Support among mps. A controversial debate on allowing married men to be catholic priests will be held at the vatican. More success for Great Britain at the world athletics championships. The mens and womens sprint relay teams both won silver. It was Dina Asher Smiths third medal of the competition. Good morning to you. It has been a very wet night with surface water flooding across parts of scotland and northern and eastern parts of england. Take care if you are heading out first thing this morning. More rain to come in eastern areas but brightening up with sunshine across the west. I will have all the details for you a little later on. Its sunday 6th october. Our top story Boris Johnson has urged the European Union to show that its willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal. Writing in two sunday newspapers, the Prime Minister appeals to the eu to begin serious negotiations, saying that his proposals are picking up support among mps on all sides. Lets speak to our political co
Gun violence. The Democracy Alliance Senior Advisor discusses her recent piece in the nation magazine, the Republican Partys white women problem. Roblem o. Host good morning. It is friday, september 6, 2019. Welcome to washington journal. There has been a notable update in a mission and outlook of a Major Business group, one representing some 200 Bluechip Companies that perhaps reflects the changing views in america over who corporations should be responsible to. This first hour, we will talk about that. Who should corporations be responsible to . 2027488000 is the number to call for democrats. 2027488001. E and for all others, 2027488002. You can send us a tweet at cspanwj or post comments to facebook. Com cspan. In addition to the change of the Business Roundtable outlook, perhaps the increasing crossroads between Public Policy in corporations like Johnson Johnson and Purdue Pharma over the Opioid Crisis or walmart and the gun violence privacy concerns over corporations like facebook
And our nation as a whole. Next Congressional Panel looks at developing a National Paid Program House ways and Means Committee vote on how to pay with advocating a payroll tax on employers and employees. Congressman shares a committee. The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to our witnesses some who have traveled considerable distances to be here. Before we move toward scheduled Committee Business i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela, a valued member of staff with the joint committee for over 40 years. A reminder again of the considerable talent that exist sometimes outside of publicity. Pamela began her career as a joint committee on taxation in may of 1991 and applied her skill in many legislative issues with large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee almost tireless and dedication to the joint committee and she accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often that of efficient. She was working on a leg
A 17 year old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after a six year old boy was thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform at the tate modern in london. Heathrow airport holds last minute talks with unions in an attempt to avert strikes next week, with travellers told to check with their airlines before leaving home. And coming up in sportsday in half an hour, well have the latest from edgbaston, where smith and wade make centuries, as australia lead past 350 in the ashes. Good evening. There have been two Mass Shootings in the United States, just hours apart in texas and ohio. In el paso, texas, 20 people were killed when a man opened fire on shoppers in a walmart supermarket, in one of the worst Mass Shootings in modern us history. A 21 year old white man has been arrested. Fbi investigators said that they were looking at whether to charge the suspect with domestic terrorism charges. The fbi continues to look at a number of different potential crimes to be charged. We h
On day 5 at wimbledon, djokovic and 15 year old cori gauff in action later as well as andy murray and Serena Williams in the mixed doubles. Well be live there at 2. 30 and bring you news on England International karen carneys retirement from football. Matt has all the weather sunny and warm in places but will it last . 28 this afternoon in some southern areas, to live this weekend, will it stay dry . I will let you know. I will explain more in 25 minutes. Thanks matt. Also coming up tributes are paid to horse racing puinditjohn mccririck. Pundit. With his signature deerstalker hat and flamboyant style, he was a familiar face on british television. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. A gang behind the biggest modern day Slavery Network ever exposed in the uk has been convicted of offences including trafficking, Money Laundering and forcing people into forced labour. Police believe there were up to 400 victims put to work by the polish organised crime gang in the West Midlands. A thr