is an englishman, and myself, we were at the grand canyon during that scene.e are looking at the grand canyon and we think this is the most amazing thing ever. there is a family not far away with their kids and the kids are going, can we go home now, dad? this is the grand canyon. to us, america is a magical place. i think my job, or the job of us european filmmakers is to just hold up america to americans and present it to you in a new way. man," it is a road movie, and you see all of this amazing america. -- what ias all wanted to say is, look at your country, it is magnificent. look at the side of the road, just put a spotlight on it. it really does help when you come in with fresh eyes and then present it that way. tavis: i am laughing on the inside. this all happens to a guy who took piano lessons for two we eks? i was in there for years, banging away, and you get to be the winner of every award in town. what happened? >> you should have met my piano teacher, you would have stopped, too. [laughter] i was always banging around on the piano. i took refuge i

but in his experience as an englishman, journalism isn't a high profession. he thought i would be on fleet street tabloid chasing -- i tweak him by reminding him of that fact. >> what are you? a journalist? >> yes. >> if one could be uncharitable one could say you were a flame thrower with idea. what is the charitable way to say flame thrower? >> i think flame thrower is quite charitable. i'll take that. i like to get people -- i'm not alarmed when my books cause controversy. i write them to get people relied up -- riled up, you know. huge parts of this is to poke a stick at people. that is there is nothing greater that is the enemy of all things, than complacency. >> perfect point to go to a break. >> welcome back to talk to al jazeera. i'm with malcolm gladwell, the author of david and goliath. his fifth book. let's go back to tipping point, first of all what caused you to write that, what void were you filling with this? >> i had moved to new york in '93 and then when crime was just an obsession. and then i woke up in '96 and i realized that crime wasn't a

last year richard finch finished with eleven seconds the englishman who was playing on a sponsor's invite after losing his talk on the end of the disappointing twenty thirteen season post with a two under seventy eight but get sucked into the troubled by good fortune effectively ending challenge lauren eye eye. all it is a lot less. but the outstanding book of god the books. every age group. from five until nineteen fifty two. aren't i all of it the eye. along with it the room lor. it's true that the system. he says dear earlier the situation and it is too close to india is then that means treating common symptoms of the country. yemeni two business units and state. he hopes to bring calm to peek in and of god is one such outfit. muhammad died john and me when she will be dumped in different religions dollars unit in nineteen ninety two. to date his demise as a buffet example of a new comedy and travel. its success can be added to pitch in harmony among what cuts for middle and if it fits the good that is the fact of the nine be considered to have is that. the tool they need to calm down.

symbol for the russian currency and this is the way that it tweaks the russian are similar to an englishman he spent some time at r.t. dot com for the details. and also there for you crowds rejoice in parliament as europe why legalizes marijuana decision has put some noses out of joint. the commander in chief of russia's armed forces has pointed the military in a new direction towards the arctic the race for the vast resources of the icy world and this is rapidly heating up and let him in person says it's of utmost priority for russia to defend its interests on monday canada claimed a vast swathes of the arctic for itself including the north pole but moscow says this port is an extension of russia's continental shelf and attempts to prove that was made an expedition back in two thousand and seven is culminated in russia planting it flying on the sea floor beneath the north pole of a four thousand meters underwater moscow also wants to step up its military presence in the region russia canada the us norway and denmark all border the arctic which is believed to contain billions of dollars wor

. >> one of the mysteries has always been how this englishman could write something that took off ther knew was going to be a good because launched in a series of pigeon ri. >> reporter: at first "danny boy" didn't fly. the words were right but the tunes were wrong. that's where his sister-in-law, margaret, comes in. an irish immigrant who sailed to america with fred's brother in search of silver in colorado. it was on a trip back to england in 1912 that margaret introduced fred to the ancient irish melody the londonderry aire." he fused that melody with heavyhearted words and something magical happened "danny boy" became a hit. >> he meant for it to be popular. he meant for it to be universal. very careful avoidance of specifics. >> reporter: music journalist andrew muler says world events were about to lend the song a terrible resonance. >> one hesitates to call the world war a stroke of luck. it needs a stroke of luck. his lyrics were published in 1913, a year before millions of people were finding themselves having to say good-bye to people who they hoped against hope that they mi

the first one was written by an englishman and published in 1919. within a few periods earn was doing them. they had multiplied by the 1930s appearing worldwide in u.k. newspapers. employers got extremely worried about how much time work is spent doing them. but in the second world war u.k. solvers helped crack communication. they moved to extremely complicated clues. >> reporter: languages may differ but these little black and white boxes, you know what they mean. >> it's a cross word. >> reporter: keeping us from work. confusing us over coffee, the cross word has been causing headaches for exactly 100 years. this was the first ever. it was published in the u.s. but it's author did not copy write it which was a 15 across or a major fail in today's language. phil does his with a cup of tea every day. less problem solving and more creating. he's a cross word editor, and when it comes to it, he wrote the book. >> it's the absolute goal of any cryptic cross word clue. the moment when you actually get it, and you say yes, that's brilliant. >> reporter:

it was a gift from an englishman, a great agent of philanthropy, and they believe that he wrote the will in 1826. they believed that the american people in combining a democratic spirit with the idea pursuing knowledge and distributing knowledge among its people, that that was a great recipe for a progressive and humane society. i think he was right. his gift and legacy was the smithsonian, available to 0 million businesses a day, here in washington and new york and online to hundreds of millions more. we're very proud of keeping that legacy going. >> the american library of university ofdayton founded by john elbert in 1843, the mare tis university was founded in 1850. 1943 and 1940s, we witnessed a flowering of devotion in the united states, especially, much -- many materials, and yet father thought it was these materials needed some type of scholarly foundation. the good devotion, blessed virgin mary requires ad good solid foundation in scripture and teachings was church. our devotional types, one type which is known of the offices, a -- if an adaptation of the large author, the offic

the first one was written by an englishman and published in new york in 1913.hese puzzles with one or two words defining the answer became a popular fad. within a few periods taken for the earth to rotate everyone was doing them. they would multiplied by the 1930's. in fact, employers got worried about how much time work was tent doing them. but in the second world war u.k. cross word solvers helped crack germany's mean of secret communication. cross word puzzled moved on to more obscure clues. so what is the appeal? why have they remained so popular? phil lavelle went in search for the answer. >> what is that. >> it's a cross word. >> reporter: confusing us over coffee the cross word has been causing headaches for exactly 100 years. this was the very first. it was published in the u.s. but it's author did not copyright it which was a 15 across or major fail in today's language. phil does his with a cup of tea every day. less problem solving and more problem creating. he's a cross word editor, and when it comes to clues he wrote the book. this one, in fact. >>

the englishman is five shots off the pace in fourth.ia had one bogey and finished strong to end the day on 7 under 65. the spaniard is looking for his very first title this year. >>> south africas won the nelson mandela championship by two shots. the event with 54 holes with continuous rain over the last few days. the world number thre three and secured the title. >>> the visit of santa claus and millions of presents needing to be delivered. the man in red needs to stay in shape. the five and a half kilometer course took them through the city center of madrid including the stadium. all money raised will be going to buy christmas presents for children in need. >>> manchester city's handling of arsenal, go to www.aljazeera.com/sports. >> robin thank you for that. stay here on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news is straight ahead. al jazeera, stay tune. imoflt who have done their duty in their efforts to if find job but there are others who do not. it's time to step up and take care of one ever its own. after seven years, our family

the overnight leader with garcia, a good round, the englishman is 5 shots in fourth. spaniard is looking for his title here. >> a goal for the upcoming season is to break his own 20 ohm meter world record. the fastest man in the world is in argentina holding a coaching clinic for underprivileged children. he became the first agent lead to win the gold medal in the 100 and 20 ohm meter finals. something he hopes to do again in 2016. >> well, my aim is to try to break the world record and run under 90 seconds. >> that's one of my goals. my last go is to go to rio in 2016 and try to win the olympics again for the third time. >> the san antonio spurs have kept on top of the nba's southwestern division with a win against the minnesota timberwolves even though the timberwolves, with a season-high 42 points. they managed to get past tony parker and the spurs they had 18 high 29 points. san antonio rallied for 117 to 110. in detroit, the pistons held off a determined brooklyn, rallied 103 to 99. big scorers on the night with 22 points as brooklynts three-game winning streak c

she says in spite of everything, i'm glad that i married an englishman is like a weight has been listedn all of the the guilt that she has been carrying around for so long is it dissolved. and then all that accepts an invitation and this includes women across the world, those that couldn't vote, they have been denied the most basic of human rights. and it's like in that period, women were given limited voting rights in idaho and colorado and the movement for what we have going nationwide and it is going nowhere. and she listens to the speech and she realizes that this is the only way to bring legitimacy. this is the only way that we can create a system in america that gives women a voice and to treat them fairly and that treats them without, you know, being trustworthy and non-opportune. she looks at the state and she realizes that it is in complete and utter disarray. they have no drive coming on a strategy, they have no energy, have no resources, they have no money. and all of those things that she has. so what does she do? should have the same thing that she has done her entire life.

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we were invited on board by john downer, the englishman who has revolutionized the way wildlife films made-- with espionage, cunning espionage. what's the idea of a spy cam? >> john downer: well, the thing about a spy cam is it... it actually gets you close to the animals. you're in the scene, you're in the picture. you're picking up a magic that you cannot capture with a normal camera. it is like a secret world. >> simon: if the lion is the king of the jungle, then the polar bear is the king of the ice. he's at the top of the food chain here on the top of the world, and he's revered by the few people who live in the arctic circle. they call him "god's dog" or the "ever-wandering one," because he can roam hundreds of miles searching for seals. that is, on ice. but in summertime, there is less ice, so some bears get stuck on dry land, where they have to scavenge to stay alive. downer and his crew plant their spy cams wherever they think a hungry chap might pass by. they do it quickly because it's dangerous up here. it's illegal to leave your boat without an armed escort. we had two. >>

it was a gift from an englishman, a great agent of philanthropy, and they believe that he wrote the will in 1826. they believed that the american people in combining a democratic spirit with the idea pursuing knowledge and distributing knowledge among its people, that that was a great recipe for a progressive and humane society. i think he was right. his gift and legacy was the smithsonian, available to 0 million businesses a day, here in washington and new york and online to hundreds of millions more. we're very proud of keeping that >> with a few weeks left in 2013, many publications are putting out their year end list of notable books. these titles were included in publishers weekly best books of 2013. >> for an extended list and links to other publications 2013 notable book selections, visit booktv's website, booktv.or booktv.org. >> we are here at the national press club with tim gay. tell us about your new book. >> this was argo before there was argo. and amazing escape sica. american nurses, medics whose plane was forced to crash land and not be held in the winter of 1943. they sp

being an englishman and a gentlemen, there was no way i was going to kiss rita without telling steveno his house and he did not take it very well. he actually spit on me. he missed. fortunately. >> thank god he was doing a lot of drugs at the time. >> we were all taking drugs at the time. >> let's talk about the drug-fuelled egos and the melt downs and one of the quirkiest guys and also one of my favorites and an extraordinary songwriter, musician and the best one-note guitar solo in the biz. neal young. dealing with him was like loading a live grenade into a vacuum. >> it's like if you are juggling four bottles of nitroglycerin. you drop one? >> why was it hard to deal with neal? he was always a quirky guy. >> that's true. he has always been focussed on what he wants to do with music. i have a great respect for neal. he follows music dedicatedly. sometimes that excludes other people. he's a hall of fame hockey writer. >> problems in the group, neal young, you write was enraged by steven stills's cocaine use. >> he was not happy. crosby was spiraling down and neal was not a drugger. h

on van dyck's interpretation of the figure is evident in van dyck's painting of george gage, an englishman who was in ity to acquire works of ar gage's by not froal but inead turns in spa, making the composition bold and lifelike. the artist's own character and his attitude toward his art are revealed in this marvelous self-portrait, painted shortly after dyck's arrival iitaly. as a contemporary wrote, "his manners were more of an aristocrat and he was resplendent in his rich dress and accessories." the young painter looks out at us, self-assured, certain of his position and confident in his ambitions. during his stay in the prosperous port city of genoa, van dyck received nurous commissions from its patrician society for portraits, as well as f mythological and legorical es. these infused with a caity ve different from compositions hhad made elegce and grace learned from titian marked theortraits van dyck created to araize genoese patrons, including his remarkable image the mchesa lena grimaldi. the marchesa sms to stride o onto patio. n dyck introces a new sense of movemt to whahaen a tr