a look now at major events that happened in brilliant british parliament in the u.k. with in the last few months. this bbc review talks on brent brexit negotiations, presidents visit to the u.k., and the royal wedding of meghan markle and prince harry. it is about 30 minutes. hello and welcome to a hot and sultry. opposition as the government grapples with the u.k. -- the european union. -- not a permanent limbo. there is drama in -- tries to the right have one. the nose to the left 300 and seven. problem the hostile environment of immigrants is the government promises more money the opposition asks who is paying. they belong on the side of a bus. put extransistently money international service. the u.k. is set to leave the european union in march 2019 there are some crucial things together before then. to set a legal black hole opening up after brexit giving them options change loss once we have left. battle a parliamentary that went on for nine months. with one --ld pass inflicting defeat after defeat after defeat on the legislation. there were 15 votes with huge ma

yeah you could say it was certainly loud in the british parliament today to talk about what happened today i'm joined now by banks we get our correspondent he is in london tonight good evening to you berent a chaotic day for theresa may and her cabinet can she survive all of this. mrs may is facing a huge challenge but at least she is still fighting she vote in parliament that she will not alter her color approach to express it and she appointed jeremy hunt as a new foreign minister mr hunt is one of the remain until the republican for a friend of over the next two years ago now he's also fighting for it but he is more or less on the same pas as mrs may now is and he's the opposite of boris johnson the foreign secretary. who resigned as he was he was more or less a loose cannon in this cabinet of a dangerous threat to mrs may all the time but the boys knew mutiny in the conservative party tonight no votes for no confidence vote to set in motion a but there's still the possibility that there will be a challenge to the leadership of mrs may of the conservative party and the person to c

joined by vance riggers in london brianna as you saw right there lots of theatrical inside the british parliament today and you could think that theresa may have standing on firm ground tonight but she's standing on shaky ground can she survive what has happened today. well the prime minister says in very very deep deep trouble it's the biggest crisis she's ever been in about she's still fighting the still hanging on and still clinging to power so for the mutiny did not take place the backbenches of the conservative party met here in the house of commons just behind me about not enough votes to try to have a confidence vote they need forty eight votes but that one about not enough and actually mrs may also attended this meeting got some applause some round of applause by the direct city is that so she's trying to survive now although the party is very divided in the cabinet is a very divided she needs is somebody from the bracks it's from the hot rocks at the front to support her and she's trying to find somebody in the now former top u.k. diplomat boris johnson he just released a statement and h

brent: that was inside the british parliament today. standing by in london tonight, theresa may appears to be standing on chicken ground can she surprised what happened today? >> theresa may is in deep trouble but she is still strongly that she can act. she just replace the foreign secretary with the secretary for culture and media. she wants to cling to power in a mutiny against theresa may did not take place. so far, there arar not enough votetes. there is still the possibility that somebody will challenge of leadership in the conservative party who want her to resign as a prime minister. this somebody could just very will be horse johnson himself. -- boris johnson himself. brent: the now former top diplomat released a statement not blog about. it is but sadness that he step down and says that mays softer negotiating position meant the dream is dying and referred to the plan to remain closely aligned with certainty of tables. the u.k. is truly headed for the status of column. theresa may was surprised when she received the resignation

if british -- can that get a little u parliament wants to do something and british parliament doesn't? >> in directive, national governments have discretion how they interpret law. if it is a regulation, all countries are supposed to interpret it equally. the european commission, the civil service of the eu, proposes legislation. it pans out proposal to two bodies. one is the council. that comes thed council proposal. they would also at the same time hand to paper over to parliament. you would have a position. you would end up with the and the threeion, of us got around the table. a three-way discussion where we have a compromise. that becomes the eu law. >> you recently wrote a think piece saying, tech companies, don't be scared of brexit. are you a supporter of brexit, and how would that possibly affect the tech issues in european parliament? >> i supported brexit. u.k.i believe we in the need a fair immigration policy. at the moment, we have an immigration policy where we have no barriers to people from the eu, or few barriers, and make it quite onerous for people outside of the eu

on c-span, q&a is next with constitutional lawyer david stewart followed by a review of the british parliament and they look ahead at the 2018 midterm elections. later, german chancellor angela merkel takes questions from reporters about trade with the u.s. and president trump's recent meetings with russian president vladimir putin. ♪ >> this week on q&a, author and constitutional lawyer david stewart. he discusses his book "impeached: the trial of president andrew johnson and the fight for lincoln's legacy." brian: david stewart, what was andrew johnson, our 17th president like? david: he was a hard man. he was intelligent. he pulled himself up from nothing. he never attended school even

think it is appropriate and fitting that our first woman member of parliament constance markievicz finally has her place here in the britishr your summer holiday, neither, it seems, could ministers. they'd suggested the commons starts its summer break early, thursday instead of next tuesday. but the idea provoked a furious reaction, not least among conservatives. this decision will bring this whole house into a programme. it seems to meet extraordinary that they shouldn't want to bring parliament into disrepute by sending just scuttling into our constituencies and suspending our deliberation several days early. later in the evening, the suggestion had become motion 13 on the order paper. the leader of the house or somebody on her behalf to move. not move! not to move! thank you. and if the motion‘s not moved, mps didn't move. so we still get another two days in parliament, hurray! but that's it for now. don't forget there's a round up of each day in parliament every evening at 11pm on bbc parliament. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. temperatures got up to 30 degrees on sunday, and the heat is going to continue ov

bring in labour party member who pushed for brexit during the referendum and is a member of the british parliament. welcome, do tell, how are the british absorbing first the president's interview in the sun, by the way a rupert murdoch owned paper and now his reversal during which he lavished pray on prime minister may? -- lavished praise on prime minister may? >> we have this white paper produced by the government going into great detail on how we will continue our negotiations. you know, we voted to leave over two years ago and this has taken all this time to get to this stage where we're now into details -- or will be in detailed negotiations with the eu. i think what trump said in the newspaper he probably meant. i think there would be a lot of people who voted to leave would share his concerns that perhaps if we go down in detail the way the white paper implies, it would make it extremely difficult to have independent free trade deals with other countries. if we're going to be too tied in still with the 27 other european union countries, but i think what happened was that after he had had his

theresa may faced the british parliament and outlined the plan for brexit to happen eight months from now. >> mr. speaker, this is the right -- leaving the european in 2019. a complete end to free movement taking back control of our borders. >> 64% of britains do not trust theresa may to run brexit negotiations. >>> robin wright talking about kevin spacey, her former costar on house of cards. he was accused of sexual assault several times. robin wright says they never socialized and they were more coworkers than friends. she hasn't heard from him since the scandal broke. he was first accused october and people accused than 15 men hav allegations against kevin spacey. >>> harvey weinstein is free to yesterday he was back in a new york city courtroom facing a third charge of sexual assault. what's next? >> reporter: harvey weinstein answering to new sexual assault charges. prosecutors say he forced himself on a woman in 2006. he pled not guilty just as he did when previously arraigned on charges, including two charges of rape. >> any suggestion that mr. weinstein raped anyone is a ludic

billions in return for influence infiltrating the british media and threatening to interfere in british parliament some would see as a step too far paul thank you very much for that for now that is paul brennan live in london thank you. and staying in the u.k. the official u.k. group that campaigned for breaks that in two thousand and sixteen has been fined eighty thousand dollars for breaking spending rules electorate officials say vote leaves worked with another campaign group without declaring it but the organization says there's no evidence it did anything wrong and describes the allegations as politically motivated. the european union and japan have signed a free trade deal that will eliminate nearly all tariffs presenting a united front as the trumpet ministration puts up trade barriers as the biggest deal to date creating a trading zone covering six hundred million people and nearly one third of the global economy the day after warning the u.s. china and russia again starting a trade war the european council chief says this agreement sends a clear message. we are putting the largest bailout

is literally in the british parliament. clearly said that they want to find the wife helpless guess what the wife elements basis that we found and do my niece i'm going to order knowledge there were the same as the most that are basis they were surrounded by little star and they were run by no slop and almost all his all fired hands are in syria and their top supreme commander thought up war i hope gets the israelis and humans are already used to being the right hand on the ladder i mean really it's sickening to to repeat the do see a threat of death or jihadi towards them and now the british government the recently is finest these groups the various you know phony organizations and forget organizations we have documents that we have receipts that this money reached outlined because of god that is running the the white helmets everybody knows that it's ok well as i say the white helmet deny all of that but you don't think to raise a may is. is it a case of he doesn't understand because you seem to be saying that british tax

hosted a program that reviewed the major events that happened in the british parliament within the last few months. topics include brexit negotiations, president trump's visit to the u.k., the royal wedding of megahn marckel and prince harry. this is about 30 minutes. ♪ music . >> hello and welcome to a hot and sultry westminster where the temperature has been rising inside the chamber and out. coming up on this program, government and opposition mps ministers as the government grafls with the u.s. exit from the union. >> open to the world. not the limbo of checkers. >> they have a plan for a principaled and practical brexit. faces a series of votes. the ayes to the right. the nos to the left 307. [ cheers and applause ] >> also on this program, promise an end to what has been called the hos still environment to immigrants in the wake of the scandal. and as the government promises more money, the opposition asks who is paying. >> the figures are so dodgy, they belong on the side of a bus. >> we have consistently put extra money into the national health service. >> but fi

is literally in the british parliament. clearly said that they want to find the white helmet guess what the why elements basis that we found in dumanis to look at all in all if there were the same as the most of our basis they were surrounded by a little star and they were run by nonstop and the messiah is all fired as are in syria and their top supreme commander thought up war i hope gets the israelis and humans are already used to being the right hand on the ladder i mean really it's sickening to to repeat the do see that or jihadi that orders them and now the british government the recently is finest these groups the various you know phony organizations and forget organizations we have documents that we have receipts that this money reached ok i did because of god that is running the the white helmets everybody knows that it's ok well as i say the white helmet deny or all of that but you don't think to raise a may is. is it a case of he doesn't understand because you seem to be saying that british taxpayer money is gener

next a look at the major events that occurred in the british parliament over the last few months. topics include brexit negotiations, donald trump's visit to the uk and the royal wedding of prince harry and megan markel courtesy of bbc parliament. this is half an hour. ♪ >> hello, welcome to a hot and sultry westminster where the temperature has been rising. coming up on this program, government and opposition mps harangue ministers how the government grapples with the uk's exit from the european union. >> a strong independent self-governing britain is open to the world, not miserable, permanent limbo. >> reporter: theresa may insists she has a plan for a principled and practical brexit but drama the government faces a series of votes. >> 301, nos to the left, 307. >> reporter: also on this program ministers promise to end the hostile environment to immigrants in the wake of the wind rush scandal. the government promises more money for england and nhs, the opposition asks who is playing. >> her figures are so dodgy they belong on the side of a bus. >> we have consistently put extr

basis of principle and see to what extent are british partner fully gets it, including the british parliamenten it was the negotiator‘s turn. he was not ready to buy written‘s offer as it stood, but he was willing to talk. there are several ways elements that open the way to constructive discussion, he said, but his doubts and questions piled up. how could britain trade with europe's single market without following the same rules? what about protecting eu consumers? and, in plain english, the eu was ready to contemplate the outcome many fear most. talks ending and no agreement. even if we want to reach a deal, it is also our response ability to be prepared for all denials, including no deal. the open counsel said we have to step up preparations at all levels for all scenarios. this was no moment of breakthrough and was never likely to be. there'll be some relief in government that the british plan was not dismissed out of hand, but now the going gets really tough. brussels will want more concessions, and there are some mps who are already plotting mutiny when and if those concessions are made

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with our political correspondent chris mason who told me mr trump had senior members of the british parliamenthe talked about the turmoil, as he described, in british politics at the moment. he talked about the uk being a hotspot. those two words might be undiplomatic prior to visiting a country, but they are also broadly true. where it has got particularly sticky is that president trump has given an interview in the sun newspaper, the biggest selling paper due to come out tomorrow morning in uk, friday morning uk time, in which he has a very strong view about the nature of the white paper that you have just been talking about, the proposals from the british government for its approach to brexit. in his view it advocates a situation where the uk will be far too close to the european union after brexit and, crucially, he says, that could jeopardise the idea of a us—uk trade deal after brexit. something that britain cherishes the opportunity to pursue once it is no longer in the european union. an extraordinary thing for him to state so candidly and so bluntly in the hours immediately after arri

and i'm sorry the british parliament did not follow last year to give special. time to them of the. last year e.u. parliament voted lately you parliament are not the negotiators as you know and it probably was the larger very appealing quote you know and we were delighted. with the data told we went to like what we're delighted with is that the european negotiators are saying doubt and the border in ireland would be if a few just this advantage so. we're delighted which everybody has said haven't been here you have to talk the tories have said that the government has said that time the e.u. has said that the irish government has said so so why make into this disaster it doesn't have to be done no no if you and others seem to delight in warning the underwear bomber to take and a lighter talk i mean i guess i'm just worried for the british people i think of the british people stay in the cos and union it solves the british problem lots of irish problem i can't understand why the british public would want to. support their cause. and uniting people like ken clarke and former you know. f

and and i'm sorry the the british parliament did not for the last year to give special. time to them of the. last year. he voted last year you parliament are not the negotiators as you know and it was the large area being quoted we have to like to the. data told we went to like what we're delighted with is that the european negotiators are saying in doubt and the border in ireland would be if a few states advantage so. we're delighted which everybody has said haven't been here you have the tories have said that the government has the time the e.u. has said i think i was government said so so why me into this disaster it doesn't have to be done oh no if. another seem to delight in warning this is the end of the work politics that taken the light at all i mean i i'm just worried for the british people i think of the british people stay in the culture and union it solves the british problem solved the irish problem i can't understand why the british public would want to. support because i'm hearing and i think people like ken clarke and former you know. foreign leader of the

we look back at some of the major events that occurred in the british parliament and the u.k. over the last few months. topics include exit negotiations, president trump's visit to the u.k. and the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. courtesy of bbc parliament, this is a half hour. >> hello and welcome to a hot and saltry westminster where the temperature has been rising inside the chamber and out. coming >> hello, and welcome to a hot and sultry westminster where the temperature has been rising inside the chamber and out. coming up on this program, government and opposition m.p.'s, harangue ministers grapple with brexit from the european union. >> it is genuinely open to the world. not the miserable permanent limbo of checkers. the miz rabb limbo of checkers. >> teresa may insists she has a plan for a principled and practical brexit. but there is drama as the government considers a series of knife-edge votes. >> if eyes 301. he nos to the left, 307. >> also on this program, ministers promise an end to what's been called the hostile environment to immigrants in the wake

basis of our principles and see to what extent our british partner fully gets it, including the british parliaments the negotiator‘s turn. he wasn't ready to buy britain's offer as it stood, but he was willing to talk. "there are several elements that open the way to a constructive discussion," he said, but his doubts and questions piled up. how could britain trade with europe's single market without following the same rules? what about protecting eu consumers? and, in plain english, the eu was ready to contemplate the outcome many fear most — talks ending in no agreement. even if you want to reach a deal, it is also our responsibility to be prepared for all scenarios, including a no deal. as the european council said, we have to step up preparation at all levels, for all scenarios. this was no moment of breakthrough and it was never likely to be. there'll be some relief in government that the british plan wasn't dismissed out of hand, but now the going gets really tough. brussels will want more concessions, and there are some mps who are already plotting mutiny when — and if — those concessions a

. >> can get that get confusing if the european parliament passes something and the british parliament doesn't want to do it? >> know, because once it goes into eu law is transposed but one complication is what paul directed and one is called regulation. national governments have discretion about how they interpret the law. if it is a regulation, all countries are supposed to interpret equally but the way that law is made in the first place, what happens in the european commission , they propose legislation and that proposal is handed to do bodies. one is the council and they will go away together and amend that paper and that becomes a counter proposal and also at the same time and that paper to the european parliament and the lead committee will look at it before the whole parliament and then we will have a parliament position. anyone up with 33 commissions, the individual commission position, the parliament position and the three of us get around the table and we've got a three-way discussion where we hammer out a compromise and that technically becomes eu law transposed to national

internationally the british parliament voted against joining us and angela merkel voted and they couldn'te investigation done and it was the unconstitutional act without congressional authorization and as unsatisfying as it is, i also think it is true that the obamas weighing not just whether if there was a case for intervention, but if i intervene like this can it work? >> it will be for the history book and endless studies will be done on that. let's talk about the trade war. everyone thought president trump was using rhetoric and it was a tactic and numbers are being flung around and actual allies and competitors are threatening retaliation and he says things like, i didn't even know when i talked to prime minister trudeau. i just made it up and i just said we had an estimate and i didn't know. all these things. it's fascinating to read what you wrote about the meeting with president xi of china when you were with president obama and this is what he said about trump. we prefer to have a good relationship with the united states, but every action will have a reaction, and if an immature

of our principles, and see to what extent our british partner fully gets it, including the british parliamentt ready to buy britain's offer as it stood, but he was willing to talk. "there are several elements that open the way to a constructive discussion," he said, but his doubts and questions piled up. how could britain trade with europe's single market without following the same rules? what about protecting eu consumers? and, in plain english, the eu was ready to contemplate the outcome many fear most — talks ending in no agreements. even if you want to reach a deal, it is also our responsibility to be prepared for all scenarios, including no deal. as the european council said, we have to step up preparation at all levels for all scenarios. this was no moment of breakthrough, and it was never likely to be. there will be some relief in government that the british plan wasn't dismissed out of hand. but now the going gets really tough. brussels will want more concessions, and there were some mps who are already plotting mutiny when and if those concessions are made. as things stand, senior fi

are that was inside the british parliament today for more now i'm joined by barry could he is standing by in one tonight and theresa may appears to be standing on shaky ground can she survive what happened today. that there is a may is of this in very deep deep trouble but she's still showing that she can act she just replaced boris johnson the foreign secretary with jeremy hunt the secretary for culture media so she's shows that she is still in charge and acting and she wants to cling to power and a mutiny against a threesome a didn't take place so far there are not enough votes from the backbench as a no confidence vote in parliament but there's still the possibility that somebody will challenge her leadership in the cons a conservative party and that would also mean that she had to resign as a prime minister and this somebody could well be boris johnson himself. who is still having a much trust in the hot bricks at camp of the conservatives is the now former top u.k. diplomat mr boris johnson he released a statement a short while ago and he wrote that it was with sadness that he ste

let's now speak to jonah hill who's outside the british parliament and so jonah she does seem to be a mounting sense of crisis around the government of tourism a does it look like she will survive these latest departures. well to the extent that any of these things are certain which isn't much it does seem to be less of a sense of crisis perhaps receding than there was at the beginning of the day theresa may seems to have survived a meeting of. m p's the rank and file of her party of the so-called one hundred twenty two committee where if there was going to be a leadership challenge launched against you it would have been there just fifteen percent of them required to write it and say they want to devote against it in order to get one we don't believe that there is any sign that that has happened a small club that is that we might not know until tomorrow but it doesn't seem as if that has happened johnson's resignation was taken by many as a signal that he planned to launch a leadership challenge tourism a shrugged it off in questions behind me in parliament during the course of the d

up, and indication of what was in the british plan, before the british cabinet or indeed the british parliament merkel very well. is that true? i cannot say that this is true for sure. i think mrs may will have had discussions with others, with mrs merkel, junker and others, to get what is possible and what is not possible. mrs merkel will stick to the negotiation line of the european union agreed by 27 nations and the european parliament and commission and therefore mrs may will understand the negotiations in future, where it might be easier to find an agreement. i don't want is want to sound cynical but if you look at the broad outline of mrs may's plan, she wants to maintain frictionless, free trade in goods, playing by the eu rulebook as she says. but she doesn't expect the same, for example, from services, including financial services. i can't imagine an arrangement more likely to please you lot in germany. it means your car manufacturers for example continue unfettered trade exports to the very big market in the uk, while your financial services sector in frankfurt can expect to pick up a

. >> so can that get a little confusing if the european parliament passes something and the british parliament doesn't want to do it? >> well, no, because once it goes into eu law, then it tra e transposed. one is called directed and one is called regulation. if directive, national governments have discretion over how they interpret law if it's regulation or countries or interpreted equally. the way that law is made in the first place is what happens is the european commission which is kind of the civil service of the eu proposes a piece of legislation. it then hands out paper that proposal to two bodies. one is the counsel, and they will go away together and amend that paper, that becomes the counter proposal. then also at the same time they hand it to the european parliament and the committee will first of all look at it before the whole parliament looks at it and we'll have the parliament petition. then you end up with three petitions. the original commission position, the council position, the parliament position and then the three of us get around the table and we call a trial, a three-wa

is literally in the british parliament clearly said that they want to find the white helmet guess what the white helmets basis that we found in dumanis to go to all the knowledge there were the same as the most that are basis they were surrounded by and most are and they were run by no slop and almost all his outside hands are in syria and their top supreme commander in thought of all right now gets the israelis ayman zawahiri he used to be the right hand of the lead and i mean really it's sickening to to repeat the to see a third of that or jihadi that orders him and now the british government and the recently is finest in these groups the various you know phony organizations and forget organizations we have documents that we have receipts that this money reached outlined because alkali that is running the the white helmets everybody knows that and so they will as i say the white helmets deny. all of that but you don't think to raise a may is. is it a case of he doesn't understand because you seem to be saying that british taxpayer money is generating waves of islam ist insurgency in

places he wants is perfectly also full but he's not what the british public want to know of the british parliament wants and it would be absolute disaster for the u.k. economy so it can't happen the question is well well it can't have if it does happen it will happen by accident on the question is how do we get through this in a way which doesn't have command some sort of majority support and i also agree with them and i've heard that you know get it treated base after a compromise. majority support either and that's what i've. demonstrated and i want to space to you i'm going to do. something i found it on amanda's twitter page ok so this is what i found on her twitter page people to the u.k. it's a brand new secretary jeremy hunt and just listen to what he says towards the end met a very interesting but what i'm saying is that when we have a negotiate at the terms of our departure this is a huge decision this will have an impact not just for the next five years but the next seventy five years the terms of our trade with all the countries on our doorstep is unbelievably important times of the job

agriculture and food, basically, if the eu passes a new directive, a new law, affecting goods, the british parliamentintroduce it in the uk so that we maintain a free and frictionless border when it comes to exporting and importing goods into the eu. and jonty, even if the cabinet agree, this could be academic even if the eu don't agree? it has taken two years to come up with a compromise today which is a proposal to put to the eu. this is a mix of two previous proposals, both of which have been rejected, and it calls for the separation of the single market, so services would not be involved. the eu has always made it clear that the single market is a single organisation, you must have free movement of capital, people, goods and services, and the uk is saying, we will take goods but we're not sure about the rest, and that is unlikely to be very popular. jonty, thank you very much, jonty bloom. police investigators are urgently trying to find the item which was contaminated with a nerve agent that left a couple critically ill in wiltshire. officials think the novichok agent was unlikely to have been l

thousand nine hundred five i think you're we corben on totally going to be the next leader of the british parliament after the next election and that very briefly but this stuff also argues that political advertising should be banned from social media that's something you would agree with. social social media is. that the word media is in there or if you can advertise a television if you can advertise and in newspapers as shoom like every other form of advertising the most be some form of of a financial cop put on him what's come be spent for social advertising but you know jeremy corben would like to go away george galloway fantastic success the mark has opposed this one point two million followers on social media he can reach more people and many of the television programs are great in the evenings and in the united kingdom or indeed the newspapers through social media is a great way to get your money manifest the before the people and that the people to say political analyst for he's thank you for your time. ok. now the french capital is welcoming back its hair rose the national team crowned worl

is nothing from what i have seen today that undermines that principle of sovereignty, that a british parliament being proposed and i would like to see the negotiations go on and i would like to see the bits on immigration strengthened. in terms of what happens next, do you think we are going to be distracted by a summer we are going to be distracted by a summer of political infighting and the government or do you think that this is going to be a case of resolving this quickly so that negotiations can start again next week. if i was prime minister in this situation, i would be moving rapidly and ruthlessly in getting new people inside and culling those who have gone to the site. it is a time for boldness, a weak government is seen as weak by the european union, that is not a good negotiating hand. my fear is, a weak government, weakened by what has happened today, by the tory infighting, will not get as good a deal as we could get from the eu. we need to battle away, battle for british interests, it is in the interests of the european union to have a good deal, because they trade with us more th