But i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. My sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a seven year old, i asked my father if i could have a go. I wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn t even question any of it bearing in mind we didn t go to the theatre, we didn t go to galleries, or. . . I was not exposed to the arts. But they found a local school around the corner, and we now can fully appreciate that little local school had some of the best teachers you could ever come across. And you had this very rapid rise through your teens. You performed at the opening ceremony of the sydney olympics, and then you started to win international ballet competitions. The first teachers i had unleashed this tiger within me. So, then it was when i was about 13 or 14, which again shows you just how incredible my first teachers were, that they felt they d taken me so far, and it was time to hand me on they introduced me to my teacher in sydney, h
Steven mcrae, welcome to hardtalk. We re here at the royal ballet and opera in london, which has been your professional home for many years now, and you re about to go back on stage as the mad hatter in alice s adventures in wonderland. Tell me first how this adventure began for you, the world of ballet. Because you grew up far away from here. Yes. So i grew up in the outskirts of sydney, australia. Probably the furthest you could possibly get from the royal opera house here in london. I grew up in a motorsport family. My father was a drag racer. My father was an incredibly clever man who would create any parts with his own bare hands that he couldn t afford to purchase or to import. But i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. My sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a seven year old, i asked my father if i could have a go. I wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn t even question any of it. Bearing in mind we didn t go to the theatre
hello, everyone, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with my co-host emily compagno and harris faulkner. also joining is leslie marshall and doug collins. we begin with historic night in iowa. donald trump scored historic win in last night s iowa caucuses, breaking records and carrying 98 of the state s 99 counties and one vote from carrying all 99. with 99% of the vote end donald trump clenched 51% of the vote, ron desantis with 21%, beating nikki haley who came in third with 19%. vivek ramaswamy suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed trump. trump took to the stage after his big win. it is time for our country to come together, we want to come together, republican or democrat or liberal, conservative. congratulate ron and nikki for having a good time together. they both did well. we ll seal up the border. [cheering] right now we have an invasion. we can t have that tissuing is not sustainable. it is horrible. i don t want to be overly rough on th
gershkovich. more on that spray head. but first. the border crisis still a major problem as large amounts of migrants pour across as of the border. including a group of over 1000, many from venezuela for they cross the border illegally just days ago before turning themselves over to border ag agents. hello and welcome to fox news like i am molly line in for arthel neville. so far hypo and eric shawn hello everyone thank you for joining us for it will take a live look now at the southern border this comes as homeland security secretary mayorkas faces more criticism from republicans. he refuses to call the migrant surge of the southern border a crisis. the chief of the border patrol ortiz testified before congress that some areas of the border are in a crisis situation. do you agree? i think we face a very serious challenge in certain parts of the border. do you view what s happening right now the border is a crisis? i view it as a significant challenge. significant c
Next hour. We, the air this hour. U. S. Officials say their intelligence over the last half hour, hundreds of iranian drones headed in the direction of israel, Cruise Missiles as well as Ballistic Missiles. We are waiting to see if in fact those drones make their way through the a multiple layers of anticipated intercepts that are going to take place over the next several hours. As i mentioned, we are coming on the air with the breaking coverage of irans retaliatory strikes against israel. This comes after the Israeli Military confirmed more than 100 Drone Strikes were launched by iran today, marking the first time iran has launched a direct Military Attack on israet. Obviously, risking a regional conflict that could draw the United States and its military forces into direct confrontation with iran and its proxies across the region. A senior by an Administration Official is warning iran could launch dozens ofansss Cruise Missiles, not just adding that the u. S. And israel have been clo