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>> we are joined next from whoon by aubrey l and ready covers parliament and other issues. thanks for joining us this morning. tell us what the house of commons voted on yesterday, the two issues that they voted on. >> good morning. yes, there were two major issues yesterday. the first one was to delay this ideal of a no deal brexit. we made it to take control of the agenda and suspend the parliamentary rules, only the government can create law. they managed to pass legislation to do that in a single day. that looks like it is now headed
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to the upper house. we expect that to pass late tomorrow. the second major vote that happened yesterday was called by the prime minister boris johnson. he wants an early general thinks it'sause he the only way to break the deadlock and essentially packed the house of commons with more mps who support him. >> but none of this delays the october 31 deadline day for brexit, does it? >> absolutely not. are successful in getting the legislation through tomorrow to try to delay no deal, what that law will do is force boris johnson to ask to delay brexit. it gives no guarantee that brussels for the 27 e.u. leaders will actually do that. for ise they have asked the first of january, 2020. >> the house of commons voted
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down the pitch to have snapped elections. does that mean there won't be any elections in the near future in the u.k.? >> there definitely will be a general election fairly soon and the government here is preparing to try again. the opposition party is very keen on a general election. the only reason they haven't had one yet is because of this and i know deal legislation. if it's not passed possibly on friday, i'm sure they will be more than happy to back a general election. the 15th,s october very soon. but the opposition party might be keen to have a longer campaign if the threat of that brexit deadline on the 31st of october is moved forward. we can have a general election. joining us from london with an update on a very busy day yesterday in the house of commons and that legislation moves to the house of lords.
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thanks so much. >> chris brown is the president of --, you may have noted before as part of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. chris brown, welcome to the program. tell us about what your main focus is, i should ask. >> brady was started by jim and sarah brady. jim brady served as ronald reagan's press secretary. he and his wife dedicated the rest of their lives to the enactment of federal legislation to expand background checks and after six years and seven votes, in 1993, they got the brady law enacted. >> and your experience with that goes back to being a senior legislative assistant with commerce and jim moran back in the 1990's with sort of a direct path to where you are today with brady. guest: with some breaks in between, yes. i'm l

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