we re doing a shoe box appeal and fundraising event for the children, so we kind of want to put a little smile on the little ones face. people from east yorkshire have raised many tens of thousands of pounds and the turkish community says their friendship will never be forgotten. you re live with bbc news. now it is time for the panel. kesia, we will start with you, we are going to talk about matters in belfast today, because bill and hillary clinton were there with tony blair, sir tony blair, hillary clinton were there with tony blair, sirtony blair, unveiling hillary clinton were there with tony blair, sir tony blair, unveiling a statue of george mitchell, who of course was the northern ireland envoy 25 years ago to get the good friday agreement over the line. why did you want to talk about this? i just think it is a fascinating story. let s go back to 1997 and a certain senator called a joe biden, who was sitting on the foreign relations committee in the states and arguing heavily