but madeira was commonly served in boarding houses. and the people that i studied, certainly madeira was the drink of choice. host: certainly, congress was smaller and the country was smaller. do you have a sense of what percentage approximately who had had families back in their districts versus those who were bachelors? dr. balcerski: that is an excellent point, because with buchanan and king, we get to the core of what it meant to be a bachelor. in this period. they were not the only bachelors in congress. from my sense of studying biographical entries of the congressman. seven to 10 congressmen during, say, a 15-20 year period show up as bachelors or widowers. when you do the calculations between 4% and 7%. that being said, one did not have to be unmarried to live as a bachelor. congressmen essentially liked to live as bachelors. the connection there is if a family stays at home and if the congressmen stay to the capital -- come to the capital without his wife or family or children, those conditions are rife for a bachelor style li

when a guy like madeira goes to the e.u. or goes around the world obviously russia and china are on the side of the duro and puts his hand out and says i'm a poor victim look at the united states is doing to me he's more apt to be able to get more cash flow actually even some subsidies that are helping his economy whereas he would of if the united states were beating him up so this this intervention on the part of the united states i believe is backfiring just as it did in cuba for 40 years and rick i want to go to kind of a media perspective on this i mean you've been doing this for i don't want to insult you or 2 years ago i had to you know we see everybody you know double. partisan group of lawmakers making this kind of same push for quiet oh versus madore see the most of the mainstream media i mean as ben mentioned this is a new york times story don't take away from it but is that narrative to do exactly what enrique said to keep it as a socialist communist bad everybody you know capitalist society good so you know that'

tables packed with foreign businessmen fashionable locals and government insiders in his speeches madeira is still promoting a vision of venezuela in which all of its resources are shared by all but according to venezuelan economists remember the gap between rhetoric and reality is greater than ever the fight for survival has forced the government to become more pragmatic quote only the narrative is still socialist again according to the times the government has slashed red tape and turned a blind eye to taxation fuelling a boom in private exports of everything from oil to chocolate enriching the politically connected and traditional business elites joining us now to discuss the host of the news with rick sanchez rick sanchez and producer dr ricky rivera who has a ph d. in latin american history with a focus on political economies and venezuela. welcome to you both thank you and rick i will actually start with you here because this report. is coming out of the new york times so we already have to preface it with that but it's talking about the fact that in rural areas we're certainly stil

entirely changes and one of my 1st experience of this is being in a propaganda zone you know huge madeira murals huge chavez murals of like graffiti on the wall but very much of the same style everywhere and then we stumbled upon a madeira rally and that was very weird experience because. at any support but at the same time it felt highly staged you know this happened on the same day that i had come back to venezuela and. you know i just felt very stage one of the most interesting things though is that. i asked when we got out of place where i could offer people privately questions where there was no camera on and you know nobody looking in on the conversation i would offer people what they think. and it felt like need to have strong support everyone's everyone i spoke to wants freedom and i think it speaks to a function of this stuff that everyone wants to get rid of material but they still don't think the go i write the date the rise of hugo chavez of course you know in response to the coup and the america even under his watch tried another coup and to establish some kind of economic mo

northern portugal as part of their carnival celebrations, before going in cristiano ronaldo's museum in madeirait, to be honest. it is being exhibited in northern portugal. let's hope they have the air—conditioning on, otherwise it would wouldn't it? —— it would melt, wouldn't it? you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. we're stuck in this colder air stream through wednesday and thursday, and that means more showers, more wintry showers as well, and we've already seen snow falling to quite low levels. now, as those showers ease off across central and eastern parts of the uk, we'll see temperatures dropping away. many areas having a touch of frost. particularly cold though, again, in the north—east of scotland, and given those showers, some icy conditions, especially for northern and western parts of the uk, where those showers keep going into the morning. in general, fewer showers, perhaps, on wednesday. a few will get across to the midlands, eastern england, and eastern scotland, but

portugal, as part of their carnival celebrations before going in cristiano ronaldo's own museum in madeiragerated museum, i should hope. that's all we've time for. 5 live sport is just kicking into life now too. jane dougall will have the news on that game at stamford bridge and the rest of the news in sportsday just before 10:30pm. dojoin her then. bye for now. hello, this is bbc news. fears of a pandemic continue to increase, as the government issues new guidance for people returning to the uk from parts of italy affected by coronavirus. let's take a look at the latest figures worldwide. global cases of the virus have passed 80,000 — the vast majority of those being in china. italy is currently the worst affected country in europe, with over 280 confirmed cases. and in the last few minutes, it's been confirmed that 10 of those have died. in iran, 15 people have died and 95 people have been infected with the virus, including the country's deputy health minister. and south korea's president warned the situation was "very grave", as the number of confirmed cases rose to 893. i'm joined now

portugal as part of their carnival celebrations, before going in cristiano ronaldo's own museum in madeiraming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the observer's sonia sodha, and kevin schofield, the editor of politicshome. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the independent leads with the news that schools are set to close as fears of the spread of coronavirus rise. the guardian says that confusion over health advice is widespread as the coronavirus continues to spread across europe. the mirror says that britons abroad and in the uk are in lockdown as attempts to contain the virus continue. the times also leads school closures over contagion fears. the telegraph also leads with the coronavirus — it says that thousands of britons will be tested for the virus amid fears that their could be far more cases in the uk then realised. it also features a picture of a gleaming duchess of cambridge as she headed out for a night out at a west end show. that's in stark contrast with the mail — which

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downtown walnut creek firefighters were able to contain the fire to this unit where it started mark madeira and lives in the complex my friend lives in the building told me about it and the person died because of i think because of the fire. >>and his i think 75 years old there were no other injuries residents were evacuated as crews quickly put out the fire we always have like hearing the fire alarm a real here. >>so all of the residents have their own unify alarm. a representative from the owner of the building he's condominiums could not be reached for comment the name of the victim is not being released at this time the cause of the fire is under investigation reporting in walnut creek gayle ong kron 4 news. >>well coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, an update on the cleanup job under way to popular north bay trail after the city of victor the homeless population of was living there. and here's a quick live look outside our embarcadero camera in san francisco showing us a clear shot of the bay bridge. it's not so much foggy this morning as it is cold that's the big weather story

facing a 175 year prison sentence for his role in the publication of classified intelligence data madeira 2 to has the details. day 2 with crown courts and we have the song cheering supporters happy night in full force again we can hear them chanting throughout the proceedings now we had the defiance talking today talking about why these allegations should be thrown out of course they talked about mr manning's involvement in the release of the 200-200-6200 extension 7 iraq documents the iraqi diaries and obviously the release of the collateral murder video saying that she felt that her conscience required her to release those documents. julian assange as she was handcuffed 11 times prior to the course of these hearings stripped naked twice and his case files called the skated after the 1st day of his extradition hearing according to his lawyers that's been told and they complained of interference and his ability to take part but of course the court has said that they can't intervene in this so we will have to see whether the prison authorities do actually come forward and answer those que

and i am cash madeira in london. fears of the spread of the coronavirus, telling the american people that the risk remains very low. meanwhile, international effo rts meanwhile, international efforts to contain the out wreck intensify as more new cases are recorded outside china than inside. that's now ta ke china than inside. that's now take a look at some front pages from around the world and again not surprisingly, the coronavirus dominates the papers in the new york times which says the disease is poised to target liberalism's wea k poised to target liberalism's weak points and to exploit american miss government and mistrust. meanwhile, prominent friends —— actress who was abused by a film director says her country has missed the boat on hashtag me too. the times quotes officials are saying it is unlikely the olympic games will be cancelled because of the coronavirus but, of course, questions remain over whether other sporting events such as the sumo supreme tournament can go ahead. the financial times means whi

that quite 0 is the government it doesn't have any other option i mean he hasn't been able to push madeira out. of. the british sporting communities being rocked by fresh allegations in an ongoing doping control the b.b.c. documentaries claim the u.k. athletics officials are implicated in a scandal involving the country's for time a limb champion and top insurance for mo farah. has details. this summer the whole of great britain will be glued to their screens rooting for the nation's prize athlete 4 time olympic champion run out more or will they and you panorama documentary by the b.b.c. has cost further doubt on whether more farah success was cleanly won the don't fall back to salazar who costs are moved to the court to what to do when at all costs the main sticking point is the role of former coach alberto salazar who was banned in october 29000 from a new sports activities he was the head of the controversial nike oregon project until the u.s. anti-doping agency suspected he may have banned the doping rules one of those substances he used was l. carnitine designed to speed up muscle an

‘s being exhibited in ovar, in the north of the country, before moving to ronaldo‘s own museum in madeirat of the sport team, that‘s your wednesday sport briefing. a chocolate statue of a foot taller. of course. -- footballer. stay with me on bbc news, i‘ll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. in the meantime you can reach us on in the meantime you can reach us on social media. stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. hello there. wednesday is going to start with a frost in many places and icy conditions as well especially in the north and west as those showers keep going. they will be of a wintry flavour with some snow falling to low levels. it will be mainly over the hills that we see snow during the day on wednesday and for the most part they will not be as many showers. a few will come across wales and england towards the midlands and eastern england and a couple into eastern scotla nd and a couple into eastern scotland in the afternoon most of the showers will be for northern ireland in western scotland. some of them will be heavy and it will feel co

downtown walnut creek fifighters were able to contaithe fire this unit where it started the mark madeira and lives in the complex my friend lives in the building told me about it and the person dd because of i think because of the fire. >>and his i think 75 years old there were no other injuries residents were evacuated as crews quickly put out the fire we always have likehearing the fire alarm a real here. >>so all of the residents have their own unify alarm. a representative from the owner of the building he's condominiums couldnot be reached for commenthe name of the victim is not being released at this time the cause of the fire is under walnut creek gayle ong kron 4 news. >>tha you so much gale now to an officer-involved shooting in union city happenedaround 7 friday eveningfremont police say this stted th the robbery, it's a 4 a in front specific commons shopping center. pole then chasedthe getaway car to n area in near alvarado niles and 8 80in union city. officers say they fir shots of the 3 suspects, one of them was arrested 2 others went to the hospita with non life thatening i

and it trump introduced quite a congress as venezuela's true and the just in that leader and called madeira a tyrant and their job their one of the all of the leading from venezuela has the right to give itself its own institutions in venezuela the president of the republic is not appointed by the president of the united states the people of venezuela elect him in a popular vote it is always been that way and will always be. so if i am the president elected legitimately according to the constitution mr donald trump enough of your sickly obsession with venezuela mr trump you know. has plenty more ahead for you this news hour including the intense bombardment of the syrian opposition the last stronghold forces more than half a 1000000 from their homes in just 2 months. and hail to the chiefs the super bowl champion celebrate with their fans and kansas city peace as they state and. now the world health organization says it will send a multinational team to china soon to help combat the coronavirus it's appeal to $675000000.00 to fight the virus especially in developing countries. message to th

people who knew him, close acquaintances, and they would stay up, have a few glasses of champagne or madeira after dinner, and tell old stories, and he would enjoy himself, but he was never going to be the most talkative person at a party. that was not his way. he had no teeth left by the end of his life, very self-conscious, intended to stay mute. host: we were showing viewers some images of that porch overlooking the potomac river. is that one of the most popular parts of the visitor experience? p.r. site,all it the which is what washington called it. thextends the length of building, and that view is of maryland, right across the potomac river, but it is important to recognize that view has been preserved by the mount vernon ladies association. in the 1950's, when there was a lot of suburban growth around d.c. going on after world war ii, there was some banter that there might be treatment plants or oil holding areas right across the river there. and the ladies association successfully helped create a national park across the river to preserve that view. there's many hundreds of people wh

he was well-known for smuggling madeira.n wine smuggler but whether he was a tea smuggler or not, i'm not sure. other questions. >> balcony. >> i cannot see you at all. i'm. >> i'm over here. >> i still can't see you. >> how did the other colonies react to the buildup of british troops in royal navy in boston after june of '74. >> they didn't react so much to the buildup of troops as they reacted to the closing of boston harbor. they definitely reacted to the blockade of boston. they sent money, they sent supplies. some people in connecticut sent a herd of sheep that were driven into boston so that people -- they could be slaughtered and people could eat mutton. they were other colonies were very helpful in helping -- giving boston assistance. in the blockade -- wasn't so much about a buildup of troops as it was assistance to boston which really needed assistance of. i might add, however, it became somewhat controversial because rumors spread -- a period of great rumors. we think rumors are big today but they're also big the

he was well known for smuggling madeira, he was well known wine smuggler but whether he was a t smuggler i have to say i'm not sure. other questions? i cannot see you at all. i still can't see you. >> heart of the other commonlyu question] they didn't react to the troops as they did to the closing at the harbor. they reacted to the blockade at boston.they sent money, they sent supplies, some people in connecticut sent a herd of sheep that were driven in to boston so that people could be slaughtered and people could eat smoking. other colonies were very helpful in giving boston assistance in the blockade. it was early so much about the buildup of troops as it was assistance to boston which really needed the assistance. i might add, however, it became somewhat controversial because rumors spread. it's a period of great rumors. we tend to think rumors are big today but they're also big bear. that boston elites were glowing onto the money that was being sent to them from other colonies and using it for their own purposes that is they were hiring local workers to work on their properties inst

there's also lots of cancellations to ireland, such as the canaries, madeira, north africa and thousandstion. the second is to be rebooked on an easyjet flight but the airline is saying we can't get you there to note her wednesday, half way through the holiday. the third option which the holiday. the third option which the european passenger rights will insist upon but easyjet is neglecting to tell people about is that the airline must book your flight that the airline must book your flight on another airline or indeed if you're going to the alps, on an express train. those are your rights and so the people whose flights actually are today are in another right old model. the cancellations which have gone out in the past hour or so over 100 flights tomorrow, they have got a bit of time to find alternatives. 0ne track thank you very much. sounds like an absolute nightmare. we spoke to a family earlier who were due to fly from edinburgh this morning. theirflight was cancelled so they drove through the night was two young kids to manchester, got on a different airline and try to think about h