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theresa may is in the us tonight. charming senior republicans with a speech in philadelphia and stressing the historic ties between the uk and the us. her messages on leadership, free trade and shared values went down well with her audience. tomorrow the diplomacy might get trickier. in the commons before she left for philadelphia, politicians of all stripes were queuing up to offer her advice, but she has to walk a tightrope. if she d listened to the majority of them she would have a list of grievances in her briefcase, everything from human rights to climate change to misogyny. in fact, the new president has offered the hope that we might have a closer relationship than over the last eight years after all, he wants a new trade deal and he s a big fan of brexit. our diplomatic editor mark urban is here. what was the tone of her speech? it was reaching out for what a lot of people in downing street sea as a big political opportunity in the uk, but problematic as his ....
where mps are debating for a second day, a bill which would allow the prime minister to formally start the process of leaving the eu. the government is expected to win a vote on the legislation when it is held tonight at 7pm, despite opposition from some labour rebels plus the liberal democrats and the snp. we have been hearing more impassioned debates this afternoon as we did yesterday. let s hear a segment of it from the former chancellor, george osborne. truth is that while britain is seeking the maximum possible access to the single market for goods and for services, and while we hope that the fact that we have a trade deficit and a very important financial centre will count in our favour, the government has chosen andi favour, the government has chosen and i respect this decision, not to make the economy the priority in this negotiation. they have prioritised immigration control and that was a clear message from the referendum campaign and they ve also prioritised ....
day, a bill which would allow the prime minister to formally start the process of leaving the eu. the government is expected to win the vote on the legislation when it is held tonight despite opposition from some labour rebels plus the liberal democrats and the snp. we have been hearing from the former chancellor, george osborne. the truth is that while britain is seeking the maximum possible access to the single market for goods and for services, and while we hope that the fact that we have a trade deficit and a very important financial centre will count in our favour, the government has chosen and i respect this decision, not to make the economy the priority in this negotiation. they have prioritised immigration control and that was a clear message from the referendum campaign and they ve also prioritised removing european court ofjustice jurisdiction from the united kingdom and in that sense asserting parliamentary sovereignty. the snp s angus macneil has also been s ....
of reassurance to eu leaders, saying that his country remains committed to continued cooperation. and what a night ahead for non league sutton united, as they host premier league giants arsenal in the fa cup. it s five o clock, our main story: members of the house of lords have begun debating the legislation that will allow the government to begin the process of withdrawing the uk from the european union. in a mark of the significance of the debate, theresa may was present. the leader of the house, baroness evans, said she was confident the lords would not ignore the result of the referendum and the vote in the commons. joining me from the house of commons lobby is our political correspondent leila nathoo. 100 peers want to talk, what have we been hearing? this is a first chance we have heard to hear from been hearing? this is a first chance we have heard to hearfrom peers, a range of views this afternoon, both supporters and opponents of brexit and the government s pla ....
so proud of the bravery of pc keith palmer, so grateful for what he did to keep us safe and i would like to add my tribute to all the policing here at westminster and the parliamentary staff who acted with such calmness and professionalism yesterday, and i would like to pay tribute to the emergency trauma team at kings college hospital who are caring the injured. this was an horrific crime and it has cost lives and caused injury, but as an act of terror, it has failed. it has failed because we are here and we are going to go about our business. it has failed because despite the trauma that they witnessed outside their windows, our staff are here and they are getting on with their work. it failed because as the prime minister so failed because as the prime minister so rightly said, we are not going to allow this to be used as a pretext for division, hatred and islamophobia. this democracy is strong and this parliament is robust. this was an horrific crime but as an act o ....