when i said irish americans, i go back to the americas, irish-spanish americans and french-irish, et cetera, and my own family live there. other famous irish american personalities at the time were, for example, in the news world the e. f. obrian, the editor of the times of cuba and in the cuban roman catholic church, father moynihan, no relationship to my grandmother, loved for his kindness and great sense of humor. born in the 20's in havana were of irish descent. they were fran emilio. he was entirely blind by the age of 13 but learned gerschwin's rhapsody in blue by using braille scores. he was also one of the major instrumentalists of the feeling -- many of you recollected remember -- the thrilling sound of the 50's that blended the latin bolero with the latin sound. the second was chico, we like always to put these little names to people. my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 200

the irish are more interesting. they had to put up with colonialism, just as puerto rico is a colony of the united states. i also respect the fact that they have a facility with language, which i also enjoy. consequently, i wondered why this attraction to the irish. in 2004, the university of puerto rico asked me to come there and lecture and read. i immediately called my favorite cousin, and she said, what are you doing here? i told her and i said, please come to the reading, i have a book for you. she came. she said my son is getting married tomorrow at the caribbean hilton, could you please come? and i went. i hadn't seen her in 30 years. we were kids together. and after the wedding, there was a reception and she introduced me to her daughters, very beautiful girls, then i met the last one, very beautiful, green eyes, and she said, i want you it meet my son. all this is in spanish, you know? so i said, sure. so she called these 3 boys over, about my complexion, curly hair, and this is barry, brian, and brady. you

irishness and puerto ricaness. both sides spoke of the ancestral home as if it was the land of milk and honey. this stance was staunchly held to, even though the deprivations endured by many had forced them to leave their island homes, yet inflexiblely they remained branded in their hearts, each year marching in pageants of ethnic excess. that's the first part. and the second part: the second part has to do with having in front of you a very odd-looking sort of leprechaunish -- latino leprechaun. as a matter of fact, in my novel that margaret spoke about, about jazz, in it, billy farrell, who is one of a very large number of characters, is a jazz pianist and before he begins playing a black leprechaun appears to him, mr. mcginniss so you can assume it's the ghost of mr. mcginniss. as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid, destined obviously to be a poet. i was this big at 13 and i was a good rollerskater and the kids were amazed an

of irish and british collusion. also this week, europe's controversial capital of culture. could this anti-corruption campaign lead to russia's next president? and why sardinia running out of poor man's caviar. in 1989, two northern irish policeman were shot dead in an ira and bush. the irish government set up a tribunal to investigate the death, a move they may well now investige. the investigation has toucd a raw nerve in the country's past. irish police are suspected of colluding in the attack, and allegations have surfaced that british intelligence was aware of the plot. quite to these men served in the royal constabulary -- >> these men served in the royal constabulary. there was a period of sectarian attacks between protestants and catholics. harry green is especiay missed. >> he was quiet and reserved, although he had a fantastic sense of humor when it came to boosting and morale. >> he was respected teacher in the force. >> he did not need to be severe. that was the unique thing about him. he did not need to

that brings an irish voice to the immigration reform bedate. as other speakers here, the irish are in real terms a minority in this debate. there are approximately 50,000 undocumented irish throughout the united states. but we are a very vocal minority, and i thought i would share with you some of the things that has worked for us in lobbying on this issue. and to my colleagues who are here tonight on their issues, there is no substitute for direct lobbying of officials on this. do not leave it to the mayor or even this commission tonight to lobby on your behalf. take it up and go after it yourselves. one of the wolf things about american politics, whether you are legal, illegal, in status or out of status, you can walk through the doors of federal government, and knock on those doors, and find someone to talk to, and if you try hard enough, you will get to the cossak person or senate person sooner or later. we have brought on several occasion 2,000 irish undocumented to washington, d.c., held a holiday on the hill, and marched through the corr

irish. anglo irish made losses in a nation of, what, seven million people of 34 billion euro. so if you scale... you translate that into dollars, scale it for size of the population, imagine a single u.s. bank that comes to the treasury and says "i lost $3.4 trillion." that's basically what happened. and that was one of three banks. the other two banks were just right behind them. and the icelanders had carly this... the male icelander had this conquering impulse. secretly had to go out and conquer the world. the irish didn't do that. the irish bought ireland. they wanted it turned inward. they createdhis fantasy that ireland was going to be something completely different than irela had ever been. a global financial center and a place where people would move to. voluntarily. >> rose: before all this happened there was a belief in the irish miracle. you know, they had low interest rates, low taxation, everything was like... this was a place where they had set a system up that they believe was

he was born in new year's day 1883 in the irish first war. i gave a talk in buffalo and discovered all this time i had been saying donovan's name wrong. if you are from buffalo you pronounced it doonovan. he thought he might be a priest. every irish catholic family assumed one of the suns would become a priest. donovan realize he was not cut out to be a man of the cloth so he went to columbia university and was a star quarterback his senior year until a cheap tackle from princeton topple him for the rest of the season. he attended columbia law school after columbia university. franklin roosevelt was a law student with him. roosevelt liked to say he and donovan were old pal and law school. donovan said that as a bunch of baloney. roosevelt had nothing to do with someone low on the social strata as donovan. he returned to buffalo and set up a lucrative law practice and married one of the wealthiest women in buffalo and world war i comes. he goes to war and commands a battalion in the 60 ninth irish regiment, famous new york regiment. he was awa

>> hey, you look terrible. >> obama is not irish. >> sure, he's got irish roots. >> obama is not an irishble to hang five minutes. >> how do you like them apples? >> there's only one that's irish, isn't it? >> sure. >> he's more irish than o'reilly. >> you must think i was born yesterday. >> great, great grandfather is from ireland. >> that's fine. >> great talk. >> what is it about obama that you don't like? >> i don't like his sneaky eyes. >> i don't really agree with all of his policies. >> we have obama trying to clean up all the messes. give him a chance! >> what don't you like about obama? >> everything. >> why is the economy in such dire straits? >> because of the republicans. >> didn't barack obama have a democratic congress for two years? >> yes, he did but then bush screwed it all up. >> that's how guys talk to one another. >> a lot of people fishing and not working. i don't think he's doing good at all. >> what do you like best about bill o'reilly? >> he really tries to be fair. >> like barney frank, did you camp that interview ? >> bill: that's a joke! that's a joke! >> the sp

we thought we would do a nice irish song for you. we will not take long, we promise. ♪ , over the hills my money-eyed irish lad come over the hills to your darling you choose the road love and i will make the balancvows and i will be your true love forever red is the rose that beyond the garden grows there is a lily of the valley here is the water that boasts from the spring but my love is [inaudible] ♪ ♪ down by killarney the moon and the stars they were shining the moon shone she was sure she would be my love forever red is the rose that beyond the garden grows there is delayed of our valley there is the water that flows from but my love is better than any ♪ [applause] >> over in the corner, and john's father. we are so thrilled that this long overdue that we hang your picture on our wall. you have supported our 1906 survivor dinners and luncheons over the years. i do not know what i always see you at 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, but you are always there for us. 1983, there was a fire at jon's grille. your guys came in. in those da

and also why is fairfax such a hotbed of irish music?ession every sunday of a reand musicians of the " sleeping lady ". also at the " mayflower ". all through marin county. >> with 12 different groups, the different groups? >> 12-15 groups performing. >> that is going to be happening. october 14th-15th. >> two different weekends? >> i apologize. the 14th and 15th. can you take us out with a little bit of music. ♪ >> the fesh is taking place on october 14th-15 in downtown fairfax. for more information you can go to fairfax feis.com ♪ we are going to take a break with more on kron 4 news this weekend. ♪ ♪ (male announcer) live from the bay area news channel, this is the kron 4 news. >> we are following a developing story. three people dead northbound 880/98 avenue exit in oakland a mangled mess. you can see this accident happened right before 3:00 p.m3:00 a.m.. --a hh rate of speed and smashed into the guard rail. three fatalities. the fourth person is seriously injured. the c h p is investigating. they are saying that the car could have b

girls on screen, she became embroiled in an international spy story involving russian submarines, irish terrorism and an al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet. but after kim herself was abducted, it would take a gutsy secret mission by her own mother to save the day. >> in order to get my daughter back, i had to do it. >> the story begins a few years back. kim was a single mom, a school counselor living in minneapolis. after her teenage son moved in with his father to attend a better school, kim, now empty-nested, could finally scratch her itch for wanderlust. >> i'd always wanted to live abroad. it was just great. >> london was her destination.

american-irish, the defection of american-irish imgrants to the mexican side of the mexican-american war. it's an extraordinary story. it's well-known in mexico, but nowhere told here. we almost can't bear a history that gets -- that starts overlapping. you know, what has the irish been doing in the story about mexico. >> right. we have hispanic history month, and everything about off l this stuff, there's 30 days. black history month. right. so i guess the other 10 months are for europeans. [laughter] >> i wish we could, but, ncht, the other ten months of vac cue yows -- vacuous. [laughter] >> has writing this book ruined gardening for you? [laughter] can you still go out and garden, or do you see the world differently now? >> i still like to garden. it's helpful i'm not a very good gardener. i have friends who are good, and they sneer, but, you know, i'm a writer, so i'm not expected to be good at very much, but the answer is, no because, you know, the more you know about something, for me, you know, often the more you appreciate it, and, you know, when i look at these tomatoes i h

it's important for us three points but you know other case we understand that irish is a very strong team. and to help you understand what is at stake this is how the group looks at the moment to draw from russia then would ensure they finish top and qualify automatically for next summer's european championships and a point for ireland would mean they would finish second and go into the playoffs. in other news the first two weeks the new n.b.a. season has been called off the plays and club owners fail to agree on a new labor deal they are arguing over the structure of a salary cap slice of the n.b.a.'s revenue play should receive under the old deal it was fifty seven percent but clubs want that reduced under half the parties met on monday could not find a breakthrough prompting n.b.a. chiefs to scrap the first fortnight of the season which was due to start in november the first and conceding there's been little progress. i think it's fair to say we established the positions of the board. with complete certainty your. reign really very very four or more monday night's game in the n.f.

place our media in dublin with both sides aiming to keep their european championship dreams alive the irish need a point of second spot and a play off place but will be that perhaps a robbie keane strike us up at a four by injury during a bright day to know when iran dora responds to simon hawks will take place up front shay given will take the captain's armband and goalkeepers are fully aware of the dangers of playing on the area you themselves could judge second spot with a victory at the stadium. on parchments will go to the belief that we can go on and become an unknown although we come and you can assume that. you know it's a chance for us to you know center on which which is all you can ask for in the last game really i'm going to go in there and and do the business and armenia had a taste of the of the the stadium with a training session on monday the eastern european side lost one mil is home to ireland in the opening round of last year's european qualifiers but says that defeats they've only been beaten once in eight matches during this campaign and have won their last three games

banks, big in the irish banks, and they bought u.s. sub-prime mortgage bonds. >> reporter: lewis' controversial explanation is a german love of rules. the rules said triple-a investments were safe. since they weren't, germans are now being asked to protect their own banks from ruin by bailing out the borrowers, like greece. lewis claims a deep national neurosis was at work. >> there's a wonderful little book called "life is like a chicken coop ladder." and it was basically about purity and impurity, and the germans had this tendency to get themselves in a position, kind of getting right up next to the impure, right up next to the dirt without getting themselves too dirty. and i realized i was reading a story that explained their relationship to the current financial mess. they didn't borrow a lot of money. the german financial people, though, kind of crept right up to all the filth in the financial system, with... with some fascination i think. and... and a little mud splattered on them. >> reporter: now, you probably won't be surprise