and today mr livingstone stood by his comments.d you're not anti—semitic but do you realise your comments and their offence? he said they had been misreported and used to undermine labour's leadership. the home select

jeremy corbyn said: well, this afternoon mr livingstone himself gave us his response.ended for 11 months. the huge investigation by the labour party. three days of hearings come in 20 hours and at the end of it, i suspect the reason i wasn't expelled from the labour party was that the labour party's from the labour party was that the labour pa rty‘s barrister was from the labour party was that the labour party's barrister was saying ina labour party's barrister was saying in a private session when they decided on their verdict, if you expel ken livingstone, it will go forjudicial review. a britishjudge is not going to say it is wrong to state historical truth. earlier i spoke tojenny manson, a labour party member who isjewish, and gave evidence at mr livingstone's tribunal, and she defended the comments. as to mentioning hitler and zionism, it may offend some people that i've been offended by something is such as describing fed being rampant anti—semitism in the labour party. you have never found anti—semitism in the labour party. you have neverfound that? anti—semitis

this afternoon mr livingstone gave his response to bbc news.had been suspended for ii news. the fact is, i had been suspended for 11 months, the huge investigation by the labour party, three days of hearings covering 20 hours and at the end of it i suspect the reason i was not expelled from the reason i was not expelled from the party was that their barrister was saying to them at their private session that if you expelled ken livingstone he will go forjudicial review and you don't have a chance of winning. a britishjudge review and you don't have a chance of winning. a british judge will not say it is wrong to state a historical truth. with us is jenny manson, a labour party member who gave evidence at the national constitutional committee hearing. as we have said, you were one of five people who spoke in defence of ken livingstone come all of you jewish, why did you choose to speak up in support? i spoke in favour of ken livingstone because there is a jewish tradition ofjustice. and also, a very important national tradition of free speech. in

and today mr livingstone stood by his comments.t do you realise your comments and their offence? he said they had been misreported and used to undermine labour's leadership. the home select committee was... he believed it. that is seven weeks after what i said and even then he didn't know. this is what is so wrong about the fa ke this is what is so wrong about the fake news and the rather crappy level of our media these days. have your comments helped labourcause? level of our media these days. have your comments helped labourcause ?. help anything that tells the truth. —— labour's cause. jeremy corbyn was accused by some of failing to do enough to stamp it out. that's something he has consistently denied, insisting there is no place for anti—semitism within the labour party. but something this decision, a partial suspension, not an expulsion, sends a different message. it sounds like a revolving door system where you are ok to revive the holocaust, cause pain and anguish to holocaust survivors, sick quality for 12 months and re—em

and again tonight mr livingstone stood by his comments.id you are not anti—semitic, but do you recognise the offence your comments have caused this? he said they'd been misreported and used to undermine labour's leadership. d chairman of the board ofjewish people said for me to have said hitler was a zionism is deeply offensive... he believed it. that was seven weeks after what i said. and even then he didn't know. this is what's so wrong about the fake news and the rubbish level of our media these days. do your comments have helped labour's cause? anything that tells people the truth, helps. ken livingstone's comments fuelled a wider row about the labour party and anti—semitism. jeremy corbyn was accused by some are failing to do enough to stamp it out. that's something he has consistently denied this, insisting there is no place for anti—semitism within the labour party. but some think this decision, a partial suspension not an expulsion, sends a different message. it sounds like some kind of revolving door system, where you are 0k to re

he said labour was indulging mr livingstone, with an outcome that — in his words — "shames us all. my party is being dragged into a row about anti—sem ma tim and the way ken livingstone has handled this inquiry, he showed no contrition. he has not apologised. he seems to be drunk on his own infamy. he caused offence to many members of the jewish community and it is unacceptable. and the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer insisted mr livingstone should have been expelled. labour has got a zero tolerance in relation to anti—semitism. he think he should have been expelled rather than suspended. we are hoping to speak to ken livingstone in a short while. a service of hope and reconciliation has taking place in westminster abbey, a fortnight after the terror attack near the houses of parliament. khalid masood drove a car into pedestrians on westminster bridge, killing three people, and fatally stabbed a police officer, before he was shot dead. the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry havejoined about two thousand people attending the multi—faith service. our royal corres

speaking after the hearing, which was held behind closed doors, mr livingstone said he was surprised original comments. i expected them to expel me. i now have to consider if i challenge this legally or live with it. you have just been suspended for another year, how do you feel about that? as iam not year, how do you feel about that? as i am not seeking to return to parliament or stand for the local parliament, it doesn't make much of a change. it does seem quite lenient because you expecting to be expelled. it was like sitting in a court in north korea because nobody was listening. mr livingstone, what is the reason they gave you for a year—long suspension instead... is the reason they gave you for a year—long suspension instead. . ij did year—long suspension instead. . i did the vanessa feltz interview and thatis did the vanessa feltz interview and that is a crime against humanity and defending naz shah in saying she wasn't anti—semitic. they dropped the charges of the anti—semitic. wasn't anti—semitic. they dropped the charges of the anti-semitic. do you accept you brought the pa

watson has said the party is indulging mr livingstone and it "shames us all".arty which came after the ruling last night stating that the ruling last night stating that the former mayor of london, ken livingstone, should business bended from holding public office already sending the labour party for another year. he‘s already been suspended since he made the comments year ago. this morning we had fun deputy leader tom watson who said he felt that suspending mr livingstone had failed the jewish community that suspending mr livingstone had failed thejewish community and failed thejewish community and failed thejewish community and failed the labour party members, too. earlier he spoke to the bbc.” feel ashamed that once again my party is being dragged into around about anti—semitism. the way ken livingstone has handled this enquiry, he has shown no contrition nor apologised. he seems to be drunk on his own information. his caused great offence to many people in the jewish community and those members of the labour party who have fought against racism all —— in all

also here is labour mp wes streeting, who has been critical of both mr livingstone and the labour party'sngstone, you thought you were going to be expelled and you have had a lucky escape. i think that the labour party's barrister and lawyer were probably saying to them, if you expell ken livingstone, he goes tojudicial review and you have no chance of winning. you can have all sorts of arguments, but i did not say that hitler was a zionist. 0n the jewish chronicle, it said that i said jews were like nazis, this is outrageous. i know that fake news is the big thing. wes, what does it feel like to be in the same party as ken livingstone the night, wes streeting? we said the labour party will take a zero tolerance approach to anti—semitism and today was an opportunity to demonstrate the live up to that promise and we have blown it, because the labour party's process has conceded that ken has brought the labour party into disrepute. they're in mind that the labour mp he was defending, the remarks he was defending, were accepted by naz shah as anti—semitic. she is a model of how to respond wh

watson has suggested the party is indulging mr livingstone, which he says "shames us all".tminster. strong language from tom watson, watmore is he saying? very strong language from the deputy leader of the labour party. the official line so farfrom the labour party. the official line so far from the labour party has been just to acknowledge that the ruling happened last night. but earlier tom watson spoke to the bbc and had strong words to say.|j earlier tom watson spoke to the bbc and had strong words to say. i feel ashamed that once again my party has been dragged into a row about anti—semitism and the way that ken livingstone has handled this enquiry, he has showed no contrition, he has not apologised, he seems to be drunk on his own infamy. he is caused great offence to many members of the british jewish community and those members of the labour party who have been fighting against racism in all its forms and it is unacceptable. tom watson is not be any senior labour party member to share such views, we also heard from the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer and the fo

mr livingstone was last night suspended from the party for a year.cutive committee. a group of muslim leaders from britain have been in rome for talks with pope francis as part of efforts to strengthen relations between christians and muslims and to improve the quality of interfaith dialogue. the delegation was led by the leader of roman catholics in england and wales, cardinal vincent nichols of westminster, as our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir, reports. in a city where christians once feared to tread, four muslim leaders arrived for a meeting that intentionally crossed the borders of their own religion. the four imams — who serve communities in leicester, birmingham, glasgow and london — were taken to the vatican‘s inner sanctum and then the doors opened. pope francis said such an interfaith gathering brought greatjoy, that it furthered the most important work of humanity, that of listening to one another. and then he greeted each of the imams and even welcomed our bbc team. lovely to meet you, sir. thank you so much. islam gets ve

, earlier on i spoke tojenny manson, a labour party member who isjewish and gave evidence at mr livingstone'sondon's comments were anti—semitic. as to mentioning hitler and zionism, it may offend some people. but i've been offended by some things such as describing there being rampant anti—semitism in the labour party. you've never found that? i've never found any. i've had no experience of anti—semitism in the labour party. all five of us have had experience of anti—semitism, but not in the labour party. but can you not understand why, if it's not anti—semitic exactly, offence is taken when hitler is described as being in favour of zionism, when he was anything but in favour of wanting to allow jewish people in the 30s to be self—determining? ken livingstone has not said that hitler was in favour of zionism. what he said and, by the way, when he said it he was defending something that naz shah tweeted, and he didn't know what she had tweeted, so when he was asked why did she mention hitler, if i remember he said it was over the top but he had assumed that what naz shah was referring to was t

butjenny manson, a labour party member who isjewish, and gave evidence at mr livingstone's tribunal saysnts were anti—semitic. there is a jewish tradition of justice, and a very important national tradition of free speech. in my view, nothing ken livingstone has said or done has been anti—semitic. as to mentioning hitler and zionism, it may offend some people, but i have been offended by something is such as describing their being rampant anti—semitism in the labour party. —— i have been offended by some things such as. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... russia and the west have clashed over who is responsible for a deadly gas attack in syria which left 70 people dead. the russians blame rebels, the americans and the allies blame the syrian government. russia's supreme court is considering whether to ban thejehovah‘s witnesses religious movement. they would be the first registered religious movement since the soviet era to be outlawed in russia. that is from bbc russia. ecuador‘s president—elect has told julian assange to stop meddling in the country'

announcement was made by party leaderjeremy corbyn, who said it was deeply disappointing that mr livingstoneise for the hurt he'd caused . iam sending i am sending a message that we do not tolerate anti—semitism in the party and the remarks by ken livingstone have offended people and he should apologise. i also think it would be better if he said no more about the subject. you are not going to explain yourself? i don't have the power to expel people from the party. that has to be done by the party. that has to be done by the party as a whole. his later remarks will be referred back to the party. within the last hour ken livingstone has told the bbc that he stands by his comments, claiming his views were distorted by the press and other labour mps to undermine jeremy corbyn's leadership. i cannot recall in the last 11 months ajewish i cannot recall in the last 11 months a jewish person coming up to me and saying what you said offended me. the i said that there was a zionist. if anyone has been offended i apologise on behalf of those labour mps who live in their tweets and their posts on their

mr. livingston, mr. heald, mr. coralluzzo. ones we know about.lse out there we don't even know about yet?s came back negative. the fire burned it clean of evturned to a volunteer search dog team for help. and sure enough, the dogs appeared to hit on jones' scent in paige's charred car. and along highway 50 where all those items were found. and then they sniffed their way ends at the gunnison river.iven dogs followed exactly the same gravel road into the so was paige's body in here somewhere?lein divers. >> basically, we go across the river about a 100 feet. they let us out five feet. we come back across the river, feel, i just got o bottom. >> reporter: but, there just sns? anyway, the labor-intesive i guess that's the only soat d thing, at this point, to do because there isn't anymore to their own lives. >> reporteut option for paige's family. i really wish i could get into . >> reporter: even offered a $15,000 reward, no questions asked.d if she's out there, we need to find her. ul tips.not one, even though frank stayed on in grand junction for

mr. livingston, mr. heald, mr. coralluzzo. and remember that these are the ones we know about.lse out there we don't even know about yet? >> reporter: didn't help when lab results from paige's car came back negative. the fire burned it clean of evidence. so the sheriff's office turned to a volunteer search dog team for help. and sure enough, the dogs appeared to hit on jones' scent in paige's charred car. and along highway 50 where all those items were found. and then they sniffed their way down this gravel road that dead ends at the gunnison river. when given paige's scent, the dogs followed exactly the same path along highway 50 down the gravel road into the gunnison river. so was paige's body in here somewhere? they called in divers. >> basically, we go across the river about a 100 feet. they let us out five feet. we come back across the river, 100 feet. and basically just searching by feel, i just got out of there and it's pitch black on the bottom. >> reporter: but, there just wasn't a body down there. swept away by the river, perhaps? anyway, the labor-intesive search of

he has in fact already served one year of that suspension —— mr livingstone.y in any way, and last night, after the result of the disciplinary hearing, ken livingstone remained unrepentant, insisting he had been suspended for telling the truth. here's a bit of what he said afterwards. if anyone is upset by what i said then of course i'm sorry but i'm not going to apologise for something i didn't say. i did not say hitler was a zionist. you said he supported zionism in the 1930s, do you apologise for saying that?” zionism in the 1930s, do you apologise for saying that? i got a jewish newspaper here with an article saying what i said was true, if you would like me to read it out i will. you have offended portions of the jewish community, i will. you have offended portions of thejewish community, would you apologise to them ? of thejewish community, would you apologise to them? if i offended theml apologise to them? if i offended them i would but get them to check what i said. there's this cure a situation where he is unrepentant but for the party that just prolo

this is what mr livingston actually said on bbc radio london last september while defending a colleague ended up killing six millionjews. he then attempted to defend them on this programme the next day while he was being interviewed about the labour mp keith vaz. there are of dozen and dozens of books by academics looking at the fa ct books by academics looking at the fact that hitler signed a deal and worked with the zionist movement throughout the 1930s, i have not even criticised that. the zionist movement had to deal with the fact that hitler was running germany and if they were going to try and save jews they had to do a deal with him. are you not bothered by hurting jewish people by repeating your views? i said at the time if anybody has been offended by what i said, i am truly sorry about that, but i have been struck by the number of people who came up to me on the street saying, "i'm jewish. i people who came up to me on the street saying, "i'mjewish. i know what you are said is true. don't give into the bullying." the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis, has accused labour of failing t

and there was fresh conflict last night, as mps criticised mr corbyn for failing to expel ken livingstonerks. 0ur political correspondent, ellie price, joins us from westminster now. good morning to you. explain this 1 to us. how would this work? a big pledge, and expensive. jeremy corbyn says he wants to offer every pupil in primary school a free school meal. they think that 90% of pupils would take them up on that offer, costing them £100 million, it is said to be to pay for it they would put vat on private school fees. that, they say, would raise about £1.5 million. those are the sums. 0bviously £1.5 million. those are the sums. obviously it does not come without critics. the independent counsel for schooling says it does not add up as they forget a number of private school children do not pay full fees. if this is sounding familiar thatis fees. if this is sounding familiar that is because it was in the lead their manifesto in the last election. the other subject for the labour party right now which is still looming large is the problem of ken livingstone. and jeremy corbyn finds himse

one of mr trump's closest advisers — his chief strategist, steve bannon — has been removed from his position on the national security council. labour's ruling body is to review ken livingstone's another year. an update on the market numbers for you. here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. let's return to our main story this evening. the united nations security council has been meeting in an emergency session to discuss a suspected chemical attack in idlib province in syria. the us, britain and france have blamed president assad's forces for yesterday's bombing. but russia says a syrian air strike hit a store where rebels kept chemical substances. let's speak to thomas pickering, a former us ambassador tonight president trump has said his attitude to a sara chad has now changed. that i bashar al—assad. —— his attitude to bashar al—assad. let's speak to thomas pickering, a former us ambassador to russia and to the un. he's also served as under secretary of state for political affairs. hejoins us from our washington newsroom. thank you forjoining us. how certain are you about how or who carr

mr. speaker, i would also like to recognize my field representative, emila wilson who received a liver transplant in 2005 and is awaiting a second transplant. emila resides in livingston county with her husband alan wilson. after courageously undergoing her first transplant she has dedicated herself to advocating for organ donation. we're lucky to have her serving the first district of kentucky as a field representative. this is what elevates her as an advocate, friend and servant of the first district. during national donate life month, i encourage everyone to remember me bravery and diligence of people like emila. please consider the importance of donating life. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? > i ask unanimous consent to address the house. federal workers protect our public health and environment and deliver our mail ap help our businesses and home buyers and keep us safe. and would damage their morale services they provide. and in case congress ap white house fail to reach appear agreement. i urge my colleagues to co-sponsor the federal employee retroa

livingston, who's also the snp's business spokesperson. and craig williams, conservative mp who sits on the scottish affairs committee. mrsabout the need for strong leadership for the whole of britain. she doesn't need a general election for that? why not? i agree with the second in the vote, i agree that we had one, it was a once in a generation opportunity and that has been an awfully small generation. but a general election is not a distraction? it will give theresa may that strong mandate. as a welsh mpi may that strong mandate. as a welsh mp i believe strongly in that union andi mp i believe strongly in that union and i think that will feature very strongly. is that logical to you, as an snp mp? absolutely not. we are having this imposed upon us, as we did with brexit. scotland voted to remain overwhelmingly. we have also said this is not the time for a scottish independence referendum. we have said once been over details of brexit, when people can make a reasoned and sensible choice, which to be quite frank i cannot at the moment. michael gove was on the programme earlier, you did not have any clear answers as to wh