the head of ryanair, michael 0'leary once said he'd rather cut off his own hand than recognise unionstransport correspondent richard westcott explains. it isa it is a staggering turnaround, for someone it is a staggering turnaround, for someone who was always known as one of the real tough guys of the business world. two years michael 0'leary had said he will not basically recognise unions, he would not let pilots negotiate three unions. he was saying it only on tuesday when press release came out from the company saying "we will not recognise unions. and this morning out of the blue they did an about—face and said they will recognise unions under some circumstances. they are facing industrial action is from pilots, a stark fashion extract in ireland and in portugal next week. you may remember that they have had problems with pilots before, ryanair, it was not that long ago that i was standing right here telling you about the 20,000 flights they had to cancel across the winter because they messed up their pilot roster will stop that affected 700,000 passengers, people who had to reboo

correspondent richard westcott is at stansted airport, and richard, the head of ryanair, michael 0'learyhan recognise unions so this is a bit of a turnaround. yes, he doesn't mince his words, the boss of rya nair, yes, he doesn't mince his words, the boss of ryanair, michael 0'leary. i think it is a staggering turnaround, for someone who is always known as one of the real tough guys of the business world. for years, one of the real tough guys of the business world. foryears, michael 0'leary said he would not basically recognise unions, won't let pilots negotiate through unions. he was saying it only on tuesday when a press release came out from the company saying, we will not recognise unions. this morning out of the blue they basically did an about turn and said we have changed our mind, we will recognise unions under some circumstances. why have they dot—mac? they are facing industrial action from pilots, a strike in ireland and portugal next week. you may remember they have had problems with pilots before, ryanair. it wasn't long ago when i was standing right here telling you about th

so for years, michael 0'leary had said he will not basically recognise unions, he would not let pilotsying it only on tuesday, when a press release came out from the company saying we will not recognise unions. and then this morning, out of the blue, they basically did an about—turn and said we will recognise unions under some circumstances. they are facing industrial actions from pilots, a strike in ireland, and in portugal next week. you may remember that they have had problems with pilots before, ryanair. it was not that long ago that i was standing right here telling you about the 20,000 flights they had to cancel all across the winter, because they messed up their pilot roster. well, that affected 700,000 passengers, people who had to rebook flights or make other plans. and so what about that strike next week, on wednesday? well, there is a bit of a twist tonight with that. so the union has said that they are happy to call off the strike, but they want to meet ryanair first. they're not going to call off the strike until they can actually meet ryanair face—to—face. ryanair says it

all that uncertainty and get home for christmas but it seems that not everyone was convinced michael leary had really changed his tune germany's pilot union cockpit says they're calling for a four hour morning strike on ryanair flights in germany this friday or if they carry through with the threat it would be the first strike in ryanair history. is donald trump's tax bill really a christmas gift to the american people is how the u.s. president puts it well first of all trump probably one sided into lower until next month that a delay potentially painful spending cuts until after the midterm elections and then economists say low and middle income and as will likely be bad the greatest burden while most benefits go to the wealthy and corporations. the business world is celebrating the massive tax cuts and many companies are passing along some of the savings to their employees boeing says it will provide an additional three hundred million dollars for job training facility upgrades and charitable giving wells fargo is boosting its minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour and donating four hun

the head of ryanair, michael 0'leary, once said he'd rather cut off his own hand than recognise unionst's a staggering turnaround actually, for someone who was always known as one of the real tough guys of the business world. so for years michael 0'leary had said that he will not basically recognise unions, he won't let pilots negotiate through unions and he was saying it only on tuesday when a press release came out from the company saying, we will not recognise unions. and then this morning, out of the blue, they basically did an about turn, said, 0k, we have changed our minds. we will recognise unions under some circumstances. why have they done that? well, they are facing industrial action from pilots, a strike in ireland and in portugal next week. now, you may remember they have had problems with pilots before, ryanair, it wasn't that long ago when i was standing here right here telling you about the 20,000 flights that they had to cancel all across the winter because they messed up their pilot roster. well, that affected 700,000 passengers, people who had to rebook flights or mak

all that uncertainty i get home for christmas but it seems that not everyone was convinced my cool leary had really changed his tune germany's pilot union cockpit says they're calling for a four hour morning strike on ryanair flights in germany this friday or if they carry through with the threat it would be the first strike in ryanair history. and we've got the union spokesman here on. thanks for joining us so where did all go wrong can you give us some sort of explanation as to what happened to your campaign for union recognition at ryanair which you had just managed to clinch i thought. yeah that's what we thought as well but when we travelled through dublin yesterday and met the ryanair fish oils we found out that the first thing they wanted to do is to decide and to dictate even with whom they want to and negotiate and with whom not they said two of our five goshen team negotiation team members were not of their liking so they said well those those two guys have to leave or the other one could stay and that's not how. they didn't like the look at them oh well basically problem. they

the head of ryanair, michael 0'leary once said he'd rather cut off his own hand than recognise unions as our transport correspondent richard westcott explains. i think it is a staggering turnaround for someone who is always known as one of the tough guys of the business world. for years, michael 0'leary said he would not basically recognise unions, he wouldn't let pilots negotiate through unions. he was saying it only on tuesday when a press release came out from the company saying, we will not recognise unions. this morning, they did an about turn, change their minds and said they will recognise unions under certain circumstances. they are facing industrial action from pilots, strike in ireland and portugal next week. they have had problems with pilots before, rya nair. week. they have had problems with pilots before, ryanair. it wasn't that long ago that i was standing here telling you about the 20,000 flights they had to cancel across the winter because they messed up the winter because they messed up the pilot's roster. people had to read book flights and make other plans. what ab

. >> you were friends with timothy leary to break him out of the institute.iced in the financial times this piece of a new generation of san francisco is working in silicon valley that believes lsd makes them more creative but it is in a micro dose which is just funny coming full circle about breaking them out. >> i have a problem with people who experiment but there may be an odd definition of creativity. >> it says they took their cue from steve jobs who said lsd was one of the two or three most important things he did in his life. >> i do feel that he felt that. i had never met tim but the first time it became a big deal in public life so with virtual reality i would have been interested in the 80s. to say this is the next wave of course he had never seen that but i started so we had these little magazines that we publish to say it doesn't do anybody any good to try to treat technology as an outlaw. or treat drugs the same way. it is there another way to do this? he said we should meet and i said great he had this voice like the gentle american irish voice

. >> so you were friends with timothy leary and once had to help break him out of the initial institutenoticed in the financial times the other day this whole piece about how a new generation of san francisco's working in silicon valley believe that lsd makes them more creative but they are taking it in micro doses i guess, which is a funny thing coming full circle to your story about breaking them out. >> i have no problem if people want to experiment with micro dosages or something but there might be an audit definition. >> says they took their cue from steve jobs and that it was one of the two or three most important things he did in his life. >> i'm sureng he felt that becae it was important to him. i have never met tim but he started speaking about virtual reality and for the first time it became a big deal in public life and there was a wave of interest i guess it would have been in the 80s. he said this is the new electronic lsd. i started kind of criticizing him in some places we had little magazines so i wrote some pieces of saying it doesn't do anybody any good to try to treat

ray leary is in sydney and has long been campaigning for the so—called forgotten australians to be heardittle bit of your background? yes. from the age of about eight i was taken into state custody for being uncontrollable and for my mum and dad not being able to ca re for my mum and dad not being able to care for me or provide food for me, so care for me or provide food for me, so they took the away until the age of 15. it all started from the first institution i went into. the officer asked me to go on and feed a donkey, what we call the furnace, to feed coal into the furnace to make the showers hot. during that period of time, when i was in three coal room, he told me to take off my t—shirt and pants and told me to perform oral sex on him and this is when he was eight years old. you've obviously been through a desperate time and you've come through a very long journey to get to this point. what does this moment mean for you in terms of what it is laying out there, the way it's been received. the royal commission does what all forgotten australians at any victims over here has suffered

a good home for christmas but it seems that not everyone was convinced my cool leary had really changed his tune germany's pilot union cockpit says they're calling for a four hour morning strike on ryanair flights in germany this friday or if they carry through with the threat it would be the first strike in ryanair history. and we've got the union spokesman here on. thanks for joining us so where did all go wrong can you give us some sort of explanation as to what happened to your campaign for union recognition at ryanair which you had just managed to clinch i thought. yeah that's what we thought as well but when we traveled to dublin yesterday and met the rhino officials we found out that the first thing they wanted to do is to decide in to dictate even with whom they want to and negotiate and with whom not they said two of our five big ocean team negotiation team members were not of their liking so they said well those those two guys have to leave or the other one could stay and that's not how. they didn't like the look at them oh well basically. they said they are in a legal dispute

cancel thousands of flights through much to two troubles it has meant is a major blow for ana michael leary famously said he'd cut off his own arms before he would work with unions. today is international migrants day and lagos in nigeria leads the world in urban migration the mega city already has about eighteen million people and attracts thousands of new migrants every day the swelling population is putting the city under pressure. lagos the place you go to follow your dreams or at least in search of a better life thousands of move here every day. one of them is nora she came here at eight months ago to sell children's clothes little sissy in the city of a button that says there is not any concept in they. just bring it on and whatever you have make it good on people by. the influx of people has left the city bursting at the seams. congestion is a huge problem for many people commuting takes up a large portion of their day. i.t. specialist kamikaze has to get off the crack of dawn to get to work on time. it is that standard is about twenty kilometer. voigt sometimes it takes about two to

all that uncertainty and get home for christmas but it seems that not everyone was convinced michael leary had really changed his tune germany's pilot union cockpit says they're calling for a four hour morning strike on ryanair flights in germany this friday or if they carry through with the threat it would be the first strike in ryanair history. it's police and their device bucko financial correspondent in frankfurt and how do you read the situation does o'leary i mean what's he doing here he said he was going to recognize the unions and suddenly pull out of talks. while he was recognizing the irish doing it's not the german ones he actually was recognizing the german ones as well because they initiated talks but who knows what then happened apparently he didn't lie to the commissioners from the union side and then they cancel those talks on short notice and that's why we have that escalation now with the first try for ryan air in germany but i think he has to actually be prepared for more to come because the german unions as we know about all that's very special pilot unions they are pla

so, i'm hiring this guy who is a professional timothy leary impersonator. i give him some. money.on't with to do it. the thing i have to show up at the start. they know me there, you know what i mean. here is what i want you to do. bring your car, i want you to smuggle y the, this other, the y who is going to impersonate me in your trunk. you will smuggle me out. but they have a guard gate. you have to keep a really straight face. can you handle it? this is esolin this is not east berlin. this is the stasi. guysys in thai died t-shirts. we got him out, that is how i met him, yeah. >> there is something weird, recently a story in the "times" about the esolin institute which is having this huge comeback by these, you know, millionaires and billionaires who have decided that they want to try to find their soul. so they're drinking kombucha and finding their souls and, yeah. >> you know i still, i still know michael and bill murphy who run esolin there is whole new generation of silicon valley people. it is going to change hands. looks like moving from the original sort of transperson

everybody is very leary. we just drove through the 101 where you just mentioned. right along the coast. you have one side the hill. the fire has burned down to the water. they've stopped it there. this is the concern now, dana. >> dana: all right, adam. please take care of yourself. director chris wray defends the imparti impartiality of robert mueller. and what would happen if president trump fired robert mueller, the special counsel. >> dana: chris wray fielding tough questions this morning. republicans drilling him on the integrity of the special counsel investigation into russian interference in the special election. director wray defended his agency. >> i am emphasizing in every audience that i can that our decisions need to be made based on something other than the facts and the law and our rules and processes and core values not based on any political considerations by any sides of the aisle. the only loyalty i take is the one that i took when i was sworn in to the job, which is a loyalty to the constitution of the united states. >> dana: let's bring in kar

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knowing what is going on now and the concerns everywhere but any problems that might pop up, people get learythey give very, very leery and nervous. >> absolutely. especially on the eve of christmas and the holiday season. to have an attack on new york city, which is one of the most tourist-driven cities during the holidays. it is unnerving, but the nypd and the fbi have it while underhand with the prelighting -- anything christmas and the holidays and the end of the ceremony at times greater will go on without a hitch. >> neil: people get nervous, they figure, i do not know if i want to go with things that are going on. >> i would tell them, listen. if they want to change our way of life, but we need to continue our way of life by going shopping or seeing a show, we will visit new york and go about our everyday lives. do what you have to do. >> neil: i know that, and it is good advice and know what you are saying, but help us out, manny. you have eyes on the back your head. what you look for when you're walking with your family or loved ones or friends, what you look for? >> be alert and be

next guest, retired navy seal with his wife, their inventions entice shark tank investors, kevin o learyrk tank gang love their idea and now they're racking up big time sales this christmas with a product of their own invention. retired navy seal eli crane and his wife jen, they're the co- founders of bottle breacher. >> thanks for having us. >> liz: this is a veteran owned and operated company. let's get to bottle breacher and talk about what you make. what does breacher mean? >> so it's an operator whose job is to get us into whatever target we're trying to get into whether it's an airplane, a building a vehicle. >> liz: you bust through the doors? >> however you can get in there explosively mechanically and we wanted the name of the company to have something to do with my past and so we bottle breacher you've got to get into the beer somehow why not breach it right? >> liz: why not breach it immediately so go through all of the products these are all bottle openers right? >> right soviet here we have the 30-millimeter moab, the mother of all breachers the biggest that we have with the

. >> reporter: john cans leary lives right next door. >> just took advantage of her and it's just wrong reporter: we agreed not to identify the woman after police say the two water department imposters came to her home monday. they told her there was something wrong with her water and they needed to check it. >> we made an error in the pipes or something. water is coming through your house or something like that he said. >> reporter: as they entered the home one suspect went to the kitchen with the victim to turn the water on and off. >> any other -- the other person rummaged through her personal belongings inside her house and retrieved a significant amount of cash from inside her house. >> dirt balls. >> reporter: this crime comes as the police department is renewing be sure before you open the door campaign. following several similar crim crimes. both police and the victim have some advice if someone suspicious comes to your door. >> all you have to do is call 911. we can then link in with the utility providers and find out if in fact someone was dispatched to your block or oh to you

i see retired firefighter michael leary out there. lieutenant, is that where you're retired at, mike? you're up in santa rosa. any damage to your family's property from the fires? [ inaudible ] >> great. great. thank you. we won the city championship basketball 8th grade. mike was his side, and i was shorter than him in the 8th grade. all right. thank you. sorry to take your time. thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioner hardeman. always entertaining. commissioner veronese, i had a follow up. >> i did. commissioner hardeman, you always have a way of putting things in perspective. >> well, you know what the audience always says? they like the entertainment i bring. i said, isn't it boring? they say no, you bring things up. >> you definitely bring it to a level of detail we need to appreciate. like, where we've come from, and as i mentioned with mayor lee, i wasn't around for that, but you guys, i understand did some amazing work before me, and that's certainly part of his legacy. so he honors you, i'm sure, and i honor the work

i see him every year at comics come home, denis leary's charity event he does in boston.unny. he's one of the best comedians working right now. robert kelly is here tonight, you guys. >> steve: whoa! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: guys, we have exactly two shows left before we go on christmas break, which means it's time for that beloved "tonight show" tradition. it's time for 12 days of christmas sweaters. here we go. ♪ 12 days of christmas sweaters two days left ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's right, every show between now and christmas, we'll be giving one lucky audience member a shackatoshish christmas sweater from the "countdown to christmas" cabinet. now since there are two shows left, let's open door number two. [ drum roll ] [ cheers and applause ] oh, my goodness. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] now let's see who's going home with tonight's sweater. everyone, look at your seat number. if i call your number, i need you to jump up and let me know where you are. quest, can i get a drumroll please? [ drum roll ] who wants the sweater? it's a good one! [ cheer

cnbc learned from sources familiar with the situation that leary lindsey commit considered fed vice chair, lindsey interested in exploring the job. we don't know what status the discussions are in we know has he been interested in the job and is talking to the white house about this job the white house we know is looking for monetary expertise more the job and larry lindsey has quite a bit, actually. head of the lindsay group and economic consulting firm on the national economic council under president bush fed governor from 1981-87. harvard professor and a ph.d. in economics from harvard on the hawkish side. february 2014, piled up a giant bonfire of liquidity in the form of special balance sheets and a bit against the quantitative easi easing, though said results were mixed. >> breaking news there wow. steve, thank you. >>> as congress and the president look to get out of town for the holidays, there is still some business that needs to get done. you know -- funding the government and all that. kayla tausche is looking at last-minute efforts to keep the government returning and get the

ray leary is one of the up to 60,000 survivors.but it really happened. and we believe the now around the world because as adults, we were talking about our childhood. and for a lot of us, so, so many of us, it was so hard. men and women in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s. hard. men and women in their 40s, 505, 605, 705. it hard. men and women in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s. it was devastating. but i think the royal commission heard everyone of us, listens to everyone of us, and again, believed us. like the apology said in 2009, we believe. if they believe is, now do something about it. protect our children and our grandchildren for the future. leonie sheedy is the co—founder of the survivor advocacy organisation care leavers australia network, and she travelled to canberra to see the report being handed over to the governor general. hello. hello. what is your response to today‘s report, after five years? it‘s a momentous day. in australia‘s history. the churches and charities and state governments who failed in their duty of care to children

i know that if i go to judge o' leary, i'm going to get a different result than if i go to judge ramos and you're the defense attorney. that's what forum shopping is they have opinions. these people have opinions just because they're in the justice department doesn't mean they don't have political opinions. he has neutered every one of them. rachel: but can the democrats let it go? they've invested so much time and money into the narrative. >> geraldo: i think that's a great point. the more the democrats insist on the same old song, it's just like the mariah carey "all i want for christmas" you hear it 25,000 times, a good song starts with oh, not this song again. rachel: i still like that song geraldo. >> geraldo: wait another week. i think the democrats are really on a very short timetable and i think this thing is going to peter out and i want them to accelerate the process for their own good. they better get positive because that's the beauty of the tax bill. the republicans aren't complaining now they're doing. what are the democrats doing other than complaining schumer and pelosi