Willie, when he saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark, yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. And watching these people, the great people of this town, i couldnt imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. Willie, i know you feel the same. Powerful words to open the program this morning. Yeah. Lifted straight from bill murray. Looks like an intense concert for 6 00 a. M. Is that smashmouth getting after it . What is that . Is this the movie . No. This is a live picture from punxsuitawney, mika. I dont know if it sees the shadow if it is more spring or less spring. I did research this morning, and it only made it worse. I dont understand. If its clear, he sees the shadow and goes back to the den for six more why would you go to the den . Its a beautiful day. Start spring early. Its the opposite. Im more confused than ever. Its a great movie. Lets listen for a second at the punxsutawney trio. Gobblers knob. The gobblers knob trio. That
Jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. Youre very recently back from gaza. Were you shocked by what you saw . Profoundly, profoundly. I wasnt really prepared. Even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in southern gaza, in rafah. So i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. And i must say, its in 2024 and were allowing this to happen. It is beyond belief. You talk about the hopelessness of the People Living through that experience. What about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those Vulnerable People . Were not giving up. When i go to such places, i become enraged. Isee. I need to fight harder. I need to get more resources. I need to get more colleagues there. I need to help more peo
Have behaved in all of this, they say they are dismayed by the tone and content of the Premier Leagues submission which they say has harmed the trust and confidence in the league. They say the eight points deduction that was sought by the Premier League was utterly disproportionate, they say the Premier League gave no consideration to the unique circumstances and mitigation was put forward by forest. And they make the point about other clubs that are coming up from the championship, aspiring ambitious clubs who want to notjust survive in the Premier League but thrive in the Premier League against those big established clubs. They do say this does harm to that possibility of clubs doing well when they have these rules in place. And central to this whole case is the losses that theyve accrued but particularly since they were promoted to the Premier League, the spending spree that they went on but also the sale of brennanjohnson to tottenham hotspur, that happened in the middle of a trans
State of massachusetts rejected their application over religious beliefs and now they are suing the commonwealth over it. Im john roberts, welcome to wednesday. Gillian nice to be here on a beautiful blue sky day. John what a picture. Gillian im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Kitty and mike burke say they were turned down because of adherence to catholic teachings, a letter says they would not be affirming to a child who identified as lgbtqia plus. Comes as they struggle to accommodate 1500 children in the foster care system. Chief religion correspondent lauren green has been looking into all of this and joins us from new york. The issue is, can a secular government prevent someone from participating fully in a community because of their religious beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court has actually ruled in favor of religion in a similar case about two years ago. But the burkes say this has been devastating for them, saying massachusetts would rather children sleep in the hallways of hos
Jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. Youre very recently back from gaza. Were you shocked by what you saw . Profoundly, profoundly. I wasnt really prepared. Even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in Southern Gaza in rafah. So i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. And i must say, its in 2024 and were allowing this to happen. It is it is beyond belief. You talk about the hopelessness of the People Living through that experience. What about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those Vulnerable People . Were not giving up. When i go to such places, i become enraged. Isee. I need to fight harder. I need to get more resources. I need to get more colleagues there. I need to help mor