A look at the week ahead in washington and to do that this week we are joined by Daniel Strauss, a senior political reporter with the guardian and steve dennis, reporter with bloomberg. Now that supplemental is passed, the money is on his way out the door, what tools does congress have left in its toolbox to respond to the coronavirus p what should we look for on that front . Talking aboutre assorted other things to get done. Everything from paid sick leave for workers, a quarter of the workers the United States on have sick leave and there sort of other things they want including making sure testing is free, the treatments are affordable, that sort of thing. It will be interesting to see if they can get any of this on the floor this week. Theres a lot of other things going on this week. With markets plunging this morning and all the futures, you might hear more talk of doing some kind of stimulus. The last time we had this market shock was 2008. Remember what happened then. There were
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Or they are less than anyone else, is a complete. Its a fallacy. Did you feel insulted by it . Deeply insulted, deeply insulted. I think also there was that sense of oh, theyre alljust a bunch of foreigners. Thats what makes london, i suppose thats what makes the uk. Were a multi cultural society. Its location has made Grenfell Tower a graphic symbol of inequality in britain, an inequality that before the fire was hidden in plain sight. 71 people died in this block, it is difficult to escape the rebuke to all of us that its charred remains represent. Allan little, bbc news, in west london. From 10. 30am tomorrow there will be full coverage of the Grenfell Memorial service with my colleage mishal hussain. Thats all for tonight. Now on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jessica creighton. Coming up on the programme. Four time Tour De France winner chris froome speaks to the bbc following revalations about an adverse drugs test. I certainly hav
Welcome to bbc news. The government has been narrowly defeated in a key brexit vote, after a rebellion by tory mps. After a rebellion by tory mps. Mps backed a change to the eu withdrawal bill which called for the terms of a final deal between the uk and the eu to be approved by a new law passed by parliament. Earlier the Prime Minister had offered a concession and promised that mps would have their say before the uk left the eu in march 2019. The amendment, which was proposed by the conservative former attorney general, Dominic Grieve, was approved by 309 votes to 305 a majority of four. The ayes to the right, 309. The noes to the left, 305. Cheering. Order. Im sure you want to hear the result to make sure it is correct. The ayes to the right, 309. The noes to the left, 305. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. Unlock. 0ur chief Political Correspondent vicki young has more for us now. A bloody nose for the Prime Minister and potentially down the road, huge headaches having to deal with