But its still not far enough. Ten months ago, britain stood on the edge of the precipice. A vote for brexit said the government would be disastrous. The hit to the uk economy would be so great, there would be spending cuts and tax rises, almost immediately. Well, what a difference ten months on. As the country prepares to start the brexit process, phillip hammond, todays chancellor of the exchequer, was sounding a very different tone. I report today on an economy that has continued to confound the commentators with robust growth. A Labour Market delivering record employment and a deficit down by over two thirds. As we start negotiations to exit the european union, this budget takes forward our plan to prepare britain for a brighterfuture. And the reason for this cautious optimism is the growth rate for the uk economy for 2017 it has been revised upwards from 1. 4 to 2 , while employment is forecast to grow every year to 2021. Far from the immediate recession predicted by remain campaig
congress should establish an independent commission that has the staff, resources, and single minded focus necessary to investigate this matter. most important, as the events of this week demonstrate, an independent commission will be able to conduct its work insulated from any political interference. this comes after a week of drama on capitol hill over the investigation. cnn s jessica schneider has details. reporter: the house intelligence committee has become the center of a partisan fight. the top democrat and republican now pointing fingers at each other as they investigate russian meddling into the election and president trump s wiretap allegations. now the focus shifts to what new information chairman nunes has that he s not yet sharing and what three trump associates will say when they go on the record. paul manafort, carter page, and roger stone are already under fbi investigation for their contacts with russians known to u.s. intelligence. now they say they ll go before
surveilled. and this comes as three 40 trump aides say they re willing now to testify before that house intel committee. cnn s jessica schneider with what that means. christi and victor, the house intelligence committee has become the center of a partisan fight. the top republican and republican pointing fifthers at each other as they investigate russia meddling into the election. and president trump s wiretap allegations. now, the focus shifts to what new information chairman nunes has that he s not sharing and what the three trump associates will say. reporter: paul manafort, carter page and roger stone are already under fbi investigation for contacts with russians known to intelligence. paul manafort, donald trump s compare chairman resigned. a spokesman said manafort looks forward to those meeting forward to those conducting serious
claim by the president of the united states, that president obama, the former president spied on him. let s get right to pamela brown with more. pamela? it was certainly a remarkable day in washington with the bombshell announcement by fbi director james comey that the fbi is investigating possible coordination between trump campaign associates and russians during the election. and director comey even put himself at adds with the white house when he knocked down president trump s wiretap allegations. fbi director james comey wasting no time dropping this bombshell near the beginning of the hearing. the fbi as part of our counter intelligence mission is investigating the russian government s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian
official presidential tweet. it started with the president s personal one and then the official one which comey debunked in realtime. then sean spicer said it s not true, and at the same time when it comes to the wiretap allegations, sean spicer said the jury is still out. he also went onto talk about the leaks and the obama administration. director comey told the house intelligence committee that certain political appointees in the obama administration had access to the names of unmasked citizens. such as senior white house officials, senior intelligence officials. before president obama left office michael flynn was unmasked and then illegally his identity was leaked out to media outlets. despite the fact that as the nsa