ireland is proudly one of them. happy to have benefited from eu subsidies when the boom was in full flight. it now eases and cushions a hard landing. >> back into europe and the policy making of europe. >> reporter: a yes to lisbon also means the eu reform treaty will almost certainly go ahead, aimed at making the european union more efficient by adding weight to centralized power in brussels. lisbon also creates at least one new job, that of president of the european council elected by all 27 leaders, in effect president of europe. it could be filled as soon as the end of this month with one name being touted as the favorite. tony blair, the former british prime minister. it would be a spectacular return to the world sta for a man who resigned the premiership of his own country. the focus then will shift swiftly away from ireland. the only country to have actually voted on the treaty. and it did so twice. with the eu's second highest rate of unemployment and with tax hikes and public spending cuts to come, this was

it seemed to echo the worst days of the troubles of northern ireland.a shot was fired over the coffin of a distant republican. john brady had died at a police station. several hundred mourners clapped and cheered after the shots were fired be in this report from our bbc ireland correspondent. -- were fired. this report from our correspondent. >> it was the funeral of a dissident republican. he took his own life while in police custody over the weekend. he used to be in the ira, but after bcts -- switch fire switched his allegiance to dissident groups, -- they're trying to wreck the peace process. they do not have much support, but they're determined to kill. six months ago, they shot dead two officers and the police officer. they have caused rioting in north belfast, and last month, the planted a huge land mine on the border. it was discovered before it was exploded. at the situation has gotten worse in northern ireland, so as the politics. they are trying to ensure that the assembly does not collapse. he has been to belfast to try to heal the rift betw

somne suested ireland. said, why no e do not know anything about . we went there.werelanning to stay ere 15 days and move tother countrie but then we ran out of money a could not go anhere. tavis: why some place where you do not know anything about the ulture, you do not speak the nguage? that is risky. >> yeah, i am still wonding why we didt, but the plan was to learn something new. we did not want to go to spain, which was kind of obvious place to go. it was going to be th se for other big cities. some were small sounded good to us. and i'd known. that w the idea. -- and unknown. that was the idea. tavis: what is the challenge tting peoplto appriate ur music when you cannot communicate itheir language? >> starting off, we stard off and a metal band in mexico. then we went on the road and we end up playing dus. weid not care about getting famous, we just wanteto pl and learn morebout music. we didotare too much about mmunication tat way. we just wanted to play and keep traveling esntially, we got a record deal and all that, and tn we discovered that people were at

. >> davis ireland has to be extra careful when it comes to food. >> i do have food allergies. >> reportert's been a life style change. at school, she provides wipes for all the kids, and her son sits at the nut free table. >> jimmy: alone. all by himself. ironically, the only contact he has with other children are the beatings. no nut table. why not just sit him at the wedgie table. do they have food allergies in mexico? >> no. >> jimmy: one more item. this is of interest to iphone owners. this is a new application called i am t-pain. t-pain is the music star, uses something like auto tune. that was developed, and there was a time in this country when, in orderer to become a singer, you had to know how to sing. and, weird, right? that's not the case anymore. thanks to auto tune, and, a lot of people use it, but master t -- what is his name, t-pain is the master. mr. t, master p, t-pain. [ applause ] anyway. t-pain's new app can take anyone's voice, anything, and turn it into music. so, we challenged him to t

ireland, election officials counting votes, on an irish referendum on the european union lisbon treaty of the european union will change. ireland is the only country yet to pass it, it is also the only country requiring its approval bipolar vote and that is a wrap on this fox trip around the world. in 80 seconds. >> julie: you heard of the smash-and-grab. check this out, you are look at one determined criminal here. and, we have his crime, it was caught on tape, wait until you see what this guy is going after, and cops say, he's done it before and find out how a man, bloody and barely breathing is able to call 911. rescue crews rushed to the scene but can they save the money in time? find out what happens, next. >> julie: bloody and barely breathing a las vegas man uses his cell to call for help after plungeness to a trench. here's the -- plunging into a trench. >> are you bleeding anywhere. >> yes, my head. >> do you see anything from above? i see a big tractor. i'm barely conscious. >> wow with the victim barely conscious, as you heard him describe himself, the 9sy operator knows tim

norch ireland assembly.rged rival catholic and prot stant lawmakers to strengthen their power sharing government and told a packed cham burp the 2-year-old partnership is an inspiration to the world. >> you have brkecome a model for conflict reconciliation around the world. i hear that in my travels. people who are determined to choose peace and progress over violence and division look towards you and i'm here today to send a strong message that the obama administration and the united states are committed to supporting you as you continue your journey. >> clinton's visit to belfast is just the latest stop in our european tour. she'll be traveling to moscow next. >>> in new york, a grieving father is demanding accountability in the loss of his own child he was raising as single parent. 11-year-old leeandro's car flipped on a manhattan parkway. her friend's mom was behind the wheel. he thought she was at a slumber party. >> what was the thinking of this woman, who's a mother, and you're intoxicated. everyone n

secretary of state hillary clinton is in belfast this morning, there to offer new support for northern ireland'srocess. the province is trying to resolve a standoff between political parties on how to transfer power. later she will go to russia, trying to drum up support against iran's nuclear power plant. >>> the firefighter jumped in and pull the man out. they held on until police got there with a kayak to get both of them. another woman in the car got out on her own. >> i was able to get my hands around the female in the driver's seat. she was on her way out of the water, up and out of the vehicle. i got my arms around her, pulled her up onshore to safety. >> police are still investigating how that crash happened. >>> a demonstration to show how effective fire sprinklers are got more exciting than anybody planned. >> this side has been destroyed. let's get the firefighter extinguished quickly. help him. help him. help him. they're on fire, chief. let's get a hose line. >> oh, my gosh. one firefighter spent the nice in the hospital with burns on his cheek and hand. apparently no one remembered

. >> the pace of ireland -- the case of hiring continues to weaken. >> we do everything in our power to add jobs. it is a struggle. >> experts predict prolonged pain, and it should last about a year. >> in the past year, the un diplomat rate has increased. however, there is a positive side to the recession. african-american parents that have been laid off from their jobs, the volunteer more time in the classroom. >> parent teacher associations across the country are in full force. some parents see getting involved to be much easier this year. it encourages parents to get involved in their children's education. two out of three parents surveyed say that it is more important for them to volunteer in the classroom. the poll found the greatest increase in volunteerism among the african-american parents. last year, richard y was not that involved. but after being laid off from his job because of cutbacks, he now sees the pta as an opportunity. he stepped up as pga treasurer and said that more parents are volunteering their services this year. >> in the past year, the other agglomerate has

at the top of the list, spain, brazil, italy, frangela and ireland.s by women. germany for being too smell. >> y, england for being too lazy. sweden for being too quick. holland for being too dominating and the united states for being too rough. >> and belgians for just being too belgian. do you buy this? >> i wish i had this list when i had my let's go europe book and my euro rail pass. it would have saved a lot of time. no, i wish i had traveled around the world more met forrically. i have been jinglistic. one english guy, not lady, thank you, andrew milton. >> wow, name dropping his lack of laziness. >> he will get a lot of calls tomorrow. but we are not aired in england so you can say his name all you want. >> greg: never polls about asking men about women. always about the women asking who is the best in bed and the best in house work but they never ask men. is that because a, men don't take polls or men just don't care? >> no, it is because the bar is so low for men, if she has a pulse and is willing to do it. >> men don't care just as long as w

likely to impact ireland. 52 at dulles airport. 50 in baltimore. patuxent naval air station, 55. in hagerstown, it is 5 # degrees at this hour. hears a look at the sat-rad for the region. clouds in over us. you can see, as we speak, they are pushing off to the east and you have clearer skis out here. we'll see a good amount of sunshine during the day. this precipitation stays well to the south, mainly in the carolinas and other places to the south. that is pushing off to the east as well. so for today, here what is the forecast looks like. mostly sunny. breezy at times. those winds will be out of the west, 10 to 15 miles per hour. high today about 37 degrees. our normal high for today would be 72 degrees so we're right there. then for tonight, clear and cool. 52 for your low downtown. many of you will be in the 40s during the overnight hours. not a bad day. 72degrees. more clouds building in. chance of some rain showers into each life a little rain must fall. tuesday night into the first part offed with, early part of the day. 75 on wednesday. another chance of rain late friday n

they came from england and ireland.time for the south, the southern hemisphere to have a shot at one of these things? >> there of, in terms of the revenue that the u.s. gets, usc gets from, you know, from the games, from the tv portion of it, that it just seems there was an imbalance. mitt rockny made the point that this was a no brainer, obama should have done it. he was disappointed. >> he was for him going over there? >> absolutely. said he did the right thing. >> the irony is, david probably experienced this in l.a. in 1986. if chicago would have won, half their city would have visited their sister in wisconsin that week. it's a mixed blessing in the modern area with all the security. when new york city was bidding it was a controversial idea spending all the money they wanted to spend at that time on a new stadium and other things. i think chicago is different for the reasons we talked about. it's a city -- >> unusual night for me. 300 points here. >> sports for a second. prep your brain for the big question when w

they came from england and ireland.time for the south, the southern hemisphere to have a shot at one of these things?ire time for the south to have a shot at one of these things? >> i think there's a sense within terms of all the revenue that the u.s. gets, from the games, from the tv portion of it. that it just seems to be an imbalan imbalance. mitt romney has made the point that it was a no-brainer, that he should have done it. >> so he was for him going over there? >> absolutely. >> the irony is that david tells you the experiences in l.a., if in fact chicago would have won, half the city would have visited their sister. it is kind of a mixed blessing in the modern area. and when new york city was bidding, it was have arrest controversial idea, spending all the money on a new stadium, i think chicago is a bit of a -- >> 300 points here. let's get on to sports for a second. i want to prep your brain for the big question, when we come back from this break, is there a battle within the republican party, and it started w

one 1599 by james shapiro which looks at this -- at england monarchy, at the church, at the wars in ireland, what was going on on the streets. and indeed what was being read by those who could read. there was also another wonderful book by robert mcgee called the elizabethan hamlet which looked at the affects that this play would have on the elizabethan audience, the affect of a ghost on stage, for example, would have meant certified dam nation for the man talking to him and possible dam nation for those in the audience so little keys that just planted interesting seateds in my mind. and that then lead me on to certain texts where they believe shakespeare could have been reading the essays of mitchell due montagne. if you hold next to the soliloquies are incredibly similar. and the idea that this was refresh in william shakespeare's mind, the idea of mining your own feelings in a almost a linear thought as a way of expressing someone in a life. to an audience was -- was obviously so sumpuous. and you can see that in the soliloquies. and then yes, i did, because hi so long, i did about go ba

british official, set to meet with british prime minister gordon brown at this hour and travels to ireland today. in colorado, snow, rain, and ice being blamed for dozens of car accidents, including this 50-car pileup. that's 5-0 near colorado springs. one person was critically injured. several others were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. meanwhile, about two inches of snow fell in the denver area and causing cars to slip and slide all over the place. oh, seems premature for this weather to me. and standing by with a look at the weather. >> hey, it is premature and these are record breaking towards, not just breaking records by a degree or two, but by about 12 or 13 degrees, temps that may be a prior record in denver. the low cast 25 and now 14 so brutally cold and we're still there. 24 right now in denver and this entire area of the rockies is going to remain cold this week. the cold is going to slide off to the east and much of the eastern part of the country is going to be seeing the lowest temperatures you've seen in a long time and let's move forward and look a

but for now, we leave you with some beautiful images of our host city, dublin ireland. i'm dr.hing. >>> a charter bus crashes and flips over on its way to a college football game in georgia. who was on it and what authorities are saying about the accident. >>> a tanker is no longer leaking oil into the san francisco bay but the problems from the spill are far from over. plus no one likes to sit next to a screaming child on a plane but one airline decided to do something about it. why it is now apologizing. >>> this halloween rocker sting is scaring up new songs. the singer says he's always felt surrounded by ghosts. >>> two canadians wanted by the fbi have been arrested by canadian authorities. al sali and ali kahn were taken into custody in windsor ontario. the fbi says the leader of the mosque had extreme antigovernment views and encouraged followers to commit violence. they also say he wanted to create an islamic state within the united states. abdulla died in a shootout with the fbi agents on wednesday. the agency says he resisted arrest inside a warehouse and fired a gun.

the biggest impact will be in europe and ireland, and very unusual to see a storm form in that part ofd close to home, 55 degrees here in d.c. 50 in baltimore. and in dulles and in frederick, maryland, fredericksberg is down to 49. satellite radar composite for the eastern united states. the clouds are pushing out as we speak. and we continue to see implaintiffing conditions this morning. that will lead to mostly sunny skies and then there is some rainfall across southern portions through the mid- atlantic region, across the carolinas and that's where you'll see rain and heavy rain. today looks great. breezy at times, high of about 73. yesterday's high was 72 degrees. so a similar day. five-day forecast, a chance of showers late in the day and during the eving and nighttime hours for tomorrow and into wednesday. 72 for the high tomorrow. 75 on wednesday. thursday 72 and friday 68 with a chance of showers late. that's the latest on the weather. now more on the morning rush hour traffic from julie wright. >>> what we got is some problems if you are traveling eastbound along 66. traveling

there were no official comment from the polish president after the positive result of referendum in ireland. so far only one of his officials one of the ministers in his office claims that mr. kachinski would keep his word. the prime minister asked him to do it as quickly as soon as possible. the situation is probably even more unclear in czech republic where the allies of the president treating it as probably the last result to delay of block the whole process of implementation of the treaty asking the judges whether that documents were in line with the czech's law, whether it didn't breech the constitution that judging may take several weeks. so still some questions, there is some opportunity and obstacles concerning the lisbon treaty here in central europe. that's all from marcel, back to you. >> thanks indeed. tvn, cnbc business. >>> well, mazda will dilute the shares by 22%. the japanese automaker will use proceeds for research and development of low emissions vehicles. m mazda has revised the forecast down from the original forecast of $556 million loss. mazda shares fell 5.6% today b

she's there to offer new support for northern ireland's peace process.e a standoff between political parties on how to transfer power. later today, clinton will go to russia to drum up support against iran's nuclear policeman. >>> for the first time a woman has won what's considered the nobel prize for economics. eleanor ostram is a professor at indiana university. she's sharing it with professor oliver williamson of the university of california berkeley. one nobel committee member says that the global financial crisis did not affect their deliberations. >>> nose a >>> these are some of the headlines. hope your weekend was good. i'm robin meade. >>> top senators are split on whether to send more u.s. troops to afghanistan. republican john mccain says that anything less than 40,000 would be an error of his toric proportions. 40,000 is what the top u.s. commander in afghanistan's requesting. democrat dianne feinstein says president obama should take his general's advice, but the chairman of the armed services committee disagrees. >> i don't know how you pu

the nobel committee was looking at northern ireland, saying let's interject some enthusiasm and momentum into the irish peace process by giving both sides of the negotiation and award. it will bring attention and we do tonight -- rejuvenate the process. it is early, but essentially they are recognizing that president obama has reached out the international community. that community first embraced him and is now deciding how much they want to embrace him, and the peace prize committee is saying international community, embraced the americans. we need them for world leadership. this has been read in the american papers as a criticism of the bush administration, but not in the international community. president bush embarked a unilateral approach that may have been appropriate to time. now it is time to have a multilateral approach. the peace prize is referring this multilateral approach. i do not think they went out their way to rebuke the bush administration. host: paul williams is our guest until 8:00. you can use one of our three lines to ask him a question. 202-737-0001 for republicans