you did a really good job. >> of course, you don't have to be irish to enjoy irish step dancing, and it's the perfect solution for those of us who feel like we always need to be in motion. >> whether it's their heritage, their parents did it, or they just want to enjoy it, there's some children that can't stand still, and irish step is perfect for that. >> what do these performers like about it most? >> i like the fast movement. >> i like dancing and moving. >> and i like being in front of a crowd. >> when you dance competitively full-time, you'll be at the studio maybe three to five times a week for two to three hours. and you are just dancing constantly, so it's a great cardiovascular workout. it's just great overall toning muscles. >> and there's one more thing to know if you're considering competitive dance. >> irish step dancers always dance with very curly hair -- very curly hair. >> what do you do if you don't have curly hair, then? >> one, you can get a wig and just stick it over a bun on your head, or, as a lot of our girls do, they go to sleep with soft rollers in their hai

i was thinking that was a year after my irish american family came here.hy don't my irish american family know this information. i want to try to find out what it is. i didn't know at that time what i was undertaking. i heard it said with irish american it's not genealogy it's archaeology. i found out about that later. it's exciting to hear the nuts and bolts experience of discovery. and at the same time i know i heard from both of you that a very spiritual and unmeasurable experience happens of people come alive in the histories of your family's lives. i was wondering if you could bring alive for the audience the individuals or characters of your family's history and also if you can both reflect on this point that daniel's making of the importance in going to the lands and seeing what is there. what that experience was like for you personally. >> i thought i would read a bit at this point. i think this is a good point for that for me. and so you will hear a little bit of what my writings been like in this experience when i went to ireland for the first ti

you're very irish. >> very irish. >> jimmy: yeah, you're really irish. cursed or blessed. depends on what you think of it -- with a beautiful milk bottle tan. [ laughter ] it does me quite well. you get noticed in the wwe and of course, my trademark irish red hair, so -- >> jimmy: well, you were telling me about your action figure here. mattel had to make a special plastic because it's so pale. [ laughter ] >> yes, irish milk bottle tan there, actually. >> jimmy: you can't get tan at all, can you? >> no, not really. that gave me a lot of stress, actually, having to go back and do that. so, i applaud the guys at mattel for actually being able to pull that off. but no -- >> jimmy: they used a new plastic for you. but, look. i mean, this is fantastic. the cover of "muscle and fitness," you'll never see this. there's your whites right there. [ cheers ] as much as you want. but look, you're jacked. >> they air brushed in these things here, which is really cool. >> jimmy: oh, stop it. yeah, right. yeah, right, please. good gosh. i mean, i remember going over t

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

this is the extent of the family history passed on to me about my irish american ancestory a song written in england in world war one perhaps written as a means to recruit the irish into the british military. i am the first person in my family to locate and travel to the town where we came from in ireland. it turns out that the town is only 60 miles southwest of the dublin airport. place my family lived is 75 miles from dublin. it is 2007 and i'm sitting in the tibrare studies department in the library in require land looking for books and reading the microfilm of every county tibrare daily nurl from january first 1847 through december 31st 1849. i'm looking for family history and in particular one ancestor who disapeered between 1848 and 1849. james lacy. from what i read in these local newspapers is looks like the people's history of require land during the great hunger, my people's history, was never record indeed books. nor barely mentioned in any newspapers. you will only find mention of the local people if something unusual happened. the librarian tells me. i read the newspaper so i

the irish government says it is considering a pardon. for those who survive, time is fast running out. bbc news, dublin. >> thank you for watching "bbc world news." i am david eades. these are the headlines. north korea marks the death of its leader, kim jong il, as his son and successor, kim jong un, lead the ceremony in pyongyang. hundreds line to the snow- covered streets. an official chinese government report into the bullet train crash that killed 40 people in july has blamed bad management and poor design. to a letter of other people were injured when two trains collided -- 200 other people were injured when two trains collided. our correspondent in beijing reported on the crash when it happened. he joins us now. that is a lot of people, martin. >> you are right. what this report said was that it was caused by design flaws and poor management. the report back up earlier statements made by officials that one of the trains had stalled and there was a lightning strike, and a second train struck it from behind. you are right in pointin

he loved to sing irish songs. he would go to broadway and pick up the latest sheet music so he could learn the latest musical things. he didn't smoke. he really drank. he enjoyed fine dining which added to the weight. he spent lavishly, had no concept for a dollar. when he was overseas basing stations, which is where he was most of the time, in aid was always be with him with a bunch of quarters and dollar bills because he was always mooching them off of him. he was witty but he never showed are never told a dirty joke, never laughed out loud. never showed anger. instead he let it boil up inside him. he was rakishly handsome. particularly as a young man. he a bright blue eyes that women found captivating. his life, however had a lot of tragic aspects to it. his daughter died in college in an automobile accident. his daughter in law died of a drug overdose. one of his granddaughters at four years old died when she accidentally swallowed silver polish. he was born on new year's day 1883 in buffalo's port irish first

the next few years, more than 10% of the irish army deserted to join the fight against fascism. on their return, they were harshly punished for serving in the armed forces of the old enemy, britain. dismissed without pay and pension, they were placed on a blacklist banning them from any job paid for by government funds. among them, men like this. >> i heard it on the wireless, the war was over. >> there's no heroes welcome at home. >> we recall traders but i knew in my heart we had done the right thing. we liberated the camps. i would never regret it. i would do it again. >> in the irish parliament, there is a demand for action. >> i believe that the government must act with urgency to resolve this matter. >> there is no mention here of ireland's national memorial. the irish government says that they are considering a pardon but for those who survive, the time is fast running out. >> this is "bbc world news." the 10 people including two children are reported to have been killed in fresh violence in syria. the man who was said to rule north korea, kim jong in -- kim jong un has m

more than 10% of the amish are me -- of the irish army defected to fight fascism. when they returned, they were harshly punished for serving in the army of the old enemy. dismissed without pay and pension, they were placed on a blacklist banning them from any job paid for with government funds. among them was this 88-year-old. >> the war was over. >> he served with honor at the battle of the bulge, there was no hero's welcome at home. >> they labeled us traitors. i know in my heart that we did the right thing. we liberated the camps. i will never regret it and i would do it again. >> at the irish parliament, there are demands for action. >> what happened is a stain on irish history and i believe that the government must act urgently to resolve this matter and it essentially provide a pardon to these men. >> there is no mention to the defense -- there is no mention on this defense memorial of the men who served in world war ii. the government is considering a pardon. for those that survived, time is fast running out. >> this is "bbc world news," our top story -- 10

the next few years, more than 10% of the irish army deserted to join the fight against fascism. on their return, they were harshly punished for serving in the armed forces of the old enemy, britain. dismissed without pay and pension, they were placed on a blacklist banning them from any job paid for by government funds. among them, men like this. >> i heard it on the wireless, the war was over. >> there's no heroes welcome at home. >> we recall traders but i knew in my heart we had done the right thing. we liberated the camps. i would never regret it. i would do it again. >> in the irish parliament, there is a demand for action. >> i believe that the government must act with urgency to resolve this matter. >> there is no mention here of ireland's national memorial. the irish government says that they are considering a pardon but for those who survive, the time is fast running out. >> this is "bbc world news." the 10 people including two children are reported to have been killed in fresh violence in syria. the man who was said to rule north korea, kim jong in -- kim jong un has m

it is actually irish. the always on the wrong end, i know.my grand parents were from the north of ireland and actually i have irish citizenship. i spent a year back in the 90s as a freelance reporter. i should do this because it largely consisted of drinking a lot of for a year. but there was something interesting that i found about having unusual irish name in ireland. i had to get an identity card. sorry to the irish equivalent of the dnc and they were very organized. they have three lines in a cell according to the first letter of your last name. the first line with last names became a too well. the second line was meant to. and so, with an unusual last name in ireland, there were certain advantages to that. i am the youngest of seven, which is why i'm avoiding eye contact with you right now. i just found it was better to keep my head down. i did grow up in a house of readers. my parents were prolific readers they were sitting around reading the french existentialist or anything. my dad liked michener. i used to say he would read by the po

coming here because the irish -- a story that is almost unknown in america, even to the american irish -- of the defection of american irish immigrants to the mexican side in the mexican-american war. an extraordinary story, well known in mexico but no where are where told -- we almost can't bear a history that starts overlapping. what is the irishman doing in this story about mexico. >> hispanic history month. so everything about all of this stuff -- 30 days and doesn't have anything to do with the other. black history month. right. and i guess the other ten months are for europeans. >> yeah. i wish. i wish we could -- but in fact the other t months are caccuous. >> has writing this book ruin edgarening for you? can you still go out and garden or do you see the world differently? >> i still like to garden. it's helpful i'm not a very good gardener. i have these friend who are really good gardeners and they sort of sneer at my -- but they're not a writer so i'm not expected to be very good at very much. the effort, no, because -- the more you know about something, for me, the more you

that's irish golf to the fullest.e got to experience what they do. >> in the golf channel's big break of ireland. your favorite club? >> i like to say them all of they're all my null one clubs. you've got to be everything in the bag. >> how do you shoot a 100 par at a place like the ranch? the most difficult course in the silicon valley. >> you make putts. my game was on that day. you have those days. >> enjoy your tamale. doctor michael ho yulihan now. why did you decide to come here and participate in this tamale contest? >> bonnie and i started bare foot wine back in 1986. in our laundry room up in sonoma county with no money and no knowledge of the industry. and we built it up to a best seller. and we use no advertising. all word of mouth. so i have a lot of respect for these entrepreneurs who are putting these tamales together today. now we go around the country and we help small businesses get to a point where they can build their business up to realize their equity in their brand. so we enjoy what we're doing h

so will the people of belfast have the luck of the irish? test it out and see what's hiding in those bags. so an intriguing mahogany and brass bound box, and we can see it's got a nameplate on the top. "jane power, edamine." presumably, edamine is the name of the house. i think so. in one of the books, it's inverted commas, so i think it is. and who is jane power? i'm presuming--i haven't the research done-- but i'm presuming she was a doctor... right. because of the literature that's with it. okay. we can see that it's a medicine chest. and what a medicine chest. isn't that fantastic? beautifully complete. and you can see all the glass bottles. and they've been labeled, so we can see there's bicarbonate of soda, boracic acid. and rhubarb something. yeah, rhubarb. what would that have been used for? i don't know. i have no idea. hippo wine. another one. it's terrific that it's got the original contents still with it. it's good. and these we've taken out from the drawer below. and here we can see, this is amyl nitrate. and normally, with a bo

more than 10% of the irish army deserted to join the fight against fascism. on their return, they were punished for serving in the armed forces of the old enemy. dismissed without pay, they were placed on a blacklist, ban them from entering the -- any government job. among them this man. >> the war was over. >> although he served with honor, there was no heroes welcome at home. >> we were treated as traders. and i knew in my heart we did the right thing. we liberated camps. our would do it again all over again. >> at parliament, demand for action. >> what happened was a vindictive measures. i believe the government must resolve this matter and provide a part in to these men. >> there is no mention of the national memorial to its defense forces and those men who deserted to fight fascism in the second world war. the government says it is considering a pardon but for those who survived, time is running out. >> you are watching bbc world news. the headlines this hour. north korea marks the death of kim jong il with his son and successor kim jong un leading the f

this was the seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries. st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in around 1100, an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then, as it does today, over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland.

leading over the irish late in the second half. double figures for the irish. we will finish that with the video accompaniments doctor "sunday night football." the chevron world challenge with a very serious finished for carter woods. at sherwood country club, woods with a birdie. outright lead, 8 under par. woods knows what to do on the greens. he takes his share of the lead right there. on the 17, was one stroke back, two to play. here comes the fist,. it has returned. on the team. -- on the 18. tiger for 3. his first win in two years. and not official. do not think he cares. it is safe to say tigers back. a check of the forecast with tom coming up right after this. >> if you're watching their rain in cleveland -- it you probably saw it earlier. you know what i am saying. thank you. >> it will be here tomorrow evening. re likely tuesday into wednesday. colder temperatures coming in for the second half of the week. more normal temperature for december. it could make a little wet snow. breezy and chile for friday and the the weekend. >> that is it for 11 news a

they weren't irish, they were jewish. the interesting thing about him not speaking in the assembly, smith sat so far back and he was so intimidated and so lost that he went back to new york after his second term and told tom foley, the tammany boss of his district, "i think i might be in over my head." he told him, "i might be able to find you a job, maybe superintendent of buildings in new york city, if you really can't hack it." that appealed to smith's ability to fight. he said i'm not going to admit i can't handle something. so he went back with a mission. he took all the bills every night and read them, every bill introduced, so he could understand the legislature. he didn't have a high school or college degree. he wasn't a lawyer. the assembly at the time was prominently the legal field. smith made sure that he could do that. also since he didn't have any money, he lived on the $1,500 a year plus traveling expenses, he didn't have anything else to do. he didn't go out partying at night. he didn't do bad things. he m

irish up 14-0. they can't hang on to the lead. fourth quarter we go. fsu on offense. manual with a ton of time. green. he makes a catch. that's a nice one. 15-yard touchdown. they beat the fighting irish, 18-14 is the final. turning now to college basketba basketball. the wizards -- excuse me, the nba, the wizards try for their first win of the season against the milwaukee bucs. they are losing eight of the last 11 games. you can see the game at 8:30 on csn plus. college hoops now. last night, fifth ranked maryland women taking on 19 delaware. at comcast center, the terps looking sharp. the first happen, they are good. picked up by bareette. a bucket plus the foul. went for a career high 25 points. she's pumped. second half, maryland with the ball. shot, no good. the putback. the terps clean it up at home defeating delaware, 85-76. maryland remains perfect. the terps conference play against florida state. here is a little bit of good news for virginia coach mike london. a two year contract. his annual salary, $2.1 million. uva plays auburn in the chick-fil-a bowl satu

an irish pop star shocked her fans with a shorter marriage. bigad shaban has those stories and more in today's eye on entertainment. >> reporter: sinead o'connor's latest marriage ended faster than kim kardashian's. ♪ and i see all of you >> the irish singer announced she's splitting with her husband after just 16 days of marriage. o'connor tied the knot in las vegas earlier this month with a therapist she met online. on her web site, she called the wedding a mistake and said her husband was under intense pressure to end their relationship. ♪ >>> as one marriage ends, another is set to begin. r & b star john legend is engaged. his publicity says he proposed to his girlfriend over the holidays in the maldeez. she's a model in last year's "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue. the couple has been dating for four years. no details yet on a wedding date. but we hear john legend is scheduled to perform in las vegas over new year's. ♪ >>> one of england's hottest bands serenaded the county outside london's famous harrod's department store. florence an

one double from nelson bloggers and goals from the first round and of the fun that martins made the irish make of which the lakes and on the was on the scoreboard for the visitors. will host in two weeks' time the greeks have already progress from the group participating taught them away to one despite being reduced to ten men at the end of the first so i draw on the team will december will be enough for the russians to book a place in the playoffs. in other games of let's come with advancing to the not college stage following a one away victory at celtic in glasgow this courts will play organizer for the second group on playoff tickets. crane instrumentalist made it into the playoffs following a convincing four one win against all three inside the end there were no goals in the group game between swedish team almar and the nothing month who should have gone up for group h. with a four three big trip over the civilian side marable was last season's runs up broad goals portugal also confirmed their support in the knockout rounds as they were one zero when it was against birmingham. you're

i wish every american thought about what this irish rock star says about america. >>neil: santa is weeks appear but we have an early christmas gift for you because we are hopping on san to's sleigh and heading to iowa where is substantially colder than the north pole. on tuesday we will broadcast like from sioux city with ron paul and rick perry, and it leads up to the big presidential debate starting at 9:00 p.m. and bret baier is hosting and i will join megyn, and right before the big debate we will be doing jell-o shots. so the questions should be intriguing. youing thinking, wait, i can't do that? watch me. beware of greek leaders bearing gifts. what is happening over there as they worry big time over here. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. [ knock on door ] coo you found it. wow. nice place. ye. [ chuckles ] the family thinks i'm out shipping these. smooth move. you used priority mail flat rate boxes. if it fits, it ships f

because of the catholic priest pedophile scandal it finally went too far and the irish people said we can't support this any longer and they pulled their embassy out of the vatican they were quite ashamed by that now they found the i.m.f. is doing the same thing to the financial system as these pedophile priests are doing to the religious system so i mean there's got to be an outrage i don't understand it i mean is that my my own thought is that underneath the as working as a stockbroker myself for many years i know that one of the keys in understanding these crimes is that the victims of financial fraud like in iceland or ireland or greece they tend to blame themselves is this the case to the icelandic people blame themselves for having been financially raped by the i.m.f. and others you know one of the problems we have a nice one do not think this goes for many of the contras as well is that the press is not free you know it reporting on what's actually going on what the what the reasons are. actually has been going on in the bronx is not as good as one could wish and i mean i think

i was celebrating st patrick's day you know at an irish bar and there were hundreds of people in this bar watching the guy playing tunes on this little guitar and just a couple of us were looking at the small t.v. on the other side of the bar and it was the president announcing something that would change our world forever jake you were there will you ever be the same can americans understand what exactly you went through without having you know the ones who didn't go like you did. now this i mean this this iraq war and this afghanistan war has been the bloodiest war that united states has ever fake not in terms of casualties but in terms of the amount of deployments i mean we've gone on you know i mean i went on two combat tours in to chip in two years and a lot of these guys are in there serving now in their tenth and twelfth and some of them fifteenth tour in both iraq and afghanistan and that amount of trauma is incredible i mean divorce rate in the military right now is that eighty percent we've got an astonishing number seventy percent of the force deployed have gauged in combat