joining me tonight andrew fisherformer joining me tonight andrew fisher former director policy for the labour party deceit —— party and the former lieutenant governor of california. a great panel and looking for to talking to them both but first look to check on the latest bbc news. french politicians have asked the government in a no government —— and a confidence about leaving months of turmoil of government in france michel barnier the first prime minister to be dismissed this way since 1962: devote after michel barnier uses special powers to force his controversial social security reforms. a senior health industry boss has been fatally shotin industry boss has been fatally shot in new york, bryan thompson 850 come the chief executive of united healthcare was shot in the in midtown manhattan early wednesday morning. police are searching

for the government and they believe the shooting was a targeted killing. there are of an angry demonstrations again in the south korean capital a day after white made a bungled attempt to impose martial law protesters braving freezing temperatures to march on the national office and national assembly. in the national crime agency has disrupted a money laundering scheme between russia and british drug dealers money sent to moscow to be exchanged for crypto currency stolen read somewhere attacks 84 people have been arrested including 71 here in the uk. the nca and its partners have seized £20 million. if you are joining us now welcome to the programme. less than three months after he was appointed the french government has tonight collapsed. translation: my dear colleagues, _ translation: my dear colleagues, the - translation: my dear colleagues, the session translation: my dear- colleagues, the session has started again, here is the

result of the vote, the majority of translation: my dear colleagues, the session has started again, here is the result of the vote. the majority for the adoption of the motion, 288, for, 331. the majority required the first motion of ascension is adopted. we don't need to adopt the second one. the conclusions of the mixed commission on the project are considered to be rejected given the adoption and given article 50 of the constitution, the prime minister must present the resignation of the government to the president. the french prime minister michel barnier losing the no—confidence vote in the national assembly tabled by the left—wing alliance supported by the hard right national rally of marine le pen. there is no when he or she told the french media. i when he or she told the french media. ., u, , when he or she told the french media. ., _, , , media. i did not consider this to be a victory. _ media. i did not consider this to be a victory. i _ media. i did not consider this to be a victory. i consider - to be a victory. i consider that we had a twist to make in

the choice we made was to protect the french. michel barnier me three promises promising physicaljustice promising physicaljustice promising an additional 40 billion in additional taxes promising to control public accounts the deficit worse and, he had promised to co—construct the budget with the opposition and he did not listen to the opposition when he constructed his budget. consequently, this budget was toxic for the french and the only dignified solution for those given the mandate to protect them was to oppose this budget. protect them was to oppose this bud . et. . , budget. the last time the assembly _ budget. the last time the assembly brought - budget. the last time the assembly brought on - budget. the last time the assembly brought on the | assembly brought on the government was 1962. the fifth republic was supposed to prevent this. for now i make his ministers will stay on in a caretaker role only, but the 60 billion euros of savings he tried to force through in budget cuts and taxes will fall with him. president macron says he will address the nation tomorrow but it is already unsettling the markets, the french deficit twice the size of what is allowed under eu rules the overall debt at 110%

of national income with the interest on that debt rising. as for president macron, this is his third prime minister and a year. he cannot call fresh parliamentary elections until july, he needs someone who can command a majority long enough to pass a budget. of what the coalition will look like? it's anyone's guess. 0ur colleague mark loman is following from paris. . . , ., paris. france has been thrown into political— paris. france has been thrown into political crisis _ paris. france has been thrown into political crisis and - into political crisis and economic instability by this vote. it is the first time since 1962 that a french prime minister has been brought down by a parliamentary vote of confidence and michel barnier becomes the shortest serving prime minister of france's fifth republic which began in 1958. so he's not going to have to tender his resignation to president macron we understand that the president says that he wants to name a successive prime minister within the next 24 hours, but who will be able to command a majority inside

this place, inside parliament which is fractious, fragmented, divided and angry and really, many people believing france is ungovernable now. it isjust many people believing france is ungovernable now. it is just so polarised. there is talk that there could be a technocratic government, could there be someone from the left to try to get votes from the right, it is just a very, very unclear and all the while, the economic woes of france continued to mount because they country now with the deficit twice the level of the eu limit. it will have a 6% budget deficit this year so that is two times what the eu mandates. it is what michel barnier was trying to produce in this budget which he tried to pass through parliament, it has been voted down along with his government. and also huge questions over france's position at the moment internationally because this all comes in while there are wars on the doorsteps of europe in ukraine in the middle east less than seven weeks until donald trump takes office in the white house in which europe will be called upon to provide

unity and step up as a counterbalance to the unpredictability we are expecting from donald trump. so a very, very difficult time for france to be in this political crisis and a lot of blame being placed at the feet of emmanuel macron for leading people to this point a lot of people calling for his resignation, he said he's not going anyway and serving out the rest of his term until 2027 and said anyone entertaining the alternative would be living in a world of political fiction.— would be living in a world of political fiction. thank you to mark for that. _ political fiction. thank you to mark for that. andrew - political fiction. thank you to | mark for that. andrew fisher, let me read you what a long time national assembly figure told us in the last hour saying, "i will tell you frankly that those who voted to throw michel barnier, the will to get rid of emmanuel macron so they will do everything to push them out, we are entering a very difficult time". he may be right about marine le pen's intentions and her ultimate ambition but is the hard left that have urged president

hezbollah resigned tonight and halt early presidential elections. what you make of it? first of all let's correct that. it's the left is not the hard left. the new popular front is a coalition of social democrats... front is a coalition of social democrats. . ._ front is a coalition of social democrats... ., ., democrats... you would disagree shootinu democrats... you would disagree shooting the _ democrats... you would disagree shooting the socialist _ democrats... you would disagree shooting the socialist and - shooting the socialist and jean—luc? shooting the socialist and jean-lud— shooting the socialist and jean-luc? , ., ., , ., jean-luc? he is a socialist and he is in coalition _ jean-luc? he is a socialist and he is in coalition with - jean-luc? he is a socialist and he is in coalition with greens, l he is in coalition with greens, democrats and socialist and a small communist party as well... �* , ., small communist party as well... �* ' well... but he is a different -a well... but he is a different party to _ well... but he is a different party to the _ well... but he is a different party to the socialists? - well... but he is a different party to the socialists? he | well... but he is a different. party to the socialists? he is a socialist. _ party to the socialists? he is a socialist. there _ party to the socialists? he is a socialist. there is - party to the socialists? he is a socialist. there is a - a socialist. there is a historic socialist party which is actually socialist democratic rather than socialist in france which gives very few books nowadays, but the coalition that he leaves one the last parliamentary elections and the convention in france has been the president appoints the prime minister from the largest bloc in parliament, that was not done and he appointed michel barnier who represents which only has a

group representing 45 mps in the french that one led by jean—luc has 193. i'm economic any concessions to the left, the largest bloc in the parliament and try to appease the part —— far right and did not succeed in appeasing marine le pen and then could not get his budget through and put it through by decree. this is not the actions of a democratic president or democratic prime minister and that is why they have been ousted and brought us entirely on themselves. aha, entirely on themselves. a really good point and i take it, the negotiations that went on given that they were the largest bloc and being excluded from that. that said, they would not have voted for the budget that michel barnier and the president presumably thanks, needs to be pushed through, it is an austerity budget i've set up the numbers for you, they are running a deficit that is twice what they should be running, the event a data hundred and 10% the size national income, something has

to give. national income, something has to cive. , to give. the put in context, one to 1096 _ to give. the put in context, one to 1096 is _ to give. the put in context, one to 1096 is about - to give. the put in context, one to 1096 is about what i to give. the put in context, | one to 1096 is about what the to give. the put in context, - one to 1096 is about what the uk one to 10% is about what the uk is at just one to 10% is about what the uk is atjust over 100% and in the us is over 125—1 to 30% and in japan it's over 250% to 110% may sound like a lot, it's not big in terms of the g7 and it's pretty much in the middle possibly towards the lower end. so it's not in a perilous financial state. so it's not in a perilous financialstate. i so it's not in a perilous financial state. i don't think we need to overemphasize that. let me bring you in, because there are big echoes in what is going on with washington in the moment there is a budget that must be passed by the year end and i listen to republicans saying we must cut the debt and people out there certainly want something done about the cost of living, but they don't want to give up some of the benefits that they have, so what gives in the united states? i that they have, so what gives in the united states?- in the united states? i can tell you. — in the united states? i can tell you, here _ in the united states? i can tell you, here in _ in the united states? i can tell you, here in america l in the united states? i can - tell you, here in america we've had some — tell you, here in america we've had some wins, that were had rinsed — had some wins, that were had rinsed towards us that made things— rinsed towards us that made things difficult for us and get to make _ things difficult for us and get to make some big changes and

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