place until there's a permanent legal ruling let's get more on the story with robert from lancaster university he's a former journalist and author of several books on trump's rhetoric and his relationship with the media and he joins us to tell us more about the story hi robert good to see you so how much of a setback is this injunction for a president trump well donald trump has told us repeatedly that he doesn't feel. that he can't lose so i think we're going to see in this case. a decision about whether to continue to fight this in the courts which probably will happen but also . donald trump's going to start to find other ways to deal with what he considers to be an immigration crisis and that might mean to continuing to ramp up the military's ation local ice agents people who deal with immigration enforcement or other forms of sanctions against people who enter the country illegally as you said he sees immigration as a crisis robert and this is something that has become a cornerstone of his presidency changing immigration laws a tightening border security do you think we're going to see hi

let's bring in dr mark garnett from lancaster university kind of join me on the line this in great to have you on mark trees i'm a what a day it's been thirty standing firm not everybody thought that would be the case at this time of day no call for a look at the confidence that she holds by challenging her leadership she seems determined to fight on are you surprised that she's still there. i think that people who watch mrs may's career over the last well almost two decades now prominence in british politics they would be terribly surprise i think in fact if they're surprised at all they'll be surprised that somehow she's again shown that she's got the most amazing resilience some will call it stubbornness and her press conference she actually seemed to be rather enjoying herself she clearly does think that she's right against all the odds and she is still going to be a tough fighter in this battle in the ensuing days and weeks she's got to convince enough and peace to support her plan is it likely. well what achieve now is she's looked at the arithmetic and it looks like there is no

snap election so we're going to go let's talk to karen jones the economics professor from lancaster university thanks for your time today just look at number line syria says the trees are major told business leaders that the brics agreement quote will work for the u.k. and set the country up for a prosperous future and the empty words if you're really going to pull the rabbit out the hat. or the draft agreement certainly got a bad person initially various bits of it will leak and twitter was full of suggestions about what was in this draft agreement before cap and got a chance to discuss it last thursday before it was published so when we've seen the full draft agreement there are certain things in it that look quite attractive from mrs may's perspective so for example she has managed to negotiate the possibility of an extension to the transitional deal as an alternative to the very controversial backstop that gives her something that she can take to the democratic unionist party and say that it's not necessary for ireland to be treated any differently from the rest of the u.k. she's also got

on the ticker economist at lancaster university thank you so much for talking to w. thank you and turning to financial markets were a days long selloff hasn't stopped the markets and frankfurt are back in positive territory following gains in shanghai and hong kong there is however still concerned that one of the longest bull markets in history meaning a prolonged period of rising share prices could be coming to an end in new york the dow jones industrial average and the s. and p. five hundred have now lost all of this year's games. a stock market slide driven by some of the biggest names in tech take apple at the beginning of this month it was worth over a trillion dollars now it's dropped to eight hundred eighty billion one reason for the decline weaker than expected to man for the latest i phone models. not just for apple but for the entire benchmark s. and p. index here's why. well when a company represents close to five percent of the s. and p. five hundred itself then you do have companies that are behemoths that can move the market much more so than any compan

maybe on as a lecturer in international relations and director of the richardson institute at lancaster university joins us now via skype from lancaster in the u.k. good to have you with us simon twenty extent did this who think the cease fire off a come about due to the work of the un's special envoy to yemen what we're hearing it sounds like the new special envoy is trying to wield a great deal of influence with all parties he's come in with a bit of a clean slate and he certainly trying to speak to people speak to as many different people as possible to put an end to this conflict he's seen firsthand the devastation that has really destroyed a great deal of yemen and its infrastructure leaving the states on the brink of humanitarian collapse so he's obviously trying to do everything possible which apparently reaching out to the leadership and saying let's try and make this happen . and i suppose he's on a trust building mission at the moment with as far as they're concerned yeah of course and i think if you look at any type of conflict resolution any type of efforts to mediate violence it's all

bracks it will impact then let's bring in darren jones he's an economist and a professor at lancaster university wellcome and the fears opposition a threesome may in her drive deal have been experiencing last week seems to be fading do you think this agreement will prevail after all. well hello christoph certainly she seems to have seen north the challenge from hard line breaks it says in her own policy who threatened to have a vote of no confidence in the prime minister they seem not to have succeeded in doing that but there's still a big challenge for mrs may to face when this proposed deal comes to palm and probably next month and there it looks quite likely that the deal could fail and if that happens then it's unclear what the way forward will be however the leaks that came out of the discussions between the european union and the u.k. last week suggested that the deal was going to be a whole lot worse than it has turned out to be and there are little carrots in that mrs make an offer of both the d u p democratic unionist party in northern ireland and also the hard line breaks it says in he

is an associate professor at lancaster university in the u.k. and a of the trump presidency journalism and democracy he joins us now by skype from lancaster good to have you with us once again robert we saw a report republican senator lindsey graham. on n.b.c.'s meet the press in our report a few moments ago he also said that if mohamed bin simon is going to be the face and voice of saudi arabia going forward the kingdom will have a hard time on the world stage when it comes to the crown prince he's a rational he's on the hinged and i think he's done a lot of damage to the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia and i have no intention of working with him ever again what do you make of that. well i think this is going to be a moment for a divided congress and the united states to work with a very nice put nail down concrete trump white house that says you know i won't be surprised if if this week or next week. trump starts to say yeah you know let's not worry about this anymore that you know it's it was an unfortunate event let's just move

with tom to talks let's speak to simon mabon he's a lecturer in international relations at lancaster university and the author of saudi arabia and iran power and rivalry in the middle east is joining us via skype from lancaster thanks for speaking to us so we know that martin griffiths has now met a with the hell with the rebel leader talk us through the significance of griffith's visit to yemen and ahead of the upcoming peace talks so i think it's two main aims the first to us what is happening on the ground to see for himself what has happened recently to get a handle on hope but things are the extent to which this rivalry between the various conflicts between them is playing out and how devastating the and the second number helps more importantly is an opportunity to try and build trust ahead of the peace talks and sweet as we know we when you have peace talks you need to speak to the various people to open backed chair.

said to end the war in yemen simon move on with us now lecturer in international relations at lancaster university in the u.k. joining us on skype thank you for your time are we starting to see a bit of movement here a bit of injection here from the likes of jeremy hunt in the u.k. to actually make sure that the case doesn't get swept under the rug and actually get solved well i'm not sure we're going to see the flusher ji case getting solved as you put it but i think hopefully we're seeing a bit of movement certainly a lot of pressure being put on the saudi all the right cease from their traditional allies such as the united states such is the united kingdom and i think it's quite important that we've seen this pressure being put on them who went traditionally the u.k. in the us have been brother quiets of saudi behavior saudi domestic politics but we're seeing that increasingly both london and washington all being more or more outspoken. outspoken is one thing though it requires some sort of action in the end doesn't it to actually put real pressure on what action might that show yeah it does an

simon maybe on a senior lecturer in international relations at lancaster university welcome gentlemen good to have you with us professor based on let's start with you why is turkey so determined to seek justice for its own courts or through an international investigation led by the u.n. and to keep up the pressure on saudi arabia and its crown prince well first of all this. i mean the unfortunate an awful thing had happened in turkish soil actually in walls come up with dylan is stumble law is not the political capital to draw a lot of attention and this gentleman was known to took should ministration i mean because she cheated and he had friends and acquaintances so turkey is determined to follow it up because it's a hideous crime and a lot of details emerging but as far as the turkish public concerned. was invited to the consulate in istanbul and he and to but never came up so all turkey is determined to find out what had happened although all i'm sure there are a lot of other details that not has been revealed and but also. that actually they want to find out the truth what had hap

very much well rather gucci is a former washington post reporter and now a senior lecturer at lancaster university in the u.k. he says they may not be enough outrage in the u.s. over the killing of jamal khashoggi to pressure donald trump into acting this sort of response from the cia it coming out on a weekend and coming out after the midterm elections there is really anything that's holding trump the fire here there's there doesn't seem to be a huge uprising in the united states that a journalist from saudi arabia and from america has been murdered potentially and it sure seems by the direction i had a state where this doesn't seem to be a big issue for the american public but it is quite concerning that that the trumpet ministration has been pushing off any sort of responsibility to those higher levels of authority and instead saying this was kind of a business deal gone wrong you know the house now has more has more control by democrats and so those those in the house might might find this just an opportunity to embarrass or to get at donald trump and in some ways and certainly we have seen so

he's the editor of the trump presidency journalism and democracy he's also a professor at lancaster university that is where he's joining us from thanks for speaking to us on al jazeera so now that sessions is outs matthew would occur isn't what will he do with the miller probe is he going to shut it down is he going to arraign it in or is he simply going to do nothing. well i think it's hard at this point to shut down the probe by saying it's over no more questions were done but i think the administration has shown that it works quite well in distraction and confusion and not answering questions directly or even asking direct questions and so i think it's going to be a lot of shuffling moving things around speeding up the probe and setting maybe a deadline for it to be fully completed but coming down with just a complete shutdown is. probably not going to do well with him now that there are stronger voices in the house but certainly they don't want it to go on much longer or to go much deeper yet and speaking of the house now that the democrats have control of the house what's their first pri

is a lecturer in international relations at lancaster university he joins us on skype from right now simon maybe on the face of it midair refueling doesn't seem like a particularly big deal from a technological point if you will from a military point of you i guess but does it chime with other potential changes to the choreography of the conflict in yemen. yeah i think so and i think that human rights going up the developments in washington next week we need to contextualize this within the context of what's happened with jamal khashoggi as you've just been covering and i think that rob that the this being a technological or strategic development it's perhaps more of a sim balik development suggesting that the climate in washington is quickly turning against saudi arabia and that there's a great deal of concern that what saudi is doing in yemen the saudi look coalition of course and i think that this this also builds on some of the comments that we've heard from from a number of prominent visuals calling for a cease fire is calling for peace to books and i think when you start to put

election robert is the editor of the presidency journalism and democracy and a professor at lancaster university it thinks the new acting u.s. attorney general will try to speed up the mall or probe rather than shut it down well i think it's hard at this point to shut down the probe by saying it's over no more questions were done but i think the administration has shown that it works quite well in distraction and confusion and not answering questions directly or even asking direct questions and so i think it's going to be a lot of shuffling moving things around speeding up the probe and setting maybe a deadline for it to be fully completed but coming down with this a complete shutdown is. probably not going to do well with him now that there are stronger voices in the house but certainly they don't want to go on much longer or to go much deeper. the counting is began in madagascar to decide who will be the next president the african island nation thirty six candidates to choose from three of them former presidents but there are concerns about the low turnout with many people saying they were abl

border let's talk to robert gucci he's an associate professor at lancaster university and the editor of the presidency journalism and democracy he joins us on good terms you're on the news there again robert is part of the issue here that up until this new legislation whenever donald trump signs it into being law at the moment people can cross the border and they can in effect disappear for a year and maybe for more than a year that's his central worry i guess. well that's what the trumpet ministration is claiming is happening that when people enter through legal means they go ahead and have to have permission to just stay there's a process that they have to following in court hearings and paperwork decision would have to be made at some point within that given time and what we're what the trump administration is thinking is that people dip out on that and. get public welfare do jobs that american citizens could do but the way he's going about this is really frightening in sending military troops which presidents in the past have done and really putting a lot of families both that ha

politics and international relations at lancaster university here in the uk. and he joins me now to discuss this. plenty going on in u.s. politics, but guess that's just a wednesday. what do you make of the president's assessment that maybe it was, maybe it wasn't mohammed bin salman who conducted this extrajudicial killing of jamal khashoggi? and also, how unusual it is for a president to be so explicit about this kind of trade-off between the kind of countries america wants to associate with and then also the economic damage it might cause? >> well, i think you hit the nail on the head there that donald trump is a transactional person. he is a transactional president. and so for him, he's not -- he's going to weigh up what we views as at the bigger and better part of the deal, which is arms from deals with saudi arabia. you know, presidents in the past have not had a great record on this either. president obama one of the few vetoes that he exercised and was overruled by congress was legislation by congress to allow victims of 9/11 to engage in civil suits a

road so provide access to will be key facilities are because he's an associate professor at lancaster university in the editor of the book the truck presidency journalism and democracy he joins us on skype from lancaster in the u.k. we appreciate your time why does it why does the top ministration want to stay involved in this war. well you know it's it's interesting that this hasn't really hit a lot of the mainstream press and the united states since after the midterm elections not wanting to rile donald trump and his his supporters democrats really is quiet but this is about money for donald trump and he doesn't want to talk about this is about maybe not money for his pocket but certainly money that would go into the u.s. economy strengthen the u.s. military empire certainly in the way of private businesses making arms for global trade and so he wants to keep this off the radar but with democrats taking control soon in the senate in a certainly those midterm elections being over this also showing some fracturing on capitol hill in terms of trying to hold donald trump to traditional ways of doi

and maybe he's a lecturer in international relations in lancaster university and the author of saudi arabia and iran power and rivalry in the middle east is joining us via skype from lancaster thanks for speaking to us so we know that martin griffiths has now met a way of hell with the rebel leader talk us through the significance of griffith's visit to yemen as head of the upcoming peace talks so i think it's got many names the first two us attain what is happening on the ground to see for himself what has happened recently to get a handle on but things are the extent to which this rivalry between the various conflict between them is playing out and how devastating the and the second the bishops more importantly is is an opportunity to try and build trust the head of the peace talks and sweet as we know we when you have peace talks you need to speak to the various people to open back channels up lines of communication to build up trust ahead of the formal talks to try and make sure that people will firstly attend but then they'll also listen to what the other side has to say so i thi

sign of his body but because she is a former washington post reporter and senior lecturer at lancaster university he joins us now via skype from lancaster robot could tell you with us let's get something out of the way straight away the credibility of these u.s. media reports quoting as they they are the washington post anonymous sources within the cia the timing of them as well coming out late on a friday night just how credible are they well there's always this kind of phrase that you throw things out in the trash on fridays on capitol hill meaning you bring things out at the end of the week when it's the weekend and people are necessarily at the water cooler talk about these things but that doesn't necessarily mean that the recorder is not credible it certainly is coming from the cia and the washington post there's a very good job of vetting its sources they need to get very seriously when they use anonymous sources but it it's coming after the midterm elections first of all in the united states and they've been coming out on the weekend certainly does seem to indicate what type of priority fo

simon maybe on a senior lecturer in international relations at lancaster university welcome gentlemen good to have you with us professor based on let's start with you why is turkey so determined to seek justice for its own courts or through an international investigation led by the u.n. and to keep up the pressure on saudi arabia and its crown prince well first of all this. i mean the unfortunate an awful thing had happened in turkish soil actually in walls come up with dylan is stumble law is not the political capital to draw a lot of attention and this gentleman was known to took should ministration i mean cheat and he had threatened and acquaintances so turkey is determined to follow it up because it's a hideous crime and a lot of details emerging but as far as the turkish public concerned. was invited to the consulate in istanbul and he and to but never came up salt turkey is determined to find out what had happened although all i'm sure that a lot of other details that are not has been revealed and but also. that actually they want to find out the truth what had happened all far

simon maybe on a senior lecturer in international relations at lancaster university welcome gentlemen good to have you with us professor based on let's start with you why is turkey so determined to seek justice for its own courts or through an international investigation led by the u.n. and to keep up the pressure on saudi arabia and its crown prince well first of all this. i mean the unfortunate an awful thing had happened in turkish soil actually in walls come up with children is stumble law is not the political capital to draw a lot of attention and this gentleman was known to took should ministration i mean discussion cheat and he had threatened and acquaintances so turkey is determined to follow it up because it's a hideous crime and a lot of details emerging but as far as the turkish public concerned. was invited to the consulate in istanbul and he entered but never came up so all turkey is determined to find out what had happened although all i'm sure there are a lot of other details that not has been revealed and but also. that actually they want to find out the truth what hap

of this through the prism of the midterms with robert gucci he's an associate professor at lancaster university in the u.k. nice to have you with us. do you think any of this is making a difference because what donald trump is doing right now with the tough talk on immigration and the ad campaign which a lot of people have said it's very racist he's just kind of preaching to the choir here recently well you know the donald trump plays the short game a lot of the time so even though this does really speak this election does speak to the twenty twenty bed he has your as your previous speaker said is excellent they're bringing up their rhetoric i mean a lot of the things that he's speaking to our cultural challenges the american public have been dealing with since before the nine eleven terrorist attacks and there was a lot of movement in conservative cultural change that got sidelined for another sort of racist approach which was the war on terror and what we're finding now is from finding great success in tapping into those salient issues of racism and xenophobia attitudes that have done quite w

geraintjohnes is an expert in the jobs market and a professor of economics from lancaster universityple are paid what they area idea that people are paid what they are a weapon they are paid on the basis of what they contribute wafer. we have two distinct between movers and staggers, people who do not move. those who move get themselves into a position where they can be reassessed regularly, whereas those who stay put their employers in a very strong market position. similar to the case of insurance, if you don't change your insurer year after year, then the insurer has a handle on you, has some kind of grip, in and is able to exploit that inertia. the fate —— same thing happens with firms. we have seen several studies that have measured the impact of this on people's pay. there was a study many years ago looking at cat homes in the south of england, looking at care workers and seeing that they were paid about 10% less asa that they were paid about 10% less as a result of this kind of inertia. more recent study in the united states shows that the gap is about 8% for men, 5% for women

university is getting a lot of rain. pennsylvania some of the wettest ever. lancaster and hathe wettest sta the west coast.eat lakes and the deep south and the northeast. i was talking to a friend of nine caldwell, new jersey. he said it is cold and rainy and it will get colder. and everything is calling in the colder rains. and widespread snow in the northern tier of the forecast in the perhaps in the next two or three days. dry and mild all the way to the 16th. things can change. but in the next 7 days, they're not changing at all. we'll get mild to warm here. 50s and 60s in livermore. they' down slope. there is your east, southeast at ten miles an hour. that will do it that is why they are so warm. a little snow at stevens pass and slash and dash showers in parts of portland and seattle. the ridge will start to build. and the temperatures are getting mild to warm. and the lows are a little bit below average some but the highs are above for everyone. tomorrow looks to be more of the same. it looks like a northeastly breeze. this might look pretty good for the coast. if you're going to have sunshine it mi