in texas legally. joining us now is professor james hollifield a leading authority on immigration policy. he is director of the tower centre for political studies at smu in texas. thank you for being with us. can you tell us what sb four as it is known is and what powers it gives to the police? its is and what powers it gives to the olice? , . , ., , , police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal law - police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal law on - to mimic the federal law on immigration control and border control so crossing the border is a misdemeanour offence in federal law and this makes it a misdemeanour offence in state law, punishable by six months injail and if you are caught crossing a second time or arrested for crossing before, this is a bit different. it becomes a felony, punishable by 20 years in prison. i think the hope of
told the bbc that the company did not give clear and definitive confirmation that the lines were de energised. the result was police treating fallen lines as live, and blocking roads. one witness, travis miller, showed the bbc his footage. he filmed the main road going north out of the town, blocked for hours by the police. i knew like once i saw the road block, this is insane. like, those people are on the road, not because of a trafficjam but one that is created by, you know, our authorities. the mayor of maui, richards bisson, told the bbc the town should have been better prepared. you know better preparation, right, i mean, that s what everybody is pointing to. who should take responsibility for that? we all should take responsibility. all of us, for sure. at least 99 people lost their lives that day, and authorities are still trying to identify remains using dna technology. u i and the people she took with her were able to escape the fire, but several of her neighbours w
About their campaign. The kind table, and pupils across the country are competing to be crowned a rocky roads. Crowned rock heroes. Good morning. Its thursday the 6th july. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live the chairman of the iraq inquiry, Sirjohn Chilcot, has told the bbc that the former Prime Minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation, or his inquiry, about the decisions made in the run up to the iraq war. Speaking for the First Time Since the publication of his report a year ago today, sirjohn told the bbc why he thinks mr blair made the decisions he did, and about mr blairs State Of Mind at the time of the inquiry. The iraq inquiry by Sirjohn Chilcot took 7 years and ran into two million words. The Main Findings were that policy on iraq was made on flawed intelligence and assessments. And the planning and preparation for the country after Saddam Hussein was wholly inadequate. in response to sirjohns interview with the bbc a spokesman for mr blair highlighted that the report
And power and ardent remainer, you should now be happy, that we have a president who looks optimistic and positively at the path that we are set on. You may dislike donald trump oi set on. You may dislike donald trump or many other reasons and those reasons may be valid but on this it is good fry country that it happened, and went the way that we did. Do you see this as some British Press sees it, as a danger that a Prime Minister gets too close to an american president. It was said that tony blair got too close to george bush and that lead us into the mess of iraq . When i watch the Press Conference, i thought the Prime Minister came out of that exceptionally well and if you think about anyone whos policy positions changed, it was trump, not may. One week ago he was saying that nato was obsolete, with encouragement of theresa may it is now 100 relevant and he supports it. And maybe general matias two. He said that he would step back, and support the general s position. In the same way
1997 general election that labour won handsomely. 1997 general election that labour won handsomel . ., ., ., won handsomely. you have mentioned the oinion won handsomely. you have mentioned the opinion polls. won handsomely. you have mentioned the opinion polls, what won handsomely. you have mentioned the opinion polls, what are won handsomely. you have mentioned the opinion polls, what are they - the opinion polls, what are they telling us about the uk electorate s interest in the behaviour of tory mps, past tory mps? is it seen as being a very important issue in comparison to the cost of living concerns for example? the central issue of the concerns for example? the central issue of the ethical concerns for example? the central issue of the ethical issue concerns for example? the central issue of the ethical issue is - concerns for example? the central issue of the ethical issue is the i issue of the ethical issue is the question of partygate and the fact that as the hou