they included many patriots of scotland. well, john muir did not win this exercise, but title went to his favorite poet. so he really won. robert burns. john muir would have approved. he treasured burns all of his life. in writing about robert burns, john muir could wax elegantly when he was describing trees or glaciers. he wrote, "his lessons of divine love and sympathy to humanity, which he preached in his poems and sent forth white-hot from his heart, has gone ringing and singing around the globe, stirring the hearts of every nation and race -- and race." so no wonder the appreciation for john muir in the land of his birth is increasing. this is part of scotland's homecoming celebration. the country celebrated a year-long john muir festival, with a series of special events, programs, and enterprises, all focused on bringing john muir home to his birthplace in scotland. one of their major efforts was to establish a walking and cycling route in scotland named in john muir's honor. they were going to chop -- going to call it

>> it is not fair for scotland to vote. >> let's start with the economy. chancellor sets out his latest facts and figures in a budget. known as the autumn statement. normally, the figures are secret, but this year there was an announcement. for the health service, the money is to support doctors and nurses. there was more money for roads too, with funds for a long-awaited project. opponents claim it is not new and will benefit coalition constituencies. what will the chancellor have left to announce on his big day? he made the short trip to the commons to unveil his final statement before the general elections. >> over the last year, we have grown 2.5 times faster than germany, over three times faster than the euro zone, and over seven times faster than france. borrowing is falling, the deficit is down to half, britain is living within its means, and the economic plan is on course. >> on to savings in government spending. >> there are those who say we should faster or slower, but we have the pace right. >> so to the chancellor's big announcement. >> britain

instead it goes across the middle of scotland, including many of the urban areas. the john muir way stretches 134 miles across scotland's the west, running from to his birthplace in dunbar on the east coast. the walking and hiking trail is only one of the many efforts in scotland this year to bring home his legacy. publications sought to remind people that john muir so often taught of -- that john muir, so often thought of as american and californian, was born and raised in scotland. there was even a national conference in scotland about parks and protected areas that was named the john muir conference. i am told all of the keynote speakers quoted john muir favorably in some way or another. has taken some years of efforts in scotland to remind the scottish that john muir was born in a small seacoast fishing village of dunbar. after two decades, that reminder has become effective. placed --uir birth birthplace trust, a citizens , have worked hard to remind people of scotland and many visitors from the united states about john muir as a scottish environmental hero. m

still to come, what is next for scotland and the u.k.? miles away and oceans apart, politicians grapple with our relationships with europe. they may be peers, but they are still revolting. another withering verdict on government policy. >> yet again, parliament is being asked to the secretary for justice to rubberstamp a rushed and unthought through discrete proposal. >> but before all of that, let's turn our attention to scotland and the fallout from the independence referendum. in september the scotts rejected the idea by 55%-404%. the campaign had been hard-fought. the three main parties at westminster promised more devolutions, quickly dubbed the vow. the morning after the referendum, even cameron said that he wanted to look at the powers of the rest of the u.k. and stop british mps from voting on british matters. that upset labor. opening the, debate, we american argued -- william haguye. >> make no mistake, the need is palpable and serious and across the united kingdom, we must find that for settlement. delay is not an option. >> th

>>> tonight on "lockup: world tour" -- >> we go behind prison walls in scotland, the knife murder capital of europe. >> we meet a killer with a sadistic streak. >> what do you do with pliers? >> and the interview takes a startling turn. violence erupts inside a maximum security prison in belgium. >> he's a crazy man, a murderer, but i'm not scared, you know? >> but in this prison when tensions rise, inmates can cool off in the sex room. >> two hours for sex. >>> to americans, it's a country best known for chocolate, waffles and beer, belgium. roughly the size of maryland, it's considered to be one of the safest nations in europe. but criminals do exist here. and the most hard core can be found 50 miles east of brussels in the town of hasselt. it was built in 2005. it houses 470 men and, in a separate unit, 30 women. >> this is unique. the other prisons in this country, they are old prisons. they are more than 100 years, 150 years old and have a culture. bad or good culture but they always have a culture. we started from zero. >> as the nation's newest high security prison, hasselt employs

>> -- one of the most infamous murderers in scotland. and an old timer stirs up trouble. ♪ make the best entertainment part of your holidays. catch all the hottest handpicked titles on the winter watchlist, only with xfinity from comcast. >>> directly between glasgow and edinburgh scotland is shotts, the farming village that dots the isle's central interior. but just beyond grazing sheep is a much more foreboding presence. this is hmp, her majesty's prison, shotts, a maximum security prison that houses more than 500 of scotland's most violent prisoners. >> all the prisoners will be serving four years and offer. that means they've committed a serious crime. 52% of the prisoners here now are serving a life sentence. most life sentences are given for murder. so we have a lot of murderers here. >> many of the men committed for murder here are in their 20s and claim drugs played a role in their crime. >> this man's crimes made headlines. >> so you were a drug dealer? >> a drug dealer, aye. a wee bit. >> but hutchison was a drug dealer with a

scotland paid a living wage and scotland is a churck sample of how you should lead the way because how can we justify in the 21st century and a -- a property? thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much for your speech. i must just tell you in this as proof of the importance of persistence in politics i once stood as a candidate in 1987 from wells south which included was sure but sadly for maywood shor fell back. okay now can we have another contributor on this site. i know we haven't had anybody yet from the east midlands. east midlands, please. >> i am from nottingham. i would like to see people working hard day in and day out to earn a wage that doesn't cover the basic necessities where we shocked when they're unemployed? raising the living wage would encourage people to find a job to contribute to society. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. we may be able to squeeze a couple more in. i wanted to welcome my parliamentary colleagues the honorable conservative member of parliament guy opperman. [applause] and in fact i think he thinks that i think he still quite a young person. >>

we reached out to scotland's family tonight but we did not hear back from them.e did hear from the red sox in a statement they said "we cooperated fully with the department's investigation of this tragic accident. but will not be commenting on it we've taken all necessary steps to ensure that the elevators in fenway park are safe ". our thoughts remain with miss scotland and her family and we hope for her continued progress with her recover he. >> tonight there's joy in havana and outrage in miami. president obama's move to restore diplomatic relations with cuba is drawing criticism and phrase in the kuhn ban-american community. it is a historic move no doubt. the deal negotiated in secret with the help of pope francis. the decision was capped by a conversation between president obama and the cuban president raul castro is. and the release of an american contractor alan gross today. gross had been imprisoned in cuba for the last five your. the president says that he wants to open an embassy in havana ease travel restrictions and allow for more trade between the c

we are bearing the brunt here in scotland.er north in the western aisles and northern aisles of scotland where they're seeing exceptionally high waves. the sea state there is described as phenomenal. the waves are seen of something of 15 meters high already. the coast guard has had to be called out to a fishing boat that got in difficulties. a huge wave crashed over the front of it. as you mentioned, thousands of homes are are without power. engineers are working to restore that power. we've had ferry services also cancelled. we are used to this weather in scotland. we get difficult weather conditions. this is the first storm of the winter, first real test. it's due to get worse throughout the day. >>> malala, the child education campaigner that a survived the near fatal gun attack will become the youngest ever to receive the nobel peace prize. she will accept it along with the child rights campaigner. >> malala a school girl and global champion of children's rights, the youngest ever recipient of the nobel peace price. now sh

she traveled sunday from sierra leone to scotland. she was hospitalized the next day. >> under uk protocols, she's been admitted to a special unit. nick rosen joins us live now outside that hospital. if that's anywhere she's going to be that's the place. they've successfully dealt with one ebola patient already. any update on her condition? >> reporter: not so far. what we know from the hospital is she's in the high level isolation unit, a unit set up in 2006 designed for the isolation treatment of people with infectious diseases. william pooley a medical worker who was in west africa caught ebola, was brought back here and successfully treated several months ago. this new patient, a woman, she is the first to be diagnosed with ebola in britain. she had returned from an assignment in sierra leone. she is a nurse with the national health service here in the uk based in scotland. she was volunteering for the save the children fund. she had gone out there to work to help people with ebola late november. she was returning, got back late s

scotland is your home.nd you've interpreted so many songs in the "american songbook" that were put out -- how do i nut put this as charitably as i can -- put out when america was introducing its dark side, night side especially for people of color. a long way of asking how it is that a white girl growing up in scotland ends up being so connected -- >> yeah -- >> -- to the struggle of people of color in this country, of people of color in south africa and around the globe. how does that happen for you? what was the answer to that? >> you know, even when i was a child -- i have to tell you, i come from the northeast of scotland. i was dancing to motown and stacks of music that came through our dan halls. you see -- dance halls. you see, this is the beauty of music, it travels, it journeys. all the teenagers were dancing to the music, and it was infectious. in the same way that the beatles and the rolling stones -- there was this wonderful wave, exchanging cultural wave of music. the beatles in the british mov

we reached out to scotland's family about did not hear back from them. from the red sox though. they said we cooperated fully with the department's investigation of this tragic accident but we will not be commenting on it. we have taken all necessary steps to ensure that the l straightors in fenway park are safe. our thoughts remain with miss scotland and her family and we hope for continued progress with her recovery. jessica dean for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >>> happening today a deal is in the works to save the trump taj mahal casino from closing with just days to spare. new york post reports billion air investor karl icon reached a deal with the workers union to keep the casino opened. the union is expect to finalize that agreement today. taj mahal have would have been the fifth atlantic city casino to close this year if it shut down as planned on saturday. >> tom corbett only has four weeks left on the job. he is thinking about life outside of the governor's mansion. corbett says he might work on a republican kate's presidential campaign but

it's been a year of astounding economic year in scotland. a figure shows investment at a 17-year high. organized the greatest every -- hailed around the world as a model of truly participative democracy. scott land has a new sense of economic confidence. wherever we're traveling together as a nation, they are transforming this country for the better. the sense of political confidence of evngagement is th point at which i wish to end. i mentioned the enthusiasm that was generated by the reestablishment of this party in 1999 when america msps were applauded. that has evolved into something much more meaningful, sustaininged critical, constructive engagement, involving people in every part of the country. scott land now has the most energized empowered and informed electorate of any country in europe. we have a new generation of citizens who understand that their opinion matters. who believe that their voice will be had to shape society. it will be a point of pride, a source of challenge, for me the sense of generational change has been a facto

we reached out to scotland's family but did not hear back from them.e did hear from the red sox though, they said we cooperated fully with the department's investigation of the tragic accident, and we will not be commenting on it. we have taken all necessary steps to assure that the elevators in even if waste park are safe, and our thoughts remain with miss scottland and her family and we hope for continuing progress with her recovery. jessica dean for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >>> your time is now 7:38. corruption investigation involving penndot leads to ten arrests, and multiple felony, fraud charges. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers tells us the arrest are part of the larger investigation that stretches, beyond philadelphia. >> these defendants are accused of being involved in a massive overtime scam. >> a scam that cost taxpayers 1.2 million-dollar according to chief deputy attorney general eric olson, nine of the ten defendants were arraigned wednesday morning. here's how the crime breaks down at the the top, penndot managers, alexande

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that has been passed on to scotland, where spending has in fact been cut by 1%.that grampian has a £70 million two-year shortfall in funding? consequently, the responsibility for the crisis in the health service in the northeast of scotland lies firmly with the scottish government, led until a few weeks ago by alex salmond, the msp for aberdeenshire east. >> my right honorable friend is absolutely right. we have increased spending by £12.7 billion. that translates into a real-terms increase. so scotland and wales have had the extra money to spend, but labour in wales chose to cut the nhs rather than to invest in it, and in scotland the snp government have not translated the full amount of money. that is why, when we look at figures for such things as accident and emergency, yes, we need to do better in england, but our performance is still well better than it is in wales, scotland, or, indeed, in northern ireland. the moral of this story is that you need a long-term economic plan and a conservative-led government to deliver these advances. >> you have been watchi

. >> does the prime minister intend to the ball income attacks to northern ireland scotland in tandem, or in contrast, has he already decided to veto the deal coalition tax to scotland it does because we are implementing the smith commission and that's what the should be implemented. in terms of northern ireland the chancellor will set out our position in a moment or two, but let's be clear about the very big differences there are between northern ireland and scotland to northern ireland having a land border with the republic and having had all the difficulties and troubles. and him shaking his head in that way shows how little scottish nationalists actually care about the rest of our united kingdom. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. 56 years ago, simon winfield digby, then honorable member for west dorchester made the firstly for improvement -- summit in the south. the fact is that this government care for management of the economy, the prime minister was warmly welcomed once again this week to announce 1.3 billion pounds investment in stonehenge. with the prime minister now reas

. >> a health worker is being tested for ebola in scotland.his comes a day after another was diagnosed with the disease. one return from scotland and has been transferred to london. passengers on flights are being transferred. the risk to the public is very low. police have detained the alleged mastermind behind the mumbai attack. he has spent six years in jail awaiting trial for the attacks in which 165 people were killed. they had granted and lack of evidence. the ruling embarrass the government who had vowed to crack down in light of the passion law massacre -- peshawar massacre. just how much rubbish a person can make in the course of seven days by asking individuals to literally lie in the mess that they make. >> it can be a dirty job. they agreed to pose with seven days of their own trash. rappers, containers, plastic bags, a week's worth of waste. >> what is it creating? who is it harming? when you see your trash, it makes you stop. maybe i should do something different. >> photographer chose natural environments for each of his subject

, or, in contrast with the vow, has he decided to veto the devolution of corporation tax to scotlandtirely? >> we are implementing the smith commission. that is what we believe should be implemented. the chancellor will set out our position in a moment or two. let us be absolutely clear about the big differences between northern ireland and scotland: northern ireland has a land border with the republic and had all the difficulties and troubles. and him shaking his head in that way, he shows how little the scottish nationalists care about the rest of our united kingdom. >> mr. speaker, 56 years ago, simon wingfield digby, the then honorable member for west dorset, made the first plea for improvements to the a303 in this house. thanks to the government's careful management of the economy, the prime minister was once again warmly welcomed in wiltshire this week to announce £1.3 billion investment in the tunnel under stonehenge. will the prime minister reassure the people of the south-west that we will not have to wait another 56 years for it to be delivered? >> i can certainly make that

scotland only became part of the united kingdom in a formal basis in 1797, and the scottish, too, were perceived as politically unreliable by london. all of this is helping to put more pressure on london to arm africans not only because of the perceived political unreliability of the irish and the scottish, but also because spain is putting so much competitive pressure on britain to do the same so that the brush brush -- the british can then fight the spanish more competitively. but arming the africans isn't, obviously, something that these rebels these north american settlers are hotly opposed to. i mean the very thought to them was considered to be insanity. that is to say they felt that africans should not be armed, that they should be marched at gunpoint into the fields to pick tobacco to create wealth for the slave holders. so you begin to see the deepening rift and fissure between the settler class on the north american mainland and london, and the londoners and the elite in britain around. what happens, of course, is what i consider to be one of the turning points in the history

give us a sense of what oil prices are doing to scotland's mood about devolution?is good for the economy overall, taking a u.k. perspective. it will provide a boost to growth. it will take time to come through but it will eventually. course, as with all asset prices comment these things can go down and bounce back quickly. it hasot to see how much sustained since june this year. it is good for the economy overall. it provides, essentially, a tax break to consumers. it helps with the cost base for the business sector. >> does it show that scotland was right to stay in the u.k.? go down, they go up, what has happened since june a surprise to most oil specialists and economists like myself. it is not really something that you can tie directly to a political issue. it.is a market-based issue . we are looking forward into 2015 . oil is one factor in terms of how a global business performs but there are a range of other factors, too. are going tonk we end up in a position where we end up with tax competition between edinburgh and london? >> taxation is part of what is be

it was scotland and ireland.ish we could be sharing this with my mother and buzz's wife, my aunt beth. we also wanted to share with them our great curiosity about the one undiscovered part of scotland at this point, which was ronald mcdonald. we get to port tree, the biggest town in skye, is still very small. turned out at the end of the main street was the address ronald had given us and it was a little art gallery. this is when we found out the most amazing thing. turns out ronald mcdonald is an economist, he's done work for the imf, the world bank and he was a significant player in scottish independence. i buy a newspaper and reading about scottish independence and there's this person quoted, really prominent economist named ronald macdonald. i said that's a common name around here. and then i get to skye, and they say, well, and you're the most famous person on skye. you are the most -- everyone's like you're related to ronald macdonald? clearly, and they said you know he's an economist and all of a sudden, i

opinions remain divided in scotland after voters refused independent dense from the united kingdom. >> in scotland after the referendum, many felt -- while others felt belief and bridging these difficulties will take time. >> the queen called for cooperation for the future of their country. but support for independence continues to grow. the monarch cited a ceremony held in august to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the start of world war i. she said countries on both sides came together to remember in peace. >>> leaders in japan and china are trying to build relations. they took a step forward last month by holding their first talks, but the japanese ambassador of beijing says there's a lot more to do. >> ambassador to china two years ago. people across the country have been shown hostility toward japan. he outlined what he felt he needed to do. >> my first duty is to deepen the friendly relations between japan and china. the japanese and chinese governments fell into a prolonged diplomatic standoff. then prime minister abe reached out to each other and led official for the first

we reached out to scotland's family but did not hear back from them.ar from the red sox though, they said we cooperated fully with the department's investigation of this tragic accident but it will not be commented on it. we have taken all necessary steps to ensure that the elevators in fenway park are safe, our thoughts remain with miss scottland and her family and we hepp for continued progress with her recovery. jessica dean, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> this morning pennsylvania governor tom corbett is waking up with only four weeks left on the job. now he is thinking about life outside of the governor's mansion. corbett says that he might work on a republican date's presidential can pain but he has not settled on the candidate. he is opened to teaching, or accepting a seat on the corporate board. corbett leaves office on yan 20th after losing the election to tom wolf. >>> meanwhile new jersey governor chris christie plans to use holidays to talk with his family about probably running for president. christie is waiting for his oldest children to co

the unique blending process, which can c cannot be found in scotland, the traditional home of whisky, has improved the quality. he is the chief blender. in scotland, a single blender traditionally decides the taste and aroma of a whisky, but fukuoi crafts the blends with four other employees. the goal is to produce a perfectly balanced product. >> we can obtain greater perfection in developing and maintaining our flavors when we incorporate the expertise of the team in the building process. >> scotch whisky is a major british industry. japanese whisky is already on par with scotch, but it's still little known in the u.k. >> have you had the japanese whisky before? >> no. didn't know they made it. >> is it big in japan? >> japanese whiskys lag far behind in terms of global market share. raising their profile is key to boosting sales. he is a marketing specialist at the london office. together with zar and perric, a senior member of the u.k. bartender's guild, he organizes more than 400 tasting events a year to promote japanese whisky. about 70 whisky lovers attend this tasting. they wa

this is passed on to scotland where spending has been cut by 1%.ve increased spending by 12.7 billion pounds. that translates into a real term increase of scotland and wales have had the extra money to spend the labor in wales just to cut the nhs rather than to invest in it and in scotland the government has not translated the full amount of money. that is why when you look at figures yes we need to do better in england but her performance as well better than it is in wales or scotland or indeed in northern ireland and the moral of the story is you need a long-term economic plan and a conservative led government to deliver these advances. >> order. .. >>> to those who oppose the steps i am announcing today, let me tell you i respect your passion and liberty and commitment. but the question is how do we uphold that commitment? i don't think we can do the same thing for five decaddecades and expect the same results. it doesn't make sense to try to push cuba toward collapse -- even if that worked, and it hasn't for many years, we know countries are be

a british government report from before the election promised scotland greater autonomy if voters turned down independent, but he said the report failed to meet expectations. >> and with that, so much at stake for scotland. i think it's important to stand on the sidelines. >> the scottish national party has been gaining support since the referendum. >>> a chinese court has sentenced eight people to death for deadly attacks in the autonomous region. the incidents left 42 people dead. in may, attackers drove vehicles into shoppers and hurled explosives at an open air market in the capital. the attacks left 39 people dead and 94 injured. one month earlier, a bomb exploded at a train station. three people were kill ed and 7 injured. the state run sichuan news agency says the court gave death sentences to six people for the may attack and two for the april bombing. the court gave suspended death sentences to five other defendan defendants. a suspended death sentence can be commuted if an inmate commits no new crimes during the suspension period. they were part of the separatists east islamic

elizabeth scotland says the closed elevator door opened when she brushed up against it last may. and the accident left her with brain, spooinl and facial injuries. scotland is also suing the elevator company. >>> new at 11:00, building community trust in the wake of civil rights community. the city held a community justice forum. police officers, judges and state leaders answered people's questions about safety and the use of force by police officers. >> we're here to facilitate a confers to make things better within our city. >> the city says this will be the first of several events to foster a better relationship between the public and members of the criminal justice system. >>> the ride sharing company lift is coming to pennsylvania, just not to philadelphia. lyft uses smart phone apps to dispatch drivers who use their own, personal cars much like uberx. the public utility commission just approved the commission to operate in the state. burr the parking authority regulates taxing taxis in philadelphia. it considers them unlicensed cab byes. >>> schools required to stock epi pe

this has been passed on to scotland where spending has been cut by 1%. can be also be aware the 70 million -- shortfall in funding and consequent responsible for the crisis in health service in northeastern scotland lies firmly with the scottish government? >> my honorable friend is also be right. we've increased spending by 12.7 billion pounds. that translates into a real terms increase, so scotland and wales have had the extra money to spend, labour in wales chose to cut the nhs rather than to invest in it. and in scotland, the government has not translated to the full amount of money. that is why when you look at figures for things like accident and emergency, yes, we need to do better in england but our performance is still well better than it is in wales or in scotland, or indeed in northern ireland. the moral of the story is unique long-term economic plan and the conservative led government to deliver these advances. >> order. point of order. we have a statement. >> here on c-span2 we will now leave the british house of commons as members move onto

but salmon says the report failed to meet expectations. >> and with so much at stake for scotland, i think it's imp impossible to stand on the sidelines. >> the scottish national party has been gaining support since the referendum. we have ron madison with the latest in business news. ron? >>> well, gene, certainly investors with a lot of data to digest today, and they're growing concerns about global growth due to weak data from asia's big economies. japanese government officials have revised gdp growth downward in the third quarter of 2014. the economy contracted by 1.9%, in annual terms, from july to september. now that's well above a preliminary reading of 1.6%. trade data from china was also well below expectations. release of the data is casting a bit of a shadow over investor sentiment as we can see here. all the major benchmarks in europe are down with london leading the pack lower, losing about 0.75%. taking a look at the asia pacific region. tokyo's nikkei hit the highest closing level since july 2007. that was due to upbeat u.s. jobs figures. china's shanghai composite ind

speaker, on this day we've called for an rder to fast track order for scotland especially in 16 and 17-year-olds in the election. they usually allow them to make the big decisions. but will he make a commitment? >> we will stoic the timetable that was committed to by only main parties at the time of the referendum and we religiously stuck to that time tabble. and despite predictions by s & p we have overdelivered to scotland despite their prediction to the contrary. as he knows there's a lively debate about the franchise of 16 and 17-year-olds. my party has always believed that we should give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote. it's clearly something which will continue to be debated across parties in this house. >> michael thornton? >> thank you, mr. speaker a surprise. some of most heart rending cases i've seen -- -- ou were standing >> very surprised. i might forget where i am. of y, mr. speaker -- some the most heart rending cases in my surgery on a weekly basis are those people who have had mental health physicals and feel let down by the national health and other organizations

the underwater intruder off scotland. russia and their submarines be spying on american allies. >>> and football crackdown. the personal scandal embarrassing to the nfl and the leaders of the league say enough is enough. >> the policy is comprehensive. it is strong. it is tough. >> but do the new rules of conduct do enough to satisfy fans? it's thursday, december 11th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. we start with this extreme weather that's in all likelihood somebody we're talking to it being affected. millions of americans on both coasts deal with drenching rain in the west and heavy snow in the east. >> always upsets me when anchors wear sleeveless when it's horrible weather across america. >> it upsets you? >> i couldn't find anything with sleeves. people dont make clothes with sleeves. >> yeah, i notice that every time i go shopping. there are no sleeves on any of these. >> and that's why you always wear the suit with the

uk and people in england and wails and all of that who felt as they heard the debate they wanted scotland to stay as well. so he think we emerged stronger for it and again for the first time in my adult lifetime the march of separatism has been checked and it is a great example of political courage, taking the difficult decision and confronting the issue rather than running away from the issue. >> rose: let me take the time also to talk about, because you are so close to the prime minister, not only as a political person with him, and long time friend, and not only as chancellor exchequer you are an advisor to him, where do you stand in terms of the coalition and the efforts against isis? what is britain prepared to do? >> we are already in iraq fighting alongside the u.s. in air strikes against isis targets, training the kurdish military, supporting the democratic elected government of iraq. of course this is very different from a decade ago we have been invited in by the people of iraq, we are doing that, we are helping train the opposition in syria, and that is a helpful and useful exe

last september a referendum on independence for scotland nearly severed scotland from the 307-year-old united kingdom. but it was averted. a big victory to david cameron and both of whom personally carried out the last-minute campaign abuse to keep the union intact. the biggest winner of 2014, the u.k. okay. biggest loser, pat. >> barack, hussain, wiped out in the congress. poll ratings below where they have been in a long time and he beats out sony. >> bill cosby and then on the political side former virginia governor bob mcdonnell who is heading to the slammer instead of having a spot on the republican ticket. >> you saw cosby's wife and heard the defense of him. >> yeah, he didn't have a good year. >> mark? tom i mean. >> rolling stone magazine after a complete fall apart at the end of the year. >> mark? >> well, it seems to me that it was barack obama. i mean he was absolutely obliterated in the election. his poll numbers are down to 41%, which is as low as it could get. he has lost a lot of traction both within the government and in the country. and there is no sense of what he st

we know that -- >> how did the scotland case happen? >> somewhere between 13 and 18% of people who get ebola do not develop the fever so the screenings do not work. they said that they were exposed because they were not wearing the protective gear but 360 doctors and health care workers have died from ebola and many of them were wearing protective gear. >> you're right in this case about ebola and what happened earlier on. it mutated from what it was originally. these particular strands of flu that has killed these kids, that was an example of another mutating -- why are these things taken to the degree that they are? >> that's nature. >> but it's unusual that they do so several at the same time. >> no. we see lots of that. the key here is that we need the cdc to focus on diseases that are contagious and spreading rapidly in the united states. i will give you one that i deal with every single day. hospital infections. they are raging through hospitals and making it too unsafe to seek care if you have cancer, for example, and there's a n

let's be absolutely clear about the big differences there are between northern ireland and scotland. northern ireland having a land border with the republic and, having had all the difficulties and troubles -- if shaking his head in that way shows how little scottish nationalists care about the rest of our -- ed kingdom >> order. mr. speaker. 56 years ago, simon wingfield plea fore the first improvements to the a-303 in this house. careful management of the economy. the prime minister was warmly won't -- welcomed to wiltshire this week. will he now reassure the people that we will not have to wait another 56 years for it to be delivered? >> i can certainly make that commitment. i was one of a number of people who made his way to stonehenge this week to see how important this will be. it will be a tunnel of at least 1.8 miles. it is part of an overall plan to create that expressway all the m-5between the m-3 and the and down to cornwall to make sure we improve this vital network. as for stonehenge, we will make sure this extraordinary monument also has the attention it deserves. 20-ye

they're real guys that the movies found in scotland so it's all shot with hidden cameras.t. >>> next you chose the comedy drama called "frank." tell us about that. >> it's a movie about a movie star. michael fassbender. there he is playing with a giant papier-mache head. it's amazing. he gives the most amazing performance. it's funny, it's sad. this is about a band. i really enjoyed this movie quite a bit. instead, it's weird. he's wearing this head the whole movie. don't expect to see michael fassbender but it's really an interesting movie. >>> what about "blue ruin." >> it's a familiar genre of the usual "revenge" movie usually a liam neeson type. this is more of a matt singer type movie. very flappable. that's what makes it so great. what would somebody like us do in a situation like this. would you screw up repeatedly over and over again. it's fascinating to watch. >> is this a film a director funded with using kickstarter? >> it was. it's one of those starters jeremy sonnier. he put his house up and maxed out his cards at got $30,000 in kickstarter. >> that make mess

after the independence, up next scotland and the rest of the uk. .. the campaign had been hard forced in the final week suggesting things were going to be close. in persuading cylinders in the union of pledge was made during the campaign by the former labor prime minister gordon brown and quickly dubbed the valve. the morning after the referendum david cameron said alongside that he wanted to look at the powers of the rest of the u.k. and stop scottish mps from voting on english matters. that upset later who accuse mr. cameron of moving the goalposts. opening up comments debate william pate argued there's a call for change. >> make no mistake the need and demand for renewal is palpable in serious across the united kingdom we must find that better and fairer settlement and i believe thither or delay is not an option on these issues. >> but the debate quickly turn to what is known as the ability of scots mps at westminster to vote on laws affecting england when english mps can vote on similar issues. >> our constituents feel that too many decisions are

we had it cast in scotland. moved it by truck down to the royal academy in london at piccadilly. it was seen by thousands of people in the summer of 2011 in the fourth quarter of the royal academy. there was a great reception there in the royal academy beautifully attended by french and british dignitaries. paid for by goldman sachs, incidentally. there we go. amanda is calling me down again. then we moved it to france. and erected it on the monument. it's an hour and a half from notre dame. so if you're in paris, you have no excuse not to go down there and see it. and it's beautiful. and it's serene. we've given it to the nearby town of ferrin and four miles from the great wazine cemetery. so, we gave macarthur his memorial. [ applause ] >>> you've been watching c-span's american history tv. we want to hear from you. follow us on twitte twitter @c-span/history. followous facebook where you can leave comments, too. check out our upcoming programs at our website c-span.org/history. >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturd

predictions by the snp, we have over-delivered on the commitments regarding further devolution to scotlandhe knows, a lively debate is taking place about the franchise for 16 and 17-year-olds. my party has always believed that we should give them the right to vote. they took up that right with alacrity at the time of the scottish referendum, but it will clearly continue to be debated across parties in the house. >> mr. michael thornton. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am a bit surprised. >> he was standing, so presumably he was standing in the hope of being called. [laughter] >> sometimes i worry i might forget where i am. the most heart-rending cases in my surgery on a weekly basis are those people who have had mental health difficulties and feel let down by the national health service and other organizations set up to help them. does the deputy prime minister agree with me that it is time we did more? >> i suspect that many members across all parties in this house will agree that mental health services have for too long been treated as a poor cousin -- a cinderella service -- in the nhs and

can you firmly put independence of scotland kind you as a business, or do you have to keep a plan just in case, what will ?e do if it comes to the fore >> i think we are fortunate in the financial services said are being in asset management rather than insurance or banking because they hold the essence on the balance sheet and could have held a run on the banks. as far as asset managements are concerned, we were relatively unaffected by it. back burner on the for now. we are more worried about the election and the possible impact on eu membership that we were s&p or scottish -- that we were s&p or scottish independence. if there was a vote for the u.k. to leave the european union, would that be negative for you? >> i think so. we have a lot of operations in europe. the fund management industry has a heavy presence in luxembourg. there is a lot that would need to be redesigned or such if there was a negative vote, but as i have said many times, we deal with regulators around the world. we operate in many countries, so we can manage whatever the political outcome of that debate is. >> th