good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n
Aligned with political parties, i think it is a recipe for disaster. 30 years in law enforcement experience, i have a lot of experience, let me do my job. when you have political pressure, affecting how i make decisions, that s a recipe for disaster. so that meant that the national guard couldn t get there sooner. because it was structured with the capitol police board, the federal law at the time, that required to go to them to get the national, the police board approval, to bring in the guard, to get backup, it created one of denial on january 3rd and a delay on january 6th? why is that? why is this the only police force in the country that has to go through this? that is what congress wanted. they passed a law. the only police chief in the united states that has a federal law to bring in police forces. do you expect that to change at any point? they changed during an emergency, the chief of police can bring in federal resources, they did that in december 2021 but they ma