he is mick whelan, the general secretary of aslef.hat his members�* strength, resilience, and determination was what had won that pay rise — others say it was down to his crafty negotiation style. mick whelan, welcome to political thinking. thank you, nick. you finally got a deal after all that time — how did you celebrate? erm, by talking to the press. as soon as it becomes public knowledge, you and your colleagues — obviously, so sky, bbc, the guardian, the usual outlets, and press will be here today with you — and once you�*ve done that, i�*ll admit, i got changed and went down the road, went out with a couple of colleagues, had a couple of guinnesses, then went home to my family. now, you said that, when labour got elected — something, of course, you want, you�*re the chair of labour trade unions — "the adults had entered the room in those negotiations". what did you mean? well, i�*ve been negotiating at various levels, this industry and the movement for about a0 years. and ifound myself in a really odd position whereby we went to

. >> former detainee paul whelan is thanking the people who helped get him out of russia. whelan was on capitol hill making his first public comments since being released last month. he said his five and a half year detention ended with solitary confinement, and he had a message for those americans who were still being held on hostile soil. >> we're coming for you. yeah the united states is not going to let people like me, mark trevor, and brittney languish in foreign prisons. it might take time, but we're coming for him and everybody else. >> on a lighter note, whelan said he's now trying to adjust to new technology like electric cars. >> happy he is home. firefighters and a marine rescue team on cape cod have saved a group of beached dolphins. 11 of them got stranded on the shore. the group used hoses to keep them cool while they were moved back to the ocean. more than 140 dolphins got stranded in the same area in june. >> it is time now for your wednesday weather. well, these kids were enjoying the fun swinging in the rain in north carolina after coastal areas got more

paul whelan returned home to american soil. the ultimate and largest hostage freeing effort since really the cold war took place, paul whelan, ana, evan, involving some of our other european counterparts. and of course i was watching as the plane, the bright light in the sky descending from the heavens it felt like, landing at andrews air force base, greated by president biden, greeted by vice president harris. you know. among the political events that were going on as well. but of course the governing as president biden always reminds us, still goes on. there's still so much work to do. paul whelan, the door open, he appears and he steps off the plane. he walks down the stairs. and the president placed the very american flag pin he was wearing on paul and we know that paul cherishes that. and wears that pin often. and it was so momentous. it was so surreal. we had so many starts and stops and missed opportunities and trials and triplelations and lack of familiarity of what it was like to see an american, he was the first one o

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thank you to my panel, ben habib and ella whelan.look with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. some clear spells overnight and a cool night compared with recent nights, but it is turning increasingly unsettled towards the north of the uk, with weather systems arriving from the atlantic. it's not something we've seen for a week or so and that means heavy and at times persistent rain across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales through the night. cloudy skies sinking south as well. but we keep some clear spells towards the east midlands, east anglia, southeast england, 11 or 12 celsius. first thing here, but high single figures , low double figures figures, low double figures typically elsewhere and lower humidity compared with the last week or so. so a more comfortable night for sleeping, even if it is an unsettled start to tuesday with wet and windy weather sweeping through northern scotland. i think shetland and orkney cou

he spent the last five days of his ordeal in solitary confinement whelan visited the hiv years whelan visited the capital this week, talking to about what he faced while in russia and his relief to be home for the russian said, the poor conditions were part of the punishment and coming back to see this one florida thing now is a bit of a shock, but it's a good shock the house set to vote on a six-month government funding bill today that seemingly already joon speaker mike johnson putting it up for a vote anyway, just to demonstrate that it will fail before he moves to a backup plan. >> that plan b, however, is unclear and government funding runs out at the end of the month are time now for weather after 113 days, phoenix finally sees temperatures below 100 degrees that same cold front row that's a cold front, but it is set to bring cooler temperatures across the west. let's get to our meteorologist, the weatherman, derek van dam. derek is is really a cold front it is. >> and take from this snowboarder as this type of video makes my heart absolutely sing the first snowfall of the seaso

that'd be quite honest whelan says he is new chapter and it's focused on getting a new car and getting back into the swing of things. >> us federal reserve is just hours away from what will likely be its first interest rate cut since the height of the pandemic in 2020, wrestlers are expecting a quarter point or half-point cut, either which could send it wall street to record highs if they don't do it pretty go to lowe's, but realistically, it could be a year or more before most americans reap any rewards from that and now google and its parent company alphabet, how been a challenge against an antitrust fine imposed by the eu back in 2019. fine totally more than 1.5 billion came up to the eu, found that google had prevented websites and using other online advertising brokers other than its adsense platform, the general court based in luxembourg said it mostly agreed with the european commission's findings. but you did not do enough to establish that such a fine was warranted? instagram plans to implement a big changes for teen accounts. this could go into effect in some countries as ear

so to explain this, i'm joined now by journalist and author ella whelan. welcome to the show .re saying that when the equality act was formulated back in the day, nobody would have doubted or even questioned the idea that the word sex within the equality act pertained to biological sex. what are the kind of sex is there? times have changed, and now activists are saying the equality act does not protect biological sex. are they right? >> yeah. it's well, in practice, it just doesn't work because there is this confusion between there is this confusion between the idea of someone's gender or someone's sex, which, as you say, i mean, even five, ten years ago wouldn't have been such a big deal as it is now. the sort of rise of gender ideology and the issue of trans, as we know, particularly among young people, has kind of skyrocketed. and it might be part of our vocabulary today, but it certainly wasn't ten, 20 years ago, and in practice, this means that the confusion in the law, means that, say you run a rape crisis centre, which most people , most sensible people, people, most sen

the motions that that character was doing in the mid-80s, kristofferson teamed up with johnny cash whelanform the country super the highway man. >> they released a trio of albums and perform together for over a decade can later years, he received some of music's top honors including a grammy lifetime achievement award, and induction into the country music hall of fame looking back, he had no regrets about embarking on his artistic journey all those years go think i loved the whole creative process of kristofferson. one said, he wanted the opening lines of leonard cohen's bird on the wire to be engraved on his tombstone. like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir i've tried in my way to be free lived. >> thanks for spending part of your day with me watching cnn newsroom. >> i'm michael holmes. >> stick around our coverage, continues with my friend and colleague, rosemary church and becky anderson after the break he is the smartest southern is ever done this for a living james was famous for winning races teams believes that change widths it's the economy stupid apologizing t

deliver when we say we, will, which is why we were voted america's number one container i'm elizabeth whelan had my star in los angeles in this is cnn closed captioning brought to you by mesobook.com if you or a loved one have mesothelial, will send you a free book to answer questions you may have called now and we'll come to you 808 to 14000 i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we've just learned that president biden has convened a call with vice president kamala harris and his national security team, and it comes hours after his bella confirmed the death of hassan nasrallah, the white house says, the president received an update on the situation jude in the middle east, as well as the review of the u.s. forces that the posture in the region right now, earlier i spoke with lieutenant colonel peter lerner. he's the spokesman for the israel defense forces. i started by asking him about friday strike in beirut. listen to this that's strike in southern beirut in that area. also killed a senior hezbollah intelligence leader. first of all, what more can you tell us about that? >> operation you older a

elite can petito's can do it in just nine to ten seconds. 27-year-old dan whelan, who's best time isone this year's men's final clocking, 9.9 seconds, right? that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm kim brunhuber for viewers in north america, cnn this morning is next for westworld. it's decoded in the stricken a break from breaking news to air. >> have i got news for you? >> breaking news. i'm getting a sandwich. >> we need to talk about what constitutes breaking news. >> her varde got news for you saturday at nine on cnn and streaming the next day on max are you ready to connect to a perfect journey with turkish airlines to feel welcomed and to feel refreshed unforgettable flavors to reach new heights. poppy knows connect to a journey that's perfect because of you were diagnosed with thyroid disease a long time ago and year after year, you weathered the storm and just lived with the damage that was left behind. but even after all this time your thyroid disease could still change restoration is still possible learn how you could give your eyes a fresh start at ted help.com i didn't

it went through the caribbean and then it ended up in venice and as whelan, it's only been there now for just over a year, but it's really remarkable that it was actually a u.s.-made plane that ended up in venezuela. and now of course is back in the hands of us authorities were able to investigate what's on the plane. we saw folks heading into the plane today, right when it landed with recording devices and the like to try and figure out anything they can about the meetings that maduro was having on the plane and all that that's very interesting story kylie, thank you so much for that if you for traveling home this labor day pack, your patience because the tsa expects this holiday weekend will be the busiest on record. >> we're going to go live to reagan n national aiairport for >> sececond time a as three e ti knknow is ththis what hehe's do now?w? >> as.s. your hostst i have sos rulele. firsrst, no showerers l thanan five minutes. t this is'a spotot. >> n no gains knknow fun? >> yes. scscotch meanwnwhile, a vrbobo, when o other vacatation rentals make you share your turf with a hos

evan gershkovich, paul whelan. the other is like i covered that as well for for this for this network as well at very creative in finding a solution to that problem. at their calling on the u.s authorities the candidates, the biden administration, to do the same redouble our efforts and get those americans back home job understandable. >> matthew chance. thank you so much for sharing your reporting there. all right. ahead. donald trump faces a different opponent in tonight's presidential debate. can we expect some different lines of attacks from him? and how will kamala harris respond? explosions in moscow overnight, hundreds of drones swarmed moscow and other russian cities in ukraine's largest drone attack. yet the fallout from there saturday's syscall, cnn is taking a break from breaking news to air. have i got news for you? >> breaking news. i'm getting a sandwich. >> we need to talk about what constitutes breaking news. >> provide guards news for you. ramir saturday at nine on cnn and streaming next day on mac

, you did not have leverage over russia when it comes to the release of evan gershkovich and paul whelan. but you manage to do a deal anyway because you managed to find leverage. you went to germany, you went to slovenia. i went to other countries. you found a way to square that circle and get a deal. so do the same thing here for the seven americans that are still in captivity. >> you know, it's an interesting proposal. barak ravid. thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate you okay. >> so we are standing by for an important hearing in the election subversion case against donald trump. new reporting on how jack smith plans to keep the case alive. and also, there is new video of the joey chestnut moments after she shattered his own hot dog eating record kamala harris donald trump, the debate. >> everyone's been waiting for follows cnn for complete coverage and exclusive pre and post-debate analysis a cnn special event the abc news presidential debate simulcast next tuesday at nine eastern on cnn and streaming on max these bills are crazy she's no idea. she sitting on a go

see if we continue to see you're flying around with the former president paul begala, sarah term whelan. thank you both. tonight, harris and trump are both staking out different, but potential paths to 270. they're in two different battleground states, north carolina and arizona we're going to take a closer look at where the numbers stand. we've got to political insiders here with us on which of these candidaandidates has t clearest path to victory? >> cnn central tomorrow at 7:00 eastern did you know taking xyz all that night, release allergies while you sleep you wake refreshed for more productive day 24 hours, continuous relief it does not fade. >> be wise old, take xyz off at night second time as three to 55 i know. >> is this what he's doing now? >> as your host i. have some rules. first, no showers longer than five minutes. this isn't a spot. no games, no fund? >> yes. scotch vrbo, when other vacation rentals make you share your turf with a host try one, you have all to yourself. take control of your health by boosting your force force-field. the immune system, or a tells you when

there very quietly, waiting in this room for the should be entitled to share a platform with mick whelanent. yes, 15% pay rise. she threw me out. >> what an event. >> what an event. >> it's a private event, i said. it's not a private event. madam, this is the tuc conference. here's the programme. advertise speech by the deputy prime. threw me out. >> there was of course, they raised cain. >> the two seem to be knives allowed back in. and it was a mysteriously trapped in traffic. >> how convenient. >> how convenient. >> get on a platform with mick whelan. so i could have asked her about the up to 15% pay raise on the day they were voting about the winter fuel allowance. >> well, they seem to be. >> well, they seem to be. >> well, they definitely seem to be shying away from any sort of i mean, you know, we've had very few on this on this channel. oh, no, they don't want the full grilling, do they? they don't want they don't understand. >> again, when you work in pr, when you work for a party, friends close, enemies closer, you let people in. >> this is the worst. >> this is the worst. >> t

the weather's up next, and after that we've got michael portillo from ella whelan.r , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news through the day. today we'll see a mixture of fairly warm sunshine, particularly towards the south—east of the uk. some thunderstorms also developing and quite a humid feel to the weather again, particularly towards the south and southeast. so looking at the detail for today, then confirmation of some showers already breaking out this morning across some central and southern parts of england. as we go through the day , as we go through the day, they'll become more extensive across parts of the midlands, eventually building across parts of northern england to into the afternoon. so it's the north and northwest of the uk and across some western spots, seeing the best of the lingering brightness into the afternoon. a few lighter showers here, but with those thundery downpours we could see some flooding issues as they particularly ac

west >> whitfield west >> meredith lynn whalen >> eugene whelan >> adam s.hite >> >> edward james white >>james patrick white >> and my sister, judith andrew reese. my dear sister, it's been 23 years since we lost you and we miss you every day. in some ways it seems like a life, go and in some ways, it seems like yesterday. all of us miss your smile, sense of humor and carefree spirit. we miss so many things about you and we have so many things to bring it out to our face whenever we hear a country- western song, especially garth brooks or any music >> 50 is, we are reminded of how much you love listening to the music. these memories and so many more are forever a part of the fabric of our lives as you know, we were all deeply saddened at the passing of our nephew brian two years ago. we miss his energy, wit and passion to dedication. we take comfort in the knowledge that you and elizabeth welcome him into heaven with open arms and we know that you are watching over us. your nephew's and niece and our spouses, awesome role models for their incredible childre

so all of those emotions, whelan was i just it's just a real authentic film. fantastic. and also tell us to a bit about the. >> this is an original. >> new film production as well. walk us through how you know your involvement really helped contribute to sort of the factual accuracy around the this discovery and the storytelling in this film as well. >> yeah, this film really is. it's cutting i mean, it includes just the latest and greatest science about readiness. there are threats. it also causes kind about the history of trends are threats and how it goes. you know, our thought of it being a teal dragging monster to know that they do that if you're next, may have had feathers. the film addresses what may have been doing with its with its little through this film i think really is, is it's it's amazing. and it includes some of the best cgi i've ever seen so far. you know image is i think, really, really cool. and then i became part of the film simply, you know, it was just really one of the people that do does a lot of fuel in that help creek formation where