Five days a week, that hes not to get frustrated, that he doesnt deserve an extra quid if he wants one . Of course his work ethic is money. Its got to be. He doesnt get the satisfaction on the job that we get. Suppose i couldnt answer that and you had me cornered. Thats what i say. A likely story 0h, like what . Yeah, you laugh now, because i caught you it must have been a good question i asked you, because youve been talking for about 15 minutes. Ill talk for 20 more thats right, i know that so how difficult was it before and afterwards to live down the thing ofjust being his widow . Was that a very difficult thing to do . I mean, its still going on, isnt it . No, no, its not. Not as far as im concerned. No, i dont think so. Are you sure . Well, i didnt know then whether i had real talent or not. I knew i loved it. Yes but ijust know if it would work out. Im entitled to a life of my own. And im going to have it, damn it in spite of you, Michael Parkinson applause hello, michael 0h, he
one! well, those aussies, they know how to do their fireworks. they do. too right, as they say. beautiful. yeah, sydney harbour there with the glow. kind of looks like my neighbor s house. i m sure. here s another plus, down there in australia, they are just kicking off summer, so ga-day. welcome to 2023. do you have any big plans tonight? no. it s 12:01, quick cheers and good night, everybody. us, too. cnn this morning continues now. and good morning. it is saturday, december 31st, here in the u.s. we ve still got a bit of time left in this year, happy new year s eve. thanks for waking up with us. i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. glad to be with you, martin. i m amara walker. thank you so much for joining us. we began this morning with breaking news and sad news to end the year. pope emeritus benedict has died. his health had deteriorated over the last several days prompting pope francis to ask for prayers. for the
Its the 9 00 a. M. Hour on fox fox Friends Weekend. We are waiting for President Biden to take the stage and deliver Commencement Address at Moorehouse College. This comes as hes looking to improve dismal polling among black voters. Some say its not enough. Were doing Record Numbers with africanamerican voters, democrats are all talk, no action. I was little talk and total action. More than a little talk, probably, but definitely a lot of action. Scary statistics, the number of nypd officers on the job hits the lowest point in more than 30 years. Rachel and two lifelong best friends off to college together. How are they how they are out to break stereotypes surrounding down syndrome of. Final hour of fox Friends Weekend starts right now. We did this recently. This is the skyline. You won et it in dramatic fashion, its jacksonville. It was very well done. Jacksonville is great down. Rachel it really is. Its a sleeper town. Theres not as many flights there. I did a lot of research when w
pointing to the latest figures which suggest they are not waiting, they are crossing in record numbers. this morning those reports were put to home secretary james cleverley, during an immigration debate on lbc. so are voters really meant to believe that people living in camps and on sand dunes are looking at the polling of the next general election in the united kingdom? they absolutely do. the people, those people are doing that. mr cleverly. well, unless you re going to accuse the journalists that went over there and spoke to them of lying, which i think would be a bold call. we know that this is a digital, digitally enabled criminal enterprise. the people smugglers and the people that seek to be smuggled pay very, very close attention to a whole range of things. and it is clear from these quotes that there are there s a cohort of people currently in france who are waiting for rwanda to be taken off the table before coming over here. and these quotes in the telegraph make
Talking books at hay festival. Hay has been inviting audiences to talk, to think, to read and to reflect for 30 years. Over ten days 250,000 people will rub shoulders with some of the worlds greatest writers, thinkers and performers. All here in the beautiful surroundings of the Brecon Beacons in wales. Today im talking to the australian author tim winton, who once compared writing to surfing. Hes written 28 books for adults and children and his latest, the boy behind the curtain is about his childhood growing up in Western Australia and the impact thats had on his work. Applause now, most writers dont have a fish named after them. Most writers dont have their face on a postage stamp. But then tim winton is not most writers. He wrote his first novel, an open swimmer, when he was just 19 years old, and hes gone on to write nearly 30 more books for adults and children, all very different, but to my mind, all sharing an ear for language, and an eye for the natural landscape, and hes pulle