mr ashworth has apologised but insists he was justjoking.lso tonight: guilty — the gp who sexually assaulted female patients, preying on their fears of cancer to carry out unneccessary examinations. hejust duped he just duped so many people, here's weaknesses, fears and took complete advantage. new zealand volcano, six people have died. coming up on bbc news, liverpool are underway against rb salzburg as the holders try to secure qualification in the last 16 of the champions league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. just two days to go now until decision day, and there's no let—up in the political campaigning, but it's been a difficult day for labour, with the leak of damning comments made in a secretly—recorded phone call by the labour shadow health secretary about jeremy corbyn. jon ashworth said he couldn't see labour winning the election, their prospects are dire — abysmal — and added that voters can't stand mr cobyn and believe labour has blocked brexit. mr ashworth has apologised, but insists he was justjoshing about in

the shadow cabinet minister jonathan ashworth has apologised and insists he wasjoshing jonathan ashworth tory friend there was no way labour could wind the election. this evening jeremy corbyn gave him his full support. a doctor from romford has become guilty of sexually assaulting 23 female patients. 50—year—old manish shah carried out invasive intimate examinations. he was acquitted of five other charges and will be sentenced in early february. six people are known to have died and eight are missing presumed dead following monday's volcanic eruption in new zealand. two british women are among the injured. dozens of tourists were on the island. about 30 have serious burns. and let's join noel thompson for the northern ireland leaders debate. it is the final run—up to the general election and on thursday we are back at the polls.

ithink like the authenticjohn ashworth to me.tched up by this guy, greg baker, who was a friend, presumably isn't a friend any more. tory activists apparently. tory activists in canterbury. he's been stitched up. whether it was wise to pretend it wasjust banter — you can't win an situation like this, you can't say you meant every word of it and are heading to a big defeat because you don't say that two days before a foreign election campaign. sol two days before a foreign election campaign. so i feel for him today. it's not necessarily a disaster for the labour party, because you talk about how you manage expectations, and i'm convinced there are lots of people in the election two years who voted labour because of recognising the fact that there is very little chance of labour winning. so it sounds a bit convoluted, but i think that be people who will be prepared to vote tactically and cast their vote for the labour party so far as jeremy corbyn will not be prime minister. you agree? i agree, also that anything that will read it

jon as hworth health secretary, jon ashworth.issed it as banter but it was published on the guido fawkes website in whichjon ashworth talks about the situation for labour in the midlands and the north being dire and abysmaland in the midlands and the north being dire and abysmal and some voters can't stand jeremy corbyn. a short while ago, we asked the labour leaderfor his reaction onjon ashworth‘s comments. leaderfor his reaction onjon ashworth's comments. this is guido fawkes tapping into a private bit of banter between two old friends. i've had a chat with jon ashworth, he called me straightaway. he is out there, campaigning fora called me straightaway. he is out there, campaigning for a labour government, he is out there defending our national health service and jon has my full support and i'm cool with jon, service and jon has my full support and i'm cool withjon, we get on great. when he said the situation in some areas for labour was abysmal and dyad sums voters can't stand you, that was just banter? —— abysmal and dire yo

mr corbyn, can i ask you about jon ashworth's comments?you agree with jon ashworth's comments that you can't win, mr corbyn? one of his allies, jon ashworth, the shadow health secretary, was recorded by a tory friend suggesting labour can't win, and that mr corbyn could be a security risk in government. the conversation was leaked to a tory supporting website. i was having a bit of banter... later, awkwardly, he tried to laugh it off. you said more than once to him, the situation for labour is dire. i know, because he's also saying, "0h, jeremy corbyn‘s going to win." so it's a bit ofjoshing around. and he's leaked it. i can't believe it. did his boss really think it was just a bit of fun? i've had a chat withjon ashworth. he called me straight away. he's out there campaigning for a labour government. he's out there defending our national health service, and jon has my full support, and i'm cool with jon. we get along great. after all this, labour seems right now only likely to square the circle if they had the snp's support to put togethe

john ashworth is going to keep hisjob? john ashworth is the shadow secretary of state for health.from early on. this band of rain has been pushing in from the west, giving some particularly heavy downpours and some squally, gusty winds. 40 to 50 mph but stronger than that for some western coasts and the northern isles. tonight, the rain band will push away and we will see clear spells and showers. it will turn into a chilly night, especially when you factor in the strength of the west or north westerly winds. as we go into tomorrow, quite a few showers pushing in from the west. some will be heavy with hail and thunder. when treat of a high ground, particularly across scotland. not as many showers across scotland. not as many showers across the eastern side of the uk and forjust across the eastern side of the uk and for just about all of across the eastern side of the uk and forjust about all of us, single—digit temperatures of five to 9 degrees. as we look further ahead, stays unsettled towards the end of the week, showers or longer spells of rain and some very strong and gusty wi

mr ashworth insists it has been selectively leaked.ce the situation for labour is dire. he is also saying, ohjeremy corbyn is going to win, it isjoshing ohjeremy corbyn is going to win, it is joshing around and ohjeremy corbyn is going to win, it isjoshing around and he has leaked it. i can't believe it. jeremy corbyn‘s not dwelling on that, but instead saying this. we have now got until thursday night to win this election. thursday night to save the nhs. nurse night to end child poverty in britain, to end homelessness in britain and to build the houses that we need, thursday night to get a government you can trust that will represent people. labour are emphasising the nhs after a bumpy day for the prime minister yesterday after a four—year—old boy was pictured apparently asleep on a hospital floor was pictured apparently asleep on a hospitalfloor in was pictured apparently asleep on a hospital floor in leeds, was pictured apparently asleep on a hospitalfloor in leeds, because there was no bed for him. demand in there was no bed for hi

and jon ashworth says things could move pretty quickly.own, saying he wasjoshing around tried to play it all down, saying he was joshing around with his colleague. have a listen to how he explained what he said. it was a bit of banter with a tory friend of it was a bit of banter with a tory friend of mine, at least i thought was a friend, a tory activist called greg barker. having a bit of banter with him. he was saying the tories are going to lose and i was saying, no, you're going to be fine. josing, as in old friends do. he has only gone and given it all to a website. and i thought he was a friend. obviously, he is not. right, well, let‘sjust tell our audience what that was about. the conservative website guido fawkes has got hold of what they say is a secret recording. it is a phone call of you talking to a conservative supporting friend. i know... hang on, let mejust tell the audience. in which you appear to say there is no way labour can win, the situation out there for a labour is dire. yesterday boris johnson yesterday borisjohnson

jonathan at ashworth says he was justjoshing around. in new zealand, six people are now confirmed dead after yesterday's volcanic eruption. among the injured are two british women. aung san suu kyi defence are country myanmar at the international court ofjustice over genocide of rohingya muslims. more alarming climate change news as scientists say greenland is losing eyes seven times faster than in the 1990s. and at 11:30 p.m., the papers, with lance price and madeleine grant. two days before the general election, borisjohnson two days before the general election, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn have spent the day going to focus their campaigns on what he is see as vote winning issues with our parties. for labour, nhs funding has been the emphasis but the party's health spokesman jonathan ashworth has had twin sister secret recording of him deciding jeremy corbyn was simply banter. tonight, jeremy corbyn says he still has his full support. for the conservatives, borisjohnson has warned a hung parliament would mean more uncertainty about

i've had a chat with jon ashworth. he called me straightaway.. he's out there defending our national health service, and jon has my full support, and i'm cool with jon. we get along great. after all this, labour seems right now only likely to square the circle if they had the snp‘s support to put together a government. in exchange, she'd say, for another vote on scottish independence. and they share a target. if scotland votes snp, we can make sure we lock borisjohnson out of government. we can find an escape route from the mess of brexit and, crucially, we can put scotland's future into scotland's hands. even if the lib dems' initial burst of enthusiasm hasn't become a surge, every vote in the west country or elsewhere could make a difference. we recognise that this is a fight for the soul of our country. are we open or closed? are we generous or selfish? do we reach out and work with others or do we pull up the drawbridge? we can stop brexit, and we can build a brighter future! thank you very much. cheering boris johnson, though, is determined

and an apology from shadow cabinet memberjonathan ashworth, who insists he wasjoshing memberjonathanworth, who insists he was joshing around when he told a tory friend there was no way labour could win the election. tonight, jeremy corbyn gives mr as hworth tonight, jeremy corbyn gives mr ashworth his full support. six people are known to have died and eightare six people are known to have died and eight are missing, presumed dead, after a volcanic eruption in new zealand. two british women are among the injured. greenland is losing ice seven times faster than during the 1990s and will expose a0 million more people to coastal flooding if it continues. that is according to in your report. and, the latest banksy mural gets protection after vandals add red noses to the reindeer. any moment, the sport but first, a look at what else is coming up. at seven o'clock it is beyond 100 days when we will hear from one of the constitution experts who testified last week at president trump's impeachment hearings. at eight o'clock, we will be live in glasgow as the leaders of scotland's main partie

we can't talk now to the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth, in our westminster studios. —— wes often come up under election campaigns, it has happened and a labour government. the case of jack, shocking, the case of how long lily had to wait, not ideal. does it tell us had to wait, not ideal. does it tell us anything new? our hearts go out to the families ofjack and lily, there is a story on the front page of the independent about a 12—year—old who waited 57 hours in a&e for a specialist bed, our hearts go out to them, it is disgraceful. i ama go out to them, it is disgraceful. i am a father of two young children andi am a father of two young children and i would be livid and angry in this situation. we have had 17,000 nhs bed skirt under the conservatives, if we are elected on thursday we will end the tory beds cuts on friday, this cannot carry on. “— cuts on friday, this cannot carry on. —— we have had 17,000 nhs beds cut. even if you win the election, you could not ended on friday. cut. even if you win the election, you could not ended on fridaylj would you could not ended

and here'sjon ashworth's explanation of what he said. i look stupid, of course do. what you said. i'm trying to wind him up, right? and the reason this has come out today is because the tories know that the crisis in the nhs is ruining their campaign. the state of the national health service that jonathon ashworth refers to there was a dominant issue yesterday. that was because of this picture on the front page of the daily. mirror — it shows a four year old boy having to sleep on the floor of a hospital. when asked by a journalist what he thought of that photo, boris johnson took journalist's phone and put it in his pocket rather than look at the picture — and was widely criticsed for his response. well, the prime minister has pushed on with his campaign today. this is where we've got to. with all the subtlely of a bulldozer — the message here is the prime minister can break the political gridlock around brexit — and leave the eu. as we can see breaking through a polystyrene wall was just as easy as breaking a promise not to put trade checks between britain and nor

it matters not just it matters notjust for the screaming ofjohn ashworth, period his so—called friends voters who have not made their minds up about the doubts inside the labour party insidejeremy corbyn‘s leadership. notwithstanding the fact that he has plenty of diehard supporters as well. it put that seed of doubt at the back of voters minds and that said a lot of people have already voted, maybe because it is a winter election and many have cast their vote by post and there are all sorts of factors, the undergrowth if you like, issues in individual constituencies or campaigns happening on line, not affiliated to any of the big political parties but when it comes to the polling, which we should treat very, very carefully, there is a clear pattern. another major poll suggested the tories are very far out in front not at all secure and short to get a majority in government and that is why, with all this uncertainty, for the hours left in the campaign, it is heads down and ten hats on for every single person in party. and there is just one day of campaiging left before voters here go

and coming up: we'll take a look at the sunday papers with our reviewers — anne ashworth, property andl finance commentator, and the independent‘s features writer, james rampton. before the papers — sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning. liverpool can officially call themselves ‘champions of the world' after they won the club world cup. they beat flamengo of brazil in extra—time in doha. our reporter, olly foster, was there. the european champions have now gone global in what's been a remarkable year forjurgen klopp‘s side. it's nice to win another trophy, that's what we want to do, we want to keep going, win as many trophies as possible. and on to the next game, really, we've got another important game coming up next week. so, yeah, it's all go — recovery, get going again. they had questioned the timing of this tournament — would their push for the premier league be compromised by their week in the gulf? from the very first minute of the final, the gulf between the two sides looked very clear. roberto firmino should have scored.

to the message throughout the campaign labor didn't seem to be fractious and in fine saying john ashworth the chap who came out and said that everyone on the doorstep hated corbin was probably writes and these figures are indicative as they are if they are proven to be correct or close to correct will really bear out ashworth and show that colvin beloveds of half a 1000000 people in the party was never ever going to get the 13000000 people he needed to vote for him so when this general election jeremy corbin's withstood a lot of pressure in the past challenges to replace him a top is this the final nail in the coffin for him and also what was his biggest mistake was it is lack of a clear stance on brags about. jeremy coburn is toast if this turns into the results by this time tomorrow we might be talking again and speculating who the next leader will be he made a number of huge mistakes his break sit position has just been awful he has a party that effectively backs remain both in terms of the parliamentary members and large swathes of labor party members but he has been against the capit

jonathan ashworth, insists he was ‘joshing around' when he told

are you cool withjohn ashworth as well?ot be —— and let's be clear, we never said a four—day week. resentful 32 hours a week over time. this next ten years, as we grow the economy, become more productive, let's start reducing the working week, 32 hours on average by the end of a decade. we will only do that as we grow the economy. that way, we all share in the wealth that we create either by way of our incomes, rising wages, or have we have done for the last century and a half by reducing the working week and have longer holidays. it is about quality of life. and have longer holidays. it is about quality of lifelj and have longer holidays. it is about quality of life. i want to ask you about something you said during this campaign. you said labour's policies can save families many pounds a year. we have had a careful look at it is quite specific because it is only families who have have won two—year—old and another child aged between seven and 11. both adults in the family need to be there, both need to have season tickets.

papers is at 9.35 — this morning's reviewers are the property and personal finance commentator, anne ashworthe independent‘s features writer — james rampton. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has acknowledged public anger at his decision to go on holiday while his country faces a bushfire crisis. on holiday while his country mr morrison said if he could go back, he would have made a different choice. the fires are expected to worsen, with more hot, dry weather expected. mr morrison did acknowledge the role of climate change, it but said warming temperatures couldn't be connected to any single fire. gareth barlow reports. this is the remarkable, almost apocalyptic scene facing firefighters tackling australia's deadly and devastating wildfires. fire chiefs described saturday as an awful day. as thousands of personnel tackle raging infernos, the country's prime minister, scott morrison, has been heavily criticised for being on holiday in hawaii, but the pm has cut short his trip to return home. i get it that people would have been upset to know that i was holidaying with my family w

here's the shadow health secretary — jon ashworth part of the reason why our nhs is under such intenseof cutbacks across health services, but we've had these savage cuts to social care budgets. this is the support that elderly people get in the community to stay in their home. so we're going to put more support in, we're going to fund it properly, £10 billion extra, and we're going to introduce free personal care because i don't want have people languishing on trolleys in hospital corridors for hours on end. what does that mean, "free personal care"? does that mean no—one will have to pay anything for their care? it means that nobody will have to pay for anything for the care that they get in their home, support getting out of bed, support cleaning... no matter how wealthy they are? this is about ensuring fairness in the system. sorry about that. the liberal democrats are concentrating on their plan to spend 50 billion pounds on infrastructure projects outside london and the south—east of england. the party also says it will revoke article 50 if elected, a decision their leader, jo swi

a recording of john ashworth has been leaked and published online.iticizing leader hismy corbyn and saying party will lose thursday's general election. boris johnson says brexit won't happen unless his tories win and that a corbyn victory would be an economic disaster for britain. in

on the tape, ashworth is heard criticizing jeremy corbyn and saying his party will lose thursday general election. boris johnson says brexit will not happen unless his stories tories win,ss his and that a labor victory would be a disaster. the house collapse in tripoli killing two people. .rotesters smashed windows demonstrations has been taking place nationwide as residents protest against what they say is widespread corruption, negligence, and mismanagement. they say authorities have repeatedly ignored calls by the owners to renovate the old house. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quick take by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. bloomberg. david: coming up, a crowded primary field with an establishment front runner. why joe biden leads in the 2020 primary might look a lot like mitt romney's in 2012. we talk with kyle contact next. ons is "balance of power" bloomberg television and radio. ♪ >>>> the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment, charging the president of the unit

marcus ashworth, and kallum pickering, staying with us on the program. stay with us as well.ngland's they just policy rate decision, that is at 12:00 noon london time. 7:00 a.m. in new york. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: this is bloomberg. -- bloomberg surveillance. an historic day yesterday within the united states of america. now,merica waking up right trumpnew york times" " impeached." everybody is going for the big headlines. i don't have "the washington post," it does not come up to new york that quickly. here, we will feature that in the next hour. and then from this, you go to the idea of the history. before we get to leslie of chatham house, we need to go back to just after lincoln and the first time around in the johnson impeachment. that is something every student learns in school, sort of, kind of like, and then to the huge emotion of the clinton speech, whatever your politics of 21 years ago. then on to this moment yesterday of impeachment. as i explained to a young cherub last night asking me about this, i said, no, he will still be president. she was very concerned,

they had a difficult day yesterday with john ashworth, however, they do not believe it is mission impossiblehe last election, whenjeremy corbyn slowly, slowly, seems to be picking up slowly, slowly, seems to be picking up ground in the last few days of the campaign and they believe that is happening again, that boris johnson has begun to lose a bit of momentum. questions of trust have begun to creep more into this campaign. people not convinced that borisjohnson is absolutely trustworthy and, above all, they believe there is an appetite out there for radical change, so this morning we heard from the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, saying that there was still a prospect of a labour government. there no doubt about it, and a numberof there no doubt about it, and a number of constituencies, it's tough but it's interesting because at the beginning of this campaign, like 2017, it was almost as though the commentators and media were saying the labour party was going to be wiped out and you've seen the trend. i don't always believe in polls but ido i don't always believe in polls but i do look a

jonathan ashworth says he was trying to wind up a friend of his who is a tory.at he said wasn't what he actually believes, it was simply an attempt... that proves the point, that's why people don't believe politicians! i don't have any tory friends i can think of. i'm not sure i would be caught in opposition. we will put it to willie rennie and i remind you of the question, although the country is divided, it seems to be united in our mistrust of politicians, how does that make you feel? it deeply concerns me. my grandfather was a minister. my father was the grocer in the village. my mother was the secretary of the community association. public service was something i was brought up service was something i was brought up to believe was a force for good. and tropical to distrust us deeply concerns me, because it's something i have devoted my whole life too and i want people to believe in the political system. i actually agree with much of what everybody has said this evening. i actually knocked on doors, visit constituents three times a week, whether at an electi

alxy: thank you very much, marcus ashworth. nike reported the stock. they were at a record going in. danny, break it down for us. >> it wasn't just the record that gives us an idea of how much investors were expecting. call options were the fifth highest on record. we have a large buildup of high expectations but then nike comes out with numbers that easily sail past estimates and their profits were 70 cents a share versus 68 cent as share and now are falling 1.5% and is better than what happened after market. what happened here? it could be in part this is nike and eventually eat beat every quarter and looking back to 2012 they missed one quarter but the shares fall 1/3 of the time and investigators looking for more than the headline profit numbers. a couple things could have set them off and one could have been these sky high inventories, 6.2 billion which is a bigger number and i should say they fell short by .1%. regardless what the share is doing premarket we've heard analysts say they're optimistic on nike. look at credit swiss, they see a 20% gr

money, on breakfast shadow secretary jonathan as hworth told breakfast shadow secretary jonathan ashworthion, trust in politics, trust in politicians and trusted leaders? we will look at your ma nifesto, leaders? we will look at your manifesto, first of all. the ifa says the manifesto is not a credible prospectus —— the ifs says. and the institute for fiscal studies say they will not be able to deliver all they will not be able to deliver all the spending is promised at the party is not being honest with voters. let's go to that point of being honest with voters. we are the only party which produced a full ma nifesto only party which produced a full manifesto with a constant document beside that, we have gone through it in great care, studied it very carefully, and the ifs has some criticisms or concerns it has raised. other economists think it is a very credible and sensible document, they point out the lack of investment in britain in infrastructure and public services, in industry as a whole, has to be addressed. it also said it relied on taxes unlikely to raise the sum is the party sa