sinn fein, of course, being committed to a united ireland, has a significant presence in both. t i'm getting to is that you, as a dubliner, as a middle—class dubliner, of an age where the troubles, as they're called in northern ireland, were not woven into your childhood and early adulthood, you are somebody that many of your party members in the north are suspicious of. they're not, actually. well, i can quote you a few who are, if you want me to. well, let me tell you that i am the leader of the party, and i'm the leader on the basis of a huge degree of confidence and support, from people right across the country. so don't buy into this fairlyjaded mythology that there is such a vast difference between sinn fein and the south and the north. you know, it's about 100 miles from where we sit into the centre of belfast. it's not outer kathmandu. that's very true, but 100 miles geographically... sorry, you have asked a question. we shared common social norms, social values. we live on the one island. and i'm a dubliner, i'm very proud to be a dubliner. i'm a woman of my age and my

made some really interesting speeches, in one of which you talked about how your vision of a united irelande arlene foster, you said, the leader of the democratic unionists, in northern ireland, you saidi unionists, in northern ireland, you said i want a place where arlene foster feels comfortable, feel secure, feels at home in my ireland. how can arlene foster feels secure and comfortable as long as, and this is the words of the police chief of northern ireland, george hamilton, just the other day, as long as the ira structure, and he means the sort of leadership, the administrative structure, remains intact. he said not for terrorist purposes, but nonetheless, this ira structure still exists. and he pointed out that it still wields influence in the republican movement, and presumably, one can only assume, in sinn fein, and that it still maintains discipline in the republican movement. arlene foster is never going to feel comfortable with that. well, firstly, the island that i envisage is not my ireland, it is our island. and arlene foster has as legitimate claim and a stake in that irelan

he used to favour staying in the uk, but now wonders if a united ireland could be a better option.ersuasion. it looks like the stability is in the european union now, whereas it was reversed ten years ago. it looks like there's uncertainty and no—one knows where we're going with this. for me and for peace in northern ireland, i think we have to choose stability. it's the logical thing to do. in the bbc survey, 45% of people wanted to stay in the uk, while 42% said they would vote for a united ireland. that suggests the don't knows, at 13%, could prove decisive. 28% said brexit had changed their mind, making them more likely to back a united ireland. commentator: it's an irish driver in the lead! trevor england was a rugby star back in the 1980s. he's proud he wears the irish shirt, but when it comes to politics, he believes it's too soon to consider a united ireland. what we have to do is appreciate what we have. we live in a beautiful place. the people are fantastic when you press the right buttons, and the challenge is to make this place work whatever our constitutional preferenc

he used to favour staying in the uk, but now wonders if a united ireland could be a better option.best bet. now, i'm open to persuasion. it looks like the stability is in the european union now, whereas it was reversed ten years ago. it looks like there's uncertainty and no one knows where we're going with this. for me and for peace in northern ireland, i think we have to choose stability. it's the logical thing to do. in the bbc survey, 45% of people wanted to stay in the uk, whilst 42% said they would vote for a united ireland. that suggests the don't knows, at 13%, could prove decisive. 28% said brexit had changed their mind, making them more likely to back a united ireland. commentator: it's an irish driver in the lead! trevor england was a rugby star back in the 1980s. trevor ringland was a rugby star back in the 1980s. he's proud he wears the irish shirt, but when it comes to politics, he believes it's too soon to consider a united ireland. what we have to do is appreciate what we have. we live in a beautiful place. the people are fantastic when you press the right buttons, a

he used to favour staying in the uk, but now wonders if a united ireland could be a better option.t looks like the stability is in the european union now, whereas it was reversed ten years ago. it looks like there's uncertainty and no one knows where we're going with this. for me and for peace in northern ireland, i think we have to choose stability. it's the logical thing to do. in the bbc survey, 45% of people wanted to stay in the uk, whilst 42% said they would vote for a united ireland. that suggests the don't knows, at 13%, could prove decisive. 28% said brexit had changed their mind, making them more likely to back a united ireland. commentator: it's an irish driver in the lead! trevor ringland was a rugby star back in the 1980s. he's proud he wears the irish shirt, but when it comes to politics, he believes it's too soon to consider a united ireland. what we have to do is appreciate what we have. we live in a beautiful place. the people are fantastic when you press the right buttons, and the challenge is to make this place work whatever our constitutional preference and enjo

but when it comes to politics, he believes it's too soon to consider a united ireland.tastic when you press the right buttons. and the challenge for us is to make this place work. whatever our constitutional preference, i actually enjoy what we have. i build relationships here, first and foremost, and then hopefully 40—50 yea rs foremost, and then hopefully 40—50 years down the road, our children will be better friends. years down the road, our children will be betterfriends. and in s america —— scenario, they can make any constitutionalist dishes and they want to make. wever decisions these children make will be helped by their parents's confidence in the future. nearly 70% save that ireland's best years are to come. that is a more optimistic outlook than anywhere else in the uk. darren bett has the weather. some warm sunshine this weekend, a couple showers as well. st cloud across northern ill —— england, and the midlands. that is petering out. the cloud in scotland and northern ireland has triggered some thunderstorms and slow—moving downpours. that should become few

ireland. not that many immigrants into the united states came from there, most of them came from the west of ireland, the counties on the atlantic aboard, which were the ones who generated the greatest push toward immigration. i find james hoban's story -- he was the man who built and help to rebuild, i wasn't going to mention the thing in between,. i was going to ask you what it might have been. [laughter] >> kim revealed that secret, so i can say that james hoban helped to rebuild the white house. he also was involved in the building of the capitol and was a major figure in the creation of washington, d.c., this wonderful city that i now have had the privilege of living in for the past eight months. i found james hoban's story to be implemented of the story of irish america. he was born in ireland in 1775. the 18th century was not a good century for the majority of irish people, and many people at that time who had an irish identity or background felt they needed to find opportunities, to go abroad and further themselves. many of them joined the army's of the catholic powers of europe, where they

least the vast majority and their wars they source against britain because the prospect of a united ireland through the good friday process by a referendum rather than by the bullets in the bottom is now available they just have to persuade the majority of the people in the island to support them if there was a demand for a referendum but it is also of crucial importance to them and to the irish government and to everybody on the island of ireland that that border remains as invisible as it is now you call do that by no deal which is why the irish government is absolutely right because if you no deal then you're left with will trade organization rules and that is the external customs fronts here of the european union the only one we have directly connected to as a united kingdom through that through northern ireland and that has to be done. it has to be it has to be controlled to stop the rules of the european union being broken and chinese material coming through the u.k. and into the european union through the back door and that kind of thing but fundamentally you'll remain there pro-capi

delighted to welcome you to the united kingdom and ireland in the white house. the white house historical association, as many of you know, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established to enhance the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the executive mansion. by firstunded in 1961 lady jacqueline kennedy and since then has pursued an educational mission reflected in public programs, exhibitions, publishing and research. introducing

associations symposium for 2018, which will celebrate the historic relationship between the united kingdom, ireland and the united states of america. the bonds of friendship which stretch across the atlantic are found throughout the pages of history, and will be further explored in the presentations for this year's symposium. when i met your president last year, i was interested to learn about the role scottish stonemasons had played in the construction of the white house, which means the links between our countries are in a very real sense embedded in the roles -- in the halls of every american president since john adams. the story is compelling. 1792, the group charged with building the presidents house late a cornerstone in a simple but dignified ceremony. between the stones listed the district commissioners, the architect and a master scottish stonemasons. williams was teaching five orders of architecture in new york city until his cousin recommended him to the commissioners. the commissioners were staying at georgetown. williamson was brought on, and despite competition between the irish archi

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kingdom the united states of america the banks collapse had disastrous consequences for ireland to the taxpayer funds used to rescue the bank and mounted to a fifth of the country's economic output the bank remains under seventy five percent state ownership so the more many ordinary people lost their homes during the financial crisis and many continue to struggle to pay off their mortgages while the hours she called me his growing evidence of the crash remains for all to see. europe's summer holidays just around the corner about some travelers may have to change their plans strikes could hit popular holiday carrier ryanair and gap pilots in germany have walked away from salary negotiations for their ally the union wants the budget airlines pilots could hold strikes in august their counterparts in other european countries are also planning to strike. and that's to business for up thanks for your company i'll be back tomorrow same time same place thanks for watching. cut. cut cut. cut. cut cut cut. cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut. clash of cultures in india. a clash between those who

one hundred sixty seven abortion act has never been implemented in northern ireland even though where citizens of the united kingdom so we are asking our night to legislate and our human rights are not a devolved matter to the northern ireland assembly even if it came back tomorrow so it's under u.k. legislation really doubt deliver human rights for women in northern ireland and this time we have a right it's hundred plus women who travel from northern ireland to be on to access abortions and that's ok if you're in able to travel but there are so many women who can't so if you're an undocumented migrant if you have a disability if you're in a course of controlled relationship if you don't have a passport or other documents if you're under sixteen for example so a lot of people can travel a lot of people haven't been northern out of never mind travel in a strange country to access their reproductive health care and also we have a situation where women are accessing abortion pelz but you showed earlier abortion polls ordered on lang from women on where we have been women help women are safe abortion polls but

i think it is all about trying to agree a sensible brexit that works for the united kingdom, irelandgreed in december in writing between the uk and the eu was that there would be no hard border in ireland, no physical infrastructure and new associated controls, and that would be achieved to full rigour to the alignment docked in march it was agreed in writing by prime minister that the backstop would have to form pa rt that the backstop would have to form part of the withdrawal agreement... so some interesting lines coming out of that appearance in front of the media withjohn of that appearance in front of the media with john called junker of that appearance in front of the media withjohn called junker —— john claude junker. saying media withjohn called junker —— john claudejunker. saying they need to be an intensification of efforts to be an intensification of efforts to get to the point in the process where everything can happen that needs to happen by, indeed, 0ctober and of course march next year, when the uk is officially due to leave the uk is officially due to leave the eu. he

announced that they're going toe using more eco friendly paper straws at al s of itsres in the united kingdom and irelanda lot of changes overseas as well, no the just here in the -- not just here in the united shetes and t next year going to be trying that out in france sweden and norway. so, we're seeing this trend, a lot of companies like seaworld they just announced they were doing away with plastic straws and plastic bags, also alaska airlinesot giving out those little plastic stirrers with yourt coffee. a lo companies trying to get rid part to some of that plastic pollution. a lot of these straws, a lot of this plastic ends un our oceans. >> it's a terrible the oceans absolely. >> reporter: t yes. >> the straws have been getting a lot of attention lately. mcdonald's has the chanc to take the lead here. now if we could just get the grocery stores stop double bagging even when you buy 1 itan. that c bar doesn't need 2 plastic bags. that'>> reporter: that's true. brg your own bags. >> tracee have a good weekend. >> good m. >> great friday morning. >> good zip trip friday morning. >> it is. looks like

northern ireland politicians that if they are not prepared to come to that stormont assembly, westminster would have to act on the moral and legal basis that thejudgement is about the judgement of the united kingdom's compatibility, not northern ireland. she must consider that really seriously. the law in northern ireland which criminalises abortion is contained in two sections of the offences against the person act 1861. the secretary of state said repealing it wasn't straight—forward. if we proceeded down that path of repealing sections 58 and 59, we would be left with no laws on abortion in northern ireland. in a vacuum of abortion laws, i don't think it's helpful either to those women and girls we are thinking about. so i want to be clear, we want the politicians in northern ireland, those who need to make the law around abortion in northern ireland. we want them to come together and do what is right for the people they represent. it is time for northern ireland to get back into place and take its responsibility for setting the way forward? but also can i urge her to accept that parliament, in the absence of that, will now start to look at what steps we can take to make sure we have i

at least in the united kingdom and ireland where mcdonald's will switch to paper straws starting in septemberover is expected to be complete next year. the company is also testing alternative straws in the u.s. where some bay area cities are already considering bans on plastic straws. >>> two kansas parents stuck with a $132,000 bill after their little toddler accidentally knocked over a sculpture inside of a community center. surveillance footage shows the child running around hugging the glass mosaic sculpture and then it comes down. there it is. and it's about to go. the oh, no, the insurer sent the bill to the child's parents saying they were negligent in allowing the toddler to run around unsupervised >> the parents argue the sculpture was poorly protected and did not have a do not touch sign. >> what was the bill do we know. >> $132. >> goodness. all right well how is this this for unusual a former secretary of state gave a graduation speech to san francisco 8th graders. >>> practice the discipline of gratitude. >> that's hillary clinton behind the tripod how she spoke to the 8th grader

later this year also switching to paper trstraws in all locations in the united kingdom and ireland. that is the news update at this hour, but first over to bill griffeth today you're on "power lunch." >> i will see you tonight, as well we'll see you then. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "power lunch" hitting china with massive tariffs china is firing back and investors don't like it. is this going to get really messy? we'll talk about that coming up. >>> boeing is a big drag on the dow today in the face of the new tariffs and should you be buying on this kind of decline. >>> at&t, time warner, comcast, fox, disney a lot of moving and shaking going on who is going to rule this new media landscape? we'll get to thacot ming up in the top of the hour. ♪ that's confident. but it's not kayak confident. kayak searches hundreds of travel and airline sites to find the best flight for me. so i'm more than confident. how's your family? kayak. search one and done. at fidelity, our online u.s. equity trades are just $4.95. so no matter what you trade, or where you trade, you'll only pay

ashley: well mcdonald's switching to paper straus in its restaurants in the united kingdom and irelandthe switch is part of the fast-food giant's plan to fight against plastic pollution. it will make the switch to paper straus in september this year. mcdonald's stock is down a buck. >>> h&r block closing close 400 stores. why? because of disappointing financial out look. shares plumed nearly 18%. despite the news the company is not planning to cut any jobs as a result of those closures. >>> meantime keeping an eye on the markets for you. stocks trying to crawl back after being down more than 200 points as investors continue to guy guess on going trade conflict, conflict with china. joining me right now is tjm investments managing director tim anderson, along with capitalist pig founder, how could i not remember capitalist pig founder jonathan hoenig? my favorite name of all. gentlemen, thank you both for joining us. we're trying to come back a little bit. what changed in the last hour? people saying wait a minute, there are bargains to be had? >> a little bit of small amount of buying

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believe that the best way to address the issue of the border in northern ireland is through the open relationship between the united kingdom and the eu. we want to ensure that is in place as soon as possible after the end of december 2020 and we preferably don't want to see the backstop having to be used at all. >> is nearly fr years sincet 10 british citizens were murdered one flight m h 17 was destroyed from a russian missile launcher in the ukraine, and the west is still trying to refute russian denials of responsibility. can the prime minister help us tell us how the very well, rapid response equini mechanism agreed on in quebec, will challenge russian disinformation with much foster truth? -- with much faster truth? prime min. may: my friend raised a very important point. it is able to do this in two ways. first of all, one of the key things is to have faster attribution when these events happen. it is only relatively recently we have seen final attribution in relioto the russian role in mh-17. we have to be able to work to coordinate activity to counter propaganda as he said, working collectively will have a

for ireland, they have huge ties to the united states. it was the place that many, united states.ace that any united states. it was the place that many, many migrants went to many, many, many migrants went to many, many years ago and many are looking to the us and thinking the american dream, this is not what it is all about. for years we have seen america as this place that was built by migrants of people came from around the world to give their best and do their best to build the nation. this is a change in that narrative. it is interesting that tim cook is in europe at the moment, they quote him that this is an inhumane policy. tim cook the boss of apple? yes. is also speaking out against this policy. business leaders to republicans, we are seeing leaders to republicans, we are seeing pressure on leaders to republicans, we are seeing pressure on trump. leaders to republicans, we are seeing pressure on trumpm leaders to republicans, we are seeing pressure on trump. it is interesting as well, in terms of the business angle on this, i was reading an article on bbc online written b

originally from ireland, eileen trained as a registered nurse and midwife and during her time working as a nurse and midwife, she met her future husband, patrick. after emigrating to the united states from cork city, ireland, in 1957, eileen raised two beautiful children and later resumed her career as a nurse, caring for patients at laguna honda hospital. she remained deeply committed to laguna honda hospital even after she retired. she continued to go back time and time again and volunteer. she was very involved in the irish community, including festivities held throughout the city and at the united irish cultural center. she will forever be remembered by all for her love of family and her friends, her charismatic, loving smile, and mostly how she made everyone feel special with her loving and warm personality. thank you and the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, madam president. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i wanted to thank president breed for doing a in memorial for barbara brown and ask to be added as co-sponsor. >> clerk: that concludes the introduction of new business. >> supervisor breed: thank you, madam clerk, can we please go back to our ite

but it's notjust in the uk that this really matters, because the republic of ireland is hugely dependent on trade with the unitedr its economic well—being. you only need to look at the map to understand why. well, chris morrisjoins me now. welcome to newswatch. there is a lot of talk about deadlines and crunch points, but danny dyer seemed to speak for many on good evening britain when he said brexit is a mad riddle — no—one knows what it is. as the correspondent tasked with explaining it all to us, is it frustrating for you? it can be, and i thought "mad riddle" was a brilliant phrase and i would like to strenuously object to steve's proposal for a 24—hour brexit channel, because then i would never get to lie down, anywhere. it can be frustrating, but it is incredibly complicated. i mean, people use various different metaphors for trying to get out of the european union. one of them is unmaking an omelette. we've had a0 years of putting it all together, and you can't simply jump away, you have got to unstitch it all. it's very, very difficult and these are issues, frankly, which a lot of people now involved in

[applause] >> please welcome the republic ireland's ambassador to the united states, his excellencey. [applause] >> the whole human experiment will fail unless it can find unity to ediate disputes. unless it can follow the path of economic growth and cooperation, unless and above all, it can realize the equality and rotherhood of man. these are not cliches for anybody. they are the bare essentials for urvivals for us all. and on this small vulnerable planet, all of us are seeking solutions. under the potential or the shadow of potential destruction, e are one. our triumphs and defeats are common. the bell tolls for us all. ethiopia 1966. [applause] > please welcome the executive color for the change. [applause] >> your generation, south and north, white and black, it is a first with the chance to not only remedy the mistakes which all of us have made in the past but to transsend them. your generation, this generation cannot afford to waste its substance and hope in the struggles for beyond these walls is a world to be helped and improved and made safe for the welfare of mankind. 1966

united states. our patents won't be located in ireland, they'll be here in america. and if we can find workers, the advanced manufacturing of our products will be done here in new england. we're seeing this all throughout the country. so there's new hope and new opportunity. i -- we're going to continue as the speaker said to get better every year. we are changing the culture in washington. where congress waits 30 years in between improving the tax coat while our global competitors continue to distance themselves. those days are over. america is going to stay in the lead, every year we'll work to make america more competitive, more innote vave and make sure our tax code is more family friendly every year. so there's only one party looking out for the pocketbooks and the hopes and the paychecks of middle class america, and that's the republican party. period. thank you. mr. johnson: this is a rah, mr. chairman and the progrowth policies have helped support local businesses across the nation. we are feeling that everywhere and specifically the tax cuts and jobs act hel

united utilities has asked for "urgent help" from its customers to avoid a hosepipe ban. its advice is not to wash cars or take baths. meanwhile, in northern irelandin nearly a quarter of a century has already been introduced. let's chat to helen apps from united utilities which supplies water to the north—west of england. good morning, thank you for coming in. you guys have been putting out information about it. bring us up to date, what is the situation at the moment? it is still so hot out there and the demand for water is astronomical. we have never seen anything like this. it has been ramping up over last week and yesterday we put an additional half a billion litres of water into the supply, a billion litres of water into the supply, 25% more than usual. have you got enough? we have got what in the reservoirs, the difficulty is physically getting it through the pipes fast enough to meet the demand at the other end. why don't you fill up at the other end. why don't you fill up the water tanks earlier? they are being filled up overnight. is it cool? absolutely, and these are the ta nks cool? absolutely, and these are the tanks underground and t

the first hosepipe ban to be introduced in northern ireland in nearly 25 years has come into force. unitedter in rugby last night following fears that a nearby storage facility might run dry. the nhs in england has set out plans to stop hundreds of thousands of patients every year from receiving treatments which it says are useless or too risky. it's drawn up a list of 17 procedures including snoring, varicose vein surgery, and steroid injections for non—specific back pain. the measures are part of plans to cut waste as the government prepares to increase nhs spending by 20 billion pounds a year by 2023. the army will stay on saddleworth moor in greater manchester throughout the weekend and into next week to help keep control of moorland blazes which have been burning for six days. 0n winter hill in neighbouring lancashire, where grass fires broke out on thursday, a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. the future of britain's largest steel plant at port talbot has become clearer this morning after the german firm thyssenkrupp approved a merger with its

find a solution for an orderly withdrawal of the united kingdom, and at the same time, limiting the potential harmful consequences of brexit for irelandorking towards. i'm sorry, i forget your second question. but it was an important question, i know. yes, the june summit. question, i know. yes, thejune summit. i didn't question, i know. yes, the june summit. i didn't use the word sufficient progress, as we did in december, because we are not involved in the same exercise. we wa nt involved in the same exercise. we want to make progress, because of course june is an important stage in creating the confidence and consolidating the confidence we need foran consolidating the confidence we need for an orderly withdrawal, and in order to ensure that the discussions can continue on what is really the keyissue can continue on what is really the key issue beyond orderly withdrawal. that is our future partnership with united kingdom. we will see in the coming days as we continue working with our british colleagues, we will make progress in terms of moving more articles of this draft treaty into the green, and i'm hopefulwe will make progress o

. >> italy, ireland, united states all three, didn't make it. neil: why bother?ou, my friend. meantime there is a trend we're noticing. a lot of big primary nights, those who stayed close to the president did okay. those who did not or worse, criticized the president let's just say didn't have a good night. the latest of course was that guy in south carolina. the read right now from "usa today" congressional reporter eliza collins, "axios" political reporter alexi ma kin none. i'm thinking about this, and mark sanford, maybe i certainly have not criticized or gone after my presidentn tariffs. that was icy on the chilly cake. the two never had a good relationship. so the president tweeting bad things about him election day probably didn't help, huh? >> it definitely didn't help. i'm sure mark sanford woke up feeling ashamed, i don't know if ashamed right word or regretting those comments. he did not think he would lose. republicans here did not think he would lose. it was a tighter race than usual. mark sanford was former governor of south carolina, made it throug

[applause] >> please welcome the republic of ireland's ambassador to the united states, his excellency. [applause] >> the whole human experiment will fail unless it can find unity and mediate its disputes. unless it can follow the path of economic growth and cooperation, unless and above all, it can realize the equality and brotherhood of man. these are not cliches for anybody. they are the bare essentials of survival for us all. and on this small vulnerable infinitely interdependent planet, all of us are seeking solutions. spur of potential ofnty as under the shadow tentiadestruction, we are one. our triumph and defeat. are common. tolls for us all. a, 1966. 1966.iopia, [applause] >> please welcome the executive director of the color of change. [applause] your generation south and is thewhite and black first with the chance to not only remedy the mistakes which all of us have made in the past, but to transcend them. your generation, this generation cannot afford to waste its substance and hope in the struggles of the past, where beyond these walls is a world to be helped and improved

because the republic of ireland is hugely dependent on trade with the united kingdom for its economic northern ireland, and the need to avoid the reimposition of any border checks. but in purely economic terms, east—west trade across the irish sea between ireland and great britain is far more important. so we‘ve had a look at freight traffic leaving the republic of ireland and the vast majority of it goes from dublin, with the busiest routes to ports in liverpool and holyhead. so how much trade are we talking about? well, one way of measuring it, is to look at the data on roll—on roll—off freight containers, many of them carrying food and other retail items. ireland‘s central statistics office has released new figures today which show that in 2017 more than 550,000 loaded freight containers, on trucks or trailers, were shipped from ireland to the rest of the world. only a tiny number went to ports outside the eu, and roughly 85% of ireland‘s total eu freight trade goes to british ports — in this case more than 475,000 containers were exported to the uk. and we can break that number do