because if what i do on the golf course provides hope for the people of northern ireland, then i can't really do a much better job than that. >> are you irish or british? can you be both? >> it's hard. i'm northern irish. i carry a united kingdom and -- a british passport. it's a hard one -- it's hard one to sort of answer because i've got my choice. i can play for ireland, i can play for great britain. it's a tough one. i mean -- it's always going to be -- i'm always going to have to answer that and deal with that question because of where i grew up and it's -- i regard myself as northern irish that's all i can really say. >> that's probably the diplomatic answer as well. >> yeah. have to be. >> did you have a tough upbringing, would you say? >> no. >> did you have much money as a family? >> no, no, not at all. my mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance not just in golf but in life. i was an only child. my dad worked three jobs at one stage. my mom worked night shifts in a factory. >> what did they do? >> my dad was a bar manager and worked in separate places, in the d

a very successful cultivation process and the exchequer is asking tomorrow who have been to northern ireland to see for themselves and we'll be there in the autumn. >> would the secretary of state agree if the northern ireland economy is held through the devolution of corporation taxes that must come at a fair, reasonable and acceptable price and not at a price that is detrimental to economic growth in northern ireland? >> well, i'm grateful to the honorable member for the question. every 2.5 percent reduction in corporation tax requires a 60 to 90 million reduction in the block grant. that is .5% of the block grant which many, many economies and very large numbers of businesses consider a very modest investment. >> questions to the prime minister. mr. ronnie campbell. >> mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house would wish to pay tribute to scott mcclairen for the royal regiment of scotland. this week i witnessed at first hand the sacrifice of our soldiers. i pay tribute to the bravy of this brave soldier. our thoughts will be with his family and friends but we pay tr

. >> reporter: the conflict in northern ireland started way before these teens were born, actuallyenturies ago. >> basically, 800 years ago england owned all of ireland. ireland fought back, and to this day ireland has regained control of all of its land except northern ireland. >> reporter: traditionally, it's thought of as a war between two religions, catholic and protestant. >> when i got there, i couldn't believe how segregated the society was. there were walls running through the neighborhoods where these kids are from that keep them apart and basically sends the message that they shouldn't be friends with each other. that really inspired me to do something to make a change in kids' lives. >> reporter: so michael founded full court peace with basketball to cross the religious divide. >> basketball in northern ireland is not very popular, but it's neutral. sports like cricket and rugby are predominantly protestant, and gaelic football and hurling are predominantly catholic sports. i just realized that i could get both kids to play. they wouldn't look at a basketball and say "oh

i also went to northern ireland and people explained the importance of keeping a link between northern ireland and the united states, important for the health of the province. the chancellor has spoken to people in northern ireland and we are reviewing these options. >> our colleague is currently walking from olympia, greece, to raise awareness of the olympic soldiers. will the prime minister make certain that when the resolution is tabled for the observance of the truth to the general assembly, that we will have specific proposals for peace and reconciliation to maximize this? >> i am certain the house will want to congratulate him. we will be promoting -- accidental, my apologies for that. we call for the continued observance of this truce, and we are considering other initiatives to promote this truce. >> mr. speaker, which be horrified to know that a person convicted of raping a child could be put on the list -- it >> well we have done is removed a huge number of people who are not arrested children but we want to make certain that anyone who has criminal convictions is barred. doe

northern ireland is becoming the home of champions.raham mcdowell opened last year at pebble beach. rory mcilroy won this year's u.s. open now darren clark has a chance to break through. not exactly a picture-perfect summer day in england. barring a record comeback tomorrow rory mcilroy won't be winning back-to-back majors. he shoots a four over 74 and is nine shots off the lead. >> ricky fowler made his way up the leaderboard with three birdies. he came within an inch. 4th. he is three shots back. >>> phil mickelson has never won an open championship and he has his work cut out for him tomorrow after shooting a one over 71 to leave him four back. >>> dustin johnson. briefly with a share of the lead and will head into the final round one shot back. darren clark played the front nine even but would get back to five under after the birdie on number 12. the 42-year-old shoots a 59 and is 18 holes away from his first ever major title. >> i thought in the open it would be my lifetime dream if i was to win it. it is that sort of thing. all p

larger crowds then gathered and the police service of northern ireland used land rovers as a barrier. loyalists threw stones and bottles at police and vehicles were damaged. police fired energy projectiles and water cannons were deployed. stone-throwing lasted for several hours, but was not on the scale of the serious trouble in the same area almost a fortnight ago. we will bring you more on that when we get the latest news. the chinese president has warned members of the ruling communist party that they must fight corruption to retain the support and trust of the people. he was speaking in a televised address to mark the 90th anniversary of the party's founding. as our china correspondent reports, this anniversary comes alongside growing evidence of social unrest across the country. >> who said communism is dead? the party once led is 90 today. other communist regimes have collapsed, chinas has gone from strength to strength. this may look like a relic from the past, but they were congratulating themselves. >> looking at china's progress over the past 90 years, we have naturally come

five countries to drive cheap import their way to the fifteen grand final which will be held in northern ireland in september his name but out of order to. so let's go to boxing now and olympic champion alexander perfect in his edge closer to his maiden professional belt as the unbeaten russian has entered talks about a title fight with chalk i have vying to lay their hands on the w.b. a heavyweight which became vacant after driving a klitschko outpointed david haye last week on this crime should be champion but if that does go through perfect in one form or w.p.a. hold a child probably square off in germany on august the twenty seventh game has won all of his twenty one professional matches but all of them with the ratings not the titles. well this bad has yet to be agreed but elsewhere all six the world's heavyweight belts are being kept in one family in the klitschko brothers showed off their little collection in the ukrainian capital of kiev the elder sibling the house the w.b.c. title with boasting all the rest of them and at thirty five as bad to fight. as the country's but if you look at

this is difficult and we are all having to do in northern ireland and elsewhere in the world difficult things in order to bring conflict to an end and keep conflict to an end and that is what the independent commission report was doing. >> mr. adrian sanders. >> there's a real issue of delay of inquiry for the public have little confidence in the metropolitan police where investigations concerning news international are concerned. can i rend him of the question i asked on the it stands today, it is one of the largest police investigations going on anywhere in our country. >> teresa pier. >> thank you, mr. speaker. anybody else -- victims of knife crime have increased. on the streets of london we have children traveling knives and other children afraid of their journey to and from school. last friday, a 16 constituent of mine was stabbed to death. two children have been arrested in connection with this. what will the prime minister do to ensure that the mayorf london gets a grip on this problem that was bot one of the mayor and one of the prime minister's election promises? >> well, the

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five countries to drive cheap import their way to the fifteen grand final which will be held in northern ireland in september was named but out of. well let's switch to boxing now and the olympic champion alexander ovechkin has increased his chances of getting his first title fight the unbeaten russian has ended talks about a clash with. the two are vying to lay their hands on the w.b. a heavyweight belt which under w.p.a. rules became vacant after that to make a point of david haye last week become a simply champion if the bout goes through and former w.p.a. holder will probably square off in germany on august the twenty seventh game has won all of his twenty one professional back as. well despite is yet to be agreed elsewhere or six of the world's heavyweight belts are being kept in the family at the moment and brother showed off their fanatical collection craning capital kiev the elder sibling vitale holds the w.b.c. title boasting all the rest of them at the moment and at thirty five to fight on is a conscious but if you look at it i have no thoughts of finishing my career i'm currently at m

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young players get ready to take the next step and break into the professional ranks as we like northern ireland have some might not have expected to produce such a talented young major as michael roy sold. idea is there with great passion and determination huge champions can appear from anywhere every thought he was wants to see a champion for the domestic champion and it's very difficult to say at this stage at these ages because obviously players that are progressing faster than they may may plateau are. going through different changes in the physiology. and so at this point you can't say whether you've got a champion on your hands but if they keep progressing and they keep working at it and and your coaches continue to improve these kids then who knows you could of course you have a role in that or the follow the serious aims of producing future champions and the search for young talent all round the world these year thousands of teenagers will take to the courses if only for tournament in twenty five countries to drive cheap and popular way to the fifteen grand final which will be held in n

my right honorable friend has spoken to people in northern ireland about it. we are reviewing the options and will make it possible to. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my right honorable friend will be aware that our colleague is currently walking from olympia in greece to london, journey of some 4000 miles to raise awareness of the olympic truth. with the prime minister ensure that when the united kingdom government tables its resolution for observance of the olympic truce the united nations general assembly based on this year that will add to a specific proposals for peace and reconciliation so we will maximize this historic opportunity to? >> i'm sure the whole house will want to congratulate lord bates for his great feat. we will be promoting -- sorry. [laughter] >> accidental apologies for the. we will be promoting a resolution to the united nations calling for the continued of service of the olympic truth for the 2012 games. we wish to make the most of this historic opportunity and we are considering other international initiatives to promote the spirit of th

. >> there has been fresh violence in northern ireland tonight. there was an attempt to prevent the nationalists to prevent marches. tens of thousands of younis -- unionists turned out for the march. the founder of the websites wikileaks has begun the appeal of his extradition from britain to sweden. he said that the case against him was politically motivated after his website published tens of thousands of american cables last year. russia has than observing a day of mourning after as many as 110 people died after a boat sank. a tourist boat sank on sunday. contagion, it is the work that is driving fear throughout the financial market. fears about the stability of spain and italy drove shares lower. that is all happening against the backdrop of the meeting of euro zone finance ministers to discuss a second bailout of greece. >> europe's debt crisis spread dangerously far today to the third and biggest economy in the bureau's own. the interest rates and charges to borrow money have been rising. spain also faced similar pressure. two huge economies

. >> in other news, thousands of protestants in northern ireland have been taking part in traditional marches and its tightened it sectarian tension. parades' come after a night of violence in the capital -- the parades come after a night of violence in the capital of belfast. julian assange, the founder of the website wikileaks, has begun an appeal against extradition. he denies wrongdoing and says the case against him was politically motivated after is website published tens of thousands of leaked american e- mails and cables. hundreds -- of 100 people died when the boat overturned -- over 100 people died when a boat riverrned on the volga on sunday. questions about the stability of spain and italy drove shares even lower. after the second day of talks, finance ministers still have to reach agreement over a second bailout for greece. from brussels, matthew price reports. >> europe's debt crisis spread to the third-biggest economy in the euro zone, italy. the interest rates have been rising sharply. let's hope we do not end up like agrees, this man said. spain faced similar pressure

still to come, the latest from northern ireland, where police officers are trying to restore order after riots broke out in belfast. >> rejecting claims of buying his way to host the world football cup in 2022. thousands of people in bosnia have attended a ceremony marking the 16th anniversary of the massacre of a nelson muslims. the remains of more than 600 victims were recovered from mass graves. >> 16 years on, but the pain is just as rockaw. a mother overwhelmed with anguish at finding remains of her son. at 29 years old, he was one of those killed back in 1995. today, just another coffin lowered into the ground. over 600 were buried on this anniversary, identified through dna analysis. for those grievinghusbands, it t atrocity in europe since the second world war. thousands of muslims crowded into the safe haven as the war raged on. the men and boys were let off to be slaughtered, or around 8000 of them within the space of five days. it is the only part of the balkan wars to be labeled genocide. the bosnian serb commander was filmed reassuring muslim children that all would be fine.

northern ireland quickly becoming the home of champions. dowell won last year. mcilroy last year.rk a chance to break through. not a picture perfect day in england. barring a comeback rory mcilroy won't be winning back-to-back majors. shoots a 4 over 4 and nine shots off the lead. 22-year-old ricky fowler with three birdies on the back nine. fowler shoots a 68 and three shots back. phil mickelson has never won an open championship and got his work cut out for him tomorrow after shooting a one over 71 to leave him four back. dustin johnson matched fowler's 68 for the low round of the day. in fact, he briefly did have a share of the lead and will head into the final round one shot back. darren clark played the front nine even but would get back to five under after the birdie on number 12. the 42-year-old shoots a 69 and is 18 holes away from his first ever major title. >> darren clark back to the top of the leaderboard. >> i felt if i won the open it would be my lifetime dream if i was to win it. all players are judged on the majors. you are judged on your majors record. >> not the

the 42-year-old from northern ireland embraces.leading the 140th open championship. conditions to start round three in a word miserable. 25 to 30-mile-an-hour winds and raining. welcome to summer in southeast england. shot of the day. the dane, the approach shot on the par 4 ninth. a few hops, checks, spins in for the eagle. hansen is even par tied for seventh. phil mickelson has long struggled in the british open. he's in the hunt this year. his third shot on nine looked like it would drop for birdie. only three guys were under par today. one was ricky fowler, burying the birdie putt on 16. with a 68, he's two under. dustin johnson will be playing in the final group for the third time in the last six majors. johnson sticks his approach from 150 out on 15. he birdied to go to 5 under and finish at minus 4 with a 68. johnson is one back of clarke. he should consider that lucky. clarke the only player today to birdie the first hole. while he shot a one under 69, it would have been four or five strokes better. short putts his nemesis

your leader is northern ireland's darren clarke.t time he contended for a major was ten years ago. he misses by inches for eagle on 7. he's five under par heading into sunday. >> i am older, so i'm supposed to be wiser. i've been very, very patient and that's the way you need to be. you know, tomorrow the forecast is wind again. it's going to be tough and i know what to expect. so i'll go out tomorrow and do my best. >> and finally, diane, the u.s. women's soccer team is playing for the world cup title on sunday. they take on a japanese national team that's playing to inspire an entire nation following the devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. it is a compelling story and one that will be fun to watch. >> absolutely. thanks a lot, jim. >>> as jim mentioned, the soccer team is gearing up for the world cup tomorrow. we have the scoop on viewing parties if you want to watch. the party starts at 11:45. san jose is hosting an outdoor party. >> still to come, we have a change coming up in your weather forecast. plus, what

. >>> police clash with catholic militants in northern ireland. the annual event that sparked that violence. >>> good morning. if you're driving on interstate 680 any time soon so far so good as you head to the south bay but we will tell you where the traffic trouble spots are. >>> time now 5:14. look at this. look at what happened overnight in northern ireland. police clashing with catholic protesters. all of this comes at the end of an annual day of protestant marches. look at the young catholics throwing bottles, bricks and gas bombs at the police. the police fired back with plastic bullets and those water cannons you see right there. there's been violence in that area every july 12th for the last three years. >>> time now 5:14. there are now reports libyan leader moammar gadafi has suggested he'd be willing to step down, but he has certain exit demands. one of those demands reportedly is that he wants to be allowed to stay in libya. however, sources familiar with the negotiations say gadafi's resignation is still far from certain right now. re

many of the undocumented from ireland are from northern ireland. they are both irish citizens and u.k. citizens. we have tried to engage the u.k. government in pressing for this, and they have had no interest. there are thousands of undocumented citizens of the united kingdom in america, and the united kingdom government has no interest. i would urge you to press that. there are bilateral trade agreements and millions of people working. press the slew. one final point, i would challenge the bill. at would price do we have comprehensive immigration reform. i would ask the question at what price can we not have it? >> so you would give them all the bad stuff just to get the good things? >> no, i wouldn't. but i'm reminded of what voltere said, which is let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. by holding out for the perfect, there are 12 million in a bad way in this country. >> what is the difference between imperfect and the atrocious. >> i would ask you to not let the perfect outway the we. thank you for having this commission tonight. someone

but leader, northern ireland's darren clarke. the last time he contended for a major was ten years ago. here, putting for eagle, misses by inches and leaves the field at 5 under par heading into sunday. >>> a's a winner last night, today a scheduled doubleheader with the angels, angels with a 2-0 lead and then eric aybar, 3-0 halos. bottom of the seventh, a's down 3-1. a base hit to center, cliff pennington scores. we're now at 4-2, l.a., bottom of the ninth. crisp swings at the first pitch. this is still a tough pitch buff the a's lose 4-2. oakland's first loss to the angels at home this season. game two of the doubleheader, top of the second, no score. runner on for mark trumbo and he hammers one to right center. make it left center. comcast sportsnet california sign getting some play here. that's his 18th home run of the year. they're in the fifth and oakland has taken a 3-2 lead. >>> on sunday, the u.s. women's soccer team will play for the world cup title. and soccer excitement is everywhere. tonight it's at at&t park. mexic

threw a 68 today and the man from northern ireland makes a 90 feet eagle put.at the fancy stuff he does with the arrows too. he is-4. it is open for all to take. meantime the giants getting ready for game two of the series with san diego. made a roster move today. pat burrell has a mild foot strain. they bring in a catcher by the name of hector sanchez who got rave reviews from barry zito when he was down there. we'll see how things are going with the nfl labor problems. they may have a settlement in the next 46 to 48 hours. that is the sporting life. >> all right. >> mark, thank you. >>> a stretch of san francisco coastline is suddenly faces a rocky future. coming up, winter storms last year forced lengthy closures for the great highway along ocean beach. it finally opened again but the city is now being told the repairs aren't good enough. find out why in 30 minutes on tv 36. >>> and at the circus of fire on ktvu.com. watch our special report on the crucibal playing this week end. you will find it all on ktvu.com right now. thanks for joining us. hi parents,

in northern ireland violence has fled again in east belfast in the same area where rioting took place last week. the trouble broke out following a parade in the district. police described it as significant disorder. officers used water canyon and fired a number of plastic rounds as they tried to restore calm to the area. the violence was not on the same scale as last week's riots in the city. you're watching bbc news. still ahead -- monaco royal couple seal their marriage with a kiss. poland has taken over the rotating presidency of the european union for the first time. polish and e.u. leaders met in war saw to celebrate the event with he polish politicians striking a positive note, despite the economic crisis in many parts of europe. poland wants to strengthen the market to press ahead. >> there's been precious little joy for europe's leaders in recent weeks, with greece's economic problems taking up most of their attention. but there are few signs of doubts about the european project in war saw. -- warsaw. translator: poland takes over the presidency today, standing firmly on its f

a serviceman from northern ireland passed for a non urgent pair of boots, 45 pounds. they were dispatched by private courier at the cost of 714 pounds. is it time he got -- >> i know that maybe i need to see the order of every pair of boots in the military. i recognize the point that you are making. one of the things they're trying to do is recognize there is a huge amount of caused in terms of logistics. we want to make that more efficient so we can spend money on the front line. the example he gives is a good one and i will check it out to see if we can save some money. >> thank you, mr. speaker. county prime minister assure the house that all the legal press activity will be investigated -- all of the illegal price activity will be investigated now? >> the point about the inquiry, which we are surely going to discuss, is it will look at the relationship between politicians and media groups. i think this is extremely important. this inquiry will have the ability to call politicians, the previous prime ministers, to get to the bottom of what happened. that is what ne

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police officers in northern ireland trying to restore order after riots broke out in belfast. thousands of people in bosnia have attended the ceremony that marks the 16th anniversary of the massacre of around eight tain -- 8000. more than 600 victims were recovered from mass graves. >> 16 years on, the pain is just as rock. -- raw. a mother and anguish at finding the remains of her son, to pelvic bones and a pregnant of his jaw was all that could be repaired -- recovered. today, another green coffin lowered into the ground. over 600 were buried on this anniversary, identified through dna analysis. for those grieving, some fathers, husbands, it was the worst massacre in europe since the second world war. thousands of bosnian muslims had crowded into the un safe haven as the war raged on. but the armed dutch troops were easily overrun. the men and boys were let off to be slaughtered. about 8000 of them within the space of five days. it is the only part of the balkan war to be labeled genocide. the bosnian serb commander was found reassuring moslem children that all would be fine

so when the open championship which gets underway on thursday the twenty two year old from northern ireland was at the center of the media's attention mark arroyo hasn't played a competitive round since his win at the congressional but says that's the way he likes it. yeah i mean i'm trying to prepare for this this major like i prepare for every other major. you have been i was here last week for a couple of days and i got a couple practice runs and you know one time to practice you know sort of get away from everything and then come back here on you know on tuesday which i usually do you know it seemed to work the last few days last few times of i've done it so i want to just keep the same thing go on and it seems to work confident fellow but he will have his work cut and if he wants to get his hands on a second major new world number one luke donald among his main competitors conceding but top of the main contenders the hundred fortieth open championship at sandwich in the. their highest paid professional athlete in the world tiger woods is still the biggest name in golf however the fourt

countries to drive cheap and park their way to the fifteen grand final which will be held in northern ireland in september was named by the bertie. so let's go to boxing now on a limb pick champion alexander ovechkin is edged closer to his maiden professional belles as the unbeaten russian has entered talks about a title fight it was back with one charge i have now the two were vying to lay their hands on the w.b. a heavyweight belt which became bacon doctors like me pitched out on to david kay last week on this crime sink the champion but if that does go through perfect in one form would there be a holder probably square off and for germany on august the twenty seventh game has won all of his twenty one professional matches but all of them were for the ratings not that cycles. well this has yet to be graded elsewhere all six of the world's heavyweight belts are being kept in one family in the klitschko brothers showed off their political flexion in the ukrainian capital of kiev the elder sibling the tali calls the w.b.c. title with that image boasting all of the rest of them and at thirty fi

your leader is northern ireland's darren clarke, the last time he contended for a major was ten years misses by inches for eagle, and leads the field at 5 under par heading into sunday. >> that's where you need to be, you know, tomorrow the forecast is wind again. it's going to be tough. and i know what to expect, so i'll go out tomorrow and do my best, and if my best isn't good enough, then i'll be trying again the next day. >>> a's a winner last night, today a scheduled doubleheader with the angels game one. top of the seventh, angels up 2-0, aybar, 3-0 halos and they do the happy dance. bottom of the seventh, a's down 3-1, cliff pennington scores. bottom of the ninth, two outs, tieing run at the plate and coco crisp swings at the first pitch, strikes out. the a's lose 4-2, the first loss to the angels at home this season. >>> while on the subject of baseball, let's talk about the world series champs, defending the crown debuts tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. right here on nbc bay area. we'll recap a torturously exciting for the first-placed san francisco giants. plus, are the giants destined

three of the last six majors have been won by men in the tiny country of northern ireland.x morgan played like a star and could she help bring home one of the first -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are the great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a perhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ i like to think most americans feel the way i did today. i wanted to see the u.s. beat japan in the world cup final, but after all japan has been through in the last three months, if they didn't, oh well. usa ranked number one in the world against fourth ranked japan. the u.s. favored and multiple scoring opportunities, but they had nothing to show for it. they breakthrough in the 69th minute. alex morgan and power and persuasion. he came in the second half. it gives usa a 1-0 l

at the beginning of last month, a serviceman from northern ireland asked for a nonurgent pair of boots. 45 pounds. they were dispatched by private courier at the cost of 714 pounds, isn't it time he got a grip of this? >> well, i know that former health ministered wanted to hear the rattle of every bedpan. maybe i need to see the order of every pair of boots in the military. i recognize the point. we need to recognize there's a huge amount of cost in terms of back office and logistics. we want to make it more efficient to spend money on the front line. the example he gives is a good one. i shall check it out and see if we can save some money. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> can the prime minister assure the house that all illegal press activity under the last government will be investigated now and that it will include the criminal conspiracy between the highest levels in the last government with the murdoch empire including bribing a back account of lord ashcroft laid out? >> the point about -- the point about the inquiry which you are surely going to discuss, it will look at the relati