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the end of the console? plus, a british designed hypercar. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is preparing to launch the conservative manifesto in the next few hours which will pledge not to raise the rate of income tax, national insurance or vat. the prime minister will also say he wants to bring his brexit deal back to the commons before christmas, if the conservatives are returned to power. our political correspondent, nick eardley reports. what would he do with power? this afternoon, borisjohnson will unveil the conservative manifesto. his basic message deliver brexit and move onto domestic priorities. he will pledge that the bill that will deliver brexit will be brought back to parliament before christmas if he wins the election. that, he says, would allow the country to move on. so what will the conservatives do on the home front? they will pledge today not to raise rates of income tax, national insurance, or vat. that ll make it harder for the gov
press secretary did about just why this this 21 year old air national guardsman was allowed, apparently to have access to such classified material and what pentagon press secretary writer told reporters that essentially the military and trust highly classified information to people of all ages, including very young service members, essentially depends on what your job is and what you need to do that job. he gave the example of course of very young service members at leading people into combat. he said that basically it doesn t matter what your age is. it is just the job that you need to do. and so the pentagon did say, however, that they are taking steps to mitigate any potential leaks like this in the future. they are limiting the amount of information, for example, that they are disseminating widely across the u. s government. we have been told that people who were receiving these kinds of highly classified documents over the last several months have simply stopped receivin
hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament, the main news from westminster. there is a sombre mood in the commons as mps debate the prospect for a workable deal in northern ireland. the solution to the current impasse is crucial to the economic and social, as well as political, welfare, of the children of northern ireland. the scottish parliament voted in favour of a second referendum on independence. the first minister says brexit has changed everything. much that we have come to take for granted over, certainly, most of my lifetime, the freedom just is one example to travel easily across europe is now up for negotiation, with outcomes that are at this point deeply uncertain. and tobias ellwood, who tried to save pc keith palmer s life, responds to the many tributes he s received. can i make it clear that i was one of many that stepped forward on that dark day and our thoughts and prayers remain with those families and friends of the victims, including our own pc keith palme
how many close calls she had before this happened overnight. also yes, he s asleep at the wheel, folks. donald trump and the other gop candidates gearing up for tonight s presidential debate in south carolina. we have the latest for you. a good preview of that. also, we re talking about the weather, brooks, a little bit warmer than it has been in the mornings, but today going to be kind of mild. absolutely. yesterday we had warm, southwest winds. today the winds will be more northerly. good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us. 8:01. 51-degrees outside. live view downtown. gorgeous, gorgeous morning shaping up. we ll see tons of that mid-february sunshine, and man, that s going to be a nice day, and nice weekend. wait until you see the 7-day forecast. 58 in orlando. right around the i-10 corridor. there s just a reinforcing shot of some cool air coming in to play. look at the satellite perspective. sunny skies as far as you can see for the most part. it s going