the irish times has on its front page and exchange of letters may break uk backstop impasse. —— week.s is not the mps writing letters to theresa may,

clifford conant of the irish times there meanwhile president trump has canceled his trip to the world economic forum in davos this comes amid the standoff with the democratic led house of representatives and the partial government shutdown has left more than eight hundred thousand federal government workers unpaid for nearly three weeks and trump is refusing to sign a congressional spending bill because it does not include funding for a wall along the border with mexico and some clear how much longer government agencies were main shuttered but the costs are adding up. ah. several hundred government employees spray freezing temperatures in protest against the ongoing trump government shutdown for them this is not politics it's personal. i'm already on a pretty tight budget living in d.c. is very expensive affording an apartment in d.c. is pretty expensive and you know not knowing how long this is going to last i've really had to budget as much as i can and just say ok how do i not spend anything for weeks at a time because every day i don't know when the shutdown is going to end i've t

have a big big impact for them to create clifford clifford cohen and try to correspond for the irish times thank you very much. and all eyes are on the u.s. dollar following remarks by federal reserve chairman jerome powell that the central bank there could be patient with plans to raise interest rates now powell had previously suggested the fed would raise rates at least twice this year despite fears this could throw the u.s. into recession for hikes last year june unprecedented angry response from president trump who accused the fed of threatening the country's economic boom powell says the fed won't be swayed by politics. and. that's it for us a business you're watching news of course have more for you in the next hour and you can always find more online dot com and dot com slash business i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us. on. quadriga international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week as the new year gets underway germany's find out shows you don't put three. quadriga next on d. w. . and he's made even stuff. was the youngest to put it to make if you'

that was clifford coonan of the irish times speaking to us from beijing now over to washington where all eyes are on the u.s. dollar following remarks by federal reserve chairman powell that the central bank could be patient with plans to raise interest rates power had previously suggested the fed would raise interest rates at least twice this year that despite concerns that it could throw the u.s. into recession the four hikes last year drew an unprecedented angry response from president trump who accused the fed of threatening the country's economic boom powell says the fed won't be swayed by politics. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. a court in myanmar has dismissed an appeal by two reuters journalists jailed for seven years the two were convicted in connection with an investigation into atrocities committed by the military against him rohingya muslims the reporters say they're innocent and were framed by police. president donald trump has visited the u.s. border with mexico to press his case for a wall to prevent immigrants from crossing the border illeg

related to chinese markets earlier i spoke to clifford china correspondent for the irish times in beijing and i asked him if the u.s. is aggressive push for similar access as part of trade talks might pay off. it seems that it could it's china isn't reacting places extremely as people told graham it is not going to have the reaction that people anticipated but it's stepney having an impact so this gives and the u.s. a lot of leverage in the in the into trade talks and if eventually they do come to a resolution as i think there are signs growing that it they could come to a resolution soon and this would be obviously of benefit to european firms who are also hoping that some of the issues that the u.s. wants addressed are also are also dealt with because they will benefit european firms too that again was clifford cohen and china correspondent for the irish times speaking to us from beijing. well all eyes are on the u.s. dollar following remarks by federal reserve chairman jerome powell that the central bank could be patient with plans to raise interest rates powell had previously suggeste

we begin with the irish times, who report officials from the european commission are due in dublin nexteal brexit, as preparations for a british crash—out intensify across the eu. the gulf news says us stocks have jumped, as apple led a rally in technology shares combined with an upbeat forecast ahead of the federal reserve's monetary policy decision. you know the decision was no change in rates. the telegraph leads with a launch of a campaign against technology giants who the paper says should face a statutory duty of care to protect children from online harm due to the "lawless wild west" of the internet. 0n the bbc news website, fashion retailers such as amazon, tk maxx and missguided have been described by the environmental audit committee as being among the "least engaged" in sustainable fashion and labour market initiatives. and finally the french may find little to celebrate on hearing the news that there may be evidence that champagne was invented by the english. pierre—emmanuel taittinger, the boss of taittinger champagne, said the drink originally came about accidentally when

the irish times has on its front page and exchange of letters may break uk backstop impasse. —— week.is not the mps writing letters to theresa may, this is letters between the eu and officials in the uk. this is quite interesting circular it is a sort of legal mechanic. it is meant to pacify. the difficulty as it is trying to pacify both sides of the issue. the eu has said, very clearly, they are not about to reopen the legal text of the withdrawal agreement. so they will not go back and revise any of that wording. what we are trying to do and what we are seeing them do is decide letters to try to address what is in the text without going in and reopening that can of worms. however, they have the same challenge they always have, howdy, with up with a set of documents where they are in the letters are the actual body of the agreement themselves who will appease those who don't want to see a backstop and those who want a seat for reassurance. this is all in the run—up to next week's crucial vote which the prime minister says will go ahead regardless. some people say the boat should be p

the irish times, it is talking about eu officials going to dublin next week to get ireland ready for no deal. i would assume they have already thought about this in ireland will stop they have thought this through. indeed. i have spoken to a lot of customers in the food and agriculture side and they have been worried about this for the past few yea rs. worried about this for the past few years. a worried about this for the past few yea rs. a loss worried about this for the past few years. a loss of irish exports come straight to the uk, it is their largest export partner that a lot of. they are concerned. particularly the food and agriculture produces a food indeed. it is not as they're concerned, we food indeed. it is not as they're concerned , we are food indeed. it is not as they're concerned, we are concerned in the united kingdom. our authorities, concerned, we are concerned in the united kingdom. ourauthorities, we have been told by the prime minister, have been preparing for every single eventuality. there is not a queue of trucks and massive tailbacks and huge delay is, but t

we begin with the irish times, which says a formal exchange of letters between the eu and the uk, stipulatingrseded by a comprehensive trade deal, is to be examined by officials as a way to break the brexit impasse at westminster. the ft leads with reports us and chinese negotiators will meet today for trade talks after coming under mounting pressure to reach a deal. the move comes as fears grow of a bruising economic slowdown which has rattled global markets. in the south china morning post, this year's ces show is under way in las vegas — although traditionally tech giant apple will not be placing a giant booth at the technology trade show. the company has had to make a sales warning after fewer customers in china have been buying their signature iphone. the times focusses on the uk national health service and the news that all children with cancer will have their genetic code sequenced to guide treatment under a new ten—year plan for the future of the nhs. and finally, the golden globes are here with us again. usa today has all the winners on its webpage. here we have a photo of bodyguard

the irish times, the headlined the government strongly usage —— rejecting the border.ying no—deal brexit, hard border. hear that the eu is now saying no-deal brexit, hard border. is seems like a bit of a flip in a comment. it took back the irish officials because it was kind of a

the irish times, the headlined the government strongly usage —— rejecting the border.t come as a bit of a shock to hear that the eu is now saying no—deal brexit, hard border. hear that the eu is now saying no-deal brexit, hard border. is seems like a bit of a flip in a comment. it took back the irish officials because it was kind of a comment, what happens to the border if there is no deal. it quickly came back that we will have a hard border in ireland which is of course one of the biggest issues around brexit, one of the biggest issues we have with the whole situation. of course this story is as how taken aback they were to hear that after all of these negotiations, after everything that's been going on, to behold ——to be told that of course, we willjust have a hard border. what downing street is saying is there will be no ha rd street is saying is there will be no hard border and everything will be done to make sure it doesn't happen. i don't think anyone truly believe that there will be a hard border in ireland but of course itjust brings back the fear of a no—deal

right foot up early on if you were offended by the irish times i think this is astonishing this is this is what has happened to our country something has happened the debate over how britain's departure from the e.u. should look or whether it should take place until now has turned rather ugly this is the palace of westminster is where british politicians work and the area around it is a public street as you can see anybody can walk down here that can be demonstrators as well and it's not unusual on any given day to see a politician maybe a member of parliament or even a senior minister simply walk out of here and towards abingdon green here where they might be taking part in a t.v. debate or an interview but that practice is increasingly under threat as the atom. spearhead turns increasing in time over the impending gregg's that day and the fact that there is no agreed on election in place this was an a subaru trying to leave after the interview. that you are going to lose it whenever you see the politicians aren't the only ones getting abuse from agitated members of the public sky news

declan the brand is the columnist for the irish news under former political correspondent of the irish times joins me now from dublin good to have you with us on the program how likely is it that this will become law. it's unlikely it's not completely ruled out but it's unlikely the government is saying that it is illegal for. irish government to take such action that we are restrained by a european law that this is the advice being given by the attorney general eric government now there are other legal opinions to the contrary but looks as if it will it will not be passed into law at least on this occasion of course while israel likes to accuse everyone else of anti semitic behavior when the issue really here is about the rights of the palestinians and how ireland recognizes them to what sort of sort of political and diplomatic fallout do you think there might be between sort of irish israeli relations. well it could be serious i noticed that there one of the right wing israelis parties is already calling for the closure of the irish embassy in in dublin and if the if the bill goes through

the irish times, trump/pelosi relations hit a new low and the guardian puts it, nancy pelosi hands donaldn the art of politics saying trump delights in nicknames and refers to nancy a sign he may have met his match. >>> as president trump looks to senator majority leader mitch mcconnell to bring this to a vote, democrats called it dead on arrival. joining me, one of the first two native american women elected to congress. congresswomen, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. you are in a border state. is there anything in the president's proposal you see as being a potential even a possible building block towards a deal, or do you agree with other democrats that this is a non-starter? >> you know, in my district, people are concerned about jobs. they want equality public education for their kids. they want health care. the wall does nothing to address those issues, and so as you can imagine, the overwhelming majority of folks in my district, they do not want a wall, and i hope that we can get beyond that. >> we're in a position now where the government is shut down precisely over the is

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polish foreign minister came out and said hey guys what do you think about putting a five year time limit on the irish backstop would that be enough to get the british parliament behind this deal and could we agree to that and he was immediately shut up the irish foreign minister said no but the german foreign minister said no not going to put a time limit on something that is a worst case scenario in the first place so that doesn't seem to be breaking the unanimity on the iris backstop so yeah they've been holding up pretty well and i don't think the reason may is going to be able to to to break this nobody wants to reopen that withdrawal agreement today shows and brussels budget mass in london thank you both. israel's ministry says its jets have struck iranian military targets in syria including it says munitions facilities and intelligence sites you know it's meant as a red departure from israel's notably ambiguous statements concerning its activities in syria the strikes were in response to rocket that iranian forces fired towards israel on sunday which was itself a response to israel's air raid i

and this was the first time that the irish people had taken a stand on any issue since a steady had begun says to troika ride to toes in the not. knowing. the make up. i think for some people it probably was the straw that broke the camel's back are you know out of a sudden move in the street together. or are there are some. you know this is see we're only a little bit of power you can call and funk to try but you can stand to thank your folks and there's a polar and it like it might be traders and we're still not finished but people are still resisting this because it is the one thing that they have power and they're never going to give them. was that. we knew then this is being something different to something it's about water forced to foremost but it's also about much more than war it's about to hurt to be trailed the surrender of sovereignty. and the redistribution of our west upwards and their debt downwards. there is a problem with the leaks and we couldn't find them until we have brought in some measures so if i see my solution suddenly it's this a million liters a month for a cou

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after mps had rejected an attempt to water down the irish backstop, it was time for the long—awaitedtion. in the name of the prime minister, as many as are of that opinion say aye. aye! of the contrary, no. no! division! as mps filed through the division lobbies, some risked the wrath of the speaker by taking photographs. the result of the vote wasn't unexpected but the scale of the defeat surprised some mps. the ayes to the right, 202, the noes to the left, 432. mr speaker, the house has spoken and the government will listen. it is clear that the house does not support this deal but tonight's vote tells us nothing about what it does support. nothing about how... nothing about how or even if it intends to honour the decision of the british people took in the referendum parliament decided to hold. the prime minister offered cross—party talks and parliamentary time for a vote of no confidence in her government. every day that passes without this issue being resolved means more uncertainty, more bitterness, and more rancour. the government have heard what the house has said tonight but

table parliamentarians narrowly passed a government backed amendment to change the irish back stop it buys may some time but the challenges remain clear there is limited appetite for such a change in the negotiating it will not be. pushing contrast to a fortnight ago this house has made it clear what it needs to approve a withdrawal agreement may's chances of achieving that appears slim the e.u. says the backstop plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic isn't top three negotiation . i think the backstop is what his insurance and insurance needed. to be one hundred percent sure did to raise no. between you and i we should probably also the backstop is. president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president mccrum lent his voice in support of no renegotiation. as the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable . the e.u. brics

is it too late, for example, to put a time limit on the so—called backstop, the solution to the irishld you accept a time limit? it's up to the british government to ask for those delays or clarifications, and then it's up to the head of states to decide on the demand coming from the uk and coming from the british government. but i just want to record the french position. we have been negotiating during many months on that deal. we have a fair deal, we need to stick to the fair deal. if there is a need for clarification, of course we are always open to a clarification on the deal, and if there is a need for further delay, it's up to the british government to ask for that further delay, to explain to us why it could be useful to have that further delay. what if the reason given by the british government for a further delay were to be a general election in the uk, or the idea of a second referendum, another vote for the british public on the question of whether to leave the european union? how would the eu react to that? i don't want to speculate on that. i don't want to make too much s

irish a time when the people in very large numbers, decided they wanted to curve out a dinner the -- curve out and identity for themselves as a nation. sticking to our own goals, in our own way, within our own system. which is also in a way a kind of a bid for civil rights at that time. been off course, it also coincides with the 20th anniversary of the good friday agreement. and it seems to me, anyway, my message for today would be that we should use of the civil rights movement and the memory of that 50 years of those events 50 years ago as a reminder of what life was like in the island of ireland. and perhaps the lack of respect for civil rights in both jurisdictions, or at least the narrow definition of them and the civil rights movement -- it was probably the first time, by of way, independent history people in the south actually took an active interest and were actually galvanized and excited about what was happening in someern ireland because solid links between struggles there and struggles that happened in our jurisdiction, as well. so i think it is a reminder of how far we'

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more about the issues surrounding the irish backstop, i'm joined now by the london editor of the irish timesbackstop as possibly the key to unlock this store, this brexit door. how do you see that? we have a suggestion from the polish and minister that maybe there could be a five year time limit on that. that might be the key. is that a go or is that kind of not very likely? is not a goal right now, because michel barnier, and the irish foreign minister, both shot it down right away. he thought his polish colleague was trying to be helpful but it really wasn't going to be helpful. something like that is the kind of idea that certainly right now is not going to happen. i think if you were to get very late in the negotiations, i've heard some people in brussels talking about a very long sunset clause, not five years but 15 years. i'm not sure how well that will go down with the dup. do you still think that is the key? the backstop, that issue? i think the backstop, that issue? i think the backstop is the key but lots of people in dublin and brussels this morning, they feel that the prime minis

nearly passed a government backed amendment to renegotiate the controversial irish backstop the us can buy as may some time but the challenges remain clear the point there isn't it appetite for such a change in the even negotiating it will not be i thought. i was in contrast to a fortnight ago this house has made it clear what it needs to approve the withdrawal of. chances of achieving that appear slim the e.u. says the backstop plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland isn't up for renegotiation the german foreign minister said berlin was willing to continue talks with britain but its position was clear. it is highly unlikely that that agreement will be renegotiated let alone the backstop be put into question what we want to prevent everything that leads to a border between northern ireland the backstop is already a compromise e.u. leader john told you one that the vote in the british parliament to demand changes had increased the risk of a no deal breaks it. that we've remains the best. policy. to opinion and said so and we said so in this. missive so after the firs

the front page of the financial times, ideas of the negotiating the irish backstop already rebuffed byl barnier. they are not going to budge, they made that clear. is there any suggestion from people you have been talking to today that if no deal stays on the table that there could be some resignations? as far as i know definitely there will be cabinet resignations if we had towards no deal. the vast majority of mps and a significant number of cabinet ministers and junior ministers will not allow us this kamikaze idea of crashing out of the eu with no protection kamikaze idea of crashing out of the eu with and nrotection for! kamikaze idea of crashing out of the eu with and nrot businesses, no country and our businesses, no protection for our citizens and the ordinary way of life that we have. a lot of people have the idea that no deal is like being in a negotiation and you decide you do not want to pay the price and you will be fine. that is not the status quo, it is giving up the way of life we have now, the business methodology, the way that manufacturing works and even art tap wate

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we agree to that and he was immediately shut up the irish foreign minister said no but the german foreign minister said nope not going to put a time limit on something that is a worst case scenario in the first place so that doesn't seem to be breaking the unanimity on the irish backstop so yeah they've been holding up pretty well and i don't think the reason may is going to be able to to to break this nobody wants to reopen that withdrawal agreement today shows and brussels bigot mass in london thank you for. business use with stephen beard news emerging from the world economic forum in davos switzerland that's right phil there may be no immediate threat of recession but the outlook for the global economy is worse than it has been for a long time that's according to international monetary fund chief christine legarde speaking at the world economic forum today in davos now the i.m.f. now down its global growth projection for the year to three point five percent from three point seven percent the united nations expects even lower growth cooling chinese economy is among the biggest global wrists look are told the doubles audience an

nearly passed a government backed amendment to renegotiate the controversial irish backstop the us can buy as may some time but the challenges remain clear oh of course there is limited appetite for such a change in the negotiating it will not be i thought. i thought in contrast to a fortnight ago this house has made it clear what it needs to approve a withdrawal agreed may's chances of achieving that appear slim the e.u. says the backstop the plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland isn't up for renegotiation. e.u. leader john warned that the vote in the british parliament to demand changes had increased the risk of a no deal breaks it. to review all equipment remains the best and only view policy . through opinion in sight so you know. we said so in december recent so after the first mover new from vote in the commons in general. the debate you know as of comments yesterday do not change tips so we've. given it was it because we think he was bricks negotiator michelle bundy also defending the existing deal to recently is poised to travel to brussels on what could b

different they really don't want the whole deal so this is not only about the irish back stop and maybe putting a little time limit or some other to make sure that this is about more this is about an entirely different deal that they have line breaks to to use really want and they have the have months to sort of increase and intensify their position and they've talked to each other up to the point that they now say even a new deal would be better than cherries amazed ill and so they are pushing for something else and it's the pressure that really she has to some of this case and the problem is because she doesn't have a party behind her even if she now when those she she will be still in government she will be in office but not in power she can't really do anything on her own and she can't really deal with the opposition on the other hand because she has a new hand sort of redrawn her red lines during the day today and says no we won't have a customs union that's not what people voted for so where is the middle ground here we from this point in time we absolutely can see. and so of course two sides to a nego

irish backstop. it buys may some time, but the challenges remain clear. >> there is limited appetite for such a changen the eu and negotiating it will not be easy. but in contrast to a fortnight ago, this house has made it clear what it needs to approve a withdrawal agreement. reporter: may's chances of achieving that appear slim. the eu says the backstop, a plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, is not up for renegotiation. eu leader jean-claude juncker warned that the vote in the british parliament to demand changes had increased the risk of a no-deal brexit. >> the withdrawal agreement remains the best and only deal possible. the european union said so in november. we said so in december. we said so after the first meaningful vote in the commons in january. the debate and votes in the house of commons yesterday do not change that. the withdrawal agreement will not be renegotiated. reporter: with the eu's brexit negotiator also defending the existing deal, theresa may is poised to travel to brussels in what could be mission impossible. she may come back wit

lee override codes during question time in the irish parliament said that all the withdrawal agreementtion. here have made the point here that different options have been talked about for two years here, like technological solutions to the border, they were looked at, considered and discounted as unworkable. the irish government is asking what proposals britain could bring that could act as a realistic alternative to the backstop. they are still insisting that the backstop is the only way to resolve this question, to achieve the aim of keeping the border in its present state, that is largely invisible to the people crossing it. as long as you have two fundamentally different positions, with britons in the backstop has to be be negotiated, ireland saying it can't be, it is ha rd to ireland saying it can't be, it is hard to see how this diplomatic middle can be resolved. thank you. we will pick up again after the headlines and we will have some sports news as well. but now... time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes. earlier today we had snow, particularly in north—west england.

irish border. that's if there's no final trade deal ready, after any brexit transition time.ternative, but brussels says there isn't one. back home, of course, brexiteers and the dup say checks could happen away from the border. trade could be tracked with new systems, new technology. getting round the backstop might, just might, unlock a deal but brussels says the technology doesn't exist. and even if the eu gave ground, and there's no sign of that, reopening the brexit divorce deal could open up new problems. spain could renew its claims on gibraltar. france might veto any new deal. the eu is clear it would shift position, if mrs may went for a brexit closer to europe, staying under eu customs rules, say, but that's not a true brexit, according to mrs may. and, anyway, just imagine the reaction of brexiteers back at westminster. mrs may will be back in the commons in around a fortnight and it could be tough. if she can't win concessions from the eu, brexiteers are still threatening to vote down her deal. other critics, on all sides, could well try again to take control of b

. >> paul ryan this week was pushing for more visas for irish immigrants. at a time where we have thrown asylum seekers away. we have people who have suffered from manmade and natural disasters out of the country. i mean, they have been -- the republican party has enabled donald trump from before he was elected and they have enabled him in just about every single endeavor or lack of endeavor that he is under. >> we should say, i think that mitch mcconnell and paul ryan are absolutely complicit in everything, but specifically around puerto rico. >> yes. >> this is really a thing i find shocking. again, i don't want to sound naive, but just at a basic level, moral concerns aside, what happened and why? what happened and why? there is no -- you cannot pull the big comprehensive definitive report of what happened, what went wrong or what went right in puerto rico does it does not exist because no one gives -- >> by the way, this is one of the things that hopefully the new house of representatives that will be under democratic control will investigate. the other thing we

likely to make clear they'll only back the prime minister's deal if the backstop is time—limited or removed. but the irishke the outlook for any agreement with the eu decidedly gloomy. listen to what people are saying in europe. the european parliament will not ratify a withdrawal agreement that doesn't have a backstop in it, it's as simple as that. and this government minister expects the eu to change its position when it considers the consequences of no—deal. the whole purpose of the backstop is to avoid a hard border, which risks being a consequence of a no—deal brexit. so the idea that the european union and the irish government would drive this process to a no—deal exit — that is not going to happen. if the government was to ask you to work longer hours and take fewer holidays, that would hardly sound like a vote—winner. but that's what mps themselves have been asked to do as a signal of the prime minister's determination to push through brexit by the agreed date of 29 march. but there are some influential politicians here at westminster who are pushing for a delay in our departure from the eu, unles

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instance egress simply an openly said if the sale of his heart breaks that thing and to no irish backstop was a time limit is going to change that and what about the willingness in brussels barber you know have to remind our viewers you've spent many years covering the european union you know what the temperature is in brussels is the willingness there as great as it has been these past few years to work with the u.k. to facilitate a breakthrough or do you what about the chance of a second reform in the been keeping the u.k. in the european union what does brussels want to see. i mean there is of course a certain willingness to carry on working risk the british side in order to avoid no deal heartbreaks it and somehow figure out some sort of last little shred self concept sions that could be given to britain in order to help treason may get this deal over the hurdles but from this point in time and on this day all this doesn't look very hopeful on the other hand a second referendum of course the e.u. would be willing to give the time for that because that seems the only large a kill and one is good

morning, the sun said the will support the prime minister's plan when she and accepts an irish backstop, if there is a time." rishaad: our reporter is in singapore. david, the risk is still skewed to the upside, and given what mario draghi was saying yesterday, it looks like the pound could be appreciating again against the euro. >> yes, certainly against the euro. we have positive sentiment on the pound. some deal may be reached, or at least an extension. perspective, risks are to the downside not surprising given the data has been disappointing lately. even though we know the ecb will hike rates through summer, if the data continues, how long with the raised hike be postponed? we tend to see weakness in the u.s. side, and strength on the pound side based on optimism going forward. david: right, speaking of going forward short-term, any specific resistant levels we should be looking ahead to encase we breach above that and see more momentum? , the move above the 200-day average, looking at the next resistance, the november high, then other resistance through the october and september high, 132.98, so it c

time. the irish had dominated big city machines especially in the northeast and they have done so with a hilarityd they had ex-cuded a lot of new immigrants. a lot of other working class had frenchn with them so the canadians became stanch republicans in rhode island partly because of rivalries with the irish both within the catholic church and within politics. and it's in other parts of the country as well. not just new england. but now these groups are starting to make common cause. an african-american paper, they editorialized "the klan is opposed to the catholics, jews or negros hold a practice. let ooh the real americans down such a doctrine. >> it's catholic -- mostly catholic readers that republicans were worrying about. an negros. one of smith's nose most prominent supporters in new york and around the northeast and eventually nationally was one of the best known right buys. who said that by going after smith as a catholic, his opponents were going after the americanism of diverse different groups including jewish-americans. and re's something else, that they understand that these are abo

it very much looks like we won't be seeing kevin spacey back on the screens big or small any time soon irish raider reporting thank you. now it was a night to surprise us at the golden globe awards in l.a. a number of the movies fancied by the critics fall short of expectations but we hear absolutely was one of the winners a biopic about the late freddie mercury singer of the british rock band queen another was the wife starring veteran actor glenn close the night of high drama in beverly hills. romney model at. the top price came as a true surprise. the jury chose bohemian rhapsody as best drama for romney male the expert trail of queen front man freddie mercury his performance also earned him the best actor in drama some people feel belongs to thank you to freddie mercury for giving me the. time i love you you do for me this is. the reason we're. going to be there in a glenn close was named as best actress in a drama for her role and the wife. and it came. close appeared stunned when her name was called and her deeply personal except in speech marked the emotional high point of the night.