterrorism center under presidents bush and obama. michael, good to see you. >> good morning, matt. >> he's under federal custody right now. he's not been mirandiz

cooperation. let's not forget that 25 years ago the nuclear confrontation in the united states and the soviet union was so overwhelming that ranid and gorbachev had to meet in my country in order to find a place where they could actually talk. and most of us have been influenced by this cold war threat. and i've sometimes said to my american and russian friends, it would be interesting to add up how much expenditure both countries put into military buildup in the arctic from the 1950's until the 1990's. so, within a relatively short time, we have transformed the area that was among the most militarized regions of the world into one of the most successful constructive examples of cooperation in the 21st century. and one of the reasons this has happened is that the council has been sufficiently small to develop its own cultural cooperation, and it has helped that the countries that have cooperated among ourselves for over 50 years play a big part of those eight. so within the arctic council, there has developed this positive, constructive culture of cooperation. and if you enlarged it toward more tra

together in cooperation of cosmopolitan up into the world, caring for it and intergenerational a responsible way and embracing our people as equal citizens. so let us citizens who want to make a real union together move out of the dark into the light and achieve something indeed worthy originally called to freedom go to it. [applause] [applause] made salad >> translator: thank you very much indeed, president higgins, for your wonderful speech. i don't know, presidents, whether every member of the house agrees with every tiny detail of what you said. i doubt that they did, but i listen to enthusiasm perhaps not everybody equally enthusiastic in this chamber. one thing i can assure you a, ireland is a lucky country to have such a wonderful head of state. you've given us encouragement. thank you. [applause] >> necks, hearing on privacy lesson mental health. lawmakers are testimony from the health sector and families affect did known as hippa or health information portability and accountability act. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. be here today the oversight investigations subcommittee for a hearing entitled to train to help or hinder key. as there is a classified reefing as well

cooperation to catch up and -- and sink deeper roots. because the truth is, the united states and the european union are each other's most portrayeding partners. and will remain so. the u.s. partnership today exceeds $5 trillion, far and away the world's largest. but we know, we know, you know, we can do more. that's why we've announced negotiations of a new trans atlantic trade and investment partnership. this is a big opportunity. a new partnership can build on what's already our leading export market, supporting more than an estimated 2.5 million well-paying american jobs. but this is not purely about basic economic gains. it's about the possibility to drive progress together on shared priorities. that's why we have an ambitious agenda. not only to eliminate tariffs, but also to tackle costly so-called behind-the-border barriers to the flow of goods and services, improved transparency and developed rules and principles that promote global competitiveness. again, i'll keep saying this. when i was in china speaking at the great hall of the people and they were talking about our economy, i made it clear when i was recently in germany with the

cooperation. let's not forget that 25 years ago the nuclear confrontation between the united states and the soviet union was so overwhelming with reagan and gorbachev had to meet in my country in order to find a place where they could actually talk. [laughter] and most of us have throughout our political life been influenced by this cold war threat. and i've sometimes said to my american and russian friends it would be interesting to add up how much expenditure both countries put into military buildup in the arctic from the 1950s until the 1990s. so within a relatively short time, we have transformed the area which was among the most militarized regions of the world into one of the most successful, constructive examples of cooperation in the 21st century. and one of the reasons this has happened that council has been sufficiently small to develop its own culture of cooperation. and it has helped that the five nordic countries that have cooperate canned among ourselves -- cooperated among ourselves for over 50 years were a big part of the eight. so within the arctic council there has developed this const

cooperation to catch up and -- and sink deeper roots. because the truth is, the united states and the european union are each other's most important trading partners. and will remain so. the u.s. and e.u. commercial relationship today exceeds $5 trillion, far and away the world's largest. but we know, we know, you know, we can do more. that's why we've announced negotiations of a new transatlantic trade and investment partnership. this is a big opportunity. a new partnership can build on what's already our leading export market, supporting more than an estimated 2.5 million well-paying american jobs. but this is not purely about basic economic gains. it's about the possibility to drive progress together on shared priorities. that's why we have an ambitious agenda. not only to eliminate tariffs, but also to tackle costly so-called behind-the-border barriers to the flow of goods and services, improved transparency and developed rules and principles that promote global competitiveness. again, i'll keep saying this. when i was in china speaking at the great hall of the people and they were talking about our economy, i made it clear when i was

in cooperation, cosmopolitan and open to the world, caring for it in an intergenerationally responsible way. and embracing all our people as equal citizens. so let us, the citizens of the european unionant to make a real union together to move off the dark into -- out of the dark into the light and achieve something indeed worthy of shiller's poem originally called "ode to freedom, go to it." thank you. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] displt thank you very much, indeed, president higgins. for your wonderful speech. i don't know, president, whether every member of the house agrees with every tiny detail of what you said. i doubt that they did. but i listened with enthusiasm. perhaps not everybody was equally enthusiastic in this country, but there's one thing that i can assure you of, ireland is a lucky country to have such a wonderful head of state who's made such a wonderful speech. you've given us encouragement, thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> and we are live this morning as the national institute for early education research releases its annual report measuring early childhood education funding and quality. the findings show that funding cuts at