but there this tony blair like character. i mean is tony blair adam or is adam tony blair? >> well, it's a bit more, i hope fictional than that. i mean i didn't set out to make the adam lang fictional prime minister exprime minister a model of tony blair because principles i left out ot religious faith which is very strong in tony blair. and you couldn't really-- . >> rose: not connected to the decisions he said he made, not the i told him but it gave him a moral base for looking at the world. >> exactly. which can be quite dangerous, actually, i think if a politician believes that they are acting in accordance with-- i'm not saying they will sort of-- but slightly doing god's work. and the world is good there is good and evil. that is a dangerous situation because you know f are you two sub sec sect-- subjective in what you do then i think you can make big mistakes but you can turn around and say that i was doing what i thought was right. but that's not good enough. >> rose: many people think there is one of those examples where people think the movie is as good if knot be

the barriers their political barriers to man interventions of that kind and both george bush and tony blair repeatedly invoked the idea of overthrowing saddam's tyranny a very strong humanitarian argument that has been made in many other cases where military intervention has been launched and in tony blair's memoirs he very made very clearly makes the case that he saw the intervention in iraq along the lines of the responsibility to protect so i'm not sure that the strict legal criteria in relation to what happened in iraq are as important as the political question and the fact that it was politically legitimated on the grounds on largely humanitarian grounds as well as the invisible never diff never found weapons of mass destruction ok it in you would be all right stephen you want to reply and then i'll go to yeah now i am coming back to this all because i think we've got to pin this one where we've got to pin this one right down the legal justification from both united states and united kingdom had nothing whatever to do with our two it related in particular in the british case it related

in the end, prime minister tony blair, at the time, had to sit down with notorious terrorists and dousiness with them. he had to bring them in and talk to them in a language they felt comfortable with before peace could be achieved. although people throw their nose up at that kind of thing, actually, isn't that the way to wrestle with most of these dilemmas, whether it's gangs in los angeles or terrorists, wherever it might be, it comes back to collaborate or perish. you have to make them feel inclusive. >> we emphasize in the book there are eight essential elements of collaboration. if you're misfiring on even one of those eight, you stand a good risk of not succeeding. first and foremost, you need leadership, you need leadership that has a vision. tony blair, the instance you recalled, had the vision and the passion to once and for all try to resolve that issue that most people thought was never going to be resolved. he found a common plat pm form, if you will, where they could come together to discuss the issues. there was something in it for everybody, which is another essential

. >> let me tell him something that tony blair once wrote. there is a man who knows a thing about bonuses and pay. he said this. he said -- listen, listen. it is an important lesson in the progress of reform that changes proposed. it proceeds with a vast opposition. on popular, it comes about. within a short space of time, it is as if it has always been so. the lesson is instructive. if the lesson is right, go with it. >> someone you knew a thing or two about reform. >> mr. speaker. >> order. the honorable member will be heard. laura sandys. >> will the prime minister agree with main about 40 million pounds insures that we are still a leading center for life sciences? >> i am delighted with what the honorable lady says. it was a tough and difficult time when pfizer made that decision, but i think it shows that government and industry and organizations coming together, we have actually been able to keep a lot of jobs and investment and research and development in that area, and with all farcical companies, this government has taken thought, so

well rand was on the list that tony blair said dick cheney had that wesley clark said the pentagon had a decade back it's been on the list of the project for the new american century and the neo cons in this country it's been a target since the one nine hundred fifty s. and since the revolution in the late one nine hundred seventy s. it is not at all new that iran is the target but we have successfully persuaded the american public that it would be another iraq that we were being lied to for many years now and this campaign to get us into iran again has failed you public relations terms for several years now we have to keep up that campaign david swanson author of war as a lie joining us from charlottesville virginia thanks so much. well we sort of tune in in thirty minutes you're not going to want to miss this one occupy the prison system from oakland to new york and our nation's capital to chicago protesters rallied outside of prisons to shed light on inhumane treatment and injustice inmates in ohio actually went on a hunger strike to bring awareness to the issue and coming up at eig

if tony blair is incapacitated. what would happen if the premise is incapacitated. >> i've been waiting for some time because i know that my honorable friend has asked this question to almost every single cabinet member, including the deputy prime minister who i think replied he seemed to have a morbid fascination with the end of the leader of the conservative party. all i can say is i've no plans to be incapacitated. >> we are very relieved to hear it. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. further to the question to the answer that the prime minister gave to my right honorable friend on elevenths inquiry, he is of course absolutely right that we need a free press. the nation will not thank him however if he goes along with the suggestion from the chairman of the pcc. in his proposal to use the defamation bill to legislate new system. the defamation bill is coming forward in september. this would preempt -- this would preempt the inquiry. >> i'm glad the audible lady asked that question because i've no intention of p

the conference runs through friday when former british prime minister tony blair will speak. >>> 4:50. we want to check in with sal for a look at traffic. any problems early morning, sal? >> we don't have a lot going on. which is nice. we like to keep it nice on a monday. let's go outside and take a look at the pictures. traffic continues to move along pretty nicely coming up to the oakland area. right here northbound 880 on the right you can see traffic looks good. good time to take advantage of things. this is a look at the commute. take advantage of a good commute is what i meant to say. westbound traffic moving along nicely. and this morning if you are driving in concord, walnut creek so far so good. usually we have a big slow down in antioch early. so far it has been light. 680 looks good. if you're in western contra costa county from pinole to richmond that traffic looks good. 4:51 let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. good morning. cold morning out there. no record highs this week. that is for sure. little system just missed us by this much. right there. now take the turn. thi

. >> let me, let me tell him something that tony blair once wrote about the process of reform. now, i know, i know -- [laughter] there's a mendoza thing about bonuses and pay. [laughter] he said this. he said, listen, listen -- [shouting] it is an important lesson in the progress of reform that changes proposed, it is a disaster. it proceeds with fast opposition. it is unpopular but it comes about within a short space of time, it is as if it has always been so. the lesson is instructive. if you think a change is right, go with a. the opposition is inevitable but it is rarely unbeatable. now let me tell you a thing or two about reform. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, -- >> order, order. the honorable member will be heard. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a year ago i asked the prime minister for help when we had the announcement of the closure in sandwich. with the prime minister agree with me that the support and help from his ministers that has delivered us in enterprise zones and 40 million pounds for jobs ensures that we are building a leading center for lifetime? >> i'm delighted with

on for decades has to say this is just sort of more of the same well iran was on the list that tony blair said dick cheney had that wesley clark said the pentagon had a decade back it's been on the list of the project for the new american century and the neo cons in this country it's been a target since the one nine hundred fifty s. and since the revolution in the late one nine hundred seventy s. it is not at all new that iran is a target but we have successfully persuaded the american public that it would be another iraq that we were being lied to for many years now and this campaign to get us into iran again has failed in public relations terms for several years now all right we have to keep up that campaign david swanson author of war as a lie joining us from charlottesville virginia thanks so much. all right well for now that's going to do it but be sure to tune into the big picture it's coming up in just a half hour tonight host tom hartman will tell you what to do if you're arrested and in need of a good bail bondsman for more on the stories that we covered go to our team dot com sl

was really the last dinner we had here while he was still prime minister, with cheri blair and tony blair. and the president and men just the four of us at a table over there by the windows. >> is there ever a time you feel lonely in this place? >> i think there are moments of loneliness in the white house, but when you live here, because you are so aware of everyone that lived here before you and every challenge that our country has faced before us, you're encouraged. i think there's always a feeling of encouragement, a real strong faith in the american people and our ability as a people to overcome challenges. certainly, lincoln is the larger than life president in the times he lived here were so very, very difficult for our country, at war with itself. and also so difficult for him and his wife, personally. willy died, their child, died in the lincoln bed when it was down the hall across from what was probably their bedroom, although we're not sure what bedrooms the lincolns used, from our records. but probably they brought him to that bed, when he got sick, so that he'd be right acros

the conference runs through friday when tony blair will speak. >>> 5:55. is expected to enter a plea to 19 felony charges tied to a crime spree earlier this month. 32-year-old edgar allen james is accused of a series of carjackings and home invasions. investigators say at one point he stole a police car. lead averseness a brief chase through richmond. >>> after a long weather delay, the daytona 500 has been rescheduled for today. this is the fist time in the races 54 year history it hasn't been run on a sunday. yesterday nascar officials waited more than four rainy hours then decided to reschedule. but even more rain is forecast in daytona today. officials say they are prepared to wait all day and into tonight to avoid a tuesday race. if the race is not postponed again this morning, you will see the daytona 500 right here on ktvu channel 2. that are l be at -- that will be at 9:00 a.m. this morning after mornings on 2. >> racing fans might get a sudden not feeling well. can't work this morning. >> yeah. going to come in late. >>> good morning, everybody. l

the wife of former british prime minister denn tony blair s suing rupert murdock's corporation over phoneng. sherry blair is one of the highest profile people to take action over the scandal. apparently you don't have to be a good neighbor to be a member of congress. we'll explain in the grapevine. be sure to get in on tonight's infinity sponsored text to vote question. that is: should the us arm syrian rebels? text sr1 to 36288 for yes and 36288 fo >> bret: now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. dilapidated house in detroit owned by the family of michigan democratic congressman john conyers is causing problems for a neighbor. he is claims her homeowners insurance premium jumped 300% to $7,000 because the abandoned prompt next door is considered a fire risk. congressman conyers told a local reporter he will help the woman but seemed vague on details. >> i've been talking to her. >> $7,000. he is said you didn't return the call. >> well, i haven't called her today. no. >> you promise to tomorrow? >> well, i don't know. i got her number. i want to help. i'm not trying to hurt

the wife of tony blair is the newest high profile person to challenge rupert murdoch's news internationalewspaper. her lawyer says she's suing the company for hacking into her voice mails. >>> divers on a grim search of a wrecked cruise liner discovered eight more bodies today. the costa concordia wrecked off the coast in italy in january was 4200 passengers, 32 people are now confirmed dead or missing. one of the victims was found just today, a 5-year-old girl. she had been traveling with her father celebrating his successful kidney and pancreas transplants. her father is still missing, by the way. he was last seen heading back to his cabin for his life- saving medication. >>> a packed commuter train plowed into a train station in buenos aries. emergency crews worked to free dozens of victims trapped in the first car. the train came in so fast and hit the barrier at the end of the platform. witnesses say the windows exploded as the tops of the train cars separated from the floors. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, honda is recalling 46,000 odyssey minivans. at least twice the rear hatch d

tony blair's labor government simply made reducing child poverty a priority through various programs., yes, the media took your comments out of context, but you do need to be concerned about the very poor. actually, we all do. we'll be right back. >> what is your prognosis of the american economy right now? >> it definitely shows some signs of revival. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answ

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. >> reporter: the wife of former prime minister tony blair is the latest person to start civil legaledings against news international for allegedly hacking her phone. other cases have settled but the police are still probing possible criminal offenses at murdoch's papers. the "sun" is britain's biggest selling paper. the news of the world had britain's biggest sunday reedership. analysts will wonder if the "sun" on sunday will capture the same sales despite the scandalle. >> the writers themselves probably are no different than the news of the world writers, probably rehiring some of those writers again. one of things that begs as a consumer are we actually just having a news of the world under a different guise? if so, who has said the culture has changed? fundamentally, the product is no different despite the fact the name may be. >> reporter: so a new name but similar content and even some of the same staff. it is a bold attempt by rupert murdoch to try and recapture some of the sunday paper market. but he must now know his troubles lie in the u.s., his journalists may have landed

. >> she made a pact with tony blair as far as i can tell she's holed up her out in any way. [inaudible] >> no, no, that she was told about it. >> i think one of the things that people talk about being criticized a bit about, not lacking compassion about, one of the things is the continuing gravitation between her and the royal family and the two can duchess of one third. chavez time that they should be invited to family greetings and they were always excluded. there is a comment about the time. >> there is each romantic moment when humbert the eighth her father became king he had not been prepared for it and he wept to is that there is trained as a naval officer. he did learn to be an admirable king. and acting they -- well i think they were tough on them. i think one of the difficulties was the possibility that the duke and duchess of windsor could have lived though it is sad that would have been an ax came someplace else during the war. after is in paris i was struck that the queen did reach out to him. there was a rapprochement. it was her instigation he had to come and w

[laughter] >> she made a pact with tony blair and as far as i can tell, she's held to her end there. >> she hasn't seen the queen? >> no. >> she was told about it. yeah. >> i think one of the things that people, you know, talk about being criticized of the queen a bit about, lacking in compassion is one of the things is that the continuing gravitation between her and the royal family and the duke and duchess of windsor, i think that has a lot of times -- they should be invited to like family greetings but they were always excluded. i think there was sort of a comment about that time. >> yeah, well, it was a very traumatic moment when edward the viii abdicated and her father became king. he had not been prepared for it and he went to his mother and he said i was trained as a naval officer. he did learn to be an admirable king, and i think they -- you know, they did -- well, i think they were tough on them. i think one of the difficulties was the possibility that the duke and duchess of windsor could have lived in england. that would have set up a parallel court. i think it would have

if tony blair is incapacitated. what would happen if the premise is incapacitated. >> i've been waiting for some time because i know that my honorable friend has asked this question to almost every single cabinet member, including the deputy prime minister who i think replied he seemed to have a morbid fascination with the end of the leader of the conservative party. all i can say is i've no plans to be incapacitated. >> we are very relieved to hear it. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. further to the question to the answer that the prime minister gave to my right honorable friend on elevenths inquiry, he is of course absolutely right that we need a free press. the nation will not thank him however if he goes along with the suggestion from the chairman of the pcc. in his proposal to use the defamation bill to legislate new system. the defamation bill is coming forward in september. this would preempt -- this would preempt the inquiry. >> i'm glad the audible lady asked that question because i've no intention of p

she made a pact with tony blair as far as i can tell and she has held up her end of it anyway. [inaudible] >> no, no but she was told about it. >> i think one of the things that people talk about being criticized the bit about lacking in compassion is one of the things that the continuing gravitation between her and the royal family as the duke and dutchess of windsor. i think that has a lot of times, they should be invited to family but they were always excluded. there was a comment of that time. >> yeah, well is a very germanic moment when edward the eighth abdicated and her father became king. he had not been prepared for it and he wept to his mother. he did learn to be in admirable king and i think they were tough on them. one of the difficulties was the possibility that the duke and dutchess of dutchess of windsor could have lent in england and that would have set up a parallel corporate i think figure would have been extremely difficult to have an ex-king and the current king so for that reason they wanted them to live in, someplace else during the boer. they lived in the

the conference runs through friday when formal british prime minister tony blair will speak. >>> thempany that owns the capsized cruise ship 234 thely now has new problems with another cruise ship. there was a fire today aboard the cross ta allegro. it's in the indian ocean near the say shales islands. the sister subpoena, the -- the sistership, the concordia, as you know, hit a reef last month. 32 people were killed. >>> back here at home, san jose police still investigating a fatal shooting outside a restaurant and bar. three people were shot early sunday morning outside carlos goldstein's restaurant. one man died at the hospital. customers say there was a birthday party at the restaurant and a fight broke out just before 1:00 a.m. the fight spilled out into the parking lot. that's when shots were fired. so far no arrests have been made. grief counselors will be at long beach elementary today after an 11-year-old girl died. police say joanna ramos and a classmate were fighting for about one minute after school on friday. there were shoves and punches but no weapons were used and ne

that was stony -- tony blair. thomas donahue, the national president of the -- president of the national chamber of commerce said at a job summit about a year and a half ago here in washington, he said the regulatory activity presently going on is so far above and beyond anything we have ever seen in the history of this country that we are in danger of becoming a government of, by, and for the regulators instead of a government of, by, and for the people. i thought of these two things when i received a letter recently from one of my constituents who runs a small bank in east tennessee. and he wrote to me this, he said, one of the single greatest needs of small businesses is access to capital and much of that, small business lending capital, is typically provided by america's more than 6,700 community banks. yet community banks are by and large being forced to do -- to withhold and constrain lending at the time america needs it most. this is largely due to unprecedented onerous regulatory constraints being placed o