able to pledge one thousand troops on behalf of minnesota to the union and he was able to contact simon cameron about that and he had down the offer and take it to president lincoln. himrnor ramsey was proud of having the distinguishing characteristic of the first of northern state to offer troops when the civil war broke out. one of the other items in the journalons is ramsey's from 1865. i have it open to friday, april 14. and also saturday the 15th. alexander ramsey was the u.s. senator. that is why they were living in the international hotel in washington. his entries reflect a tragic time in american history. he writes about, in the middle of his daily affairs, the assassination of president lincoln. john wilkes booth, he mentions secretary stewart and jumps to the inauguration of president johnson. he was one of 10 present that day, including some from illinois. he was proud of that. he was always in the right place at the right time and always put himself there. it is fascinating to look through his journal. i mentioned some of the things he writes about might not be personal, but they a

able to pledge one thousand troops on behalf of minnesota to the union and he was able to contact simon cameronbout that and he had him write down the offer and take it to president lincoln. governor ramsey was proud of him having the distinguishing characteristic of the first of northern state to offer troops when the civil war broke out. one of the other items in the collections is ramsey's journal from 1865. i have it open to friday, april 14. and also saturday the 15th. alexander ramsey was the u.s. senator. that is why they were living in the international hotel in washington. his entries reflect a tragic time in american history. he writes about, in the middle of his daily affairs, the assassination of president lincoln. john wilkes booth, he mentions the attempt on secretary stewart and jumps to the inauguration of president johnson. he was one of 10 present that day, including some from illinois. he was proud of that. he was always in the right place at the right time and always put himself there. it is fascinating to look through his journal. i mentioned some of the things he writes ab

cameron. in defense i was playing up to the working class scot. whereas simon this english privilege of westminster, which i think he was uncomfortable with. >> you have written quite descriptively about the antagonism between you. as this journey mirrored the referendum campaign, do you now have divisions between you that you will have to work to heal much as scots within scotland voting yes or no? >> well, you know, we were -- for the front cover of our magazine story for news week, they ended up putting us in front in front of flags with no clothes on. and we spent a lot of time talking about stuff that is quite personal, and as a journalist when you have to bring the personal into a story, it is a difficult equation. but i think like our countries, we'll all be fine. >> simon, give me the thrust of your sort of argument, why should scotland and england stay together? >> well, i think something that i feel is it would be terribly sad to see 307 years of union go, and although it is quite correct and quite right that this is the scot's decision, i think there

simon was allowed to choose the question. so instead of do you wish to remain part of the united kingdom, we have a question, which is do you want -- so given what david cameron did, which was to allow alex simon to choose the timing of the campaign, the question and the franchise, every conceivable advantage was given to the nationalists, to the yes campaign. and as it looks likely, there is an overwhelming rejection of that on a big turnout in scotland, then hopefully we can bury forever the idea of independence. >> probably too early to say that yet, michael, isn't it? >> i'm just saying if that is the result, then we can bury that forever and concentrate on finding a constitutional solution to the issues. >> michael, you just said it yourself. you said earlier that if there is a no vote, then there will be dynamics within british society that will be hard to beat certainly within the time scale and probably at all. now, that in turn sets up more dynamics in scottp did land of dissatisfaction. and here's the thing, there's a westminster election coming up shortly. we're in it, too, if we're still part of the union. and probable that that dissatisfaction wi

next is that david cameron has to set out his mans on how to give more powers to scotland within the existing frame work, so scotland can feel it's not unl fairly governed, and alex simon here in scotland has to work out how he's going to heal divisions. >> thank you so much, both of you, for helping us through this election tonight. coming up, british prime minister david cameron expected to speak. here's the moment when the yes campaign conceded. >> our friends in the highlands of scotland are still to speak, so the final results aren't in. but we know there's going to be a majority for the no campaign. two medium cappuccinos! let's show 'em what a breakfast with whole grain fiber can do. one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate hold the whip, two espressos. make one a double. she's full and focused. [ barista ] i have two cappuccinos, one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, a medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate hold the whip, and two espressos -- one with a double shot. heh, heh. that's not the coffee talkin'. [ female announcer ] start your day with kellogg's frosted mini wheats cereal. with whole wheat goodness

simon derrick. still to come, more reaction of scotland's decision. the yes campaign was driven by a dislike of david camerond the english. plus, the view from europe. the finance minister of greece. ♪ >> good morning, welcome back. let me bring you up to speed with the company news. alibaba will trade for the first time on the new york stock exchange today. that is after raising $21.8 billion. the company sold shares at $68 apiece, giving the company a than $167of more billion. vivendi is selling its brazilian broadband unit to telefonica for more than 4.8 billion euros and around 3 billion euros in stock. the deal comes after three weeks of exclusive talks for this company. sap is buying concur technologies in a deal valued $7.4 billion. those are the headlines in terms of corporate news. the headlines are being dominated by what is happening in scotland. you are looking at live pictures ofdinburgh a fergus attention. alastair darling, the leader of the better together campaign, whating there, addressing happens now, i suspect. looking forward, not backwards. playing a big role, i suspect, in the last few

thank you very much, simon wells, focused all on differently and where political rest is back on the agenda. countdown" continues in the next hour. u.k. prime minister david cameron his statement on the result of the scottish referendum. if you are just turning in, it's a no. ♪ >> you are very welcome to "countdown" this historic friday. let's get straight to edinburgh with an edwards. -- anna edwards. scotland's rejects independence from united kingdom. take it away. >> thanks, venice. we have a note vote -- a no vote. the country votes to state in the united kingdom and preserve lasted 307hat has years. newsbefore 6:00, local channel started to call -- it look like it was going to be a no. then we heard comments that they would concede defeat. around 20 past six, he conceded defeat. he called for scotland to move on. fromng live pictures london. waiting for david cameron to make an appearance. he is going to be speaking any minute. we have heard from alistair darling, the leader of the better together campaign. the know to independence campaign. independence campaign. he says he has been humbled by the level of support he has received. we are expecting david ca

cameron begged the people of scotland not to break up from its family of nations. the leaders of all three main political parties flew to scotland to bolster the campaign. joining me now is simon derrick. simon, good morning. >> good morning. >> is the risk of a yes vote now priced into sterling? >> i think we're getting rather closer to pricing it in. so how do you really price it in? i think probably the best way to see that is not to look at the price of sterling itself, but looking at the pricing of the market. pricing is starting to move back from the normal levels that we had just a month ago. you can see some of the sharp moves in the one-month prices. and just the course of a few days. that will say to me that yes, we are closer to pricing in uncertainty ahead of next week. what is impossible the pricinging is what happens next in terms of the price move that we can see in either direction. >> and what do you think is driving the weakness in sterling? is it specifically the uncertainty of what could happen to the british currency in the instance of a yes vote or is it the rise in terms of we don't know how things will play out? >> i think you have to put it in the cont