And its Transfer Deadline Day in england as premier League Spending nears a january record. Good morning. Its tuesday january the 31st. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she questioned the legality of his travel ban. Sally yates, who was Acting Attorney General, said she couldnt defend his decision to temporarily stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from entering america. But the white house said in a statement that she had betrayed the department ofjustice. In the uk a former head of the horror Foreign Office has criticised theresa mays State Invitation to the president. He said the offer had been premature and put the offer had been premature and put the queen in a very difficult situation. Protests have been held in cities across the uk as of last night including in cardiff, seen here. An online petition calling for the state visit to be cancelled has gathered more than 1. 6 million signatures. His david willets. Here is a david willets. Donald trumps controversial travel ban is facing resistance on a variety of fronts. After a weekend of mass protests, chaos at airports and a diplomatic outcry came an unusual act of defiance on the part of americas top law officer. Sally yates, appointed us Attorney General by barack obama, said in a letter to lawyers at the Justice Department that given her responsibility to ensure that the government stands for what is right. Deeming that an act of betrayal, mr trump promptly sacked her, installing dana boente as the new Attorney General. Pending the swearing in of mr trumps preferred candidate, alabama senator jeff sessions, whose confirmation has been delayed by democrats in congress. Sally yates is not alone in her misgivings, though. Barack obama said in a statement that he fundamentally disagreed with the notion of discriminating against individuals on the basis of faith or religion. Us diplomats have also registered their concerns, leading to this Tongue Lashing from the white house. If these Career Bureaucrats have a problem with it, i think that they should either get with the programme, or they can go. Later today, mr trump is due to announce his pick for a place on the us Supreme Court. The choice, he said, was one that would appeal to evangelical christians. He may also be hoping it leads to some better headlines. Here, the former head of the Foreign Office, lord ricketts said theresa mays decision to invite donald trump on a state visit to the uk so quickly has put the queen in a Very Difficult Position. A state visit is the highest accolade the country can pay to a foreign leader. And normally it is offered after a us president has been in office for several years. And to issue the invitation in the first days of President Trumps being in the white house, to happen in the next few months, felt to me when i heard it a bit premature, frankly. I didnt think it was necessary. I think it wouldve been fine to have suggested he come on an official visit for talks with the Prime Minister, perhaps tea the queen and save this absolute honour of the state visit for later. My suggestion, and it is only a suggestion, is perhaps since a date has not yet been set for the state visit that it could be put off a little bit perhaps until things calmed down and we can receive the president on a state visit in the way we would want to with the celebration of the relationship with the us and in the meantime he should come on early official visit to discuss all the vital things we need to be talking about like a new free trade agreement, for example. But put a state visit off till a bit later. I wouldnt suggest we withdraw the invitation but since a date has not been fixed i think we can look again at the timing. With me is our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. He knows the ins and outs of diplomacy and has enormous experience. What about that idea of for now unofficial visit and a state visit at a later stage . Would that bea visit at a later stage . Would that be a runner . Technically possible. Politically very damaging. The Prime Minister made it clear yesterday the visit was going ahead and said it was an informal invitation which is an interesting use of language. It implies a bit of flexibility. But a state visit has been offered and accepted on a political level. The official invitation has yet to go in but that happens sometime later. I think the consequences of doing so make it very unlikely simply because to do so would damage the Special Relationship because the americans would naturally be unhappy. I think we would be less likely to have warm relations and an early trade deal if this is downgraded. Especially when all the signals from the white house, the bullying of these State Occasions is wanted and what has been ordered up on this occasion. The glamour of these State Occasions. There is a question of timing. The precise date has not been nailed down. That might slip somewhere into the autumn to take somewhere into the autumn to take some of the heat out of this particular controversy. It feels like a lot of finger pointing is going on about who made the actual decision for the invitation to be put out there. Looking at previous president s how has it happened . Not all previous president s have had a state visit. What consideration goes into it and who makes the final call . It is quite rare for a us president to get a state visit. Only two have had them in the reign of the queen. Wombles President Obama and one was george bush. One was President Obama. All of those love ins with Margaret Thatcher and ronald reagan, they were official visits. Perfectly good visits but not technically state visit with all the formality of State Banquets and process it involves. Normally this is quite a long time. It is over a year these things are planned. A committee looks at it. But the key point to understand it is at the request of the government. The queen hangs on the advice of the government of the day. The government of the day. The government decides whether or not these things happen. It is the Prime Minister, the government who makes these decisions. Obviously people that have come on previous state visits have included robert mcgarvey, Nicolae Ceausescu among others. Robert mcgarvey. What about the diplomatic influence and the importance of trade, as well . They are a Weapon British diplomacy to promote british interests. Not because the queen thinks she would like to meet this trump feller and see what he is like. These things happen for a purpose. The reason the queen saw so happen for a purpose. The reason the queen saw so many happen for a purpose. The reason the queen saw so many ghastly tyrants in the 60s and 70s is because at the time they were considered to be cold war allies. The president of indonesia, former president of the democratic republic of congo, they we re democratic republic of congo, they were not particularly nice people, huge internal repression was known about at the time but we were there to support a legend allies. Famously in 1971 the emperor of japan to support a legend allies. Famously in 1971 the emperor ofjapan was invited and he was the japanese wartime leader. Very controversial. The purpose of that was an act of reconciliation to stop the process of bringingjapan reconciliation to stop the process of bringing japan start the process of bringing them back into the community of nations in the post war years. Many veterans of the conflict had suffered so much and they wore red gloves representing they wore red gloves representing the blood of comrades. As the procession went down the street they turned their backs. The idea a state visit has nothing to do with politics and isnt controversial is not borne out by facts. Thanks, james. The prospect of the uk leaving the European Union will move a step closer today when mps begin debating the bill that will give theresa may the authority to trigger article 50. The government was forced to draw up the legislation after being over ruled in the Supreme Court. Some labour mps and the snp have said theyll vote against the measure. Despitejeremy despite Jeremy Corbyn despiteJeremy Corbyn urging his mps not to vote against it. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. There will be five days of argument in the House Of Commons. We can expect plenty of arguments with Something Like 100 or more amendments having been a table. There will be an argument about the pace of the legislation and an argument about the lack so far of a white paper. But the expectation is the end of the process will have mrs may getting her bill in her timetable. In other words it will be passed by the end of march. Joining me at critics of the prime lists brexit approach, including nicky morgan. And chris leslie. The problem is people like you will not vote against the legislation. There is that minor thing of the referendum which is a big thing. It was the democratic outcome. However, what is happening is as the Supreme Court said, this bill, the article 50 trigger, is now put in front of parliament and there is a need to make a judgment about the Prime Ministers plan. It is clear she is going down the route of Hard Brexit Andl going down the route of hard brexit and i cannot bring myself to endorse that by voting in favour of the bill. Instead i think we have to try and salvage all those aspects of the best things about european alliances, the Single Market, making sure we have tariff free trade, and thatis sure we have tariff free trade, and that is why we have so many amendments because it is a big decision. Nicky morgan, this might be your one and only chance to stop brexit. There is no definite chance would get a vote down the line to revisit it so if you are going to oppose you will have to do it now. There are a number of issues. The Prime Minster said mps will get a vote at the end of the process. This isa vote at the end of the process. This is a process to start negotiation to trigger the notice. I have already said in the house i think it is different and separate from both negotiations we set out in the white paper which we pushed for which the government conceded last week, building on the Prime Ministers speech. We have negotiations coming and that is not to say mps will not be scrutinising the bill very heavily. And asking for more detail about how parliament will continue to be involved. One key amendment being put down is the idea of a meaningful vote. In other words mrs may has to get the approval of parliament before she agrees a deal and not afterwards. Do you support that . Many of us will be pressing on that. I would like to hear what david davis and the Prime Minister will say on that. Our constituents expect us to talk about this process is not just now expect us to talk about this process is notjust now and in the next six weeks but Going Forward negotiations. I have e mails pouring into my inbox from people with views on the negotiations and the approach to brexit. They expect me to speak up to brexit. They expect me to speak upfor to brexit. They expect me to speak up for them to brexit. They expect me to speak upforthem in to brexit. They expect me to speak up for them in the next two years and then to have a say at the end of the process. What do you say, chris leslie, to those who say that the moment is giving mps an opportunity to block the democratic result in the referendum . To block the democratic result in the referendum . To veto the deal done by mrs may . There was only one question on the ballot paper. Do we remain all leave the eu . But it was silent on other massive ramifications of withdrawing. This bill is much more important than the maastricht bill, the lisbon treaty, the Amsterdam Treaty all rolled into one. It is about a potential severance from these massive agreements. We have a responsibility to ask questions. I would like to ta ke to ask questions. I would like to take us away from the hard brexit route. It is an absolute outrage the governed by going to try and curtail the debate in the Committee Stage when we can do these amendments to just three days. A ridiculously short period of time. Thanks very much indeed. We are going to have five days of debate in the House Of Commons and then it moves to the House Of Lords. One interesting thing last night, members of the House Of Lords were told the government hopes to have it through the House Of Lords by The 7th Of March, well before mrs mays end of march, well before mrs mays end of march deadline, which maybe underlines a sense of confidence in government circles they can get this through and possibly get it through quickly. Studio norman, thank you. Lets look at some of todays other developing stories. A french Canadian Student has appeared in court in quebec, charged with the murder of six muslim worshippers who were shot dead at a mosque on sunday. Alexandre bissonnette, whos 27, did not speak during his court appearance. He faces six counts of murder and five of attempted murder. Vigils have been held across canada in memory of those killed. Borrowing slowed for the first time in five months according to figures from the bank of england. Some economists say it might be a sign households might be reining in spending as last years brexit boat pushed up inflation. Last year British Consumers recorded the fastest growth in spending among the worlds richest economies. A think tank claims the government plans for creating more apprenticeships in england might turn out to be a waste of public money. The Institute For Fiscal Studies warns the new apprenticeship drive wont provide highly paid staff and is just an exercise in hitting targets. The Education Department said it will enable millions of people to receive high quality training. A report by mps has described Housing Conditions for Asylum Seekers in the uk as disgraceful. The Home Affairs Committee says people have been living in dirty accommodation infested with vermin. The home office has said it worked closely with the companies responsible to ensure accommodation was safe, habitable, and adequately equipped. A network of wildlife traffickers, selling Baby Chimpanzees as pets, has been exposed by a year long bbc news investigation. The Research Uncovered a notorious west african hub for wildlife trafficking, and led to the rescue of a one year old chimp. The animals are seized from the wild and sold through corrupt officials and middlemen for about £10,000 each. Scientists say they may have found the oldest Human Ancestor a microscopic sea creature, with a bag like body and a big mouth. Theyve been studying fossilised traces of the 540 million year old creature, in china. The sea animal is the earliest known step on the evolutionary path that led to fish and eventually to humans. For a full summary of the news you can go to our website where youll be able to get more details on all the days top stories. The headlines on bbc Newsroom LivePresident Trump has sacked the acting us Attorney General, accusing her of betrayal after she refused to enforce his travel ban a former senior Civil Servant has said a state visit by President Trump this year puts the queen in a difficult position. Mps will today debate the governments bill to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union. Sutton united, the lowest ranked side in the fa cup have a glamorous tie with the 12 time winners arsenal in the fifth round. They are one of two non league teams remaining in the draw. Transfer deadline day is today. Premier League Spending is expected to reach Record Levels. £150 million has already been spent and activity today is expected to ta ke and activity today is expected