they've been speaking to bbc breakfast along with with met police family liaison officer gavin seeleyrd, confirmed by a statement he had written earlier this week. the judge read it out yesterday, and he said the recent was he didn't want to face us, and that he was a coward. menu on the friday before trial, so we were going to trial on the monday morning and both chris andl the monday morning and both chris and i went to the old bailey and had and i went to the old bailey and had a hearing and we had an indication —— and we had an inclination that something was going on. then we had for the first time that jack shepherd is not likely to attend his trial. a big decision to make up that point. it is a friday, the family have geared up for three—year is to get to this day, the monday of trial. do i tell the family on that friday by phone call, because they are out of london, risk losing their weekend or worrying over the weekend, or doi weekend or worrying over the weekend, or do i tell them face to face? i'd make the decision to talk to the mum and dad face on the monday morning becaus

we kick off the weekend with injured seeley. its influence on the u.s. is my great pleasure to introduce to my speaker mister injured seeley. he is a regular, calmness and previously serves as a member on the council of foreign relations. please get a very warm welcome to mister injured seeley. thank you louis. thank you to gregory and joe and bianca and everyone else. this is a phenomenal organization an opportunity to be with all of you. not only connecting people with ideas but also really cataloging and dissecting that. it sounds like it's about the united states in mexico and why it is as much mexico. are they becoming one country. i think the answer is probably a resounding no. we are much closer than we think. we are much closer than people on either side is. they had been beginning to fall apart. they're far more connected than we've ever been. let's start with the news of the day. 2026 whose hosting the world cup. mexico the united seats in canada. north america world cup bid. very exciting actually. mexicans would've been reluctant. i suspect m

is my great pleasure to introduce to my speaker mister injured seeley.

theyjoined us earlier with met police family liaison 0fficer gavin seeley.olded. we didn't have any indication of why, really. 0ur opinion was that he isa why, really. 0ur opinion was that he is a coward. which was confirmed in a statement that he had written earlier this week. and the judge read it out yesterday and he said that the reason was that he didn't wa nt to that the reason was that he didn't want to face us and that he was a coward. we knew on the friday before trial, so we were going to trial on the monday morning and both chris andl the monday morning and both chris and i went to the old bailey, an admin hearing, we had an inclination that something was going on, and then in that hearing, we heard for then in that hearing, we heard for the first time that jack shepherd is most unlikely to attend his trial. got a big decision to make at that point. it's friday, the family have geared up to and a half years, three years to get to the stage, this monday of trial. do i tell the family on that friday by a phone call because they are out of london, ri

andrew seeley. [applause] >> thank you lewis, gregory, joe and everyone else. it's great to be here. this is a phenomenal organization and opportunity to be with all of you. we have done a great job not only connecting people with ideas but also cataloguing and dissecting and talking about the american experience. what i want to talk about tonight although it sounds like it's about the united states and mexico and it is about the united states and mexico it is about our experience and about how mexico is in our lives and why it is as much as a neighboring country in our liv lives. it's becoming one country. the answer is probably a resounding no for anybody here on either side of the border, but we are much closer than we think. we are much closer than people on either side realized most of the time. the boundaries that separate us are beginning to fall apart and we are far more connected than we've ever been. let's start with the news of the day. the world cup. 2026 who is hosting the world cup. that's right, mexico and the united states and canada. the north

on parole who has worked in the system for over fifteen years is currently on staff at the henry seeley college of criminal justice in new haven connecticut. i think the current administration's approach to public safety in general has been very smart. they have attempted to invest in what's called recidivism reduction and they have invested very heavily in trying to improve the information sharing so that what we know about any offender is available to the people who have to make a decision an important decision like the decision to release so now that old paper system has been replaced with something called the judicial electronic bridge and so they are available at all stages of the corrections process and the parole process. change can come at a price this and other innovations were introduced only after a triple rape and murder by parolees stunned the quiet new england town of cheshire raising serious questions about the competence of the connecticut parole system. police say the suspects entered the pettit house as the family was sleeping the mother was raped and strangled the ele

on parole who has worked in the system for over fifteen years is currently on staff at the henry seeley college of criminal justice in new haven connecticut. i think the current administration's approach to public safety in general has been very smart. they have attempted to invest in what's called recidivism reduction and they have invested very heavily in trying to improve the information sharing so that what we know about any offender is available to the people who have to make a decision an important decision like the decision to release so now that old paper system has been replaced with something called the judicial electronic bridge and so they are available at all stages of the corrections process and the parole process. change can come at a price this and other innovations were introduced only after a triple rape and murder by parolees stunned the quiet new england town of cheshire raising serious questions about the competence of the connecticut parole system. police say the suspects entered the pettit house as the family was sleeping the mother was raped and strangled the ele

on parole who has worked in the system for over fifteen years is currently on staff at the henry seeley college of criminal justice in new haven connecticut. i think the current administration's approach to public safety in general has been very smart. they have attempted to invest in what's called recidivism reduction and they have invested very heavily in trying to improve the information sharing so that what we know about any offender is available to the people who have to make a decision an important decision like the decision to release so now that old paper system has been replaced with something called the judicial electronic bridge and so they are available at all stages of the corrections process and the parole process. change can come at a price this and other innovations were introduced only after a triple rape and murder by parolees stunned the quiet new england town of cheshire raising serious questions about the competence of the connecticut parole system. police say the suspects entered the pettit house as the family was sleeping the mother was raped and strangled the ele

they're here with met police family liaison officer gavin seeley. good morning.t was passed down six years, manslaughter. what is your opinion of that and how do you feel about that verdict? 0riginally, we was told that due to the way the courts are, it probably would not be even as much as six yea rs would not be even as much as six years and to prepare for much lower. so when the six years came out we we re so when the six years came out we were quite surprised. and for you? yes, you can't help for manslaughter, that is unusual, high centres, so we're pleased about that. -- you can tell that. i want to sq that. -- you can tell that. i want to s0 about the that the man who omitted this crime, sentenced to six yea rs, omitted this crime, sentenced to six years, jack shepherd, was not in court for the entire preceding and for that moment you heard the verdict is read out. can you give a sense of how that was for you?m was pretty devastating, to be honest. at the end of the day, he has brought devastation to our family, that is an understatement. we must not lose s