i think it is bad for northern ireland that the nz is not able to properly operate there. i hope over time it will be possible to make progress. it would be good for northern ireland and for our against organized crime. >> thank you, mr. speaker. ongratulations [indiscernible] 99 brave soldiers have given their lives for the country in afghanistan. of time,me period british women are being murdered and threeds of men quarters were stock for they were murdered. with the prime minister gave a guarantee that this government will introduce legislation to protect women from that fate in the future, particularly given lkers by of sta means of internet? >> i'm grateful to what my honorable friend said. stalking is appalling. they can destroy lives. we have introduced a new offense to make it clear. arenew stalking lines applicable to online stalking and harassment. there are published guidelines and online world and in the physical world. i'm happy to write with the details of all the things we are doing and see if there are firm steps we can take. washen the prime minister asked

the former deputy chief of police in northern ireland says most of his colleagues did nothing wrong. i think it's very important that people should understand that informants were not robots who acted on instructions of police. these were people who were in the middle of a dangerous, dangerous situation where if they did something wrong, they knew that they would be tortured for several days and then killed. >> the british government has already investigated many cases up police wrongdoing, but the per read families say they have not gone far enough -- the bereaved families say they have not gone far enough. back then, anyone could become a victim, not just those with connections to the ira. allen was eight years old when his father died. his father was a catholic head of a family who wanted to celebrate the birth of his daughter with his family. he came directly from the hospital. donnelly's bar still exists, and a plaque commemorates the 1965 attack in which two other bar customers were also attacked. on the border to the republic of ireland, there was a series of attacks on cathol

customs started under president harry truman 3 bided will meet with northern ireland leaders to discuss progress toward peace. >>: and today's date is cause for celebration in the math world. today is pi day. recognizing the mathematical constance 3.14159, the ratio of the circle's circumference to its diameter. civets at many bay area schools will attend to memorize the full digits of pi. the exploratory a mall offer free admission with special pride events started at one. oakland. jahi is the 13- year old

arching northern ireland to take example from the tsunami data said you know i got to the day. where i was to get in a car and ride out to freedom. and i said to myself if you hate them. when you get in the car. you will still be there prisoner. he said. i wanted to briefly and so i let it go. i assumed the leadership institute building at queen's university named after the clinton in a dress a function here tonight. but he's made it here. the legacy he'd like to be associated with is a fully functioning peace process. coming on our team used the fuss scientists here have found strong evidence that levels of the potentially lethal to a book and or essay in the community have rocketed over the past decade findings have led to calls for stronger surveillance measures to prevent further spread of the often on to bail the resistant bacteria we all know about the risk of being infected by them in hospitals plus how many of us know that mrsa bacteria are just or even more common community the risk is revealed in new research but trinity college's dental school and an optional mrsa re

the reason the british security forces in preston killer gangs work together the conflict in northern ireland have grown ever more violent since the nineteen sixties. one astute readers was bloody sunday when soldiers shot and killed fourteen a non catholics who were demonstrating for more rights i always try to bring the violence under control by sending more police and soldiers. they also recruit informers primarily from the protestant underground organizations his eldest in years to be the british deputy chief of police in northern ireland to a meal he says most of his former colleagues did nothing wrong i think is very important that people should own this time. but in four months when all through books and who acted on instructions of police. these were people who were in the middle of a dangerous dangerous situation well they did something wrong. they knew that they would be tortured for several days been killed. the british government has already investigated many cases of police wrongdoing. but the bereaved families say they have not gone far enough x then anyone can become a victim n

my congratulations to kelly gallagher from northern ireland of course. one of the first -- mr. speaker, given rising racism and xenophobia in including racist attacks in my home state of south africa what more can government do to insure the public debate such as e.u. membership on immigration are more balanced and celebrate the huge positive contribution to both the social, cultural and economic life of the u.k., particularly in the run-up to the european election? >> mr. speaker, of course i agree with her. straight away the balance explaining to the public we are running a tough but firm immigration system where it needs to be tough and firm but also hope want to come here to make a contribution and pay their taxes and contribute to our way of life. i was deeply saddened and shocked to hear about the incidents of what happened to members of the polish an chinese community in her constituency and even more so of what's happened to her colleague anna lowe who i understand is the first member of chinese descent in any legislature in europe is being subject to terrible abuse by

wanted by the police in northern ireland red square the herb rolled into the domain. the system shinn fein is being upgraded with the british government in one form or another for fourteen years. it allows individuals to clarify if they are wanted by the authorities. peter robinson's trip to resign was withdrawn after the british government agreed that george would refute the operation of that system. mr robinson was attacked from several sites today i approached it that we are here today discussing the motion which as is as irresponsible of peace that the collapse of this assembly that the death of a traditional and latte and added the rice ending of the matters what did he get a free thinker any kind i'm not that it is going to screw this is the most wonderful team. the dup motion was carried by a fifty eight to twenty seven margin. jaws like the fayette house negotiations the past weeks i got was brought home of northern ireland's politicians continue to struggle to deal with a complex issue of the past been becoming on rte new stormont. for people who were encoura

shot in northern ireland.red the moment two police officers pick up a woman that seems to be unconscious. they drag her over to the bus lane and then drive away while this woman is clearly still unable to care for herself obviously. it seems like she's barely moving. but they just left her there. >> what? >> well, do we know that she's unable to take care of herself? >> according to the bbc that originally reported this story she seems to not be conscious when the officers just left. now, the police ombudsman has launched an independent investigation into this matter. apparently the two officers have been identified and they are facing either a suspension or they will be repositioned depending on what is concluded after this case is over but obviously people not very happy that police officers that are supposed to be out for the safety of civilians just left this woman out on the street like this. in traffic. >> they treated her like a piece of trash left in the road. >>> apparently there has been another vide

to be a state banquet here that night and a new city the queen will host a reception with the northern ireland team. the costume on that idea to visit. on day two was was making the british prime minister a downing street. the president will address both houses of the house in westminster this is london's university college hospital. and it's here on day two the president will visit to recognize the contribution made by irish people over the years to the nhs. it's a fantastic honor to have the president of ireland coming to visit us here in the meantime. they come in the hospital here i'm very pro and i'm very honored to many hundreds of letters stopped working the hospital and greatly through he suffered as a deputy chief nurse to to have sustained stop nurses doctors and therapists this is excellent and even read your work is a great reputation on the evening of day three the president will be guest of honor. cos it. the royal albert hall the famous theater with a capacity of over five thousand and four or she looks cleaner program on the canoe back nights. you official goodbye east windsor

nine would be no show the importance of days perhaps in the field of candidates in elections in northern ireland. tonight it speaks to two to begin in short he ran seventh to focus with the help and not surprisingly the guy that about twenty two. she has released all of this international day against racism indicate that there has been average. all five very serious reported cases of racism a week since january. the problem has been reported to the police in the north of ten times the race. it's been reported to the gaudy on the immigrant consummate on his call for government action plan to deal with it. almost one in each of the republic's population is of foreign nationality. that is neither parent is irish. they were born outside the jurisdiction but the arrival of large numbers of immigrants is a recent phenomenon and even people who accepted here for decades are still experiencing racial abuse on a regular basis my nepalese two when he came he was david calls him he didn't concede a goal back. you can peel inlet and that i'm a twenty nine basic guarantee me because it has happened so many t

he was reacting to some speculation in northern ireland. yet unlike that the psni might want to know question. another point he made that he was hiding critic of the entire boston commons project. just to keep this in context it's legally very very sensitive material but it's a birdie flew with a very important story. but to china. tom gorman in westminster thank you. to mark the tenth anniversary of the workplace smoking ban here the royal college of physicians and island has called for a complete ban on smoking in cars with children are present. the sister of james wright said he hoped all the legislation on the issue within weeks it's ten years since smoking in the workplace was bound in art and making us the first country to impose an outright prohibition. as a seminar today to mark the boundary medical researchers said that saved thousands of lines something like that. thanks for your stay. time for her also this production smoke and the law because the positions of barnet has called for total smoking ban in all publicly funded institu

along with the situation in ukraine the irish economic turnaround and the house proposals on northern ireland's i was disappointed the us government was disappointed with the all party talks. write the final conclusion. britain's but we're urging the parties to consider the. she has to pee sitting in physic vice president joe biden to come to ireland to play golf and neo still want it back. while it was a calm guy he loves me every week to go to ireland. so we all like to know the other two ago. after a sticky shock said staff had been agreement on the need for new immigration laws despite the fact that we have extraordinary things with this country going but for very many years where disproportionate casualties of the nineteen sixty five immigration act who would like to see this happen the present order to suit up and we encourage all those who are putting a responsibility to make it happen. the two men along with joe biden then asked to attend a special lunch on capitol hill. fifty six or ten here in a salon for the official mike has the tactics a reception in the present draft of the month

it's believed the helicopter was flying to northern ireland. >> we are working closely with our other colleagues to ensure the circumstances of this crash are thorough and detailed. of course our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who lost their lives this evening. >> it's too early to say what caused the crash, but witnesses reported thick fog in the area at the time and said it crashed soon after taking off. >>> now, to syria. it's a conflict that neither diplomacy nor fighting have managed to end in any way. three years ago protests in the southern town of derat marked what has become a brutal civil war. the company remains divided against itself. since march 2011, an estimated 140,000 people have died within the country. 6.5 million are trapped inside syria itself and 9 million now displaced. 2.5 million have fled across borders. sunni nevertheless fighting minorities show signs of destabilizing the entire region, well beyond syria's borders. so who is in control? >>> if you thought it was a stalemate in syria, it is they have made significant gains in territory t

a kind of future that northern ireland so richly deserves. i suspect some good irish music and we will have a wonderful st. patrick's day reception this afternoon. the taoiseach, i understand, has brought his children. it will be able to celebrate alongside us. thank you for your friendship and support. privilege to be here in the oval office with the president. these decent discussions we have had between our two countries. a detailedhave i discussions. discussion about ireland and its economy. discuss,s we did immigration reform, which is an issue for many other countries. we hope to pursue those discussions later on. a number of other representatives. i have given the president a of theof the attitude happenings of the european council meeting in particular with the situation in the ukraine. and we see difficult circumstances arising. the presentation by the ukrainian president, the discussions we have had with prime minister cameron earlier again, it is my privilege to be here on behalf of the irish people. i wish the president and first

meetings between the two presidents and becoming famous for the frosty body language and again in northern irelandnd came the syrian civil war and president obama called forral spshgs asad to go. hefts granted rev refugee in russia. then the series of public snubs. the next g-20 hosted by putin and president obama cancelled the meeting and the meeting. there was more sniping, undiplomatic language. putin wrote a new york times article. before the winter games in sochi, the antigay propaganda law signed by putin and president obama sending openly gay athletes for the delegation. and slamming putin at a conference in mexico and saying he has a different view and not recognizing the basic freedoms. over the course of the last week speptding hours on the phone. >> mike, thank you very much. now putin's relationship with the other world leaders are mixed. the two have spoken three times in the past week. china could be putting pressure on russia, they have close relations and china is important to ukraine. there is syria, and putin is supporting the battle with the rebels and today they returned the fa

to the u.s., of course all the deaths so far have occurred overseas in the united kingdom and northern ireland. how much traction do you think it will gain here? >> i did hear that my own college nephew in canada has someone asked him to participate in this and of course he wasn't about to be shamed by it. americans tend to be -- they tend to be less conformists and stand on their own and may not take these bets or bullying pressures. we'll see what happens. i do know having lived in europe a couple of times in my life, correlated, there's much more drinking there than here, because culture ally, there's pressure to conform. here in america, we don't need alcohol to be crazy, so i don't think it will catch on as much as we think. >> i would never argue for any kind of sensorship, but should social media companies, facebook and twitter do more to combat these videos? you tube said it does take offensive content now if it is flagged and facebook gave us a statement saying : >> what do you think? should these companies do more? >> if we make social media culpable, we need to make culpable the alc

the richest man in all of northern ireland. that's according to police.ictim had an estimated fortune of more than a billion dollars, much from his company that develops medicine for animals. police say one of this own helicopters crashed in heavy fog north and east of london, killed a total of four people. >> would you look at this. a prewar home partially collapsed? well, on to a truck. and the house next door. firefighters say the crews have been rennovating the place and hoping nobody got hurt. the home was worth almost $400,000. we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reali. start your business today with legalzoom. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common

i said that to the guy in northern ireland, and he would be speaking german.e overrun all of europe without america getting into the world. and bill, i know you are a man of good will, please send putin one of your shirts. i feel your pain, but since putin stands about 5'7" and i'm 6'4", it may not be a good fit, he could use them as pajamas, maybe. and bill, how could you play that sound bite criticizing pot heads? not the governor's fault, judi, i appreciated him speaking out. and oklahoma city, i was deeply offended by kirsten powers saying that the iraq war was stupid. i served two tours and can tell you the troops didn't think it was stupid. here is my take, the u.s. won the war on backs of brave service people like you, and all of them performed magnificently. but as policy the war should not have been fought that way. we could have done it differently and should have. the cause was just, but too much was lost in blood and treasure. albert, east long meadow, massachusetts, bill, your condescending attitudes toward colonel hunt was wrong, you made him lau

met in prague, we've met in london, or in lisbon, we've met at the white house, we've met in northern irelandt's good to finally meet the presidents of the european union at the european union. as i've said before, europe is america's closest partner. europe, including the european union, is the cornerstone of our engagement around the globe. we are more secure, and we are more prosperous. the world is safer and more just when europe and america stand as one. and later today, i look forward to speaking to the young people from across europe about how we can sustain the values and ideals that are at the heart of our partnership. as just mentioned, our work today touched on a full range of issues where we work together. we agreed to step up our efforts to boost growth and job creation on both sides of the atlantic, and that includes working to include a transatlantic trade partnership. let me add, once we have a trade agreement in place, export licenses for projects for liquefied natural gas destined to europe would be much easier. something that's, obviously, relevant in today's geo political

over the years we have met in prague, london, at the white house, northern ireland, so it is good to meet the presidents of the european union at the european union. as i said before, europe is america's closest partner. europe including the european union is the cornerstone of the engage around the world. the world is safer and more just when europe and america standing as one. and later today i look forward to speaking to the young people from across europe about how we can sustain the values and ideals that are at the heart of our partnership. as the presidents just mentioned our work today touched on a full range of issues where we worked together. we agreed to step up our efforts to boost growth and job creation on both sides of the atlantic, and that includes working to conclude a trade partnership. and once we have a trade agreement in place, export licenses for projects for liquified natural gas destined to europe would be much easier. we reviewed our negotiations with iran, which i believe give us the opportunity to peacefully resolve the world's concerns with the iranian nu

what are your thoughts on a northern ireland peace accord and the elimination of funding for the mitchell scholarship program which i know you've been a strong supporter of and the international fund for ireland? >> well, we're looking at the fund for ireland piece of it because i think that, you know, we have our friends from ireland coming in this friday for meetings, tomorrow. i won't be here to take part in them, but we're going to be reviewing where we are with respect to the current impasse. and things have come, unfortunately, to, you know, a little bit of a standoff, stalemate on further implementation on the peace process. so we need to take stock, renew our commitments, get back on track and it may be that the fund is going to be an essential ingredient of doing that. we have to make that determination. on your question about europe pushing them towards the goal, i missed the part above. i didn't hear what goal you were talking about. >> about georgia's advancement into the membership plan with nato. >> oh, we're continuing -- those are all under review and under a constant proc

. >> new this morning the richest man in northern ireland is said to be among four killed in an overnight helicopter crash in thick fog in england. this is new video from the crash site you can see how thick the fog is. the helicopter went down in norfolk 100 miles northeast of london. reports in the uk indicate the entrepreneur and member of the u.s. house of lords edward hahee was among those killed. he made his riches in veterinary drugs and owned an air travel company including a helicopter charter company. >> at least two are dead and six missing after a cyclone blew through a nation. the island is north of new zealand and east of australia. investigators say the cyclone struck on monday and lasted two full days. there are reports of widespread crop damage as well as flooding and mudslides. >> 6:41. repair work as loud as a jet engine. we'll tell you which peninsula neighborhood is about to get an early morning wake-up call. why the noise could last up to an hour. >> a private investigator joins the search for sierra lamar. the exclusive interview here on "today in the bay." >> and g

he is from maldon and he covered the conflict northern ireland. shelley murphy is also reported the "boston globe" and his work there for 21 years. she is has covered organized crime for most of that time. she was previously at "the boston herald." she has won a polk award and she is from dorchester. welcome to tucson youth two. [applause] so the book actually was one of the finalists for the national book critics circle award so congratulations on that. can you tell us why you started following the story and give us a little bit of background on a? >> first of all shelley and i would like to thank everybody associated with the book festival for having us here. we have been here for 22 hours and have already fallen in love with this down. it must be fate but is 10 or 11 miles away from here right now in the penitentiary. we asked him if he wanted to attend but when the phone didn't ring we knew it was him. [laughter] shelley and i have covered, first of all shelley grew up in dorchester south of the bossed bossed -- boston line. my entire maternal

united states of america and russian federation and the united kingdom of great britain and northern irelandeaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of ukraine. so there are very clear legal obligations that are at risk in this -- and we're going to talk about those here this morning. >> russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov, did not attend the morning meeting, but he is expected to meet face to face with secretary kerry later today. before heading to paris, kerry stopped in kiev where he unveiled a billion-dollar aid package for ukraine and met with interim leaders, including the acting foreign minister who travelled to paris for the u.n. meeting. more on that from nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. andrea? >> reporter: what kerry is trying to do by bringing him here to paris is elevate him, give him legitimacy, and help him stand up to russia, and help persuade his colleagues they should avoid any military confrontation that would give putin a pretext to move further into ukrai

liz: in northern ireland.n't have that there yet because one bar in new york city, really sets itself by all bars in the world allowing beer and prices to fluctuate like stocks. the new york bees company uses customer supply and demand to determine price of different beers throughout the night. we have the two men who own new york beer company. tony doyle, brian connor, owner of "hell's kitchen" hospitality group. you're not from ireland. >> no we're not. david: let's talk about how this works, tony. if i spot a good beer a good brew but nobody happens to be buying it that night i can buy it for discount? you. >> can buy it for discount. according to as we call it, the beer market, the sale of a beer, if it has been sold, the price rises. david: how quickly does it rise? within the course of how many minutes? >> within ever three minutes. every three minutes the market resets. liz: this is amazing. we had a producer go in there. saw this beer ticker. this is a story. it almost commodity advertises in real time

you did a lot of work on northern ireland in the peace corps. >> i mean, i knew -- i got a lot of stuff for people. it was interesting because we knew that that mission went to the ira. it was the biggest gun running mission of the united states during all charles. we knew that he was involved because the guy that really ranid was a confederate. he was a career criminal. >> he said he had not been for years. >> stockholm syndrome. >> but when i was -- i mean after that one of the -- i was -- in 97i was over there living in ireland. there's still a lot of trouble going on. i remember there was a guy killed. he was married to the niece of the political wing of the ira. i went to a place -- >> what was the gown fiasco? >> it would have been 84. >> and our going 13 years for. >> yeah. now he's on the run by this time. a friend of mine knew came up to me and said, will you talk to someone so. and as soon as he said it and knew who he was, the nickname of this guy, the ira commander in an area but had been the ira commander during the hunger strikes in 1981. the city wants to talk to you.

. >> gay marriage is still not legal in northern ireland and scotland but that is expected to soon changescotland. a hectic sign-up season winding up for the healthcare law. monday is the last day to enroll. more than 6 million people have signed up. >> that's a million short of the goal. the white house has extended the dead lien to mid april for applications that have stalled on the website. for an in-depth look at the affordable care act, what it does and does not do. watch the week ahead. >> that's obamacare tomorrow at 8:30 eastern, 5:30 pacific. march madness is winding down. we are kind of getting to the final here. >> the final 4 for the men and women and the former college star is with her battle in the depression. she could do it all. she was the best women's basketball player on planet earth, bar none. she was star of the wmba but with her suggestions on the court, off of the court, she was suffering in pain, which led her to the unthinkable, an attempt at suicide. jessica taft has her story >> reporter: to understand ideal at the height of her career, she tried to take her own

and prayers to the family of sapper moralee and my congratulations to kelly gallagher, from northern irelandf course, who competed and won the first gold medal? given rising racism and xenophobia, including recent racist attacks in my constituency, what more can the government do to ensure that the public debate on issues such as european union membership and immigration is more balanced and celebrates the huge positive contribution made to the social, cultural and economic life of the uk, particularly in the run-up to the european elections? >> of course i agree with the honorable lady that we need to strike the right balance, explaining to the public that we are running a tough but firm immigration system where it needs to be tough and firm, but one that is open to those who want to come here, make a contribution, pay their taxes and contribute to our way of life. i was deeply saddened and shocked to hear about the incidents and what had happened to members of the polish and chinese community in her constituency, and even more so to hear about what has happened to her colleague anna lo, me

they want to get back six counties from northern ireland. their main slogan is "brits out." >> a few years ago we would hear about terrorism in ireland. we do not hear that so much now. >> the ira is very active today. in fact some of them have become members of the british are limited. they were bigger in the 1960's and 1970's. >> i was reading weeks ago, -- several weeks ago in american history. there were terrorist acts from mexico into the united states. there was resentment, i guess, of the territorial status and i think it was black back -- blackjack pershing. >> absolutely. the mexican drug lords are joining forces with groups like has a lot -- hezbollah. >> stay with that. don't they know how dangerous these folks can be? >> they operate on the principle of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. and the common enemy for hezbollah and mexican drug lords is america. they will have a common denominator. in this case, it is america. >> moving right along -- the 15 reasons -- violations of international laws. >> that is the perception that c

it just as in our own reconciliation in northern ireland, you have to separate the ones who want to come in a presence. the presence of foreign troops is a very sensitive issue for those who support the insurgency. mission ismbat and the presidential elections are completed, i would expect for that to be another window of opportunity for the reconciliation led by afghans and between afghans. i don't believe there will be a long-term sustainable future for afghanistan that does not involve some sort of compromise between the taliban and and the rest of afghan society. do you think those discussions should be between the after -- taliban and the current government? or pakistan? what is the role of pakistan in achieving long-term stability? >> at the very least, we need in atan to acquiesce long-term reconciliation. because of its control of the border areas and areas of harbor those who transit into afghanistan for nefarious purposes, pakistan can destabilize and undermined. tothe very least, it needs acquiesce to the authorities. a reconciliation would be greatly facilitated by the active

that northern ireland has been settled. they have made a lot of rye grass.t of progress. it is the most divided society in europe. 90% of the kids go to single religion schools. there are still low levels of violence. one of the questions is how do you complete the piece. how do you make this a normal society? i was trying to do that. >> what is different now from 300 years ago or 30 years ago? >> not enough. it is still divided. define themselves by what tradition they came from. -- politics are designed that way. people are defined by religious orientation. it is not a normal society where people go about their lives or to find their politics in terms of the role of their government in the economy. >> i sat down with tony blair. in a camera in belfast and one in london. the kids get to talk to each other. is that where it starts? >> yes. but it takes generations. it has to be top down. that is where the political leaders have to make tough decisions. have to deal with daily life. they have not dealt with 3500 people who died in the so-called trouble. there

will exchange shamrocks and customs started under president harry truman 3 bided will meet with northern ireland>: and today's date is cause for celebration in the math world. today is pi day. recognizing the mathematical constance 3.14159, the ratio of the circle's circumference to its diameter. civets at many bay area schools will attend to memorize the full digits of pi. the exploratory a mall offer free admission with special pride events started at one. oakland. jahi is the 13- year old owens was in custody thursday awaiting formal charges. scary moments aboard a u-s airways flight taking off from philadelphia international airport to florida. flight 1702 aborted its departure after the aircraft blew a tire last night. you can see the plane in this shot off the runway with its nose-gear collapsed onto the tarmac. many passengers say it happened so fast that they didn't know what was going on. scary moments aboard a u-s airways flight taking off from philadelphia late thursday afternoon. flight 1702 aborted its departure after the aircraft blew a tire. you can see the plane in this shot off

there will be some elements who are not just as in our own reconciliation process in northern ireland. the process consisted of separating the refuse next from those that would come inside the political process. the presence of foreign troops is a very sensitive issue for those who support the insurgency and once the combat mission the onset of the combat mission is completed and the afghan elections, the afghan presidential elections are completed i would expect there to be then another opportunity for reconciliation led by afghans and brokered between afghans. >> so you hope to see talks between the government? >> yes, i don't believe there is a long-term sustainable future for afghanistan that doesn't inform some -- include some form of compromise between the taliban and the rest of the afghan society. >> do you think the discussions with the afghan government and the current government are -- [inaudible] what about pakistan? what world do you think pakistan would have in achieving that long-term sustainable peace element? >> at the very least we need pakistan to passively acquiesc

they want to get back six counties from northern ireland. their main slogan is "brits out." >> a few years ago we would hear about terrorism in ireland. we do not hear that so much now. >> the ira is very active today. in fact some of them have become members of the british are limited. they were bigger in the 1960's and 1970's. >> i was reading >> weeks ago, -- several weeks ago in american history. there were terrorist acts from mexico into the united states. there was resentment, i guess, of the territorial status and i think it was black back -- blackjack pershing. >> absolutely. the mexican drug lords are joining forces with groups like hezbollah. >> stay with that. don't they know how dangerous these folks can be? >> they operate on the principle of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. and the common enemy for hezbollah and mexican drug lords is america. they will have a common denominator. in this case, it is america. >> moving right along -- the 15 reasons -- violations of international laws. >> that is the perception that countries d

we both share an interest in seeing northern ireland continue to take the next steps that unnecessary to finally bring an end to what so often has been a tragic history. i was disappointed, the u.s. government was disappointed. we are urging the parties to continue to negotiate. i know that good influence coming from dublin will help to encourage that to move out of the past. future that no the island so greatly deserters. i greatly appreciate your visit. we look forward to a good lunch, and i suspect with irish music. we will have a wonderful st. patrick's day this perception this afternoon. there will be able to celebrate alongside us. to you and your delegation, bank you for your and support. >> let me just say it is a privilege to be here with the president to continue these discussions the chair to countries. on this occasion we did not have to have a detailed discussion about ireland's economy the president, the promise our country is made up last couple of years. the president, the issues that we did discuss. not a question of immigration reform which is an issue for ireland an

, norway, new zealand the netherlands, poland, portugal, czech republic, the united kingdom, northern ireland, slovakia, sweden, turkey, and ukraine. i shall now give the four to council members who wish to make a statement before the vote. i give the floor from the representative of the russian federation. >> thank you, madam president. many times we have put forth in this chamber the essence of the russian position regarding the cost of developing the internal crisis in the ukraine. this is the general context that is important for understanding how we view the u.s. drafted resolution, brought to vote today. it is a secret to no one that the russian federation will vote against the resolution. we cannot go along with a basic assumption that is declaring illegal the 16 march planned referendum, where the very people of the crimean republic will determine their future. this type of philosophy from the sponsors of the draft is counter to the basic principles of international law. the principle of equal rights and self-determination. enshrined in article one of the u.n. charter. this principle,

in prague, we have met in london, in lisbon, we have met at the white house, we have met in northern ireland. this week in the hague. so it's good to finally meet the president of the european union off the european union. as i said before, europe is america's closest partner. europe, including the european union, is the cornerstone of our engagement around the clobe. -- globe. we are more secure and we are more prosperous. the world is safer and more just when europe and america stand as one. and later today i look forward to speaking to the young people from across europe about how we can sustain the values and ideals that are at the heart of our partnership. mentioned, i today touched on a full range of issues where we worked together. we agreed to step up our efforts to boost growth and job creation on both sides of the atlantic, and that includes working to conclude a transatlantic trade and investment partnership. let me add once we've trade agreement in place, export licenses for projects, for liquefies natural gas, would be much easier. somebody that's obviously relevant in today's g