To to Delay Publication of its anti pollution strategy until after the election . Its being argued over in court today. Well have the details. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. We are also talking about designer cats. The gene that gives floppy ears can also cause arthritis. Some vets say that can leave them in pain. If you have one let us know and to get in touch on all the stories we are talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Foreign Secretary has said that the government would be open to join strikes against syria without parliamentary approval. Speaking this Morning Borisjohnson said it would be very difficult for britain to say no if us asks us Tojoin In Future Military Action in syria. Lets speak to norman smith our political guru. Norman, tell us more about what Boris Johnson has political guru. Norman, tell us more about what borisjohnso
Prove, to find the truth. But we will continue to insist. Thank you. Secretary Rex Tillerson, i want to ask about your conversations with putin about syria. You predicted assad would leave power through political transition, how would you compel him to participate in a political transition that leads to his own departure. Our War Crimes Charges a table and how long will the us wait for russia to come around and four Sergei Lavrov if i make your government and United States governments seem to be miles on the syria issue, on ukraine and other issues. Did you feel you have cleared up any of those issues you mentioned earlier today . Since you had those discussions with Rex Tillerson. We discussed at length the future role for assad, whether it be ina the future role for assad, whether it be in a future political process or not. Clearly our view is that the brain of the assad family is coming to an end. They have again brought this on themselves with their conduct in the war at these past
To the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty the language that was in there about acquire some people quibble over, but their commitment to the npt was clear and i misspoke in that regard. Thank you. I appreciate your comment in response to questions from senator markly and others about keeping a seat at the table through the Paris Agreement and the general approach that suggests. I believe Climate Change is a major concern for us in the long term and the short term, and that its human caused and there are actions we can and should take in response to it as a trained chemist, i respect your training as an engineer, would urge you to be a Tttentive To T science because i think it is overwhelming to this point. I do think the jpoa structure, p 5 plus 1 that brought it into force and is enforcing it and the Paris Climate Agreement are two examples of tables where we should have a seat at the table and be advocates and be driving
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Your government and the United States government seems to be miles apart on the syria issue, ukraine and other issues. Did you feel that youve cleared up any of those issues you mentioned earlier today since youve had those discussions with Secretary Tillerson . We did discuss at length the future role for assad, whether it be in a future political process or not. Clearly our view is that the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. And they have, again, brought this on themselves with their conduct and war these past few years. We discussed our view that russia, as their closest ally in the conflict, perhaps has the best means of helping assad recognize this reality. We do think its important that assads departure is done in an orderly way, an orderly way, so
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Against the company of amazon and led a new somewhat baffling allegation against president obama. A side of himself that we and many others is going to be coming out. Today, and on twitter we got a big dose of President Trump uncut. Here he was speaking about the u. S. Military presence in syria which he announced last week that he wants to end. I want to get out. I want to bring our troops back home and start rebuilding our nation. We will have as of three months ago, 7 trillion in the middle east over the last 17 years. We get nothing, nothing out of it. And as you remember, in civilian
life for years, i said keep the oil. We didnt keep the oil. Who got the oil . Isis. That is what funded their campaign. They took a lot of the oil. And we should have kept the oil then. We didnt keep the oil. The United States didnt keep the oil or take the oil which is the word mr. Trump used to use on the campaign trail. Didnt take the oil because among other reasons that is called plunder and prett