john cooper clarke was once dubbed the punk poet . all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. it s great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet. now, i ve heard of kids
all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. it s great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet. now, i ve heard of kids
to support putin s the report says these children are being held in at least 43 facilities from russian occupied crimea to the east of russia. and it alleges that some are put up for adoption. others are already being trained by the russian military. david mckenzie is out front in kyiv. weeks, ago we first met tatiana in kyiv. in a shelter for displaced families. all of the mothers here separated from their children by the trauma of war. translator: emotions overwhelmed me when we left. when i realized what was happening, it terrified me. all i ever wanted was the best for my child at the time. her 11 year old daughter, stuck in a russian camp in occupied crimea. all the lessons are in russian. at first glance, the retreat seem seems like any other summer camp. but the loyalty expected from ukrainian children is crystal clear. part
force, 14 shots into dontre, was justifiable. we ve heard that way too many times before. it was like, am i in a movie? and my fight, even to this day, is the truth. all i ever wanted was the truth. so i was pulled into a fight trying to get the truth. whenever a black youth or a black person is murdered by a police officer, often we see the moms step up. if we don t save our babies, they re not going to save us. maria and the mothers of eric garner, trayvon martin, jordan davis, michael brown, hadiyah pendleton, sandra bland, and tamir rice have joined forces and formed mothers of the movement to support each other and to fight for police reform. maria has also started her own group, mothers for justice united, to support all of the moms whose families have been devastated by police violence. it s an indictment of our entire country that we even need these
that s all i wanted. that s all i ever wanted out of this. have you considered calling it puberty blockers? if you did that, maybe every democrat in new mexico would vote for it. that s a great idea. that is what is frustrating. it s the few progressives that we have. we have some really good democrats, but the progressive ideology has taken over. it s frustrating. i was a democrat until 1997. i don t even recognize the party anymore. the whole goal for me is i am passionate and it comes from my heart. i just don t want pedophiles to get any special treatment or to be allowed early out of prison. i ve got to think, i know new mexico a it s a very moderate state, mostly democrats. i would think the majority of people in new mexico, the voters, would be in favor of this? yes. i think the voters are