the cabinet office didn't confirm whether celebrities were being given a red, amber or green rating,n said it was a long—standing policy that government departments like hmrc were invited to contribute to the honours nomination process in order to protect the system's integrity. sir vince cable is the leader of the liberal democrats. he says he welcomes more transparency in the tax affairs of high profile personalities being considered for honours. i think we already know now that there is a traffic light system for people considered for honours. their tax behaviour is being considered. the government should make a virtue of it. when i was in the government we passed legislation outlawing abusive tax avoidance. in other words, practices that look legal but i clearly designed to frustrate the will of parliament. the law has known about the toughness about the inland revenue. most people are pretty fed up when rich individuals and companies try to avoid the taxes that ordinary people pay. we should make a virtue of it. vince cable. i'm joined now by richard fitzwilliams, former editor

the cabinet office point out this is pa rt cabinet office point out this is part of a long—standing policyious different government departments and agencies have an input into how owners are decided. it has been freely available online to see that there is a low, medium and high risk rating given to nominees. what is new is the wording of that. why is it controversial? as the times points out, it may be why high—profile figures have missed out on honours in the past. thank you. less than a third of rail services, provided by the main train operator in northern england, will be running today. a dispute between bosses at northern, and members of the rmt union, has been going on for more than a year. andy gill is at liverpool lime street station. how disruptive are the cancellations likely to be? we were talking to an hour ago. those protestors weren't there this morning. it is going to be disruptive, isn't it? yes, it certainly is. the rmt union pickets have turned up. this is the 25th strike day in this long—running dispute. the second of six consecutive saturdays by the rmt are taking acti

a document which was drawn up between hm revenue and customs and the cabinet office is said to featureecent years a number of celebrities who've been involved with lawful schemes have seemingly been overlooked for honours — including robbie williams and wayne rooney. here's more from our political correspondent, susana mendonca. the documents suggest a traffic light system has been used by hmrc to rate whether people honoured for robbers —— nominated for robbers are suitable candidates. they read rating for high—risk nominees, and that those considered likely to cause adverse comment, and green fellow risk. their suitability, the times says, is based on whether hmrc‘s reputation would be damaged ifa hmrc‘s reputation would be damaged if a knighthood were given to somebody late it closed as having avoided paying tax through lawful schemes. the newspaper says the names and ratings are sent to the cabinet honours committee and the prime minister via secure email, and a memorandum of understanding between hmrc and the cabinet office says that poor tax behaviour is not consistent with the a

the cabinet office didn't confirm whether celebrities were being given a red, amber or green rating,ing policy that government departments like hmrc were invited to contribute to the honours nomination process in order to protect the system's integrity. less than a third of rail services provided by the main train operator in northern england will be running today. a dispute between bosses at northern and members of the rmt union has been going on for more than a year. our reporter andy gill is at liverpool lime street station. how disruptive are the cancellations likely to be? good morning. in short, they will be very disruptive. another weekend of misery for northern rail commuters, following problems with services when a new timetable was introduced injune. when a new timetable was introduced in june. that was when a new timetable was introduced injune. that was only partially restored in july. injune. that was only partially restored injuly. the strike is over whether trains should have guards or not. a dispute, a three—day stoppage on south—western trains, began yesterday. this

this would minimise the risk, the cabinet office hours, of bringing the system into disrepute.he document obtained by the times after a seven—month legal battle with the government is the wording and nature of the system. the idea of a traffic light system, green for low risk, an buffer those who's tax behaviour could cause potential offence, and high risk, those in the red category, whose tax affairs are clearly deemed to be particularly problematic. the potential issue here is that people are, potentially, being blocked from receiving honours on the advice of hmrc for their tax affairs, which may be lawful. they haven't necessarily done anything against the law. but the way that they are avoiding paying tax is, in the eyes of hmrc, not satisfactory. a lot of those systems are challenged in court on a daily basis.” those systems are challenged in court on a daily basis. i suppose thatis court on a daily basis. i suppose that is a criticism that can be made of this, instead of hmrc shutting down the schemes, or constructing tax legislation that makes it impossible to have these

the cabinet office have given a statement.system. many departments do have input into the honours system. it is also perhaps a reason why some big names may have missed out on honours when others have received theirs. thank you. a host of stars including stevie wonder and bill clinton were among the many well wishers saying goodbye to aretha franklin at her funeral in detroit yesterday. the memorial service lasted over seven hours and also featured music from ariana grande and chaka khan. aleem maqbool was there. a culmination of two weeks of tribute since the passing of aretha franklin. a public that adored her queued for hours to get inside the church, to get a chance to say their final goodbyes to the queen of soul. i could not sit at home and watch it on television. being here really brings in the realfeel. her on television. being here really brings in the real feel. her message and what he represented the people of african descendants in this country, the music, it is healing, it is powerful, it isjoyful. paying their la

count full cabinet officers landed at kalandia airport north of jerusalem. shortly after these three car convoy arrived at the mandelbaum dates. the crossing points into the west i'm jewish part of jerusalem. waiting at the gates was a liaison officer assigned to him by the israeli government. captain moshi. then thought the count noticed that mr hellman was armed with a pistol so he turned to him and said no no no no you have to get rid of that pistol give it to the other officers here you're under the protection of the un and when you're protected by the un there are no weapons. with no military escort no protection other than the u.n. flag. burning docks convoy and that jewish jerusalem. after a few hours spent visiting the former british governor's house they headed to the y.m.c.a. for the night. as they left andres servo a french colonel traveling with the u.n. convoy asked tilman to do him a favor. and i thought right away the liaison officer swapped seats in berne adults car and goes to sit in another car in the convoy care should be the move good lor

a document, which was drawn up between hm revenue and customs and the cabinet office, is said to feature system which rates people's tax affairs. in recent years, a number of celebrities who've been involved in lawful tax schemes have seemingly been overlooked for honours. sir vince cable is the leader of the liberal democrats. he says he welcomes more transparency in the tax affairs of high profile personalities being considered for honours. i think we already know, as a result of revelations today, that there is a traffic light system. people's tax behaviour is considered, i think the government should make a virtue of it. when i was in the government we passed legislation outlawing abusive tax avoidance, practices that looked legal but were designed to frustrate the will of parliament. the maude is known about the toughness of the inland revenue, the better. i think people are pretty fed up with rich individuals, and companies avoiding taxes that ordinary people pray, we should make a of toughness. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake and asked him if it comes

what do you make of this arrangement when there is the door opening somewhat to allow the cabinet office to bestow an honour or not? i think that is the other worrying part of it, that are sexually, effectively the confidentiality is not being maintained. hush mac fx surely. i know there is a suggestion that there is a loophole in relation to confidentiality if doing something breaches confidentiality helps hmrc to fulfil its function of collecting and managing revenue. i'm not sure that i can see how this is helping them to do that. i also worry about them to do that. i also worry about the fact that the number light system they talk about effectively is one where they say a person's tax affairs could promote adverse comment. —— amber light. if confidentiality is maintained, how can anyone tax affairs promote adverse comments? these thank you. a man has appeared in court charged with the murders of a mother and daughter in solihull. janbaz tarin is accused of stabbing to death his former partner, raneem oudeh and her mother, khaola saleem. simon jones is outside birmingham magistrates c

could i suggest to my noble friend that perhaps he could communicate with the cabinet office and sayode is concerned, for which i have no authority whatsoever, but as far as the ministerial concerned two code is concerned, perhaps there should be some consideration that people who did not behave with honour should in some way be debarred or have some penalty from holding public office for a limited amount of time after probably two years would be a good idea? laughter after they have flagrantly just ignored both the ministerial code and the... and the rules. my noble friend makes a good point about honour. when one joins your lordship‘s house, we subscribe to the code of conduct, and part of that is that injunction always to act on personal honour. and those words have been used for centuries to describe the conduct one should follow in the house. the former foreign secretary seems to defy the rules of political gravity. a foreign office minister has ruled out consulting mps over further military action in syria. if the regime of president assad again uses chemical weapons. alastair

photographed in the hands of the treasury minister, john glen, the mp for salisbury, as he left the cabinet office announced £3 billion of additional funding for no deal planning. after that, just over half of that, has already been allocated to departments this year. further allocations will be made in due course. so departments have the funding for no deal planning. what we are beginning to discuss now, as pa rt we are beginning to discuss now, as part of our long—term contingency planning, which is perfectly normal thing for government to be doing, is what we would do if it were to become apparent, as we move towards 29 march, that we are not going to get a deal. that is essential contingency planning that we have to do. and that will have to come out of the budget. and in those circumstances we would have to refocus government‘s priorities so that government was focused on the circumstances that we found ourselves in. but let me reiterate again, that is not the outcome were expecting, it is not the outcome we are seeking. —— we are expecting. india‘s supreme court has ruled that gay sex is no

and even the notoriously expensive bonaire was relatively cheaper than a chest to india secret cabinet office report leaked to the sunday times recently suggested the whole project was highly likely to go as much as sixty percent over budget and the costs could balloon to more than eighty billion pounds one thing's for sure even that chess too is the only show in town to faslane cities is still unlikely to last two hundred years of grinnell's real we must have peace. so the me and everyone of the excitement is goodbye for now. with the advent of the trump presidency much has been said about america's culture wars even a new civil war the country is clearly divided but trump didn't do this on his own there are two americas now and he says. i'm. not. going to a man named by the u.k.'s suspects in the script poisoning case tonight any involvement in the incident they've been speaking exclusively to r.t. if you really look like the pictures shown to us by the u.k. while. we are those who were shown to you in the pictures. and i was under pepper of us are those your real names yes they are our rea

there who are specialists, key people in the white house, in the west wing or the department cabinet offices and you can -- what is so interesting in doing something like this is you can go to someone and if you win their trust, say what happened that's important? and they immediately go. that is your jumping off point. what's important, what has the impact? what is the nature of the relationship that they had with >> one of the interesting relationship particularly when it comes to foreign policy. >> they play golf a lot in lindsey graham is in a greek: someone in the book because he talks to trump the law. they do on domestic issues, foreign policy issues. republican from south carolina isar a hawk on military issues very much believes we need to do some name, something humanitarian on the issues, for instance in immigration. >> from tennessee current democrats line. next for our guests, go ahead. >> thank you for taking my call this morning. mr. woodward, i have a very, very departed complement to pay you. i find this book utterly fascinating and it gives me hope. i don't know how to expl

of the the nature relationship the president has with his key aides and cabinet officers? host: one of those interesting relationships, senator lindsey graham, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. why did he have such a large influence? guest: they play golf a lot, he is close to trump. lindsey graham is in a sense a greek chorus of 1 because he talks to trump a lot and they deal on domestic issues and foreign-policy issues. senator graham, the republican a hawk on carolina is military issues. a very much believes we need to do something -- something humanitarian on the issues. for instance, in immigration. host: from tennessee, democrats line. anne, you are next for our guest. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call this morning. mr. woodward, i have a very deep hearted complement to pay you. i find this book utterly fascinating and it gives me hope . i don't know how to explain this. i am a never trumper. i am anti-trump. everything about him just turns me off. , i have toyour book pay you the deepest complement in that you have changed my mind about -- y

he felt isolated, a pariah, cabinet officers did not return phone calls, badly treated by the staff sohe began mind over matter the basis for the vietnam war to justify supporting the war. basically determined the united states was fighting two wars to defeat aggression and those sponsoring the north vietnamese. in that great society to south vietnam. that is the argument and with those liberals who felt he abandoned their courses. but to give to the idea and johnson himself that they cannot meet the general west moreland desire for 200,000 troops and then it was unwinnable. but in 1968 to announce i shall not seek or accept my party's nomination for president except it was a lie. he did not mean that. he would work for the next month secretly with richard daley, the mayor of chicago where the convention would be held to plan a second day appearance which would steamroll the draft movement. put that aside. that mccarthy came close to beating him then kennedy entered the race and he was the leading candidate when he won the california primary but tragically he was assassinated the same

the human contact on decisions is important and empowers cabinet officers in congress but when they see the president what he can see the pressures personally in the best way to convince the president was to put it this way. >> he had been carter's principal supporter in aid and the genius behind the 76 campaign and he said stuart, i'll give you an early lesson. never say mr. president, this decision will help you politically or you will lose. he had a very odd view of politics. he was a ferocious campaigner but he wanted to do what he considered the right thing politically and then hope that the political chips ultimately would fall this way. again failing to recognize you have to marry politics and policy all the time so again, we never said mr. president, this decision will help you but that was his weakness but his strength. because of that he was willing to take on issues others were not, panama canal, middle east peace process the energy policy knowing it would hurt him politically and knowing it would be buddy. >> did he a brief agenda prove people of using the tennis courts? tha

recording the president in effort to prove his unfitness for office, and discuss recruiting cabinet officers to invoke the 25th that they meant to remove president trump from office. suggestions that rosenstein might be kidding, but times confirmed that he was serious and followed up by suggesting other fbi officials could secretly record mr. trump. in a terse statement, rosenstein denied the allegations, calling it factually incorrect. "no basis to invoke the 25th amendment." section four of the 25th amendment of the constitution spells out in detail the process by which a president could be removed from office. it's multilayered and would require congressional action. the timing of the alleged comment by rosenstein is relevant according to the times. >> he was not doing a good job. >> came after he fired fbi director james comey. he began overseeing the russia investigation and wrote a scathing memo after he wrote -- while the white house has refused to comment on the story, the president's son don jr. took to twitter saying, shocked, absolutely shocked. who are we kidding at this point? n

the memory of full cabinet office has faded. except in this place. the royal palace in stockholm.on the twenty fifth of february two thousand and twelve king called gustav of sweden announced that his newborn granddaughter would be cold estelle. is there was a wife for about. an hour to me it's a clear rare demonstration that they want in some way to. do honor called battle and if this baby would have been and always i guess he would have made for the. second in line to the throne and princess estelle may one day be queen of sweden. her christening has rekindled public interest in but an adult's life story. bus in this house in gothenburg there is one man for whom the count story has been a life's work. in one nine hundred fifty seven son a person was a member of a swedish un but tiny and guarding the armistice line between egypt and israel. this his first contact with the struggle in the middle east would shape the remainder of his life. was that. last truth. spot crooks saw how. i had tried to kiss touch. that's. up. at the top. oh. sorry i'm at. the script oh. and we had a coup

office. but today the cabinet secretaries felt the need to protest their innocence, as the witch hunt began.ks. he's also the author of a new book called "breaking news: the remaking ofjournalism and why it matters now". lots of focus on the new york times, what is it like when you're sitting in the seat and you have to decide whether to run a story like that? in the seat and you have to decide whether to run a story like that7m is very lonely and i can imagine the angst that has gone through the mind of editor. it is a big risk. the risk is it rebounds against the new york times and people don't believe it and it plays into the trump narrative that it is the elite conspiracy of people who don't like me. by! conspiracy of people who don't like me. by i think the content of the content was so extraordinary i can see why they behaved in that way. you say in your book, it is trump's disregard for the truth that reminds people why we need newspapers. but you say social media has created the biggest capability for spreading lies. why is is a force for bad. biggest capability for spreading lies. w

attorneys, secretaries of cabinet offices, those nominations are made by the president and confirmedu.s. senate. the white house, when they have an idea of who they're going to nominate, they make the request for the background nominations. and the fbi does not render a decision whether that should go forward. they get the results back to the white house. and the white house can decide if they're going to continue the nomination of an individual or withdraw it, with regard to, in this case, an allegation of a sexual assault that occurred three or more decades ago. that's not a federal crime. so, the idea is, the fbi would not normally investigate it as a criminal offense. that would be a local police jurisdiction issue in the united states. that wouldn't happen. but the fbi would investigate, as a matter of the background, looking into the character of the nominee, in this case, kavanaugh. and that can be extended or extended by the white house. what they find is turned back over to the white house, and it's up to the president to decide whether he wants to back the nomination or whe

attorneys, judges, supreme court justices, cabinet officers, and their deputies, head of the executivecies, whether fbi, cia, nasa -- so all of these positions require fbi background investigations. in the washington field office of the fbi, you have several squads that do that full time. then you have additional squads at almost every field division of the fbi around the country that are continuously engaged in background checks. the white house orders the backgrounds, the backgrounds go back to the white house, the 302s. they're not going to tulg be trying to say definitively, okay, kavanaugh's lying, ford is lying. they'll say what they've been related. what they learned. how they learned it. who gave them the information, and pry that back. and then presuming in this -- provide that back. and then presuming that the white house will turn it over to the committee for their final evaluation. >> this will be the reports that go back to the white house. but we would expect the point at which we're in the process that the white house will give those to the judiciary committee? but that'

6th partly because biden and holder, by the way, the only guy, talk about corruption, the only cabinet officerstory, cabinet secretary in history to be cited for contempt by the congress of the united states. isn't that a beautiful thing. but there's a president who needs all of the support he can get in the house of representatives as well. jason chaffetz, great to have you with us. america's a better place for having a new book. we recommend it to you. >>> up next, the fbi issues a response to president trump's decision to declassify those fisa court documents. we take it up with chris farrell of judicial watch when we come back. stay with us. hey guys. today we're here to talk about trucks. i love trucks. what the heck is that?! whoa! what truck brand comes from the family of the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road? i think it's the chevy. ford. is it ford? nope, it's not ford. i think it's ram. is it ram? not ram. that's a chevy! it's chevy! that's right. from the family of the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. gorgeous. chevy hit it

see the leaks but you have that in your time suggesting that the own family members and loyal cabinet officershe vice president have all considered this 20 fifth amendment under the amendt they should be reminded the four section, the vice president of the united states, two thirds of the cabinet and two thirds of the senate, two thirds of the house must all agree. i mean, impeachment is a walk in the park compared to invoking section four of the 25th amendment and they would've had to keep this activity secret for two years. don't tell the president and don't tell anybody what we are doing and the vice president - all he has to do is do nothing and he succeeds. to be involved in something like this is absurd. this is what the new york times once again, with the anonymous and now with this week is trying to promote and it is really laughable to me. lou: chris that sounds like perhaps your view or at least consideration that the times wanted to provoke the president to fire rosenstein might have something foundation. >> i don't have them that much credit, frankly. it's important to note that th

attorney, secretary of cabinet office.nominations are made by the president and confirmed or denied by the u.s. senate. the white house when they have an idea of who they'll nominate, they make the request of the fbi to conduct the background investigation. and the fbi doesn't render a decision whether that nomination should go forward. they supply the results of what they found to the white house. and the white house can decide whether they county the nomination of the individual, or withdraw it. with regard to in this case an allegation of a sexual assault. that occurred three decades ago. that's not a federal crime. the idea is the fbi wouldn't normally investigate it. as a criminal offense. that would be a local police jurisdiction issue. in the united states. so that wouldn't happen. but the fbi would investigate as a matter of the background looking into the character of the nominee. in this case kavanaugh. and then again that could be extended or by the white house. and the results they find are just turned over to

deputy attorney general wore in the meeting with the president, or at 2:15 on this day these cabinet officers gotting to and talked about the 25th amendment. so a lot lot of things are said in the end it's what is done. i trade to make this a book but what president trump does as president in all the foreign policy areas, the trade, that tax areas, the things that matter to people's lives. there's been a lot of focus on the mueller investigation, for very good reason. there's been a lot of focus on all the untruths that trump tells. my paper counseled 4,000 -- 2 -- >> host: a lot. >> in the thousands, and the real issue is -- evelyn and my wife, elsa, help me with this -- what did he do as president? >> is there a theme to the president's decisionmaking? [laughter] >> it often is people will say, these are the facts, we win 85.7% of our cases in the world trade organization, where we file unfair trade practices against countries, and the president said, that's the worst norths in the world, they say this is your government, your trade representatives. light heister, call him and check -- i do

what has impact and what is the nature of the relationship that the president has with his key cabinet officers. one of those interesting relationships. why did he have such a large influence there. they played golf a lot. and lindsey graham is in a sense a greek chorus of one in the book because he talks to trump a lot. they deal in foreign policy issues very much believes we need to do something humanitarian on the issues for instance and immigration. the democrats line. you're next for our guest. thank you for taking my call this morning. i have a very deep departed complement to pay you i find this book utterly fascinating and it gives me hope i don't explain this. i am anti- trump everything about him it just turns me off i have to pay you the deepest complement you had change my mind you have given me hope that there are two sides to this. i have changed my mind concerning this. i know that directly to you. when i read your description and in-depth detail of the i meeting i believe that it was a meeting before he was inaugurated to president in the intelligence community figures people we

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in trump administration, people think vice president pence, chief of staff kelly, one of the cabinet officersrk there, you and i in the press, we know senior could be one of hundreds of people. melissa: hundreds. >> this trump administration doesn't necessarily mean the west wing, we could be talking about somebody at justice or epa. it is not clear a trump political appointee. a career or holdover from a previous administration. melissa: yeah. >> i think this person would not have impact he or she is having now if his or her name is on it. melissa: that seems like, almost forces "the new york times" to kind of come forward to say a little more or something. could be legitimatizing -- >> there is a place for anonymous thing if you're writing a story about a mafia don or dictator. melissa: this is someone like the west wing calling the emergency line. that is how they make it seem. >> it's a pr stunt. melissa: thank you very much. david? david: take a look at apple. dropping during the last hour of trade. speaking about $200 billion worth of goods from china and another 267 on top of everythin

he should not be confused those cabinet officers are there to serve him personally. >> thanks for joiningit. >> my pleasure. >> john, now to this update, the woman who helped kidnap and abuse elizabeth smart is set to be freed from prison today. why? a live report next. sometimes the best time is time you make for yourself. aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion with active naturals® oat. locks in moisture to improve skin wellness in just one day. aveeno® naturally beautiful results® here's something you should know. there's a serious virus out there that 1 in 30 boomers has, yet most don't even know it. a virus that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. hep c can hide in the body for years without symptoms. left untreated it can lead to liver damage, even liver cancer. the only way to know if you have hep c is to ask your healthcare provider for the simple blood test. if you have hep c, it can be cured. for us, it's time to get tested. it's the only way to know for sure. >>> okay. now to the big senate race in florida, republican governor rick scott challenging bill nelson in one of the

document was photographed in the hands of the treasury minister, john glen, on his way out of the cabinet officespondent — susana mendonca. apart from the issue of when will they ever learn not to have documents one show, what do we learn about what this contingency is?” think what we are learning is that the government is planning for a no deal. we know this already but what they talk about in the document is basically that different government departments expect them to make cuts in other spending, if there is a no deal. this is a treasury document. as you say, it was leaked because a snapper here at westminster took a photograph of a minister carrying these documents. of course, they we re these documents. of course, they were not inside any kind of covered case, or what have you. we got a look of them. it talks about 0peration yellowhammer, it sounds like something out of a bond movie. it is basically the government talking about the kinds of things it is planning for. we know that the government has plans in place. this, i suppose, gives an indication as to the concern that there is in gove

and so judge kavanaugh was confronted with the decision of 1709, the cabinet officers fire at will and have all these independent agencies and securities and exchange commission, the federal communications commission whose members are removable will only for a good cause and they know, but i'm not going to talk about it. but so how are we going to take seriously the founding that also take seriously the 20th century with the rise of independent agencies that have been affirmed again and again by the supreme court and i thought judge kavanaugh came up with a beautiful census, founding first principles and respect for modern understandings and institutions. and i do predict that the supreme court's when the case finally goes up will perhaps embrace something very similar to that approach and he'll fit in very well with john roberts on one side, maybe elena kagan will be part of that, she understands executive power also with someone like clarence thomas or some of the others on the other side. so i think he will work for a team of nine but he will respect the founding but also take serio

we are acquaintances with public men all over the country with cabinet officers, departmental officials, and members of congress. that enables them to get the first starter tips. these same friends develop a story based on inquiry. sometimes, it is a question of hard digging to put it minor to unravel a story and that is still the case and you can see that in the white house press briefings that sarah sanders has for her predecessors ahead. the reporters are acting as finder is digging for information. now i have the great pleasure of introducing our first panel matter rotter -- moderator and frank is the director of the school of media and public affairs at the george washington university. joining him on stage is michael curry, a board member of the historical association and one of the planners of this presidential site summit. and press secretary, william. he also was the spokesperson at the state department before coming to the white house. ron who was the press secretary for gerald ford administration and he also was at the white house as a respondent before that. richard who was

the conservative mp damian green was first secretary of state and minister for the cabinet office underresa may and immigration minister under david cameron. thank you for coming in. just thinking, the broad balance of these recommendations, do you think they're recommendations, do you think they‘ re acceptable? recommendations, do you think they're acceptable? broadly, yes, they're acceptable? broadly, yes, they have done a good job. i think they have done a good job. i think they have done a good job. i think they have pin pointed what is the underlying point of immigration policy, which is that we do want people to come here who can contribute. so maybe we need more visas for skilled people, but we don't actually want completely uncontrolled immigration of the type we saw 15 years ago. striking that balance will be as key after brexit and as difficult after brexit as it has been during the period we have beenin has been during the period we have been in the eu. freedom of movement in the traditional sense will go, the prime minister has made that clear, that seems to be one of great

that means those conversations are happening among cabinet officers and they have wanted -- they thought it would be a crisis to take that route. well, now, after that route was not taken, this senior administration official is saying the crisis is upon us, right? the way that you -- the way that you deal with a kongs institution -- constitutional crisis is by finding a way out of it. it's only a crisis if it doesn't give you an option for dealing with it. in this case the writer is telling him or herself, the 25th amendment is what ought to have been done. this is an unfit president but we were afraid to do it because of the crisis it would engender. that was apparently early -- that was apparently a year ago or something. now at this point, this author is trying to tell the country that something else has happened to advance this crisis further, that something does need to be done. >> in the clip -- in the graph you read, this author also reveals to us for the very first time that these conversations took place among the cabinet. >> yeah. >> i am surprised that we haven't yet heard any

in the second term, you start to get the scandal books, you know, the disgruntled former cabinet officers. and the other side is sort of has got you more in their sights. the last two years, people are tired. they are just like i can't take anymore. i will shut down, wake me up when the next guy or woman is in the office. that's been the pattern. we had six, seven years of obama books. we had six, seven years of george bush books. clinton books. the appetite for books about a president never goes away. donald trump, however, is an exception, even to that rule because everything he does and has done from the very beginning has been intensely polarizing and controversial. also he's a mystery in some way. you know, he's still a mystery. i find -- this is what actually gets me into a subject i wanted to raise also which is my interest in fiction. i have started to publish a list of political novels. one of the reasons -- >> liberty island >> that's an external project, outside project. liberty island is a small independent publishing operation that i created a few years ago to publish books t

and so judge kavanaugh was confronted with the decision of 1709, the cabinet officers fire at will and have all these independent agencies and securities and exchange commission, the federal communications commission whose members are removable will only for a good cause and they know, but i'm not going to talk about it. but so how are we going to take seriously the founding that also take seriously the 20th century with the rise of independent agencies that have been affirmed again and again by the supreme court and i thought judge kavanaugh came up with a beautiful census, founding first principles and respect for modern understandings and institutions. and i do predict that the supreme court's when the case finally goes up will perhaps embrace something very similar to that approach and he'll fit in very well with john roberts on one side, maybe elena kagan will be part of that, she understands executive power also with someone like clarence thomas or some of the others on the other side. so i think he will work for a team of nine but he will respect the founding but also take serio

first, congress agreed that presidents could fire cabinet officers at will. it's called the decision 1789. it's very basic. supreme court has unanimously reaffirmed that at the supreme court agree with that and everything this case called myers written, by former president chief justice taft. today's supreme court takes it very seriously, and so judge kavanaugh was confronted with the decision 17a9% cabinet offices are basically viable at will and get we have all these independent agencies, the security and exchange commission, the federal communications commission whose members are not removable at will but only for good cause, and they know this is very close but i'm not good to talk about it, i'm not going to talk about it. so how are we going to take seriously the founding but also take seriously the 20th 20th century with the rise of independent agencies have been affirmed again and again and again i do supreme court. and i thought judge kavanaugh came up with a beautiful synthesis of founding first principles and respect for modern understandings and in

the japanese cabinet office, the cb economy recovering at a moderate pace and hitting -- the export recoveryupgraded its feel business investment in japan to increasing. in sydney, they are set to step up to the decline while the aussie dollar is underperforming. the kiwi is strengthening slightly. the ndx 50 is losing ground attempt of 1% -- a 10th of 1%. i want to give it up with one over in tokyo. asto got falling as much 18.5% after surging 27% on thursday. the japanese furniture making faces continued operating losses and last month it was involved in negotiations with a potential sponsor perhaps there might not be a resolution on that front just yet. we have nintendo extending losses for a second day. the company has no plans to launch the animal crossing game for the switch in 2019 but it soes not look like investor have sentiments for nintendo today -- to date. shery: think is so much. sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. think you so much. -- thank you so much. reporter: i am here with the linkedin managing director and bp vp. olivier legrand. lets the of the growth can continue in this

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washington. >>> and the memos say rosenstein discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment to remove president trump from office, that amendment was written to address physical incapacity, but it can apply if the president is simply deemed unfit. to invoke the 25th amendment, the vice president and a majority of the cabinet would have to dlash to congress that the president is unfit to lead. if the president then objects and congress must vote. if two-thirds of both houses, the senate and at house, agree that the president can't lead, the vp immediately assumes the office of president. >>> and let's bring in our legal analyst and civil rights taurn a r reattorney re -- attorney areva martin for more on this. rosenstein issued this statement, he said i never pursued or authorized recording the president and any suggestion that i have ever advocated for the removal of the president is absolutely false. this was reported by the "new york times" and they say that they worked on this story for months. what do you think about that denial. is he hedging or is that an outright denial? >> clearly not an outright denial.

the white house to expose the chaos consuming the administration he then discussed recruiting cabinet officerst to remove trump office and called the report inaccurate and incorrect >>> cnn reporting that senate republicans are likely to propose moving a senate judiciary committee hearing against brett kavanaugh to wednesday. christine blasey ford would testify first and then kavanaugh. republicans are not willing to subpoena any outside witnesses according once again to cnn. >>> former vice president joe biden is calling on the country to join together and fight cancer he and his wife jill are hosting the biden cancer summit in washington as part of the biden cancer initiative. >> today jill and i are calling for the entire nation to come together and take on cancer as part of the biden cancer summit. >> you are up to date. that's the news update at this hour i'm going to send it back to you guys contessa >> sue, thank you. still ahead, global trade tensions, turmoil in turkey, uncertainty in latin america there's a lot to think about if you're putting money to work overseas the risk, the rew

that at one time he suggested secretly recording president trump, and recruiting cabinet members to remove him from office. the white house using r ste rosenstein's words as reasoning for the firing. at the time, he was concerned about the president's erratic behavior. so many questions, how was this said, and how serious were the suggests? pierre thomas, leading us off. >> reporter: he's the number two in charge at the justice department, the man who appointed special counsel robert mueller, and who oversees the russia investigation. but tonight, "the new york times" reports deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was so alarmed at president trump's behavior, he once considered secretly recording him and even discussed whether he could convince the cabinet to remove the president from office by invoking the 25th amendment. abc news has confirmed it happened in may of 2017, in the chaotic days after trump fired fbi director james comey. the white house initially said comey was fired because of a damning memo from rosenstein, criticizing his handling of the hillary clinton investigation. >> and somebody lik

cabinets remains tense with crowds of demonstrators returning to the streets on friday marches many wearing far right insignia chanted we all the people and this is our city hundreds of police officers were deployed cabinets police said there were more than two thousand far right protesters several hundred counter-demonstrations also gathered in the city center they've been no reports of violence. migration debate has exposed a deep rift between germany's east and west in the first two years after the collapse of communism and german reunification deep divisions remain the chief political editor. went to the eastern state of saxony to find out why. just over an hour's drive from kenya it's the small town of meissen is feeling kennett's this current political patronage will reduce the congregation to the man who led saxony is political education agency for eight years is running for mayor here in the city center many saxon's told him they feel hard done by the media over the events in canada is mosul. despite the fact that ordinary people with that everybody was betrayed as right wing which is why i have to tell you i lived through communist east germany and this is more of the same