The government is expected to publish the Brexit Strategy in an hours time. The white paper will set out its priorities for negotiations with the European Union after Parliament Takes the First Step Towards britain leaving the union, as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering article 50. Last night mps voted 498 to 114 in favour of approving legislation which gives the Prime Minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three line whip imposed by the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. And what will happen next . As mentioned, at around noon, Brexit Secretary david davis will announce the governments white paper on exiting the eu. This will allow parliament to send the bill on Forfurther Amending and scrutiny, before it becomes law. Our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, is at westminster with the latest. What are we going to find out . Probably very little. I think most people expect it to simply fl
People would vote for it. They have lost the common touch. And this. President obama said america would accept 1200 refugees. No, prepare to go to war. Is satire now the effective opposition to President Trump . Well ask erstwhile american ruby wax. Hello. Have the baby boomers robbed the millennials of their future . Probably not, but research out this morning did suggest something extraordinary is happening in terms of intergenerational incomes. The Resolution Foundation says that typical Pensioner Incomes after Housing Costs are now higher than those of people of working age. I cant overstate how unusual that is in the old days we tended to think the aged were poor. But a lot has happened in the last few decades. For one, the old have carried on working. A fifth of pensioner households have a wage earner in them. And of course they are enjoying the fruits of the heyday of the old final Salary Pension Schemes add the way the Housing Market has worked in their favour. And politicians
of whitney houston. today. [ applause ] . opening the service, joe carter pastor of the new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey, the church that houston grew up. the four horse that fold were mournful, reverent and ultimately joyous. there was a grace that carried. a grace that carried her from heaven down through mr. houston, a grace that brought her up from speaking. from what i understand she wasn t supposed to speak let alone sing. there was a grace that carried her through. the same grease led her all the way to the top of the charts. sold all of these albums and just done some amazing things, won all these awards. she sang for presidents and there was a grace that kept on carrying her. fans will get to see whitney houston performing new music in the film sparkle scheduled for release this summer. one of her last projects before her untimely death. bishop t.d. jakes produced the movie and was sure that houston was poised for a come back. don t you dare th
i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we re live here at constitution hall, here in the nation s capitol, where in just a little bit more than 24 hours, the republican presidential hopeful will face off for the first time in a major debate on national security, foreign affairs and the economy. he will be mod rating the event co-sponsored by the her kaj foundation and american enterprise institute. on the eve of this critical contest an eye-popping shift? the republican con taft. a new cnn poll just released minutes ago, shows newt gingrich on top of the republican pack for the first time. look at this wp 24% of republicans asked, if the former house speaker is their choice to be the presidential nominee, compared to mitt romney there is a dead heat, with gingrich and romney nationwide. other candidates, all in single digits. our chief political analyst, still at constitutional hall looking at numbers, gloria, gingrich is doing amazingly well. in several categories
their crack downon opposition protesters has been going on for nearly five months. the investors know the queasy feeling again as the markets turn down after a rally that was all too brief. the numbers in asia aren t too impressive either making the european stock markets a lonely bright spot. of course, we ll bring you full coverage on world business today. that s coming up next. two attacks occurred in pakistan on thursday. a police truck passed by killing five people, including four officers. minutes later police say a teenage suicide bomber blew herself up at a police check pointd killing a passerby and woulding three others. those are the top storying. i m monita rajpal from cnn london. world business today starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a very good morning to you from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andruw stevens, you re watching world business today. here are our top stories this thursday, au