[laughter] mike michael and dawn pardus who are here they walked in with david trimble. for trimble that was a brave move and he deserves a lot of credit. [applause] we got going and george had a good explanation as to what happened. it was up and down and up and down the two things that tony and i did the talks were as inclusive as we possibly could make them. everybody who wanted to be and we tried to get everybody in which we did. and it was as comprehensive as possible in all of the issues were on the table. you raise difficult issues and issues that i think people thought were impossible to deal with decommissioning prisoners changing education and they were huge issues. today when you look at the issues today and we won't get into today's issues. they were huge issues and the fact that everybody and i agree totally with what tony says they had to make their individual breaks. a ainu the big thing we would to do because they claimed jurisdiction over northern ireland and very special maybe not to me but to my father and he loves tony blair. didn't like everybody from

this is where david trimble did exercise real leadership. his delegation. david came into the room and there was a lot of tension. he stood up on a chair or a table and he said that it was his intention to go up the stairs to george mitchell to tell him he was going to accept the agreement. a few minutes before five o'clock in the afternoon, i david called me in, and yes. i remember his exact words, he said, "we're ready to do the business." i i thanked him. i asked him if he could be available for a meeting i immediately at 5pm, - he said, "i will be there." i called the other parties. it seems like ages, you know, just wondering who was going to come through the door. had a great sigh of relief when we saw sinn fein and then david come in. i'm not sure if that was exactly the way it was but they were the last two big ones to come in and we thought, "yes! this has happened." the two governments and the political parties of northern ireland have reached agreement. applause. this was one of those very few moments in politics where it was a mo

this is where david trimble did exercise real leadership. egation. david came into the room and there was a lot of tension. he stood up on a chair or a table and he said that it was his intention to go up the stairs to george mitchell to tell him he was going to accept the agreement. a few minutes before five o'clock in the afternoon, i david called me in, and yes. i remember his exact words, he said, "we're ready to do the business." i i thanked him. i asked him if he could be available for a meeting i immediately at 5pm, - he said, "i will be there." i called the other parties. it seems like ages, you know, just wondering who was going to come through the door. had a great sigh of relief when we saw sinn fein and then david come in. i'm not sure if that was exactly the way it was but they were the last two big ones to come in and we thought, "yes! "this has happened." the two governments and the political parties of northern ireland have reached agreement. applause. this was one of those very few moments in politics where it was a moment of

david trimble's son,- nicholas trimble has said.he easter period— my deepest support over the easter period when they will go out easter period when they will go owi on— easter period when they will go owi on own— easter period when they will go owi on own io— easter period when they will go out on duty to serve all of the sonnwniiv— out on duty to serve all of the sohnwniiv in— out on duty to serve all of the community in northern ireland ono— community in northern ireland on srono— community in northern ireland and stand between us and inohsrn— and stand between us and terrorism. how— and stand between us and terrorism. how do you react to whoi-s— terrorism. how do you react to whoi-s heing— terrorism. how do you react to what's being said? t r3 what's being said? it's quite interesting that such detailed information , intelligence is information, intelligence is actually put into the public domain. i mean, is the police service actually calling their bluff in a way, saying we know what up to and we are what you're up to and we ar

mcguinness and david trimble. att— mcguinness and david trimble. _ those from the other side with him, those from within his own party— him, those from within his own party uttt— him, those from within his own party uttt ttm,— him, those from within his own party with him, he expelled them and party with him, he expelled them amt-wett— party with him, he expelled them amt-went to— party with him, he expelled them and went to independence . and they went to independence. att— and they went to independence. amt a— and they went to independence. amt a tot— and they went to independence. amt a tot ot— and they went to independence. and a lot of them— and they went to independence. and a lot of them went to the democrats— and a lot of them went to the democratic unionist party. and in democratic unionist party. and to tte— democratic unionist party. and in the elections— democratic unionist party. and in the elections in 2005, john tume— in the elections in 2005, john tume eoutt— in the elections in 2005, john hume could have— in the elections in 2005,

david trimble and gerry— was possible. david trimble and terry-stghthg— was possible.or the— settlement got the credit really ts tor the tor— settlement got the credit really is for the for the— settlement got the credit really is for the for the irish people because— is for the for the irish people because people— is for the for the irish people because people in ireland, peopte— because people in ireland, peopte th— because people in ireland, people in northern ireland voted for people in northern ireland voted tor the— people in northern ireland voted tor the peace— people in northern ireland voted for the peace deal.— people in northern ireland voted for the peace deal. in the end, it for the peace deal. in the end, tt-ehoseh— for the peace deal. in the end, tt-ehoseh hy— for the peace deal. in the end, it-chosen by the- for the peace deal. in the end, it chosen by the people and it was chosen by the people and tony— it was chosen by the people and tony-a— it was chosen by the people and tony - a facilitator - it was chosen by the people and tony a facilitator of g

david trimble took enormous risks to do what he thought was right for the union and they were rightlym also lend their weight behind the deal. female leaders, from the women for peace in the women�*s coalition who worked so hard for peace, and bertie ahern, whose wisdom and stagecraft —— statecraft sees the historic opportunity. at a critical moment he recognised unionist concerns over the proposed north and south arrangements and stepped back. david trimble himself in his last public appearance at this universityjust weeks before he passed away and embraced his old counterpart and thanked bertie for giving him the space to act. these acts of courage were more powerful than a thousand bombs and bullets. there is nothing glamorous about violence. there is nothing glorious about terror. squalid acts are always justified with some false dream about what they will achieve, but they have never worked and they never will. applause. never worked and they never will. applause— applause. instead, let's glorify moderation _ applause. instead, let's glorify moderation and _ applause. instead, le

together in good faith and to risk, boldly, for the future and leaders and people like john hume, david trimble, david irvine, and monica mcwilliams and mary robinson, et cetera. they were all people that i got to meet back then. and it took people across all across northern ireland who made the choice to work for a brighter and a shared future at -- feature. at the time, it seemed so distant, some of it. it seems so distant. first at the ballot box and everyday sense, the acts of seeing each other through the lens of a common humanity. which again, when i first came here as a young senator, didn't seem like it was realistic. it took pioneering women across all communities and parties that said enough. enough. and demanded change as well as a seat at the negotiating table, including through the northern ireland women's coalition. and it took a determined effort of my good friend who -- someone who embodies the country's commitment to all the people -- all the people in this region, senator george mitchell. and, you know, his time serving as special envoy for northern ireland is one of the great

so, the thing that david trimble was struggling to do this time _ david trimble was struggling to dowill— think, after the local elections, that will be something that we will see movement from the dup on, that there _ see movement from the dup on, that there is— see movement from the dup on, that there is a _ see movement from the dup on, that there is a panel thatjeffrey johnson _ there is a panel thatjeffrey johnson has convened to report back on that _ johnson has convened to report back on that we — johnson has convened to report back on that. we understand that will happen— on that. we understand that will happen within the next few days or weeks _ happen within the next few days or weeks -- — happen within the next few days or weeks -- a — happen within the next few days or weeks. —— a panelthat happen within the next few days or weeks. —— a panel thatjeffrey donaldson has convened. so they will chart a _ donaldson has convened. so they will chart a way— donaldson has convened. so they will chart a way back to potentially go back into — chart a way back to potentially go back

like david trimble and john hume, the bella wandered the nobel peace prize for their efforts but theirsequent years. the message from the likes of george mitchell and president clinton was that people would have to take risks for peace, that has been reflected at the moment of the 24th anniversary and something the president has alluded to himself. she said compassion was that your power of the agreement. northern ireland was transformed by piece was one of the most moving segments you filmed was when you speak to people who were teenagers at the time, what do they tell you about the moment and how their lives have been changed. i and how their lives have been chanced. ., , and how their lives have been chanced. .,, _, ., ., changed. i was coming to the end of m time changed. i was coming to the end of my time at — changed. i was coming to the end of my time at school— changed. i was coming to the end of my time at school so _ changed. i was coming to the end of my time at school so people - changed. i was coming to the end of my time at school so people of - changed. i was coming to t

because to paraphrase the late david trimble, there may be hills ahead of us but there are mountains i want to close by reflecting on an extraordinary story. just weeks before the agreement, two lifelong friends damien trainor and philip allen were murdered at points pass. one was a protestant, the other catholic. the people who murdered them may have helped to sow chaos and division and to derail the peace talks. they failed. because the story of this remarkable friendship inspired one of the most decisive breakthroughs of the whole peace process. the agreement to share power between equal first and deputy first minister is in a cold premiership with one from each community. as the lead negotiator said at the time, the stories of philip and damien�*s special friendship could be a parable for the sort of society that we might create if we can reach agreement and he was right. that is the promise of the belfast good friday agreement. and together we can and we must fulfil it, thank you. applause studio: rishi sunak reflecting on the 25 years since that agreement, paying tribute to tho

audiences had commented how much— discovered audiences had commented how much they felt sorry for david trimbleessure he had been under. how much was much pressure he had been under. firm? much was personally at stake. much pressure he had been under. how much was personally at stake. yes, - much was personally at stake. yes, but also the — much was personally at stake. yes, but also the pressure _ much was personally at stake. yes, but also the pressure from - much was personally at stake. yes, but also the pressure from the nationalists and the republican side on him _ nationalists and the republican side on him. not so much the pressure from _ on him. not so much the pressure from within — on him. not so much the pressure from within. 0f on him. not so much the pressure from within. of course, it's not. one _ from within. of course, it's not. one thing — from within. of course, it's not. one thing i've noticed, it's not black—and—white. there are different shades of grey. what does the play say about the process of negotiation? i say about the process of negotiation?— say about the process o

this is where david trimble did exercise real - trimble did exercise real leadership. s to george mitchell and you tell him he was going _ george mitchell and you tell him he was going to accept the agreement. about _ was going to accept the agreement. about four— was going to accept the agreement. about four o'clock, five o'clock, david _ about four o'clock, five o'clock, david called _ about four o'clock, five o'clock, david called me _ about four o'clock, five o'clock, david called me in, _ about four o'clock, five o'clock, david called me in, and, - about four o'clock, five o'clock, david called me in, and, yes, . about four o'clock, five o'clock, david called me in, and, yes, ii about four o'clock, five o'clock, i david called me in, and, yes, i ran to his _ david called me in, and, yes, i ran to his words. — david called me in, and, yes, i ran to his words, he _ david called me in, and, yes, i ran to his words, he said, _ david called me in, and, yes, i ran to his words, he said, "we're - david called me in, and, yes, i rani to his words, he said, "we're ready to

i remember talking to the late david trimble, an initial clinton sceptic, who told me of his great excitement lift in the presidential limo. all a rather different feel to today, asjoe biden treads carefully at a sensitive political time. the editor of northern ireland's main unionist paper thought biden�*s approach had been positive but ben lowry sees a potential split in the dup. i think that there are senior people in the dup who have always been keen to go back. not because they love stormont but because i think they realise the options are poor for unionists and i think that there are others who are not so keen to go back and i think there is quite a big battle going and i really wonder whether one way out of this in the medium term is some sort of realignment within in other words, there are two responses. pragmatism to the things that are going against unionism and standing up and saying we can't agree to this, and that is maybe where the divide is at the moment, you see that divide within the dup. an academic has a clear view. for the dup, devolution is the only show in town. there is

and david trwtne— and david trimble and david twtne ene— and david trimble and david irvine and ed— it took people across all across northern ireland who made the across northern ireland who made tne enetee— across northern ireland who made tne enetee te— across northern ireland who made the choice to work— across northern ireland who made the choice to work for a ertgnter— the choice to work for a brighter and— the choice to work for a brighter and a- the choice to work for a brighter and a shared future. we terget— brighter and a shared future. we terget new— brighter and a shared future. we forget how hard— brighter and a shared future. we forget how hard earned, how how estewnetng— forget how hard earned, how how astounding that— forget how hard earned, how how astounding that peace was at the rnernent — astounding that peace was at the rnernent rt— astounding that peace was at the moment. it shifted— astounding that peace was at the moment. it shifted the political grewttw— moment. it shifted the political grewttw tn— moment. it shifted the political grewttw tn ew— moment. it s

the then leader, david trimble and john hume, the two men that brought that agreement here. of course, things have moved on terribly from there and the feelings , northern ireland. feelings, northern ireland. you've got to remember, there's a whole generation. i mean, my children never remembered a bomb or a bullet going off my son's 24 years of age and you know, none of that what hear of it. and that is a good thing in northern ireland. and most people are delighted that that is here. what has gone on all whole generation, none of them will remember having to, you know, i mean, i still start my car in the mornings with the door open because back in the day, you if your your family day, if you if your your family or yourself were involved in security forces or even the media, sometimes you were targeted. and all of that has gone on this new threat is not saying any of that is back. in fact attempt murder of john fact that attempt murder of john caldwell caused , a whole pile of caldwell caused, a whole pile of searches in northern ireland through unionism and republicanism .

david trimble and david trimble should have tried to bnng trimble should have tried to bring his dodilly facilitate that development, and bbab-e— facilitate that development, and bbab-e ee— facilitate that development, and bbab-e eb— facilitate that development, and that's one of the— facilitate that development, and that's one of the reforms that beee— that's one of the reforms that beee ueee— that's one of the reforms that beee need be — that's one of the reforms that does need to be— that's one of the reforms that does need to be made over the reab— does need to be made over the mexb bew— does need to be made over the next few years. _ does need to be made over the next few years. rt.rt; next few years. lord alderdice we're looking back 25 years to 1998 and negotiating that agreement and there were, of course so many challenges around that time. and you were a key player in that irish peace process. can you tell us about your reflections of that time and the challenges that surrounded it ? the first thing surrounded it? the first thing is surrounded it? the first thing be be— surro

diminish that what happened in 1998 was truly historic and lasting people like the late john hume, david trimbleit move forward president clinton is going to be there next week, i think senator kennedy, ted kennedy helped the process move along, tip o'neill, as far as the late '80s and early '90s helped move the process to where we are today. >> mike, of course, was there for the signing of the good friday agreement it was a very moving time. mike will tell you, he was there during the easter rising in 1916 >> that's correct. >> a tumultuous time good friends with michael collinss it's incredible though the achievement. i'm so glad that joe biden is there, glad the clintons are going to mark it with tony blair and others, because it really was a landmark achievement something that nobody thought could be done. and yet, clinton, blair, the irish all came together and figured out a way to bring peace to that troubled, troubled area. >> yeah. look as a child growing up in england, we didn't have trash cans in the subway stations because you didn't know if there was going to be a bomb put in the sub

personally ringing david trimble when he was in a deep, deep hole organised by tony blair and mr. to meet itim , tut— promised that you'll get to meet itim , tut whet— promised that you'll get to meet him , but what are— promised that you'll get to meet him , but what are your chances him, but what are your chances of him, but what are your chances ot meeting— him, but what are your chances of meeting him— him, but what are your chances of meeting him ? _ him, but what are your chances of meeting him ? 30 c of meeting him? look, i don't mow— of meeting him? look, i don't know what our chances are today, but i think, regardless, it's going to be a wonderful day for us here in the peninsula and in county louth to have a president come and spend a few hours with us, it's just going to be immense. oh, goodness me. i mean, he has so many relations, his mean, he has so many relations, tie-tetetiome— mean, he has so many relations, tie-teietiome im- mean, he has so many relations, his relations in ireland his distant relations in ireland emi— his distant relations in ireland and unsurpri

you know, the stormont is not sitting and even david trimble, who was one of the architects of the belfastre would be a border down the irish sea dividing our own country. so we're now in this ridiculous situation, even with the winds of framework, which was the recent changes to the protocol, hasn't really changed. the structural issue that northern ireland is has has been left under eu rules in the single market for trading issues and under the european court of justice . and so as the rest of justice. and so as the rest of great britain diverges more and more from the eu , northern more from the eu, northern ireland will be left behind and thatis ireland will be left behind and that is now the main reason why stormont is not sitting. why the democratic unionist party have said they won't go back in and in the form of government that was set up by the belfast agreement. it has to be a form of power sharing, so it has to be the two communities working together and so, so sinn fein a few years ago brought down the assembly for three years. now the dup have brought it down for over a year a

you know, the stormont is not sitting and even david trimble, who was one of the architects of the belfastrd without defining it hard border without defining it on island of ireland . and so on the island of ireland. and so ultimately our own government then accepted that there would be a border down the irish sea dividing our own country. so we're now in this ridiculous situation, even with the winds of framework, which was the recent changes to the protocol, hasn't really changed. the structural issue that northern ireland is has has been left under eu rules in the single market for trading issues and under the european court of justice . and so as the rest of justice. and so as the rest of great britain diverges more and more from the eu , northern more from the eu, northern ireland will be left behind and thatis ireland will be left behind and that is now the main reason why stormont is not sitting. why the democratic unionist party have said they won't go back in and in the form of government that was set up by the belfast agreement. it has to be a form of power sharing, so it has to

our leaders and for peace like john hume and david trimble and david irvine and monica mcwilliams andrings washington together. it brings america together. i spoke about this with northern ireland's political leaders as well, the taoiseach and on saint patrick's day celebration at the white house. it's been the key focus for me throughout my career . house. it's been the key focus for me throughout my career. i remember working as a senator to see how the united states could support and encourage, bit by bit, any moves toward peace . i bit, any moves toward peace. i got elected in the 1972 as a 29 year old kid to the united states senate and it was just the start of it. i mean, it seemed like it was a goal that was so far away . i remember was so far away. i remember coming here, as i said, in 91, seeing the city divided and barricaded . then in 94, when the barricaded. then in 94, when the ceasefire was declared, it was like a sea change tide of violence began to recede. hope rolling in in 1998, overwhelming jov- rolling in in 1998, overwhelming joy. it's hard to communicate just how

david: "fox business alert," elon musk revealing details of his meeting with senate majority leader chuck schumer and other members of congress about the dangers of a.i. fox business's grady trimblee very latest. >> reporter: david, a lot we don't know about the closed-door meeting between elon musk and senate majority leader chuck schumer. i will cover what we do know. it lasted about an hour yesterday afternoon, before musk was whisked away in tesla of course. he said they discussed the future. reporters asked him to elaborate. he said they talked about the economy and artificial intelligence. schumer says the tesla plant in buffalo, new york, came up in the discussion. musk later posted about the meeting on the social media platform he owns. he tweeted, met with senator schumer, many members of congress about artificial intelligence regulation today. that which affects safety of the public overtime has become regulated to insure companies do not cut corners. a.i. has great power to do good and evil, better the former. leader schumer is leading democrats push to regulate artificial intelligence. we don't know exactly what that regulation might look like. elon musk is famously o

that's the words of one of the people who actually helped it, lord david helped write it, lord david trimblebiden and no real understanding of why union ists are not going back into stormont. that's about 2024, because is in many ways this this irish tour felt to me like joe biden just playing to the galley of the american irish vote back home. after all, there are 45 million americans of irish descent and they generally vote democrat . was biden using vote democrat. was biden using ireland for his own political gain domestically back in the states ? well, i think he's states? well, i think he's always said that he wanted to come and visit his home, you know, his home area as he's been once before. but not not so extensively. and this will have gone down very well with those irish americans who who actually feel very in tune with the repubuc feel very in tune with the republic of ireland. of course, what he did mention and it's very good to remind viewers and listeners that , you know, over listeners that, you know, over ten of the american presidents actually came from an ulster protestant

grady trimble crunching the numbers from capitol hill. >> hi david house republicans want to undo thenflation reduction act and the new estimate of the cost of the law is another reason why. >> we repealed a big portion of this in our bill that just passed the house so we have a good opportunity to save the taxpayer money and make our economy stronger and not invest wholly in china like this bill does. yes editors who voted for this like joe manchin who says they have to cap it or he would vote to repeal. >> the newly calculated under calculated penn wharton budget says over the next ten years inflation reduction act will cost three times more than it originally estimated. economist who made the calculation say that is just the climate and inner energy provisions of the law for the move to electric vehicles alone accounts for nearly $400 billion of the $1 trillion total. to our colleague edward law lawrence, the white house is defending president biden's hallmark law. >> with the new score of inflation reduction act reduces the deficit over the long run. a number of experts say the c.

david: so as president biden officially kicks off his re-election bid democrats are breaking with him on some key issues. one major riff over biden's pick for labor secretary a woman named julie su. grady trimblehill with all the details on that. hey, grady. >> reporter: hey, david. some of those democratic senators could sink julie su's nomination for labor secretary if they vote against it. let's talk specifically about three senators, democrats, joe manchin, jon tester, and mark kelly. all of them are casting doubt on or at least not fully expressing their views on the president's pick for labor secretary. two of them we should point out, manchin and tester are up for re-election in red states next year. senator manchin also helped craft the inflation reduction act. now he says he is having some buyer's remorse. >> they know exactly what we agreed upon. this was energy security, and you have not heard the word energy security out of their mouth since it was passed. it is all about environment. if they don't change, then i would vote to repeal my own bill >> reporter: other democrats joined republicans in criticizing the president's handling of the border. congressman henry cuellar of texas

i think the trimble family for being here and all of you who put a human face on it. i used to kid davidpretend that they had no feelings, to be so proper that you seemed almost brittle. and i started looking almost directly in the eyes and thought this guy was pretty funny and he's really smart, and he's likely to lose his career by doing this and he's doing it anyway. and i reminded daphne tonight, last time we had a good talk when we were both out of office. ., .., talk when we were both out of office. ., .. _, talk when we were both out of office. ., _, ., . office. you can continue watching this on the _ office. you can continue watching this on the sac— office. you can continue watching this on the bbc website - office. you can continue watching this on the bbc website news - office. you can continue watching this on the bbc website news at i office. you can continue watching l this on the bbc website news at six now. as part of their probe into its finances. colin beattie was arrested at his home in dalkeith near edinburgh this morning — the party leader and first minister humza y

fox business' grady trimble is on capitol hill with this story. grady. >> reporter: hi, a david.emocrats continue to argue that the inflation reduction act, as the name implies, will lower costs for americans. but what we're finding out from this new projection is that it's actually going to cost taxpayers a lot more than was originally advertised. so the new calculations are from the penn-wharton the budget model. the projection says that over the next ten years the inflation reduction act will cost almost three times more than the original estimate. and that, by the way, is just the climate and energy provisions. to our colleague edward lawrence though, the white house is defending the law. >> even with the new score, the inflation reduction act still reduces the deficit over the long run. a number of experts have said that the cbo likely underestimated the deficit reduction from the inflation reduction act's crackdown on rich tax cheats. >> reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy's debt ceiling bill would roll back a lot of the green energy tax incentives that are in the inflat