here in america we call it a great victory over a mighty united kingdom. our british friends call it a technicality. the treaty ending the war was signed weeks before. either way, we have long since made up on this 200th anniversary of a great american victory. we count the united kingdom is one of our greatest friends and strongest allies. it is a great pleasure to welcome prime minister david cameron back to the white house. david recently noted how comfortable the two of us are working together. this sent some commentators into a tizzy. some explored the linguistic origins of the word. "bro." some analyzed how this has evolved over time. some seemed confused and asked what does obama mean. and so let me put the speculation to rest. put simply, david is a great friend. he is one of my closest and most trusted partners in the world on many of the most pressing challenges that we face. we see the world the same way. we recognize that, as i have said before. when the united states and united kingdom stand together, our nations are more secure and our people

>> look, as i said all our health service is right across the united kingdom face a challenge. actually the english nhs that i'm responsible for is performing better than the welsh nhs, the scottish nhs or the nhs in northern ireland. but the facts are these, compared with four years ago there are 25 and a more people every day seeing a doctor -- 2.5 more people everyday seeing a doctor within four hours. why? we put the money in. when we put the money in, the shadow health secretary said it was irresponsible presumably that's what labour cut the nhs in wales. >> sir david amos. [shouting] >> i thank the house for that perception for never having been a duke or a girl. -- duekke or an earl. an opportunity will be lost. will my right honorable friend agreed with what the former conservative prime minister sir john major has written in the booklet, national wealth, these poverty, pacer social care create jobs, and that is exactly what this conservative led government has been doing. [shouting] spent my honorable friend is the absolute right is that the first duty of the governmen

and it is also important i think, that we recognize that within this united kingdom there are people of, a variety of faiths and peel of no faith. what is important that we all accept and tolerate people of different faiths and not tolerate, but recognize there are people of different faith who is have different beliefs and if we disagree with them, and the way to discuss that is through discussion but it is important that we allow the freedom of people to be able to worship in the way they wish to, to be able to follow the faith they wish to be able to follow. >> mr. sawa. >> unjustifiable and horrific scenes in paris were just not an attack in france but an attack on peace freedom and indeed islam. this isn't a clark of civilizations. it is a street fight between right and wrong and between humanity and insanity. on that basis can i urge caution from the home secretary, the worst time to react is when it is raw. you can't defeat extremism with extreme reactions. finally can i say the true muslim that day was the policeman who lost his own life protecting the freedom of a publicatio

we have some of the toughest gun laws in the united kingdom.major exercise being undertaken by the national crime agency, in looking at the question of availability of firearms in the u.k. that started before we saw these terrible attacks take place in paris. on the communications data bill, there is a difference of opinion among parties and house about what power should be taken by government. we did in fact, responding to proposals from joint committee. and we did provide proposals in relation to those measures. i am clear, the prime minister is clear that this is an issue that needs to be returned to. it is important, i believe, that we have the right powers available to deal with these issues. finally, she asked me if we speak to cst. we speak to them on a regular basis. i have had a number of meetings with them. and also the police have meetings with them to discuss the whole question of protective security that is available. and protective security has been stepped up when the threat level was raised, which has been stepped up further. >>

here in america we called it a great victory over a mighty united kingdom. our british friend call it a technicality. the treaty ending the war was signed weeks before. either way we have long since made up on this 200th anniversary of a great american victory, we count the united kingdom as one of our greatest friend and strongest allies. today a great pleasure to welcome prime minister david cameron back to the white house. now, as many of you know david recently noted how comfortable the two of us are working together. this sends some commentators into a tizzy. some explored the link which istic origins of the word bro others debated definition. others analyzed how this term evolved over time. some seem confused and asked what does obama mean? and so, let me put this speculation to rest. put simply, david is a great friend. he is one of my closest and most trust the pardoners in it word world. on many of the most pressing challenges we face we see the world the same way. we recognize that, as i said before when the united states and the united kingdom sta

and the united kingdom stand together. our nations are more secure in their people are more prosperous and the world the safer and more just. great britain is our indispensable partner and david has been personally an outstanding partner. with oath of our economies growing and unemployment falling, we used a working dinner to discuss how we can create more jobs for peace. we believe that this needs to be the year when the u.s. and the european union make real progress toward the transatlantic trade and investment partnership and we share the view that boosting demand in europe can also keep our economies growing. as innovative economies in this information age, we are expanding on technologies to prove how our government's server citizens and businesses given the urgent and growing danger of cyber threats we decided to expand to protect critical infrastructure in the privacy of our people. we believe that a strong commitment to reducing greenhouse gases will be an essential element of any ambitious climate agreement that w

i'm confident we're going to be able to accomplish specifically when we have partners like the united kingdom doing it. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> on the economy, i would note that great britain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems. so we must be doing something right. major garrett? >> thank you mr. president. good afternoon mr. prime minister. good afternoon to you, sir. question for both of you, i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to say you clearly directing a message to congress in the context of iranian negotiations. were how also sending the message to iran that if the sanctions talks failed that war-footing is the next most likely alternative for those who are allied with us in this common pursuit? and atrocities in paris, raids and threats in either belgium or the netherlands, is europe at a turning point in recognition of what its threats are and its own mobilization in terms of new laws security footing, larger budgets? and you both talked about cyber security there is a crucial is

am confident we are going to be able to accomplish particularly with strong partners like the united kingdom doing it? on the economy i would note that great britain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of the other countries are having problems and so we must be doing something right. major garrett? >> thank you mr. president and good afternoon prime minister good afternoon to you sir. questions to about this of you. i want to make sure we heard your message to congress and in the context in the iranian negotiations. other than you sending a message to iran if the sanction talks fail that war footing is the next likely alternative for this country and those of us alive with us in the common pursuit and atrocities in paris and belgium and netherlands, do you believe that europe is at a turning point in the recognition of what its threats are? and its own mobilization in terms of new laws, security footing, larger budgets you both talked about cyber security, there is a crucial issue for both countries. back doors and encryption to protect people

confident we are going to be able to accomplish especially when we have strong partners like the united kingdom doing it. >> the economy? >> on the economy, i had note that great brittain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems. so we must be doing something right. major garrett? >>. >> thank you, mr. president. good afternoon, mr. prime minister. questions for both of you: i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to stay, clearly directing a message to context in the context of negotiations. you are sending a message both of you to iran that if the sanctions, talks, fail that war footing is the most next likely alternative and atrocat this in paris, raids and threats in belgium and netherlands, do you believe europe is at a turning point now in its recognition of what its threats are and its own mobilization in terms of new laws, security footing larger budgets? we talked about cyber security. there is a crucial issue for both countries. back doors and encryption to protect people and privates. i would l

confident we are going to be able to accomplish, particularly when we have strong partners like the united kingdom. [inaudible] on the economy, i would note that great britain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems. so we must be doing something right. major garrett. >> thank you, mr. president. good afternoon. questions for both of you. i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to say, clearly directing a message to congress in the context of iranian negotiations. you are also sending a message to iran that if sanctions talks fail, that's more putting is the -- that war-putting is the next most likely alternative. at -- atrocities in paris, raids in belgium. do you believe europe is at a turning point now in its recognition of what it's threats are at its own mobilization in terms of new laws, security footing, larger budgets? we both talked about cyber security. that is a crucial issue for both countries. backdoors and encryption to protect people, and also privacy. i would like your comments on that. than

confident we're going to be able to accomplish particularly when we have strong partners like the united kingdom doing it. on the economy, i would note that great britain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems so we must be doing something right. major garrett. >> thank you mr. president, good afternoon, mr. prime minister good afternoon to you, sir. questions for all -- both of you. i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to say. clearly directing your message to congress. were yulesou also sending a message to iran that if sanctions fail that war alternative is the most likely consequence. and atrocities in paris, and raids and threats, do you believe europe is at a turns point in its recognition of what it's threats are and its own mobilization in terms of new laws security footing, larger budgets. you both talked about cyber security there is a crucial issue for both countries. encryption to protect people and also privacy. i would like your comments on that, thank you. >> i am not, repeat not, sugge

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balfour beatty also climbing today, good news to the united kingdom. big contract several engineering contracts. could be worth 1.5 billion pounds for civil engineering and infrastructure in the united kingdom. what about infrastructure in the u.k. today jacob -- today? >> here are the top stories at bloomberg. stocks in china got crushed today. the biggest drop in more than six years. the inequities followed a crackdown on regulators on investors who use the arotech money to buy stocks. despite that, the shanghai cobb is still up over six months. the swiss decision to allow the frank to trade freely against the euro has caused a big dip. the $830 million global fund was completely wiped out. that follow several brokerage firms that have gone bust because of the move. the european central bank 93% of respondents expect that ecb to announce a sovereign qe program this week. mario draghi is likely to announce a 750 billion euro bond buying program. let's keep the discussion on the ecb, we are joined by the head of the fx strategy at the bank of montreal.

particularly when we have strong partners like the united kingdom. on the economy, would i note that great britain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems. we must be doing something right. >> major garrett. good afternoon, mr. prime minister. good afternoon to you, sir. questions for both of you. i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to say. you clearly are directing a message to congress in the context of iranian negotiations. were you also accepteding a message, both of you, to iran that if the sanctions talks fail, that war foot issing the next most likely alternative for this country and those who are alive with us in this common pursuit? atrocities in paris, raids and threats either in belgium, i like to ask you both do you believe europe is at a turning point now in its recognition of what its threats are and its own mobilization in terms of new laws, security footing, larger budgets? you both talked about cyber security. there is a crucial issue for b

confident we are going to be able to accomplish, particularly when we have strong partners like the united kingdom. [inaudible] on the economy, i would note that great britain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems. so we must be doing something right. major garrett. >> good afternoon. questions for both of you. i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to say, clearly directing a message to congress. are you also sending a message to iran that if sanctions talks fail, that a war footing is the next most likely alternative and do you believe europe is at a turning point now in its recognition of what it's threats are at its own mobilization in terms of new laws, security footing, larger budgets? we talk about cyber security. there is a crucial issue for both countries, back doors and encryption to protect people and also privacy. i would like your comments on that. thank you. >> i am not suggesting that we are immediate war footing should negotiations with iran fail. if in fact our view is we have to prevent

confident we're going to be able to accomplish particularly when we have strong partners like the united kingdom doing it. on the economy, i would note that great britain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems. we must be doing something right. major garrett. >> thank you, mr. president, good afternoon prime minister. question for both of you, i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to say clearly directing a message to congress in the context of iranian negotiations, were you also sending a message to iran if the sanctions talks fail that war footing is the most likely alternative for this country and those alive with us in this common pursuit? and atrocities in paris, and raids in netherlands and belgium, do you believe europe is at a turning point in recognition of what the threats are and only mobilization in terms of new law and security footing, larger budgets. you both talked about cyber security. there is a crucial issue for both countries, back doors encryption to protect people and also privacy

confident we are going to be able to a compost, particularly when we have strong partners like the united kingdom. on the economy -- i would note that great britain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems. we must be doing something right. major garrett? >> think you, mr. president. good afternoon mr. prime minister. i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to say. you directed a message to congress in the context of running negotiations. but you are also sending a message to iran that if the sanction talks fail that war footing is the next most likely opportunity for our country. atrocities in paris raids in belgian, i would like to ask you both that europe is at a turning point now in its recognition of what his threats are, and what its own mobilization is in terms of new laws security footing larger budgets, you both talk about cyber security. there is a crucial issue for both countries. backdoors and encryption to protect people and also privacy. i would like to comment on that. -- i would like your co

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here in america, we call the great victory over a mighty united kingdom. friends call it a technicality. the treaty ending the war was signed weeks before. either way, we've long since made up. on this 200th anniversary of a great american victory, we count the united kingdom as one of our greatest friends and strongest allies. and today it's a great pleasure to welcome prime minister david cameron back to the white house. now, as many of you know, david recently noted how comfortable the two of us are working together. this sent some commentators into a tizzy. some explored the linguistic definitions of the word "bro." some seem confused and asked, what does obama mean? and so let me put the speculation to rest. put simply, david is a great friend. he's one of my closest and most trusted partners in the world on many of the most pressing challenges that we face. we see the world the same way. we recognize that as i've said before when the united states and the united kingdom stand together, our nations are more secure and our people are more prosperous an

here in america, we call the great victory over a mighty united kingdom, our british friends call itwar was signed weeks before. either way, we've long since made up on this 200th an ver ris, we count the united kingdom as one of the greatest friends and strongest allies and it's a pleasure to welcome david cameron back to the white house. david recently noted how comfortable the two of us are working together. this sent some commentators into a tizzy, others debated the definition and how this term evolved over time. some seem confused and asked what does obama mean. and so let me put this speculation to rest. put simply david is a great friend, one of my closest and most trusted partners in the world on many of the most pressing challenges we face we see the world the same way. we recognize that as i've said before when the united states and united kingdom stand together our nations are more secure and people are more prosperous and the world is safer and more just. great britain is our indispensable partner and david has been personally an outstanding partner and i thank you for y

confident we are going to be able to accomplish, particularly when we have strong partners like the united kingdom. on on the economy,i would note that great britain and the united states or to economy for standing out what a lot of other countries are having problems. we must be doing something right. >> thank you, mr. president. good afternoon, mr. prime minister. the question is for both of you. i want to make sure that we heard clearly what you both said __ you are sending a message, both of you, to iran and that the sanctions talks failed that war is the best next alternative. atrocities in paris, belgium, i want to ask you both, do you think europe is at a turning point as to its recognition of what brassard, security flirting? you both talked about cyber security __ that is a crucial area for both countries. i like your comments on that. >> i'm not, i repeat, not, suggesting that we're at immediate war footing should negotiations with iran fell. as david put it simply, if in fact our view is that we have to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon, then, we have to recognize the possibili

>> for the capabilities of the people and the security of the entire united kingdom, how safe dish you think the prime agency is in how important is it that it is fully operational and all other united kingdom particularly northern ireland? >> i believe it does play an important role. i think it is a valuable agency did think it shows the benefit of having set up a national crime agency. >> surveys demonstrate a greater public acceptance of the anti-somatic attitude. what could you offer to the jewish community for the anti-semitism? we need to educate the public that such attitude should not exist in this country. >> my friend is right. we should be clear we will not tolerate anti-semitism. i think we could deal with this in a number of ways. first, it is important we provide the support and advice in relation to protective security for those who may be at the threat of being subject to anti-asemitic incidents. we will not accept those incidents. in the work led by the department of communities and local governments, they work on this. >> thank you. i previously was on that libertaria

david and the united kingdom continue to be strong parters in this work -- partners in this work.same time, we both recognize that intelligence and military force alone is not going to solve this problem so we're also going to keep working together on strategies to counter violent ec too manyism -- extremism that radicalizes, recruits and mobilizes people especially young people to engage in terrorism. and local communities, families neighbors, faith leaders have a vital role to play in that effort. we also look forward to welcoming our british friends to our summit next month on countering violent terrorism because whether in europe or in america, a critical weapon against terrorism is our adherence to our freedoms and values at home. including the pluralism and the respect and tolerance that defines us as diverse and democratic societies. and finally, i want to take this opportunity to publicly congratulate david on last month's agreement, it's a tribute to the courage and determination of everyone involved, especially the leaders of northern ireland as well as the governments o

here in america we call the great victory over a mighty united kingdom our british friends call it aality, the treaty ending the war was signed weeks before. either way, we've long since made up. on this 200th anniversary of a great american victory we count the united kingdom as one of our greatest friends and strongest allies and today it's great pleasure to welcome prime minister david cameron back to the white house. now, as many of you know david recently noted how comfortable the two of us are working together. this sent some commentators into a tizzy. some explored the origins of the word bro. others debated its definition. several analyzed how the term has evolved over time. some seemed confused and asked, what does obama mean? let me put speculation to rest. simply david is a great friend, one of my closest and most trusted partners in the world. on many of the most pressing challenges that we face, we see this, the world the same way. we recognize that as i've said before when the united states and the united kingdom stand together our nations are more secure and people mor

the united kingdom is more exposed to what happened in europe than the u.s.nd it is important that it keeps pressing forward and it is about structural reforms to be lamented in the united kingdom. >> thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> it is known as the biggest night and we found out who is and is not up for the oscars. grand budapest hotel has a nomination. the bbc points out that it is a bumpy year for the brits. the imitation game and the theory of everything are in the awards. >> who are you? >> the new lobby boy. >> never heard of you. who hired you? >> mr. mo. >> quirky american comedies lead the way with nine nominations. wes anderson's grand budapest hotel and bird man. >> can i talk to you? >> competing are two british films. the imitation game and benedict cumberbatch gets an oscar nod. >> a digital computer. >> a digital computer? >> the theory of everything starring jones. they were shortlisted and delighted with the news. >> and manager said he was standing there with a calf any -- cacaphony of voices. >> both are based on true stories.

and the united kingdom stand together.our nations are more secure in their people are more prosperous and the world the safer and more just. great britain is our indispensable partner and david has been personally an outstanding partner. with both of our economies growing and unemployment falling, we used a working dinner to discuss how we can create more jobs for peace. we believe that this needs to be the year when the u.s. and the european union make real progress toward the transatlantic trade and investment partnership and we share the view that boosting demand in europe can also keep our economies growing. as innovative economies in this information age, we are expanding on technologies to prove how our government's server citizens and businesses given the urgent and growing danger of cyber threats we decided to expand to protect critical infrastructure in the privacy of our people. we believe that a strong commitment to reducing greenhouse gases will be an essential element of any ambitious climate agreement that we

the united kingdom into the iraq war along with president george w. bush. recent events including the onslaught of isil have started to vindicate his position. he's talking a lot about that. he's very involved in the middle east so i started by asking him what he thinks needs to be done in iraq to stabilize the situation and how long he thinks western forces need to be there on the ground? >> i think it's really difficult to say how long the commitment is going to last in trying to defeat these people. i hear that you can put a time limit on it because what is necessary is to see this in the context now of what is happening. obviously not just in iraq but syria, yemen nigeria central africa and other parts of the world. my view is wherever these people are, that's where you'll have to confront them militarily. >> you were a populist. you were the first labor prime minister in such a long time. you won such a big majority the first time you won and you've been hanging around people who are not thought of as men of the people from al sisi in egypt to th

i'm a passionate supporter of the united kingdom and the maintenance of the union. i know that scottish independence has been decisively rejected. the job now is to make sure that the evolution strengthens the union. >> still a lot of momentum towards independence. is the u.k., the historical union in the past? >> they have to admit they lost the referendum and lost it decisively. what is now is how we extend the powers of the scottish parliament within the u.k. i support that. it is right that the scottish parliament should have more tax powers so it is accountable for raising the money spent on public services. that is good for democracy. there is an english element to address and to make sure that english mps determined domestic matters. >> speaking to a member of the british parliament there. the head of the european central bank, mario draghi has issued an interesting statement. he has criticized eu leaders for doing not enough to host growth. >> he said bureaucracy, high taxes, and a lack of reform are holding europe back. inflation remains below the target. h

confident we're going to be able to accomplish particularly when we have strong partners like the united kingdomitain and the united states are two economies that are standing out at a time when a lot of other countries are having problems. we must be doing something right. major garrett? >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. good afternoon. good morning, mr. prime minister. questions for both of you. i want to make sure we heard what you were trying to say directing a message to congress in the context of iranian negotiations. were you also sending a message, both of you, to iran that if sanction talks failed that war footing is the next most likely alternative for this country and those who are aligned with us in this common pursuit and atrocities in paris, raids and threats in belgium and netherlands, do you believe that europe is at a turning point now in its recognition of what threats are and its own mobilization in terms of new laws security footing, larger budgets. you both talked about cybersecurity. there's a crucial issue for both countries. back doors and encryption to protect peopl

with some of the toughest gun laws in the united kingdom but we have already seen major exercise is being undertaken by the national crime agency primarily in looking at the question of the of firearms in the uk and that has started before we saw these terrible attacks take place in paris. on the communications director bill, there is a difference of opinion among policies in this house as to what powers should be taken by government. we did in fact respond to the proposals from the joint committee and we did in fact provide revised proposal in relation to those measures. i am clear the transfer is clear that this is an issue that does need to be returned to come and it is important i believe that we have the right powers that are available to be able to do with these issues. and, finally, she asked me if we speak to the cft. of course, we do speak with the cft on a regular basis and i had a number of meetings with them but also of course the police had meetings with them, discuss with them the whole question of the protected security that is available and protected the security had been

united kingdom and france and holland and denmark, as well as belgium. >> so they're on a higher letthreat level. it looks throughout europe, these other countries are arresting people as well including germany. >> yeah so we've had an unprecedented flow of for fighters to syria. brits have 500, they can't follow all those. we've had of course in belgium the events that we've seen unfold germans have had a significant number. there isn't a country in europe that hasn't had dozens or scores even small countries like denmark or scan davian countries. so it's a big problem. on the other hand we're aware that the problem exists in a way that we weren't after the afghan war which produced osama bin laden and other folks that attacked the united states and other western targets. so there has been a huge law enforcement effort that has been going on to try to manage this u you though belgium well. it's particularly vulnerable. why is that? >> one of the roepeasons there are so many bell goodgians that have gone to fight in syria, a couple of hundred fighting in syria now one rope is that there wa

and finally our sister network in the united kingdom sky news reports a second possible gunman may have been involved at the market. we'll keep you upstraighted on the developments. -- updated on the developments. here's how the standoff with the brothers ended today. [ gunshots ] >> we are also getting explosions now. >> explosions and gunshots as police stormed a printing plant north and east of paris. inside, two brothers, suspected in wednesday's massacre at the office of the satirical newspaper in paris, as well as a hostage. the brothers now dead. the hostage now free. some 25 miles away in the center of paris a second hostage situation unfolded at a co-sher -- kosher market in the heart of paris. flash bangs sounded as s.w.a.t. teams made their way inside the market, where at least one gunman was holding a number of hostages. the number unclear. the hostage taker is dead. four of the hostage are dead. we watched as many of the survivors made their way out of the market. the "associated press" reports 15 hostages survived there. a short time ago the french president, francois holl

a complete idiot, saying there's no truth to any such assertion that there are no go areas in united kingdom. that's why it caught much more attention yesterday when the governor once again made the statement that there were no go zone areas, without citing specific parts of either united kingdom or elsewhere in europe he said it that officials told him, gave no specific concrete evidence of it. >> to your point, he is essentially doubling down on this, saying that he believes his words were we spent several days here, had a chance to meet with several elected leaders that he didn't name he claims that's what he is hearing from them. michael, pivoting this back to what we might see facing whatever candidate comes out of the democratic party, if you can't beat at the economy, you try to beat with phantom issues perhaps. >> well maybe. i don't know how many republicans we're going to here echo bobby jindal on this in the next few days. sure would be interesting if some did. i take your general point that most notably the war with the islamic state is a very very tough grind. you know they've g

to talk about that i asked tony blair, the former prime minister of the united kingdom, to join me. tony blair, pleasure to have you on. >> thanks fareed. >> you knew king abdullah well. his reputation certainly some of his talk in the few times i had an opportunity to talk to him, were about reform and about change. but if you look at how much has changed in saudi arabia, it isn't that much. i mean women still can't drive. there still is segregation by the sexes. the religious establishment is still very powerful. they stilled a ed aadhere to a very puritanical version of islam. >> i think if you talk about it relative to say a country like the usa or britain, then that may be being a cat rat. but if you look at it relative to where saudi was, you now have more young women in university than men. you have a situation where king abdullah was an author of the interfaith dialogue and actually would meet both jusews and christians to talk about faith issues. he was the arctive of the peace initiative in 2002 which offered a two-state solution for the arab-israeli conflict. you take a c

smaller when you compare it to the united states and the united kingdom. the strategy is clear. units that are not crucial scale back can boost your capsule. those of the shares in financial raising $3 billion and they are over in central and eastern europe with the debt capital markets, which is a clear strategy that is about reducing exposure abroad and hopefully the taxpayer owned bank will become private when it boosts its capital. >> christmas is gone and we are getting close. will it be like christmas day for the people looking for the bonuses? >> it is coming out and we're starting to hear how they pay out the bonuses. it looks like christmas will not be coming for rbs. they are likely to be reducing the bonuses and paying out to the ford exchange traders. those were fined in excess of $4 billion for rigging the foreign exchange market and it looks like all of the banks that did that scaled back the bonuses. we understand they are shrinking the funds and using the money to pay the fines that they are due on rate rigging. all the ones exposed and hsbc are scaling back after

finance minister of one of europe's fastest growing countries, george osborn councillor of the united kingdom. inequality was the talk of the week from the u.s. congress to the congress here. what is the answer? i'll gunfire you my solutions and show you a place here in switzerland where the world's privileged traveled in order to begin to understand the lives of the underprivileged. >>> but first here is my take. the conversation at davos is often dominated by economics and this year is no different. but the shock of the paris terror attacks lingers and discussion has often turned here this week to radical islam. the death of king abdullah has underscored those concerns because of saudi arabia's complicated relationship relationship with fundamentalist ideology. i posited solution does not lie in more american military interventions in the middle east. but what then is the answer? the problem is deep and structural as i wrote a few weeks after 9/11 in "newsweek" in an essay titled "why they hate us." the arab world has been ruled for decades by repressive mostly secular dictatorship. that in

believe in the union, people in northern ireland should have the rights as everyone else in the united kingdom to have the flag of the country flying on their driving license. will the minister agree? >> well, i share her sentiments about the importance of the union flag but i would emphasize that in terms of putting it on drivers licenses, this is a default matter and it is a matter for the executive. >> order. questions to the prime minister. question one is a closed question, closed question. mr. frank field. >> question number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i have no current plans to do so. >> mr. frank field. >> given the current cabinet secretary said in 2009 in his judgment of the inquiry would take a year and that we have had now two general elections before we see this report, might i ask him to write to the chairman and get a date when this report will be headed to the prime minister and then published? >> well, i have written to the inquiry chair and i've expressed my frustration but i have to say to the honorable gentleman that it is not for this government to interfere in how thi

>> all our health services right across the united kingdom face a challenge.y, the english nhs that i am responsible for is performing better than the welsh nhs, the scottish nhs and the nhs in northern ireland, but the facts are these. compared with four years ago there are 2,500 more people every day seeing a doctor or a nurse within four hours. why is that happening? because we put the money in. and when we put the money in the shadow health secretary said it was irresponsible. presumably that is why labour cut the nhs in wales. >> i call sir david amess. >> i thank the house for that reception, which more than compensates for my having been made neither a duke nor an earl. [laughter] later today, the second edition of the booklet, “the party of opportunity” will be launched. does my right honorable friend agree with what the former conservative prime minister, sir john major, has written in the booklet, which is that national wealth eases poverty, pays for social care and creates jobs? that is exactly what this conservative-led government have been doing.

according to the reporting of sky news our sister station in the united kingdom, according to them there was a closed circuit television system that was set up inside this market a sort of security system like you'd see most anywhere. cameras presumably on the registers and on the aisles. police, we now know, were able to tap into that closed circuit television system and were able to monitor what this hostage taker was doing inside that market all along. they were also, according to sky news able to contact one of the hostages on his or her cell phone and make communications during the standoff. this is all brand new information. what we were told initially was that five or six hostages were released and freed, that the hostage taker, the terrorist, was shot and killed by police during this dramatic raid which happened, but what we have just learned in the last few minutes is that prior to that four hostages, according to police sources -- royceers and sky news -- four hostages were killed. that's the scene. two different locations two different takedowns two different sets of terror su

we all want to see more billion-pound companies coming out of the united kingdom.retty surprising how many we have actually had. shazam is kicking off 2015 to a nice start. a tech investment bank, they ran some numbers last year. 30 european companies founded since 2000 have a valuation of above $1 billion. that is only nine less than the united states in a decade. that's not that bad. you had european companies, yandex in russia skype, asos all these companies born in europe. the u.k. has managed to do 11. they had asos, spotify. we want to see the next line. who are the next ones hitting $1 billion? is it going to be the likes that we are currently looking at? a business company could be looking at raising money. these are the next generation that we want to see. guy, you asked about initial share sale. they are creating more billionaires and getting them to invest in the next generation as well. putting u.k. on the map. you see companies coming to the u.k. to grow. well done, shazam. >> caroline, thank you so much. caroline hyde with the latest. >> we will have

arab north africa and the arabian peninsula are much stronger than they are with people in the united kingdom. they're very much stronger in france. >> it's interesting the point you make, actually, because already there is sort of coverage in the french press about what the intelligence services knew about these two men. one of them was in a no-fly list. we saw in 2011 with mohamed mara that he was known to intelligence services and then just dropped off the radar. it's not always possible for the intelligence services to keep abreast of everyone. >> well, it's not possible for them to keep abreast of everyone. on the other hand, i do think that the attack on the offices of "charlie hebdo" were a serious intelligence failure. this wasn't any old place. this was a blindingly obvious sitting duck target, that it was guarded by only two policemen. really beggars belief i'm afraid to say, because it was so obviously a target. i think that the french attitude towards terrorism is different from the british attitude. the french attitude towards their police and armed forces is different from the b

. >> the united kingdom, the united states decided tomorrow morning not to buy south african goods or to buy south african gold, investors and capitalists would withdraw their support for the racial tyranny that we find their, then apartheid would be brought to. >> today, dr. king's city temple address, december 7, 1964 in london. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today is the federal holiday honoring dr. martin luther king. he was born january 15 1929. he was assassinated april 4, 1968 at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. he was just 39 years old. while dr. king is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor, organizing the poor people's campaign to address issues of economic justice. dr. king was also a fierce critic of u.s. foreign policy and the vietnam war. in 1964, dr. king became the youngest recipient of the nobel peace prize. days before he received that award in oslo, norway, dr. king traveled to london. on december 7, 1964, dr. king gave a sp