all right. >> so i bought this grass from ireland. >> jimmy: what do you mean you bought grass from irelandi love how green it is. you know how the grass in ireland is so much greener. >> jimmy: you used to wait tables. >> i know. >> jimmy: now you're importing grass from ireland. that's insane. >> but i want that green. you know how green it is? >> jimmy: it's unbelievable. >> i imported all this grass in from ireland. it's sod. they put it down. and i'm still stressed out at work, undercover cop and the shotguns. >> jimmy: so, this will calm you down. >> exactly. i just want to look at the grass. that's all i really want to do. >> jimmy: that's all the man wants to do. >> that's all you want to do. >> jimmy: look at the grass. >> so i put it all down. it looks amazing. i feel like i'm in ireland. i'm happy. the first time since '94, i'm happy. [ light laughter ] i see the grass. and i'm like -- i go to sleep. i wake up in the morning and it's rolled up. when i wake up, the grass is all rolled up. >> jimmy: when it ships it comes in rolls. >> as if someone came and rolled up my grass. >> j

france, italy, northern ireland. wherever they feel there might be an opportunity. >> the people in ireland were very kind to us. we also respected them. they saw that we honest and they respected us. >> when people can stay, you can see the difference. joseph completely rebuild his house with the money earned in northern ireland. local organizations say the only open the children. >-- only hope in the children. >> for adults there's very little hope to have a new mentality to be integrated into the society. but it's all about the young people. but the people are poor, but not stupid. they know how to survive. they've been surviving like this for centuries. there's a lot of good will between romania and the european union. the challenge is how to use it to help these people picked themselves up out of the mud. bbc news reporting from northwest rumania. >> this is world news today from bbc world news. a man deadlines, china's economy is growing at a faster rate than expected. gdp expanded by nearly 8% in the last thre

. ♪ ♪ >>> that is the breathtaking coast of northern ireland, the giants causeway.ow" opens this morning to those stunning cliff and rock formations. you've been to this place? >> i have. you kind of step on these rocks all the way out to the water. beautiful. >> good morning, america, i'm bill weir. >> i'm kate snow. it is sunday, july 12th. some of the hottest bloggers online, people who write internet blogs, are writing about chocolate milk and chicken pox. we're talking about mommy bloggers. some have such loyal followers that companies are sponsoring them, sending them free products and paying them in exchange for a plug. is it legal? is it ethical? we'll get into that. >>> and the perils of the first pitch. every president since william howard taft has thrown one out. some more successfully than others. barack obama gets his first shot at tuesday night's all-star game. we sent our own john berman to a minor league ballpark to see just how difficult this is. maybe pick up some tip for mr. obama. >> give us a heads-up on that. first, we turn to david wright in f

our "weekend window" opens in high definition to northern ireland, a popular tourist destination.eway. >> i lived in northern ireland all my life, and no matter how many times i come here, i find it stunning. i think it's a natural beauty. the fact at that sea's constantly changing. the wonderful size of the stones. and the story behind the causeway. the legend says that the great giant build this castle across to scotland to fight the rivals. a geologist will tell you another story. ♪ >> approximately 65 million years ago, cracks in the earth's crust, lava starts to pour out. and it allows it to form into very regular shapes. and the reason it forms into very regular shapes is the rock is baseled. and because of the minerals it contains always forms into regular shapes. >> giants causeway is not just the actual causeway itself, it's also the whole of the coastline. >> i always tell people that this is undoubtedly god's chosen country in the north coast of north america. spectacular rock formations. beautiful clear water, really something for everyone. this is the only rope bridge

>> five police officers have been heard related to northern ireland's marching season.ouths threw petrol bombs and stones in north belfast. we have this report. >> the trouble began as police arrived to try to patrol a march by the protestant armed order. the writers determined that the parade would not go ahead. as well as petrol bombs, the two golf balls, bricks, and fireworks. the police have been well prepared. they were expecting trouble tonight. the problem has been the writers are also well prepared. to try to restore order, extra police arrived. more than 70 officers were here in high gear. they use all means possible to push the trouble makers back. sinn fein said the seven republicans opposed to the peace process stir up the violence. >> a number of groups involved in the real ira or whatever they call themselves. they have no concern for the people of this area. >> there are extremists elements in the community and i think the greatest number of people in northern ireland to not want to see this. >> the orange march was eventually allowed to go ahead, albeit

it was a reminder there i delay violent element in rthern ireland that refuses to gaway. >> one main headline for you this hou-- pakian's military is reopening roads into thewat valley toncourage some of the two million displaced people to returnome. many are ructant. irma is preparing to release political prisone and allow themo -- or, is allowin them to take place in election they dinot say if the opposion leader, aungsan suu kyio would b released. when the nintelligible] he called on them to lease all polital prisoners and hold free and fair electns next year. his reest to meet the jailed opposition leaderas turned down by the top gerals in burma. he seemed to leave emp-handed butow the burmese authorities ve made this conceson. >> at the request ofhe secretary genal, the governme is [unintelligibl and ebling them to participate in t 2010 general eltions. >> an estimated two thousan100 political isoners languish i gels in burma. it is not clear how many will be released this time. authorities to releas groups of prisoners piodically, following viss by u.s officials. iteems unlikel

. >>> his memoirs got him fans around the world and some fury in ireland.e will look at his legacy. >>> the royal prerogative is centuries old. what is fascinating queen elizabeth? ♪ >>> there is no doubt that afghanistan and pakistan are at the top of the foreign policy priorities of president obama. there is also no question that india has felt overlooked by white house strategy towards south asia. that is until now. secretary of state hillary clinton has concluded her five- day visit to india. they have signed deals on trade, defense, and nuclear cooperation. there were disagreements on climate change. they believe they can work through the differences. our correspondent is traveling with mrs. clinton. she sends us this report from delhi. >> no matter how she tried to make it about ties, pakistan trapped into that picture. in the interviews, the suspect -- the subject was inescapable. the concern in india had been that washington was putting pressure on them to its moved ties with islamabad despite the tensions after the mumbai attacks. the secretary of

in the european union council, the leaders have reached a formal decision providing guarantees to ireland on the lisbon trading. yesterday i received a letter from foreign secretary which confirms that parliament will have to pass a bill before the u.k. can ratify that the protocol. can you explain why given that we spent all those months in 2008 hours and hours and hours debating the lisbon trading but we have now got to her quote again on a protocol which we understand doesn't in any way changed in a lisbon trading, but we have to quote audit in order to bring into effect this decision, the ratification of this decision which was taken by the european union council? >> let's be clear, what is going to happen is if the referendum is a yes vote than they will move to ratify the lisbon treaty itself. if all the other countries are due to ratify do so than there is is the lisbon treaty will come to existence. in the next point in which a country is entering the european union whichever country that is in the house to be a treaty, then attach to that will be a protocol that confirms thwart -

i left ireland 37 years ago and i feel like i am leaving home again.ut i've come to terms with it. and i know that i am doing it for a higher cause, a higher power. >> ♪ happy birthday to you. >> reporter: the people whose lives father banks has touched in watts hope his example will inspire others to continue his work of cultivating peace and understanding in a community that so needs them. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm saul gonzalez in los angeles. >> abernethy: on our calendar: jews mark the solemn holiday of tisha b'av at sundown on wednesday. it's a day of lament for the destruction of the first and second temples in jerusalem. the western wall, judaism's holiest site, is all that remains of the second temple. believers have long left handwritten prayers between the stones. but now there's a more high tech idea. a new website allows people to send their prayers through the online social network "twitter." the messages will be printed and taken to the wall. the name of the website is "tweet your prayers." finally, as the country celebra

. >> in winning fans -- fans around the world and some fury and ireland. and the world prerogative -- centuries-old but fascinating -- queen elizabeth. hello. never mind the teselle should -- where is the ambition -- that was the gist of the remarks by those who landed 40 years ago. at a reunion, buzz aldrin and michael collins called for fresh efforts for a manned mission to mars. they were honored by president obama at the white house who described them as iconic figures who lifted the side of the entire world. adam reports. this was their moment. in the mind of the public, it would never have passed. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> neil armstrong and buzz aldrin -- they walk on them in 40 years ago. their footprints are probably still there. nasa has released a recording of them talking in the lunar lander as they descended to the surface of the moon. >> one thing i would appreciate it -- if you could -- [inaudible] >> the way to go. >> neil armstrong is an elderly man out and you do not often see him in public, but he emerged

he was a key figure in brokering a peace still in northern ireland. for so many years, people talk peace was in possible. they retain a glimmer of hope and there is a belief that george mitchell can be a very useful person in this process. >> thank you for the latest assessment on what is slow going in israel and the talks with the palestinians. in northern nigeria, radical islamists have said to have barricaded themselves around the home of their leader. at least 100 people have been killed during the clashes that have been reported. using machetes and guns, killing police officers and civilians at random. >> the attacks on police buildings and government offices began on sunday. the tension had been rising for some time. northern nigeria has a long history of ethnic and religious differences. local people said young men with machetes and guns have killed police officers and civilians at random. security has been stepped up with roadblocks and overnight curfews. the affected areas -- but some of the worst sectarian violence has been in this area. rum

. >> and also coming up, the story of an impoverished childhood in ireland. tonight, an author and teacher is being remembered. >> this one call could result in somebody being killed. >> plus, new efforts to hang up on smuggled cell phones behind bars. and did an operator's mistake cause a collision between two rail cars in califora?orni >> we're learning more about what happened before two light rail trains collided in san francisco yesterday. the national transportation safety board says one of the train operators switched his controls from automatic to manual before hi should have. investigators want to know why he did before the collision. the operator one was one of the 48 people injured. there's a new threat facing prisons all across the country their cell phones. investigators say 24-year-old patrick used his cell phone in order to order the murder of a baltimore man who was set to testify against him. that has maryland pushing to block is cell phone signals in prison. >> we think they are involved in a gang on the streets that stops. it doesn't. just

the immediate reinforce the reputation of ireland as a literary place. irish writers are known to be very good adverse. >> superb style but he was a teacher of creative writing in new york for many years. he and his brother are both very, very articulate and entertaining storyteller is and always were. this is the first time, having been a lecture, late and life he defied the maxim that there are no second acts in american lives and he proved that in 1966 and for this midget first-time enjoyed some literary success of his own. >> thank you very much. let us go to all the sport. >> thank you, jonathan. for four days he fought against time but in the end time caught up with 59-year-old tom watson, wanting to be the oldest winner of a golfing major. he bogeyed his final hole. when into a four-hole in against his compatriots stewart cink. the judge which already has watson's name one of 5 tons went to the younger man and cink couldn't believe it. david beck, greeted with uncomplimentary banners and boos from first home appearance to galaxy. -- beckham. but w

. >> jimmy: do you remember when we went to ireland?o go get -- we needed pans. we cooked in your room. and this is a true story, we went to the -- cooked food. >> we cooked food in our room for the record. >> jimmy: yes. [ laughter ] >> just clarifying things, my friend. i don't know what your fans are thinking. >> jimmy: no, there -- they know food. but we went and we -- what i thought was cool is that we got mario batali cookware, in ireland. remember that? >> at that great little store. >> jimmy: you bought, you bought your own cookware. >> i was supporting the brand. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, no, no. there was no other options. no options left to buy. and i wouldn't do it, i made him do it. i'm like, "you have the buy your own stuff." had to see you do it. >> i felt really good. >> jimmy: yeah. >> my name is on the box, you walk into the store, finally one moment of greatness. you walk up to the store and figure the the cash register person is going to say, "hey, that's you." and they didn't even say a thing. [ laughter ] >> jim

he went to secondary school in ireland, came over and we all thought he was going to go up to colum--e went to columbia briefly. and we thought he'd become a lawyer or something like that, but he--instead, he opened a mexican restaurant. the only irishman you ever met that opened a mexican restaurant. c-span: and it's still there in new york? >> guest: oh, no, it's gone now. c-span: oh, gone? >> guest: los ponchos. it was very popular in the upper west side. c-span: who's this? >> guest: that's my mother. c-span: when was this taken? >> guest: i think that was s. c-span: it says on the back '1979.' >> guest: mm. some bar in--on third avenue. we would take her out occasionally. she loved going out because she enjoyed the good time. you can see she was a large woman. that--of course, that was because she was sedentary. but she loved parties. c-span: how many children did she have in her life? >> guest: seven. c-span: how many of them are alive today? >> guest: four. c-span: what happened to the >> guest: well, she had six half years and--that were--including twins.r4 and three of them d

i know you have something on ireland. the hot spots in europe. >> prices have plummeted, ireland, ice lapd. you go to the place where is the economy is in meltdown and you're going to get great deals. >> still going to have fun. are there going to be vibrant places to go and -- >> oh, yes, absolutely. >> with the economy as -- >> they're thrilled to see you. they love their business travel. one of the reasons ireland is so inexpensive is if the people there can't fly out anymore. we're seeing air-hotel packages for the fall $699 air fare from the u.s., six nights and rental car. you couldn't do that in the united states. >> fascinating. thank you for your insight. we appreciate it. car lean firmer joining us here on "closing bell." up next, movie stars, music, and athletes are a twitng these days. you may never guess who just set up a twitter account who has as many fans dangerously awaiting e tweets. backn moment. accesso favorite courses chef's meal with pommes frites rhaps a night at the tat with extra special seats ad

. >> you just got here from northern ireland?i was in belfast. >> wow. >> in u.k. >> were you working there or what? >> i was working so i didn't get to see a lot. the first day i got there i was like, oh, man. really pretty. it's like, you know, everything is really green. i'm going to take a little jog. i didn't know that -- i got there like the day after -- there was like a huge holiday. and like it was a big holiday that i never heard of. not -- just because i didn't -- i'm ignorant. i didn't know about it. >> and you're an american. >> yeah. it was kind of like a 4th of july type thing. and the streets were like covered in like beer bottles. like everyone was out in the city and they were drinking and they were on lawn chairs and watching things. i'm like, i'm going to go for a jog. >> perfect. >> i wasn't really thinking about it, that there were beer bottles everywhere. like litter and like there's lawns and there's just tons of like litter everywhere. i mean, regardless, it's really beautiful -- >> sounds beautiful, yeah.

i never expected to write a book about a slum in ireland that was going to catapult me, as they say, into some kind of... onto the bestseller list. >> warner: frank mccourt died yesterday in new york. he was 78 years old. and some further thought now about frank mccourt from another writer. author and former newshour essayist roger rosenblatt joins me from new york. hello, roger. frank mccourt, your friend, we know and late in life was wildly successful writer, how significant a writer do you think he was in literary terms? >> i think he was a very significant writer. he wrote probably the best memoir of recent years and established the fact that a memoir was a work of literature, a work of high literature. and thus joined other irish writers of other eras and giving us original language and beautiful thought on the subject of poverty and suffering and things that were hard to swallow except in the hands of a first class writer. >> now he taught creative writing for decades to high-school students. yet he struggled. he was unable to write his own memoir until very late in his life. d

. >>> ireland has agreed to take two prisoners being held at guantanamo bay, cuba.the justice minister says in order to protect the privacy of the detainees no information will be released about them or their travel arrangements to ireland. president obama wants to close the facility by jan. negotiations are under way to accept former suspects no longer considered a security threat, but whose home countries don't want them back. about 230 detainees are still being held. >>> seems everybody is letting the thumbs fly these days, even while they're driving. >>> when you twitter do you consider what you say could cost your job, get you sued, land you in jail? here are three cautionary tales. a political aide in new york resigned after one of her facebook posts created an uproar at city hall. she wrote about president obama's reaction to the arrest of gates saying -- the source said she resigned after being told jump or be pushed. in chicago a woman is being sued over a twitter post. she sent a tweet saying her landlord rented her a moldy apartment. they asked for $50,00

ireland says it no longer considers the men a security threat.nce and italy have agreed to take prisoners still in lockup at guantanamo bay. >> so what to do with the rest of the detain years is just one of the things attorney general eric holder deals with on a daily basis. >> our pierre thomas spent a day with him an got an exclues of inside look. >> reporter: just before 8 a.m., the attorney general is greeted by his armed fbi security detail. the pressure cooker starts early as he heads to the capitol, eric holder is well aware of the daily threat makers, laying out all the way terrorists are planning to kill us. that's a hell of a way to start your day every day. >> you typically aren't finding good news in those reports or in that meeting. it is in some ways the most sobering part of theay. >> reporter: overnight the fbi and homeland security sent out a bulletin warning authorities about americans training with terrorists overseas and returning home. vice president cheney made comments in recent months he doesn't think the baum administrati

. >>> in sports, it's day one of the british open in scotland with ireland's pad rag harrington goingfor his third straight win. he'll have to beat a hungry tiger woods to do it. woods has been practicing on the turnberry course. he hasn't won a major tournament since returning from knee surgery last year. >>> the phillies have a new starting pitcher, pedro martinez. the phils introduced the 37-year-old right-hander yesterday. he'll start a few games in the minors before joining the big club. >>> houston rockets center yao ming is showing you you can go home again. he's purchased the shanghai sharks, the chinese pro team where he got his start. yao missed the last part of the nba season after fracturing his left foot in may. >>> at the halfway point of the tour de france, italy's rinaldo nocentini retains the lead. eight seconds back, lance armstrong is hanging on to third place. >>> when we return, a look at the top stories. plus the president's turn at healthcare reform. first katie couric. >> a crucial life lesson from kids on how to manage their money. we'll show you the innovativ

in a world full of globalization we are competing just like ireland, singapore, like the cayman islands to attract profit-seeking pools of capital. you don't do that by layering it with taxes and regulation. i agree that america is still a nice place to live but what about the neck microsoft or google? how can we ensure they will be here and not in saudi arabia or dubai? >> but you then have the question will the talent move to saudi arabia? terry: they might if the taxes are lower. >> the united kingdom is a badly run government. switzerland is a well run government with high taxes. is our government run badly? that will drive a company out. overall high taxes by itself is not a killer terry: we will leave it there. deadbeat alert. a push to make uncle sam the landlord for everyone who can't pay their mortgage. who gets stuck with the who gets stuck with the >> axxaaaaa%%%%%% i'm sorry. i can't hear you very well. announcer: does someone you know have trouble hearing on the phone? dad. dad, let me help you with that, okay? announcer: now, a free phone service shows capti

ireland and england hiked their minimum and they didn't crater. we are talking about helping college kids to get their feet on the ground. it doesn't affect businesses. what affects them more is regulations and all sorts of things the government puts on the backs of entrepreneurs. david: it doesn't happen every week that they agree. >> i disagree because for many small companies a minimum wage, high minimum wage is a job killer. i'm for people making more money. i love more money myself but i would rather have more jobs in the economy given the choice between a $6 wage and no job i would rather have the $6. >> i don't think it kills jobs. if you have the minimum wage you may as well have one that is meaningful. if you don't agree you should have a certain amount of of purchasing power abolish it. and you can see what happens to might rant farm workers david: jack, what do you say? >> the premise of this argument is that it kills jobs. it is a burden on small businesses with slim profit margins. we have already raised minimum wage or will have next

ireland reports it will accept two detainees who were captured in afghanistan back in 2001. irish officials say even though the men no longer pose a threat, they cannot return to their home countries. ireland becomes the sixth country since january to either take or agree to take detainees from the prison there in gaub. more than 200 people are still locked up at guantanamo bay. bernie madoff is answering some questions now in his first on the record interview from the jailhouse. and the conman who admits to defrauding investors out of billions and billions and billions of dollars apparently didn't hold anything back. the lawyers who questioned him say madoff claims he was able to keep his scam going for so long because no one bothered to ask simple questions. and while there were times, madoff says he thought regulators might catch onto his scheme, he also said he wasn't surprised to keep getting away with it. "the fox report's" chief correspondent jonathan hunt is here now. the lawyers said they interviewed him because this scam actually runs deeper than a lot of folks rea

by cutting corporate tax which could be up to 39%, as low as 12% in ireland, it will let companies expand. more hiring, less unemployment. we cut the individual tax it is a trickle up because we start spending more, that goes to clothing, manufacturing. unemployment solved by kitting taxes. >> trickle up? i thought the president said something about that. what do you think? >> well, first of all obviously we know we are comparing apples and oranges. there is no comparing the history of u.s. taxes with european taxes over the past 40 years. >> we are talking about right now. this time. we have all kind of european countries, communist companies have taken our playbook for financial success and it is working. >> and we are not bauvening our playbook. we have had a few problems with our playbook as well, charles. we have run a few bad plays that i'm going to get the metaphor wrong that landed us in the penalty box. we are trying to get in order and i know you know we have a bit of a budget problem in this country. we need to solve that, too. so we are going to try to be prudent. i'm not argu

i neveexpected to write a book about a sl in ireland that was going to capult me, as they say, into some kind of. onto the bestsellerist. >> warner: fra mccourt died yesterday in neyork. was 78 years old. and some further thoug now about frankccourt from another writer. author and former newsho essayist roger roenblatt joins me from new yo. hello, roger. ank mccourt, your iend, we know and late in life was wildly succesul writer, how siificant a writer do you think heas initerary terms? >> i ink he was a very significt writer. he wrote obably the st memoir ofecent years and established the fact tha a memoir was a work of literature, a work o high terature. and thus joined other irish writers of otr eras and giving us origin lanage and betiful thought the subjectf povertyand uffering and things that were ha to swallow except in e hands of a frst class writer >> now he taught creave writing for decades to high-school udents. yet he struggled he was unable to write his own moir until very late in his li. did he ever tk to you out what it was that unlocked him,hat enabled him to writeuch a p

there are civil wars all over and one in northern ireland. there is one in sudan and one in congo, maybe this is a time, maybe we should exchange for the u.n., is it our responsibility -- >> tack. >> you are stacking up too many questions and pate trace is the commander for the entire middle east and you will not see the recipe book applied but the attitude and let's talk to people. and let's stop hurting everybody who doesn't like us together and disaggregate them and, there is a law, this law of conservation of enemies, and dome don't make more enemies than you need have. [laughter]. >> this was something that really, the bush administration never took on. [laughter]. >> so i think you will see, petraeus apply that and let's try and find common ground. and one of the big surprises, petraeus, did, was, they sent people into the detainee camps where this insurgents were held in iraq and did a survey. and the answers were surprising. 40%, i think of those surveyed, suspected insurgents not only were not religious extremists but did not attend

then he wrote "angela's ashes" a memoir of his impoverished childhood in brooklyn and ireland.rned him a pulitzer prize. he was 78 years old. >>> coming up on "america this morning," tom watson was a putt away from an historic british open win but it wasn't to be. your sports coming up next. [ announcer ] you make healthy choices every day-- oh, max! and you want to do the same for your laughab, lovable dog. [ barks ] that's why purina fit & trim is specially formulated... with high-quality protein, including delicious real chicken, to help him maintain lean muscle and a healthy weight, so he can make the most of every day. long live your buddy. long live your dog. purina fit & trim. i felt this deep lingering pain that was a complete mytery to me. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia muscle pain and then he recommnded lyrica., fibromyalgia is thought to be he result of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is fda-approved to help relieve the unique pain of fibromyalgia. and with less pain, i can do more uring my day. how sweet is that? lyrica is not

when i saw the news, and i saw ireland partying, china party, people from all walks of life, i think really important -- china partying, people from all walks of life, i think it is really incredible. i was proud. i was really proud of america. tavis: as many of us were and are, and you should be proud of the work you are doing in the show. it is a great show. i was so pleased that i got a chance to check it out. it is called "the no. 1 ladies' detective agency," and it stars a wonderful cast of characters with anika noni rose. you are in the states now? >> we do not know what the scheduling is. we are finishing up the disney project. tavis: that means you are near the ends. >> yes, i will be going in to fix some vocal things -- near the end. the princess, that is me, and it is so thrilling to me. tavis: the animation? >> i loved it. i loved it. it is a different kind of challenge, because you are in it by yourself -- i love it. kids do it all of the time. they play every character in their fantasy, and they are doing it. tavis: it is like being a 3- year-old, me and my partners here

other british government ministers today compared with the peace process in northern ireland, but at the same time, as a strong military pressure was continuing, to work a way out. the frustration is that there are some talks going on in the saudi peace process, but it is not getting anywhere, and they are talking to the right people. the big level of the taliban leadership, or really on the ground, is there enough from the afghan government to give members of the taliban a way out? >> david, thank you very much indeed. can the united states kickstart the stalled middle east peace talks? u.s. defense attorney robert gates is in israel in an attempt to do precisely that. he is one of four senior officials meeting in the course of the week. all at a time when the relations between the countries are unusually tense. but go to jerusalem now. our middle east correspondent, cattleya adler, is there. any reason to believe that in the course of this week that tension could be eased at all? >> well, what we are hearing from the office of israel's defense minister, ehud barak, is there is no b

it was a memoir of his childhood in ireland. he taught english in new york city high schools for 30 years before launching his literary career. what a second career it was. >>> hanging out in your man cave to watch tv, take a nap. you think that's a good way to relax. well, two guys are accused of doing much more than that, and their cave wasn't even at their house. >>> well, today marks the 40th anniversary of the first apollo moon landing. you probably didn't know that at one point the mission's success rested on the shoulders of a 10-year-old boy. i-reporter greg forest of greenville, south carolina, was living in guam with his family during the apollo 11 moon mission. his father was the director of the tracking station that was critical for communication in those days before satellites. so when a baring on the antenna broke, greg's dad sent for him because his hands were small enough to reach in and grease a bearing. that allowed the nasa team to make the last communication with the astronauts before splashdown. he says it w

>>hardy: we're absolutely sure about the format now, having tested it in 10 pro tournaments in ireland, the uk and south africa last year and its with img that we'll bring on board the larger players. >>kinnings: we are for sure talking to players that may be relevant for this. we're looking at potential events that could be staged as early as this year, next year. >>reporter: by 2012 powerplay aims to have 2.5m golfers registered, and 45% of the world's courses under license. nothing is guaranteed, but if all goes to plan, powerplay, could well be a short game, with a longfuture... >>abirached: >>abirached: that's it for this week's world business. thanks for watching. we'll see you again at the same time next week.

was best known for the best-selling memoir "angela's ashes" about his poor childhood in limb rick, irelandhe went back to limerick with ed bradley of "60 minutes." >> we were always on the street when doctors came out. we didn't want to go home. and then the mothers would start calling from the doors down here, michael, paddy, mary, come in. come in for your tea. come in for your duck egg. come in for your toast. and then start bragging up and down the lane of what they were serving. and everybody had tea and bread, but they'd start making up sausages. nobody had sausages at that time anyway. and we didn't want to go in because life on this street was so exciting. >> frank mccourt was 78. when morning comes in the middle of the night, [ rooster crow ] it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly... to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and eating or driving... while not fully awake with

but experts have stressed that the h1n1 virus has not mutated, nor is it getting more of ireland -- virulent, and for most of ellis will be mild. those with health problems, asthma, and in disorders, and pregnant women, are at greater risk. the government ordered a enough vaccine to cover the entire population beard the first doses will arrive next month and half of all doses are expected by end of the year. bbc news. >> this is "world news today" from bbc world news. i'm george alagiah. maine had lines. for my beard president charles taylor is testifying at his war crimes trials. the dismisses charges against them as lies and rumors. the american investment bank goldman sachs is expected to announce strong profit six months after suffering huge losses as a result of the global economic crisis. over the past decade, tens of thousands of african migrants have illegally crossed into europe in search of a new life. the route across water is often. less, but the opportunities are deemed to out with the wrists. one is the of the canary islands, but the numbers who crossed last year are under a th

. >> frank mccourt was born in brooklyn but his irish born parents took the family back to ireland. his father was an abusive drunk and his family lived in a slum infested with vermin and filled with disease. he lost three siblings as a young boy. quit school at 14. somehow made it to a new york on a ship at 19. somehow enrolled at nyu, got his masters at brooklyn college, taught writing at new york state stuyvesant high school. then somehow managed to write about his upbringing in the book that became "angela's ashes." is his grim view of his irish childhood angered those back home. was almost too painful for many of us irish-americans to read and quickly won him the pulitzer prize. other books followed including "teacher man" but frank mccourt had already taught us so much about life and love and hate and survival. frank america court died here in new york. he was 76 years old. >>> when our broadcast continue, reflections on man's first step s on the moon now 40 years later. ♪ well it's a marvelous night for a moon dance ♪ ♪ well it's a marvelous night for a moon dance ♪ >>> the a

i left ireland 37 years agond i feel like i am aving home aga. but i've co to terms with it.nd i know that am doing it fo a higher cause, a higher power. >> ♪ happy bihday to you. >> reporter: the peoe whose liv father banks has touched in watts hope his exampleill inspire others to continueis work of cultivating peacend understanding in community that so needs them. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'saul gonzalez los angeles. >> abeethy: on our calendar: je mark the solemn holiday of tia b'av at sundown on wednesday. it's a day ofament for the destruction ofhe first and cond temples in jerusalem. the western wall, judsm's holiest site, is all that remains of t second temple. believers have long lt handwritten prars between the ones. but w there's a more high tech idea. a new website lows people to sd their prayers through t online social networktwitter." the meages will be printed and ken to the wall. the ne of the website is "tweet your prayers. inally, as the country celebrated e moon landing, 40 years ago, this image of the earth seen from the moonemains one of the