withdraw a controversial initiative to strip an independent ethics committee of its powers. and, going full circle. how vinyl is making a comeback, hitting a 25 year high. the uk s most senior diplomat to the european union has quit, just weeks after warning it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union following brexit. sir ivan rogers resignation comes less than three months before the government expects to start formal talks on leaving the eu. his comments put him at the centre of a political row, with leave campaigners accusing him of being unduly pessimistic on brexit, while others argue he was simply reporting the mood in brussels. here s our political correspondent carole walker. voiceover: behind the darkened windows, at the prime minister s side, as she arrived at last month s eu summit, sir ivan rogers tried to keep a low profile. but his warning that it could take the uk ten years to get a new eu trade deal overshadowed what was already a di
recent decades has encouraged bad actors around the world to break their word. we cannot afford to ignore violations of international accords as we have done with iran. we cannot continue to accept empty promises like the ones china has made to pressure north korea to reform only to shy away from enforcement. looking the other way, when trust is broken, only encourages more bad behaviour. and it must end. we cannot be accountable if we are not truthful and honest in our dealings. as you are aware, my long standing involvement with the boy scouts of america, one of our bedrock ideals is honestly and indeed the phrase, on my honour begins the boy scout oath and it must underline our foreign policy. we need to be honest about radical islam. it is with good reason that our fellow citizens have concerns about a radical islam. radical islam poses a grave risk to the stability of nations and the well being of their citizens. powerful digital media platforms now allow isis, al-qaed
of extraordinary political drama on capitol hill, as the republicans tried and failed to put their health ca re tried and failed to put their health care legislation to a vote, early morning, the big question was, did they have the support to get the bill across the line? after intense last minute discussions between speaker paul ryan and donald trump, just minutes before the planned vote, the president called the speaker and told them to pull it. a little earlier, donald trump had this to say: we had no democrat support, no votes from the democrats, they were not going to give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to do. give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to dolj give us a single vote, so it is a very difficult thing to do. i have been saying for the last year and a half, the best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode, it is exploding right now. many state have big problems, almost all states have big problems. i was in
on the way with more rain in the extreme weather center. and the rain continues this saturday here in washington. hope it s a little drier where you are at home. i m leland vittert. elizabeth: great to be with you, i m elizabeth prann. voters in france will have a runoff that will have a global impact. one campaign trying to deal with fallout after claims it was the victim of a massive and coordinated hacking attack designed to destabilize the election. the french are about in a 48 hour blackout period before the vote takes place. greg palkot is in paris, france with the latest. hi, greg. hi, elizabeth. taking a page out of the u.s. election playbook, the leader here in this presidential elections here in france has been hit by a massive cyber
attack. thousands of e-mails and documents seized have the computers of campaign safer of emmanuel macron, they were posted online. while moist of the material is kind of mundane, it is combined according to authorities today, with fake news
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downplayed what angered critics in the first place. good morning, welcome to early start. i m christine romans. t. 1:00 a.m. in phoenix and for those who think it s the liberal media criticizing the president s speech, the standard saying quote, the president was whining about unfair treatment in washington, unde