and then you -- i saw you perform in edinburgh one time. it in england or in edinburgh where an audience member could win a date with you? >> that was a popular bit that i did with my comedy partner kurt braunohler everywhere. and it happened -- it was borne out of the fact that i was perpetually single. so we wrote this piece called "win a date with kristen schaal." so two audience members, usually men, would come on stage -- [ laughter ] it sort of didn't matter after a while. [ laughter ] and they would fight for my love by -- like, with spoons. and then they would have to draw a picture of me in repose. and then we would pick our favorite, and i would go on a date with them on stage. and kurt would be the waiter. and he would come with -- he would just give us wine. and i would show off and just drink the whole glass in one gulp. and it was real wine. and the audience ate it up. but i couldn't stop. that was in there. and then after that bit, we would do "kristen schaal is a horse," which is a very popular bit where he sings "kristen sc

but at a church in nearby edinburgh, father feit would be accused of sexually assaulting this young woman, maria america guerra. the 20-year-old woman told police she came into the church, which was empty at the time, to pray. the communion rail used to be right up here near the chairs. she knelt down, and then she was attacked by a man. she told police he had dark hair and horned-rim glasses. she bit him in the finger and drew blood, and then she ran away. father feit matched maria america guerra's description of a suspect. she identified him to police, and he had what appeared to be a serious bite mark on one of his fingers. in this sworn statement, feit said the injured finger was from a mimeograph printing machine, an accident. after a jury deadlocked on a felony charge of assault with attempt to commit rape, feit would plead nolo contendere, no contest, to misdemeanor aggravated assault. the judge found him guilty and fined him $500, no prison time. just 24 days after maria america guerra was attacked, father feit was working at irene garza's church. on the saturday before easter, ir

for the first time ever the edinburgh castle in scotland. >>> president obama is carrying on the white house tradition of st. patrick's day. this morning, he's welcoming irish prime minister edna kenny to washington. this evening, the two will participate in the shamrock ceremony, a tradition that began all the way back with president harry truman. >>> how irish is your town? our area features three of the top ten largest concentration of irish-americans in the country. according to the real eskatetate website, boston has the largest number. more than 20% of the city's population there are irish. camden comes in with 14.8%. philadelphia is behind it 14.2%. and wilmington is tenth with 13% of the population claiming irish descent. among the counties in the tristate area cape may county has most irish with 21.8% of the population being of irish ancestry. delaware county is a close second at 21.1%. and gloucester and bucks tied for third with 17.8%. >>> workers say they are fed up with what is a one office annoyance that could drive nearly two-thirds of workers to change jobs? we'll have

crews were called to brazil avenue near edinburgh street just after midnight. this has been the city's excelsior district. everyone managed to get out before firefighters got there, but one person was taking to the hospital with unspecified injuries. >> landlords in san francisco are under more pressure to make apartment buildings safe from fire. the department of building inspections zeroing in on the mission after two deadly fires there. inspectors have found many buildings with code violations including fire extingsuishers that aren't ready, fire alarms that don't work and emergency doors that are blocked or locked. tenants are nervous. >> the door is locked. really bad. >> the director of building inspections asking the city attorney to take legal action against landlords who don't bring their buildings up to code and he would expect that is already the case. landlords, though face fines up to $1,000 a day for violations. >> a teenage girl caught in the fire in the mission district last week died in the hospital yesterday. she was 13. her father also died i

francisco crews are investigating a house fire in the excelsior district happened on brazil avenue near edinburgh street. one person was taken to the hospital. >>> this just in, the federal government has slapped grco with a $3 million fbi for dragging its feet on what became the largest recall of car seats. car seats with buckles that could stick or become stuck making it tough for parents to get kids out in the case of an emergency. federal investigators said the company failed to act in a timely manner to issue that recall. >>> amazon got permission to test its futuristic delivery drone. >> scott mcgrew don't expect anything else from heaven to come down to explain. >> these are just tests. amazon has to stick to the same rules someone flying a drone for fun has to stick to. amazon now has permission basically to do what a kid in a park can do any time. the drones would fly from a local warehouse to your house and leave something on the doorst doorstep. the faa issued new rules prohibiting commercial flights of drones. this morning, amazon has special permission to test fly them around. >>> th

mary was a single mother living in edinburgh when she met a man named will jordan. >> he was charmingooking, and he just seemed to be, you know, a really, really nice guy. >> reporter: he told her he was from america, and worked in i.t. she found him highly intelligent, humble and family-oriented. spending time with mary's daughter, now 15. >> he would play games and stuff. >> it's him. oh yay, we're going to have fun today. >> reporter: but just as mischele lewis would experience it years later, mary also grew frustrated with his frequent absences. >> i wasn't happy with it at all, so i started digging into his background a bit and trying to find out more about him. >> reporter: mary, in her private detective mode, traced will jordan to an address, and when she peeked over the fence into the house's yard, she saw children's toys. she confronted him. >> he sat down and said, "i have something to tell you." and he explained to me that he was working for the o.d.c.i., more commonly known in the u.k. as cia >> reporter: that house with toys in the yard? he explained it was actually a saf

crews were called to brazil avenue near edinburgh street in the city's excelsior district. everybody inside the building managed to get out before fir auto fighters arrived. one person was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. >> 5:30. >>> landlords in san francisco were under more pressure this morning to make apartment buildings safer. the department of building inspections is zeroing in on the mission district after two deadly fires. inspectors have found many buildings with code violations including fire extinguishers that need servicing, fire alarms that don't work and emergency doors and stairways that are blocked or locked leaving tenants nervous. >> the door is stuck. it's really bad. >> the director of building inspections is asking the city attorney to take immediate legal action against landlords who don't bring their buildings up to code. landlords could face fines up to $1,000 a day for violations. >>> yesterday a teenaged girl died from injuries she sustained during a fire in the mission district. the 13-year-old suffered smoke inhalation during last we

the lead in edinburgh but they will make great strides and nicholas is calling on the labour party toh the s&p to do everything it takes to keep conservatives out of downing street. >> if there is a whole parliament, smg will vote to stop a tory government getting off the ground. i call on labor today to match that pledge, to make clear that if labor and snp have more votes they will join in a vote of confidence to lock david cameron out of downing street. anna: use all the main parties margin -- you saw the three parties marching onto each other's patchses. ed miliband is talking to business and david cameron is talking about the national health service. things started to get personal and this is what david cameron was saying. prime minister david cameron: i know what this little needs and frankly i do not think that ed miliband has it. some people might say do not make this personal but when it comes to his prime minister, the personal is national. the god who forgot to mention the deficit could be -- guy who forgot to mention the deficit could be in charge of the economy. the leade

host: richard in edinburgh, texas. a republican. good morning and thank you for taking my call. thank you for c-span. i have been getting a big kick out of this i have been listening since 6:00 my time. i know that what the senators have done is right because you can always tell because all the liberals -- all the democrats -- you are mad because they did something that they should be doing. remember, we send all these republicans to washington to stop obama from his unlawful actions he is doing constantly. we love our country. we love our america, and we want america by the constitution and not by socialism. host: before you go, can i ask you your thoughts on the paper this morning on the iran story drives -- grabs the 20 16th spotlight as the gop field and braces at this hard-line -- those that are eyeing a bid in 2016 for the republican field have all either signed on to the letter or have agreed with the letter sentiment. senator marco rubio yesterday his reclaim america pack and sending out a letter to supporters asking for a d

we have been blessed to have that work produced in new york going on to the edinburgh festival the warsaw theater festival. to me those are great things when you can watch artists who think there is nowhere else that might be interested in you being a woman of color and telling your story and then getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. having artists have become better artists. what is. sheri coming back to brava, here you have this establish, amazing writer who has won a clue -- slew of awards. now she gets to director and work. even though she is this amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is being nurtured as a director and is being given some space to direct. >> the play is described as ceremony and -- where ceremony and theater me. in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is like the completion of an important era. the importance of the ceremony is to say, you are 52. whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. really here, they have given me carte blanche to do this. i think it is nice for me in the sense of