Number one, mr. Speaker. The Prime Minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker comes to the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to warrant officer ian fisher of the first the type who was killed on operations in afghanistan on tuesday the fifth of november. It is clear from the tributes paid he was a professional and well respected soldier who made a huge contribution to the army over many years on a number of operational tours. Our thoughts and condolences should be with his family and his friends. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. Im sure everyone of us will want to in this season of her members we will always remember their service to our country. Hear your. Mr. Speaker, in piece across the house will have memories of the nightmare unfolding across the bank. Does the Prime Minister share my sense of his belief that a person such as responsible as he was f
Capitol rioters. Gop sources saying trump refused, saying his supporters cared more about the Election Results than mccarthy did. This just hours before closing arguments and the final vote in the senate. Trumps lawyers quickly wrapping up their case. But a source close to mike pence saying trumps team was not telling the truth when they claimed trump didnt know pence was in danger during the riot. And a source telling cnn that one of the Trump Lawyers tried to quit the team in a dispute over the use of video clips they showed today until trump called and got him to come back. Lots to discuss. Joining me now, mark mckinnon, the former adviser to george w. Bush and john mccain and the executive producer of the circus. And former obama Senior Adviser david axelrod. Its a pleasure to have both of you gentlemen. Good evening. David first. David, this new reporting shows that trump knew his supporters were storming that capitol. He did nothing to stop them. Isnt that alone a violation of hi
We have our divisions and they are not new. We have our divisions and they are not new. Around the clock news social sometimes amplify these decisions. We are about to enter a couple weeks where our political rhetoric tends to be more overheated than usual. That is why it is so important that everyone, regardless of race or Political Party or profession, regardless of what organizations you are a part of. Everyone right now focus on words and actions that can unite this country rather than divide it further. We dont need inflammatory rhetoric. We dont need careiloless accusations to advance an
agenda. We need to temper our words and open our hearts, all of us. President obama yesterday after what happened in baton rouge. Good morning, its monday, july 18. Were live at flatterys irish pub in a very rainy cleveland, ohio, the site of the Republican National convention. The next five days they belong to donald trump. The firsttime politician is going to formally accept his partys nominati
Them for the last three months. Four months, five months. And theyre still here. Theyre still here. Meanwhile, bipartisan efforts to Shield Mueller and his investigation are moving forward in the senate, interestingly enough after much delay. Today republican Chuck Grassley, the chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary committee announced his panel will vote on a bill to protect mueller potentially as soon as tomorrow. That puts grassley on a direct Collision Course with the Senate Majority leader who says he will not advance the bill to a final vote. Theres no indication that mueller is going to be fired. I dont think the president is going to do that. Obviously a number of your colleagues fear it enough to say it should be in there. Im the one who decides what we take to the floor. Thats my responsibility as the majority leader. Well not be having this on the floor of the senate. Its possible mcconnell doesnt read the New York Times which reported on two separate occasions when the pre
Welcome to bbc news, im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories back to work. Donald trumps doctor says he has completed his course of treatment and could return to public engagements from saturday. In michigan, the fbi arrests six men in an alleged plot to kidnap the states governor, gretchen whitmer. More fighting and more deaths in the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh, but peace talks are imminent. And the acclaimed us poet louise gluck wins the nobel prize for literature. Donald trumps doctor says the president has completed his treatment for covid 19 and can return to public engagements this week. Dr conley released a statement saying that the president has remained stable since returning to the white house and responded extremely well to treatment. Our washington correspondent nomia iqbal has been reading the memo. Well, its interesting what the memo doesnt tell us, to be honest, lewis. While dr conley says that donald trump is on the road to recovery and he should be able to res