this was the point chris bryant was making.ld be considered in their sentencing. they would still have the opportunity to refuse but they would be penalised for refusing.“ you've been spat at as a doctor in a&e, are you constantly having to be tested for things to protect yourself? it's not regular, it happens. we are more subject to verbal abuse. luckily physical attacks our — — verbal abuse. luckily physical attacks our —— physical attacks are rare but they do happen. you would only test if it went into your eye, mouth or open wound. that would be the any situation where you would be concerned about infection. does this mean you're afraid to go to work? you never know what's going to happen. this was a routine cool for me, there were no bad vibes about the situation. i thought it was ok. it highlights the fact that somebody can change at any given moment, when you are least expecting it. sara, you've got teenage children. when you've got teenage children. when you were attacked and knocked unconscious, what does it do to them

finally for now to the commons on friday where labour mp chris bryant put forward a bill to increase. mr bryant topped the annual commons ballot for the right to bring in a bill. he'd consulted his constituents on what the issue should be, and they'd overwhelmingly favoured this proposal. just ahead of the debate he told us why he wanted change. i think that since they are there to protect us and save our lives, any attack on them is an attack on all of us and that is why i think the law should come down more heavily on them. just as we have for racially and religiously aggravated assaults, a special category, an enhanced aggravated offence, for hate crimes as well, i think it is appropriate we do that for them. most importantly, up until now, the maximum you can get for common assault is six months only triable in a magistrates‘ court. i think that should be extended, it could be either in a magistrates‘ court or a crown court, and should be up to 12 months, and i want to say to those magistrates who have all too often said to police officers or even ambulance crews, "a degree of vi

thank you for joining labour mp, chris bryant.forjoining us, we were going to talk to you about other matters, essentially. can we do the other matters first? as the news hasjust broken, there is going to be an investigation, i wondered broken, there is going to be an investigation, iwondered if broken, there is going to be an investigation, i wondered if you we re investigation, i wondered if you were pleased? i haven't seen the details and you are announcing something i don't know about. the good thing is, the absolutely hideous things jared 0'mara posted 15 years ago are condemned by everybody in society. however, 15 yea rs everybody in society. however, 15 years ago there were lots of politicians who were still making those arguments, even in public. as elected politicians, and he wasn't at the time. i'm glad he resigned, he made a sincere and honest apology for those comments. i don't know what other allegations that have been made, but if it needs investigating, it is right the party should do that. everybody wants to know,

bias gets on base and with him on second chris bryant knocks one to opposite field that will score bias breaking to 0-0 stalemate. anthony rizzo. base knock of own. price harper cannot get. it rizzo would add another rbi in eighth. they hose game one at home 3-0 as with baseball there's another at bat get another shot tat tomorrow game two gio gonzalez on the mound 5:30 first pitch but head home all the ep arey in that building stephen strasburg the way he pitched you needed to win the game. >> this was best of five. >> best of five-er isyes game three you have matt sherz who will pitch in kick check you needed this one.ad the linep they were supposed to have beginning of year to this game and best lineup and they could not put together the hits. >> that's okay let's -- they'll get it. the next three. >> okay. >> geo. >> he's been great year. >> not always great most season but great this year. >> speak your world into exist wednesday. sweep it from here. >> all right. we'll switch goorz a little now learning new details tonight about the gunman that opened fire on congressional basebal

this is the team photo of, we have bryce harper here, at 13, and we have chris bryant at 12 years oldey were on the same travel team out of las vegas, those are the two reigning national league mvps, t for a chance to move on the two best players and it's crazy they both played on that same travel team. tony, shawn, it will be a great game, cool moment for those who they have both talked about how good the other one was on that team when they were 13. little did they know that they'd both be in the major leagues against each other. >> what are the odds? that's great. i love that. thank you very much, brody. >> go nats. >>> meanwhile, the mayors of dc and chicago are getting in on the post season fun. mayor bowser and chicago rom imman yell have a friendly major. if the nats lose, mayor bowser will give half votes for the chilly bowl. and if the cubs lose he'll send meats and two bottles of beer to mayor bowser. i probe would have wanted something specific other than various meets. the losing mayor wil relief efforts inrto popular m soon be a thing of the past. details up next. details

the measure is being taken forward by the labour mp chris bryant.ome office questions, amber rudd reassured mps that she had no plans forfurther cuts to the police budget amid concerns that officers are overstretched. a quarter of my local police force's operational strength has been cut since 2010. when i visited police in barnsley this weekend, they told me they are generally worried about how they will continue to operate at the same level if further cuts are made. does the home secretary disagree with officers like those in barnsley that additional cuts will have a superior impact on neighbourhood policing? i can reassure the honourable lady that there are no plans for further cuts, that the police budget has been protected between 2015 and 2020. can i say to the home secretary that there is a worrying increase in crime in west yorkshire and in the shipley constituency and it is a fact that the police officers, who are doing a fantastic job, are overstretched. the first duty of the government should be to protect the public and keep them safe. c

we're from there and the cubs have chris bryant.is a story we're thinking about as we talk about game one tomorrow night for the nats, game one for the caps tonight. a big day we're going to start with the postseason pitching because that's what the postseason is all about. the nats are being cautious with one ace, holding off on announcing when matt sherzer will pitch. but the good news, these nationals have another ace to start game one. announced this morning steven strassburg is going to take the mound for tomorrow night's nlds opener against the cubs. matt sherzer still dealing with a hamstring. just off the flat ground, he's likely to get the green light for game three in chicago on monday. as for stras, you remember that 2012 shut down, of course, who doesn't. this footage from the one playoff game in his career. 2014, versus the giants, allowed eight hits, two runs, five innings. nats lost 3-2. stras says he's been at his best and he's ready to go. >> i'm excited for the opportunity to pitch in the playoffs again. it's one t

when i'm with lebron james and kobe bryant and chris paul, and all these guys, they're already accomplishedwanna know their best practices, and then my best practices and what we do, it becomes our best practices. so we do a lot of adapting so that-- i think, david, a keyword is to create ownership. you know, where everybody owns it. and where they feel like they're not playing for the u.s., they are the u.s. and in order to get that feeling too, we incorporated a lot of work with our military so that they could get a feeling of what it was to serve our country. and no greater part of our society than the military to teach that. so the three olympic teams that you have coached, how would you compare them to the dream team? well, the dream team, in their prime-- there are 11 hall of famers on that team. christian laettner is the only-- he's a college hall of famer. in their prime, there is no team like that. you know, the beijing team was really good and could hold their own. but there's no team with accomplishment, and if-- all in their prime, that was better than the dream team. but did yo

if kelly bryant and the clemson offense can go on the road without deshaun watson and mike williams and jordan leggett and artavis scott and win. i think -- that officially is put to bed. >> chris: i agree. cooper here to mop up in the final minute at quarterback. etienne, look out. look out. almost busted it. finally wrestled down inside the 30. and the true freshman very capable of punctuating this with another touchdown run. >> kirk: boy, he is just so close. known for his speed in the early part of his career, but his lower body strength gets him out of tackles. great balance. and they say -- he's one of these guys that within two steps can get to that full speed. >> chris: in the month of september, which has about 25 minutes left in it, clemson's going to beat a third top 15 team. we're saying it again, that's never been done since the a.p. poll came about. kelly bryant taking a little video to mark another successful trip on the road. and the acc champions in this rematch of the championship game win it by 14. outgained, but misleading. three takeaways for clemson were huge tonight. let's go down to tom rinaldi with dabo. >> tom: chris, thank you. dabo, a lot made of the

if kelly bryant and the clemson offense can go on the road without deshaun watson and mike williams and jordan leggett and artavis scott and win. i think -- that officially is put to bed. >> chris: i agree. cooper here to mop up in the final minute at quarterback. etienne, look out. look out. almost busted it. finally wrestled down inside the 30. and the true freshman very capable of punctuating this with another touchdown run. >> kirk: boy, he is just so close. known for his speed in the early part of his lower body strength gets him out of tackles. great balance. and they say -- he's one of these guys that within two steps can get to that full speed. >> chris: in the month of september, which has about 25 minutes left in it, clemson's going to beat a third top 15 team. we're saying it again, that's never been done since the a.p. poll came about. kelly bryant taking a little video to mark another successful trip on the road. and the acc champions in this rematch of the championship game win it by 14. outgained, but misleading. three takeaways for clemson were huge tonight. let's go down to tom rinaldi with dabo. >> tom: chris, thank you. dabo, a lot made of the atmosphere here

bryant gets tonight's last word and the last word of course is moron. there's a special programming note. tony award winning lin-manuel miranda will join chris haze at 8:00 p.m. to talk about the crisis in puerto rico and the aftermath. 8:00 p.m., chris haze. the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. >>> new tonight on the russia front, robert mueller's team has interviewed the author of the salacious dossier. plus, new reporting on the level of the president's anger after the nbc news report surfaces that the secretary of state had called the boss a moron which he notably didn't deny. also, what on earth was the president talking this evening about at the white house. his ominous wording while surrounded by military

bryant gets tonight's last word and the last word of course is moron. there's a special programming note. tony award winning lin-manuel miranda will join chriss in puerto rico and the aftermath. 8:00 p.m., chris haze. the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. russ front, robert mueller's team has interviewed the author of that salacious dossier about trump's visit to moscow. we have a late report tonight. plus new reporting on the level of the president's anger after the nbc news report surfaced that his secretary of state had called the boss a moron, which he notably didn't deny. also tonight, what on earth was the president talking about this evening at the white house? his ominous wording while surrounded by military commanders. all of it as the 11th hour gets under way. thursday night. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 259 of the trump administration wraps up a lot of news to choose from for