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john cooper clarke was once dubbed "the punk poet". all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. it's great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet." now, i've heard of kids who want to be train drivers, professional footballers...

wordsmiths but many of us shy away from the art and the best harness the power of words, poetry. but not my guest today. john cooper clarke once called the punk poet, all his life is used words, rhythm and rhyme to bind human and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet one of his crimes has become a worldwide viral sensation. where does his word magic come from. —— poems. john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. great to have you here. ijust read your memoir in one of the first sentences as this one, all my life all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet....

all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. it's great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet." now, i've heard of kids who want to be train drivers, professional footballers, but very rare to find a kid who always knew he wan...

day. his secret service code name is celtic. that's how irish he is. here he was today with the irish prime minister. >> every st. patrick's day, every irishman goes out to find another irishman to make a speech to. well, that's why i'm here. i, like all after you, take pride in my irish ancestry. as long as i can remember, it's been a part of my soul how i've been raised. >> he takes pride in his ancestry but he joked he's not really irish because he's sober and his family isn't in jail, at least not yet. get it, the irish drink and get arrested a lot. watch. >> i've been to ireland...

district attorney bragg claims the former president misrepresented the payments as legal services. a fact, his attorney did pay daniels. top house republicans are again demanding that bragg hand over documents related to the investigation and testify in person on friday of this week. house oversight chair james comer calls the case a political stunt and says alvin bragg cannot defy congress. >> unfortunately for mr. bragg he doesn't have the luxury to determine whether or not he can comply with congressional requests. if there was a reason for prosecution, it should be done by the...