cabinet, michael fallon, and another ally underfire puts pressure on cabinet, michael fallon, and anotherre puts pressure on the government at the time they could do without it and as this cabinet 0ffice report lands on her desk, in the next few days, we will hear more about it. the row is not over. this is about bob quick confirming that this material had been found and in the case of the second officer, he said he wanted to take part in an enquiry and they did not approach me and therefore i am putting this information out. to what extent do politicians believe the police are acting inappropriately? former police officers. if you look at the response from damian green's conservative colleagues, almost to a person, they have argued along the lines similar to st peter fahy, the material is confidential and from a police operation and it should have remained private. it dates back to 2008. it was not years ago this happened and there is an enormous amount of bad feeling between the conservative party and police over the radon damian green's office, with damian green at the time the shadow

cabinet meeting. and this looks like it will probably be our last cabinet meeting until the new year but who knows. you never know what happens with cabinet meetings. we have had some really great and productive ones. this will be one of celebration. because of what took place last night. we had a historic victory for the american people. it will go through final passage today in the house. then the congress men and women and the senate will be coming over, the republican senate, unfortunately, the democrats don't like to see tax cutting. they like to see tax increases and they like to complain. but they don't get it done, unfortunately. but they complain a lot. so, we are going to have the republican senators come over. have the republican members of the house come over. we have a news conference and people are starting to see how great this historic victory was, the passage of the massive tax cuts and reform. it's a lot of reform in there, but the tax cut supersede and i said very specifically use t

cabinet meeting.nd this looks like it will probably be our last cabinet meeting until the new year. but who knows? you never know what happens with cabinet meetings. >> and in the trump cabinet, you never know who shows up at the next cabinet meeting because you never know who's fired next in the trump administration. here's a former assistant to the president who attended the last cabinet meeting on december 6th but she was reportedly dragged and or escorted from the white house after her white house pass was suddenly deactivated and the man sitting at the president's right hand today has been quoted calling the president a moron when the president wasn't in the room. and people have been wondering ever since just how long secretary of state will continue to be allowed in the room for cabinet meetings. rex tillerson is high on everyone's list of the next big firing in the trump administration. which could explain why the republican chairman of the senate foreign relations committee has been desperate

watching some people react to the new cabinet some people say that they are disappointed the new cabinet has. a lot of people from the old guard people who were in government. it was still the president. disappointed that is still part of the old guard in there why that nothing is going to change one man say it is the same bus find the drivers not on the driving and maybe the conduct is but still the same bus that said some people are cautiously optimistic saying they hope the president knows what he's doing they know he's a businessman of the people he's put in place to try and work to resuscitate the economy because right now that's what most people want they want jobs this country has an unemployment rate of more than ninety percent. standing on the seas did absolutely nothing hoping for some kind of well here's our frustration and anger in this country so i think while these full mixed feelings about the cabinet. there's still a lot of people who hope that another problem will go up in the form of prison is gone and we now have a new president hoping that he perhaps understands the r

he's waiting to hear the results of a cabinet office investigation into them.old that report could be on the prime minister's desk within days. tom barton, bbc news. earlier, i asked tom why the investigation matters. it is a distraction theresa may does not want nor need. the government is in the middle of brexit negotiations. there is a crucial month ahead as they try to navigate through discussions around the brexit bill, the irish border. meanwhile the prime minister is in a weakened position, partly as a result of this year's disappointing election results but also a few weeks ago she lost a key ally in the cabinet, michael fallon, and having another ally underfire puts pressure on the government at a time they could do without it and as this cabinet office report lands on her desk, probably in the next few days, we will hear more about it. the row is not over. this is about bob quick confirming that this material had been found and in the case of the second officer, he said he wanted to take part in an enquiry and they did not approach me and therefore i

you never know what happens with cabinet meetings. we have had some really great and productive ones, and this will be one of celebration because of what took place last night. we had a historic victory for the american people. it will go through final passage today in the house. then the congressmen and women and the senate will be coming over, the republican senate. unfortunately, the democrats don't like to see tax cutting, they like to see tax increases. and they like to complain if they don't get it done, unfortunately, but they complain a lot. we're going to have the republican senators come over, we're going to have the republican house come over, and we're going to have a news conference and people are starting to see how great this historic victory was. the passage of the massive tax cuts and reform, a lot of reform in there, but the tax cuts precede it. i specifically use the words tax cuts. before they tried to pass it and haven't and they used the word reform. there is reform, but we're going to be talking about tax cuts.

the last thing she will wa nt to cabinet.is lose her de facto deputy prime minister. this could all come to ahead in the next few days. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in sunday mornings front pages. atio:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the economics commentator & author, dhashini david and the us broadcaster and commentator, charlie wolf. a 14—year—old boy who died after a collision with a car on the m67 motorway in greater manchester has been named as samuel berkley. he was found unconscious yesterday afternoon on the hard shoulder nearjunction three of the motorway in hyde. the teenager was in a critical condition and died later in hospital. samuel attended audenshaw school and in a statement posted on twitter, the headteacher said — "everyone at the school is shocked and terribly saddened by the news of sam." "our heartfelt sympathies go out to his family" "it's a terrible tragedy and his loss will be felt by everyone at the school." greater m

in the cabinet.ael fallon, priti patel, all fairly recently. she has had to change her team which you might not have wa nted change her team which you might not have wanted to do at this particular moment. there has been lots of discussion about the stability of the cabinet and the nudity. theresa through revista sophie unity. there will be difficult decisions coming up and essentially all this to come to a head in the next few days. the headlines on bbc news. president trump describes the actions of his former national security advisor as lawful, but says he had to be sacked for lying. there's growing criticism of two former police officers who claimed pornographic images had been found on a work computer of the cabinet minister, damian green. barclays bank says it will no longer offer a russian anti virus software programme free to customers after warnings it could be exploited by the kremlin. and today collect that the sports news, it's been a busy day. that's a good evening to jessica, news, it's

the resignations also include the former conservative cabinet anister gillian shephard. street insists it is working to provide opportunities for all. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. your chances of getting a job, finding a good school for your children, and being able to afford somewhere decent to live — issues at the heart of social mobility. and from day one in power, tackling inequality was a personal priority for theresa may. the mission to make britain a country that works for everyone means more than fighting these injustices. if you are from an ordinary working—class family, life is much harder than many people in westminster realise. but for the former labour cabinet minister alan milburn, who was until now in charge of monitoring the government's progress on social mobility, not enough is being done. what is lacking is meaningful political action transferring good words into deeds. in the end what counts in politics it is not about what you talk about, it is what you do. i'm afraid the divisions in britain are becoming wider — socially, econ

his conduct is currently subject to a cabinet office investigation. the outcome crucial.ly watched. so questions now, not just over his political future, but the handling of this whole affair. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. barclays bank says it will no longer offer a russian anti virus software programme free to customers. it comes after officials recommended that government departments stop using kas—per—ski lab products because of fears it could be exploited by the kremlin. the national cyber security centre says the advice doesn't apply to domestic users. kas—per—ski lab denies any links to the russian government. jon donnison reports. cyber security software like that provided by kaspersky lab requires extensive access to the files on a computer phone or network to look for viruses. our mission has always been to protect... kaspersky is used by consumers and businesses as well as some parts of government to protect systems from criminals and hackers. but now a new warning about russian anti—virus software, amid fears it could be used for spying. secrets of glob

vonnie: let's get to the president and the cabinet meeting. pres. trump: great for the american people, a goes to final passage today in the house. women andssmen and the senate will be coming over, the republican senate, unfortunately the democrats do not like to see taxcutting, they like to see tax increasing and like to complain. they do not get it done, .ortunately but complain a lot we will have republican senators come over and republican members of the house come over. we will have a news conference. people are starting to see how .reat this historic victory was the passage of the massive tax cuts and reform -- a lot of reform but the tax cuts super seat i said specifically use the words tax cuts. for 34 years they have been trying to do this and a have been trying to use form and i said we will talk about tax cuts, the heart of the bill is a tremendous amount of relief for the middle class, including a doubling of the child tax credit. the nearly doubling of the standard deduction. that will be tremendous for people and they will see results

to thank the cabinet. we have a fantastic team. next we're we're going on to some amazing things. the members of the cabinet, you have been outstanding. >> with that, we're back with our panel. time to look at the trump cabinet. assets and liabilities. assets first. >> it's hard to know. we don't know what they discuss and who is in charge. the public face, it has to go to nikki haley. she's been a force for good for the trump administration. making a case for american power and at the u.n. helping get support for american initiatives. it wasn't perfect with the vote last week or the week before in terms of condemning the jerusalem decision by trump, but in terms of sanctions for north korea, in terms of substantive things that she's gotten done has been impressive and a boon. >> >> mike: the white house website does list her as a member of the cabinet. so as the u.n. ambassador has been in previous administrations. >> i concur. that is a cabinet level. i picked jim mattis who is not in this town there's v

much reference there about the talk in the cabinet. —— takes us to the sunday telegraph.sunday telegraph. if you can say that by sending boris johnson to iran, that keep him out of the way, thatis iran, that keep him out of the way, that is one way of looking at it. there is a problem between the brexiteers and the remainers. the brexiteers and the remainers. the brexiteers are so keen to walk away from europe that they would almost, you know, do anything just to be able to say, we have done it, we have done it, we are out of europe, regardless of the consequences. that comes back to the point that nigel made that it is difficult for the prime minister and the negotiating team and it is notjust david davis, it is an army of civil servants and lawyers and what have you. it is difficult for them to go there if it is not clear what we want. now we get to the next stage which is we ought to be honest because if we can lay on the table, at the moment, we're not saying anything. we are arguing that we must keep negotiating position close to a chest. now we are moving into trade

she has got the eu apparently bewildered over this and real problems, mutterings from the cabinet, buttiffen her spine and the other group who have come out tonight, 20 mps saying don't walk away without a deal —— brexiteers trying. this is all tightrope stuff. the front page of the times as philip hammond's comments that britain could be paying £40 billion even if the trade talks fail, and you get the inside page and his colleague, david davis, not looking too happy. no! the picture tells a thousand words as they say also to hark back to philip hammond, what he is guilty of is being too honest. the problem for him recently has been that he speaks his mind and tell it as it is and thatis his mind and tell it as it is and that is difficult in politics! sometimes you wonder how he has got this far by being so honest. david davis was in front of the commons brexit, he first thing this morning and these pictures were on the televisions from this morning. he had a very difficult time when he revealed about impact assessments which i think a lot of people were underway now it appears not so.

because the cabinet is so divided over this.his, theresa may given green light in brexit talks. tucked away is a quote from angela merkel, german chancellor, saying britain has to tell us what they want. the most difficult phase is yet to come. where is the vision is the question a lot of people are asking. you hit the nail on the head, the cabinet is so split, you've got the remainer element of philip hammond, amber rudd. against michael gove, david davis, boris johnson, these hard brexiteers. the prime minister's way of handling it has almost been don't talk about it until we have two. it is called the end estate discussion. what britain wa nts end estate discussion. what britain wants brexit to look like come march 200019. it's remarkable, 18 months since the referendum and they haven't got around to talking about what they want brexit to look like. we were told it would happen before the end of the year which means only one more cabinet before christmas, which is on tuesday. it's going to bea which is on tuesday. it's going

at the heart of decision—making and the prime minister's closest ally in cabinet. ago, and last month he filled her shoes in the commons. i have been asked to reply on behalf of my right honourable friend the prime minister. his departure is a massive blow to theresa may's already fragile government and destroys a career built slowly over decades. let me tell mr blair it is my generation, the 30—somethings, thatcher's children, who have learned truths in our working lives. after working in journalism learned truths in our working lives. after working injournalism he was tempted into politics and was an adviser tojohn major tempted into politics and was an adviser to john major before tempted into politics and was an adviser tojohn major before winning adviser tojohn major before winning a safe tory seat in 1997. through his party's long slog and opposition his party's long slog and opposition his unassuming profile began to rise first shadow education secretary. in 2005 he backed david davis for the tory leadership and the two are close. even though david cameron w

this is both outside of the cabinet and in. i think it is the fallback plan for the establishment, and that is why i am sounding the call. you will see an enormous uptick in these irresponsible stories, smearing the president, non--- not up to the job, and so on. i am being realistic about what i believe is the resolve of many in the political establishment to get rid of the president under any means necessary. >> but who are we talking about? the defense secretary? the vice president? stone: like you, tom, i cannot reveal those sources. i am not prepared to do so. >> i'm sorry. i'm not asking you to reveal your sources. who are your sources? -- rather, what are they telling you? stone: there are members of the cabinet who have had this discussion. >> michael isikoff. michael: can you tell us what cabinet members you are talking about? stone: not at this time. i will probably reported fully, but i do think that there is a plan of foot that is broader than just the cabinet. now, the 25th amendment requires a majority of the cabi

cabinet colleagues want it resolved quickly.nds he may resign if damian green is forced out. dominic grieve is a conservative mp, former attorney general and was shadow home secretary at the time of damian green's arrest in 2008. tim brain is former chief constable of gloucestershire. very nice of you both to come in this evening. do you accept this was unacceptable behaviour? it is chilling that police should have your computer and once they have it they can use it against you whenever they want. they are not using the computer against you, we are looking at notes that the officer kept and has kept for a long time. there is nothing sinister... i don't know if he was told to destroy them. interesting he was told to destroy them. i find that quite an interesting observation that was made. i have got at home lots of police records that go back 40 years of that there is nothing odd about individual officers keeping their own notes. no one has ever told me to destroy any of that. we're not looking at the computer, we are looking at

sacked from the cabinet and out the door. the third senior minister to leave theresa may's team in less than two months. reporter: why did you liethe public, mister green... this morning, damian green wasn't keen to talk, but former cabinet collea g u es keen to talk, but former cabinet colleagues did, accepting mrs may had no choice but to fire, with a heavy heart, her de facto deputy and long time friend. he lied on a particular incident, yes. i think lots of people who understand the context would appreciate why that might have happened but that doesn't make it any more acceptable. i think what this shows is that in our democracy, we hold cabinet ministers to the very highest standards of conduct. it stems back to this police raid on mister green's parliamentary office nine years ago. 0fficers parliamentary office nine years ago. officers say legal pornography was found on computers. damian green's a lwa ys found on computers. damian green's always denied it was his but as recently as last month insisted he'd not been told

cabinet members.inister tony blair has warned about the effect on the peace process but that has drawn some criticism from politicians in northern ireland, hasn't it? . yes, tony blair is one of the architects of the good friday agreement, and he said that agreement is now at risk. he said the uk and irish membership of the eu was central to it, as was the concept of free movement. now, hard border, he said, would create tensions on the island but ian paisley of the dup who are of course the tory party's partners in government, he said that is simply a rekindling of project there. louise, thank you very much for that, louise cullen in belfast for us. children will be able to get access to mental health support at schools or colleges in england under plans announced by the government. it's a joint initiative between the departments of health and education. campaigners say the measures are welcome, but long overdue. edward curwen reports. i didn't have any therapy. it was sort ofjust to talk about thing

damian green, one of theresa may's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet.ding statements about pornography found on a computer in his office. good morning, it is thursday 21 december. also this morning: more than 60,000 mothers and babies have been harmed in incidents in maternity units in england over the past two years. later this morning, creditors and lenders are voting on a plan to save the uk's biggest toy retailer. i am taking a look at why the toy business is facing so many challenges.

guest: there are members of the cabinet who have had this discussion. let me just leave it at that. >> stone is also the author of "the making of the president 2016, how donald trump orchestrated a revolution." you can watch that full interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on -span. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. today, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell held a year end news conference highlighting some of the major republican achievements of the year. he also answered questions on what to expect in 2018. his remarks are just over 20 mi

theresa may has been meeting her cabinet.eet, a bit of a logjam, andi downing street, a bit of a logjam, and i don't suppose he will arrive before the cabinet finish their meeting. 0n the line is our europe correspondent gavin lee. interesting that the spanish prime minister is here, meeting theresa may, and in this hole to catalonia crisis, his tactics were pretty tough, he stood firm. is he the winner, really, from this stand—off? know. i think it is certainly that his party, the party in government who do not traditionally do well, they fear that they have been damaged in terms of their vote because of the matter of fact. that because of the matter of fact. that because they have ministers who were in prison for a month, allegations of sedition and rebellion, and also to macro who had not been released, they are galvanising support. some stories we're hearing about prisoners witnessing inmate stabbed another in front of them, were difficult conditions, being here in barcelona today, that is a worry. you have also seen this

the stability of theresa may's government and cabinet has beenin may's government and cabinet has beenbtedly, it all adds to that image that this is a government which is not fully on track, where people have differing views to a lwa ys people have differing views to always agree with each other and it does portray and paint a picture of a prime minister who is not in full control and that is damaging for theresa may. alan milburn is an ex- labour minister and was due to step down next year anyway. is this a bit of grandstanding from the labour site? he has gone suddenly and tendered his resignation with immediate effect. this is the jockey had since 2012 when he was appointed by the government. —— this is a job he has had. one of those resigning asa he has had. one of those resigning as a former conservative cabinet minister. one is the chief of the charity for social mobility. this is a bigger message than party politics. we haven't had a response from the government on this yet although we understand they are working on one but it is fair to say this will be very unwelcome from thei

he's in the minority in the cabinet. we fought hard enough long enough they now know we're not a push over. now we go for the deal. he's way ahead of the most of the people. including people you would not expect in the cabinet. well known people. so it's the we fight you really fight. again you reach the point where you calculate. you can get a compromise and go for it. he writes about this later on. he's writing about the irish leader he makes the deal with. he's talking to about that, he writes an article ten years later recalling on this. he recalls the bravery sticking with the deal. churchill clearly observant of this knows this. he talks about the end of the war. and recalls castle ray. who he is connected by family. the greatest british foreign secretary. he immediately says that's it now, no more punishment of the french people. we have to make the break. and says this is what you have to do. and the trouble the difficulty is, at the end of war at the end of conflict it's the hardest struggle is with yourself. it

yes, the cabinet actually getting briefed, the full cabinet for the first time, which is extraordinaryprime minister is a battler, you have to say that.” thought benedicte was about to is a strong and stable! you know, —— was about to say strong and stable. she's back to form, she is winning, because we're going to go through the papers, they are all on manoeuvres, they are all in the mix. boris, philip hammond, not michael gove, i may say, jacob rees—mogg, who has come up with a hysterical one—liner for those of a less than but more sceptical persuasion —— less than passionate but more sceptical. she knows what's happening, but what's interesting is the brief alignment of those two stars, philip hammond borisjohnson, about the approach to a trade deal. yes, they are going to talk about the trade deal. butjust think how long it to add to establish the canadian trade deal. this is immensely complex. if you apply to bea immensely complex. if you apply to be a new member, not that anybody is going to do that in the short—term, but in the balkans we may find somebody popping up like kosovo

where the prime minister look now, do you think, for a close ally in cabinet?es the prime minister look? well, theresa may has been careful to maintain a balance in her cabinet between senior figures in her cabinet who had backed remain in the referendum and those who wanted to leave the eu. she felt it was important to have a cabinet that was representative of the wider, differing views on the conservative party, and of course the country. and not only is damian green's resignation and sent to her personally, because she was such an ally and confidant, but also that changes the balance around the cabinet table, because he was an avid remainer, if we can put it like that. so theresa may can think about what she will do in terms of a replacement if she chooses to replacement if she chooses to replace the de facto deputy prime minister, the first secretary of state, and she will have to weigh up all those elements. notjust personally how she feels about having people close to her around that top table, but also the broader political standing and views of the peop

the president of the united states speaking at the top of a cabinet meeting at the white house speaking, number one, about the big achievement he's about to get today, the republican tax cut plan. we'll bring you the tape from the white house momentarily. the republican plan to overhaul the tax system just about a done deal. we're watching for a vote right now. both the house and senate approved it last night, but the house will revote at any moment after cleanup of minor technical issues with the senate bill. then it will be on the way to president trump for its signature in the days ahead. a huge promise made and promise kept by the republicans to the american people. a big win for the president, no small feat for republicans themselves. many, of course, well before president trump came to town spent their political careers working toward this moment. prance the only person more excited than president trump today? watch right here. the house speaker paul ryan speaking on fox news. >> what did it feel like to hold that gavel and you slammed it, we all saw it. >> then it dropped? >> wha

if you also wa nted cabinet colleagues.you also wanted to become the deputy prime minister is one of the best ways of getting rid of a competitorfor the job is to put it out that someone else wants the job. he who wields the knife is often not the one who becomes the king. one takes this with a huge dose of salt because many people will say, let's trash jeremy dennis, this puts him out of the game and clears the field from the game and clears the field from the —— jeremy for this. politics the game and clears the field from the ——jeremy for this. politics is a dirty business. i'm not sure jeremy hunt is on any greater manoeuvres than anybody else, the only evidence in this piece is a quote from a cabinet member who says he is deeply ambitious and seems convinced he has a good chance of greater things at if you look at jeremy hunt's career, it hasn't been stellar, it has been controversial, but also a safe pair of hands with health. before that he was culture minister. when david cameron asked ministers to take a campus cut

so, a third cabinet minister departs in a matter of weeks.e impact of damian green's exit going to be on theresa may? well, damian green's departure perhaps has more impact than that of michael fallon or priti patel. he was a long time political friend and brought in as first secretary very much to be mrs may's eyes and ears in downing street to mind her back if you like and the rank he held. it was effectively mrs may's number two. so, rank he held. it was effectively mrs may's numbertwo. so, it rank he held. it was effectively mrs may's number two. so, it is a significant moment, the fact that he has had to step down, albeit, a number of conservative mps this morning suggesting the fact that mrs may was ready to force him to go, even though clearly he didn't want to, he said in his resignation letter how he regretted being asked to resign, nevertheless, she forced him to and it is being suggested that perhaps shows the steely side of mrs may, there maybe a sense she is getting back on the front foot, ready to take those sort of difficult de

never mind cabinet brexit truce threatens to unravel... familiar with him. he is the new defence secretary. he allegedly went head—to—head with philip hammond and had a furious bust up in the commons and the prime minister had to step in and say, stop behaving like children or cricketers and pull ourselves together and be sensible. interestingly, political editor of the mail on sunday has done a really interesting piece on gavin williamson inside, because it's quite clear there is a huge loss of bad blood between the defence secretary and philip hammond, the chancellor, who of course was a defence secretary. simon walters has done this piece where he compares gavin williamson and he is meteoric rise —— his meteoric rise tojohn major under thatcher. he is asking the question, a month ago, the idea of gavin williamson succeeding theresa may if she stands down in march 2019 would have been dismissed asa march 2019 would have been dismissed as a joke. look at now. he has gone from wit, his feet under the mod, launched a one—man publicity blitz

he so you quite like to see cabinet ministers with their hands on other cabinet ministers strokes?he telegraph have fast track degree. the idea you might be a two year or rather than three. this is about making it quicker and cheaper for people who want to do a degree but then won three years, it's to £11,000 a year for a two—year degree, saving you five and a half thousand pounds because you do two years not treat you get a job quicker with the average starting salary for it to telling the latter is £19,000. jojohnson says this will cost, save £20,000. good news for mature students, people who are poorer and busy christmas holidays and summer holidays will have to be sure and it comes on the back of the national audit office last week saying some degrees were not fit for purpose and people were going in paying a lot of money and coming up with less prospect of your prospects. —— fewer prospects. sunday times, civil partnerships to go straight, heterosexuals in civil partnership. good idea. you don't have to go to a church and makes out if you don't believe in that sort of thing. y

it's a new president anderson but on god what has named his team that you cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party and members of the military who ousted the former leader robert but no opposition figures have been included in the government. the u.s. state department has denied reports that the white house is planning to replace secretary of state rex tillerson but the new york times and the washington post reporting the trump intends to replace to listen with cia chief mike pompei oh in the coming weeks also in jordan reports from washington after yet another round of news reports suggesting that the secretary of state rex tillerson is about to be fired and replaced by the current head of the cia mike pale robust pushback here at the u.s. state department on thursday the spokes person heather nauert told reporters that there was unequivocal reassurance coming from the white house indicating that mr tillerson who apparently enjoys his work is going to be staying on in the position that chief of staff kelly called our department this morning and said that the rumors are n

the full cabinet, but... it isjust going to be the opening cannonade, as we know.gs that we are not discussing and i am sure it will come up not discussing and i am sure it will come up over not discussing and i am sure it will come up over this holiday period is whether she is going to change her team. because one of the really bad moments was when david davis was asked by the house of commons committee, have you done the stress tests on what's the impact will be on the british economy? and he said no. it then turned out that civil serva nts no. it then turned out that civil servants in his and other departments had started doing them. but they had come up with some figures that they didn't particularly like. i can see a move around going on. ok... damon green, thatis around going on. ok... damon green, that is the other challenge that the sunday telegraph is talking about. that is a big, looming challenge ahead on the fate of damian green. and the fact that her embattled deputy could go. could go as early as this week, according to the sunday telegraph. besides t

but what's going on in cabinet today -- the pro-europeans in cabinet, the people who worry about theamage brexit will be to the economy, they all worry politically within the conservative party. you don't want to be somebody who was talking britain down. so, they are saying, well, ok, go for it. thank you for coming to the studio. this is so complicated. can you trade the pound on the back of these internal political machinations? >> through the course of this year, the foreign-exchange policy has been ignored. it has been nothing to do with brexit. we've ignored it. we've played this by the bank of england and nobody else. here is one of the astonishing things by the foreign exchange market. but are you playing president through the bank of england? brexitaren't you playing through the bank of england? so, you are kind of trading brexit. >> if you step back to the broader aspect, not just the pound, you see where politics are having an affect the foreign-exchange market is reaching for yield in one form or another. i think that the risk is that in that kind of an environment, you te

>>> getting some tape playback of the president's cabinet meeting a few minutes ago in the cabinet room ch >> being respected once again all over the world however, we face many serious threats. the lots of things are happening in our country lots of very positive things, but we have some things that very to talk about we're going to be discussing today the situation in north korea. it will be handled, and it will be handled properly. many of our brave troops will be spending christmas overseas. we're thinking about them. we're funding them like they haven't been funded in a long time best equipment you can get our military is getting stronger, and i expect that very soon i'll be able to say stronger than ever before. it was very depleted when i got here it's not going to be depleted anylocker, so i just want to thank everybody. i want to congratulate kirsten nielsen who was just confirmed yesterday. it's been had a long wait. we're waiting for a lot of others all of you are waiting for people or most of you are waiting for people to come in and help i know from the stand point trade we

|j truthfulness of a cabinet minister or the ethics of the police?nd it's about the public having confidence. they call the police into investigate the matter, and there is other material not central to that investigation — that that confidential tea will not be breached and they can rely on the integrity of individual police officers and investigators. the headlines on bbc news: reports in the us claim president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn, who has admitted lying to the fbi about his dealings with russia, is preparing to implicate donald trump's son—in—law, jared kushner. the us senate has passed a tax reform bill — president trump's first big legislative achievement. it will mean a significant reduction in corporation tax, and a lower rate for some individuals. the uk national cyber security centre has told government departments not to use anti—virus software written by a russian company, if their computers contain information related to national security. as we've been hearing, michael flynn is prepared to give destiny

beginning would have also a cabinet that is responsive to what the expectations of the people expect a new policy. expected. these university graduates hope the new cabinet will deliver on the president's promise to create jobs many graduates can't find a. twenty three year old innocent has a bachelor's degree and is known as a graduate on a good day he makes about ten dollars selling secondhand mobile phones on the streets for me is a disappointment. because this is what is the current situation i'm just. i was frightened with because this . was a this is what. economists say the new cabinet has to rework or scrap some of robert mugabe's policies such as indigenization a controversial policy of black empowerment. and. because. when i recently made british and chinese envoys the european union and the united states say they are keen to re-engage with zimbabwe again after years of isolation . is. struggling zimbabweans hope president knows what he's doing and that his policies don't scare away investors at the seal nothing will change the reality for now is that thousands of these gra

as i told you last night, shortly after the senate vote, i know i speak on behalf of the entire cabinet and of millions of americans when i say congratulations and thank you. thank you for seeing through the course of this year an agenda that truly is restoring this country. you described it very well, mr. president, from the outset of this administration we have been rebuilding our military, putting the safety and security of the american people first. you've restored personal credibility on the world stage. we're standing with our allies. we're standing up to our enemies. but you promised economic renewal at home. you said we could make this economy great again. and you promised to roll back regulations. and you signed more bills rolling back federal red tape than any president in american history. have you unleashed american energy. you've spurred an optimism in this country that's setting records. but, you promised the american people in that campaign a year ago that you would deliver historic tax cuts. and it would be a middle class miracle and in just a short period of time. that

is a planhink there of foot that is broader than the cabinet. the 25th amendment requires a majority of the cabinet and the vice president. i don't think that is achievable today. not on the heels of the historic tax cut, the disintegration of the credibility of the mueller investigation. whenve seen what happens hysteria is whipped up among the people by some in the mainstream media. i've always thought this is plan b for the two-party duopoly that has run this country into the resents the election of donald trump. michael: on the russian investigation itself, you referred to the fact that we've learned a lot about mueller's sincend partisan biases he was appointed. we've also learned a lot about the trump campaign's contacts with a lot of russian operatives and russian representatives that we did not know a year ago when donald trump took office. we learned about the trump tower meeting in which top officials of the trump campaign were told they would be offered derogatory information about hillary clinton. we learned about george papadopoulos

why zimbabweans might be disappointed by the new president's latest cabinet appointments. u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia the charges were brought by robert mueller as boss of his investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's election flynn says he was aust to contact russian officials by a senior member of trump's transition team reported to be. our white house correspondent it reports. a ride to get federal court in washington michael flynn ignored shouted questions by reporters. inside moments later the former national security adviser to president donald. rob pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. court documents show the charges against flynn stem from his lying about efforts to obtain advance knowledge of how foreign governments might vote on a u.n. security council resolution about israel as well as phone conversations flynn had before trump was even sworn in as president with the former russian ambassador to the united states surrogate kiss lee ak. flynn is s

this is not the same as a resignation of cabinet ministers that we have had of late.