but security minister ben wallace says if parliament doesn't agree to theresa may's brexit plan, the he says britain's security could be stronger than it is now under the new arrangement. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner was at this morning's presentation by ben wallace. i'm here at the international security expo where the security minister ben wallace has just set out his reasons on security grounds for backing the brexit deal. it is an absolutely unequivocal backing in his mind, saying, effectively, with it we will remain safer than if it is rejected. i asked him when it came to questions, what is your plan b. you know, what are these mitigation measures that you must‘ve started discussing with your eu partners if there is no deal? he said, we are discussing things but we are not going to give you the details. they are secret or classified, in other words. details. they are secret or classified, in otherwords. he details. they are secret or classified, in other words. he did give us some detail about the various tools, as he calls it, that the eu has that are currently sha

ben wallace. time today. a change in the law was announced in the summer following a high profile campaign on behalf or severely epileptic children. but patient groups are warning that many people are likely to be denied access to the medicine because the guidelines are too restrictive. this programme has seen new research which suggests the primary tactic of russia and twitter controls or bot accounts is to stoke divisions of islam. express at a ce ntre—left divisions of islam. express at a centre—left think tank analysed more than 9 million tweets sent by russian linked accounts. they say activity from the social media users spiked around the time of the london and manchester terror attacks last year. and manchester terror attacks last yea r. two boys and manchester terror attacks last year. two boys aged 16 and 15 have been charged over a hit and run incident which left a toddler from wigan fighting for his life. leo darrington aged three was knocked down by a stolen ford transit van on tuesday

we are hoping to talk to ben wallace, the security minister, a little later on, around 8:20am on this and telford nhs trust unsafe, and raised questions about the leadership of the organisation. the trust said the report made uncomfortable reading, and has vowed to improve. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details. for 18 months, more and more families have come forward to raise questions about the maternity care they received at this trust over nearly two decades. so far, more than 200 families have contacted an independent review of maternity services. why did you let me try natural birth, when you knew that there was something wrong with his head? it could have been a completely different story. throughout, the trust had insisted current care is safe, but today's report highlights a catalogue of failures. both maternity and accident and emergency are rated as inadequate for safety. staff say there was a culture of bullying and harassment. some of the executive team do not have the right skills and abilities to provide high—quality, sustainable care. there's

later today at a conference in london, ben wallace, the uk's security minister, is expected to warn thaty impact counter—terrorism co—operation with the country's european partners. he's due to say that the deal secured by prime minister theresa may will lead to the most comprehensive security relationship in the eu's history. but the labour opposition‘s diane abbott says the plan fails on guarantees for security. in a moment, i'll be speaking tojonathan portes, economics and public policy professor from king's college london. first, i'm joined by oliver cornock, the middle east managing editor of the oxford business group in the studio. 6ood good to see you. let's talk security to begin with. this report today will tell us the relationship with the eu and the uk, what it will be like, what that will mean for security. the basis of a future agreement. this is one of the great problems, while we're talking in such calamitous terms about a final deal, this is the basis of any future deal. the transition period will ensur, and during that period the relationship will continue to carry on “—

but security minister ben wallace says if parliament doesn't agree to theresa may's brexit plan, theccess. by by getting borders back it means that our security minister can now do more to keep people safe, and people coming into this country. at the moment i can exclude people from far away, outside europe, the moment i can exclude people from faraway, outside europe, based the moment i can exclude people from far away, outside europe, based on intelligence, as soon as they are in the eu, or married, or become an eu citizen, actually, it's harder to find intelligence that might tell me they have been a foreign fighter. i'm going to need stronger evidence, that's a good thing. we have the thoughts of security correspondent. ben wallace was saying that this could have a real impact on protecting the public in the event ofa protecting the public in the event of a no—deal brexit? yes, i'm here at the international security expo where ben wallace has just laid out his reasons, on security grounds, for backing the brexit steel. it is an unequivocal backing in his mind, saying, effectively

britain‘s ben wallace finished fifth in the freestyle competition. hour. some of the day‘s other news now. recovery teams in northern california have found more bodies under debris in a town that was all—but destroyed by intense wildfires. it brings the number of people known to have died there to 23. two more people were killed in a separate blaze in southern california, near the coastal town of malibu. dangerous winds are expected to return later today, which could put more homes in danger. peter bowes has the latest from los angeles. the scale of the devastation is overwhelming. this is all that remains of paradise, a quiet retirement community to the north of sacramento. thousands and thousands of homes reduced to rubble. the roads are strewn with burned—out vehicles where some people were overcome by the flames trying to escape. others made it, but onlyjust. 0h! oh, my god! i am so scared right now. baby cries. so terrified. in southern california, many more homes have been destroyed or damaged in two majorfires close to thousand oaks, the city

security minister ben wallace said he agreed that local police chiefs should be free to make their owning that minor offences can indicate a wider issue. well, she's absolutely right that local police chiefs, and she's addressing police chiefs, should be free, alongside elected police and crime commissioners, to set the priorities that their communities need or have to deal with. that is local policing. it's operationally independent, she's right to say that. what those priorities are are obviously going to be different in different communities. in lancashire, we need to deal with islamophobia, because, as the minister for security who deals with counterterrorism, one of the recruiting tools of terrorists islamophobia. and so we have to challenge that. you know, that is really important. it's not a sort of side issue, it's a front and centre issue. in other areas, you now find that straightforward violent burglary is the number one priority. but that's up to the professionals, the police to make those decisions. sara thornton, the head of the national police chiefs council, says invest

in the urban cycling world championships in china ben wallace — has finished fifth.rs, you could see him on an olympic podium. is he wearing jeans that? sporting wear comes in all different shapes, sizes and materials, and i think you can wear some genes. they are so tough. they are probably not going to scrape your knees off, and how many times did you scrape your knees on your bmx when you were younger? i had those pads that would fall off! no more shorts on bmx! let's speak to naga now who is at the cenotaph for us this morning. good morning, naga. i'm very pleased to say that the sun is coming up. the streets are lined with members of the public. they are waiting for the processions which will pass through. and of course, the queen will be on one of these balconies behind me, and the royal family will behind me, and the royal family will be commemorating today, 100 years since the end of the first world war. and at the cenotaph, prince charles will lay the first wreath of poppies in commemoration. around 9,000 veterans will attend a special parade to honour those

and now joining us is peter alexander and ben wallace. and peter, let's talk about the dissonance and we saw the bilateral with the prime minister of japan abe shinzo, and they are saying that they hope they can work it out with vladimir putin, and where does that stand? >> andrea, an interesting point. be clear here the man representing the united states at this global summit the g20 is individual one, and that tweet from the president, and the fir first the thing that he communicated on twit ther morning reinforced that point that the challenge for any leader, any american leader is to not allow domestic troubles impact some tof the foreign policy interests here, but that is the backdrop for this. as we heard from the president a short time ago trying to insist that the reason for the las last-minute cancellation of the scheduled sit down and the marquee meeting of the summit for vladimir putin saturday was because of russia's aggression toward ukraine and the seizure of the ship and the sailors and the last point to the reinforce here

meanwhile the security minister, ben wallace, is warning that a no deal brexit would be a step backwardsa "real impact" on protecting the public. this programme can exclusively reveal that a letting agency in east london is asking for non—refundable deposits of £300 from prospective tenants, before they have even viewed a property. the practice, by flintons, breaches guidelines and could be unlawful. the company has denied any wrongdoing and says it does not charge any fees for viewings. you can see the full report of this story in the next half hour. a hospital trust at the centre of a widening review into poor maternity care has been rated inadequate by inspectors. the care quality commission has deemed the a&e and maternity units at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust as unsafe, and raised questions about the leadership of the organisation. the trust said the report made "uncomfortable reading" and has vowed to improve. a day after footage of a 15 year old syrian refugee being allegedly assaulted was shared on social media, a video's emerged appearing to show his sister being attacked at

ben wallace, thank you for talking to us this morning. it isa you for talking to us this morning. to clear away from east anglia. showers coming into western scotland, a few showers in north—west england and west wales. temperatures getting up to 8—12. that area of rain will continue to clear and eventually it will move away from east anglia. then we are looking at clear skies overnight tonight. for many quite a cold night, apache frost to take us into friday morning. 12 misty fog patches as well in southern and western areas. but it will be a beautiful start to the day, lots of sunshine, a crisp, sunny day. cloud increasing from the west and sunshine turning hazy across northern ireland. maximum temperatures on friday about 9-12d. maximum temperatures on friday about 9—12d. this blue behind me is the rain from the remnants of hurricane oscar. the area of low pressure will move its way up towards iceland. but turning quite wet and windy. rain moving its way through much of scotla nd moving its way through much of scotland and northern ireland and clearing later in the day. the rai

more now on the security minister ben wallace addressing concerns over security cooperation between the the institute for government, an independent think tank which aims to improve government effectiveness. i wonder what you make of this brexit deal in terms of security? well, i think the important thing to remember at this stage is that the deal on future relationship between the uk and the eu isn't struck, it is an aspiration and the security arrangements are part of that future aspiration, both sides have said they want to work together closely but the current special arrangements the uk has won't be replicated exactly after we leave the eu. and one of the alternatives of course is ano one of the alternatives of course is a no deal, what would that mean? one of the alternatives of course is a no deal, what would that mean7m the security area, no deal would mean immediate change, it would mean that police force hearse in the uk would lose access to information from their counterparts across the eu, it would mean that we would have to fall back on much older cooperation mechanisms, th

it is, it comes ahead of an important speech tomorrow morning by security minister ben wallace who willon or the economy, trade, finance, any of those things. purely about security. specifically it is things like dna shearling and passenger watch lists? that is hugely important? it is. it is hard to imagine, because it is not in europe's interests to shut us out. i was going to ask, pragmatism steps in at some point, doesn't it? you would think so, because britain is possibly the european leader are one of the leading countries in counterterrorism. it has got bilateral relationships with france and germany and spain but these are very important data platforms where millions of items of data have been sheared in real—time and if britain is shut out, ministers are worried that we will be disadvantaged. the second generation schengen information system. this is all about alerts that should immediately and we would be cut off from that? in theory, if they didn't find a way around this. you remember the bata cla n around this. you remember the bataclan attack in paris, where they used high—p

this week chris wallace will interview nebraska senator ben sasse and it has been a blessing this weekksgiving with family and from new york my brothers paul and christian. that's it for "special report." i'm mike ema dvr the show if you haven't already set that up. hannity is next. ♪ ♪ >> judge: welcome in this special edition of hannity law and order in america. first of all, i hope everyone had a very happy thanksgiving. i'm judge jeanine pirro in tonight for sean. tonight, republicans in congress subpoenaed james comey and loretta lynch but comey vows to resist. more on this explosive story later in the hour. and black friday mayhem. we'll show you the wild ot

this week chris wallace will interview nebraska senator ben sasse and it has been a blessing this weeksgiving with family and from new york my brothers paul and christian. that's it for "special report." i'm mike emanuel. good night from washington. ♪ >> ed: breaking tonight, growing cries of hypocrisy directed at fired fbi director james comey who says he will quote, unquote, resist republican demands to testify about his actions during the 2016campaign. the man who used to selectively leak to the media to make himself look good is suddenly against selective leaks to the media. good evening, everybody, i'm ed henry in for martha mccallum. in a thanksgiving surprise comey and loretta lynch have both been subpoenaed to testify behind clo

this week chris wallace will interview nebraska senator ben sasse and it has been a blessing this week to celebrate thanksgiving with family and from new york my brothers paul and christian. that's it for "special report." i'm mike ema dvr the show if you haven't already set that up. hannity is next. ♪ ♪ >> judge: welcome in this special edition of hannity law and order in america. first of all, i hope everyone had a very happy thanksgiving. i'm judge jeanine pirro in tonight for sean. tonight, republicans in congress subpoenaed james comey and loretta lynch but comey vows to resist. more on this explosive story later in the hour. and black friday mayhem. we'll show you the wild footage we have got of what people will do for a sale. but, first, today president trump is addressing the crisis on our southern border and calling for funding of the border wall tweeting, quote: republicans and democrats must come together finally with a major border security package which will include funding for the wall after 40 years of talk, it's finally time for action. fix the border for once and for a

this week chris wallace will interview nebraska senator ben sasse and it has been a blessing this week to celebrate thanksgiving with family and from new york my brothers paul and christian. that's it for "special report." i'm mike emanuel. good night from washington. ♪ >> ed: breaking tonight, growing cries of hypocrisy directed at fired fbi director james comey who says he will quote, unquote, resist republican demands to testify about his actions during the 2016campaign. the man who used to selectively leak to the media to make himself look good is suddenly against selective leaks to the media. good evening, everybody, i'm ed henry in for martha mccallum. in a thanksgiving surprise comey and loretta lynch have both been subpoenaed to testify behind closed doors next month. to answer questions about the fbi and doj handling of the hillary clinton email probe. the behind closed doors part is what comey is taking issue with. he tweeted in part, quote: i will resist a closed door thing because i have seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion. let's have a hearing and invite

of the court joined the cnn case, j wallace saying he has passes for white house journalist should never be weapon eyes to. i school named after famed secretary benrson in his hometown of detroit is seeking a name change. when school board members say ben carson high synonymous with having trump's name on our school. let's discuss that with the power panel, democratic strategists leslie marshall. the daily collapse white house correspondent and radio host in washington larry o'connor. welcome to all of you. all right. the detroit news reports say lamar lemmon pushed to rename carson at school which is named after the housing and urban development secretary, former presidential candidate a graduated, residents don't support the trump administration. you should know that's not the only other name. there talking about taking the school name off of an old abolitionist, frederick douglass. >> he was a republican maybe. this drives me crazy. i'm from detroit originally. i have family in the detroit area. i go back there a lot. the last thing detroit needs is to focus on this. amazing they don't have higher priorities at the school district to worry abo