ben rich. it's been a rather blustery start of the week for many of us.low pressure is in charge of the weather. still, through the evening, tightly squeezed isobars across the north of scotland. here, wind gusts of 60, possibly 70, miles an hour overnight. showers in north—west areas too. some rain flirting with southern england for a time. it clears to leave clear spells across many areas. especially where the winds fall light in the south, it will be quite a chilly night. they could be a touch of grass frost here and there. not a bad looking day, lighter winds than today. brucie in northern areas. scattered showers, -- it is northern areas. scattered showers, —— it is breezy in northern areas. 13-17d, but —— it is breezy in northern areas. 13—17d, but we are now into october. on wednesday, some outbreaks of rain in western areas. potentially very wet and windy weather. thursday is drier and brighter. you're watching beyond 100 days. 12 hours after the worst mass shooting in american history and there is still no indication of why he did it. 64—year—old

let's find out more what it means now with ben rich.nd what it's doing. it's pretty unusual actually to see a hurricane fully formed in the eastern and actually the north—eastern atlantic. currently hurricane ophelia has sustained winds of around 100mph. it isa sustained winds of around 100mph. it is a category two hurricane. if we look at some weather graphics, i think i can show you, hopefully in a moment. they're coming. they will show you exactly where that storm is and how unusual the position of this is. there we are. this swirl of cloud. it's got an eye. it's got all the characteristics of a hurricane. not that far from our shores. sustained winds of 100mph at the moment. this storm is going to not bea moment. this storm is going to not be a hurricane as it approaches us. watch this area of low pressure. when we see a low with isobars really squashed together like that, that shows you that we're going to see strong winds. while it will not bea see strong winds. while it will not be a hurricane, as it arrives here, you mention 80m

ben rich has the details on the latest on those hurricane winds.oing on today, the impact of storm ophelia, and the skies turning red, dust being dragged up from the sahara and smoke from portuguese wildfires, but further west the impact has been much more severe. this storm has approached our shores and brought very strong winds indeed. the strongest winds of all were found across the republic of ireland where the winds reached almost 100 mph. in wales, 90 mph was the strongest. the wind is still picking up at the moment across northern ireland so we still have this met office ample warning to be prepared for the strength of the winds. the windiest so strength of the winds. the windiest so far across northern ireland, west wales, parts of the isle of man and dumfries and galloway. as we go through the night these winds easing, the strongest winds transferring further north and east so transferring further north and east so if you have travel plans through tonight or indeed tomorrow morning it is worth staying tuned to the forecast and your local r

ben rich has the latest update.were back in 1987 and also affecting a different area, western areas, but there is still the potential for some very windy weather during tomorrow. today, things are that bit quieter, a lot of cloud, patchy rain to the west and brighter skies to the south—east, 21 or 22 degrees. tonight, cloud and rain will still backing across northern ireland and scotland, the winds will pick up down to the south—west and it will be very mild in the south. the big weather maker tomorrow, ophelia, currently still a hurricane in the atlantic, won't be a hurricane anymore as it approaches our shores but look at all of the isobars, it shows we are expecting some extremely windy weather out west, particularly for exposed coasts and hills, but the second half of the day, 80 mph winds could be seen across northern ireland. very different in the south—east, sunshine and warmth as well but if you are in northern ireland, there is a met office amber preprepared warning for the strength of the winds during the

. —— ben rich. up —— ben rich. up to the north—west things are starting to go downhill.ding in. through the evening, the wet weather sinking south and east. some heavier bursts over the hills and the west. milder than last night. up to 11 celsius. saturday, a drab start to the weekend. mostly cloudy. 0utbreaks drab start to the weekend. mostly cloudy. 0utbrea ks of drab start to the weekend. mostly cloudy. outbreaks of rain. rain over the southern and south—western areas. rain pushing from the north—west with cloud. spots favoured to see brightness, perhaps south wales, central and southern england and north—east england and eastern scotland. breezy but the temperatures no so bad. up to 17 celsius. sunday on balance is the better day of the weekend. a fair amount of cloud but bright spells in the east. in the west a little more cloud. a few showers at times. lighter winds and highs of 13 to 17 celsius. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. theresa may has responded to some back bench calls for her to leave office by insisting she is providing "calm leadership" with the

here's ben rich. the temperatures are going on a journey and that will go downwards, i'm afraid.s, especially the southern half of the british isles, where we had extended cloud. clearer skies in the north. through the evening and overnight, the area of cloud will go south to allow more areas to have clear spells. in the far south, temperatures will hold up under the cloud, but further north, quite a cold night, six in manchester and glasgow, and in the countryside could be cold enough for a touch of frost and also for the patches. tomorrow we have a beautiful day, with plenty of sunshine, quite windy in the far north, gales across the northern isles of scotland, very small chance ofa isles of scotland, very small chance of a shower in east anglia but most people find, temperatures a couple of notches down. a bit of a change on saturday, more cloud in north—western areas, north west england and north wales, some drizzle and murky conditions, and quite a breeze, the best conditions further east. enter sunday, we have northerly winds and they will bring very chilly conditions all t

time now for the weather with ben rich. good afternoon.ith temperatures heading downwards. at the moment we have a lot of mist and merck and low cloud. that was how it looked in wales, in conwy. but in lowick, some suitable sunshine to be had across the far north of the country. further south, much more cloud and look out for some outbreaks of rain along the way that one sitting across northern england. that front will get a move on and clear to the south tonight. over the next few days we will see the wind is coming in from the north—west and then from the north. we will see increasingly cold air heading our way. with the rest of the day, this weather fronts drifting slowly southwards. a lot of cloud in southern areas, slightly less further north, and through the night, that pontal system continues to push south. it appeals the cloud away from the map so you will see some clear spells. along the extreme south coast, 12, 13 celsius, but further north in those clear skies, five, six celsius in towns and cities and in the countryside, it cou

here‘s ben rich. big thick coats on the cat work in all fast maybe. —— the catwalk.nd, north west england, north west england, wales and the south—west, misty and strictly for the hills. fairly mild by the end of the hills. fairly mild by the end of the night, but what the south and south east, a touch of frost. generally speaking, tomorrow is a cloudy day, quite a breezy day, but at the same time, a little bit milder. westerly winds bringing milder. westerly winds bringing milder and a lot of cloud, particularly in west and north west areas with drizzle and mist and hill fog. eastern scotland and north east england, some spells of sunshine and gusty winds seeing 50 mph gusts at at times. towards the south east, not as much sunshine as today, but some brighter spells as temperatures 13-16, a bit some brighter spells as temperatures 13—16, a bit up on web they have been for most abuzz. tomorrow night is in the south, north, we start to see a change. northerly winds all the way from the arctic, bringing cold air in our direction, most keenly across northern and eastern

here's ben rich. nothing that frightening in the weather. things a lot calmer the winds lighter and it. to feel warmer, temperatures creeping up for a little bit. thanks to the south—westerly winds for that, the wind direction tending to bring warm are, bringing some pretty moist air, are, bringing some pretty moist air, a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. after a gloomy start today then slowly brightening from the west, heavy showers into the far north—west, temperatures a couple of notches up on yesterday. this evening, clear skies, notches up on yesterday. this evening, clearskies, lots of notches up on yesterday. this evening, clear skies, lots of dry weather initially, over night we see increasing cloud blown in on the south—westerly wind, misty and perky with hill fog, quite windy for northern scotland, very mild down through the far south—west. tomorrow morning very mild, 15—16d, 8am, lots of cloud and hill fog, misty and perky, drizzly, persistent rain across the midlands, wells, north—west england, some of that heavy. wet weather

let'sjoin ben rich for the forecast.he west. fairly quiet, some patchy rain. brighter skies in the south—east, perhaps lifting temperatures to 22 degrees. the northern half of the country will see outbreaks of raining cloud. clear spells further south. an exceptionally mild night, but the wind really begins to strengthen down to the south—west. the first signs of what is to come during tomorrow. this currently in the atlantic, hurricane ophelia, it will not be a hurricane as it approaches our shores but look at all the isobars on this chart. very windy, costs of 60 to 70 miles an hour. perhaps even 80 miles an hour in northern ireland. an amber warning enforced here. some rain to the north—west, very different down to the south, could see highs of 22 or 23 degrees. remember that met office warning in northern ireland, some pretty u npleasa nt warning in northern ireland, some pretty unpleasant weather on the way. the british actress lysette anthony has said she was raped by harvey weinstein when she opened the front door

here's ben rich. no sharks in the water behind me but a lot of cloud overhead.ith some outbreaks of rain. at least the weather is fairly quiet. later wins than we have been used to. it will turn warmer. south—westerly wind wafting across the british isles but we will see increasing outbreaks of cloud and rain. some murky conditions and look at those overnight lows. very mild start across the south—west. misty and mackie. we also have a little bit of rain. some heavy bursts of rain at times. double digit temperatures even by eight o'clock in the morning. some rain for northern ireland. windy start to the day. as we go through the day we will push the rain quite erratically eastwards. most places will perk up. the best of the brightness is the far north of england. more cloud further south. the rain is likely to continue because we have is whether front hanging back. the frontal system will wriggle around as we get into this part of the week. on wednesday, the front slides further south. it is the dividing line between some warm air pushing up from the south and s

here's ben rich. nothing that frightening in the weather. little bit. thanks to the south—westerly winds for that, the wind direction tending to bring warm are, bringing some pretty moist air, are, bringing some pretty moist air, a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. after a gloomy start today then slowly brightening

here's ben rich. today we have got some sunshine but the trade—off was that it was a fairly chilly start this morning. tomorrow will be different. it will be milderfor most, but there tomorrow will be different. it will be milder for most, but there will be milder for most, but there will bea be milder for most, but there will be a lot more cloud and a strong breeze. on sunday it is different again, the sunshine returning but particularly in the north feeling quite a lot colder. on the satellite picture you can see it is a beautiful day out there today. we had some fog patches in certain areas but most of that has now cleared. generally speaking it is an afternoon of long sunny spells, with temperatures not too down on where they were yesterday. now, during this evening and overnight, we will keep some clear trumps for central and south eastern areas but a change in the north—west as we start to pick up these westerly winds bringing more cloud to scotland and northern ireland and north—west england an

liftoff, because we are going up have liftoff, because we are going up to the balcony to join up ben richather for diving? it is not the time for a belly flop, thatis it is not the time for a belly flop, that is all i will say! good afternoon, things not looking too bad through the rest of today, really calming down, actually, after storm brian yesterday. this is the sort of scene we have been witnessing, this is off the cornish coast, blue skies, some shower clouds here and there, still some showers through the afternoon, tending to fade, increasing amounts of sunshine, but not particularly one, 11—14 degrees. for this evening and tonight, decidedly chilly in central and eastern areas. 0ut west, a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, much milder air, 12 in plymouth by the end of the night. these outbreaks tomorrow staggering eastwards, the rain tending to ease as it goes. behind it, things will improve, northern ireland, western scotland, eventually the western half of england and wales seeing some sunshine, top temperatures of 14-17d. a some sunshine, top temperatures of 1a—17d. a mixed, ch

here's ben rich.tly dry day, some spells of sunshine around, particularly this morning, lovely bright scene for this weather watcher in gedling in nottinghamshire, but things changed as the day went on. on the satellite picture you can see this area of cloud, initially turning the sunshine hazy and as the clouds thickened up over northern ireland and western scotland it produced outbreaks of rain, that was the scene for our weather watcher in argyll and bute early on. the cloud and rain willsink argyll and bute early on. the cloud and rain will sink southwards and east was heading through this evening and into tonight. in many places the rain will be light and patchy but over some hills in the west there will be heavy bursts and it will be a breezy night and much milder than last night, temperatures around 8—12d. the weekend begins on what i suppose we could describe as a fairly what i suppose we could describe as afairly drab what i suppose we could describe as a fairly drab note, mostly cloudy, and

here's ben rich. the weather gave some others are short, sharp shock, eight heavy burst of rain.ou can see on the radar picture this band of rain was very narrow, a heavy burst which disrupted the rush hour in places, or made for a soggyjourney to work. that has now cleared away. we are left with some pretty strong winds and rough seas close to the east coast. that was how it looks for one of our weather watchers in cromer. although the winds will continue to slowly ease through the afternoon of the seas will state quite rough, big waves close to the east coast. however, quite a lot of sunshine to come through the rest of the day. some showers exposed to the north—westerly breeze, for example the north coast of northern ireland, northern and western scotland and trickling across north—west england perhaps into the west midlands, but for much of eastern scotland, north—east england, avoiding most of the showers, staying mainly fine and dry. some sunny spells across many mid and southern parts of wales and also southern and central portions of england and temperatures around 16-17

time foran time for an update on the weather with ben rich. the next 24—48 hours. things are very quiet for the time being, overnight we will see clouds and some outbreaks of rain across northern areas. further south dry with clear spells, the wind is picking up to the south—west. exceptionally mild night, temperatures no lower than 14 or 15 in the south. tomorrow, the big weather maker is this, currently hurricane 0phelia out in the atlantic. it will not be a hurricane as it approaches our shores but look at the isobars, some very strong winds, could see gusts of 60—70 mph in western areas particularly the coast sandhills. parts of northern ireland later in the day could see wind gusts of 80 mph. rain in western areas as well. completely different south and east, warm sunshine, highs of 23 or 24 degrees but northern ireland in particular, met office, amber, be prepared warning for the strength of the winds tomorrow. hello. this is bbc news with me, vicki young. the headlines: the bbc understands the metropolitan police are investigating a fur

with the latest on hurricane ophelia, here is ben rich. clear spells, the wind picking up to the south—west, exceptionally mild, temperatures nola work than 1a—15d. tomorrow the big weather maker is this, currently hurricane ophelia in the atlantic, it will not be a hurricane as it approaches are sure is public at this chart, very strong winds indeed wind gusts of 60—70 mph in western areas, particularly coasts and hills. part of northern ireland later could see gusts of 80 miles an hour, rain in north—western areas, completely different further south and east, warm sunshine and highs of 23—24d but for northern ireland, the met office amber be prepared warning for the strength of winds tomorrow.

let's get the weather with ben rich. hello, rebecca, thank you and good evening.couple of days but differences tomorrow depending on where you are. in southern areas we will see more sunshine because we will see more sunshine because we will drag in drier will see more sunshine because we willdrag in drierair will see more sunshine because we will drag in drier airfrom the near continent but further north, a lot of heavy rain along this slow—moving weather front, the rain of heavy rain along this slow—moving weatherfront, the rain setting in through the night in parts of northern ireland and especially south—west scotland where the rain will pile up overnight. further south, largely dry with clear spells developing and perhaps some fog patches. tomorrow morning if you're off to work at 8am, sunshine and showers in the far north of scotland but the south—west of scotland especially around glasgow, poor travelling conditions as the heavy rain continues. some of the wet weather fringing into rain continues. some of the wet weatherfringing into northern ireland, gener

time to look at the weather with ben rich.f rain. it did not rain for long but pretty heavily, as a cold front worked its way through. you can see on the radar picturejust how way through. you can see on the radar picture just how narrow the band of rain was but many southern areas had that short sharp burst of wet weather. also we still have strong wind particularly close to the east coast, quite rough seas, thatis the east coast, quite rough seas, that is one of our weather watchers in cromer, the wind slowly easing for the rest of the afternoon and we will see dry weather and spells of sunshine out there, showers in spot exposed to the north—westerly wind, for example the north west of scotland, northern ireland catching a few showers, the odd one could be heavy, sunshine in between. some showers across north—east scotland, but from the south of scotland into england, not too many showers, the odd one trickling across north—west england may be down into the midlands. for much of wales and southern england, it will be dry, s

but first, the weather forecast with ben rich. good afternoon.here was clouded in many areas, thick cloud down the south, the net clouded by the conditions in the north. the thick cloud is associated with this weather front which, over the next few days, is going to die the next few days, is going to die the way to the south, opening the floodgates to north—westerly wind. look at the isobars, where they come from, all the way from the arctic, and that is going to bring some cold airand other and that is going to bring some cold air and other direction. back to today, we have our band of cloud and some outbreaks of rain sinking southwards during this evening and tonight, clearing all but the far south of england, where we hold on to the cloud, it will be relatively mild, but further north, as the skies clear, there could be some fog patches and poor northern england, northern ireland and scotland, a touch of frost looks likely. even in towns and cities, into single digits. after a chilly start tomorrow with the odd patch of fog, a decent day. plen

have lost ben, i'm not sure whether it was the weather that cut the line. 0ur weather presenter, ben richh the latest on the storm. we heard some of the details, but just talk is through the part of this storm. we have been watching it for several days, regular viewers will know. it started life as a hurricane, which came a long way used in the atlantic, very unusual to see and hurricane despite used in the atlantic. i can show you a satellite picture exactly what it did and the journey took. you can see, when we are able to show it, that it weakened a little bit, it was not a harry kane when it arrived on our shores. it was a deep area of low pressure that moved initially in through the republic of ireland —— it was not a hurricane. this storm brought strong gusts, close to 100 mph in the most exposed spots in the republic of ireland. the strongest wind gusts in the uk had been in west wales, 90 miles an hour there. we can now see at! the graphics are finally arrived. just a summary of those wind gusts i was telling you about. you can see plenty of other places not far behind. the big qu

now it is time to take a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon.the eastern areas. in the west the cloud is rolling in. the skies to turn mickey and cloudy. thicker cloud in northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland with rain coming in in the afternoon. the evening and the wet weather singing south and east. some heavier bursts in the hills in the west. windy conditions but not so windy as it was in the middle of the week. the temperatures up to 11 celsius. a mild start tomorrow. cloudy with outbreaks of rain. some areas seeing brightness in the central and southern england. south wales, eastern scotland and north—east england. but elsewhere, showery rain and highs of 13 to 17 sells yours. sunday, quietera little brighter but still with a lot of cloud. arc this is bbc news, our latest headlines. theresa may has responded to calls for a leadership contest by saying she has the full support of her cabinet and is providing calm leadership. the fact is he doesn't speak on behalf of any who he sees as potential candida

time for the weather with ben rich.e of the weather, still as we go through the evening, some tightly squeezed isobars across northern parts of scotla nd isobars across northern parts of scotland where we could see wind gusts of up to 60 and possibly 70 mph during the night. there will be showers in north—western areas and a bit of rain flirting with southern england for a time which will clear away to leave clear spells across many areas and particularly where the winds fall light across the south it will be quite a chilly night, and could be a touch of ground frost. tomorrow not a bad looking day. the winds will be lighter than they were today, still breezy across northern areas, a scattering of showers but many places will avoid these and stay com pletely places will avoid these and stay completely dry. temperature is nothing to write home about, 13—17d but then again we are in october now. further ahead on wednesday we will see some bricks of rain in western areas, wet and windy weather on wednesday night, thursday

here's ben rich. a lot of cloud today, you don't need me to tell you that.mbria, thick cloud and misty, murky conditions as well. this is because we have south—westerly winds driving across the atlantic. this area of low pressure is dominating the scene. in the south—west, a stream of cloud heading our direction during this evening and tonight we will see the cloud spread, particularly after midnight. things will turn misty, murky and damp with heavy rain in parts of the west by end of the night. as we start off tomorrow, for the journey to work, for example, cloud in the south—west, misty and murky over the hills, spots of drizzle as well. 0utbreaks murky over the hills, spots of drizzle as well. outbreaks of rain in the south—east, in the london area. heavy rain in the midlands, wales and northwest england. double—digit figures at 8am in the morning. for northern ireland and scholar, blustery in coastal parts in the west and north—west. 0utbreaks in the west and north—west. outbreaks of rain will push erratically eastwards. most places will perk up in the

before that, ben rich has the weather.felt across southern and western parts of the british isles, particularly stormy skies overhead for this weather watcher in south wales. the view from space is quite a dramatic one. you can see this swirl of cloud each has been working eastwards so far today. the strongest winds have been to the south of that area of low pressure. we will continue to see strong winds in southern areas through the evening. but also picking up across parts of north wales, north—west england, northern ireland and south—west scotland. gail is here for a time. through the evening, the black winged arrows show the strongest wind gusts. up to a0 or 50 mph across the south coast. wales, north—west england. a lot of showers dialling in from the west. some of them heavy in parts of wales, north—west england. some localised surface water issues. the wind is picking up for northern ireland, south—west scotland. mitre winds in the north—east of scotland. dry here for a good part of the evening. through the night, w

let's look at the latest weather prospects with ben rich.vironment agency. yes, it's because we've got some pretty high seas along the east coast at the moment. a combination of factors, an area of low pressure allowing sea water to lift up slightly bennett crashes into the coastline. we've had very strong winds piling that water into the coastline and spring tides are approaching. this is a combination of factors leading to some pretty rough seas across the east coast. the thames barrier has been closed. elsewhere, things beginning to calm down. the weather will continue to quieten down through the evening, the wind falling light, not too many showers around. there could be the odd folk patch and a touch of frost, particularly out in the countryside, further north at sea temperatures down at freezing or even just a little bit below. tomorrow a nice looking day, light winds, more in the way of sunshine, until we see thicker cloud pushing in from a west later in the day. brain into the far north—west by the end of the afternoon, 12—15d. satur

now, it's time for an up date on the weather with ben rich.till a strong storm east in the atlantic, beginning to weaken, it will not be a hurricane but still the potential to bring very strong winds in the west particularly. this met office be prepared amber warning for northern ireland during the second half of tomorrow. active this evening and tonight, things quieter, lots of club through northern ireland spilling into scotland, taking outbreaks of rain wizard, south some clear spells on what will be an exceptionally mild night, minimum temperatures of 1a—15d, the winds starting to pick up in the south—west. the first sign of what is to come. ophelia no longer a hurricane but still a dv area of low pressure, look at these white lines on the chart, squeezing together, showing us in western areas you could see winds of 60—70 miles an hour, the strongest overexposed tells and coasts but at low levels and inland, windy weather, northern ireland, they could reach 80 miles an hour through the second half of the day. rain to the north—west, to the

and ben rich has the weather.co. .. is though. the car designed to is though. the ca reach .. is though. the car designed to reach 1000 mph is tested in public for the first time. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. the wife of a birmingham man who planned a terrorism attack in the city has been found guilty of helping his preparations by buying him the weapon he intended to use. madihah taheer, who's 21, had denied preparing an act of terrorism by assisting her husband ummariyat mirza earlier this year. mirza pleaded guilty to the plotting earlier this month. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. wrestled to the ground in an armed stop, a birmingham man setting out to kill. the suspect seized in a joint intelligence—led operation by m15 and the west midlands counter—terrorism unit. a week after the westminster attack in march, ummariyat mirza wanted to rampage in his home city. now convicted along his wife, madihah taheer, who helped him, and his sister, zainab, who encou

we bring in ben stein, author of the new book, the capitalist code, it can save your life and make you very rich. ben stein is here on the president's move to fend off the death spiral of obamacare. good to see you, ben. >> good to see you. thank you so much. liz: what do you think of the executive order? >> good to try to stop the death spiral of obamacare. how he's going to get people to have health insurance when there is no alternative to obamacare is a good question. obamacare has many, many, many faults and mr. obama told many untruths about it when he was in the process of building it up. the sad fact is mr. trump's plan doesn't help all that much. he's not going to have a plan where by any person anywhere in the united states can sign up for health care, which obamacare did allow, and that is a very, very big omission in the united states of america. liz: he's forming these -- >> going back to the drawing board. liz: sorry, ben, the lower costs plans that don't come stocked with the requirements and the benefits that obamacare has, and trying to form insurance pools where you can buy ins

we got amy holmes here, and back with ben stein and all right charles payne a little rich that's it. >> charles: a little rich, pay as you go, we don't like deficits we're against the debt and you know, no one takes it seriously and of course these are the same democratic party that talked about spending money like crazy as always an investment right? so what about the idea of investing in the american public and american businesses to keep more of their money that they've earned by the way and then putting it into the economy. and it's on the face of a debt it's just it's disin again use us you can't take it seriously and the idea of regular order the democrats want to play ball we know they've been obstruction and republicans have to figure out a way to get this through and not fumble like they've done with every effort to repeal obamacare. neil amy what do you think? >> amy: the one thing senator schumer said i agree with was doing it by regular order unlike obamacare. neil what would regular order be by the way? >> i think they throwing around this $3 word. >> amy: that means it

and in the weather, all of the details with ben rich.ng up — the british diver who thought things couldn't get any worse — separated from his boat four miles from the shore — then he realised he was being stalked by a huge shark. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. within the next hour theresa may is due to update mps on what process has men made with the eu leaving negotiation. but there is alien to counter the german newspaper, which claims the theresa may baked john claude puel cafu help and appeared anxious and tormented. it follows a call from the uk's biggest lobby groups to have an urgent deal to safeguard jobs and investment. prime minister, what are you putting on the table? this time last week, the prime minister left downing street for brussels. her aim, to try to unblock brexit talks over dinner with senior figures from the eu. the meal in the belgian capital was officially called constructive. then, this emerged. an account in a german newspaper, which said that mrs may, under political pressure at hom

rich. look who's here. economist ben stein. good to see you. >> honored as always.: ben, katy bar the door, get your wallet, head for the basement, doomsday scenario. you would have missed out on a lot of money, wall street shops like citigroup and barclay's predicted a drop. thoughts are not facts, opinions are not facts. right after brexit what trump did and people thought brexit was going to collapse the markets too, right? >> right, we have a saying in one of the programs i'm in, fear is false evidence of appearing real. there was never a basis of a collapse. all the futures were down like crazy. there was no reason for it. the economy was on a strong recovery phase, there was no end to the recovery in sight. mr. trump has not done anything whatsoever to screw up the economy. i am very much a fan of nafta. i hope he doesn't wreck that, but love, love, love the fact he wants to take the gloves off, let the economy grow, let america be america. liz: we saw the video of look at this, a bull running loose in new york city today, or maybe a cow. might be a metaphor f

rich would boosted the quality in developed nations. president trump seeks to cut the top rate of u.s. income tax. benhe core of this agreement? >> as you said come on imf paper argues that developed countries can redistribute income by taxing the rich more, which seems obvious. that they say countries can do this without sacrificing economic growth. that removes one of the most common arguments against redistributive tax policy, which is that it would slow growth. the imf paper did not mention specific countries. it was a summary of the fund's latest thinking on fiscal policy. but it did come out in washington on the date trump is about to go on the campaign trail to promote his landmark tax reform. clearly, there are people in the administration that side as criticism of the u.s., and they fired back. yvonne: what we have heard from the imf for decades is this white house, washington consensus, how other economies should be running their countries the way the americans have. advocating higher taxes for the rich, is this a change of heart from the imf? ben: it is not the type of policy people associa

ben stein, back to the program. he says president trump's tax reform plan will only benefit corporations and the rich. his latest book is titled "the capitalist code". it can save your life and make you very rich. >> honored to be here. so i went back to just where you were on trump a couple of years ago. you said and i'm cleaning this up for public television that trump doesn't know blank about economics but then you voted for him. >> he was not running as abraham lincoln or richard nixon. he was running against a woman who i thought was terribly corrupt and lied a lot. i have known her for a long time. she and i were in law school together at yale and i never really liked her very much. if she had been running against somebody else i would have voted for that person. i never vote for democrats. the guy i liked was lindsey graham he was the best on national defense but he didn't get the nomination. >> when you say you never vote for democrats what is behind that? >> long ago -- you're too young to remember this. you were almost 20 years younger than i am. you are a very young man. there used to be a

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rich of idaho. john mccain, bob corker, tom paul of indiana, and ben sasse of nebraska was there as well.r sasse started clapping loudy causing members from both parties to stand and applaud. >> all of this stuff you see on a daily basis on twitter this and twitter that, forget about it. let's focus on helping to improve people's lives and doing what we said we do do, that's what we're focused on. are you going to ask about this or -- good. >> -- bob corker, at what point, do you have an obligation as a leader of this party to weigh in on these very serious criticisms of the president? >> what i have an obligation to is to try to achieve the greatest cohesion among 52 republicans to try to achieve the agenda that we set out to achieve. and tax reform is what we are about. we're going to concentrate on what our agenda is and not any of these other distractions that you all may be into. >> meanwhile at the white house, sarah huckabee sanders said flake lacked support in arizona and his retirement was probably a good move. and sanders also said that bob corker should spend less time grand st

ben i don't have also made at list at 34, 78 and 150 respectively. donald trump he ranked 156 with $3.7 billion and oprah just to show you how rich these other people are239th with $2.8 billion. when you consider the fact that bill gates has given away a huge chunk of his money and is still at the top of the list -- >> it's incredible. do you know what, though, i would be happy with 239th. >> i'd take it. i will take one. we're coming back with a full 90 minutes of news including the latest on that wildfire burning in the santa cruz mountains. >>> matt keller has new details. he just spoke with the fire command chief there. >>> and some fire evacuees in the north bay can finally return home. we will tell you which evacuation orders were lifted. >>> we have weather and traffic >>> we have weather and traffic on your screen through ♪ hey grandpa. hey, kid. really good to see you. you too. you tell grandma you were going fishing again? maybe. (vo) the best things in life keep going. that's why i got a subaru, too. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. >>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> good morning. i

rich city of kirkuk earlier this week. the demonstrators are angry that the u.s. for taking a neutral stand on the dispute despite the fact that they worked with the kurds. benn is in erbil following the story. ben, many people there making their feelings very clear about the current u.s. president. >> reporter: yes indeed, george. really this normally is traditionally very friendly territory for the united states. i was here in erbil the day baghdad fell in april 2003 to the u.s. led coalition and there were people waving american flags on the street, praising president george w. bush, late last year we did a story about a fighter who named his son trump. so this is normally on sort of -- before last week, essentially, this was an area of the middle east where americans were welcomed and were appreciated by many of the people, however, within the last week with the fall of kirkuk to the government in baghdad, and the united states standing on the sideline in this conflict, the love affair between the united states and kurdistan has gone cold. noisy demonstrations from the western diplomatic mission is run of the mill at least, but in the kurdish iraqi capit

ben, there are rallies against police brutality every daily and we're not talking about them. we're talking about this one because prominent people are putting something on the line. colin kaepernick is a hero. environments prominent, richnd famous and he still took a knee in still public view. >> here's the one thing i say, i wish the nfl players would go back and look at their own tape when they were over in england playing a game and they knelt during the national anthem but they stood all of them for god save the queen, why because they understood the respect and when you don't respect this country but you respect another country when they're seeing god save the wean, i'm just telling you -- >> they're not getting shot by british cops. they're not getting oppressed by eng accomplish mass incarceration center. >> we got to leave it there, guys. always great to have you both on. thank you so much. >>> coming up, puerto ricans still struggling to get clean drinking water three weeks after hurricane maria. the situation so desperate some are now to your knowledge to a hazardous waste site. how did it come to this? a report next. ♪ i've got ♪ hungry eyes ♪ i feel the magic between you and i ♪ ♪ hungry eyes feed those hun