minister david davis was the first to burst the bubble he caused aren't draw in brussels after indicating the u.k. could legally back out of everything promised in phase one this was a statement of intent more than anything else it was much more so that it was a legally enforceable in all opinion that is really undermining. the trust that is necessary in such negotiations the ghost of bricks it future is also hanging over this summit phase one was tough enough but phase two is expected to be even tougher with the u.k.'s future relationship with the e.u. still to be hammered out let us remember that the most difficult challenge is still ahead we all know that breaking go up is hard. but breaking up that. much. and to make things less to reason may have been forced to give parliament evasion on any final deal potentially derailing a future agreement all in all the prospects of what's ahead is drawing very little

christmas cheer of course nothing is agreed until everything is a. that's right and it course begs the question will santa claus become a new teresa they tell and they don't answer that yeah break down this break that break up john worth joining me here at the big table he is a leading briggs analyst and blogger and a self described e.u. citizen with a u.k. passport it's good to have you back on the day the one about to resume a you know i don't i don't know if he's going to go all the presents from santa claus but is she still in control of bricks it the question is she ever really fully been in control breaks it she's essentially been kind of trying to deny the house of commons a say over her break that will proceed and ultimately should all stop battle this week when the house of commons reasserted itself and said hang on a minute to reason why you can't just go ahead with this in your way alone we're going to control you to a certain extent i think some of the reaction is

a slightly overdone it was always going to be a rocky ride to this was never going to be a celebration this summit in brussels and so it's made to reason that makes life a little bit more difficult but i think what paul meant to this week was ultimately a good thing you think was a good thing i mean we've had people say it's parliamentary democracy at work we've also had people say that it is a prime minister who has been humiliated and put in her place well to a certain extent but the thing is that she knew this was going to be coming this sort of pressure this rebellion has been mounting been mounting for months in palm and she's already put off these votes won so they're meant to take place already back in and about terrible you can use it this is her own fault the one thing so she doesn't she ultimately has to try to keep a fractious party together which is not a very easy thing to do because. ultimately if she keeps the bricks radicals happy the moderate ones are unhappy and in the end in the end is as annoyed them older ones as ok but what about what about the sanity of the british parliament i mean with this vote last night basically what they're saying is she can go over to

brussels if she can make a deal and come back and they can say no we veto i mean you can they literally do that that they could they could shatter every deal that's made but ultimately that's not how it's going to play out fear rhetoric about what could happen but ultimately what it's going to mean is at each stage of the negotiations moving forward that theresa may is going to have to come back is going to have to talk to palm and to make the public and get permission exactly what throughout this whole process and then a ultimately mean that the u.k. might have a bright sit which is actually has a bit while you just support involvement he supports which is something that's needed to reason i mean the remainder is in parliament are getting a little bit more where there are least they seem to be emboldened in i would say based on what we've seen this week that the e use leverage to has increased in these talks how do you see it to a certain extent but bear in mind i don't get carried away here those that were in favor of remain strongly all openly advocating that britain should somehow stay in the european union the recent you know arguing stead for

a softer breaks it essentially saying look this this kind of running to get down to the european union as fast as possible that's reason has been during hold on a moment and we need to make sure this is done in a way which is economically damaging as possible. just take a little bit more cap government so i think that those that have said this is going to step towards britain staying in the european union i think are exaggerating ok i want us to take a look at something you read tweeted earlier today a cult and what we're looking at we're going to look at here is the new spacious irish salon at the e.u. summit there that there you can see it right there with the british packing their bags the irish are running the european show now is what you tweeted i mean it does of course you know a little tongue in cheek humor there but it does appear that ireland is going to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of brics it. split the politics and the economics

of that it breaks it goes by oddly all and this is impacting economically more than the u.k. is perhaps of population so island is in a dangerous economic situation conscious that they are in a dangerous economic situation they played it politically extremely well. the irish prime minister has got the whole of the rest of the european union behind him to death and his breaks he's played that extremely professionally and so the european union stands politically united behind and so that's been very very well done by a hard call to make sure that his position has. positioned has been politically defended the danger is still there however that if somehow something's there what's going wrong in the breaks and oceans island is still extremely economically so it's a delicate balance of politics and economics that they are playing but in terms of the way they negotiate that well prepared the strong they know what they want john worth as always we appreciate you coming in and giving us your insights we'll be talking again soon i'm sure. you.

well what do u.s. president trump and russian president putin have in common when they do that very rare thing which is called giving a press conference where they are immediately bombarded with questions about each other today putin held his annual press conference and reminded reporters first that it was not a forum for discussion he then took questions on accusations of manipulating the u.s. election his ties to donald trump but when he was asked about suppressing political opposition at home he suggested that any opposition would be a trojan horse bringing in get this now a coup d'etat. the russian president and his show begins at its marathon news conference in front of over a thousand local and foreign reporters flooding may have put in touched on topics ranging from north korea to the olympics and as many expected on allegations of russia's intervention in donald trump's presidential campaign. put in rejected to

claim what she said was fabricated by trump's opponents in this regard for the political process. it's all invented by those opposed to trump to make his work. it seem strange to me that the people who are doing this don't seem to realize that they are damaging the international political climate in the country. one of the most dramatic moments during the exchange presidential hopeful senator asking putin about next year's election that t.v. personality is challenging the sixty five year old who's standing for a fourth term. and responds to her question about opposition suppression putin stressed his role in stabilizing russia he reminded listen this that he put an end to tablets following the breakup of the soviet union. we do want to bring it on but i am sure that the prevailing majority of russian citizens do not

want that and would not allow that to happen which live. in moscow there are mixed opinions on whether it's good for putin to remain in power. the president as fine by me i think he's doing very well and we don't need any opposition so. the current government doesn't let those capable of opposition won in the elections i don't understand why he's doing this there should always be competition competition drives progress the current government needs to let the opposition participate in the elections but it's. putin has been in palace since one thousand nine hundred nine s. either president prime minister if he wins the next election it will extend his tenure by six more yes. all right we want. our moscow bureau chief he's on the story for us tonight you can even say ury's or why you.