we are now into committee stage. over tights. labour saying this is principally as i understood that there all about students. that was there all about students. that was the focus of the labour amendment. the government minister saying they would be firmly resisting. so where is this likely to go? it is not clear. they are for going to persist amendment to a vote and we will have to wait and see whether they can get the numbers. the big question is whether particularly labour are firmly behind the date change, the question is whether other opposition parties are also behind it, whether any other conservatives decide to come over or independence, a lot of them in this parliament. it's not quite clear how the votes were full at the moment. sebastian, what is your reading and what are people telling you? i think it is petty politics going on here because in practical terms if we have an election on monday the ninth or thursday the 12th doesn't make any difference. and with those three extra days mentored to whether stu

is at committee stage. and snp are saying the 12th of december should instead be december of the ninth, just a couple of days earlier. it is what they are handing over at the moment. we will bring you coverage of the debate throughout the evening on the bbc news channel and of course the final vote itself coming a little bit later on, continuing coverage on bbc parliament but christian fraser will be here with more events at the top of the hour. welcome to a bbc news special from westminster where parliament is edging closer to backing a general election in december. for the second day running, mps have been debating going to the polls in december — borisjohnson says it's time to give people the choice. there is only one way to restore the esteem in which our democracy is held, and to recover the respect in which parliament should be held by the people of this country, and that is fine need to offer ourselves to the judgment and that is ——finally to offer ourselves to the judgment of the people of this coun

heard from the debate today, there are a number of amendments that they want to get onto and the committee stagey had the notion been defeated. but i am genuinely puzzled because i think it was a mistake of the prime minister not to accept was a perfectly reasonable opportunity from the labour opposition. you want another referendum, you do not want brexit happen, so how much longer do you think that this bill needs to be scrutinised for? i think that is for discussion between them, them to look at the amendments that have gone down, how much time there a need for sections of the bill, or that section of the bill. that is what they do all of the time. but the government did not consult with the government did not consult with the opposition, theyjust said baying. that is what your going to get it led to a reaction between them that will have voted for the second reading of the bill but saying hang on, you have to have a reasonable amount of time. i would let them sort that out so we can get on to consider what is in the bill. borisjohnson said in this programme notion that if the timetable and f

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this the scene now in the chamber where mps are at what's called the committee stage in the passage of the general election bill. this is expected to lastjust over an hour before votes on amendments and then the final commons vote on the bill itself. through the course of the evening we willdip into through the course of the evening we will dip into the house and bring you those of its life. in the past power mps have approved the latest stage and boris johnson's power mps have approved the latest stage and borisjohnson‘s attempted trickle a general election and this was the moment in the commons when speakerjohn bercow announced an election is due to happen when the general election bill passed its second reading. the question is that the bill be now read a second time. as many of that opinion say aye, of the contrary no. the ayes have it. the ayes have it. speaker of the house just about an hour ago at the second reading. sebastian payne the whitehall correspondent at the ft is with us. just getting wired up and i am glad because we have some breaking news. iwill tell am glad because

corbyn who says that he wants to see the election take place on december 9th rather than the 12 by committee stage is roughly about halfway through we will see a final vote shortly before the evening is through and then the stages here in the commons will be over and done with it then needs to go to the upper house the house of lords before being finally ratified the reason why there's a difference of opinion on dates is largely down to war the political parties are particularly worried or keen to see the opposition labor party who would raise some concerns that many students that make up a lot of their support base would be home from university unable to vote but it has been pointed out that many students are actually register their home addresses rather than university the small old position parties the liberal democrats the scottish national party are also keen on seeing the election take place on the 9th of december to but for other reasons they want to starve the number of days available for the government to try and possibly bring its withdrawal agreement before parliament for another go the

name it, they will try, because that same day there will be more votes and considerations at the committee stagewho knows, at that point. one thing that is very clear, if it gets too amended, it becomes a sort of frankenstein is a monster of legislation, horrible to see, nothing like the deal that boris johnson wanted to put across, you may as well put it out of its misery, and pull the bill, but then there would be an election, begrudgingly giving the opposition the extension that they want, and then the pursuit of a new parliament that can get it right. that is absolutely right, boris johnson will be putting his brexit legislation to the house of commons tomorrow, and it is pretty likely that is going to get through its first hurdle. mps will decide to give it a hearing, basically, not saying they approve it altogether butjust basically, not saying they approve it altogether but just that they should debate it further. then he has something tricky coming up before they moved to the amendments, theissue before they moved to the amendments, the issue of the timetabling of the legislation, and mp

they want to give it fair scrutiny and of course, once we get beyond today, the committee stages wellbtedly see amendments. those amendments will be voted on and they could ultimately result in the government deciding not to go ahead with the bell, calling and election. alternatively, the referendum could be attached to -- could be one amendment. it is still all of for grabs in our view. matt: how do you invest around this kind of event? there has been a lot of uncertainty for years, but you can't sit on your hands for over three years and it does look like the uncertainty is, in some ways, starting to dissipate. louise: that is true. to a certain extent, we don't have a lot of money on the sidelines. to a certain extent, we are fully invested. it is about what has changed in the last day or so. we are looking more at is this the right time to be thinking more about those companies with greater u.k. exposure, certainly within the core europe korea that it -- there is still some resilience to that but some markets, such as the periphery countries and ireland itself, perhaps not going t

if he passes through that, then we move on to committee stage straightaway.his is when we could get amendments. this is mp's chance to change the plan, get their own flavor of brexit. there is no consensus on what brexit should look like in parliament so perhaps we get a different form taking precedent. there is still no real holistic view on what brexit should look like. like bill it sounds could get blocked, delayed, or could end up very different. which scenario out of all of those is very likely? sebastian: it will probably pass second reading. text,s a very big legal of pages and 125 pages explanatory notes. it would take weeks. then they have to make a call on this. there are a lot of mp's arguing that we need more time to look at this. voting now on the program notion is there opportunity. if we do get through and we are moving on, then we get to those amendments and this is a chance for labor mp's in leave voting seats, who want to get some form of brexit through, to pass an amendment. then they can go back to their seats, their constituencies, and sa

the committee stage will also begin tomorrow.es to the house of lords. you can see that is an extremely ambitious plan that the leader of the house hasjust extremely ambitious plan that the leader of the house has just set out, to discuss 100 pages are very complex legislation. let's get the thoughts of chris mason, who has hotfooted it from the lobby to our westminster studio. we should point out that tomorrow they will also be a programme in motion, a timetabling motion, and i would think that the opposite side of the house would try to amend that to rip that timetable up. i think that is pretty likely. just a return to the timetable you we re just a return to the timetable you were talking through there. this is a showtime. they have been plenty of false dawns in this process where we have often talked about crunch days and it has turned out to be crunch they postpone. this is their vehicle via which the uk will either leave the european union with a deal a week on thursday or it won't. and we are going to find out in the next

has a deal on the specters the as they could have done for the committee stages of amendments in the house of commons pointing out its limitations it's inconsistent jews and of amendments in the house of commons pointing out its limitations its inconsistency is they try to go back to the chess analogy alex he's had then they tried to go back to the chess analogy alex he's had them in check for move after move after move actually boris has had everybody else on them in check for move after move after move actually boris has had everybody else on the back 1st so i think he's caused those winsome to make a tactical mistake for the reasons that 1st so i think he's caused those winsome to make a tactical mistake for the reasons i've just explained and he's absolutely cornered the labor party you don't want just explained and he's absolutely cornered the labor party you don't want. election for love nor money because they feel that they're too riven and the $2.00 have standard election for love nor money because they feel that they're too riven and the $2.00 have staining on this be

if both pass, then the bill will go immediately to the committee stage where mps will try to amend orake changes to it. the bill deals with the technical nitty—gritty of turning what is in the withdrawal agreement into uk law. so, for example, it sets out exactly how the uk will make payments to the eu. parliament has to pass this bill if the deal is to come into force, and if it doesn't, the default legal position is no—deal brexit next thursday. but it is thought that in that case the eu would almost certainly grant a further extension. but borisjohnson has repeatedly made clear that is not what he wants and if he abandons his attempt to get a deal past and pushes for an election, expect him to try to direct the finger of blame firmly at parliament. those are the day's development so far. the debate in the commons is still going on. the debate in the commons is still going on. let's get the latest now from our chief political correspondent vicki young. we had a sense earlier clearly of the position of the two front benches, but let's deal first of all with the prime minister's some

, committee stage on wednesday, third reading to bounce it onto the house of lords on thursday.ges our way of life can be rushed through the house in three days. we are up against a deadline. but also we have been discussing this issue for over three years. we have been discussing all the bill for over three years and we need to get the legislation through. we have seen in the past you can get legislation through the house of commons in pretty short order, the benn act went through very quickly so benn act went through very quickly so it is possible to achieve. that was a i—page motion. in this bill it is going to change the way our courts relate to the european courts, that is fundamental to our way of justice in courts, that is fundamental to our way ofjustice in the uk. you happy with it going through in under three days? you're right to identify this isa very days? you're right to identify this is a very important piece of legislation. some of the provisions in that legislation were set out in the previous withdrawal agreement and that has been around for some time. many of

wish to try and change this bill in committee, but that only reinforces the point that a proper committee stageed. because the bill reduces parliament to the role of observer in the next face of negotiations, read claws 31 —— clause 31, it says nothing would be inconsistent with the existing political declaration and it includes clause 30 is the trap door to no deal. anyone thinking this bill is a way to end no deal should read that clause and think again. mr speaker, this is a flawed bill, implementing a fundamentally bad deal. it would open the door to a low regulation, low wage economy. this deal can only lead to a bare bones free trade agreement, or no deal at the end of next year. now the prime minister puts his agreement in front of house and asks everyone to look away while he pushes it through. if he is so confident, why is he so afraid of scrutiny of it? for working people, the rights and protections in our laws have been hard won. rather than put this at risk by putting this bill through, they need to be secured. the country deserves more than this botched bill and that is why we will

second reading so it needs to pass a vote of mps to progress to the next stage which is called the committee stagere mps would try and change the legislation using amendments. if that follows on from that it would go to another vote of mps on thursday evening and would have to pass that before the house of lords repeat the same process. there are quite a number of points where it could all fall apart for the government. there is a vote tonight, if it doesn't pass it, it is over. there is also another crucial vote tonight on the timing. they are trying to push the debate through in the house of commons in three days and that is a very, very short amount of time for this sort of legislation. a lot of mps are very unhappy. they get the chance to vote tonight so it's possible they will vote against the shortened timetable which makes it much more difficult for the government to push this through in time to meet the leaving date of next thursday. there are simply not enough hours in the day. also the european parliament have got to get it through as well. thank you. edwin morgan, director of policy at

the speaker is never in the chair when we are in committee stage, why does the leader of the house for i said on the procedure committee, the honourable lady must be aware that thatis honourable lady must be aware that that is complete with standard whenever the speaker leaves the chair to whenever the speaker leaves the chairto go into whenever the speaker leaves the chair to go into committee. nothing is unusual about that, and if anyone thinks that in any way it is a dig at you, they simply do not understand the procedures of this house. i notice the speaker is indicating that he is in assent with what i am saying, so i am frankly surprised the honourable lady, a distinguished member of the procedure committee, is not aware of that basic procedure. so it is a december general election, nothing more and nothing less. there will be six weeks to discuss all of the great political questions facing our country before the people are given the chance to give their verdict. but the debate today is not about those great issues, it is simply about setting the 12th of december as the date for

if they both pass the bill will go to the committee stage where mps will try to amend or make changes are likely to include forcing the government to negotiate a customs union or putting the deal to a referendum. the bill deals with the technical nitty—gritty of turning what is in the withdrawal agreement into uk law. it sets out exactly how the uk will make payments to the eu. parliament has to pass it if the deal is to come into force and if it doesn't, the default legal position isa doesn't, the default legal position is a no—deal brexit next thursday. it's thought that in that case, the eu would almost certainly grant a further extension. borisjohnson eu would almost certainly grant a further extension. boris johnson has repeatedly made clear that isn't what he wants. the suspicion is if it looks like it won't be passed in time or if mps significantly change what's in it, he would pull the bill entirely and pin the blame on parliament. the withdrawal agreement bill which mps are being asked to consider is complex and long. so let's get an explanation of what's in the legislation —

it has passed through to the next stage, the committee stage of for them to be scrutinised.do not have their way in terms of the timetables of this is where the language of purgatory is being used, it has stalled because the government have not got their way. and we thought we had some hope there. we have been going round in circles on brexit for months. a lot of people out there in the country just think, finally we were getting somewhere, they voted for this deal three times mps rejected theresa may's deal, finally they voted for boris 20's deal, then a few minutes later they say, we want to slow it down, and stopping borisjohnson taking us out of the eu next week on that deadline. how long do you think the journey will be? there were seven sins and plan to's inferno! everyone is saying, what next? what next for dependent of the response from the eu. borisjohnson had to send this letter on saturday to ask foran send this letter on saturday to ask for an extension, and it depends on whether they give a longer or shorter extension because now there are sounds that it is poss

in the room, would be able to cross-examine witnesses but not until it reached the judiciary committee stages different than the clinton impeachment. you already had the ken starr report, the road map. the republican argument, as i understand it is, this isn't really fair because the president's attorney can't be in there cross-examining during this stage of it, right? with your committees and the questions you're asking. should they be afforded that opportunity so you can really argue, you know, full transparency, full equal rights? >> no, you are partly right but here's where it's different. in the clinton impeachment you had a special prosecutor. in this case, the special prosecutor in effect is the intelligence committee and the hearings we're conducting with the two other committees. so that stage, which would be comparable to the mueller investigation, the obstruction of justice issues, is the part that is done in private for investigation reasons. so that's what's really different. the special prosecutor in effect is the intel committee. >> you make an important point. i understand th

met a deputy speaker, now that the bill has exited committee stage, the bill is to the house and i havele gentlemen has raised the point that the honourable gentlemen has tabled an amendment and i now have his amendment before me and i am reading his amendment. and it appears to me... and because the night has fallen, i am not suitable for discussion at this time. so, the question is that the bill be now read a third time. as many as are of the opinion, say "aye". to the contrary, "no". i am going to let the speaker, finish this. order. the question is that the bill would be now read the third time. as many as are of the opinion, say "aye". to the contrary, "no". division! division. clearthe lobby. they all have to go out and vote for the reading of this bill and going to the lobbies, the bill had come out of committee stage, chris leslie of the independent group for change wa nted of the independent group for change wanted to put down a further manuscript amendment for the report stage and you can see that she consulted with them and it was denied. i do not know what that amendment was

then there is a committee stage where they look at the detail and can bring amendments, and then you p of tea, do they put the kettle on now? at what time will we be able to look at what is happening in the house and say there was a problem? you have to stay glued all afternoon, simon, you know that. that was the right answer, well done. i will come back to you later. by the way, if you want to watch proceedings in parliament, bbc parliament has continuous coverage of the ongoing debate and it is still going on. let's talk now to the journalist and former director of strategy at the labour party, steve howell. the accusation from borisjohnson was that labour are playing games here. you mean in relation to the 16 and 17—year—olds? in relation to the amendments that seem to suddenly be appearing. that is one of them. the sense is that thatis is one of them. the sense is that that is to derail talk of a general election. well, our hapless prime minister needs to think through things he says. he has wanted this general election, he says, and he has been pressing for it since september. he

however, the committee stage where mp's canned a men's the bill, and they will try to do that -- wherep's can try to amend the bill, they will try to do that. then it goes back to the comments. we member, this all has to be 31 october.all, by is going to be pretty quick stuff by legislative standards. guy: not a completely done deal after tomorrow. tony: no. guy: the market is basically pricing that we are there now, almost. we were trading at $1.30 earlier on the cable. walk me through what you expect over the next way for hours if we get the second reading in the government getting that boat over the line. stephen: i think it is pretty clear that cable will probably trade towards $1.35 quite quickly, especially in a situation where liquidity is pretty poor. that could well be the case in cable. in the much bigger picture, though, i think you have to look at the situation for the u.s. dollar and consider the fact that we are now into the final stretches of 2019. long dollar has been a profitable position this year in fx. i think a lot of investors are taking their money off the table.

the next stage of this will go through the intel committee. they will have the public hearings.will question witnesses in public. they will produce a report. and only then will they hand things over to the judiciary committee, which since time immemorial has been the most partisan committee on capitol hill in both parties, that's where the flame throwers are. the fights will be delayed. one little nugget buried in this that i found really interesting, one of the things that republicans have demanded since the word, go, on this, is the president's attorneys have the right to question witnesses. pelosi includes that here in this resolution but only if the judiciary committee stage and only essentially as a reward for good behavior. in the resolution it says if the white house continues to stonewall subject to the discretion of the chairi, in ths case, jerry nadler, that right could be curtailed. little bit of carrot, little bit of stick and lot of personnel choices made here as to who will lead this inquiry going forward over the next few weeks. >> garrett haake, our viewers can't

then i think we can have a committee stage where we look at amendments. we can anchor rights and standards more effectively for a level playing field. colleagues are tabling amendment on the customs union, on how to avoid a cliff edge. let's debate that and see what we get at the end of the third reading. the more amendments we get, the more likely we will support it. anna: do you think corbyn and johnson are going to be talking about the new timetable rather than pushing into a general election? >> i really hope so. anna: do you think that is likely? >> affect boris johnson decided to pause rather than to pull it was a very important signal last night that he may well be open. he got quite a convincing majority for that second reading. you could potentially see that as a majority. when we go into the committee majority, he solid may well feel if we have a new timetable, a new program motion, he would have a decent chance of getting it over the line. i hope there will be constructive dialogue between whip and with -- chief the government chief whip. anna:

but gavin wants to lam bound i am bound to get shot if i get this the wrong way around, the committee stagest readings. i was asking my panel here this evening whether he is going to stick to the date of the speaker, is he going to leave on the 31st of november —— the 30th of november, putting the business down before he left this evening and they going to dissolve it on the sixth, not the fifth. so does he stay on for a period of three or four days or does he go. you must be quite about bonfire night. but remember, remember. ido bonfire night. but remember, remember. i do remember. but the thinking is that if they're sitting oi'i thinking is that if they're sitting on the deputy seat,. there are a feeling that they'll come to do this over the next few days before the wrap it up. when she loved to be speaker? it's one of the jobs —— wouldn't you love to be speaker?m is really interesting. we have heard not a lot from nigel faraj, and you would've thought he would've been all guns blazing. i just would've thought he would've been all guns blazing. ijust wonder if they are taking stock at the

wanted to take place in december the 12th at the moment the bill is reach what's known as the committee stage where an amendment has been brought forward by the opposition labor party they want to take place on december the 9th for various different reasons one of them being that they feel that students will be back home from university so won't be able to vote has been pointed out that many students are actually registered at their home addresses rather than their university addresses you know the scottish national party and the liberal democrats also wanted it to be on the 9th of december for different reasons largely just of the number of days potentially available to boris johnson to avoid him but possibly bringing his withdrawal agreement back before parliament for another go but that's something the government has promised it won't do however levels of trust here westminster very low at the moment we may well see before the ninety's through a compromise though on behalf of the government they have suggested that the election could take place on something of a sliding scale possibly the

then we go into committee stage, then it goes to the lords, then, as i said in response to the membero the member for brighton, it goes to the member for brighton, it goes to one hour debate on lords amendments. these are serious issues that have huge implications for communities, factories, jobs, people. it shouldn't be dealt with in this way. i am very grateful him giving way so many times. over the last couple of years members from across the house have asked many questions about the customs relationship between the eu and the uk, post brexit, but nobody thought to ask the question, whether customs arrangements within our own country would be affected? doesn't the honourable gentleman agree with me that the prime minister should, at the dispatch box, apologised to the businesses in britain that trade within britain and will now have to start filling forms out they would never have had do before? indeed, and that is just one aspect of this bill that has been revealed today. and i suspect there is much more that will come up. i will it is three o'clock, you are watching bbc news, liv

bracks agreement we give boris johnson a buffer going in to try to pass the rest of that bill 3 committee stage and 3 3rd reading all the way to becoming law he'd have 30 a 30 seat majority there you could lose 15 m. pays during the course of possibility would still make it known and so so he can now say he's done a mandate for the sin trying trying to prevaricate and get in the way of it is getting in the way of a a binding vote on one level yeah the european union have taken this on board they'll see this majority this is that even a majority it's no peer and simple majority for boris johnson still some of these m.p.'s want to change boris johnson still but it does give a strong indication the a.v. kept plowing on and trying to boss his deal that he could get a good 3 outcomes whether i tried to do that is another matter and the and these amendments that you mention the changes that they want to try and introduce when they come to voting on wednesday tomorrow based on the results of this vote you think is more likely than those amendments will fail. i think some of the more technical amendmen

such a committee stage of jews a lot of a member of the house of commons bombers pointing to go that's a limited limitation since it's inconsistent. they tried they tried to i to go back to the chassis chason on this analogy alex he is he's had had that damn engine check for for move after move after move actually boris has had everybody else on the back 1st so i've after move after move actually boris has had everybody else on the back 1st so i think he's caused those winsome to make a tactical mistake for the reasons i've just explained and we think he's caused those winsome to make a tactical mistake for the reasons i've just explained and he's absolutely cornered the labor party you don't want an election for love absolutely cornered the labor party you don't want an election for love nor money because they feel that they're too riven and the $2.00 have staining on this because of the more money because they feel that they're too riven and the $2.00 have staining on this because the north their supporters are very pro black said in the south their programme main the real losers her

if that programme motion is approved, the bill will then move to the committee stage — which will continuenesday — with the aim being to get it through the house of commons by the end of thursday. but mps may put down amendments — such as a customs union or second referendum. both are bitterly opposed by the government, which could pull the bill altogether if either gets through. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. the government's new plan to deliver brexit next week. 110 pages. legislation which, if it passes, will pave the way for the uk to leave the eu. ahead of today's debate, the prime minister said, i hope parliament votes to take back control for itself and the british people and the country can start to focus on the cost of living, the nhs and conserving our environment. the public doesn't want any more delays, and neither do other european leaders, and neither do i. but opposition parties are angry. they think the government is moving too fast by proposing to give mps just three days to scrutinise the bill. at every stage, mr speaker, the government has been running

happening now is he should be coming back with that bill for us to scrutinise it through the committee stage issue of the customs union, and obviously inextricably linked with that is the issue of a border down the arrow c, which we heard the dup last week, and they speak the truth. this is a really dangerous path to take, so we should have been talking about that, and of course we should have been talking about a confirmatory vote, a second referendum, which the liberal democrats appear to have abandoned without a care. boris johnson said in the chamber that labour is running out of excuses trying to get out of a general election, accusing your party and your leader of running scared of the voters. you do seem to be coming up with different excuses as time goes on, and you have talked about taking no deal of the table. one way to do that is to have an election, jeremy corbyn becomes prime minister, you can take no deal of the table. but why on earth we have got a bill that has got through its second reading... you don't like that deal, you got called it a tory deal you don't want to back. t

if it goes next stage of that bill, the committee stage, and they will start within a couple of minutesl, moving on very, very quickly, to talk about what changes they might want to make and that will last for a couple of days. if it doesn't go through, boris johnson has said, if the eu make it along later brexit until the end of january, or along later brexit until the end of january, or longer, along later brexit until the end of january, or longer, then he will suspend this whole process, and actually instead will go for a general election. so, what we are going to be looking out for afterwards, if the government were to lose, does borisjohnson get up and address mps and say what his plan is? does the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg may be house of commons, jacob rees—mogg may he get up and say what their plan is? they could even table a motion for a general election. it doesn't mean they have to move it tomorrow or go ahead with it, but they could even do that, to indicate that they're serious about wanting a general election. we know that boris johnson, all the way

if it passes that, it will move on to the committee stage where mps will try to change it using amendmentso borisjohnson there is if there are big changes to the deal which makes it significantly different to what was agreed with the eu he might decide to put it entirely if it passes. it has to pass another vote on thursday and repeat the process again so there are points where it could fall down. if the bill fails we are left with looking at no deal exit or more likely, the eu granting an extension because of the request put in the weekend. and there is the issue of timing, mps have to vote on whether to follow the timetable at all. 0k. we will speak to mps later. to get their view. i have just we will speak to mps later. to get their view. i havejust been flicking through it and i do not understand any of it. good job it is not myjob too. we will be talking about it later. abortion has been decriminalised and same—sex marriage is to be legalised in northern ireland, after a landmark ruling came into effect at midnight. the first same—sex weddings in northern ireland could take place as s

committee. at this stage republicans can under conditions cool that own witnesses and the us president's lawyers can take part. these proceedings could lead to a house vote on impeachment which if it passes would trigger the senate's to hold the trial. even so republicans have dragged their feet the whole way complaining the inquiry is not fat democrats are trying to impeach the president. because they are scared they cannot defeat him at the ballot box this impeachment is not only an attempt to undo the last election. is it an attempt to influence the next one as well. the president reacted precisely is predicted a as democrats insisteded it was about defendig chchecks balances and democracy itself this is a sad day it's a sad day because nobody comes to congress to impeach a president of the united states no one these rules are fair than anything- that had flown before in terms of a- of a- an impeachment proceeding. the us president stands accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his potential twenty twenty election rival joe biden. the inquiry hinges on a phone call he made to ukrainian p

in principle last week, and if the subsequent time of this house had been devoted to the committee and report stagethe house following this, we would be well on our way to leaving in the middle of november. so, can i respect or say to my right honourable friend, can he find a slightly better basis for fighting the selection we get to the campaign? i'm afraid my right honourable friend... i voted for the withdrawal bill and i hope that he will vote for this bill today to get brexit done. borisjohnson said it was time to put the case to the people, something the snp and the lib dems now favoured. there is only one blockage is still standing in the way of democracy. there's only one party that refuses to trust the judgement of the people, there's only one party that still is running scared of an election, and that is the main party of opposition. who failing in their defining function. dogs bark... we have not heard him... dogs bark, cows moo, oppositions are meant to campaign for elections except this one. there's only one way now to move this country forward and to have that debate and that is to ge

if that programme motion is approved, the bill will then move to the committee stage — which will continuerly opposed by the government, which could pull the bill altogether if either amendment gets through. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. the government's new plan to deliver brexit next week. 110 pages. legislation which, if it passes, will pave the way for the uk to leave the eu. ahead of today's debate, the prime minister said, i hope parliament votes to take back control for itself and the british people and the country can start to focus on the cost of living, the nhs and conserving our environment. the public doesn't want any more delays and neither do other european leaders and neither do i. but opposition parties are angry. they think the government is moving too fast by proposing to give mps just three days to scrutinise the bill. at every stage, mr speaker, the government has been running scared of this house and democracy and its now attempting to force through a flawed brexit deal which sells out people's jobs, rights and our communities. mps will vote later o

the building was of the committee stage and normally takes weeks at a time, but as we will probable findget it done. in that case there are two things look out for, is a customs union in the second is the second referendum. my gut instinct would be there is still not a majority for a second referendum because out of those independent conservatives, those independent conservatives, those who were in the tory party and are now not, and set without the whip and not going to back it. it does not sound like the democratic unionist party from northern ireland are going to back it does not sound like the democratic unionist party from northern ireland are going to back its wet that point it is not going be customs union. that is where government will be turning the thumbscrews and as one government whip said we will be going full medieval once again to make sure they do not get that thing through and if they can battle both of those amendments then there is a chance they can get the withdrawal agreement through, that means brexit happens on the 315t october, but it is going to be a very very ti

the media are the cult followers and the past resolution implies a 2 stage process of impeachment inquiry involving 2 house committee passed resolution implies a 2 stage process of impeachment inquiry involving 2 house committees he stressed things not to cause troubles of thinking. and i think. it's because it could lead. from ukraine you know it in florida. from ukrainian authorities to favor him in the coming 2020 presidential election trump was asking the ukrainian play the head in the coming 2020 presidential election trump was asking the ukrainian president instead of a favor to investigate alleged corruption claims against him and consider president instead of a favor to be investigated. corruption claims against the man considered his main political rival democratic presidential front runner joe biden the republicans that his main political rival democratic presidential front runner joe biden the republicans deny any wrongdoing in the dealings with ukraine adding trump's conduct was concerning any wrongdoing in the dealings with ukraine adding trump's conduct was concerning but not impeached impeachable all

being passed, so that is mp5 are proving it in the second rating to with, the report stage, the committee stageeal that was negotiated between the uk and the eu, and the european parliament say, well, if you are going to make changes, may be will make some changes, too, which is recipe for absolute chaos. adam, you are live, aren‘t you? time is it there? just prove it. it is quarter to six local time. korea good, just to six local time. korea good, just to clear up to six local time. korea good, just to clearup any to six local time. korea good, just to clear up any confusion, which was just mine. good to talk to you, adam. chris leslie is on his feet in the debate. will the minister acknowledge that the legal duties on the prime minister are not simply about sending an unsigned letter? the reality is that this is parliament‘s letter which the prime minister has sent. he has been clear he will comply with the law, and he has done that, and that is reflected in the comments of figures such as lord pannick, but he is in total —— he is also entitled to reflect his views, as he has done. custom chr

clearly a central figure in all of this his being subpoenaed and to produce documents to the committees at this stage though he's going along with their presidential boycott of these ongoing proceedings and hunter biden in a mike has finally broken his silence we didn't have to say. well one must remember that this all began because of president trump's attempt it would appear to get information on a political rival that is joe biden now president trump alleged that joe biden and his son hunter in particular were guilty of corruption operating within the ukraine for the ukrainian company and indeed in china president trump producing no evidence whatsoever to bolster this particular claim now hunter biden's broken his silence he says he's resigned from all international companies has already done so and with up mentioning the president's progeny by name indicated that he was sitting and example that those who maintain a multiple international business connections should do likewise i don't know what to tell you i made a mistake. in retrospect as it related to. creating any perception that there was wr

resolution it gives pretty good latitude to the house intelligence committee to continue to run this investigation. they may never get to a hearing stagee judiciary committee, the judiciary committee ultimately will write the articles of impeachment but all of the actual hearings might just happen in the house intelligence committee. what we know so far is that adam schiff is still running this investigation. listen. >> i make no prejudgment as to whether not a remedy will warranted when we finish these hearings. i will weigh all the facts that are put forward. >> adam schiff is basically saying we are going to be even killed about this. here's a statement from schiff he said the procedures incorporated into open hearings and this is why we think they will do most of the heavy lifting, dana come in which staff counsel will be permitted to sustain questions for 45 minutes per side and then followed by member questions. they may never get to that point and this is why republicans would love to have open hearings with the house judiciary committee because they think they might be able to turn fire on adam schiff. >> dana: all right chad p

to codify an impeachment investigation, maybe 1 they get through the intelligence committee part they go to that stagehave to have rules of the road, otherwise just up on the committee and their republicans on judiciary committee would have rights to call those witnesses. elizabeth:ed which thank you so much. >> thank you. elizabeth: come back, next up, former whitewater deputy independent counsel joining me next. this, fog of impeachment. full frontal push by the republicans to dallyit delegiti. next. cologuard: colon cancer screening for people 50 and older at average risk. i've heard a lot of excuses to avoid screening for colon cancer. i'm not worried. it doesn't run in my family. i can do it next year. no rush. cologuard is the noninvasive option that finds 92% of colon cancers. you just get the kit in the mail, go to the bathroom, collect your sample, then ship it to the lab. there's no excuse for waiting. get screened. ask your doctor if cologuard is right for you. covered by medicare and most major insurers. i get it all the time. "have you lost weight?" of course i have- ever since i started

always an honor to work with you, sir, on the foreign affairs committee, and in these times of crises, we are, i believe, strongest on the world stage when the executive and legislative branch speak in one voice. i know in his testimony before our committee, ambassador jeffries, special envoy to sir ark said i saw firsthand the effects of congressional sanctions when we visited with the turkish negotiating team, that these sanctions have been helpful in getting turks to agree to the ceasefire. i believe the resolution that we passed helps -- helped get turkey to the ceasefire as well. finally, i want to thank our partners in the syrian democratic forces for their ongoing dedication to countering isis. i want to say to the s.d.f., from the nation's capitol, on the house floor, that the american people are grateful for everything you've done for us, for everything you've worked for and everything you've sacrificed to keep the world safer. so with that, mr. speaker, i urge all members to support this important legislation and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the chair rec

the obstruction of justice being an impeachable offense what's the congressional committees have done at this particular stage they've now issued a formal subpoena both to ambassador supplement and to the state department to provide those texts and e-mails that the ambassador had given to state for safe keeping. thing european council president has warned boris johnson not to play games this is the deadline for brics it inches closer with no sign of a deal on the u.k.'s departure british media are reporting that german chancellor angela merkel has made it clear a deal is overwhelmingly unlikely that's following a quote frank exchange with the british prime minister laurence the reports from london i'm boris johnson's cabinets arrive for the morning meeting westminster was awash with the news that downing street had decided to play hardball with the european union. probably they haven't even been briefed on the suggestion of the u.k. looked like readying itself to collapse the talks on a compromise deal but that does appear to be the suggestion faced with the delaying of disruptive and annoying tactics of the

committee. once it goes to judiciary, it's a different stage. it is not the official initial fact-finding stage and it is proper that the president have more recourse at that point. the minority, the republicans, have the same rights and have rights to call witnesses, to examine witnesses, et cetera, in intelligence. they will have the same rights in judiciary. once it gets to judiciary, if we are carrying -- if there has been a recommendation for an impeachment, then we are carrying on that inquiry at that point and the president ought to have more rights than in the initial fact-finding stage. mr. jeffries: the president yesterday directed his republican defenders to focus on substance. that's what house democrats have been doing from the very beginning and we invite our republican colleagues pursuant to the direction of the president to do the same. what is this all about? congress, on a bipartisan basis, allocated $391 million to ukraine in military and economic assistance because we deemed it in our national security interests. ukraine righ

committee. as the fair process. it's an open and transparent process. we're at the next stage here, the gathering of the everyday is coming to a close. it is now time to present the evidence to the judiciary committee and the american people. here is a road map. we will explain, have an some hearing here today, we are explaining how we will do this. the question on wood jaul. mislesco, you hading? ? >> thank you, mr. chairman. you know, i support this amendment. i just disagree with you. this is not what you have set forth here is not an open and fair process. because you are giving some of the rights that were afforded to nixon and clinton under both republican and democrat leadership in just the judiciary committee. but there's a huge difference. under those impeachment hearings, it was all done in the judiciary committee hearing and you were able to have, the president was able to be there. >> he will be able to come to the judiciary committee, if he wants to. >> but there was no closed door meetings. i mean, you are comparing representative adam schiff to an independent co

committee. this is a fair process. and it is an open and transparent process. we're at the next stage here. the gathering of the evidence is coming to a close. it is now time to present the evidence to the judiciary committee and the american people. here is a road map. we will have an open hearing here today and explain how we will do this. the question on woodall, ms. lesko would like to add something. >> thank you, mr. chair. i support this amendment. i just disagree with you. this is not, what you have set forth here, is not an open and fair process, because you are giving some of the rights that were afforded to nixon and clinton under both republican and democrat leadership in just the judiciary committee, but there is a huge difference. under those impeachment hearings -- but there was no closed-door meetings. representativeng adam schiff to an independent that -- ken start, starr, and it's not the same. not claim he had proved that president trump colluded with russia and it turned out to be false in the mueller report. tarr went't think ken s on tv and said no, our office never had