On the peculiar way that we choose our president , not through a direct election by the people, but in an indirect by 51 separate elections to elect 538 electors who then go through a process to select our president. Louder i can you hear me now if speak like this . The election of donald trump marked the fifth time in our history that the Electoral College awarded the presidency to the candidate that did not win the most votes. The experience of the last election was also disheartening in other ways that our panelists will get into, but essentially, it was not an election aimed at the entire country. It was an election aimed at about a dozen battleground states, and if you do not live in one of those battleground states, you were essentially a bystander in the election. The experience of the last election has led many people to asked why we continue to have this system and what are the somethingfor doing about it. I will speak for a couple of minutes about what the Electoral College i
To approve an eu exit payment of up to 50 billion pounds. I am mark barton in london. Plenty of great guess including Raghavan Seetharaman on who joins us in half hour for his first interview of the day. Lets have a check on what is happening to European Equity markets. 5 . Toxx 600 is down by south korea detecting that north korea is continuing to prepare for a possible Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch, a move that would further raise tensions. Choice is the haven of in the currency market. It is rising against all 10 of its major peers. The dollar down by. 7 . The german tenyear yield is falling by two basis points, down to 36 basis points. High. Ising to an 11 month bloomberg first word news with juliette saly. Juliette market, u. K. Brexit secretary says he dismisses nonsense reports that theresa may approved to pay as much as 50 billion pounds to leave the european union. Brexit talks may fail to move on to trade discussions speculation was dismissed. Resolving the issues
In sport still in the title race. Tottenham beat Crystal Palace and keep the heat on leaders chelsea. A boom for books as the Publishing Industry has a surge in sales and a record year. And carol has the weather. A chilly start in southern areas, with a touch of frost. But here weve got early sunshine. Most of the uk will be cloudy, with showers and a few sunny spells in between. More in about 15 minutes. Thank you amcu bend. See you then. Tensions are rising in north korea, as the u 5 call for more pressure to force the country to give up its Nuclear Weapons programmes. Last night, President Trump briefed all 100 members of the senate, revealing a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomacy. But washington also said they were prepared to defend themselves and their allies, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. The us is piling on the pressure. This is a Military Exercise just north of the north korean border. A message that the us is ready if diplomatic efforts fail. This is how
Are on the table. Diplomatic and financial leveraged willie backed up by a willingness to cou ntera ct willie backed up by a willingness to counteract north korean aggression with Military Action. And, an Unlikely Group of misfits are back together in the outer reaches of the universe. Find out what Jason Solomons made of Guardians Of The Galaxy volume 2, and the rest of the weeks cinema releases, in the film review. Its five oclock. Our main story a Breast Surgeon has been convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent, and three of unlawful wounding, after carrying out a series of unnecessary operations. Nottingham crown court heard that ian paterson lied to patients, and exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer, to convince them to go under the knife. The 59 year old did so for what the jury was told were Obscure Motives which may have included a desire to earn extra money. Our first report is from our Health Correspondent dominic hughes. Surgeon ian paterson. Well liked and trust
And yesterday we experienced the latest in an atrocity under the direction of president assad of syria, the use of gas against civilian populations. This is the latest, because this has been going on for six years. The barrel bombing, the targeting of humanitarian workers, targeting of hospitals, the use of chemical weapons. This is not an isolated example. But it is now in the front pages of our paper. And we must act. And thats why were here, to make it clear that we cannot allow that type of conduct to go. What we do know, it was a russian aircraft piloted by an assad pilot that dropped a weapon that is had the effect that reminds us of sarin. I dont know whether it was sarin or not, but i tell you it had the impact of much stronger than some of the chemicals that were used in recent months. We need action. To me it starts with a clear u. S. Policy that president assad has no legitimacy as the leader of syria and no future as the leader of syria. And that should be made possible, ve