the speaker: on june 14 of last year, leo varadkar became the 13th person in ireland's history to hold the position. leo was the son of an irish born nurse and physician. at the age of seven or eight, he announced that he wanted to become the minister of health. he facilitated that position and much, much more. give him a warm welcome to his first time visiting washington, leo varadkar. [applause] prime minister varadkar: thank you. and mr. speaker, thank you for the kind invitation to join you this afternoon to celebrate st. patrick's day in this magnificent setting. it is a very special occasion for me as you alluded to the fact that i once worked here in my youth and i served as a congressional intern working here for jack quinn, representing buffalo, new york. and i know some of you are here today and i used to give tours of this building which is what interns have to do. and that is a strange experience for people coming down an irish intern with an indian name. i gave a pretty mean tour. and i do know each and every statue from each and every state. but it is a very special place

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the british are very pleased we've had some details about the talks about russia last night from leo varadkar the the prime minister of ireland he said that they listen to the intelligence that to reason may have presented and then he and president might draw of france proposed that the language be toughened up along the lines which the british had wanted he also said leo varadkar that is that ireland will be looking at the possibility of expelling russian diplomats or intelligence officers or if you prefer spies just as the british have done from london in recent days and we've also heard a slightly more nuanced pitch from the czech prime minister he said that the czech republic would also be looking at the possibility of expelling russian diplomats but he said that the talks about russia last night were initially difficult that the e.u. was divided into two camps if you like that the hawks on russia and then the more sympathetic group to russia my opposition and it's only that would be that those countries would include greece italy hungary perhaps belgariad all of which have been more amen

it diplomatically things have gone very well for britain here to leo varadkar of the irish to shock the irish prime minister britain presented its evidence to resume a presented her evidence intelligence evidence when the e.u. twenty eight sat down last night it seemed that that evidence carried some weight and it moved both him and mccraw of france has a micro france to urge everyone around the table let's let's change the language that let's make it tougher then as you've said they've also agreed to recall the e.u. and bastard and what's interesting is we're hearing from european heads of government that they will look at the possibility of taking similar unilateral action in the coming days to that which britain took of expelling russian diplomats from london diplomats who the british say were intelligence operatives in plain english spies and the british have been urging e.u. partners here to take similar measures that would disrupt russia's intelligence network across europe and you might say despite breaks it britain has managed to show that the e.u. will show solidarity on this i

threat it can get other countries to rally behind it we were just hearing some mention remarks from leo varadkar of course the the prime minister of the republic of ireland on his way in and he said that britain had presented its intelligence evidence to reason may have presented our intelligence evidence other countries had presented their intelligence and that there had been unanimity amongst the e.u. twenty eight about upgrading the language making it tougher against russia and he said he and other e.u. countries will be looking next week at following britain's example and expelling what are officially diplomats the british believed to have been in this case intelligence officers or spies in plain english looking at making similar expulsions from other european countries in a bid to disrupt russia's intelligence network across europe so that might be an interesting development to follow next week and as far as brakes is concerned what sort of developments are we looking at that. will on bret's it to reason they won't take part in in those discussions schill leave we expect that will be a rubb

the president posted the irish leo varadkar at the white house. the president says he hopes to meet with him next year. the president addressed his recent cabinet shakeup by saying "there will always be change among his staff." global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. in new york i'm mark crumpton. , "bloomberg technology" is next. ♪ emily: i am emily chang and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, broadcom blows away estimates of quarterly numbers across the board. what the chipmaker's success means for future acquisition in the united states. plus, the fbi now warns russian hackers are attacking the u.s. power grid, targeting some of most sensitive infrastructure. and walmart may have gone too far trying to close the gap with amazon. details from the whistleblower's court case which accuses america's biggest retailer of cheating. to our lead. first, broadcom shares are little changed in late trading after reporting first-quarter earnings in line with analyst estimates. this p

corps out of the oval office where the president is meeting with the prime minister of ireland leo varadkarey are going to be spending the today today. lunch on capitol hill thrown by the irish speaker of the house paul ryan. he will be throwing a saint patrick's day lunch and the president will participate in that. also other events with the prime minister. we will have those throughout the day. saager, enjeti. you asked ask about the new russian sanctions. the president chose not to address that. but a pretty hard line against russia taken by the white house this morning. >> yeah. that's absolutely right, jon. we have seen 19 different russians sanctioned by this administration along with multiple entities of the russian government. you know, we heard from a lot of officials throughout the u.s. government here at the white house just earlier today when the sanctions were announced. and this is really appears to be an entire whole of government approach. what's really interesting here that the sanctions which the president has been most criticized for not enacting and the new sanctions pas

we are now going to go to washington where leo varadkar has been in talks with donald trump.hope to see it again. do you play golf? i do. do you? no, but i'm always willing to learn. interesting border. two interesting borders, one which where you are, right, and it is my great honour to have the very popular prime minister of ireland with us. we are having some good talks about trade and military and cyber and the other things that we are talking about, the relationship is outstanding and only getting better and it really is a very special group of people, a tremendous number of irish are living in the united states. these are truly wonderful people and we love them. mr prime minister, great to have you. it is my pleasure, thanks for the invitation. i will be in new york on saturday for the parade. marching down fifth ave. in new york on saturday for the parade. marching down fifth avelj would like to do it with you. does it go past trump tower? yes, it does for top i used to watch it all the time, i would watch it all the time, so time, i would watch it all the time, so you

leo varadkar said such a debate would not be in ireland's interests and that ireland was stronger negotiatingl be outside the eu's customs union. but it's feared that a physical customs border could become a magnet for sectarian violence and all sides have vowed to avoid it. on that subject, the irish republican party sinn fein has been holding talks with the eu's chief brexit negotiator today. party president mary lou mcdonald, who you can see in the middle here, said they'd shared a meeting of minds and there could be no overall agreement on brexit unless the issue of the border was solved. meanwhile, the british prime minister has been updating parliament on the talks' progress following her speech on friday. we cannot escape the complexity of the task ahead. we must build a new and lasting relationship while preparing for every scenario. but with pragmatism, calm and patient discussion, i am confident... jeering i am confident we can set an example to the world. yes... yes, there will be ups and downs over the months ahead. but we will not... jeering we will not be buffeted by demands to

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right so you'd have to say diplomatically things have gone very well for britain here cording to leo varadkar of the irish teashop the irish prime minister of britain presented its evidence to reason may presented her evidence intelligence evidence when the e.u. twenty eight sat down last night it seemed that that evidence carried some weight and it moved both him and mccraw of france present mccraw france to everyone around the table let's let's change the language that let's make it tougher then as you've said they've also agreed to recall the e.u. ambassador and what's interesting is we're hearing from european heads of government that they will look at the possibility of taking similar unilateral action in the coming days to that which britain to expelling russian diplomats from london diplomats who the british say were intelligence operatives in plain english spies and the british have been urging e.u. partners here to take similar measures that would disrupt russia's intelligence network across europe and you might say despite breaks it britain has managed to show that the e.u. will sho