i did so not out of any deep knowledge of northern ireland or ireland. i at that time had never been it in either. but out of great respect for ted and for the sense that he conveyed that this was the right thing to do. later, when president clinton asked me to go to northern ireland, i accepted. and i spent several years there learning about the issues, understanding, meeting and understanding the motives and platforms of the various political parties and political figures. and through it all, ted was to me a mentor and someone who i knew was passionate about moving it forward. and looking back on it, he did have a, he did make a tremendous contribution because he influenced members of the senate as he did me and the american public in two very important respects. he got those who favor the side of nationalism to understand that the only real way forward was through peaceful negotiations. he was very much influenced by john hume, as i was and other members of congress who got to meet and to know john, and by other northern ireland nationalist leaders. a

we will go to the irish border of northern ireland. businesses will see a rush of post brags it shoppers -- post brexit shoppers. a man from mali is on trial for attacking timbuktu. he is the first islamic extremists charged by the criminal court. he is the first to plead guilty to war crimes. speaking earlier today, he begged forgiveness for the attack. archaeologists are hoping the case will serve as a warning that the site will not -- that the -- of the site will not go unpunished. >> he pleaded guilty to ordering attacks from world heritage site --10 back to back in 2012 heritage site i may timbuktu back in 2012. >> all charges against me are accurate and correct. i am sorry and remorseful. i regret all damage i have caused the community, my family and my country. >> he called on others not to commit similar acts, he is the first suspect to face a charge of attacking religious or historical monuments. it's the first time this court has been able to defend its heritage, to recognize its importance, and to contribute to the fight aga

the catholic priest whose image when worldwide at the height of the troubles in northern ireland more than 40 years ago has died. footage was broadcast showing him waving a bloodstained handkerchief as he went to the aid of civil rights protesters shot by british protesters in what became known as bloody sunday. he was 82. chris buckler has this report now. of january,e 30th 1972, the day of the civil rights protest, and a of chaos on the city streets. 13 people were shot dead by british soldiers, and another died later from injuries. amidst all the pictures of bloody sunday, it was this image which stood up. a catholic priest waving a bloodsoaked handkerchief as protesters tried to carry a teenager to safety. the footage of dr. edward dalyviolen e trvibled years to shock people double was happening in northern ireland. >> i heard the shot and i saw him die. >> you saw him? >> yes. >> and i make -- a young man. >> about 15. he was running. i was running, too. chris: two years later he became derry a, position he used to speak out against all violence. to a is a peaceful end life that

bosnia, northern ireland, there's no cease-fire. in bosnia i still there's still lots of problems in bosnia. we agreed to train and arm the muslims so they could defend themselves. the policy you had when you ran in 1992 you haven't done that. we're behind which means americans can't come home. >> first of all, i take full responsibility for what happened at somalia. but the american people must remember that those soldiers were under an american commander when that happened. i believe they did the best they could under the circumstances, and let's not forget that hundreds of thousands of lives were saved there. secondly, in haiti political violence is much, much smaller than it was. thirdly, in bosnia, it is a virtual miracle that there has been no return to war and at least there has now been an election and the institutions are beginning to function. in northern ireland and the middle east, we are better off than we were four years ago. there will always be problems in this old world, but if we're moving in the right direction an

the brexit has driven the pound down to record lows, making shopping in northern ireland cheaper thanr. >> i came to buy a large item that was priced at home around 550. i got it today for 299 sterling. >> we would have weekly customers coming across the border anyway. but the frequency of their visit as probably increased. they are coming from farther afield. reporter: that is where the good news stops. retailers who rely on imports have been hit by rising prices. kelly's hardware has to pay more for timber and machinery. >> there are going to be duties and so forth on a lot of the goods coming in and going out across the border. reporter: cross-border trade has flourished since customs controls were scrapped in 1993. doubtexit vote has cast on whether the open border can be maintained until the u.k. unravels ties with the eu. anchor: finally, his antics out of the swimming pool grabbed headlines during the olympics, and they are hitting his wallet. speedo and ralph lauren have ended endorsement deals with ryan lochte after he lied about being robbed. speedo will donate a portion of

senate hosts a program on his efforts to encourage peace in northern ireland. former u.s.rge mitchell gives the keynote address followed by a panel , discussion with ambassadors and members of congress and journalists. this 90-minute program begins with remarks by the irish weapon to the u.s.assador anne anderson. >> thank you very much for that introduction. senator mitchell, mrs. vicky kennedy. distinguished panelists. all the distinguished guests. i really am genuinely happy to be here this evening. it is not an easy night for me because the group of my prime minister comes to town tomorrow and they are working very hard the night before but i have to say he's on a kennedy related visit because he comes to the kennedy center tomorrow to open the ireland 100 festival which is the centerpiece of our

now we are seeing all sorts of theussions going on with government of scotland, government of northern irelandrmans and french have elections in 2017 in march and september, so there is a sporting chance that the negotiations won't get going until the middle of next year, and maybe not until the end of next year, if at all, so people are beginning to understand a little bit more now. arguably they should have done so before the referendum took lace, but people are beginning to understand about how in norms the complex and time-consuming this is all going to be. we just flashed the lineup of data in the u.k., unemployment, retail, and largely the market is looking at these numbers to figure out what is going to go wrong and how bad brexit will be, but when you see , is theres doing well a chance here that perhaps there will be a certain point that we can say the data is not cropping up yet and may be the fallout is not as bad as we expected? >> that is a good question, and b answer.a and vote affects the potential level of demand in the economy. we have not had anything other than anecdote abou

worked as a correspondent in new york, washington and has covered wars in the middle east in northern ireland, olympic games in lake placid in sarajevo , and a presidential impeachment. he served in various times as producer and executive producer of all things considered. i miss sam and you probably do as a long-time "talk of the nation." please welcome gretel ehrlich and neil conan. [applause] neil: when you first went to greenland in 1993, you brought a couple of books with you. what were they? gretel: they were two of the 13 volumes of [indiscernible] the 1920'sveled in from greenland to of point hope alaska. rasmussen, weor would know very little of arctic culture. neil: what did we learn from him? gretel: everything. acrossoriginally came the bering land bridge from northeastern siberia. ,nd they have year-by-year perhaps 20,000 years ago, first will ask, then to the archipelago, what we call the northwest passage was really the traditional passageway east for them. and they ended up in greenland roughly 5000 years ago. it's one language. there's a lot of dialects. one life way with som

what we do is make sure we connect all of the u.k., scotland, ireland, northern ireland, the north, towing markets of the world. we are a hub airport. we are the u.k.'s biggest port. 29% of exports go from heathrow. these are the vital trading links we have. expanding heathrow will help boost the economy and create manufacturing jobs across the country. francine: how does that fit with the brexit vote? there was a clear majority that are almost saying we don't want to be that global anymore. john: i don't think that was being said. for many people, it was about, we want to be a global player, not constrained by europe. we want to be trading with all the growing markets of the world. only each room will do that for us. francine: brexit was actually immigration. i know immigrants don't take planes, but there was a sense that the country will be much more inward looking. john: i think that if you talk to politicians, their aim is to have a much more outward looking country. that is the point. if we are going to be a confident trading nation, we have to have links with all those growing ma

has been the devolution of powers within the european union, as well as scotland, wales, and northern ireland. for hundreds of years, documents have worked in their own way. it has meant that rather the n of aerculean effort constitutional amendment, laws can be amendment -- and amended and revised easily. but on occasion, that system has been called into question. most recently, there has been the human rights act of 1998. it would seem from confusing the title of the bill of rights there would be little need for the human rights act. however, the human right act of 69 was not concerned about the plight of the common man. it dealt more with the relationship you to the parliament and the crown. before, democratic accountability, checks and balances favored in overall styler the more american bill of rights. but in the 1960's in the 1970's, a more formal document picked up speed. the u.s. model of american rights has been reject did because it would require a change. it draws distinctions that contrast quite radically with the constitution here, especially in unqualified rights. for instance,

devaluation of institutions within the european as well as legislation in scotland, wales, and northern ireland. thesendreds of years, documents and conventions of work in their own long-standing way -- rather than the herculean effort that would be required to pass a constitutional amendment, laws can be amended and revise more easily, but on occasion, that system has been called into question. most recently, there's been the 1998.rights act of it would seem from confusing the title of the bill of rights there would be little need for a human rights act. however, the bill of rights of 1689 was not concerned about the plight of the common man. instead, it dealt more with the relationship between the parliament and the crown. before the human rights act came along, democratic accountability, checks and balances favored in overall american south bill of rights. but in the 1960's in the 1970's, a more formal document picked up speed. the u.s. model of american rights have been -- has been rejected because it would mean a more real i'm at the power. betweenignment of power parliament and judiciary.

. >> but that was a homogenous society in a geographically limited area in which northern ireland was infiltrated already with british forces and british people who could turn grass who would turn information on them. the united states is 320 million people. you are essentially saying we will turn a flashlight, a spotlight on to the entire nation to root out a class of people which are nameless and classless which could actually create far, vast more quantities of terrorism. >> if i -- >> i'm just trying to find out where you put the needle here. where's the needle going to be. the more terrorism we get, will the needle more towards the more right wing point of view? you know it is. we know the more that goes on the tougher government will get. dana? >> we have gone after a lot of limited government individuals here in the united states before and have had government departments, bureaucratic agencies which have been weaponized to do so. i'm glad to see we are coming to some concrete agreement about how it's perhaps not very good to do that. i will say this. i think we need to be more

northern ireland is led by a woman and so is wales. male election victories are a newsworthy event.he next speaker, was a man. the former cabinet minister, norman fowler. >> i would like to thank the house very sincerely for the exceptional support they have given me and to say that i will do my utmost to live up to this trust. >> what we have seen today is a parliamentary first. the first time a man has been elected to the role of non-speaker. [laughter] >> lady smith reflecting on an unlikely glass ceiling being smashed. that is it there it parliament is now in recess after a busy and momentous term. mps are scheduled to return to westminster on monday, september five. they will be debating the issues resulting from brexit. some interesting times are lying ahead. me, goodbye. ♪ c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, with the republican and democratic national conventions over, we will talk with the managing newsletterpolitical at the university of virginia of virginia as he previews the 2016 electoral math, i

insufficient within the european union as well as religious institutions in scotland,wales and northern ireland . for hundreds of years these documents and conventions of words in their own long-standing way , it is meant that rather than the herculean efforts that would be required to pass constitutional amendments, was the amended and revised but on occasion that system has been called into question. most recently there's many human rights act of 1998, and it would seem from confusing the title of the bill of rights there would be little need for human rights act. however, the bill of rights of 1689 was not completely concerned about the plight of the common man. instead it dealt more with the relationship between the parliament and the crown. before the human rights act of came along in 1998 democratic accountability, checks and balances and the rule of law were favored over a more american-style rights but in the 1960s and 70s in my country the idea of a formal document wasn't seen. the us model of the bill of rights has however been rejected by most republicans because it would have requir

he does is transport people from the border of scotland, england and the west of scotland to northern ireland, create a protestant barrier over there. and they're designed to serve as a barrier against the wild irish. with consequences in irish history that go on well into the 20th, 21st century. in the 18th century, much of those scott-irish they're then called, migrate to north america. get to philadelphia. and then pennsylvania, government of pennsylvania, does exactly the same thing with them. sort of flagged them out to the frontier, while these scotch-irish who are coming from a culture of hundreds of years of basically beating each other up, can go out on the frontier and act as either the short troops of empire or a buffer against the wild indians. and as we'll see, you follow the appalachian trail, appalachian mountains. right? we talked about the configuration of the mountains. the tendency in these mountains is to trend south and west. these are settlers who keep going into indian country, down through georgia into cherokee country, then trend west. people with names like calhoun,

senate hosts a program on his efforts to encourage peace in northern ireland. former u.s.nvoy george the keynote s address followed by a panel discussion with ambassadors and members of congress and skwrufrp journalists. his 90-minute program begins with remarks by the irish weapon of mass destruction with bass -- the u.s. anne anderson. that nk you very much for introduction. senator mitchell, mrs. vicky kennedy. panelists.hed all the distinguished guests. i really am genuinely happy to here this evening. t is not an easy night for me prime the group of my minister comes to town tomorrow and they are working very hard the night before but i have to he's on a kennedy related visit because he com

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secondly, a number of radical left-wing socialist candidate have been elected for the first time in northern irelandthe belfast parliament, group called people before profit. two of their main campaigners were elected to parliament. likewise, the water campaignerss and other radicals have been elected into the parliament in dublin and are playing a very good role by refusing to take sides in the old wars between the irish political parties. look, ireland has a very special history, as you know, and each country has to rely and depend on itself own history, and the precedence in these countries, and bring them back to life. here, of course, very few people talk about the slave rebellion. all of the groups of -- small groups but important groups of whites who helped the rebellions in the past in britain no one ever talks about the examples of the english revolution. after all, he can land was the first country to execute its monarchs. >> i remember saying this in us a central and i remember -- australia, and i remember a lot of eye wish people had gone there. >> i don't think they heard you -- >> engl

looking over some of these quotes, in 1981, can anyone look at the carnage in iran, bloodshed in northern irelandor bombs bursting in lebanon and question injecting religion into the affairs of state. he believed very firmly by the end of his political career that people who enter politics from a religious motivation are so impassioned and so impervious to compromise that it made the give and take necessary for politics impossible, which is kind of ironic, because in 1964, you know, extremism and defensive liberty is no vice, no virtue, that was what he was accused of at the time, but he really did seem to come to an extremely firm and impassioned notion. he didn't want pat robertson to run for president in 1988. he thought that was a violation of the separation of chump and state. >> darcy olsen, let me begin with the first sentence and first chapter. barry goldwater said, "i had been much concerned that so many people today feel compelled to apologize for conservative instincts. conservative," to this day remains the best statement of what it means to be a conservative in this country. it is --

can anyone look at the carnage in iran, the bloodshed in northern ireland and the bombs bursting in lebanon and question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of states? he believed very firmly by the end of his political career i mean, he believed very firmly by the time -- by the end of his political career that people who enter politics from a religious motivation are so impassioned and so impervious to compromise that it made the give and take necessary for politics impossible. which is kind of ironic because in 1964, you know, extremism and defense of liberty is no vice and pursuit of justice is no virtue, that was what he was accused of at the time. but he did seem to come to an extremely firm and extremely passionate notion. he thought that was a violation of the separation of the church and state. >> let me begin with the first sentence in the first chapter, barry goldwater said, quote, i have been much concerned with so many people today with concerned instincts feel compelled to apologize for them. he goes onto say president nixon at the time and president eis

northern ireland is led by a woman, and wales led by leanne wood.hese days male election , victories are a newsworthy event. choose theent to next beaker, hold the front page, it was a man. the former cabinet minister, norman fowler. >> i would like to thank the house very sincerely for the exceptional support they have given me and to say that i will do my utmost to live up to this trust. >> this is a parliamentary first. the first time a man has been elected to the role of non-speaker. >> lady smith reflecting on an unlikely glass ceiling being smashed. parliament is now increased after a busy and momentous term. they are scheduled to return to westminster on monday, september the fifth. they will be debating the issues resulting from brexit. interesting times are ahead. for now, goodbye. ♪ >> coming up live here on c-span, president obama will be speaking to the 95th invention of disabled veterans in atlanta. we will bring you his remarks 35 eastern on: c-span. also singapore fell prime minister will be visiting washington and visiting with presi

ireland itt northern decade tothan a really taking root, even early now.hings i never clean or easy. -- these things are never clean or easy. francine: if you look at the fact -- does the next u.s. president have a big role to play with colombia? john: a lot of this is about drug traffickers. i'm assuming this doesn't change the status of drug traffickers who are wanted. that is an ongoing sore they'll go on and on and on. until these people are brought to justice. that might come to get relations. there are people high up gore implicated in this -- high up who are implicated in this. i know we could talk about it for another six hours. my final question, depending on the who has that's who the u.s. chooses as the next president -- who the u.s. chooses as the next president, does it change your on emerging markets, especially in central and south america? luca: [indiscernible] it is too early. the huge inflows in the last few months, any situation, it changes perception of the emerging markets could be risky for the next few months. francine: luca and john

ireland plan to appeal the decision. >>> not one, but two weather systems are threatening the coastal u.s., one setting its sights on northernother the outer banks of north carolina. residents bracing for heavy rain and possible flash flooding. meteorologist chad myers is here. >> not even strong enough to get names yet. hopefully later on today as they start to move away from land, they'll get their act together. we don't want anything to be hitting land as a big storm. all we're going to get from number eight is a rip current situation. that will be for north carolina. some will be happy about these rip currents because they'll be able to surf in them. this is not a day tout ob there if you're not an expert swimmer or lifeguard. this is going to make those rip currents -- you can be taken out to sea by this stuff. big waves, sure, but not big fun if you're in that. now the bigger story i think which is into the gulf of mexico as this storm, number eight pulls away. it could be hermine or ian. we're seeing which will be the earliest to develop a name. this is looking more sinister today. this purple area is what moved acros