Against President Donald Trump. And libyan warlords orders his forces to advance into central tripoli saying the final battle has a right. So the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons decision to call a snap election looks to have paid off official results from thursdays vote are currently being tallied but exit polls indicate his conservative party is on course to win its biggest majority in decades that would give johnson crucial control of parliament in order to push through bracks its so the exit poll conducted by u. K. Broadcasters suggest the conservatives will secure an 86. 00 seat majority with a total of 368. 00 seats labor is predicted to get 191. 00 would be there which would be their worst result since the 1930 s. In scotland the s. N. P. Is predicted to win 55 seats. While the liberal democrats traditionally britains 3rd Largest Party is projected to win just 13 seats words johnson has tweeted this saying thank you to everyone across our great country who voted who volunteered who stood as candidates we live in the greatest democracy in the worlds lets cross over to jonah hall hes joining us from our london Broadcast Center and to just unpack for us what weve seen so far jonah because its pretty significant if the exit polls prove to be rights. If indeed they prove to be right it certainly is during the most important election in years in a generation is how its being described here for to mung parties seeking to take this country in radically Different Directions the central issue of course breaks it that great divide of our time over here in the United Kingdom and as you said a projected 86. 00 seat majority for conservative party and Boris Johnson that would be a landslide well im joined by guests here in the london studio to talk this over Chris Hopkins joins me hes a pollster with the commerce savant a Polling Group i would wager is a researcher with the u. K. In the changing in a changing europe thanks for joining us guys and emma haywood our reporter is standing by as well in Boris Johnsons own constituency seat in London Bridge in south russert will join emma in a short while chris let me bring you in 1st of all blithe valley has just turned blue gone conservative for the 1st time in since 1950 the 1st seat really to switch the 1st by many if they example is to be believed the opinion polls were consistently showing a conservative victory when they but nothing quite on this scale yeah absolutely thought i think from the exit poll was in about a 14 point conservative lead no poll was that large they did tend to show a fairly strong conservative lade that did tend to reduce over the course of the campaign and you know what well have to wait and see what might happen over the last few days but clearly you know all the polls seem to fall underestimated the thought because of the victory here lets talk as week as were going to go through the evening on this were going to do a lot more scrutiny of the numbers as they come up but for the moment its not a lot breaking in this hour in terms of the count how reliable is an exit poll what should we read in to it what would be what should be cautious about yeah i think 3 points to make here i think the 1st. One is german speaking mexico has always been pretty good one to tell you it wasnt but since then its always been been pretty good so i think you know when theres no reason to doubt these numbers i think the 2nd point id make is that the moment based on the 4 results that we do have it seems to be holding up and were saying that the Labor Party Vote share is dropping a 4 way massively in certain areas and i think the only thing that maybe gets the poll isnt quite picking up on at the moment. Is that labor are doing better than expected thats still not great but slightly better than expected in more metropolitan remain areas although we are only really taking that from Newcastle Central and the other free or for that have to clad and we are saying that they at the polls seem to be preparing on it would have to be enormously wrong to change the central fact of a conservative Party Majority what it would it would it if they did i think you know i think live in particular but also the horn and result and the massive reduction in in the labor majority there really is starting to show that in leave voting areas that might not be quite as metropolitan i remain a i think i think party room for really really difficult alan let me bring you in here because a majority of anything like this size for boris jumps johnson is a blank check effectively isnt it for him how does he plan to use it do you think it will now be as a hedge a political leader in the u. K. And hes going to have this majority its not been seen since the majority that tony blair achieved and i think its going to be really up to boston somebody does with this majority he can either tack further say theres a right if you like and tack towards the genius party and move towards. The end of december 2020 all he can use the opportunity use the room for maneuver hes given himself with this majority and with this Political Capital hes got it maybe move towards a softer form of rexx that hes been hes been discussing up to now in a sense. With a majority of this size he would only bricks he would own the consequences of bricks if he would own the upside and he would own the downside do you think that the sort of threat or promise of the downside depending on who you listen to might temper his instincts a little but in other words he doesnt need to listen to the right of his party as it is needless to the right of his party and hes going to be in power for for 5 years and a lot of the new m. P. s that he will be in his party will be and these that represent areas that rely on on the economic connection with the European Union rely on on manufacturing and so on that to be a new set. And a new set of constituents theyll be represented by the conservative party and be adjusting to see if that changes the nature of the debate within the conservative party and moves it towards a sort of a different attitude towards the European Union will gradually. Resign up to his vision of bricks it and this policy the sort of cattle slogan that may well have won in the election get breaks it done the sort of promise that if you give me a majority if you vote for me this all fall apparition of a thing thats been around for 3 years will magically evaporate it isnt going to magically evaporate as a very long year at a minimum ahead of negotiations for a trade deal and one that they probably cant conclude in remarkable thing is we dont really know what that means by get breaks it done does he mean the w. T. Breaks it by december 2020 or does he mean something that looks like a movement aged exit from the European Union over a much longer period we dont know and thats partly thats been politics play in this political success hes managed to create an Electoral Coalition that spans across always everyone the votes of the bracks i mean on the numbers of years you guys were discussing that he really has he really has managed to vacuum up almost all the people are very different even the in the referendum but now he can possibly go his own way chris let me bring you back at this point an enormous collapse in labor support here a breakdown of old. Tribal political loyalties in this country an electorate that identifies no longer as labor or conservative but leave votes remain or in scotland a across the board now it looks like s. N. P. Supporters who be talking about independents the political picture in this country has changed dramatically hasnt yet massively i think all that all that were people have told us in our surveys before the Election Campaign and you know if youre really is that they identify fast fast wrong but now with the evil remain then they ever might have done with a Political Party and secondly you know we found for able to remain is that they did they were sick to the back teeth of the parliamentary logjam not being able to progress not actually being able to talk about some of the other issues which the labor party clearly want to talk about but it was with katie it was number one and it seems obvious from these results that the traditional labor voters might have just maybe possibly even lend their vote somewhere else this time just to get over this hump and clearly you know theyve given them a majority create craves and all those out you know if the. We dont know how thats going to what form that might take yeah but well talk more as evening goes on as the numbers become clearer well talk in particular about germany corbins 1st position if all of this pans out lets bring in for the moment though emma heywood reporter who is in Boris Johnsons constituency oxbridge and south reisa because. They may be predicting a big win for Boris Johnson and the conservatives on the National Picture but in his own constituency there could yet be an upset coming for Boris Johnson. And it would be a major upset turn of course no guarantees but Boris Johnson to win this seat for the 3rd time when he was elected back in 2017 is majority was hard from his 2015 victory but in recent weeks recent months theres been a Real Campaign to oust Boris Johnson from the spawn stich would say and i think a lot of his critics here say is rarely free in the constituency he was of course taking photos with people in the constituency looking beriberi boys up and of course he has reason to feel void out because he must be confident of a national way but here not so competent perhaps but it will be a massive upset if he was to lose this seat you talked a lot about right say it might be the case that there his work that message get it done may resonate here because here in this constituency 57 people 57 percent of people. Back in 26 states and what we know about his chief challenger. While hes alan maloney he was born in iran hes only 24 but he has been knocking on doors for the past few months saying that he is concentrating on local issues just my major and im not sure what got him singing i think thats also one of course johnsons opponents lord buckethead who is again standing against Boris Johnson alley molony yes campaigning very hard against Boris Johnson and i think that is one of course johnsons main criticisms here from people that just simply not saying that he is not as interested in local issues as a as an m. P. Should be and that things like the expansion of Heathrow Airport which he said he was a poster he said he would lay down in front of the ticket was one that came to a vote he simply wont talk on the stump of the day so they feel let down however Boris Johnson we know is highly popular he divides opinion and so he may get through this tonight ok i would well leave it there i think were looking at Something Like ford. In the morning for a result in a bridge in south russia on Boris Johnson and my guests here in london Chris Hopkins and alan wager many thanks to you gentlemen as well and back for the moment to read to you in doha all right joe and i thank you very much well speak to you later on we have the rest of the days news coming up right here on aljazeera including. At least 2 People Killed in northeastern india as a violent protests grow over a new citizenship law that excludes muslims. Will tell you where former bolivian president evo morales has been granted political asylum or back in a moment. 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It is bulk of weather here and this is actually where we have seen some rather small d. Conditions that in the Morning Hours that it should clear as a system clears the way say for friday 18 in new delhi but all the damp. The weather sponsored by qatar a. Bit of a strange day to start the center fuse we just heard today to city of aleppo has fallen. Or should we say liberated or. One rule for astonishing stories tode and their own why its how did you know who to trust and not to trust. A stranger came to town witness on aljazeera. Hello again youre with al jazeera the top story this hour exit polls in the u. K. Are predicting an emphatic victory for Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons conservative party they are set to win 368. 00 seats a majority of 86 now if the exit poll is confirmed by official results it would mean johnson does have the majority he needs to ratify the brics a deal he struck with the European Union allowing britain to leave the e. U. By january 31st. When members of the u. S. House Judiciary Committee are debating articles of impeachment against President Donald TrumpHouse Democrats are pushing for a vote to formally charge the president with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress Trumps accuse of withholding aid to pressure ukraine into investigating potential white house rival joe biden lets get an update from mike hanna hes joining us from washington for more on this story so whats happened so far in this debate and what do we expect to happen. Well its been a very lengthy debate indeed going on right through the day what is happening is that the Judiciary Committee is taking a look at the 2 articles of impeachment they are discussing at debating it word for word line for line paragraph or paragraph now there are 40 members of the committee each is able to speak for 5 minutes on any amendment that is introduced there have been a number of amendments being introduced by republicans predominantly each of these cases there is a vote each time the vote goes along party lines and they move on to the next amendments so this is a lengthy laborious process but the end is very clear its likely to be a Vote Along Party Lines on these articles of impeachment which would then go to the rules committee of the house to decide on a day of debate and the circumstances the rules under which such a debate will take place on the floor of the house and in the Bigger Picture mike how does this all play into the actual impeachment of trump. Well this is an essential part of the impeachment process weve seen each stage moving from the collection of the evidence by various house committees then and among them nation on that evidence and discussion of that constitutional opinion sort now it goes to the Judiciary Committee which is. Near the end point of the process the Judiciary Committee decides and votes tonight on these articles of impeachment those articles of impeachment of then set in stone as it were and they will go to the house for a full vote on the floor of the house that is likely to be passed to along party lines then it will go to the senate next year early next year for a trial once again if it goes along party lines there President Trump will not be impeached so the process is ongoing this is a very important part of it and that is establishing the exact terms of the articles of impeachment which will then be voted on in the house and then if passed in the house as a basis for a trial in the senate all right am i can i thank you for while all of that is going on the u. S. 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