To the week in parliament as mps take the first parliamentary step on the road to brexit. The ayes to the right 498. The noes to the left 114. So the ayes have it, the ayes have it. At Prime Ministers questions, Jeremy Corbyn demands theresa may retracts her invitation to donald trump to come to the uk and meet the queen. Just what more does President Trump have to do, before the Prime Minister will listen to the 1. 8 Million People whove already called for his State Visit Invitation to be withdrawn . But theresa may rejects that call, and says labour has nothing to offer the uk. He can lead a protest im leading a country. And, in a debate on the damage done by drinking, a former Minister Talks about growing up as the son of an alcoholic. I know what its like to feel that cold nausea, when you find the empty bottles hidden around the house. But first the result was never in doubt, but there was still a sense of drama in the commons when, after two days of debate, the moment finally cam
So who really does speak for the president . And the israeli Prime Minister arriving in washington to start a new relationship with the white house. Iran, hezbollah, syria and settlements. There is plenty to discuss. This story begins at the end of december. President obama had just imposed new sanctions on russia in retaliation for moscow hacking the election. Donald trumps senior Foreign Policy advisor, general mike flynn, hopped on the phone with russias ambassador to discuss the penalty. Now us law bars any private citizen from conducting Foreign Policy. But the greater mistake was to mislead the Vice President. The National Security advisor told mike pence that sanctions never came up in his calls with the Russian Ambassador. Not true. The conversation had been bugged by us intelligence, disproving the generals account. In his resignation letter, flynn sai, unfortu nately, because of the fast pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the Vice President elect and others with incomple
time the president went and you said it takes, you know, six months to pull off a real state visit with all of these formal occasions and said it would be either spring or fall so you were right, it is the spring and it is about to get underway. but it comes at a kind of difficult time diplomatically with theresa may on her way out and discussion about who is going to replace her. well, you are right, martha, that is quite a turbulent time in british politics. but a state visit invitation from the queen. state banquet on late monday night and lunch with her majesty and members of the royal family talks a number 10 luncheon number 10. a meeting with business leaders. on the commemoration down in portsmouth of the 75th anniversary of the d-day landing. about much more