during the conservative leadership contest this summer. we can see the scene live at westminster where the vote is on fracking. it is a motion tabled by the opposition labour party and the government has said it is treating it as a vote of confidence in the government. it is not expected that more than a handful of conservative mps will vote against the government tonight, even though they oppose the change in fracking policy, which reverses the government s position from the last general election manifesto. the prime minister is facing widespread discontent and today she took part in her first premises questions after ditching her flagship tax cuts less than a week ago from the mini budget. let s talk to our political correspondent, helen carter. we will stay looking at the pictures of the house of commons as mps file back in. can you give us a snapshot summary for viewers watching you have just tuned in, summary for viewers watching you havejust tuned in, many summary for v
Investigation of russian interference into the u. S. Election and other matters. Its up to mueller to decide the other matters, to include the firing of the fbi director. Michael flynn, a meeting between the fbi director and the president in the white house. Just to be clear, the fbi investigation thats been going on, that was under Director Comey, that continues and that is what mueller is overseeing . He has oversight over the entire probe as it were. Youre not going to stop any activity in the fbi anymore, youve got a whole team there, and thats something youve heard from the acting fbi director, as they search for a new director, that theyre continuing their work. I have spoke to people inside the bureau, but this is a very independentminded mueller. One other thing ill note. I have been talking to people around washington in reaction to this, yes, comeys out, if you Huge Development today. Just two days ago, White House Press secretary spicer says frankly theres no need for a Spe
of classrooms and morale in schools, we have one big question this morning. how best can parents and the public judge what s really going on? for her first interview since the death of ruth perry, the chief inpector of schools, amanda spielman, is here to answer our questions. after the prime minister s friend and deputy quit after he was found to have bullied stuff, the government s new number two oliver dowden is here too. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, will be back in the studio, with only a couple of weeks until the local elections. vying for attention with labour, still well ahead in the polls their pensions spokesman, jonathan ashworth is with us too. and with me at the megadesk. henry dimbleby, foodie, author, who until last month was helping the government with their plans. lorna hughes, editor of scotland s sunday mail. who s made the running on a series of important revelations about the snp. and the voice of thousands of teachers, and critic of ofst
shake-up and a leader in leadership limbo. at the justice department there might be new reason to question whether or not robert mueller s boss might step aside or be fired. rod rosenstein is in charge of overseeing mueller s wide-ranging probe and sources tell nbc news that one of the reasons his top deputy quit was because she was worried about having to oversee mueller s investigation herself. joining me now is national security and justice reporter julia ainsley. julia, this is your exclusive scoop. last week we were told she got the job at walmart. is that the whole story. that is not the whole story as as as it never is. this is a result of rachel brand being unhappy at the justice department for months. she was complaining about feeling unsupported and not enough key positions filled and she was seeing the tea leaves when the president was being