mcgowan has dual citizenship, here's south african but also holds a british passport.very effort to downplay his uk connection because he did not want to attract further hostility. it took a long time for the british state is to fall away. my family were pushing for this and i was pushing for this because it is dangerous to be british, i think. because it is dangerous to be british, ithink. i because it is dangerous to be british, i think. i think american, french and british are the top forms. at one stage, he thought he was going to be next when he witnessed a german hostage being shot and killed with an ak—47 rifle just a few feet away from him. he was taken hostage at gunpoint while on tour in mali after finishing a stint of work in london. mcgowan, his father and the head of the charity organisation which assisted them, could not admit or deny whether a ransom was paid to al-qaeda for his release. stay with us. still to come, when mexico's most famous footballers denies links with a drug cartel. a leading charity is warning that the number of rough sleepers in eng

we're going to johannesburg, we're going tojohannesburg, steven mcgowan has walked into a news conferencerom a hotel in timbuktu along with two others and held hostage by al-qaeda for several years. he is on the right. he still has severe headaches but he has decided to come and speak to you and i'm not sure how long he will be able to go on, but we will ta ke will be able to go on, but we will take it a step at a time. his family will speak to you one—on—one after the news conference if you want. stephen will answer a few questions. please bear with him. i want to introduce a very important person first of all, without whom this would not have been possible, the man on the left, mohammed, a person of mali origin in south africa. he agreed to take on the case in 2015. i was looking for a person of mali origin who knows the tribes and was prepared to go into the region and meet the people who can lead to the captors and within two hours he walked into our office. he has been to mali nine times and at some point his wife was ill and his children wail but he stayed there nevertheless. he has

and cole mcgowan had a close relationship with his clerks. and he was right about the chief justice. we now come to the point where i want to connect these tales to some possible themes. i will not try in this talk to defend particular aspects of the chief justice's work. in some areas i could do easily, in others my critique would be less favorable, even harsh. in all, however, i think that justice john paul stevens got it good in some reform when he wrote, and i quote, warren burger's contributions to the law in the years after i joined the court have not been fully appreciated, close quote. but rather than playing law professor, i want to highlight what i think the chief justice would highlight himself if he were here talking to us today. a vital lesson for our time to which the importance today of the court's role in our society and the fragile nature of the court's ability to perform its role, dependent as it is on the institution's hard won moral authority. it is 30 years since the chief stepped aside to oversee the celebration of the c

joining us now is professor lee mcgowan from queen's university belfast. good to see you.benefit most from the maintaining of this current border you like. everyone is going to benefit from the current situation if it is allowed to continue but this is really a very contentious issue. what happens with the border. the government has set out its position. it has been welcomed by the irish government in northern ireland. it gives that certainty. the problem is, were as northern ireland two or three years down the line? the government is seeking, it knows it is so contentious, it needs to find some sort of compromise consensus that reaches some sort of compromise consensus that reaches out to the two main communities in northern ireland in economic and political terms. who gets the final say. is it in the domestic governance sphere or is it up domestic governance sphere or is it up to the european union officials? everyone is going to be involved in this one. the irish government will be there as part of the eu 27 and the other members will be sitting alongside ireland. what

stephen mcgowan, who has dual south african and british citizenship, was one of four foreigners seizedt denied paying a ransom to secure his release. speaking at a news conference in johannesburg, mr mcgowan explained what he believed his captor‘s motivation to be. i don't believe they knew my nationality when they caught me. they would have preferred me to have been british. this would have been first prize. it took a long time for british status to fall away. my family was pushing for this and i was pushing for this. because it is dangerous. to be british. i think american, french and british, these are the top ones. so you know, they kidnapped me, because ijust wasn't a muslim. that was it. i suppose they... want prisoner exchanges and they... want prisoner exchanges and they want money. but i'm not certain, i don't know the details, i'm not sure how i got released. this is what they would like. yeah. so they would kidnap anybody i understand, because if they're non—muslim. the situation is commercial. i didn't understand the language. 0ne commercial. i didn't understand the languag

i would like to welcome you as well as the good friends from c-span to the mcgowan theater. as well as the producer for the noontime lecture series. before we begin today's program i would just like to remind you of a few other programs we had coming up in the near future. the irish immigrant experience. and then on wednesday march 22 film screaming -- screening. it is presented in partnership with the dc environment a film festival. to find out more about these and the other programs please take one of the monthly calendar events where you can visit our website at debbie ww. -dot archives.gov. our topic for today is agent 110. an american spy master in the german resistance of world war ii by scott miller. he is an author and former correspondent. the first book the president in the assassin at the dawn of the american century was century was a news week using must read. he spent nearly two decades in asia and europe reporting for more than 25 countries including two postings in germany which the backdrop for "agent 110". he has appeared on the daily show with jon stewart.

colonel samuel mcgowan of the 14th south carolina recalls jackson's line and said quote, this position was slightly in advance of the general line and besides being on the extreme left was considered important because of the sudly road fort which is commanded. our line made an obtuse angle pointing towards the enemy, one side of which ran parallel with the railroad cut and the other along the fence bordering the cleared field on our left. brigadier general fits lee's brigade moved further to the left to cover sudly ford and prevented the generals from getting in the rear as they'd done in 1861. as jackson's line moved southward towards the center of his position was the sudly road. two brigades of yule's division would deploy in the center of the line astride this road pictured here. brigadier general jubil early would take his bringing eight and foreigno's brigade to the extreme right of jackson's battle line and anchored their flank on the warrenton turnpike. the two brigades were parallel to pageman's lane west of the brawner field of the's night before. two towards the south side o

colonel samuel mcgowan recalled the left of jackson's line that day. he said quote this position was slightly in advance of the general line. and besides being on the extreme left was considered important. because of the sudly road ford which it commanded. our line made an obtuse angle pointing toward the enemy. one side of which ran nearly parallel with the railroad cut, and the other along the fence boarding the cleared field on our left. brigadier general fitz lee's brigade moved left, preventing the confederates from getting into the rear. as jackson's line mouth south towards the center of his position was the sudly road. two brigades of ewell's division now commanded by lawton after ewelule's grievous wound would deploy the center of the line. brigadier general early would take his brigade and colonel foreigno's louisiana brigade to the extreme right of jackson's battle line and anchored their flank on the warrenton turnpike. >> early also deployed two regiments of infantry on the south side of the pike towards groveton to screen any approaching

steven mcgowan, talking in johannesburg short time ago. and now we have the weather forecast.as also cleared. much better picture for people in the south—east. this was yesterday, you can see how much cloud bill was for east anglia and the south—east. this is today, the low pressure has drifted out into the near constant and we are in this window of fine weather —— near continent. but we have weather from the atlantic pushing our way to buy, reaching western areas, but before that, we have a fine day, apart from remnants of yesterday just the chance of some showers in the extreme south east this afternoon. this is the damp weather and the cloud and rain moving into western areas, scales around the scottish coasts, but for most people it will be a dry night. friday is looking pretty overcast for most of the uk. and some damp weather, as well. this is bbc news, the headlines: slavery and human trafficking in the uk is "far more prevalent than previously thought, " the national crime agency says. it warns that estimates of about 10,000 victims in the uk represent just the "tip of

let's speak to alison mcgowan, the principle here.ed to see girls performing well but that will be a concern to some teachers. yes, we would like to see the results, we got 75% a start and see which is increasing but there are still children struggling a little. we'd like to see them leave and go on to local colleges and we feel we have prepared them well. that is important too. we are still seeing parents and pupils going in, getting those envelopes and seeing how they have done. we have heard from some people who have done very well already. you have to think about those who have not done particularly well or not as well as they hoped. there are options out there for them. there are lots of options. sometimes we offer places to repeat this year, we might have two or three children who have four gcses but are happy to come into this year. then again we have girls who have four gcses but are going to use that go on to regional college or straight into something like hair and beauty academy. there are lots of options out there for thos