Case right now. Anything can happen. Probably will. Lets go to Benjamin Hall in london, very latest where this stand. Hey, benjamin. Yeah. Hi, neil. You put your finger on it. There is a lot of optimism in europe about this deal. 27 nation agreed with a deal with the uk. That in theory all should move ahead. The sticking point, the hardest part is yet to come. Now this deal has to be put before the British Parliament. That is where theresa mays deal fell so many times. The vote in the British Parliament is scheduled for saturday. At the moment, it does not appear if Boris Johnson has the parliamentary numbers to push it through. Meaning it could be dead in the water. He doesnt have the numbers, Northern Ireland allies, dup, do not support it. Nevertheless today he was sounding upbeat. It means we can deliver a real brexit that achieves our objectives. It means that the uk leaves whole and entire on october 31st. There were some major sticking points to reach this point. Many people rem
Even when there is great news. We have a tentative deal to break the strike between the uaw and general motors. Tentative truce between china trade war. We have tentative deal for the Great Britain to leave the eu fox businesss Benjamin Hall live with the very latest. Benjamin . Reporter charles, youre absolutely right. Tentative. The hardest part of this deal we have so far what is being ratified by the european parliament, deal between 27 european states and uk. It needs to pass through the british parliament, something theresa may couldnt do after three attempts. The fact is, there is a vote coming up on saturday, when they will see to push that through. At the moment it doesnt seem if Boris Johnson has parliamentary numbers to do that. That is because his Northern Irish allies, the dup, do not support the deal as they currently see it. They dont like the deal on Northern Ireland. Nevertheless today Boris Johnson was sounding upbeat. For us in the uk, it means we can deliver apreal
Until the sun comes up here in japan. The president met with working dinner with the Prime Minister of australia. In about nine hours or so the president has the next meeting with the Prime Minister of japan, shinzo abe. Sources close to the Administration Believe they will talk about trade with that deal. They say a trade deal with japan is more likely than a trade deal with china in the near term. The president , source close to the trade talks says that the meeting between the two delegations, chinas delegation, the u. S. Delegation will happen on friday that is a day ahead of the meeting between President Trump and president xi. The president believes, chinese believe that a precon condition for the two meeting, the white house is pushing back saying there are no conditions that have been agreed to. He is perfectly happy where we are, where he is in these socalled negotiations and talks, and if need be we may move ahead, we may move ahead. Okay. On additional tariffs. Reporter chin
want to have a really serious debt reduction plan, you re going to have to tackle medicare and social security and medicaid and that s just the fact of the matter. and they are trying to one thing that s really important in this, they re trying to cap spending as a percentage of our economy, when it got to 25% of gross domestic product under president obama. this tries to take it down in about seven years, below that mark, back to where we ve been since world war ii, that s a huge step in the right direction. what s interesting, is that the president says everything is on the table, but he already accumulate out on friday and said that this wasn t on the trouble and this seems like a logical step. well, you know, i listened to what he said and i thought he was basically talking compromise here. listen, this deal i don t believe is going to happen. i think it s very low likely no deal at all. no, trillion dollar thing, it s going to be, i believe, when you see conflu