users of e-cigarettes in 25 states. most of them involving teens and young adults. tonight, the american vaping association is calling michigan s ban, quote, a shameless attempt at backdoor prohibition, that they say would send thousands of exsmokers back to smoking cigarettes. overseas, and in the uk tonight, a stinging series of defeats for the new prime minister, boris johnson, the champion of brexit, who president trump has called britain trump, tough and strong. tonight, he s being tested by some in his own party, and abc s james longman from london. reporter: it s often called the mother of parliaments, but don t, british democracy is having the mother of all meltdowns. if you shut down the parliament, we shut down the streets! mr. speaker. reporter: defeat after defeat for the new prime minister, boris johnson. i think it s very sad that mps have voted like this. but if if i m still i do. i think it s a great dereliction of their democratic duty. reporter: john
join the fight at alz.org/walk. we have a really good man who is going to be the prime minister of the u.k. now, boris johnson. [ cheering and applause ] good man. he s tough and he s smart. they re saying britain trump. people are saying that s a good thing. they like me over there. that s what they wanted. that s what they need. paul: that was president trump tuesday, commenting on the united kingdom s new prime minister boris johnson who is taking over the office as the united kingdom is forced to deal
over in the united kingdom? what do you make of the parallel? i don t think anyone has ever used the phrase britain trump before. and also the polls and protests that we ve seen in the uk suggest donald trump is not so popular as he s claiming there. but certainly i think there are two kindred political spirits here. both donald trump and boris johnson are creatures of the post-truth, post-shame celebrity era of politics. there are a lot of parallels. they both have a habit of making stuff up. that was certainly true of johnson in his days as a journalist, who was fired for making up some quotes and spent years inventing stories about the european union, which really helped generate some of the hostility to the eu that led to brexit. of course brexit will really unite them, so i think you ll see johnson head to washington
which took them to the place where they discovered that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. flights, hotels, cars, activities, vacation rentals. expedia. everything you need to go. we have a really good man who is going to be the prime minister of the u.k. now, boris johnson. [ cheering and applause ] good man. he s tough and he s smart. they re saying britain trump. people are saying that s a good thing. they like me over there. that s what they wanted. that s what they need. paul: that was president trump tuesday, commenting on the united kingdom s new prime minister boris johnson who is taking over the office as the united kingdom is forced to deal with increasing tensions with
i m david gura. the united kingdom s new prime minister, boris johnson, brings a not-so-typical approach to that job. his ascent has been peppered by his showmanship, his faunondnes for broad declarations. mr. johnson or bojo is cut from trumpian cloth. boris johnson has a fondness for zip lining, for driving tanks. there was the time he tackled a child while playing rugby. the bombastic boris stands out, but one thing is certain, he has a fan and supporter in one president trump. they say britain trump, they call him britain trump. people are saying that s a good thing. they like me over there. that s what they wanted. that s what they need. that s what they need. he ll get it done. boris is good. he s going to do a good job. we are going to turn to the guardian s man in washington, david smith. he s the washington, d.c., bureau chief. britain trump was the phrase the president used. i wonder about the veracity of that. is that something they re saying