Be happy very clear that there will be a meaningful very serious house. Break shes the Prime Ministers own red lines that he sees just a pipe as far as he could possibly be we have only being clear that the motion on the deal will be amendable. Anyway even if they havent prepared seriously for no deal what you call it is more than the u. K. Remaining we did in the Customs Union forever and a day or so does the Prime Ministers still intend to put a false choice to palma between her a bunch jail or now jail now where were making progress and close to a daily campaign. I mean is that both sides of the house for he sees must be heard but i think if you went out and off any member of the public when the government brings a deal back from europe what do you expect come amongst of them saw and i think they would expect all of us to focus on a good deal. Also coming up tonight in a country where there is no democracy young people are finding their own voice by wrapping. Up and its sort of a voice to teenage as a young adult so you can think that contact. Can only talk amongst ourselves but we have no rights to speak out freely if you do speak your mind it will only be bad. The a south. And you can change anything anyway anyone. How they may die. Or we begin the day with britains Prime Minister to resign may getting her way today her cabinet said yes to her draft deal that maps out the countrys divorce from the European Union but this collective not it sounds that like it involved some hefty arm twisting thats according to sources close to the government went to marjorys m a goes to parliament hoping to get approval there as well of thats what she wants what she needs is solid Government Support and then it may take more than just some arm twisting well talk about that in a moment heres what the Prime Minister said earlier tonight just after her cabinet and given her the green light on bricks. The cabinet has just had a long detailed and impassioned debate on the draft Withdrawal Agreement and the outline political declaration on our future relationship with the European Union these documents were the result of thousands of hours of hard negotiation by u. K. Officials a many many meetings which i and other ministers held with our e. U. Counterparts i firmly believe that the draft Withdrawal Agreement was the best that could be negotiated and it was for the cabinet to decide whether to move on in the talks the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the Northern Ireland backstop but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft Withdrawal Agreement and the outlined political declaration this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead. These decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is a decision that is firmly in the National Interest when you strip away the detail the choice before us is clear this deal which delivers on the phocians the referendum which brings about control of our money and borders and Free Movement protects jobs security and our union all leave with no deal only all no bricks it at all. I know that there will be difficult days ahead this is a decision which will come under intense scrutiny and that is entirely as it should be and entirely understandable but the choice was this deal which enables us to take back control and to build a Brighter Future for our country all going back to square one with more division and more uncertainty and the failure to deliver on the referendum is my job as Prime Minister to explain the decisions that the government has taken and i stand ready to do. That beginning tomorrow with the statement in parliament. If i may and by just saying this. I believe that what i owe to this country is to take decisions that are in the National Interest and i firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a position which is in the best interests of our entire United Kingdom. With her head and her hearts well the response from brussels came immediately the e. U. Use chief negotiator Michel Barnier welcomed the draft breaks that agreement heres part of what he had to say. Now this agreement. Is a decisive crucial step in concluding these negotiations this negotiation has never been in my mind and never will be one against the. Never i have always said that we negotiating with the United Kingdom not against the United Kingdom and in the respect of this offer and choice the choice they made to leave the European Union and tonight i said its a crucial step a crucial step all right lets talk about this crucial step and to do that my first guest tonight is an authority on brics hes written several books about the u. K. s exit from the e. U. Including what has the e. U. Ever done for us he spent several years as berlin correspondent for the times a british newspaper he is now the times washington editor and that is where he is this evening David Charter david its good to see welcome back to the day let me get your response first of all to what has happened on ten downing street in just the last hour or so. Thank you very much brant and i have to say it was always going to come to this it was always going to be between the two extremes of hard bricks and no deal or at least somehow staying within the European Union there was always going to be some kind of messy compromise in the middle which to reason my hopes will satisfy enough people to get through parliament from what weve seen of the deal and of course it is still emerging as we speak she has ploughed a pharo takes britain out of the European Union as expected on march the twenty ninth it keeps britain in the Customs Union well beyond the leaving dates while the country sorts out its final end stage relationship with the European Union and it is the details of that which will be pored over most closely just to see whether that is on the words of the brics it is a betrayal of brics it ties britain too closely or isnt facts the best compromise possible in what is what is your is just Ridiculous Media does leave britain in the Customs Union so technically with braids it means brags that it really does it it does. Well at least person in the Customs Union for the full seeable future program brant weve talked about this as as time has gone by there were three major questions to resolve the question of the money between whats britain will you as it leaves the question of the ability of british citizens and their lives normally in the e. U. And e. U. Citizens to live and work in the interests of those two seems to have been resolved satisfactorily it was the third big Sticking Point question of the irish will it be new infrastructure and one its a customs and goods on the irish border that is continues to be the big problem and necessitates britain for now staying in the Customs Union so in order a smooth departure while the final details of that arrangement are worked out nobodys worked it out yet and whether well not we brits and states closely in the Customs Union depends on getting a good solution to that question if we can resolve it by leaving the Customs Union that then the government will but will the prices except i dont know they sound like they were. In there have been members of the. Northern Ireland Party that is helping to support the government of to resume a members going on record calling the deal of palling saying that its british voters could read it they would reject it is well when you consider then what does that mean about the possibility of this government not lasting what about the possibility of early elections. Well the do you pay me does prop up the reason why is government m. P. s give. Way for a thin majority in parliament so the question of whether she is able to survive if she loses this the polls does now come into play if they are absolutely adamant that this deal does not satisfy them then how government is in crisis it could end up being a minority governments she could decide to try and govern without the support of the day you pay in a minority government that would come to a crisis point for example if she needed to pass think legislation thats not related like the budget and then say you pay refused the question is would they prepare be prepared to bring down the government in that case when they might get a labor government labor has said that its connected to brics it but it wants a different type of brics it so the conservatives its not one hundred percent clear how they would resolve the Northern Ireland this issue i dont know whether they would be prepared to risk a general election. Chief negotiator mr bond was asked this evening what would be the e. U. s response if the u. K. Parliament rejects this deal. So he didnt want to answer the question tonight i mean you were the authority on birds of more the anyone that i can think of what do you think would happen if Parliament Says no. There were two there were really two somalias friends of Parliament Says no one is that britain has a catastrophic departure from the from the European Union which it hasnt really prepared for and it has to fall back on existing agreements like the World Trade Organization rules which bring in quite high tyrus. Many goods. Between between the brits and outside and the European Union on one side and would cause economic chaos the markets would go crazy. The other the other alternative is that the e. U. That has some kind of emergency extension of arrangements with britain which allows it to stay in while it forms a new governments to try and sort out the situation off to reason is government falling and perhaps having to call a general election and that would very much depend upon the powers in brussels and the European Union powers to help britain avoid a hard break. So it. Remains to be seen if that will indeed be avoided we will have to see david shorter joining us tonight from washington david thank you very much its good to have your insights as always thank. You. What china is pushing back against claims that it could one day pose a Security Threat to the European Union the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman in beijing today said that china quote has never posed any threat to europe or european leaders they might disagree with that especially french president macro and his comments last week about the need for a True European Army supported yesterday by the german chancellor have drawn criticism not only from china u. S. President although trump launched a series of tweet attacks accusing macron of insulting the u. S. And it escalated yesterday when trump imply that macron suggested the European Army to divert attention from domestic problems truck tweeted the problem is that the money well suffers from a very low Approval Rating in france twenty six percent and an Unemployment Rate of almost ten percent he has just tried to get on to another subject well a quick fact check here we reported yesterday that was misquoted now he said a European Army is needed so that europe can defend itself without relying on the u. S. Trump was reportedly made aware of the misquote last weekend in paris so what explains trumps tirade to get smacked on this week in his two years as president so far trump has used his voice to criticize europe nato and the European Union the alliance is considered to be americas closest and most important my next guest tonight says that trump is changing transatlantic ties in ways that will last long after his presidency julian smith was she should know during the Obama Administration she served as Deputy National security adviser to Vice President joseph biden she was also director of european and they took policy at the pentagon for the u. S. Secretary of defense. There she is and tonight she is right here with me at the big table she is a fellow with the Robert Bhatia kelly here in berlin and she was good to have you on the show theres a lot to talk about america i mean where do we start where do we still where do we start and what do you say you know on this side of the pond what do you say when europeans ask you why is trump seemingly always complaining about europe well it seems that trump essentially always has two questions in his mind one he wants to ask our friends in europe what theyre spending on defense are you and the european allies needing the target to spend two percent of g. D. P. On your defense thats a nato target thats first on his mind the second thing thats on his mind is what is our trade relationship look like and are there any imbalances there and essentially a lot of the europeans that have to answer those two questions dont answer them to his satisfaction so i think trumps right to get our european allies to try and spend more on defense and certainly we can talk about our trade relationship but whats different about donald trump is he is fundamentally calling into question the utility and value of the transatlantic relationship he is questioning its fundamental value to the National Interest the United States weve never had a u. S. President do that and now that youre on this side of the pawn looking at things held the transatlantic ties appear to you i think theyre in a pretty dire state i think theres frustration on both sides and i have a hard time right now identifying the positive transatlantic agenda so we know were not going to Work Together on climate because of this administrations views about Climate Change we know were not going to be able to Work Together on the Iran Nuclear Deal because the president has decided to remove the United States from the j c p o ok we know that were going to have disagreements over russia. And what to do about russian aggression and election interference of the United States and elsewhere and were going to continue to have these trade disagreements where the u. S. Has decided to move forward with the steel and aluminum terrorists so my question is what exactly does this Administration Want to work with europe on and what do europeans want to work with the United States on right now one thing we could be working on is china we could be having a dialogue about how were going to cope with chinas rise and increasing activities and events not taking place is that its not taking place you know its one thing you see that donald trump calls into question the utility of the Transatlantic Alliance and its also how he calls it into question right at the at the way he tells europeans to you know to pay up or shut up right in europe never had to deal with that before yeah you know this is obviously twitter has added a new twist circularly the president s twitter feed is especially unique but there have been a lot of personal insults theres also been misinformation at one point he said crime is up in germany which is actually an ocular is right but hes also called the European Union a photo which is very unusual most fact all u. S. President s before donald trump supported the european project and then theres been some very personal attacks on folks like uncle americal so its a very different relationship it is its an odd relationship. Youve spent some time inside the white house and so maybe you can help us understand whats going on inside the white house particularly with the first lady u. S. First lady milady truck she has called for the Deputy National security adviser mirror ricardo to be fired and ricardo in the first lady we understand had several spats during the first ladys tour of africa recently and we want to just show you now the statement that was issued by Stephanie Grisham the first ladys spoke. Woman if we can pull that up on the screen they released a statement saying that it is the position of the office of the first lady that she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this white house i mean that language right there the honor of serving what use happening inside the white house first ladies usually dont say anything about personnel decisions yeah so the first ladys office is in the east wing and of course i worked on Foreign Policy with the Obama Administration over in the west wing and those two wings often have very little to do with each other we review each other to our own lanes and we dont try to get into one anothers business or activities or mission in this case its very very unusual i cannot think of an instance where weve had a first lady weigh in on a policy advisor and whats interesting about this is in my mind theres no position in the National Security apparatus more important than the Deputy National security adviser that person sets the agenda for the president much of the work goes on at that deputies level the number two at all of the agencies at the pentagon at the state department at the National Security council so thats a critical position in this administration but unfortunately there seems to be a considerable amount of chaos inside the white house you know you served under the Vice President joe biden you know the bidens very well there has been a lot of chatter about by the end possibly running for president in two thousand and twenty as he taught you about that so hes going to run i have no idea that will be a decision that he will certainly have to take in the months ahead but i feel very grateful that i had the chance to work for him and well see what happens if he if he were to run and win would would you answer a call to come back to the White House Well we shall see i dont know if and when that will come to pass id be happy to always work again for my old boss julian smith we certainly appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight good to see you thank you great to be here. For now we go to thailand where a rap song has touched a nerve with its fiery lyrics accusing the military government of being a dictatorship noti authorities are not amused and police initially threatened legal action but theyve since backed down the song was written by a collective calling themselves rap against dictatorship and their you tube video has now surged past thirty four million views. In heart called up with a group in bangkok to talk about youth democracy and thailands hunta rule. On the cell phones. In the streets in the cars. The beats of a rap song reverberating throughout thailand. Based on what i said to. Me or in english what my country has criticised this thailands military government and the lack of freedom but it made me think i look old but to me the middle of all the good news in the world in a country under a military dictatorship that has struck a chord especially among young thais the song got more than twenty million clicks on you tube in just a week and. Its sort of a voice between ages the young adults who can think but cant act. We can only talk amongst ourselves but we have no rights to speak out freely if you do speak your mind it will only be bad for yourself. And you can change anything anyway. However that you. Want to call not daring to speak out something the group rappers against dictatorship wanted to change thats why they wrote about it to me but we think that anyone can use the phrase what my countrys got the title of the song to speak out about whatevers on their mind what they think is the matter with our country and we hope that people will start being more critical when it comes to politics and. Speaking out against the powerful has never been without risk in thailand but since the latest military coup four years ago its become even more dangerous. Also for rappers against dictatorship the police had first declared they were investigating the group for a possible. Mission of the so called computer crime act could get them five years in prison but the announcement got the song was five million clicks into big as the authorities have since backed down. The lyrics dont contain anything that insults anyone personally thats why i never thought the song would draw attention from the authorities but when the police started talking about it thats really when it became so popular. On the outside. Looks like a peaceful country. But there are deep divisions. Time and again the country has been on the brink of civil war. For now the military government is keeping a lid on things but below the surface its starting to heat up again. There havent been elections in more than four years theyre scheduled for february but what will they be worth if society doesnt change. People should develop a critical mindset in their everyday lives. I think if that were the case there would actually be less conflict within Society Conflict happens when people dont accept that others have a different opinion. If we could get reach a compromise instead of fighting with those who dont share our opinion. That would be an important step towards a better future. To. Make it. Look like. Getting out the truth the day is almost done but as always the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter either at g. W. News or you can write directly to me t. V. And dont forget to use. The day i remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see you then everybody. Trying. To. Enter the conflict zones confronting the powerful. Subir is pushing ahead with loose join the European Union for brussels who so far on the crest with its reform my guest this week visiting violence is the first. Im not that big. Why so little progress oh so many key issue. Conflicts of. Thirty minutes. 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