speaking on the andrew marr show, the justice secretary speaking on the andrew marr show, thejusticeeaking on the andrew marr show, the justice secretary liz truss speaking on the andrew marr show, thejustice secretary liz truss at knowledge prisons need reforming. thejustice secretary liz truss at knowledge prisons need reformingm isa knowledge prisons need reformingm is a difficult situation in our prisons. i have acknowledged that and it has been building for a number of years. i do not believe the people who say things cannot get better and we need to suddenly release all the —— after people in prisons to deal with that. we have a plan, we're recruiting more officers. for the first time ever, we're going to be saying that the purpose of prisons is of course about punishing people but it also has to be about reforming them. at the moment, in legislation, as secretary of state, all i am responsible for its housing prisons. i think that is wrong. you talk about violence, andrew, but that is not the only problem. the other problem is we're not reforming people. within a year, half of

sebastian gorka, speaking to andrew marr.s been criticised by using twitter to attack the federaljudge who blocked the migration bans. he said it was a ‘ridiculous' decision by a ‘so—called' judge — among other things. he's been defended by vice president mike pence in an interview with the us network abc. president trump has made it clear that our administration is going to put the safety and security of the american people first, and the executive order that he put into effect was legal, it was appropriate, and our administration is going to be using all legal means at our disposal to challenge thejudge's order. i understand that, but is it right for the president to say "so—called judge" ? doesn't that undermine the separation of powers in the constitution written right next door? well, i do not think it does. i think the american people are very accustomed to this president speaking his mind and speaking very straight with them, and it is very frustrating when scholars on the left and the right, people as distinguished as

here is what he had to sayen the andrew marr programme this morning. had to sayen the andrew marr programmeong body of opinion that both these issues are very serious, of course when it comes to the eu citizen, the british government is not negotiating with itself. there will be people among the member states who say, no, we don't want to ta ke states who say, no, we don't want to take this issue now, we will take it later on during the course of the negotiation, because it is as much a negotiating gambit for them as it is for britain. the government doesn't have a majority in the house of lords, and it was interesting after the house of commons vote some of the expressions, one government source on the night of that vote saying, if the lords try to medal with this or block it, they could face an existential threat that the public might be calling for the peerses to be established. downing street rowed back on that and said there was no such threat at all and it was the right of peers to scrutinise this, but i think it is interesting, the government knows it still could face some opposition

the transport secretary chris grayling gave his reaction to the bbc‘s andrew marr show.e recommendations on how to improve things, many of which i'm already doing, if you take one example they say there is not enough coordination between the infrastructure operator, the truck operator and rail companies. i agree, the truck operator and rail companies. iagree, before the truck operator and rail companies. i agree, before christmas i set out plans to reunite track and train step—by—step so we have joined up train step—by—step so we have joined up teams running railways. people don't understand why somebody runs the tracks and somebody runs the trains, they want one team running the railways, planning to make things better and making sure there is one team dealing with problems when they happen. chris grayling, the transport secretary. earlier i spoke with the chairman of the committee who wrote that report. more and more people are using trains so rail is popular but the competitive franchise system isn't delivering all the benefits that we re delivering all the benefits t

tom watson talking to andrew marr this morning.ition that labour finds itself in as a party, talking about an uphill struggle. you look at the opinion polls and yes, we should a lwa ys opinion polls and yes, we should always insert that caveat that opinion polls so often recently have been proven to be spectacularly wrong but labour are a country mile behind the opinion polls. the polls could still be very wrong and they would still be behind. enter ian labrie, a labour who appeared on radio five live this morning, then you campaigns coordinator. he said something that didn't quite chime with what tom watson the same. so, in the context of these upcoming by—elections he said the party was pretty confident, but talks about a potential loss of either of those seats, which labour has held pretty much forever as potential pick—ups, which is understating the loss for them. he then said, a very interesting quote, "there's plenty of readers to pick from if and when jeremy decides of his own volition that it's not for him at the election.

she is on the andrew marr programme after us. on the andrew marr programme after us.vo grip of the problem? she's utterly new. she has money from the treasury, so there are good moves coming from the ministry ofjustice. my coming from the ministry ofjustice. my disappointment is that they are not dealing with the overuse of prison. it is sentence inflation where we have more people serving indeterminate, open—ended sentences when they do not know when it will end. it is more than the whole of europe added together. we are sending to people to prison for long periods of time without hope. people without hope difficult to manage. one of the problems, and it is often underreported and prison officers don't like it, but some prison officers are smuggling things into jails. there are drugs and mobile phones going into prisons. that is perhaps why training needs to be there, and also the money. absolutely. if people are paid better, they are trained better. that should combat the corruption in prisons. but they also need proper management. it is notjust front—line officers

earlier andrew marr spoke to the shadow attorney general baroness shami chakra barti and asked her howr the government could ever be considered a rejection of the establishment. in copeland, labour has looked like the establishment for a very long time because they have been represented by labour for a time because they have been represented by labourfor a long time. there are peculiarities about that seat, like what was said aboutjeremy‘s about jeremy's cheerleaders aboutjeremy‘s cheerleaders made sure he was elected for the second time last september. they should be sticking with their leader in the bad times and notjust the good. where is len mccluskey defending his leader in a difficult time? it should not just be leader in a difficult time? it should notjust be down for me. we all need to unified. jeremy's team need to back him in the good times and the bad. with me is our political correspondent, tom barton. you have two different sides of the labour party. there were concerns by tom watson. they both called for unity they are doing apple slightly different reasons. jeremy corbyn

speaking on the andrew marr show, the justice secretary liz truss acknowledged that prisons do need reformingry difficult situation in our prisons. i have acknowledge that. it has been building for a number of years. but i don't believe the people that say that things can't get better or that we need to suddenly release half of the people in prisons to deal with it. we do have a plan, we are recruiting more officers. for the first time ever, and this is what we are doing this week, we are going to be saying that the purpose of prisons is, of course, about punishing people, but it also has to be about reforming them. at the moment, in legislation, as secretary of state, all i am responsible for its housing prisoners. i think that is wrong. you talk about violence, andrew, but thatis you talk about violence, andrew, but that is not the only problem. the other problem is we are not reforming people. within a year, half of those people will go out and commit another crime. that is a huge problem as well. we need to deal with both of those things. this is connected, because you have lost 6000 poli

but as you say, tom watson appearing on the andrew marr show this morning, insisted that the second leadershipred the issue and that he will stick around until after the next election. we've had a tough 18 months. we had a damaging second leadership election. so we've got an uphill struggle ahead. the polls aren't great for us, but i'm determined now that we've got the leadership settled for this parliament, that we can focus on developing a very positive, clear message to the british people in a general election. we could hear in tom watson's tone there the position that labour finds itself in as a party, talking about an uphill struggle. looking at the opinion polls, and we should always insert the caveat that opinion polls so often recently have proven to be spectacularly wrong, but labour are a country mile behind in the opinion polls. the polls could still be very wrong and they would still be behind. enter ian lavery, who is a labour mp, who appeared on radio 5live this morning. he is their new campaigns coordinator. and he said something that didn't quite chime with what tom watson was

andrew marr spoke to baroness jakubowski and asked her why the vote for the parliament could ever be establishment for a long time because they have been represented by labourfor a because they have been represented by labour for a long because they have been represented by labourfor a long time. there are peculiarities about that seat, like what was said about our position on the nuclear industry, and so on, but i don't want to make it all about the specifics of opened. we have clearly got work to do. we have clearly got work to do. we have clearly suffered from disunity. to leadership elections in the space of a year. we have suffered from the fa ct a year. we have suffered from the fact that our supporters were divided, like the country, over brexit, and that has been such a big it issue for such a long time. once article 50 is triggered, as it will be, we have an opportunity to unite about things that really matter to people's lives, like schools, hospitals, jobs, benefits. the red carpet‘s been rolled out for the biggest night in hollywood. tonight's the 89th academy awards — an

tom watson talking to andrew marr this morning.to hamburg airport, after reports that a corrosive substance was released inside one of the buildings. firefighters are still trying to identify the substance, which left 50 people requiring hospital treatment for eye irritation, breathing difficulties and nausea. the source was traced to a security check area, where passenger luggage is scanned by staff. the airport was closed for a short time, but flights have now resumed. here, 14 retired bishops have written an open letter to church of england leaders accusing them of failing to fully reflect the views of gay christians in an official report on the church's position on homosexuality. the decision will be debated at the general synod later this week. last month, the church announced it did not support gay marriage. helena lee reports. last month, the church of england decided its position on the divisive issue of sexuality. it followed three years of so—called shared conversations, and stated that "marriage should only be between a

earlier andrew marr spoke to the shadow attorney general, baroness shami chakra barti.to explain jeremy corbyn‘s claim that a vote for the conservatives in copeland was a rejection of the establishment. in copeland, labour has looked like the establishment for a very long time because they have been represented by labour for a long time. there are peculiarities about that seat, like what was said about our position on the nuclear industry. i don't want to make all about the specifics of copland. we clearly have work to do and have suffered from disunity for the two leadership elections in the space of a year. we have suffered from the fa ct a year. we have suffered from the fact our supporters were divided, like the country, over brexit. now, i think that once article 50 is triggered, we have an opportunity to unite about things that really matter to people about schools, hospitals, jobs and benefits. the deputy labour leader tom watson has called for unity in the party, saying jeremy corbyn‘s champions should stick with their leader. this comes after the general secret

the andrew marr programme is on bbc one at 9 o'clock. what have you got coming up today andrew?ut labour's loss of copeland and what happened in stoke—on—trent were ukip failed to keep that sit. and the tories have a triumphant mood saying they are the working class party. i will talk to patrick mcloughlin. i will talk to hugh jackman, better patrick mcloughlin. i will talk to huthackman, better known as wolverine, talking about the last of the x—men movies. no fake news at all. good to hear! see you later. coming up in the next half hour: could blackbirds help beat the blues? as scientists say being able to see birds can help promote good mental health, we'll meet the birdwatcher who says his hobby helped him deal with depression. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello. this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. coming up before 8am, ben will have the weather. it's a real mixed day. stay tuned for that. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. jeremy corbyn says he takes his share of responsibility for labour's defeat in last thursday's by—election in co

the andrew marr programme is on bbc one 9 o'clock. what have you got coming up today andrew?ps. we've got the leader of the commons on the programme to talk about that and brexit. the other story is new pressure on labour. i have tom watson to reflect on what happens to the labour party. i've got chrissie hynde from the pretenders and adjudged talking about pressures on the nhs. so lots to talk about at nine a.m.. thanks very much. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. anand menon from the thinktank uk in a changing europe is here to tell us what's caught his eye. we'll speak to anand in a minute. first, let's look at the front pages. starting with the observer. all sorts on the front page, including a picture of the rugby yesterday. the attitude to gay relationships. we've just been talking about that. the general synod meeting on wednesday. they aren't expected to make any change on the stance on same—sex marriage. for this morning's sunday express row, recalled this trump aid, ahead of the visit of donald trump the uk they say what

this is where we say goodbye to tina, as she's off to read the news on the andrew marr show. way if your conditions are a bit grey to start the day. most start dry but we can see a narrow band of rain, snow to the tops of the hills from scotla nd to the tops of the hills from scotland into north—east england, edging northward and we will see things turning sunnier for some others before it reaches northern scotla nd others before it reaches northern scotland into the afternoon. misty, murky weather into england and wales, showers in the part of the south coast as we go through the morning and one or two into the far south—west of england. wales, the midlands and into northern ireland as well. but you can see the extent of the mainly dry weather to come. more of us get to see a bit of sunshine away from this band of wet weather heading into northern scotla nd weather heading into northern scotland this afternoon and rain coming into parts of south—east england could be heavy in sussex and kent, maybe towards london for a time. five to nine celsius the top temperature, about 15

i am off to read the news on the andrew marr show. goodbye.ance. it has not been a bad start. out west this is the view that one of our viewers has woken up to. it is western areas that are online for some pretty wet and windy weather courtesy of this cloud. this has been named storm un, but not by the uk met office, but by the irish weather office because they are concerned about across ireland. we see some outbreaks of rain already in northern ireland, western scotla nd in northern ireland, western scotland and northern wales. the wins out west will be picking up through this afternoon. for coastal paths of south—west england we could see gusts of 40—15 miles an hour. eventually across southern scotland we are expecting wind gusts of maybe 60 miles an hour in exposed spots. combine that with the rain and it is not a great day for a coastal walk or heading to the hills. some snow will fall in northern scotland and the cold air digs in. milder and dry in the south—east. this band of rain will move its way across england and wales. rain and sno

andrew marr is online o'clock this morning. what do you have for us today?se up against brexit and stop it happening. what does that actually mean? i'm joined by lord madison to explain and liz truss from the justice department will talk about the crisis in the prisons plus a wonderful actor. we have a labour prisons plus a wonderful actor. we havea labourmp, prisons plus a wonderful actor. we have a labour mp, and a ukip mp. a lot to talk about and some rather strange music from california at the end of the show. just a couple of your e—mail is on a story we touched on earlier about when it is appropriate, when it is not appropriate, when it is not appropriate to have physical contact between teachers and schoolchildren. we will speak to any roll it has played on who has come out and said that he believes that teachers not giving physical reassurance at appropriate times disk called children is a form of child abuse. that is a strong statement to make. many signs to say that children benefit from hugs and cuddles and we have had many e—mail is already. trac

david cameron appeared on the andrew marr show when he was prime minister, do you remember?ned. they were trying to frighten the wits out of people that if we voted to leave the eu, we would leave the single market and he said that on more than one occasion. people were not frightened by their threats and george osborne's punishment budget and they were clear eyed and voted to leave. collea g u es clear eyed and voted to leave. colleagues of yours to do the airwaves... i don't remember. they did. 0wen paterson said only a madman would leave the single market. he was not head of the campaign. if you allow me to finish. we had nigel farage who the broadcasters could not get off the television. he was claiming that countries such as norway do pretty well outside of the european union. the debate that led up to the referendum was misleading and sometimes toxic. it inflamed the situation rather than informed people. i respect the result of the referendum, but i do not respect... you do not respect it enough to trigger article 15. you could argue that people have already voted to