Policies, the conservatives say they will plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025 if it wins the general election but the libdems say they can plant twice as many trees. Meanwhile, leading labour and trade union figures are meeting to decide which policies will be included in the partys election manifesto. Now its time for brexitcast with adam fleming, laura kuennsberg, chris mason and katya adler. Well, its the first full week of the Election Campaign, which means, of course, lauras in the back of a van in a car park. Again. Im in a car park on the outskirts of edinburgh because, in dalkeith today, weve been talking to labour leaderJeremy Corbyn. Do you know what today was the one Year Anniversary of . What was happening on 14th november, 2018 . Do you remember . Was it one of the meaningful votes . No. Was it the signing of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement with theresa may . Yeah, something to do with theresa may getting a deal with the eu. Yes, it was after the eight hour long Cabinet
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Donald trump wants americans to bask in the afterglow of the killing of the worlds most wanted terrorist, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. But many are focused on the daily developments of the impeachment investigation led by Congressional Democrats. Both Say Something important about the way donald trump conducts National Security and Foreign Policy. My guest is former senior us diplomat richard haass. Trump horrifies the Foreign Policy establishment, but does that matter to American Voters . Richard haass in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. Good to be with you. Would you accept that the killing of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has given a major boost to President Trump when he needs it most . It has helped him in two ways. In and of itself it is a good thing and, secondly, he was on the receiving end of tremendous criticism from republicans and democrats alike with his recent moves regarding turkey and syria a
The presiding officer is there anyone in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 29. The nays are 64. The amendment is not agreed to. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from alabama. Mr. Jones madam president , under the previous order i call up amendment the presiding officer order in the chamber. Please take your conversations out of the well. Lets have order in the chamber. Order in the chamber. The senator from alabama. Mr. Jones thank you, madam president. Under the previous order, i call up amendment number 1141 as modified. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk the senator from alabama mr. Jones for himself and miss mccaly proposes amendment 1141 to amendment number 948. Mr. Jones i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Jones madam president , madam president , i rise in support of the amendment offered by myself and my friend from ari
Barrage on israel after the killing of one of their leaders in gaza israeli retaliation has now killed 23 palestinians in the territory plus a state of emergency venice and suffers its worst floods in half a century the 2nd highest ever recorded and the mayor is blaming Climate Change. And made in germany electric car maker tesla will build its new european gigafactory near berlin c. E. O. You long musk says hes plugging into germanys reputation for excellence in engineering. I bring golf its good to have you with us we begin in the United States with high drama and history being made on. Apple hill lawmakers have begun the 1st public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump democrats are trying to prove that trump abused his office by threatening to withhold millions of dollars in aid to ukraine unless that government investigated the family of his leading political rival joe biden today lawmakers are hearing testimony from 2 top diplomats trump has called th
Joining us out swaying, white house editor for Bloomberg News and Catherine Mcmanus who is with rollcall who decovers capitol hill. Lets start with the rate over the weekend, that baghdadi raid. The comments we heard from followers questioning about whether the president should have informed democratic leader schiff ahead of time. He mentioned he didnt in his comments. Do we know what the president is supposed to do or by tradition has done in these situations . Typically the president would inform what is called a gang of eight. It is leadership of the house and senate, republicans and democrats as well as a Certain Committee chairman including the Intelligence Committee chairs. And one of the reasons that i imagine trump will continue to hit on is that adam schiff is one of the traditional people that you would have told ahead of this raid. And that did not happen area he specifically said leaks were part of his rationale. I Foreign Policy success for sure for the administration and