good morning from somerset house. 0ne conditions as we will get. good morning from somerset house. work off some of those christmas excesses. but as i said, nothing in particularly festive about the forecast today. let's look at those details, because a lot of rain around overnight, a lot of surface water and spray on the roads, but for many things will brighten up through the morning. it will remain quite windy especially across southern parts of the country. weather fronts pushing west to east through the night have left a trail of weather fronts across parts of northern england and northern ireland especially. to the south of it, the patchy rain will fade away. sunny spells developing by 9am, northern england, north wales and northern ireland with rain, parts of northern scotland a frosty start to dry and should stay dry through most of the date —— much of the day. that central zuev, the rain gets more patchy, but still grey and murky. much of southern areas windy day, gusts around 45 mph inafew areas windy day, gusts around 45 mph in a few spots and a few showers in the west la

the good news is more of you will see skies like scarborough than what we have in somerset.outh have been pushing away west to east but now there is a drift from north to south, with a change in wind direction bringing colder conditions, chasing away the showers in wales and the midlands and southern england. more wintry showers and northern parts of scotla nd showers and northern parts of scotland and in between, big gaps in the cloud and long sunny spells for many, with a few showers drifting through northern ireland, parts of wales and into the south west midlands, and some wintry flurries in the far north west of scotland with sunshine in between. temperatures four degrees for many with temperatures seven to nine in scotland. you are sheltered from the breeze under sunny skies. in northern england, some showers. some in wales and northern england. winds will ease compared to the gusty winds we saw throughout the night. temperatures at best in the south around 11. into tonight, showers in eastern ireland, dumfries and galloway and north east england, the blue colouring on

at this post, 23—year—old marine lieutenant ashdown from somerset has local forces as well as marines command. he excelled as a member of the elite special boat squadron, and spoke fluent mandarin chinese. he spent time too in his native northern ireland during the worst of the troubles. after a period as a diplomat and some time on the dole, paddy ashdown got involved with the liberals, elected mp for yeovil in 1983. later in 1988, after the painful "geezer with. the edp m‘s—291a"; and about unemployment, come and join us. the party was at rock bottom in the polls and financially crippled. paddy ashdown built it up again, but at some cost to his home life. he admitted an affair with his former secretary, tricia howard. what paddy said stands, he's made his statement already and i'm perfectly well aware of what he was going to say. fears that his party's poll rating would suffer were unfounded and in 1997 he guided it to its greatest election achievement since the ‘20s, doubling the number of lib dems mps. by this stage, he'd already been contemplating the prospect of coalition govern

the western slopes and then further south, watch out for fog, it might not quit the scene on the somersetwill become more extensive during the course of the night so if you are on the move first thing on friday bear it in mind because some of the visibility will be poor, down to about a hundred metres. here we are on friday with the front moving away and behind we have brighter skies or northern britain more widely and further south a bit more in the way of cloud but not a cold day between nine and ii and that should cover it. enough of me. more of simon. never the case, phil. now on bbc news, it's been a memorable year of sport, with stunning successes for british stars. ben croucher and holly hamilton take us on a trip through 2018's sporting highlights. # you can try, i will not be denied # too strong to be defeated # i will stand and i will fight # too strong to be defeated # my strength is within # i was born for this day # and today i will win. # what a spectacular 2018 it's been. and over the next 20 or so minutes, we'll be taking you from paris to pyeongchang, from glasgow to the

to the website www many of you will have had a cloudy, showery day today, but over the skies in somersetshine coming through this hole. we are looking at an area of low pressure and thickening cloud racing across the atlantic and this will bring general outbreaks of rain across the country. south wales will have rain overnight. given we have already seen about a month of rain already seen about a month of rain already in wales and the south—west of england, this could bring in localised flooding. it will be a wet and mild night across the far north of scotla nd and mild night across the far north of scotland a bit colder. for friday that rain will move its weight eastwards a cross that rain will move its weight eastwards across england as we go through the morning. we should see some sunshine coming out quite quickly in southern counties and brightening up in the south of wales. cloud in northern ireland, northern areas of england and showers continuing on and off through the day. mild in the south, temperatures reaching 14 degrees in london and plymouth. but temperatures closer to norma

than coming inside a cup of tea so british me i know i am but i'm not alone here in germany taken somerset has been rising steadily for nearly a decade but your. how many t.v. righties there are to choose from in total over three thousand eight hundred we went to a tea tasting in hamburg to find out why germans like it so much. is undergoing a renaissance in germany people here drink more than twenty eight leaders of it a year on average three out of four prefer black teas but a quarter of tea drinkers swear by green varieties. more and more often it doesn't come from a bag. business with loose and beautifully packaged gourmet teas is booming. the reason more and more germans are drinking tea could be that they're more aware of quality and willing to spend more money on quality beverages drinking they're more consciously. then to use one of them it's drug for pleasure like coffee and there are more and more excellent she used to discover. the tea shop and restaurant and hamburg's warehouse district regularly hosts tea seminars for anyone who wants to know more about the beverage participan

chisnall in northern ireland, parts of south wales, around somerset, the home counties as well.north of scotland and part of the central lowlands, north—east england, north east wales and southern counties. look at these temperatures. not bad at all for this stage in december. 11th and 12 is widely. through this evening and overnight it will still be fairly cloudy. we also have this week weather front slowly slipping southwards. in doing so it will weaken, the rain increasingly turning patchy. also breaks in the cloud. patchy mist and fog. under clear skies in southern england as well as patchy fog we could also see some frost. first thing tomorrow, thatis some frost. first thing tomorrow, that is how we start the day. the fog will lift. we will see some sunshine. quite a bit of cloud. the week weather front continues to weaken. tomorrow there will be more sunshine around than today across many areas. they will still be large areas of cloud and it will be a little bit cooler across southern areas. that's because we've got clear skies by night. that means we are likely to see den

in traditional chinese medicine they've been used since time immemorial somerset to strengthen the immune system others are used to lower blood sugar and it's thought some could have the power to beat cancer. the healing properties of fungi are largely not scientifically proven as yet but christina. who practices natural medicine is convinced they work. out of place in chinese medicinal culture for around five thousand years but with my patients they always produce good results. she treated this patient with heresy and fungus for eight years has suffered from diarrhoea especially when he ate sauces spices or sweet things it got to the point where he was afraid to leave the house and whenever i went somewhere when i was imparted to dinner to a wedding anything i was anxious thinking ok any minute now it will start again well once it started it never stopped it was as if i'd taken a luxating and. the therapist suspected a deficiency in lactic acid bacteria in the intestine and ordered a stool test in the meantime she prescribed him a drug mushroom in powdered form to ease the symptoms. here

degrees whereas parts of the west country got stuck under fog and temperatures in some areas of somersetay's weather, we're going to start off with quite a lot of cloud, mist and fog. it should then turn a little bit brighter for some of us later on and there is a bit of rain around as well through the morning, particularly across scotland — that'll be travelling its way eastwards. now, after such a cloudy, murky, foggy start across some southern areas, it is going to struggle to brighten up here. but we should see some brightness for the midlands and wales, for northern england and certainly for northern ireland and scotland some decent spells of sunshine expected by the afternoon. those temperatures 9—11 degrees, not bad for the time of year. but bear in mind, any lingering fog towards the south—west could hold those temperatures back once again. then as we go through friday night into the early hours of saturday, it's that mixture of mist and murk and low cloud but another batch of wet weather sliding in across northern ireland and scotland as the night wears on. temperatures typicall

we have had some fog lingering about yeovil town in somerset.rrival of a weather front that will mark progress in the wee small hours. if this guy —— the sky stays clear, temperatures could drop. it will get away pretty prom ptly drop. it will get away pretty promptly brighter skies from northern britain. more widely further south provided we get rid of the fog it will be a decent day. more than today particularly in the south west. temperatures in double figures at best. notice the high pressure is still there but not doing it stuff for the northern half of britain are not keeping the weather fronts at bay for the you can expect a lot more cloud and certainly that rain going across the greater part of scotland tending to fizzle. bits and pieces for northern ireland. the blowers from the west and south—west. it will be quite mild for the time of year. i have changed into the second half of the weekend. not a great deal changes. the weather front of any memories just there again, flirting with the top end of scotland through the northern and west

through the forecast, becoming confined to the likes of the channel islands, devon, cornwall, part of somerseteady an issue in the glasgow area, becoming increasingly so across northern ireland, north—east midlands and north wales. and the blue on the chart is an indication it will not just blue on the chart is an indication it will notjust be blue on the chart is an indication it will not just be fog blue on the chart is an indication it will notjust be fog at blue on the chart is an indication it will not just be fog at freezing fog, with temperatures close to if not below freezing. coldest start your christmas eve across scotland, sunniest away lingering fog patches in the glasgow area. where you have fog, it could linger all day long, and parts of wales and east midlands in particular. with sunny spells, a brighter day than today and turning a bit dry across the south—west and the channel islands. temperatures 11 oi’ the channel islands. temperatures 11 or 12 degrees, but for most, after that chilly start it will be a cooler day with temperatures in single figures. fog across eastern engla

degrees whereas parts of the west country got stuck under fog and temperatures in some areas of somersets. and looking ahead to friday's weather, we're going to start off with quite a lot of cloud, mist and fog. it should then turn a little bit brighter for some of us later on and there is a bit of rain around as well through the morning, particularly across scotland — that'll be travelling its way eastwards. now, after such a cloudy, murky, foggy start across some southern areas, it is going to struggle to brighten up here. but we should see some brightness for the midlands and wales, for northern england and certainly for northern ireland and scotland some decent spells of sunshine expected by the afternoon. those temperatures 9—11 degrees, not bad for the time of year. but bear in mind, any lingering fog towards the south—west could hold those temperatures back once again. then as we go through friday night into the early hours of saturday, it's that mixture of mist and murk and low cloud but another batch of wet weather sliding in across northern ireland and scotland as the night wea

at this post, 23—year—old marine lieutenant ashdown from somerset has local forces as well as marinesof the elite special boat squadron, and spoke fluent mandarin chinese. he spent time too in his native northern ireland during the worst of the troubles. after a period as a diplomat and sometime on the dole, paddy ashdown got involved with the liberals, elected mp for yeovil in 1983. later in 1988, after the painful merger with the sdp that formed the liberal democrats, he became leader. i say to the millions out there who are concerned about poverty and about unemployment, come and join us. the party was at rock bottom in the polls and financially crippled. paddy ashdown built it up again, but at some cost to his home life. he admitted an affair with his former secretary, tricia howard. what paddy said stands, he's made his statement already and i'm perfectly well aware of what he was going to say. fears that his party's poll rating would suffer were unfounded and in 1997 he guided it to its greatest election achievement since the ‘20s, doubling the number of lib dems mps. by this st

ii, and she was working with the memberfor sis ii, and she was working with the member for north somerseteasures. if the deal is past, the task ahead of us will be to turn this ambitious political declaration into our agreement with the eu. i'm going to make more progress. in doing so, ? ithink going to make more progress. in doing so, ? i think the next section may be of interest. i want to build the broadest possible consensus within the house and across the country. for the next stage of negotiations we will ensure a greater and more formal role for parliament. this will begin immediately as we develop our negotiating mandate, building on the declaration ahead of the 29th of march, 2019. the government will consult more widely and engage more intensively with parliament as we finalise the mandate for the next phase of negotiations. ministers will appear before select committees between now and march in each area of the political declaration, from fisheries committee space, to foreign policy. so members across the house will be able to contribute their expertise to the detailed position

degrees whereas parts of the west country got stuck under fog and temperatures in some areas of somerseth quite a lot of cloud, mist and fog. it should then turn a little bit brighter for some of us later on and there is a bit of rain around as well through the morning, particularly across scotland — that'll be travelling its way eastwards. now, after such a cloudy, murky, foggy start across some southern areas, it is going to struggle to brighten up here. but we should see some brightness for the midlands and wales, for northern england and certainly for northern ireland and scotland some decent spells of sunshine expected by the afternoon. those temperatures 9—11 degrees, not bad for the time of year. but bear in mind, any lingering fog towards the south—west could hold those temperatures back once again. then as we go through friday night into the early hours of saturday, it's that mixture of mist and murk and low cloud but another batch of wet weather sliding in across northern ireland and scotland as the night wears on. temperatures typically between three and eight degrees. so satu

so some drizzle this morning in northern ireland, around somerset, hampshire, the home counties, southbright spells across the north—east of scotland, north—east of england, north—east wales and also later on the south—east. are not bad for late december. we are looking at between nine and 11 or 12. as we had to the evening and overnight, once again we are going to be seeing a fair bit of cloud. a weather front still with us sta rts cloud. a weather front still with us starts to slip lowly southward, and in doing so it weakens. there will still be some patchy, light rain on it, but that is about all. clear skies, patchy mist and fog forming, and not a particularly cold night. that is how we start the day tomorrow. again, our weatherfront still with the odd spot of light rain or drizzle at. the cloud big enough for some drizzle, the figures cloud here and there, but tomorrow we will see more sunshine than today. you can see where the cloud brea ks today. you can see where the cloud breaks up quite nicely in north—east scotland, parts of wales, southern england, south—east england, and p

police, and these arrests we re somerset police, and these arrests were preplanned and part of what 17—year—old boy was arrested in london, an 18—year—old male in portsmouth, and they were arrested for encouraging terrorism and dissemination or distribution of terrorist publications. that's all pa rt terrorist publications. that's all part of the terrorism act. the 21—year—old man from bath was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of material likely to be useful to a person preparing to commitan act useful to a person preparing to commit an act of terrorism. the 17 and 21—year—old also been arrested foran and 21—year—old also been arrested for an offence called conspiracy to inspire an act of religious hatred. police have been carrying out searches in bath, leeds, london and portsmouth as part of the investigation. now it's time for a look at the weather. we have had quite a bit of cloud so far today across the uk. and some outbreaks of rain. the rain has been heaviest in the west, and this is the latest rainfall radar. that is moving east, but it's starting to break up, giv

rural disorders in somerset in scotland. the british government appears to have believed there was a rising tide of unrest and lawlessness which was endemic in the world they occupied. this.s the way they saw was tended to see what going on in boston as part and parcel of the general tendency toward decadence and crime. the great political issue prior to this has been the issue of john wilkes. radical.t english numberpublic enemy three. they associated wilkes and the americans together. they were talking to each other. the tendency was to regard all of this as part of rising crime and lawlessness which have to be ckled.d -- had to be ta >> one more. >> good evening. i am not a historian or an author. i am overwhelmed by the richness detail.error -- you would be really tough on jeopardy. [laughter] would you speak a little bit about the journey that you take to reach the end result? the research. how you think about something like this. how you hone in on something that happened. the outline. what i do is, the reality that fo

ahead ofata producing some rain, drizzle ahead of at a cost northern ireland and some drizzle across somersetat in mind, there is some mist and hill fog. to there is some mist and hill fog. to the course of the day, the rain and fog will be on offer will start the season breaks developed, particularly for north—east scotland, northern england, north—east wales and then into south—east england. temperatures today widely in double figures, we are looking at nine to 11 degrees. as we head on to the evening and overnight period, once again there will be a bit of clout around, there will be a bit of clout around, there will be a bit of clout around, there will be some breaks in the cloud and we will start to see a patch of mist and fog developing. we have a front continuing to sink slowly southwards, so increasingly turning lighter and more patchy in nature. temperature wise, you can see in the charts sixes and sevens. as we go through tomorrow, very similar in that we start off on a cloudy note, with the mist and fog to lift. we will hope to see a few more blighted brea ks will hope to see a few

we are seeing low snow levels with the rain/snow mix in placerville, and somerset, good morning my in-laws there. and for northern sierra tahoe, the warning above 4,000 feet with the full forecast. we'll time out this rain and another round of rain coming up for the work week in just a bit. >> thank you, julie. >>> new details for another nfl player cut from the team for abusing a woman. the player is the kansas city running back kareem hunt. in the video, he can be seen shoving and kicking a woman in the cleveland hotel last february. hunt is seen pushing the woman and she is knocked down and hunt gives her a final kick. after interviewing all the parties, decided not to press charges for anyone. ask body off-season issues months later, the team's ceo dismissed concerns. >> kareem is a young man, second year in the league and had a big year in the field last year. i'm sure he learned lessons in the office season and won't be in these situations on the future. >> this comes on the heels of a 49ers' linebacker cut from the team last month on domestic violence allegations only to be picked u

many of you will have had quite a cloudy, showery kind of day today but over the skies in somerset naughtyof sunshine coming through here as well. talking about cloud, towards the south west approaches we are looking at an area of low pressure, thickening crowd racing across the atlantic. this is going to bring general outbreaks of rain across england and wales. tending to more general rain overnight. given that we have already seen about one month's worth of rain already this month in wales and south—west england, this extra rain could bring some localised surface water flooding impact. ten to 15 metres of rain for some, perhaps a bit more over the hills. so it will be a wet and mild night. across the far north of scotland, a bit colder with some patches of frost. on friday that rain will be moving its way eastwards pretty quickly across england as we go through the morning so we should see some sunshine coming out quite quickly across southern counties, brightening up as well in the south of wales. but we will have a legacy of cloud really across northern ireland, northern areas of engla

islamists ended and as the same thing seeing egypt and other countries, those were islamists were to somerset extent said against those who were not. the gpc party was not infamous party. there was violence there and then of course the tribes play a big role. region plays a big role. there have been endemic tribal conflict for a long, long time. those tribes have been organized and marshaled different times by different political players and, of course, all while this is happening weapons are being spread out into the population to point where as in invention it's got i think actually the second-highest weapon ownership in orbit i think we of the first on that. essentially a lot of different fractures, tribal, local and sectarian, and regional. the south seas itself as deeply, deeply victimized by the north which is why the want to form a separate country. so i hope that helps. >> i think we have time for one, perhaps to more questions. right here. >> thank you. my question relates to the modifications of uae policy. why does uae foreign policy follow saudi foreign policy so closely, whether

the honourable memberfor north east somerset went on to say andi north east somerset went on to say ando longer a matterfor the government tojudge. it has been decided by this house. which is a higher authority. mr speaker, my second point is this. if the attorney general feels so strongly about this matter that he has repaired now to put the government in contempt of parliament for refusing to comply with the binding order, why on earth did he not vote against the order in the first place? 0r anybody else on the government benches. that was not an oversight. the government knew very well what was being asked for. the attorney general must have known what was being debated and voted on. yet it appears from answers given by the attorney general yesterday that he was not asked before that vote for his views on the wisdom of not voting against the order. nor did he offer any advice directly or indirectly. again, mr speaker, i quote the attorney general, i had no discussion with the chief whip on this subject, none was sought. now i don't doubt the attorney general ‘s word for a minute but

karen cannard, who is a recycling blogger in somerset and julie brown, who is the owner of loose, whicheir own containers. lets get reaction from you. what do you think of these proposals?” think this is the lodestar for recycling. we have had nothing happening forfive recycling. we have had nothing happening for five years and now we're going to reinvent recycling across the whole country, which is very good. there's been a lack of policy direction but the government has worked hard and consulted and that we have across government bind toa that we have across government bind to a proper strategy recommending some great things such as increased food waste, deposit return systems. it isa food waste, deposit return systems. it is a great start. karen? i think it is great. it is about time we are at this point where we are looking at this point where we are looking at the materials collected across the country and also research that the country and also research that the producer takes far more responsibility for investing in material collection and recycling and the design at the very sta

there were various rural disorders in somerset and in scotland. there were disorders in london. in general the british government appears to believe at that point there was a rising tide of unrest and lawlessness which was endemic in the world they occupied. to be honest, this is the part i suggest in the book, actually that's the way they saw this. they tended to see what was going on in boston as simply part and parcel, the general tendency towards deck dance and crime and also sided with john wilkes. the greatest political issue in britain immediately prior had been an issue of john wilkes, as he became lord mayor of london, the great english radical who is regarded as public enemy number three and associated wilkes and the americans together as partly centric and not unrealistic because the americans and wilkes were talking to each other. two of wilkes' closest friend are the virginians living in london at the time. i think that was the tendency to regard this as being part and parcel of the rising crime and lawlessness which had to be tackled at whatever the cost. >> thank

if we cannot stop the backstop decision in this house, where trapped a somerset from a sedentary position yesterday. and i believe that no np with any conscience giving with what the attorney general told us yesterday could actually vote for the withdrawal agreement because he pulls no punches. he told us the worst they can actually be and i commend him for that and i want to finish because i have one very, a comet about us. i listen to the right honorable and learned gentleman when he's said this was at the dispatch box to one day i hope he is why kerry along a two different gets there but he may be the attorney general, and his words may come back -- and i can see, i have watch them in times, i can see that thought going to his eyes as a legal advisor for molly to one the most eminent law firms in the country he knows full well when he stand at that dispatch box what he is saying and what he is doing. and i hope you never find yourself in the position that you put our attorney general in. and i would like to finish, mr. speaker, speedy i don't quite understand why the honorable lady thi

. >>> people and somerset -- san rafael will have to pay more to have their garbage.. lost millions of dollars because of the product is my cost of processing recycling's. china implemented a new rule and they are no longer accepting some items. if food or liquids are dark- colored containers are in a batch they could reject it and return it at the recyclers expense. >> if someone doesn't want to buy it and make them into something else then there's no market. >> the city council approved a rate hike for next year of about $4 per container. >>> a christmas tree and toy giveaway was held yesterday organized by two men. community organizers put together the event. the officers helped give away the trees and toys to the families in the neighborhood. >> when you look at the children, they are happy and joyful. there is trust under stress. they see officers and officers or someone they can talk to. >> it it made me feel good to be able to come and do that here in my own space and neighborhood where i grew up. >> the group donated the trees and the toys were donated by the g

and he somerset to help with the campaign and briefly considered him as a running mate. president nixon was campaigning for him. >> we have to think what man is best for america and george bush in my opinion is the best man for america. >> reporter: as it turned out, nixon's support in that 1970 race was not enough. >> and i have only one regret and that is that i lost. >> reporter: george bush was out of a job, but not for long. >> the fact that one door has been closed for him opens another door. >> coming up, rising through the ranks to claim the ultimate prize. >> the office of president of the united states. i am a family man. i am a techie dad. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. >>> george bush became president, in part, by being useful to the presidents pro preceded him. many served, including ronald reagan, gerald ford and richard nixon, who s

we have 5700 aduu year down in somerset.elds, they are flying out from the fields, they are flying back to martyn meade. they area flying back to martyn meade. they are a beautiful dark with a bright yellow mohican. they will be sleeping all day now. nice. this has beena sleeping all day now. nice. this has been a brilliant year for you. why? it has been absolutely fantastic. this cold and crisp weather, martin mere is fantastic for wintering birds. we get an absolute influx from the continent from iceland, from the continent from iceland, from roche, of all these wintering birds congregating here because we have lots of food and we have nice open water and they are escaping the cold. aren't we all. thank of your time this morning. the only thing we can rely on in the next is that the will become more unreliable. thank goodness we have farrell and matt to guide us. just remind us. what are we hearing? you put on the spot. the irony is that she did not hear me when i was asking her what she was hearing. she was with the exper

diane is in somerset, ohio. what is the top news story of 2018?r: i feel that judge discourageds just to the nth degree. there is no reason that anyone -- host: no reason anyone should what? caller: have to be put through that to get into the supreme court for heaven sake. to turn down your tv and talk to the phone. keep going. thatr: ok, and i think --t he had done in his past what has that got to do with his intelligence of his legalism that he spent most of his life trying to get through and has gotten through to be the ultimate candidate for the supreme court? it is a disgrace what the government -- i am not just blaming democrats. i am blaming them all for what they said and did to him. that wast lady come on in high school with him, if anyone noticed when she walked away, there was an envelope that was stuck in her lawyer's pamphlet. i do not know if anybody caught that. i think she was paid off to go up there and say that disgraceful things about brett kavanaugh. host: you think if there was a payoff, it would've happened at the hearing tha

. >> host: ten from somerset, new jersey. welcome to the conversation. >> caller: good afternoon.i was curious to know what brad thinks of an article i read recently where the chinese government is going to surveyed virtually every citizen in their country and then rate their behavior. first what does he think about that and what circumstance factors into any book he may one dayma write? >> guest: that is a crazy story because that is all we are right now is walking around little bits of data. we are not that special. we all think we are but we all kind of act and love and care and have hopes and dreams all of us even the ones you don't like weim still do. the idea that you can watch a pattern of behavior you just proved a point that is a terrifying idea i am almost mad at you right now for saying it on the stand from portland tennessee you are not, good afternoon. i am a big fan as i said in my question is are you going to be doing any more coding i have seen about everything you've done and i'm looking forward to hoping your answer is going to be yes. the actual title is called

the shortest days seems to have come road quickly, what time of the somerset today?. these are taken in the isle of lewis, so if we look at sunset times today, they will vary a lot. in the north of scotland, it is not even three o'clock, just before 3pm. so they haven't got much family left at all. but if we had further south, we can look at the burying sunset times across the country. the further south and west you get, the sun will stay in the sky longest. so there is a one—hour difference from a nissan sets up there in the north of scotla nd a nissan sets up there in the north of scotland down towards the channel islands. in jersey, of scotland down towards the channel islands. injersey, the sun will set at a:12pm. so it varies quite a lot, depending on where you are in the country. so what does the winter solstice mean? it is all down to the earth tilting away from the sun, in the northern hemisphere, it is the winter, in the southern hemisphere it is the summer solstice. so it happens tonight at 10:23pm, that is when the north pole is tilting furthest away from

somerset new jersey. welcome to the conversation. >> caller: good afternoon.i was curious to know what brad thinks of an article i read recently with the chinese government is going to survey all virtually every citizen in the country and then rate their behavior. with such -- first welcome what does he think about that and what such a circumstance factor any into any sort of book you may one day right? >> guest: tim, i never heard that story. i love that story. that's a crazy story, right? because that's all we are right now is we're walking around little bits of data. i could sit at the start of this, we are not that special. we all think we are but we all kind of act and love and care and have hopes and dreams, all of us. even the ones you don't like him you still do. the idea you can watch a pattern of behavior can you just proved a point the scary story you can tell is the real one. that's a a terrifying idea. i'm almost mad at you right now for forcing it on c-span because now i can't steal it and use my phone. i'm going to look into the story. story. th

. >> host: a phone call from tim in somerset, new jersey, welcome to the conversation. >> caller: goodafternoon. i was curious to know what brad meltzer thinks of an article i read recently where the chinese government is going to survey all virtually every citizen in their country and then rate their behavior. what do you think of that and the circumstance factor into any sort of book he may one day right? >> guest: i never heard that story, i love that story. that is a crazy story. that is all we are, walking around with this data and like i said at the start of this, we are not that special. .. are but we all kind of act and love and care and have hopes and dreams, all of us. even the ones you don't like him you still do. the idea you can watch a pattern of behavior can you just proved a point the scary story you can tell is the real one. that's a a terrifying idea. i'm almost mad at you right now for because now i can't steal it and use it on my own. i'm going to look into that story. that's a good story. >> from portland, tennessee, jeff, you are next. good afternoon. >> caller: g