dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together international correspondents, some of the uk s leading commentators and those who file their stories for the folks back home under the headline dateline london. this week lobbying in all its forms. lobbying against and for the royalfamily, lobbying to liberate a woman imprisoned in iran, and whether those who lobby on behalf of repressive governments around the world are sufficiently regulated in the uk. joining us for dateline this week. polly toynbee, a long serving columnist for the guardian in the uk, and henry chu, deputy news editor for the la times, which means he s up when la sleeps, making sure that national news in the states is well reported. and then, when the uk is sleeping, he s probably also trying to file stories from back here, too. he never rests! with me in the studio, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the bbc s newsnight programme. welcome. let s start with the royal family. sunday
dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme that brings together international correspondents, some of the uk s leading commentators and those who file their stories for the folks back home under the headline dateline london. this week lobbying in all its forms. lobbying against and for the royalfamily, lobbying to liberate a woman imprisoned in iran, and whether those who lobby on behalf of repressive governments around the world are sufficiently regulated in the uk. joining us for dateline this week. polly toynbee, a long serving columnist for the guardian in the uk, and henry chu, deputy news editor for the la times, which means he s up when la sleeps, making sure that national news in the states is well reported. and then, when the uk is sleeping, he s probably also trying to file stories from back here, too. he never rests! with me in the studio, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the bbc s newsnight programme. welcome. let s start with the royal family. sunday
hello and welcome to the programme that brings together international correspondents, some of the uk s leading commentators and those who file their stories for the folks back home under the headline dateline london. this week lobbying in all its forms. lobbying against and for the royal family, lobbying to liberate a woman imprisoned in iran, and whether those who lobby on behalf of repressive governments around the world are sufficiently regulated in the uk. joining us for dateline this week polly toynbee, a long serving columnist for the guardian in the uk, and henry chu, deputy news editor for the la times, which means he s up when la sleeps, making sure that national news in the states is well reported. and then, when the uk is sleeping, he s probably also trying to file stories from back here, too. he never rests! with me in the studio, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the bbc s newsnight programme. welcome. let s start with the royal family. sunday was commonweal
whitney houston on a dangerous path days before her death. she drank heavily in the days before her death. she started drinking 10:00 in the morning poolside. also, have we got a deal for you. and i mean it. a payroll tax cut deal is now actually in place. the lawmakers using a word they haven t used in a while, the big c word, compromise. iran showing off a new level of nuclear know-how and playing the oil card, as well. what does iran want and what is it capable of? we re speaking to an expert who has been inside iran. if you are about to or in the middle of packing your children s school lunch, you will love this one. does the government know better than you what to put in that lunch box? aapparently in one town they seem to think they do. is it going too far? find out what was in the lunch box and what the mom got in trouble for. what they replaced it with is what shocks me. singer whitney houston was drinking heavily at her hotel just days before she was found
that s not why we re playing it. that s a healthy ego. you got to go with the joke. i know. we re just teasing. just want to honor my man. this is in honor of don cornelius. we announced his death yesterday. soul train, did you watch soul train ever? am i right, saturday morning? did you pass by the channel or actually stop? we have a lot to get to. let me introduce our panel to you will cain, john fugelsan, i mangle your name all the time. soledad o brien that s cuban irish. roland martin is back, as well. all right, take it down. here we go. let s get to our starting point this morning which is mitt romney. yesterday should have been the victory lap, the victory lap. but then you had to come in. i did nothing but ask a question and a follow up. here s what he said in my interview yesterday morning. i m in this race because i care about americans. i m not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs a repair, i ll fix it.