Taste it: ?The Metropole Hotel in Cork city is celebrating Easter with a sweet treat for chocoholics. Available until Friday, May 31, its decadent Chocolate Afternoon Tea Experience includes milk chocolate eclairs, chocolate macaroons and white chocolate blondie with chocolate ganache and hazelnuts. There’s savoury bites too, with Rosscarbery black pudding and Cashel Blue cheese tartlet and Union Hall smoked salmon and dill pickled cucumber on Buckley’s brown soda. Grown-ups can elevate the experience with The Met Chocolate Martini, plus there’s an indulgent hot chocolate for adults and kids. It’s priced at €40 per person and €25 for children, with online booking advised. themetropolehotel.ie
separation of powers principles em bodied in the united states constitution. i have asked for an apology and recognition that this cia search of computers used by its oversight committee was inappropriate. i have received neither. but, the director of the cia sa says he s not nothing to be sorry for. we wouldn t do that. i would encourage members of the senate to take their time to make sure they don t overstate what they claim and what they believe to be the truth. joining us now is bill cowan. who is telling the truth? this is a great story. when i listened to john brennan say there s no way it could have happened, i m reminded of the director of national intelligence saying there s no way nsa is spying on americans. this story has so many legs to it. there s no proof, dianne feinstein has no proof they invaded their documents or computers but thinks they did. at the same time, the cia believes the senate intelligence committee got their hands on an internal report
and 49 degrees in winchester. looking at our satellite radar, had a deck of clouds move through overnight hours and that s pushing off the coast but out to the west, hang in here, you ll see the clouds in move in just a second, we have more cloud cover toward west virginia and ohio and some of that cloud cover will slip in here later today. the rain you see, that is snow up toward detroit and that won t get in here today. and we ll have a chance of rain showers around here tomorrow but we ll see the cloud cover out to the west. so a partly sunny afternoon and mild. highs about 71 in the city, upper 60s if you re north and west of town. winds out of the south at 10-15 miles per hour. a lot more to talk about. i will be up in a couple of minutes and we ll talk about the workweek. we have rain and the possibility of more thunderstorms and maybe some big ones too in the five-day forecast. back to you. our top story this morning, the severe weather that was felt across a large p
across the country. this in the wake of some reports that airport traffic controllers have been falling asleep in the tower. one plane, i think it was that one right there, carrying a seriously ill patient forced to land without assistance. the faa stepping in, putting changes into effect. we re going to talk about that. also talking about what is difficult news for catherine zeta-jones. she admits she s spent a little time at a mental health facility being treated for what s being called a bipolar type ii disorder. we ll find out what it is. we wish her family well. she can be an inspiration to a lot of people who suffer from that. also on another note, if you re in the market for a new bathroom or kitchen, a lot of people want to do renovations certainly in the spring, spruce up their house, you may be able to negotiate a good price if you do it now. we ve got really good tips for people, how you do it, how to get a good contractor, you don t want to get scammed. most p
and jurassic prank. a dinosaur walks into a school. the screams of terror and delight triggered by that life-like t-rex. today thursday, april 14th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. federal officials say a second controller will be added to midnight shifts at 27 airports taurnld country in the wake of three new cases where controllers were apparently sleeping on the job. the latest incident happened on wednesday in reno, nevada, where a medevac could not get an answer. we re also talking about the bitter showdown. president obama laid out his plan on wednesday, but republicans say what they heard sounded more like the start of the president s re-election campaign. we re going to talk about that with congresswoman debbie wassermann schultz, her first since being nominated at the new head of the democratic national committee. plus new details why actress cather