we go live now to chris phillips former head of the u.k. counterterrorism security office welcome to the program now are you convinced by this link to the new zealand attacks something months not much time to put together such a large scale bombings you know with this this attack is clearly a long time in the planning and possibly even a month is probably not quite long enough to do that but of course what it will have done perhaps is change the attack locations so the attack was going to take place almost certainly but where it took place that may have been influence by the attack in new zealand now is it unusual that sri lanka's defense minister gave no further information on what led them to link the bombings to the new zealand attack . well within the intelligence community is quite difficult to release information on where you got it from because obviously those links are often secret what we do know is that the intelligence agencies were aware that this was likely to happen someone somewhere you know somewhere across the world as prov

counterterrorism security office chris phillips he thinks these attacks were prepared well in advance. to tank is clearly a long time in the planning and possibly even a month is probably not quite long enough to do that but of course what it will have done perhaps is change the attack locations so the attack was going to take place almost certainly where it took place that may have been influence by the attack in new zealand what we do know is that intelligence agencies were aware that this was likely to happen someone somewhere you know somewhere across the world as provided intelligence which within the sri lankan or thirty's it seems to have got lost certainly doesn't appear to have been acted on well enough and we had this this terrible attack what we've seen actually though is two countries sri lanka and new zealand both of which are generally very very peaceful most people who go to those countries would say peaceful countries where these horrendous attacks have taken place and world leaders and top political figures have condemned the attacks and expressed their condolences th

chris phillips, thank you very much for your time this morning.the day in hampshire this morning. some frost, a little bit of mist around too. most places should stay dry and bright, so there will be plenty of sunshine on offer. the sunshine is not going to lift those temperatures ina hurry, not going to lift those temperatures in a hurry, certainly feel quite chilly. high pressure is driving our weather, that is sitting across the area today, we have easterly winds sitting around that area of high pressure. that is what is bringing us pressure. that is what is bringing us the cold air must today, those easterly winds. cloudy through scotla nd easterly winds. cloudy through scotland as well, one or two showers to aberdeenshire, kent too. in the north—west, you should stay dry throughout most of the day. temperatures are going to struggle today, particular knees, reaching only about seven or nine degrees here. further west, we'll get into double figures. i think the warmest spot could be in parts of scotland, where the could see between 13 and 15 d

chris phillips, a former public order commander for the metropolitan police, joins me now. what more can police do to respond with the full force of the law is the home secretary has demanded? you have to laugh really because the home secretary and the legislators make legislation, the police have to stick to that legislation and that is what they are doing. the laws they are using under the public order act allow them to tell the people that they should meet and if they don't move, then to arrest them. the law also states they should be released when they get to the police station and what is happening is that exact thing, those people are going to the police station and returning back to the lines. you need to blame the legislators for this. they have not got this right. they did not really anticipate this kind of event. roadblocks, as we have been seeing from disruption to rail travel as well, do you think more legislation is required to prevent that kind of disruption? that is up to the legislators. as normal members of the public, we vote for the we tell them roughly w

former head of the national counter terrorism security office chris phillips spoke to bbc breakfast.we were having people travelling off tojoin isis. that was the time that legislation should have been in place. disappointing that the legislators have taken so long to catch up. just give us a sense than in a practical sense, if, as i understand that these places have to be proscribed and that is a legal process, so say a place like syria is described as one of these areas of conflict that you cannot travel to, it becomes a designated area and someone travels there, is it your understanding that the very decision to go, as in the journey itself, becomes an illegal act? not what you do there, but literally, the journey to the place? that is certainly my understanding of this and quite frankly, we were having these discussions five years ago. we were having young people getting onto aeroplanes and leaving the country to go there, so you do have to have something in place to prevent them doing that. the interesting point, of course, is how something becomes proscribed and what decision—m

chris phillips is the former head of the uk counter terrorism security office. hejoins me now.evel of coordination, was this a sophisticated attack? yes, this is what we call a multiple coordinated attack. obviously, a group of people have been working closely together and closely with bomb makers by the looks of it and a skilled one who has made large devices and all the time to go off at a similar time in history, so what we see here is a group of people that are trained as simple as that. and it's almost certainly they receive training from outside of sri lanka. does that then point to a certain group such as isis, can the people looking into this and the investigations draw that conclusion? i think they probably already know where they have been linked into, could be al-anda, but i think isis seems to be the most likely and of course, this is what likely to happen across the world now because the caliphate has now effectively finished in syria and iraq, and as no other option other than to go into countries to commit terror attacks and that's what we have been saying in the

joining us from our london newsroom is chris phillips, a former public order commander for the metropolitanation because these protesters are not violent so there is no reason for the police to go when heavy—handed. the police have to operate within the laws of the land and the laws of the land are very the land and the laws of the land are very clear the land and the laws of the land are very clear on the land and the laws of the land are very clear on this. and in fact after the g20 demonstrations a few yea rs after the g20 demonstrations a few years ago, the police were told to be much lighter, told by the government to be much lighter on this. we need to look at this is a different kind of demonstration. this causes a whole new set of problems for the police. don't forget that we are operating at a time when police officers have been cut back. sell space across london and the country is not now available. so the police are in a difficult position here. and whatever they did they would be in the wrong. someone would have held them up to blame. when you encourage them up to blame. when yo

chris mason, thank you, from westminster. this all comes as the chancellor philliptructure projects around the world. he's offered china british help with its so—called "belt and road initiative". the scheme involves reviving ancient trading routes, but critics say it will strengthen chinese influence while burdening poorer countries with debt. our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell reports. shoulder to shoulder with dozens of world leaders, the chinese president arrived. this gathering is designed to sing the praises of xi jinping's signature policy, the belt and road initiative. and he was using the forum to bolster enthusiasm for his global transport infrastructure drive. president xi promised greater transparency, a clear shift from the opaqueness to date, with no published lists of projects or details of how they were chosen. the chinese leader says he wants broader international involvement. translation: we will enter into negotiations with more countries, to conclude high standard, free trade agreements and strengthen cooperation in customs, taxation and o

joining me this hour, mya wiley, phillipe ryanist, adrian elrod, and chris lou.e start with you. get your perspective on the waffling, on the back and forth. the about faces that we saw here over the course of the last week, one has to have some sympathy for members of the caucus trying to find their footing this week. >> i have very little sympathy for anyone on capitol hill. but here is the situation, david. this is a clown show, right? nothing is getting done. instead of legislating, republicans are scrambling to mitigate whatever trump is going to pontificate on or decide that day. ultimately what this means for 2020 is how does this impact trump's re-election chances? traditionally, we would say that if you don't have policies to deliver to your base, then you would lose. but we're dealing with a very unconventional situation in the sense that trump's space is anywhere from 30% to 35% of the american electorate and they're not going to leave him no matter what happens. so the real question is, if he doesn't have any deliverables to give to his base, to give

chris and alison. >> thank you for laying that out for us. let's bring in david gregory, and cnn legal analyst, and kerry corde cordero. and abby phillips, cnn white house correspondent. david gregory, i want to start with you. you and i have spent two years together every day virtually -- i don't think a day has gone by that there hasn't been some thread, some element of this investigation that we haven't explored and tried to dissect. so today, now that it is basically the investigation part is over, we'll talk soon about what happens next. i'm just wondering what you've learned from reading these 400 pages and how you're feeling this morning. >> i appreciate it. we were doing this when cuomo was with us, when he wasn't with us, when he came back for a few days. i guess, in the end, i really feel like we are where i thought we'd always be. i'm not shocked or surprised by the mueller report or by the findings. i think, as i've said for two years, that the trump team was clearly open for business for help and dirt on their opposition wherever they could find t but it wasn't clear that there was any crime. and the president clearly tried

abby phillip, what's the word from the white house, how are they feeling it went yesterday? what do they think this means for them? >> well, chris, i think the one thing everybody needs to pay attention to is the fact that we haven't heard from president trump. he declined to talk to reporters on multiple occasions yesterday, other than making a very brief comment while he was at the white house with the wounded warriors event, and honestly, that tells me that this is a president who's listening to his lawyers, listening to rudy giuliani who's telling them let this marinate a little bit. he's clearly watching television, tweeting out favorable comments he has been seeing because generally i think in the places where he cares what people are saying, namely his favorite shows on fox, they are saying all the right things for him and he's letting that really play out. i think the white house is going to hang their hat as they have been for many weeks now, on the fact that there were no charges brought down in all of this. i think they're going to bank on the idea that the american public is not going to dig terribly deeply into this