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downing street says theresa may was told about a trident missile test carried out injune last year when she became prime minister the following month. but number 10 wouldn t confirm or deny reports that the unarmed missile had malfunctioned and veered off course. the defence secretary will now make a statement to parliament this afternoon following pressure from labour and the snp and accusations of a cover up. a short time ago our chief political correspondent vicki young spoke to the snp‘s brendan o hara, who says that the prime minister must have known about the trident test. a lot of questions to be answered today at the regular briefing for journalists. in tend, the prime minister s official spokeswoman said the capability of the missile is unquestionable. theresa may said she had been briefed about the operation itself although she wouldn t say whether theresa may was told about the missile misfiring. let s discuss this more, i m joined the missile misfiring. ....
the main news in westminster, thejudges have spoken. it s up to parliament to make a decision on triggering brexit. i can announce today that we will shortly introduce legislation allowing the government to move ahead with invoking article 50, which starts the formal process of withdrawing from the european union. some mps want to be clear about what they are voting for. i would like a white paper which we can debate. it will bring us together, i would say to my right honourable friend. what does my right honourable friend have to lose with a debate on it? also on the programme, the government is refusing to talk about a failed trident missile test, but there are other sources. i could phone up mr putin can i did a favour for him once rescuing his submariners when they were drowning and i m sure he would tell me. i surely would know the date. but first, the supreme court has ruled that parliament would need formal approval before leaving the european union. explaining t ....
saying, oh, no, never mind that, you re fired. to be clear to the viewers, we don t have the reporting confirmed that you re sharing with us. but that s obviously something we re trying to get information, answers to the white house, the justice department not commenting specifically on this firing. but let s talk a little bit more about bharara, his role here in new york, and really when it comes to litigation on such a large scale that impacts the country. he was not necessarily in just a routine post. so he gets called in the southern district of new york, called the sovereign district of new york. because it s a huge orbit. rudy giuliani was there. comey from the fbi. bhrara is looking at the mayor of new york city, has this ongoing corruption probe. he s about to try two of andrew cuomo s closest confidantes. and looking at things international in scope. really big and interesting. in addition to the fox thing i mentioned, significantly. he has an investigation excu ....
i think in many ways our institutions are under assault, both externally, and that is the big news here. russian interference in our election system. and i think as well, our institutions are under assault internally? internally from the president? exactly. in high gear add in the meantime, jeff sessions, the attorney general, and his deputy interviewed eight candidates, the acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, john cornyn, alice fisher who was in the justice department years ago. judge michael garcia, federal judge from virginia, henry hudson. adam lee who is the head of the fbi virginia. mike rogers from michigan, he is supported by an association of fbi agents paid a lot of people think he has the inside track. they interviewed former bush security advisor frances umbrella of the u.s. global health fund which will probably by a factor of at least ten, probably more increase the amount of money that is covered by that policy. heather: just another monday on cap ....
we re going to continue our breaking news live coverage of this. i wanted to amplify for you what andrea was just telling you about the wadirector comey former director comey found out about this, the new york times account of this is just stunning. he was addressing a group of fbi employees in los angeles when the television in the background flashed the news that he had been fired. in response, mr. comey laughed. he said he thought it was a fairly funny prank. and then his staff started securing around in the background, told mr. comey that he should step into a nearby office. mr. comey stopped addressing the group. he proceeded to shake hands with the employees he had been speaking to and he stepped into a side office where he confirmed that he had been fired. at that point, he had not heard from the white house. shortly after that, rachel, after all of that, it s been on television, a letter from the president was delivered to the fbi s headquarters just 7 blocks from ....