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Is a Republican strategist she says the party is happy with Mr Cavanagh and doesn't believe the accusations of sexual assault made against him those who saw him before the Senate Judiciary Committee and saw him lose his cool people who saw that still believe him they still believe that he was not the one who did those things or there were some who said he may have done those things the boys will be boys and he was a very young man at the time he was a high school student a college student well but Kavanagh strongly denies the allegations against him the adult film star Stormy Daniels has released a book about her affair the affair well she says she had with President Donald Trump she spoke to B.B.C.'s Newsnight program about President Trump mocking the testimony of Judge governors accuser Dr Christine Blasi forward I think that his actions have infuriated it some other women which has driven them forward in solidarity because they're so angry at the same time it's probably scared a lot of victims and continue hiding they don't want to be shamed or. Attacked called names because it does happen trust me and I'm living it right now. Well Rebecca Hamilton is an assistant professor of law Washington College overflow and she says Todd's Kavanagh's appointment will have a serious effect on the reputation of the Supreme Court I think there are going to be questions coming up now what does this mean for every future case that comes before the court I think we're going to see many motions for recusal and the standard there is simply that did judges impartiality might be raised simply questions i'm so you can imagine that on women's rights issues on voting rights issues any number of points that could be raised about that well in Los Angeles journalist move Kelly predicts judge governors appointment this afternoon is all but inevitable in Syria could fall apart but at this point it is as they say a done deal it's a fait accompli the votes are there the only way it doesn't happen is if somehow physically a number of senators who would vote yes one were able to show up but Mitch McConnell the Senate majority leader has the votes when the you look at the argument about the F.B.I. Investigation do you think that its scope was wide enough was a given enough time given some college classmates of brick governor are now coming forward to say he was an aggressive drunk at that time and is a liar no. The White House was able to control the scope of the investigation and let's remember it wasn't a criminal investigation it was a background investigation and the White House set forth the parameters which he was looking for corroboration on the sexual assaults allegations set forth for Dr Who are and so if you're looking for a limited scope of information then you only find that which is in that scope what was really curious was they did not officially interview from the F.B.I. Points he did not interview Dr Ford or even Judge Kavanaugh to get their official statements or even asked follow up questions for things that were in the Senate hearing that may have been questionable or may have been rebutted mood given that a lot of commentators have said it's already clear at this stage that Judge Kavanaugh does not have a judicial temperament and he's declared himself as part that alone should. Actually happening here. It's it should it's interesting enough he published an editorial The Washington Post trying to backtrack his performance if you will his public statements which were very partisan in nature saying that he could be and would be an independent member of the judiciary as he had been for so many years but we have never seen America never seen someone so nakedly partisan and let's not forget his history he was a lawyer who worked with on the Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings and and also the the case against Bill Clinton in relation to Monica Lewinsky he has not necessarily been an impartial bystander in relation to presidential politics so many people were concerned whether he would be impartial given what may happen with the motor investigation or just cases which may go forward which may have a. Political or partisan bent to them indeed as you say the president himself may end up in some form before the Supreme Court yes if for example if the president or subpoena by the investigation that probably would go before the Supreme Court's in terms of whether you could indict a sitting president whether you could subpoena the president to testify and as it looks like right now. Would be a vote in that process possibly the deciding vote we had a report a retired Supreme Court judge say he's not appropriate he's not suitable What do you think this does for the reputation of the Supreme Court if he's appointed. It probably will be appointed its cause a rift is Haitian it will be perceived in a way that we perceive other American institutions we perceive as a political organization now we perceive what is going on in terms of the Justice Department more broadly as a political organization and now it's hard to say that this Supreme Court of the United States has not been politicized when you put a member all on a stance oblique who was highly partisan were goalless of most recent public remarks as move Kelly who is joining us just before we came on air from well it does Kevin it is confirmed it tips the Supreme Court to the right it's now balance pretty much along socially liberal lines for judges on the left and for socially conservatives on the right as more was saying all of this matters very much if the current president and ends up before the Supreme Court on some charge Well joining us now is Professor Chris Carmen who said of Social and Political Sciences University Good morning to you because 1st of all this is like nothing we could ever imagine in this country it's just been a remarkable week in Washington it has been a remarkable week and in fact actually if we look beyond the Kavanaugh hearings. It's actually been quite a good week for President Trump if you look at it he's he's now has Cavanagh who's likely to be confirmed today as as you were just discussing the unemployment rate has been is now down to 3.7 percent so the economy is is booming along and he you know they had the announcement of announcing the new trade deal between Canada and Mexico this is ripping ripping up supposedly the previous NAFTA deal that was a key campaign promise for for Trump So if anything we can expect to feel quite in bold and after this we can see it going forward so a very interesting and unique week the implications for the Senate are fascinating what's going to happen with the fallout from that. I mean we can expect it to be highly partisan when they come back from the from the midterm elections so the fallout from this week is going to going to have a very long term ramifications because you're saying you know we're looking at the New Deal suppose the NAFTA deal just after we finish our conversation here but also there's a bullet today suggesting that the Republican vote in the midterms is actually going up so as you say there's a there's a bit of a moment but favored a tribal partisan divisions in the covenant appointment here what do you think this means in terms of the Supreme Court reputation what happens in you know the Senate in future so I think there are 3 things that we could look at here for looking at the implications one the Supreme Court as you say you know this has long been the institution that Americans have the most pride in and and they rated the most highly of any of the institutions I think we can expect that to slump I think that it will now probably be seen as a more partisan institution particularly not just because you have Cavanaugh who had this very partisan rant went during his confirmation but the fact that it is going to be a very conservative court as you pointed out it's now going to have clearly 55 justices who are on the conservative side so we're going to see the rulings shift in a more conservative direction which has huge implications for policy in the U.S. The argument is that's why the Christian Right in America has been told rating Donald Trump because he delivers this ultimate there's this is what he promised to deliver and they are very happy we can look at the Senate as you say. For a very long time the Senate has relied on the fact that Senators have have had a lot of pride in the fact that they get along that the Senate actually operates on what are called unanimous consent agreements that is all senators agree to move the business of the Senate along we can expect I think to see far fewer of these unanimous consent agreements and we can to see a lot more partisan rancor within the Senate. Which undermines the fundamental working principles of the Senate the House of Representatives was always the highly partisan branch in the Senate was that much more the one that was much more collegial that is falling apart and then as you say for the mid-term elections coming up in just about a month poll out from N.P.R. National Public Radio. It was in the field on the 1st of October it shows that there's been a distinct shift in in how important people see this election so whereas in July Democrats Democrats had a 10 point advantage and saying that this was a really important election that's now shrunk to basically nothing it's a 2 point advantage for the Democrats which is is statistically insignificant so it's a tie in how important in the generic poll has shifted in favor of not and well the advantage Democrats had has been reduced from a 12 point advantage to just a 6 point advantage so this is a question of which are you going to vote for a Democrat or Republican in the midterm elections so if anything this has reminded Republicans what as you say what they were fighting for in particular the evangelical wing this is Trump's attack on on Ford at that rally seems to have ignited the base again reminded them what they're fighting for while it's Democrats seem to be a bit put off and maybe feeling let down by the whole process and is fine as you say don't chance attack Oh Dr Ford you know in any other context it has seemed wholly unacceptable The Washington Post has just published a massive extended edition on a yearlong investigation into his finances which show that his tale of being a self-made man is known since they highlight what they say is fraud money laundering even an attempt to subvert his Father's Will to take all the money to himself and not to the blanks and yet none of this is seeming to do him any damage a toll no you know back in the 1980. If we can remember back that far Ronald Reagan was called the Teflon president nothing stuck to him and it certainly seems that Donald Trump has managed to cover himself and teflon in this regard I mean part of this the deal is is that the term now that you often hear thrown around is all this is quote unquote baked in this doesn't change anybody's impressions of Trump It's not like Trump went into the 2016 elections and people thought wow he's a you know he's a really straight up honest businessman that's never had any ethical This is all been known for quite some time so the as you pointed out earlier the evangelical wing of the Republican Party has for quite some time been willing to say we'll accept all of Trump's moral potentially or moral problems as long as we get the Supreme Court nominees and as long as we get conservative policy as long as we get tax cuts and that's what they've they've got Chris thanks very much indeed for that you Professor Chris Carmen there well staying in the States as Chris was referring to the USA Canada and Mexico have reached a new trade deal after months of negotiations it replaces the current North America Free Trade Agreement or not Catherine Porter is the Toronto bureau chief at The New York Times Well these talks to go on for 13 months so I think the attitude of the beginning was quite positive and then starting in this ring when President Trump announced that Canada would also think the steel and aluminum tariffs based on national security reasons that changed the tenor all together people could not believe that Canada has been a free trade agreement with the United States and is the number one supplier of all those metals would be done with with places like China and considered a national security threat our prime minister repeated many times that it was offensive that we had been in many wars the United States we had troops in Afghan. I stand for 14 years we've fought alongside them and many wars and we've been a net a close relationship and we consider ourselves our closest ally How could we possibly fall under national security threat so that changed the tenor there was a G. 7 meeting that was hosted by Canada for the G 7 countries including President trama things were heated before he got here he was saying that he wasn't sure he was going to come he started bashing Canadian dairy tariffs and it goes well and into his Twitter vitriol repeatedly he came to Canada. It was a OK meeting up until the very end he left early and at the end of the meeting Prime Minister go gave a final. Press conference where he was tired but relieved and he repeated some of the same things he had said before the candle was going to put forward is on tariffs against the United States because they'd be Retallack Terry and measured and we wouldn't be bullied Well the president went ballistic from Air Force One and started tweeting out insults to the prime minister and from that moment on the country's shift it and I think you know there's nothing like someone attacking your prime minister at Hackney or country to get people rallying behind your prime minister and so there was a huge serves of nationalism in him from that moment and it's really continued until you know this past week people there are many people are saying walk away from the deal even if it would mean economic. Destruction to Canada what would be really economically painful for the country because the national pride was on the line too and was a really hard line I think for the prime minister to walk to both get a deal that's number one trading partner. And leave with his dignity and the country's Dean and dignity intact and we can talk about the specifics of the deal in a moment but what do you think will be the long term for light in relations now between Canada and America is this something that will blow over or do you think the ground has shifted permanently. I think it's really early to tell I think that. Many people hold that the that the relationship perhaps and or a new president will go back to normal this is a country you know this is the number one trading country for Canada but also many Canadians have families. Had members of their family across the border this is a very long and protected border people go back and forth regularly we are the number one tourist in the United States the American media is it was on to Canadian shores we wanted the same T.V. We talked with same things people same language largely other than a section of Canada that speaks French so many people hope that it just goes back after this president to satisfy Well there are others who say that the ground has shifted and that we were so badly treated not just by the president but I think people feel that there's a large larger segment of the American population that supports the president and supported what he said in these negotiations and the Canadian sense of stability and ability in that relationship has has been very badly frayed if not tarnal together so there are many people in Canada say that not only do we need to look for other trading partners but we need to look you know to strengthen her she said in relationships because the camera law in the United States and you have to realize it can is a small military very united states so it's not just trading but traditionally I think we think that if something terrible was to happen we could rely on the United States to come to our offense. Whether that's the case now we're not so sure so at least you know definitely under this presidency but also if this presidency has 40 percent of the American public behind it then what does that mean for the future a future president maybe the ground has really shifted so I think it's a really uncertain time Canada right now there's a lot bruising people feel we're glad we got a deal because economically we need it but. We're not sure if our closest ally and partner and friend is really our closest ally and partner more fairly briefly Catherine if we look then at the details of the deal concessions were made on day 3 but you feel Canada got a good deal on car manufacturing What do you think this means for Canada overall has it come out of this deal quite well I think most people think of it as a status quo deal it's not that different it's certainly not what the prime minister promised going in which is a really progressive deal. But we didn't lose that much ground either so I think most people think of it as status quo we last time dairy a small percentage so and the prime their prime minister has promised farmers in that you know dairy farmers that they will be compensated and most Canadians don't think that that is a huge blow I think we think of the status quo we held their ground that's Catherine Porter who's the Toronto bureau chief at The New York Times it's a day since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of slow AC killing more than 1400 people on Friday rescue workers in the island said they feared a 1000 more people could be buried under a housing complex Rebecca Henschke who was one of the 1st journalist to arrive in the devastated area after the quake hit Here's her report on the situation just over a week on. Keeling's to her daughter having great after days of searching she's found the body of her husband Bill now the next challenge is moving him. It's been nearly every possible to get petrol she cries that people forced to queue for hours to get. Up. On. A truck drives to take her husband out of the more burial. Now that they have a small amount of petrol and they can make that journey. Across the city people a searching for missing loved ones at a government office people are putting up photos with hand written messages calling for help many of the images of the missing children one man has made himself a cardboard sign with these wifes and child's name on it and he's wearing it on his back. The search and rescue effort continues but the chances of finding anyone still trapped alive a dwindling. The last 2 days we've only been finding bodies. The head of the national search and rescue agency. People are saying that they are very frustrated with this. Search and rescue effort here they say they were left alone to have to dig through the rubble for their own families. Why was the operation so slow in those early days. If we'd had heavy lifting equipment early on we would have been much more effective It wasn't until the morning of the 4th day that we really got into action. Indonesia often has natural disasters but each time it doesn't seem ready to cope with them does it need to put more money into teams like your search and rescue team in order to be ready for these inevitable natural disasters but. Our teams are good but yes we do need more planes boats and equipment so that we can respond quickly. But. We're not there Meanwhile here in one of the cities prisons some of the inmates who weeks gape when the Quite here a turning themselves back in. The man who didn't want to be identified as just a few months left on his sentence he says he didn't want to make any more trouble for his family they have enough already. Got prison warders signing them back in says they'll give the others who exist a diff you more weeks before they start looking for them we know they have family who have died and they might not have paid shill to come back they are prisoners this Brothers suffering like all of us. Who want to go to Europe and I went to another but what I got a lot of good though. Rebecca Henschke reporting there well I'm joined from Jakarta by Jennifer boom and who's into the Xeon country director for the aid agency Mercy Corps Jennifer there is no both national Indonesian and international aid getting into the area just bring us up to the up to date with the situation. Yeah that's correct thanks for the opportunity to speak about the situation. What we've seen is that in the early days right after the events when Don't go away virtually cut off the airport wasn't functioning the main port wasn't functioning and so the arrival of external support took a little bit of time and what we're seeing and hearing from our team on the ground is that that situation is beginning to change although it's still very very serious do you know I mean obviously part of. The There are big rescue operations going on but there must be remote villages in that area has everywhere no been reached. You know we haven't reached everywhere one of the big challenges is that supplies of fuel have been cut off so we're only now starting to see the supply chain for fuel begin to accelerate that will allow us and the other humanitarian actors to begin to get out of Pollio and further away from the center of the damage to understand better what's happening to these more remote communities so sadly some of the rescue workers saying that it's unlikely the find many more people alive or indeed any more people alive but presumably clearing the rubble is still a priority because of the risk of disease. Absolutely and I think in the remoter areas there are communities that have experienced a significant amount of damage or aware of it from the satellite images and from some of those communities that have already been accessed and I think for those families we need to respond to that immediate need to identify their missing family members and find out where they are and beyond presumably the priorities are our water helping people who are out of their homes they need clean water they need food clothing. That's right. As we move from search and rescue phase of the response and we start to begin the humanitarian response that 1st and most important needs are going to be clean water and food and shelter and Mercy Corps and our humanitarian Piers and it in government and the international community are all focusing on that problem and starting to coordinate a response that will seek to reach as many people as quickly as possible with a coordinated resource he was saying that some remote villages have been reached yet but. Apart from that the main airports are open presumably sea routes are open can we expect to see. A big increase in the amount of help getting to people over the next few days. What I mean from the ground that you're your point is correct access is opening and we're starting to see an increased flow of goods more planes are getting in they're starting to be able to offload more ships and some of the congestion at the ports that was created by you know cranes that had fallen that's starting to clear up so we're definitely seeing access increase for other vital goods that are going to be needed for the response All right Jennifer Billman injuries in country director for Mercy Corps thank you very much indeed for joining us this morning 27 minutes to 10 you're listening to Good Morning Scotland with Gordon Brewer and Isabel Fraser the headlines this morning the European Commission President Young John called younker has said the U. Case chances of securing a brig's that deal with the E.U. 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Against Hamilton Accies as one of 4 top flight games this afternoon 3rd place Livingston looking to their to continue their amazing run for a park against Motherwell Levy having only lost in the league once the season way back on the 4th of August Aberdeen currently in 7th are eager to navigate their way further up the table manager David McInnes was asked if you favor playing 2 strikers to see if it's to get them upwards you don't all become more attacking accounting when I thought that it's crazy to say the pitch you know it's going to be She's the control they gave Michael when sake of glasses of more control over the game was open and maybe. More chances in the game but we feel that we would like to try and get to shake and push more often or well the Dons opponents today are sent Meaden who have their 4th game under new manager ordering Cairney to day yet still seek their 1st when under him despite now defeat types and last week he was happy with his players applied themselves. I think the big stressor on the plate of the big things we've been stressing appears this week is to is to go and have not seen performance level again and you know we kind of that you will be in here again so that here again some of them here against Bernie is who I think firstly it's the demand of that level of performance again that we go to games have been in a think if we do that we give ourselves then a you know a chance of doing something and again and today's other Premiership game 4th place travel to India having a former Dark Blues striker in the shape of good exchange in great form Dens Park boss Neil McCann well away out of that threat against I say the mention of it breaks you can win another school of thought through the quota so I think. 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Radio Scotland travel Thanks trees or I just interrupted your jingle they're all an entirely obliterating answer suppose that's progress more marches are expected today in the streets of Brazil as part of a women led protest against front runner presidential candidate Joe you're both so narrow Mr Bosler has made several of at Lima Sergeant istic comments as well as controversial statements on issues relating to race and sexuality he was stabbed at a rally last month and is currently leading in the polls ahead of the 1st round of votes which begin to morrow Brazil is struggling to extricate itself from the worst recession in its history $13000000.00 people a lot of work as a head into this historic vote so how is it got there and what about other large so the American countries such as Argentina why has its economy grown in the way that had been predicted Well I'm joined now by a Scottish journalist no living in Brazil Andrew downie under our London studio we have Professor Anthony Pereira who is a director of the Brazil Institute at King's College London Andrew 1st or just on on tomorrow's election as as that is the immediate thing that's happening there are not just women demonstrating again joy or Boston are are the there are actually fears that he could take Brazil by 2 the period of military dictatorship just explain. Yes Fasano it all has been an up and apologetic and supporter of the dictatorship he's a former military man and that's one of the things he said is that a lot of people you know believe from the Brazil in their dictatorship from 64 to 85 was a I see far was a better place violence was not a trump and as it is no the economy went well for many years and there's a lot of nostalgia for that period particularly given the the problems Brazil is had no more recently and he's really tapped into that quaint fact of Lee and that's what he's trying to to convince his supporters of the a return to the car more P.T. And with economic growth is what he can and what he can bring Yes because I mean just on crime there were 63000 murders in Brazil last year women. Brazil is is the moderate and Brazil is is phenomenal and anybody who spent any time in Brazil is aware there's not just more there is the whole overall sense of insecurity that you get you walk around any street and all the buildings have bars on them all the you know all the homes have high walls there's barbed wire on top there's no police on the corner and it's. A real what are you for most Brazilians and as I said also not too hard really tapped into the eye and said you know you we need to have a heavy hand now a lot like you know your character in the Philippines you said said working the things he said you know we need to kill bandits the police need to go and shoot to kill and that's the way to do it to get us back to just safer society and the other big issue of course is corruption there was a huge scandal there recently wasn't a call that the carwash scandal some people claim it's the biggest corruption scandal in the world and people are pretty fed up with that and Mr Bolton are has been promising to clamp down and corruption as any. Yeah that's very questionable whether he'll be able to do that he so far he's been that he's been in Congress is 990 so he's not by any means and I would say don't but he hasn't faced any personal accusations of of corruption in his political life we've seen a few accusations come out in the campaign recently. That corruption is just a massive deal in Brazil likes like securities one of these things is a constant in Brazilian Brazilian life and what he's done is he's used this car wash this car where scandal he's used to are tied to the Workers' Party government which has been in power was in power from 2003 until 2016 and he said yes and you vote for the Workers' Party again and you're good and this corrupt government and I again I stopped into. An opposition to the Workers' Party and that's worked in his favor. I wonder if the current president Michel to marry he to Cova when Dilma Rousseff was forced to 2016 that Mr Tener is also pretty washed over if I can google it up by the car were scandalously I mean does he have to Thea when he leaves office that he could be prosecuted. Yeah he does have to fear that he will be prosecuted because under Brazil you law if you are setting politician if you if you enjoy a public position like that you are not you can be prosecuted and one of the big criticisms of the carwash investigation has been that politicians it's only a cock the politicians have left power and that's one of the reasons that. Who was a hugely popular president between 20032011 he has he's in jail or Lula would be if not in the lead for the elections were he allowed to run he would certainly be you know they are not strong candidate to win the presidency he's no been jailed because of this corruption scandal he has other charges that he's face and tell her what happens to him when he comes out a poet is one of these big questions there will be resolved. And that since there's so many questions in this election that you really just because you don't know what's going to happen it's a lot like trumpets a lot like breaks that you just you have this you know stop which meant against this. This person repeats himself as an outsider and really wants to know as one colleague said he's kind of like I walking through need there are a lot of supporters who will explore the system. Well I believe and he Perro has been able to join us now and we were talking a few moments ago about whether both scenario could mean he is favored by a lot of people in his own clothing Bella business people in Brazil you know he actually be a threat to democracy in the way that some people are saying I think he could I think Andrew is right to compare him to try to detect another person you might want to compare him to his Fujimori someone who's he's expressed admiration for and both he and his vice president for Jerry being the former president in Peru in Peru who carried out an auto kui closed down Congress and the judiciary in the 1st few years of his presidency so I think it's statements are worrying he's got an economic advisor a guy called Paolo good these who's Chicago school trained in the University of Chicago very very liberal wants to privatized a lot of state owned industries and I think GED is one of the reasons why some of the business people some of the investors are deciding to cast their lot with Boston out of despite the volatility despite the crazy comments for example he said about the dictatorship the era of the dictatorship was that it tortured and didn't but didn't kill. Which kind of chimes with what Andrew saying is about is used on what the police should do. Just wondering the underlying economic issues in Brazil and to me it's slightly puzzling looking at it because Brazil's national debt is about 80 percent of G.D.P. Which is roughly the same as the U.K. Says a percentage of G.D.P. It's got quite a big fiscal deficit you know the amount that it is spent the government spends each year compared to the amount it takes and entices about 8 percent so it's not completely inflation quite low yet there's this perception of Brazil and I say the other. Point Brazil of course is that most of the national debt unlike in Argentina is actually have by Brazilian citizens so they're not so vulnerable to changes in the dollar a yet there's this perception that it's prime for an economic crisis Yeah it's a lot more solid than Argentina for example I mean one of the things that you would you look at the tax receipts in Brazil the tax system is very regressive half the taxes cut come from consumption wealth is very lightly tax time incomes are very lightly taxed pseudo gome is one of the candidates in this race said you know we should start taxing inheritance at a higher rate we should start taxing high incomes at a higher rate you could do that and plug the fiscal deficit effectively through tax increases as well as spending cuts and in the pension plan it's unlikely to happen with both in and out of there because he's talking about cutting taxes and that's another reason why. Business investors are or enthusiastic about that just explain to us the situation in Argentina we're not have time to go into any great comparison but again it's puzzling the national debt around 60 percent of G.D.P. It's its fiscal deficit is not that big and the current government of President machree is saying it will eliminate it it does have high inflation but its currency collapsed a few weeks ago as bone spike a bit since then and you keep reading articles saying with the headline is this is why the Paizo in Argentina collapse than they never seem to answer the question they ask and then there's a bit of a mystery Well one of the things if you put it in context helps explain why macro is walking a very fine line here because it's had to go to the I.M.F. For a bailout. And that brings up very bad memories for a lot of Argentines because the 200-2001 crisis where they they had the peso pegged $1.00 to $1.00 to the dollar they took that off the peso was radically devalued they had 5 presidents within a space of a few days and people blew a lot of bargains blamed the I.M.F. . And not really sticking by Argentina the Americans decided not to bail out Argentina so the fact that matters had to go to the I.M.F. Has generated quite a bit of opposition and it clouds the prospects for him getting reelected in next year and of course investors see that and they think well situations unstable and maybe you know maybe this is not the right time to invest so it puts in a difficult position because of the history because of what happened in 200-2001 in the brutal recession that followed the peso crisis in that at that time OK. Apologies we're going to have to leave it there and return and thank you very much indeed and to the joining us from London a ceremony will take place on the island of Ireland today exactly 100 years after the troops to Mr Tranter sank in a storm with the loss of nearly 500 lives it was carrying American soldiers on route from New York to Liverpool 600 men were rescued our correspondent Glen Campbell is on the island Yes and it's a beautiful morning on these commemorations blue skies a few. We bit of a chalkboard in the waters of lock and door which you can probably hear lapping the shore behind me but all islands West course Lanty coursed on this day a 100 years ago the weather was horrendous near how they can conditions when they are trying to reach the west coast of Scotland and let's just pick up on the details of that story No 2 games are going to start with George Robertson Lord Robertson of Patel and who has a personal family connection to this tragedy which will come to in a moment but just tell us 1st of all what happened to the entrant to. Drop Ship coming from America carrying over a 1000 troops and in the white. Of the $618.00 it collided with another troop ship there were both basically lost because. Communications at that time and in the collision they Kashmir which they are trying to lift. They are trying to was fatally injured. 400 people were to die on the rocks. No on board ship amongst the U.S. Soldiers and British crew the captain Davidson his grandson is on the commemorations he's Nick what did he have to deal with once his ship had been badly hold in this collision he had to somehow try to secure some sort of rescue for both his own crew and the hundreds of American sailors it was a desperate situation he was in a hurrican condition he knew his ship could not survive it had lost power. It was terrifying both for him and his officers because they. Inspection there was nothing they could do. Until. Naval. Destroyer came alongside was seen came alongside and in these conditions as crazy as it was courageous Absolutely I mean he it is known that Captain Davidson waves the destroyer away saying you know we will both go down if you come along time will will will will crash. But the capsule of the destroyer. Made it several times. And hundreds of Americans were able to actually jump and land on this destroyer and take it away. But many others were left behind and some of those who jumped didn't make it there absolutely many I mean you mash jumping from 16000. To a less than 1000 taller and it was terribly dangerous I mean it was a it was an incredible rescue attempt a very very brave rescue attempt and it saved the lives of our own 600 men taken to Belfast but those left on board the ship Lord Robertson Stude no chance they had little chance because they are trying to head a wreath You know I actually only a few 100 yards away from safety but it. Disintegrated so. Orly about 19 or 20 I actually survived out of the numbers who were left on board the ship so 400 bodies were to be lying in. After that more were lost forever some more will never be found because they were crushed they were the syndicate because knowing the sea but of course again from the tranter would kill lots of people as well and this wasn't the 1st disaster of its kind to hit. In the final year of World War One Well the remarkable thing was that Dawn the 6th of February that seem year. The U.S.S. The skinny another American troop ship and it hit it hit. Like Pan Am 103 Lockerbie the 20 chosen a New York a smaller more village getting this enormous catastrophe and then 8 months later it happens again that was quite astonishing Can you imagine the Skeel of this disaster these disasters Nick in a small place like Iowa which you know visited. I can't imagine it must have been up. Shattering but they'd turn to they didn't they didn't run away they didn't ignore it they the men turned out the women turned out they whoever was rescued was put up in the farms blankets were found it was an incredible effort. But it must have meant so much to the community that they could rally around I mean it was it was part of their nature it was part of the way the people operate on this with this island you know they didn't run away from disasters like this they rallied to the dead bodied in mass funerals on the island and then after the war the bodies return to America and the U.S. Military cemetery in England the crew including Captain Davidson are still buddied here on the island and 100 years later old Roberts and you will lead the tributes at the ceremony today just tell us a little bit about what's involved in that commemoration well I'm paying the tribute because my maternal grandfather Sergeant. The head of the local police force and therefore had a massive responsibility thrust on his shoulders and an island where basically there had been a remarkable achievement by him I suppose today is an opportunity to remember the efforts of people like him and the other islanders as well as well as all of those who died in those who survived this disaster just weeks from the armistice in 1918 and those commemorations will take place in the military cemetery a little later this morning. Campbell reporting from Iowa before we go this morning time for a little musical interlude. Venus made. Does it show you the shape of my danger can you show me the beautiful stranger. But lean over close to me and if you can breathe on. Her That song was written by Clive James he's been an author critic broadcaster and T.V. Personality his songwriting conventions have until very recently gone largely unnoticed he wrote her own 200 songs with his musical partner Pete kin who tells the story of their collaboration in a new book called loose cannon which is written by Ian share Co and Pete joins us now from a studio in Bristol Good morning T.V. Thanks for talking with us good morning to you as a pleasure Now when did your work with Clive James begin and what was your role in this is a very very long time ago I have to say shamelessly 50 years ago we were students I was an undergraduate and Clive was a graduate student is a little bit older than me and we were both involved in a club that did lots of comedy and sketches reviews and things and we used to hang out a lot and he was writing lots of stuff always loves a museum bridge was it yes it was here and he wanted to always want to get involved in music and so he he would hand people including me a saying can you do something with us and we just we just hit. The right chord if you'll forgive the expression and then he kept on give me more things and we ended up by the time we left university we'd written 2 or 3 dozen songs by then and now we're on the on the track to being involved in music always recording them well we hoped all sorts of big famous people would record them but not many did in the end good friend at the time Julie Covington who went on to be much more famous in rock fall as a movie. She recorded a lot of our songs on her 1st album but it wasn't a big hit and we ended up performing myself since we couldn't persuade anybody else to sing the songs so I. Just wanted it was it commercially worthwhile for you well I made my living at it for the for most of the seventy's I was performing mostly on my own but sometimes with the band and making the record so able we didn't have any big hits but I did make a very built up a very good audience and people were very kind to us John Peel was fantastically enthusiastic and helpful and Kenny Everett was early on too I think we should probably hear a little bit more than off the music and do you remember girl on the train Oh I certainly do that's one of them that's one of the very 1st ones we we wrote and one of the 1st ones that Kenny Everett played on his B.B.C. Set the morning program. Oh right OK Well we're going to play it. As it was a little snatch of it OK. We should. Have done a concert for us one other time to get Let's do that let's get out in the day but B I was just wondering if you would assume with Clive James the lyrics would be clever you know thoughtful and fun I mean what was he like to work with and what did you make of his lyrics they were all I was writing similar except. Self at the time but his was so much better than anything I could do and they are the range of things he was interested in writing about was wide and lots of jokes and cleverness as ever they were a real delight to work with it was great to make songs which in which the words were just as important as the music do you think it's important then that given the massive body of work that he has any so well respected as this groundbreaking T.V. Critic T.V. Or is it do you think it is quite important people say actually he has this songwriting context as well and tap into that if you want to see the big picture of Clive James Well I think so and I think he would say so too he's immensely proud of the songs I'm glad to say just a couple of weeks ago and he's very frail these days as you probably know because he's not not at all well but he's always interested in knowing how the songs have gone down when I perform them I did it I was doing a gig in London just on Thursday and there you know you always wants to know what I did and how it went down he loves he loves the songs and is deeply proud of them so . Significantly important part of his enormous output yeah if people want to hear them how can they access from well. C.D.'s are still available you can get them through the usual online sources or through my website and a lot of things on Spotify and streamed all over the Internet You Tube and what have you So they're very easy to find really I think hope so excellent pizza that's will end the B.B.C. Broadcast with an advert for you there Pete thank you very much indeed Pete can there be real poetry as well yes put on me to novels Yes I did I not that is of no he's just saying that's Louis bassist form of literary to you know just because he was a following and he the other an extraordinary has he has an extraordinary resolutely Absolutely. That I should rephrase it so yes he did I'm so sorry you had to overhear that small domestic Oh yeah but why did. You think it's only day. Going fight it out to. 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