Him for about 20 years. He was on this issue in the early 1990s and probably understood it probably even before that. He is that smart. He is that visionary in terms of the issues are essential not just to massachusetts, but to our planet. And it has been migrate honor to have served with you, john and to have called you my friend and colleague overall of these years and we thank you so much for what you have done for us and for the country and thank you. And with that the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Under the speakers announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from indiana, mr. Burton, is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. Mr. Burton rather than hang the parliamentarian, i yield five minutes to my colleague from massachusetts. Mr. Markey now on barney frank, barney frank is at the same time the smartest member and the witnessiest member of the United States congress wittiest member. He has a Nuclear Power plant for a brain. There is not
Hello, this is breakfast with Rachel Burden and ben thompson. Its 8 31am. Heres a summary of this mornings main news. The queen will host a meeting with senior royals at her sandringham estate tomorrow, to discuss how the duke and duchess of sussex step back from their roles. The talks, which also be attended by Prince Charles and Prince William, are aimed at finding the next step in the process. A number of options are to be discussed with prince harry. Iran was in breach of International Law when it arrested the uks ambassador thats according to the foreign secretary, dominic raab. Rob macaire was detained in tehran after attending a vigil for those killed in the ukranian passenger plane that was shot down on wednesday. He was released after three hours. Many vigils in iran turned into protests, with hundreds of people condemning the government for previously denying downing the jet. President trump has expressed his support for protestors in iran, with tweets being sent from the pre
This is bbc news. The headlines. Urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan will be held tomorrow over the royal couples future. Ira nia ns protests after the military finally admits to shooting down a passengerjet, as the Foreign Office objects to the arrest of the uks ambassador in tehran. After weeks of criticism, australias Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, proposes an inquiry to look into the bushfire emergency. Recognising and remembering the contribution of lgbt personnel to the armed forces. Liverpool make the best start to an English League season. Victory over tottenham makes it 20 wins in 21 matches in whats becoming a record breaking season. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35am. This mornings reviewers are Rosamund Urwin and james rampton. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The queen has summoned senior members of the royal family to sandringham to discuss future roles for the duke and duchess of sussex, who want to step back from thei
And golfing, how does he get anything done . I dont understand it. Still fighting. A new back and forth between Hillary Clinton and donald trump after the president takes to twitter again. The russia probe, a man who set up that now infamous meeting in trump tower with donald trump jr. And a russian lawyer tells what happened. He was there. First strike authority, one of americas top military officials talks directly about whether he can stop President Trump if he wants to launch a Nuclear Attack against north korea. Weve got reaction, next. And new this morning, an endorsement for the democrat in the Alabama Senate race, this from al. Coms Editorial Board. The media outlet is calling on voters to reject roy moore. Meanwhile, a whman who worked wh one of moores accusers is speaking out in support of her story. He worked with Leigh Corfman more than a decade ago and she told coworkers about her interaction with moore during a discussion at their workplace. She said that she despised him
Arrested yesterday. Rob macaire was detained for three hours after attending a vigil for the 176 people who died when iran shot down a passenger plane last week. The uk has said the ambassadors arrest was a flagrant violation of International Law and has warned iran that it risks becoming an international pariah. Our World Affairs correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. This morning in tehran the iranian authorities stepped up security. Last night, protests. Iranians voiced theirfury at last night, protests. Iranians voiced their fury at the regime. After the military finally admitted it wasnt responsible. They chanted, deaf to the liars, and demanded irans Supreme Leader resign. Brittens ambassador to iran was is by the iranian media of fomenting the protests. Reports that he left the protests. Reports that he left the scene as soon as the chanting started. Dominic raab called his arrest illegal and warned iran against continuing its march toward pariah status. This morning the ambassa