Thats a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight. Now on bbc news its time for newsnight. Theresa mays been in switzerland. Most of westminsters on holiday. But tonight the governments brexit position, finally, starts to take shape. In something that looks a lot like the Customs Union, but with britain able to negotiate Free Trade Agreements with the rest of the world. We ask whether the proposed transitional arrangement is possible or even desirable. And finally, two days after the event. Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. Including the kkk, neo nazis, White Supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. Trump this evening disavowed the racists but will this be enough to stem the tide of criticism of how he handled events in charlottesville . Also tonight, after one of the most exciting Opening Weekends in its 25 year history, we ask one of the Premier Leagues architects whether
Power to determine its own rules. When president nixon during the time he was going to be impeached ruling how that proceeding would go forward. When the Clinton Impeachment was brought forward, there was a unanimous consent request to govern how we conducted ourselves and im not sure how likely it would be that we would get a unanimous consent request. Id like to ask unanimous consent without objection to enter into the record a letter that was sent to the chairman of the Judiciary Committee signed by 70 republican members including the republican leader every parliamentary tool available to us and committee on the house floor, to highlight your inaction translated means to try to delay them to make this process as impossible as it can be made. Im not sure in light of this letter that we could get a unanimous consent request and these seedings and break for a cup of coffee, never mind, i just want to stay for the record because i think its important that i think the house has engaged
Constitution gives the house the sole power of impeachment and the power to determine its own rules. When president nixon, during the time he was going to be impeached, the chairman of the rules committee, chairman mad n madden, actually spoke on the house floor and snouannounced t would be a rule on how that procedure would move forward. When clinton rules of impeachment were brought forward, there was unanimous request to kind of govern how we conducted ourselves. Im not sure how likely it would be that we would get a unanimous consent request. Id like to ask for unanimous consent without objection to enter into a record a letter written by the Judiciary Committee signed by seven people, including kevin mccarthy, the republican leader. The key line here is we will avail ourselves of every parliamentary tool available to us to highlight your inaction. Translated it means to try and delay to make this process as
impossible as it can be made. Im not sure, in light of this letter, that w
don t know if anyone got clean. we are trying to do our best to contain things and educate folks what is acceptable and not acceptable behavior. slow going. case in point, the middle of this enforcement, went to a notorious section of downtown and saw five people doing drugs right out in the open and john, we have seen what this has done, it has led to a lot of people openly user drugs and they spent $191 million on this program so far in the last two and a half years and what they have gotten for it. john: turning this problem around will take god knows what. dan, thank you. sandra. sandra: new at 2:00, a government watchdog is filing a lawsuit against the faa for pete buttigieg s travel habits. how much is he spending on private jets?
stuff. like it s hard out here and stuff. misery on display is shocking. pipes, lighters, tin foil and fentanyl are seemingly everywhere. last year police here confiscated 1.5 million fentanyl pills up 300 percent in a year. [tires squealing] as they look for fentanyl use, they are stumbling upon a variety of criminals from car thieves and escapees to people accused of felony theft. we re making more arrests. we are clearing more warrants finding wanted people through these tickets, it s just do these people end up getting treatment? again, that is up to them. the oregon health authority overseas this decriminalization disaster and they wouldn t answer any of our questions. we can tell you that they have spent 191 million tax dollars mostly on things under the umbrella of harm reduction. with very few people getting treatment for their disease and i got to tell you, the fentanyl deaths here, bret, are at an