he talked, quoting the irish poet seamus heaney about wanting to make hope and history rhyme.was darkness, and optimistic speech talking about how there was always a possibility when there is peril, he was appealing to the —— appealing to the american psyche, talking about the crises, the pandemic, economic calamity, racial injustice and climate change and he pledged to be the leader who could take america out of this moment. he didn't spare donald trump from the punches but he presented —— presented himself as being the person who could heal this grieving nation and he promised very specifically as you said that that on day one, they would get the pandemic under control, introduce rapid coronavirus testing and would provide schools with the resources to open, which is a keyissue resources to open, which is a key issue in broiling america at the moment. this was his pitch to the voters, that he is the person who could bring light where there is darkness, the person who can restore the soul of america and in a little over 70 days will find out if it's successful. we will find o

seamus mallon became the first minister rather than john hume well.r thanjohn hume when the institutions were set up. sometimes he did rob people of the wrong way, but he was so insistent in his pursuit on this. it is a remarkable achievement. tony blair has written a lovely tribute to him today. he said he was a remarkable combination of an open mind to the world and practical politics. in any party anywhere he would have stood tall. it was good fortune that he was born on the island of ireland. at the time, was there an awareness of seeing that? oh, yes. there really was. i saw of seeing that? oh, yes. there really was. i sanohn major issued a very nice statement as well. during that period ofjohn major, if we didn't have john during that period ofjohn major, if we didn't havejohn hume meeting gerry adams secretly and then being found out we wouldn't have got to the downing street declaration in 1993 and then the ceasefire in the downing street declaration in 1993 and then the ceasefire “119911. it 1993 and then the ceasefire in 1994. it was already

there's never been anything we've been able to accomplish when we've done it together the irish poet seamus heaney once wrote. history says don't hope on this side of the grave but then once in a lifetime the longed for tidal wave of justice can rise up and hope and history rhyme this is our moment to make hope and history rhyme with passion and purpose let us begin you and i together one nation under god unite our love for america united in our love for each other for love is more powerful than hate hope is more powerful than fear and light is more powerful and dark this is our moment this is our mission now history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight as love and hope and light joined in the battle for the soul of the nation and this is a battle we will win and we'll do it together i promise you. thank you and they god bless you and may god protect our troops. are coming to you. all right there you have a moment in history biden has officially accepted the democratic nomination to run against donald trump in the november 3rd election. see him

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that cradle the resting places of 18th century ports such as arc mccurry parekh mutha longdon and seamus more much more of hope for. a land where instant quarrels have been settled but yet find time to reignite. there is an ironic tragedy between the beauty of this land and the dark secrets that hold its. follow up my mother in the late sixties and they got married and set up home and belfast at the time my father was working in the rolls royce from. fost. some of his war college he was a catholic and he had to leave. it and worked as a postman in the area for a while at this stage we were living in the style millis area of fast. there are a small number of catholic families living in the area that i plan on we've been warned on a number of occasions it was time to leave i am i suppose the final straw for us was on our almost after one of our near neighbors window cells and obviously set of stage it was time to move. on the decision was taken to move on a stage. and from birmingham mommy wanted to move there she felt would be safer but my father loved the countryside so moch so we ended

and he was a tremendous double act with seamus mallon, his deputy leader because they were two size ofe slightly disillusioned atjohn‘s effo rts slightly disillusioned atjohn‘s efforts to make peace, that took them far too close to sinn fein in them far too close to sinn fein in the end, and it was to the electoral cost of the sdlp, who have had a minor resurgence recently and they have written, —— they have been written off goodness knows how many times and they are still there, but john hume, in the 80s, in 1987—88, he helped establish a dialogue between the sdlp and sinn fein. they we re between the sdlp and sinn fein. they were private meetings and papers we re were private meetings and papers were written and one of the sdlp delegates told me at the last stage, that sinn fein were like a sect, they never spoke to anybody outside of their organisation so they were booted when anyone disagreed with them, they had argued that the party line among themselves, and therefore that party line must be the truth. they couldn't write a position paper, they didn't know what it was. i remember

there's never been anything we've been able to accomplish when we've done it together the irish poet seamus heaney once wrote. history says don't hope on this side of the grave but then once in a lifetime the longed for tidal wave of justice can rise up and hope and history rhyme this is our moment to make hope and history ron i'm with passion and purpose let us begin you and i together one nation under god you not out of love for america united in our love for each other for love is more powerful than hate hope is more powerful than fear and light is more powerful and dark this is our moment this is our mission now history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight as love and hope and light joined in the battle for the soul of the nation and this is a battle we will win and we'll do it together i promise you thank you and may god bless you and may god protect our troops. are you ready says joe biden as he accepts the nomination of his party 77 year old joseph robinette biden jr former u.s. senator former vice-president now the democratic candidate

seamus kerry with us right now.was welcoming students back to in person classes monday after a week much remote learning. i think, doctor, right now, everything is copastetic, right? there haven't been any problems? >> no problems so far, neil. we're very fortunate the numbers in our community to begin with are extremely low. that is a huge benefit to us but on campus as well. we had only one positive case from a student from out-of-state. but he was in our quarantine protocol before coming to campus. so that situation worked out very well for us. neil: you know you were very much, doctor, ahead of the curve. even, you were one of the first to close the college doors when this wave was first coming. what made you do that? what did you see? conversely what do you see now that makes you feel you can undo that? >> i think in both cases we are following the data of the experts and the science. so back in the spring and in march we saw, we could see where the trends were going. to be perfectly honest we didn't think this

the irish poet seamus heaney once wrote, history says, don't hope on this side of the grave but then, a lifetime, the l‘ enfa nt then, once in a lifetime, the l'enfant tidal wave justice then, once in a lifetime, the l'enfa nt tidal wave justice can rise up and hope and history crime. this is our moment to make hope and history rhyme. hope and history rhyme. one nation, under god, unite our love for america, united in our love for america, united in our love for america, united in our love for each other for love is more powerful than hate, hope is more powerful than fear and light is more powerful than dark. this is our moment, this is our mission. may history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight as love and hope and lightjoin in the battle for the soul of the nation. and this is a battle we will win and we will do it together. i promise you. joe biden at the democratic convention. well, joining us now is our north america correspondent david willis. you could every word ofjoe‘s performance. i want to start on the point ofjoe biden in hi