minister from the start of this, and of course, i worked with his aides and his team as well, and i have no idea. did you know he wanted the prime minister to fire you? yes, because he briefed the newspapers at the time. 0r somebody briefed the newspapers, i now have a better idea of who it was. beyond the clash of personalities that has given us two different version of events, there were bigger questions today about the government handling of the coronavirus pandemic early on, and how well equipped the uk was to deal with such a scenario. accused of mps by locking down too late, mr hancock said ministers were advised the public would not comply for long despite being aware of the potential loss of life. i was given the planning assumption based on spanish flu, and it was signed off at cobra on the 31st of january. that was a planning assumption for 820,000 deaths and i was determined that that
about this problem from the start. and the challenge in those early weeks of march was making a massive judgment, probably the most significantjudgment that any prime minister has made certainly in peacetime. based upon incomplete information and at great pace. so, i instructed the department and the health system to plan on the basis of a reasonable worst case scenario in january. of a reasonable worst case scenario injanuary. in fact on the 27th of january. i asked for a reasonable worst case scenario planning assumption. i was given the planning assumption. i was given the planning assumption based on spanish flu and it was signed off at cobra on the sist it was signed off at cobra on the 31st of january. that was a planning assumption for 820,000 deaths. i was
brexit is on track and britain will get out of the european union by the 31st of january. sandra: massive explosion rocks south philadelphia. two people presumed dead. what investigators say may have caused the blast. jon: democratic congressman jeff van drew voted against impeaching president trump and then flipped parties. i have a bipartisan law that has a lot of different people on there. ronald reagan. when he said i didn t leave my party, my party left me. president trump: that s true. that s what he said. i m saying the same thing. president trump: he was a democrat and he moved over.
the making. the brits voted to leave the eu back in 2016. it s been wrangled over every since. my government s priority is to deliver the united kingdom s departure from the european union on the 31st of january. british politicians should deliver on the queen s speech opening parliament this wreak. final votes set for the house of commons and upper house of lords are expected to confirm leaving the eu. all of this should be okay with president trump, as a man of brexitboris johnson and a massive u.s. trade deal. the u.s. agreed to a trade deal with the eu. if that s too close, it can complicate deals with the others. brexit headaches may not be over yet. john? greg palkot up next. houston, we have a problem. we ll explain. first, here s what some of the fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york where state prosecutors have announced the largest ms13 crackdown in state
of the people with 3 1/2 years. what you got on thursday were ordinary people giving the metropolitan elites, giving the swamp a really good kicking. pete: nigel is brexit going to happen? is this win for boris johnson a sign it will finally happen? yes, i m 99.9% confident we will leave the european union on the 31st of january which for me after over a quarter after century of campaigning for this, it will be a big day. there will be many things to sort out in the future. the future shape of a trade deal with the eu, hopefully one with the usa but i think the big historical break is coming at the end of january. this country, where we have three general elections and one referendum in the space of the last five years, we re headed towards a period i think of political stability. that is just this morning, out in london meeting people a slight sense of optimism is in