Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. And its a great pleasure to be back here. It is not a quiet time in global events. In fact, i can never remember a more turbulent time. But what a better time to talk about the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States. In fact, when Winston Churchill first used the term special relationship, he did it during his speech in fulton missouri. Which is of course better remembered for his use of the phrase iron curtain for the first time. But when churchill spoke about the special relationship, he did so as a wartime leader. It was basically an intelligence relationship, a military relationship. The somewhat gooeyeyed commentators are not for me, the concrete foundations that it has. This is a relationship about our security in a dangerous world. And there are so many threats in this very interdependent world. One of the changes that churchill would have been astonished to see is the level of interdependency that we now have. And
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the joint meeting of congress this morning. He has been critical of the ongoing negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. Watch live coverage at 11 a. M. Eastern on cspan. On cspan 3 Ashton Carter will testify about the pentagons 2016 budget request. He will be joined by general martin dempsey. We will have live coverage at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. Up next, former British Defense minister liam talks about u. S. U. K. Relationsfox and then former Maryland Governor bob ehrlich campaigns in New Hampshire. The cspan city tour travels to u. S. Cities. We partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. The rising tide the rising wentind drew them. I watched in amazement as both of these factors that are the structures. We had wooden bat bathhouses and we also had peers. We had a huge pavilion. As the storm increased in intensity, these structures literally were turned into sticks. The 1900s storm hit galveston september 8, 1900
Ecb will announce the results of its first targeted Lending Program today to grace oneonone with axel weber. We bring you an exclusive. Government needs to establish trust into a sound fiscal and monetary operation of europe. To countdown. Election little under than one hour, the Scottish Referendum begins. A yes vote would see scotland breakaway from the United Kingdom, ending a union that has lasted 300 years. The head of the voting, what are the latest polls saying . Good morning, airline and john. Caroline and john. It a day they decided to vote tuesday in the more than 300yearold union . Is dark and misty. A little bit hubble bubble, toil and trouble. But for who, we should know by this time tomorrow. The latest polls that you referred to came out overnight in late yesterday in the business day. Two of them, one concerning exactly the same trend we have seen from three polls the previous evening. Aheadggesting the noes and the yes is at 48 , after you stripped out the undecided vo
Britain. Also for the European Union, of course, and far beyond our shores. The british people have voted to leave the eu. And it was a vote, a 3. 78 majority if you like on a poll of 33 Million People. Its a defining day in the uks history. And David Cameron, the Prime Minister, says he will stand down as Prime Minister after voters chose leave ignoring his advice to remain in the European Union. David cameron was speaking just in the last hour outside number 10 downing street. He was there in these pictures and on your screen to try and calm the markets as well. But we didnt necessarily expect him to go. We were just waiting to see what he would say in order to try and calm all the fears. Lets just listen in now and have a listen to what the Prime Minister said a short time ago. The country has just taken part in a giant democratic exercise, perhaps the biggest in our history. Over 33 Million People from england, scotland, wales, Northern Ireland and gibraltar have all had their say.