Protesters took to the streets across the country this weekend to object to the governments decision to suspend parliament, which has been viewed by some as an attempt to block debate over brexit. Therell be more action from mps promising to bring in a new law to prevent no deal at the end of october, but how do you get politicians from different parties and with very different end games to Work Together . Very simple, the route will be by legislation, because i believe it has to got to be legislation is in place to unlock this it unlawful for him to takes us out without a deal so very simple plan but i was concerned that over the summer lots of people were talking different plans. There have been lots of plans. Labour is working with other Political Parties including the lib dems and the snp to force an extension of the brexit deadline but the minister in charge of no deal planning would not be drawn on whether the government would abide by any new law that mps brought in. For a gover
To bring forward. Meanwhile the eus lead brexit negotiator, rejects borisjohnsons demands for the irish backstop to be scrapped Michel Barnier says the uk has now reached a moment of truth. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport. Large crowds gather outside the terminal building, causing long queues for passengers trying to get inside. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war 2 as the german president asks for polands forgiveness at the event. And pope francis apologises for arriving late for his weekly address to crowds in saint Peters Square after he was stuck in a lift for 25 minutes and had to be freed by firefighters. Good afternoon. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed its likely to delay the date of departure. The cab
He rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Hurricane dorian is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas us forecasters describe the conditions there as catastrophic. Its going to go hundreds of miles. We expect that most of the eastern seaboard will be ultimately impacted, and some of it very, very severely. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii, as the german president asks poland for forgiveness. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, its likely to delay the date of departure. The cabinet minister, michael gove, refused to commit the government to imp
In the house of representatives, a lot going on today. If you want to find out more about the activity, go to our website at cspan. Org. We now take you to the house. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] rage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 17, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the ouse of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders fo
Saturn 9 rocket to accomplish the goals set by president kennedy less than 10 years earlier, to land the man on the moon before the end of the decade. As president kennedy said in his speech at Rice University in september, 1962, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. There is no better explanation that captures the american spirit. We choose to take joint leaps. We choose to know the unknown. We choose to lead into the future. On july 20, 1960, just four days after the launch, the world listened and watched as the first steps were taken on the moon. Again, hundreds of millions of people across the world watched as history was made. Five times more nasa astronauts landed on the moon and returned home safely. President kennedys promise that our great democracy could achieve these hard things became a reality. As we watch those days in july, 0 years ago, dreams began to form. Every person watching the succes