people gathering at the pier here to sing as a tribute to the victims. somber mood here in new zealand. family members just went back into the meeting place for the community here. it s been an agonizing wait since monday s eruption killed more than a dozen people, including american brothers 13-year-old matthew and 16-year-old berend hollander. originally from chicago. their parents, martin and barbara, among the missing and presumed dead. david, we have witnessed an urgent effort here as we watched helicopters landing at the airport. many of the people who survived the eruption, tonight, are still recovering from sere vie burns. david? all right, marcus, thank you. and also overseas at this hour, the breaking headline out of the uk tonight. the high stakes election, the future of brexit, the future of the prime minister, boris johnson, all on the line. let s get right to our foreign correspondent james longman live in london tonight. and james, you have the early exit polls jus
and the court went as far as it could, against the government, against boris johnson, and in favor of leaving power, with the parliamentarians. this is such a important decision for the future of brexit, when the deal happened. the power lies squarely with parliamentarians, as the next chapter in the crucial brexit debate continues. melissa bell, thank you for your reporting. a look at the global markets. you can see gains around the world. optimism about the u.s./china trade talk. steven mnuchin said the farm visit will be rescheduled. stocks barely moved on mixed
even though brexit hasn t even happened yet, ireland s prime minister is already feeling the pressure. our nic robertson has our report. reporter: at dublin s port soon to be a frontline managing the outfall of brexit, ireland s prime minister is holding out little hope of a breakthrough with the british prime minister boris johnson when they meet monday. prime minister johnson doesn t have a majority, so i ll be asking him how he can convince us, ireland and the european union, that he actually is capable or has the votes to get a deal through. reporter: the t. shot s inspections sunday seemed intended to bolster his image, protecting ireland s interests as debate over brexit ratchets
well, it s very bad news for boris johnson. he s lost control. he s lot control of the parliamentary agenda so he s lost control of brexit, at least for now. this bill will be brought to the house. it s probably going to get through. it will call for a no-deal exit from the european union to be blocked. and if a deal can t be reached in the european union, then they ll have to request the government will be forced to request a delay from the european union, probably until the end of january. boris johnson s side have tabled a motion today to follow that if the bill gets through, which will call for an early election, but labor have confirmed this morning that they won t be backing that. so they ll effectively the opposition will effectively block an early election. that takes us in to completely uncharted stories because that s meant to be the nuclear option for any government, and the
the face of brexit, something president trump supports. nevertheless, president trump has a long way to go in convincing these world leaders the tough line he s taken on china with regard to trade and economics and not only the right thing to do but also to the benefit of the united states and europe. they simply don t believe that and they re putting pressure on the united states to make a deal. unfortunately, for these european leaders, there s no u.s./china deal in the offing. despite what president trump said today about second thoughts, he made clear he has no choice in his mind but to keep going. julian, he said, i have no plan. but he with know he s in talks with china. do we know who is talking to china? what the con consistent of those conversations might be to move something forward? i think at this point when he says, i have second thoughts and when there s speculation about what the negotiations are, the problem is when the president goes back and forth, when he makes t