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i made a speech about raising funds because i was the treasurer of sinn fein in derry.he same time, i had to keep reminding myself, you know, "wait a minute!" because i'd seen some terrible things that the british army did and i'd seen some terrible things that the ruc did, and i'd seen some terrible things the ira did. so i mean, at one time i had kind of divided loyalties and i had to keep reminding myself, listen, you're a soldier, you're undercover, stay focused. yourjob is to get this political thing even off to its first baby steps. but when you say you had to remind yourself you were a soldier, you were a soldier in a war where your own family and community were on the other side. correct. you were, and i'm going to be blunt about it, you were a traitor. and when you left, because the brits had to get you out to save your life, when you left, you had to face the fact that you'd basically cut your ties and become isolated from your own home, pretty much forever. well, let me deal with just a couple of things here. and you're absolutely right. because i used to thi
i made a speech about raising funds because i was the treasurer of sinn fein in derry.he same time, i had to keep reminding myself, you know, "wait a minute!" because i'd seen some terrible things that the british army did and i'd seen some terrible things that the ruc did, and i'd seen some terrible things the ira did. so i mean, at one time i had kind of divided loyalties and i had to keep reminding myself, listen, you're a soldier, you're undercover, stay focused. yourjob is to get...
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this film, she was invited by void in derry to look at the role of women. only does it shed light on the role women played, but through those women's voices, it tells a different side to that history. her work is about challenging how history is told and who tells it. and you see a different side to that struggle, away from the politics and violence, which is incredible. helen cammock came to art relatively late. she had a whole career as a social worker before she became an artist. she did. she would say there is not a direct link between that and her work, but there is an awareness of people who have not had the opportunity to have their voice heard, a sensitivity in those interviews. to get people to trust you take something, and that underpins the film and makes it what it is. thank you. last but by no means least, i want to enter the surreal world of thai shani, who has created this futuristic feminist city, rowan. when you see the exhibition, it's really arresting. it looks amazing. but for some people, it might be a bit baffling. what is a way into i
this film, she was invited by void in derry to look at the role of women. only does it shed light on the role women played, but through those women's voices, it tells a different side to that history. her work is about challenging how history is told and who tells it. and you see a different side to that struggle, away from the politics and violence, which is incredible. helen cammock came to art relatively late. she had a whole career as a social worker before she became an artist. she did....
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wouldn't go down without a fight and were rewarded for their determination in the 34th minute by that mia derry to having the deficit's could a courageous comeback for klinsmann and help them be on the cards today looking back here with the initial shots the czech mathilda with a crucial touch the 1st off produced yet more drama when match turmel's received a 2nd yellow card on the stroke of half time dortmund down to 10 have to started brightly in the 2nd period marco cruz's teeing up davie said ok to make it to a piece by but the celebrations were misplaced would. goal was ruled out for the slightest of offsides. rouge each with a golden jump shortly before the end. but it wasn't to be klinsmann picking up where it slipped off another loss for the boys in blue. the out and basically my the way the scene played today the commitments and the support they gave also their aggressiveness a determination was good we have to build on that and that can only be achieved through hard work as my machine i'll bite on woods but not necessarily upwards to sleep to a 5th straight abundance league defeat. an
wouldn't go down without a fight and were rewarded for their determination in the 34th minute by that mia derry to having the deficit's could a courageous comeback for klinsmann and help them be on the cards today looking back here with the initial shots the czech mathilda with a crucial touch the 1st off produced yet more drama when match turmel's received a 2nd yellow card on the stroke of half time dortmund down to 10 have to started brightly in the 2nd period marco cruz's teeing up davie...
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go down without a fight and were rewarded for their determination in the 34th minutes my flat near derry to having the deficit could a courageous comeback for klinsmann and have to be on the cards today looking back here with the initial shots the czech mathilda with the crucial touch the 1st off produced yet more drama when match hummels received a 2nd yellow card on the stroke of half time dortmund down to 10 have to started brightly in the 2nd period marco cruz it's teeing up davie said ok to make it to a piece by but the celebrations were misplaced or the goal was ruled out for the slightest of offsides the bruges each with a golden jump shortly before the end. but it wasn't to be klinsmann picking up where i take job it's left of another loss for the boys in blue the bottom basically my the way they seem played today the commitment and the support they gave also their aggressiveness and terminations was good we have to build on that he who. and that can only be achieved through hard work. by it on woods but not necessarily upwards the slip so a 5th straight industry get a seat i wil
go down without a fight and were rewarded for their determination in the 34th minutes my flat near derry to having the deficit could a courageous comeback for klinsmann and have to be on the cards today looking back here with the initial shots the czech mathilda with the crucial touch the 1st off produced yet more drama when match hummels received a 2nd yellow card on the stroke of half time dortmund down to 10 have to started brightly in the 2nd period marco cruz it's teeing up davie said ok...
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ellison barber reporting live from the campaign trail, in derry, new hampshire, with more on this. >>es, after senator sanders suffered a heart attack, he and his campaign said that they would release more information about his health. he and all of the candidates in his age group promised to release some health information before the iowa caucus. just now senator sanders campaign has done that. they released three letters from three different doctors, cardiologists as well as sign max sanders primary physician who was also attending physician, giving him a clean bill of health. the primary doctor rode "you are in good health currently and have been aging vigorously in the rigors of your campaign, travel, and other scheduled activities without any limitations." sanders personal cardiologist says that he has the mental and physical stamina to fully undertake the rigors of the presidency. another cardiologist said during a test of that sanders was able to perform at a level 50% above people of his age who are also in cardiac rehabilitation. >> molly: another bernie fans out there will b
ellison barber reporting live from the campaign trail, in derry, new hampshire, with more on this. >>es, after senator sanders suffered a heart attack, he and his campaign said that they would release more information about his health. he and all of the candidates in his age group promised to release some health information before the iowa caucus. just now senator sanders campaign has done that. they released three letters from three different doctors, cardiologists as well as sign max...
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where to go to try and find out more answers and at that stage someone mentioned to me the center in derry help families in similar situations to ourselves. i think it was 100-1009. 100 the office very softly spoken very friendly and he was wearing a sit and we thought he's going to sell us a photocopy or or or a printer and instead he began to tell us about the attack on the part one of his dad and what happened on the park runt he was aware that there was now for david available where we made a number of very serious allegations by collusion behavior and a number of attacks on the area. so we agreed we would look at it in detail and look at all the different attacks that happened in the area at the time it was all very new deal so. up to the point we've been active in the number of cases we cannot differ on plot it's only. bloody sunday justice campaign was was based on the office and we agreed to call together a meeting of what it says on the g. and silverbridge and what to says came forward a lot of witnesses came forward. and i suppose the significance of the me was that you had famil
where to go to try and find out more answers and at that stage someone mentioned to me the center in derry help families in similar situations to ourselves. i think it was 100-1009. 100 the office very softly spoken very friendly and he was wearing a sit and we thought he's going to sell us a photocopy or or or a printer and instead he began to tell us about the attack on the part one of his dad and what happened on the park runt he was aware that there was now for david available where we made...
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for any small business we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability and sarah lloyd up in derry together explains why the logic of purview and buts is so very wrong we need the federal government to take action in the dairy pricing so please do call your representatives in washington d.c. because they will tell you nobody wants to talk about balancing supply with demand we're in a free market tell them that they're running tell them that you've met the farmers that are pushing for it and we're a nationwide force and we're growing stronger i think that all farmers and fishermen should be paid decent wages so that they could continue to feed their communities in the country and federal policies to support that so we're calling on the government to take some leadership in address that area pricing formulas so that farmers could be paired their wages musician and longtime farm and participant john mellencamp on why humans are capable of solving the problems farmers and all of us face despite a negative outlook from big ag it seems to me that this world is in motion. and nature calls
for any small business we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability and sarah lloyd up in derry together explains why the logic of purview and buts is so very wrong we need the federal government to take action in the dairy pricing so please do call your representatives in washington d.c. because they will tell you nobody wants to talk about balancing supply with demand we're in a free market tell them that they're running tell them that you've met the farmers that are pushing for it...
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hopefully electric but it will need more charging point between derry and belfast.t there. a full list of candidates standing in northern ireland can be found on the bbc news ni website. that website. the views of some of the smaller parties can be heard on the bbc airwaves, radio ulster for example, and on bbc newsline's lunchtime output. thank you to our political panellists, who have been hard at it on the campaign trail and really bad weather. glad they made it tonight. to the studio audience, thank you, and as always, to you for watching, thank you. from the northern ireland leaders' debate, i wish you a very good night, and good luck on thursday, may the best team win. applause. the taipei i'm rico hizon in singapore and welcome to newsday on the bbc. the headlines: formal impeachment charges for president trump are unveiled — a vote is expected next week. to do nothing would make ourselves complicit in the president's abuse of his high office and public trust in our national security. aung san suu kyi appears at the international court ofjustice to defend her
hopefully electric but it will need more charging point between derry and belfast.t there. a full list of candidates standing in northern ireland can be found on the bbc news ni website. that website. the views of some of the smaller parties can be heard on the bbc airwaves, radio ulster for example, and on bbc newsline's lunchtime output. thank you to our political panellists, who have been hard at it on the campaign trail and really bad weather. glad they made it tonight. to the studio...
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those voices do exist our correspondent has the story of one man's mission to amplify those voices derry to dissent. after lunch i changed into a new set of clothes covered my face with a black mask and merged into the stream of black people. do i know why hong kong people are protesting i'm very clear about that do i know the risk of participating in these protests as a mainland very clearly yes if i get arrested i would likely be sent back to the mainland where i might simply evaporate into thin air nobody would see me alive again and if i died nobody would ever see my body. the testimony from china's mainland in support of the hong kong protests one of the voices the chinese government is trying to silence this man who calls himself midway dude is trying to make them heard he was born on the mainland as well. i know that there are people in china who love democracy who love freedom and who support hong kong. but with the current situation they cannot speak out. because he's afraid of retribution and has relatives on the mainland midway dude cannot reveal his identity he grew up on the
those voices do exist our correspondent has the story of one man's mission to amplify those voices derry to dissent. after lunch i changed into a new set of clothes covered my face with a black mask and merged into the stream of black people. do i know why hong kong people are protesting i'm very clear about that do i know the risk of participating in these protests as a mainland very clearly yes if i get arrested i would likely be sent back to the mainland where i might simply evaporate into...
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speech had been announced by this man cabot wagner he was one of the organizers of the non-veteran derry monday demonstrations against the east german leadership that were taking place that all to. revive guns i fought and won this concert hats and is going to come and high as we want to give the west german chancellor a warm welcome i know enough alone care to share and listen to what he has to say when he lays a wreath at 4 o'clock at the church ruined by sellin stones out in heart of the. after rain if occasion habit wagner served as man of dresden for several years. how had he known that code would give that momentous speech fear targo for didn't know and. for days earlier the deputy mayor had approached me and said it was possible that the chancellor would be giving a speech and that he was known to make last minute decisions. so we needed to get ready for action for. no one could get ready for action better than the people who organized the monday demonstrations but then kohl speech simply wasn't mentioned again. to talk if a. vote for the days went by and there was no mention of t
speech had been announced by this man cabot wagner he was one of the organizers of the non-veteran derry monday demonstrations against the east german leadership that were taking place that all to. revive guns i fought and won this concert hats and is going to come and high as we want to give the west german chancellor a warm welcome i know enough alone care to share and listen to what he has to say when he lays a wreath at 4 o'clock at the church ruined by sellin stones out in heart of the....
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i think there is room left, in derry. i am sure they would prefer not to do that for many reasons.acy of further negative interest rates i think is questionable. certainly, the side effects we know are significant. it will be required, at least in the baseline scenario. i think the preference for these would certainly be too not to have to do that. see what the macro provides. i think the outlook is not terrible. the market is probably too pessimistic, particularly on inflation, including in europe. >> what do you worry about for 2020? i know there is concerned about liquidity. particularly for brokerage companies. what about 20? >> i think the biggest risk, what we worry about the most continues to be political surprises. big one, trade risks manifested themselves in actual risks and began to influence markets in 2019. we can at least move that sideways. if we could stay away from big political risk materializing, i think that would be positive. my sense is that the market is probably underestimating right becomet inflation could a story again. nothing dramatic, but basically we s
i think there is room left, in derry. i am sure they would prefer not to do that for many reasons.acy of further negative interest rates i think is questionable. certainly, the side effects we know are significant. it will be required, at least in the baseline scenario. i think the preference for these would certainly be too not to have to do that. see what the macro provides. i think the outlook is not terrible. the market is probably too pessimistic, particularly on inflation, including in...
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any minute now, biden is expected to speak with voters of this community event in derry, new hampshireill be his fourth in future event in two days and he started with the town hall in peterborough. at least 500 people showed up for that one and a second one is at a middle school in milford. minutes after biden started speaking there, protesters interrupted. >> i hope it does. i hope it does. let her go, let her go. >> how much money did you make in the ukraine? >> wait, i released 21 years of my tax returns, you're a guy hasn't released one, was he hiding? >> 2020 hopefuls are in new hampshire today. and john hopkins university and national review contributor and national senatorial committee eta. thank you both for talking to us. wendy, let me start with you. joe biden in iowa asked if he would nominate former president obama and the supreme court and joe biden actually said if he would take it, yes. i'm not sure obama would take it so what do you make of joe biden? >> i think this is in true joe biden form, trying to pull in obama whenever he can. whether or not he will nominate oba
any minute now, biden is expected to speak with voters of this community event in derry, new hampshireill be his fourth in future event in two days and he started with the town hall in peterborough. at least 500 people showed up for that one and a second one is at a middle school in milford. minutes after biden started speaking there, protesters interrupted. >> i hope it does. i hope it does. let her go, let her go. >> how much money did you make in the ukraine? >> wait, i...
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derri derek is here to tell us more about it. >> reporter: you have 24 hours before a major snowstormnd ice storm potential knocks on your doorstep. i'm giving you a heads-up in d.c. that is where we expect it to impact your monday morning commute. first, let me take you to the west coast. it is impacting many parts of the u.s. at the moment. you can see individuals skidding out on the roadways, putting chains on their tires. let's get to the lighter side and bring you to lambeau field in green bay. just so the packers can play their football game outdoors today. so let's talk about what's in store for the u.s. this is the weather maker that is clearing out from western u.s. that brought the snowfall and slick roads in the mountainous areas of california. here it is in terms of winter weather advisories and alerts from the national weather service from the plains through the ohio river valley. and i wouldn't be surprised within the next 12 to 24 hours we start to see some of the watches and warnings hoisted for the mid atlantic and parts of new england as well. this is the precipitati
derri derek is here to tell us more about it. >> reporter: you have 24 hours before a major snowstormnd ice storm potential knocks on your doorstep. i'm giving you a heads-up in d.c. that is where we expect it to impact your monday morning commute. first, let me take you to the west coast. it is impacting many parts of the u.s. at the moment. you can see individuals skidding out on the roadways, putting chains on their tires. let's get to the lighter side and bring you to lambeau field in...
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. >> i like that a lot in derry. as a matter of great controversy and how it plays out. congress passed the obama care act and there was moved over janet in the course. we fight, the voting rights act, extension is all of us passed unanimously in congress in 2006, and then essentially returned by the supreme court. on a five to four vote. >> >> is because the constitution of the last summary laws of the land. it includes well of course but in general, rechecking about interpreting the statute, you have to look closely at this text of the statute. that's why we take issue of overturning it by rewriting it. note maintain the statue coming out get to rewrite the words of the law even enemies rewriting worse he can avoid the constitutional problems but. >> the second case that all of us rewriting the statute. i think will interpreting penalties attacks, the similarly doing justice of the statute but we digress from that. from kavanaugh. >> will start with the mystery woman. there are rumors about her in the middle of the hearings i believe in family as you said in feinstein
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as somebody put it before his first stop today, in exeter, we're in derry, he should be arriving throughshortly there are seven tuesdays until the new hampshire primary. it all is getting very real. but this trip to new hampshire here is probably one of the last, if not the last we should expect biden to be doing because his focus is going to be all about iowa from this point forward. that no malarkey bus we were chasing, it is ready and he'll be on it again on thursday. the biden campaign argues there may be other candidates who think that they can lose in iowa and still have a case to go. he does. but they also know if he wins iowa, that hurries this process along rather nicely for him. they do want to go all in at this point in iowa. >> it feels like you've been on the campaign trail forever. so much longer to go, almost another year left. >> it is getting fun, katy. >> i remember this time in 2016, we just went over from 2015, 2016, and finally getting the votes in and it was a very exciting time. mike, thank you so much. still ahead, why the president's closest allies appear to fear
as somebody put it before his first stop today, in exeter, we're in derry, he should be arriving throughshortly there are seven tuesdays until the new hampshire primary. it all is getting very real. but this trip to new hampshire here is probably one of the last, if not the last we should expect biden to be doing because his focus is going to be all about iowa from this point forward. that no malarkey bus we were chasing, it is ready and he'll be on it again on thursday. the biden campaign...
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you've got derry, it's about a two hour drive from the airport.ight across northern ireland to be discussed here. and as louise was telling you, we are in a beautiful pa rt of telling you, we are in a beautiful part of the world. enniskillen castle, 600 years of history and we will be talking about about that with some of our guests. let me introduce you to get in when from the we deserve better campaign and denzil mcdaniel, a reporter who has written a book about enniskillen and the bombing here from remembrance day in 1987. a lot of topics to talk about here at our base in enniskillen castle. tell us about yourcampaign, enniskillen castle. tell us about your campaign, essentially you had been frustrated for nearly three yea rs been frustrated for nearly three years without a government functioning properly here in northern ireland ? functioning properly here in northern ireland? 1051 days today, and £13 million to the people of northern ireland —— 13 billion. and i'm looking at the future ahead and thinking what sort of future were my children h
you've got derry, it's about a two hour drive from the airport.ight across northern ireland to be discussed here. and as louise was telling you, we are in a beautiful pa rt of telling you, we are in a beautiful part of the world. enniskillen castle, 600 years of history and we will be talking about about that with some of our guests. let me introduce you to get in when from the we deserve better campaign and denzil mcdaniel, a reporter who has written a book about enniskillen and the bombing...
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farmers to sell eggs wheat derry to canada. service providers will be able to lock and access to mexico and canadian customers. the agreement is enforceable, allowing us to challenge violations and stopping countries from blocking those challenges. holding mexico and canada accountable for these new rules. for america, this means more jobs. it means more customers and it gives america's animators tools they need to succeed here in america. we can compete with countries like china. independent experts predict this agreement will spur over $68 billion in new economic activity, more than a hundred and 76000 american jobs are set to be created including 76000 new auto sector jobs. and best of all, for the american people, the usmca is truly a bipartisan agreement, not a trade deal fills with purely leftist ideas. chairman neil's credit, house democrats worked in good faith with ambassador lies heiser on the packed, and i want to thank each chairman neil for your hard work in finding consensus on this agreement. we are glad to see s
farmers to sell eggs wheat derry to canada. service providers will be able to lock and access to mexico and canadian customers. the agreement is enforceable, allowing us to challenge violations and stopping countries from blocking those challenges. holding mexico and canada accountable for these new rules. for america, this means more jobs. it means more customers and it gives america's animators tools they need to succeed here in america. we can compete with countries like china. independent...
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matthew devine from derry — "how do the parties plan to restoredevolution in northern ireland?at the issue of the irish language, one of those big identity issues in northern ireland. in very broad terms, sinn fein wants a piece of legislation that will protect and promote the irish language. the dp say they do not wa nt language. the dp say they do not want that, they have instead been advocating some sort of broader legislation that will incorporate elements of culture that are important to unionist. that remains the big issue still to be resolved. you do get the issue talking to the party is that there is an appetite that things could move on after this general election. the that is a legal deadline of sorts that the power—sharing executive in stormont has to be running by the end of january, mr smith has indicated if thatis january, mr smith has indicated if that is not happening, he will call fresh elections to the assembly. do you think the political make up because shifting of january, you think the political make up because shifting ofjanuary, mr smith has indicated if
matthew devine from derry — "how do the parties plan to restoredevolution in northern ireland?at the issue of the irish language, one of those big identity issues in northern ireland. in very broad terms, sinn fein wants a piece of legislation that will protect and promote the irish language. the dp say they do not wa nt language. the dp say they do not want that, they have instead been advocating some sort of broader legislation that will incorporate elements of culture that are...
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>>we're going to have check out how it affects what should be a ve busy travel day of derry airport inll over 100,00passengers expected to pass through. >>sfo throughout the day as holiday break for a lot folks is coming to an end kron four's christina live at sfo this last time we visited with you christine an hour ago things are pretty busy behind you. >>well they werand actually they've just gotten busier is actually if you can take a look here we have people passing through 2 lanes behind me th're trying to get to the second terminal people coming through right here going in between terminal one and terminal twe have got a lot of peoe out of the airport and they've been here. th traffic has been here since quite early on because about a 143,000 pele are expected to ss or sfo today again this is just sfo this doesn't include theother 2 airports within the greater bay area here. but we of course have the looming brain conditions throughout the day which inevitably means are spending more traffic on the freeways leading intothe airports as well so a lot of recommendations for people a
>>we're going to have check out how it affects what should be a ve busy travel day of derry airport inll over 100,00passengers expected to pass through. >>sfo throughout the day as holiday break for a lot folks is coming to an end kron four's christina live at sfo this last time we visited with you christine an hour ago things are pretty busy behind you. >>well they werand actually they've just gotten busier is actually if you can take a look here we have people passing...
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in the last one, this is where you have derry londonderry and it was the seat ofjohn hume, the sdlp leaderdrill into the figures. but certainly an extraordinary results. annita mcveigh is in belfast. the nationalist parties now have more mp5 than the unionist parties. if you look at what if that does, actually not just in if you look at what if that does, actually notjust in northern ireland, but also in scotland, i think one statistic has come out saying more voters have backed leave parties to would you believe it a ratio of 52 to 48? it might feel very different where you are? yes, i think so, emily. and actually, it is worth remembering that none of the mps here, neither nationalist, unionist nor the cross community alliance party, actually back boris johnson's brexit deal as it currently stands. none of them. just picking up on the point christian was making about the alliance party. there was only one constituency where the alliance party vote share didn't actually go up. a real shift to the centre ground in northern ireland. iamjoined to the centre ground in northern ireland. i am j
in the last one, this is where you have derry londonderry and it was the seat ofjohn hume, the sdlp leaderdrill into the figures. but certainly an extraordinary results. annita mcveigh is in belfast. the nationalist parties now have more mp5 than the unionist parties. if you look at what if that does, actually not just in if you look at what if that does, actually notjust in northern ireland, but also in scotland, i think one statistic has come out saying more voters have backed leave parties...