britain has stepped significantly closer to leaving the european union parliament has given its final approval to a crucial law allowing the government to trigger brexit. mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. this from our political correspondent, chris mason. so, it was the final stage of the whole process of getting a law to give the british prime minister, theresa may, permission to say to brussels that the uk is going to leave the european union. now, you might think, well, that s a bit odd. didn t british people vote to leave the european union almost a year ago, so why couldn t she have just done it anyway? well, there was a challenge in the courts, that decided that there had to be this law for the brexit process to start. that took place a couple of months ago. since then, the legislatio
in business: free to fire the brexit starting gun, but how prepared is the uk economy? we make sense of the latest data. the waiting game. toshiba shares plunge in tokyo, as it delays its results announcement for a second time. britain has stepped significantly closer to leaving the european union. parliament has given its final approval to a crucial law that allows the government to trigger brexit. mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk, and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. here is our political correspondent chris mason. contents, 118. not contents, 274. so the knot contends have it. with those words, the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debate here in the house of lords and in the house of commons, are for now at least, done. what came very clearly
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
One to two feet in some places. it is already adding up. you can see the radar there. philadelphia has had heavy snow for hours. you will, though, by about 9:00 p.m. start to see that rain/snow line and some mix, some sleet get in there. in new york city, long island, it appears we re going to stay right on that snowy side. so i do think 8 to 14 inches is still possible. go north and northwest into the poconos, the hudson valley, parts of western connecticut and massachusetts, you re going to end up with a foot and a half and in some places up to two feet of snow. and as you said, the wind, gusts up to 50 miles per hour. we re going to see some damage potentially to trees and power lines, because this is going to be heavy and wet. it will be out of here by tomorrow night. david? but as you point out, real power concerns. all right, ginger zee with us, where the snow has already started tonight. thank you. the nor easter hitting at this hour, moving quickly as ginger pointed out. it
The president had notecards from his national security advisers, in capital letters written do not congratulate putin. he did it anyway. breaking news tonight involving president trump s attorney general who fired andrew mccabe. what mccabe was allegedly investigating about jeff sessions. and the frightening moment, a passenger attacking the driver of a city bus while he was driving today. good evening, as we come on the air in the west tonight. and we are following two massive storm systems. the one slamming the west, and we re there at this hour. we also have this massive nor easter hitting in the east, affecting travel coast to coast tonight. growing stronger throughout the day, and there is more coming this evening. the massive storm seen from space tonight, stretching right up the coast. heavy snow falling up to a foot in some places and counting at this hour. treacherous driving. multiple accidents, this tractor trailer right off the road in virginia. flights grounded at