so the foreign and commonwealth office essentially missed a trick and you save perhaps understandablye did. did the tunisians also miss a trick, should they have been better prepared? probably and their own counter terrorism system was pretty grim at the time. but tunisia had been through incredible changes just four years previously. the regime had fallen in early 2011 and sousse was about four years later. the tunisian themselves during this difficult transition to greater democracy were in a state of disarray and that includes their counterterrorism centres. what added to this was that the actions in libya just across the border, the destroyer of the gaddafi regime againfour destroyer of the gaddafi regime again four years previously, had left the country in chaos. and islamic state took root there, there is evidence on the part of the museum attack that the people involved in that, three of them, they trained at least partly in libya. so the consequences of what happened in libya, though welcomed at the time at the end of the gaddafi regime, turned into something far more difficul

the statement from the foreign and commonwealth office posted online, says the government recognizesws expressed by the many signatures of this petition, but does not support this petition. more than 1.8 million people have signed the petition, easily crossing the 100,000 signature-threshold required for it to be debated in parliament. that debate is scheduled for february 20th. no dates have been set yet for a trump visit. >>> asylum-seekers search for refuge in canada after being unable to find it in the u.s. the only thing standing in their way, bitter freezing temperatures. we'll have a report when we come back. >>> welcome back, everyone. recapping the top story for you. michael flynn resigning as the u.s. national security adviser. this coming after reports that the justice department warned he could be vulnerable to blackmail over communications he had with the russian ambassador. reports also said flynn discussed u.s. sanctions with the ambassador, after russia allegedly interfered with the presidential election. and while barack obama was still president. >>> canadian prime

joining me now via webcam is hossein rassam, former adviser on iran at the foreign & commonwealth officelitical 0fficer at british embassy in tehran. thank at british embassy in tehran. you forjoining us. te what thank you forjoining us. tell us what the reaction has been in iran itself. from the government and also from the public. from the government, i was just reading the news, and the iranian ministry of foreign affairs announced they are also working on a list of us companies and individuals that they could impose sanctions upon. so there is a sense of, let's say, he did tension between iran and the united states, and obviously people, some people in iran one stronger action from the islamic republic as well. —— they want stronger action. let's not forget the fact that these sanctions follow... it follows a visa band struck on iranian citizens. the mood is already tense and many iranians see actions of the us government as not necessarily hostile to the government alone but to the iranian people as well. what impact is this issue with the united states over this test likely to have

a former permanent secretary of the foreign and commonwealth office lord rickets reacted to the invitationreason alone that we should consider this and the government should consider this with a bit of mew hillity to decide what the action should take place and change the invitation to one for a visit, not a state visitlj know what a great fan of the monarch he is and indeed, he probably has wee kly he is and indeed, he probably has weekly chats with her. what did she actually say to the honourable memberto actually say to the honourable member to lead actually say to the honourable memberto lead him actually say to the honourable member to lead him to believe that she found it difficult? you're not allowed to do that. i am well aware of the standing orders on this matter, but i speak as someone with emore mus regard for the queen. she is my inspiration, she is my example and she‘s working at an age that is eight years beyond my age and i‘m certainly not going to be so wimpish to stand down while she continues with her heroic work at her age. we‘re in this position now of surrealism, of a

represent the interests of other government departments such as the home office, the foreign and commonwealth office conducting two public hearings in this case study. a part one hearing intended to provide an introduction to the child migration programmes and what previous inquiries have established about the incidents of sexual abuse of child migrants and to hear direct evidence from former child migrants of their experiences. and a part two hearing which will focus on the position of the institutions involved, in particular, what steps they took to protect children, what they knew or should have known of the sexual abuse of child migrants, the adequacy of their responses and the issue of support and repar ration. todayis issue of support and repar ration. today is the first day of that part one hearing. the part two hearing about commence on 10th july one hearing. the part two hearing about commence on 10thjuly 2017. turning then to an overview of the child migration programmes. chair, the child migration case study relates to a lengthy episode in child welfare in england and wales. child migrati

she is currently a director—general at the uk foreign and commonwealth office and was previously in chargee fiancee of the children's author helen bailey is found guilty of her murder — dumping her body in a cesspit, in the hope of inheriting millions of pounds. ronald fiddler has told the bbc there was nothing that could be done about his brother joining there was nothing that could be done about his brotherjoining isis. even his wife tried to stop him going over there and went over herself and got in trouble too. it has been hard for us. rules stopping thousands of british citizens bringing their foreign spouse to the uk are lawful, butjudges criticise the hardship they bring to families. the supreme court rejected an appeal, which claimed the rules breached human rights. now the sport and jj. thank you. wayne rooney is unlikely to leave manchester united this month. the england captain's representatives have spoken to a club in the chinese super league club. but we understand the chances of a deal being finalised over the next week are slim. 0ur reporter simon stone has been following t

, in the main point as far as her majesty is concerned, a former permanent secretary of the commonwealth office, lord ricketts reacted to the invitation by arguing that -- u.s.s no president president -- to visit in his first year of office. quite right. he was saying it would have been far wiser than to see what sort of president he would turn out to be before advising the queen to invite him. now, the queen is put in a very difficult position and i believe that for that reason alone, we should consider this and the government should consider this decidebit of humility to what action should take place and change the invitation. i know what a great fan of the monarch he is. >> [laughter] >> he probably has weekly chats with her. that. to do >> dragging the monarch into this debate, all right? >> mr. flynn? >> i am well aware of the standard orders on this matter but i speak of someone with enormous regard for the queen. she is my inspiration, my example, she is working at an age that is eight years beyond my age. i'm not going to be so when fish as to stand up while she continues with her heroi

situation as far as her majesty is concerned, a former permanent secretary of the foreign and commonwealth office, lord ricketts, reacted to the invitation by arguing that there was no precedent for a u.s. president to visit in his first year of office. quite right. and he said it would have been far wiser to see what sort of president he would turn out to be before advising the queen to invite him. now, the queen is put in a very difficult position, and i believe that for that reason alone that we should consider this and the government should consider this with a bit of humility to decide what action should take place and change the invitation to one for a visit, not a state visit. the queen being put in a difficult position, and i know what a great fan of the monarch he is. [laughter] >> he probably has weekly chats with her. did she say to the honorable member something to believe that she found it difficult? >> now to do that. >> dragging the monarch into this debate, all right? mr. flynn? >> i am well aware of the standard orders on this matter , but i speak as someone with enormous regard

and from the commonwealth office, mr. rickets argued that there was no precedent for u.s. president to visit in his first year of office. quite right. and he said, it would have been far wiser to see what sort of president he would turn out to be, before advising the queen to invite him. now the queen is put in a very difficult position. and i believe for that reason alone, that we should consider this, and the government should consider this with a bit of humility, to decide what the actions should take place and change the invitation to one for a visit, not a state visit. >> i know what a great fan of the monarch he is. he probably has weekly chats with her. what did she actually say to the honorable member to made him believe that she found it difficult? >> let's not drag the monarch into this debate, all right, colleagues? >> mr. flynn, i speak of someone with enormous regard for the queen. she's my inspiration. she's my example. and she's working at an age that ages beyond my age. i'm certainly not to be so wumpish to stand down while she continues with her heroic work

he's chief investment officer for commonwealth financial network. in recent days it seems like a lot of people in the media are ringing their hands over perceived turmoil in the trump administration, the trump white house, but the market couldn't seem to careless. why not? >> i think what you're looking at with the market it's not about donald trump, it's not even about the new administration. it's about the fauds. we're seeing earnings growth pick up. it's accelerating, in fact. something we haven't seen in quite a while. we're seeing consumers feel better and business feel better. it's not about the politics, it's about the fundamentals and that means the markets likely to keep going up. >> why are consumers and businesses feeling better? >> there's one big thing that's happened at the election, i think there was a lot of uncertainty coming in and coming out of the election which actually have clarity and that let people when they stop worrying about politics so much then they looked at the fundamentals of the economy. they saw employment at very

on behalf of the commonwealth, my office is challenging the immigration ban to hold this administration accountable for its un-american, discriminatory and reckless decision making." in 2013, senator sessions voted against reauthorizing the violence against women act, a about i will that expanded the protections and services provided to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. there's a piece from the bedford minuteman that really tells the story of how sexual violence impacts massachusetts. and this is what it said. "they are mothers, daughters, sisters, fathers, sons, and brothers" -- mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the senator s. has impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama, as warned by the chair. senator warren -- quote -- "said nor sessions has used the awesome paver his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens." i call the senator to order under the provisions of rule 19. ms. warren: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: mr. pre

in failing to do so there is evidence of the enquiry will hear, that the home office and the commonwealthd to political pressure exerted by prestigious and powerful sending institutions, for example, fairbridge, with royal patronage, and by the australian commonwealth government, with a mission to boost the post—war population of australia with good, white, british stock. the enquiry will hear that it was this lack of accountability and difference of approach together with a lack of monitoring and after—care once the children were deported that allowed volu nta ry children were deported that allowed voluntary agencies to drastically change the lives of thousands of children's families in unintended ways. it was not until 1998, 42 yea rs ways. it was not until 1998, 42 years after the ross report, that this matter was investigated by the health select committee of the uk parliament. committee chair, david hinchcliffe mp, addressed parliament in 1999 hinchcliffe mp, addressed parliament in1999 and said, hinchcliffe mp, addressed parliament in 1999 and said, this was one of the most shameful

commonwealth of kentucky, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until noon on stands adjourned until noon on >> now live to the national harbor where the conservative political action conference is about to get underway today. first remarks from white house counselor kellyanne conway.

when i was running for this office, i listened to seniors all across our commonwealth. they told me that they very much appreciated how often politicians came to see them, but that they'd prefer real action on improving senior services. that's why one of the first initiatives i announced as governor was to improve home-based and community-based care services, so that more seniors could have more options for getting the care they needed without having to move out of their homes. [applause] thank you. and it's why when health insurers threatened to kick 180,000 seniors off their health plans, we stepped in and took those insurance companies to court to make sure that their coverage stayed in place. just this past year we distributdistributed more than n in lottery proceeds to 43 senior came to be our commonwealth. and we made it easier for struggling seniors to get assistance purchasing nutritious food. there's more to be done. next january another new program called community healthchoices will come online to help more seniors receive the care they need within their comm

ignoring things like discrimination suits being filed against people that are constitutional officers in the commonwealthof kentucky. things are being ignored which are absolutely inexcusable are being ignored because we are looking at things that are idiotic. and i challenge those who -- to focus on things that matter, elevate kentucky, how we can become the best version ourselves. you won't see me using more live facebook than other forms of social media. you can take it with whatever you want in terms of believability or not. but do your homework. do not wait until you read it tomorrow after it has already happened. communicate with us through social media. medicate with your representatives through social media. call them, communicate with them readily. expect government to work for you. if we are to be the best version ourselves, if we are to be the help of excellence, in america for engineering and manufacturing. it will take simple things like living by the golden rule.it will take us treating other people the way we want to be treated.it is not that complicated. it will make us clean up after our

failing schools and discrimination suits being filed against people who are constitutional officers in the commonwealth of kentucky. things that are being ignored which are absolutely inexcusable are being ignored because we're breathlessly looking at things that are idiotic. i would challenge those who remembered report to the media to focus on things that matter, to elevate kentucky, to focus on ways that we can improve kentucky, how we can become the best version of ourselves. you will see me starting to use more live facebook and other forms of social media. you can take with whatever you want in terms of believability or not. do your own homework. don't wait until you read it tomorrow after it has already happened. communicate with us through social media. communicate with your representatives through social media. call them. communicate with them regularly. expect government to work for you. if we are to be the best version of ourselves and be the hub of excellence in america for engineering and manufacturing, it is going to take us doing simple things like living by the golden rule. it is going

commonwealth of kentucky, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until noon on stands adjourned until noon on >> now live to the national harbor where the conservative political action conference is about to get underway today. first remarks from white house counselor kellyanne conway. live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the pledge of allegiance and our national aunt and then please remain standing for the indication. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. these not ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> let us bow our heads. your heavenly father, we take this first moment of the day to give thanks to you, that you are a creator, date you are with us and that you have given us such a wonderful country to live in. we thank you for the liberty and freedom that we all are able to live under and we pray you will continue to bless t

one channel and commonwealth citizens and travellers from the rest of the world are processed through another. the conservative mp, jake berry, who initiated the letter to the home office behind it. the letter starts with let's extend the hand of friendship to commonwealth citizens and if we believe that britain is going to be a global country after it leaves the european union, this is a small step we can take to show that the commonwealth is going to be a really important part of that is the first suggestion i have made is those signs you refer to which of the world written on, we should write commonwealth and the rest of the world and it might seem like a small step to change assigned that if you speak to people from the commonwealth who visit the uk, they wa nt to commonwealth who visit the uk, they want to see that the commonwealth is important to britain and global britain, that is, when they arrived here. do you think it will help on the process begins of trying to get trade deals with those commonwealth countries like australia and new zealand? what i hope this letter will do, andi zealand? what i hope this letter will do, and i discussed it in detail with the

chris: president trump's first month in office, governor mcauliffe,house he doing -- how's he doing? >> not good as the governor of the commonwealthcerned about health care, about the travel ban, i've been vocal on that and concerned about what i.c.e. officers are now doing, randomly stopping people -- chris: okay, we're going to dig down on those in a minute. governor walker, you had lunch with the president yesterday at the white house. what'd you talk? >> health care. it's a concern we all have. as governors, we want personalized, patient-centered health care that treats people like a human being, and i think that's a common sense we want and certainly something the president talked and was very interested in. as i came back, we were listening to his secretary of health and human services, i'm hopeful we'll have a plan that goes beyond repeal and gets to replace that helps all the people in wisconsin, virginia, everywhere else. chris: i want to drill down on parts of the trump agenda and how it's going to affect people in your states. let's start with obamacare repeal and replace, and we should point out, governor mcauliffe, th

commonwealth. cheryl conner, abc7 news. jonathan: well, this video gives you the only glimpse of the life or death situation that officer faced last week on crane highway in waldorf. watch. a race against time to free a driver trapped in a burning s.u.v. one sufficientser tries to put out the flames and another officer working to free a guy whose legs were pinned under the dashboard. >> we just do what we do. we have been doing it for a long time. that is the first instinct that you do. jonathan: instincts are to save lives. driver a 32-year-old man from maryland was hurt but thanks to the officers they were not life threatening. great work by all. michelle: absolutely. >> i love how humble they are. we have a co crowbar. >> you are saving somebody's life while the car is on fire. there is that. michelle: we look at the wild swings in the weather. we have had the 70s and 60s and now we head the other way. >> it's tough to keep track of it. doug: then it gets warm again. so now it's just a matter of how quickly the colder air moves in. let's get started. big numbers today. we hit a high of 74 degrees. that was a record high th

elected -- he was the first elected republican governor in the history of the commonwealth, elected in 1969. came into office in january of 19700. the previous governors who had been democrats had fought against integration, had used all kinds of tricks and stratagems toavoid integrating schools and my father-in-law took an historic stand. he said, look in this commonwealth, we're putting segregation behind us. we're now going to be an acitiry to cicy -- aristocracy of race. he embraced a court bugs order in the fall of -- busing order in the fall of 1970. he escorted my wife's sister into what had been a primarily african-american high school in downtown richmond. his wife escorted my wife into a similar middle school. the picture of my father-in-law, linwood holton walking into school on this day was front page o of "the new york times." it was front page of "the new york times" because in the civil rights era, there were always -- there were so many pictures of southern governors standing in a schoolhouse door blocking kids who were african-american from coming into schools with white students. that was a

commonwealth of pennsylvania. it's not good politics nationally. >> there are two big problems here. one is the discretion that is decentralized to the ice officern the scene, who takes a look at a person's record, sees a social security violation, and can compare that to a violent crime and make a decision. >> thank you. >> you know what? this one needs to be left alone. that's one issue. the other issue is when you decide, whether you're a mayor or a governor or a county executive, to take on donald trump, you better be a pretty damn good street fighter, because it doesn't matter to trump that you're engaged in a policy debate. you're now engaged in a fight with him, and he has to win. and this is what the jim kenneys of the world are faced with. they may have the morally defensible and perhaps correct, even legally correct, position, but they're taking on the president of the united states who has to win every fight and who has some pretty powerful purse strings. >> well, he lost a couple of fights this past week. his secretary of labor went down. i mean, we're seeing fights -- >> but many people would say, in some cases, he's won more than h

through one channel and commonwealth citizens and travellers from the rest of the world are processed through another. conservative mp jake berry, who initiated the letter to the home office this letter will lead to and i have discussed it with the home secretary, what i hope it will lead to is some of those small steps, like changing the signs, which could ta ke like changing the signs, which could take place in the early part of this year. we have a hugely important event. we have the first—ever commonwealth trade ministers meeting taking place in london in march. it is small steps like that to show us how important the commonwealth is to us. commonwealth countries believe that in the mid—1970s when britain turned europe, we should have turned ourface turned europe, we should have turned our face away from the commonwealth and look to europe. we need to make sure that they realise the commonwealth matters to us. in all our global conflicts the commonwealth countries have stood with us. we have huge important trade links with commonwealth countries like australia, new zealand, canada already. we need to maximise those as global britain grows outside the european union. b

one channel and commonwealth citizens and travellers from the rest of the world are processed through another. with me is the conservative mp that initiated the letter to the home officeome to bbc news. in practical terms, what do you think could be done to be more attractive to visitors who want to come here? the letter starts with let's extend the hand of friendship to commonwealth citizens and if we believe britain will be a global country after it leaves the european union, this is a small step we can take to show the commonwealth will be an important pa rt commonwealth will be an important part of that. the first suggestion is the signs you referred to which at the rest of the world on we should write commonwealth and the rest of the world and it may seem a small step to change a sign but if you from the commonwealth who visit the uk, they want to see the commonwealth is important to britain and global britain when they arrive here. will it help when the process begins of trying to get trade deals? like with australia and new zealand? what i hope this letter will lead to andi what i hope this letter will lead to and i discussed it with the home secretary is some

commonwealth citing the executive order. he expects that to worsen should it continue. >>> the white house public comment line closed when president obama left office and president trump's team has not reactivated it. calls to the line are answered by a phone message that directs the caller to leave a message online. a california congresswoman introduced a bill to bring back the comment line. she says the president has an obligation to listen to the american people. >> that's like a king pulling up the moat because he doesn't want his subjects to be able to respond to him or >>> the trump brand is feeling a bit of backlash. nordstrom announced that it's dropping ivanka trump's line from its department stores. activists claim that's proof their grassroots campaign is working. grab your wallet encourages consumers to boycott retailers with ties to president trump, his family or donors. nordstrom officials say the move was not based on the boycott. they say their decisions are based on brand performance. nbc news reached out to ivanka trump's company for comment but they have not responded. >>> have you heard, the super bowl is this weekend and the fe

commonwealth of pennsylvania. he taught is it as a moment of ride. >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: six years later a major announcement and an apology. >> to each and every employee of the philadelphia district attorney's office i asked again for you to accept my sincere apology, that i have let you down. >> reporter: embattled prosecutor announced he will not seek reelection for third term as philadelphia district attorney, on the heels of ethics violations. >> so my decision to accept gifts, failed to report them brought embarrassment, shame and adverse publicity to me, and unfortunately to the office for which i love. for this i will always hold deep regret in my heart. >> reporter: investigators began looking in williams personal and political finances in august of 2015, finding a series of ethics controversies, including non- disclosing $16,500 in gifts and income. that included, $45,000 in home repairs, and he was ordered to pay a $62,000 fine just last month, largest imposed by the philadelphia poured of ethics. with williams out of the d.a. 's race in may a crowded field of candidates seek to replace him including rich ne grin who stopped by reading terminal market to drum up support. >> it is importa

a statement released by office of pennsylvania governor tom wolf, the governor says in part we are look forward to welcoming these families back to pennsylvania. our commonwealthwhich was founded by immigrants escaping persecution has always welcomed people from all over the world to share in realizing the american dream. >>> you may have gotten an alert during the middle of the super bowl game and then there was an amber alert? we have new details about the abduction case that came out of columbia count that i two-year old girl that was missing has been found found and safe. this alert went out, blaring that pennsylvania state police said that someone kidnaped that little child alexis webb er from her home in central will pennsylvania just about 7:00 o'clock. details surrounding how she was found were not released but they did find the car she was in abandoned a short distance away. >>> i remember when that went up, i was with my parents like my goodness. >> buzz is so loud, even if you have it on silence. >> even on the tv, so glad to hear she was safe. >>> one nation, under gaga superstar's electrifying half time show plus her major announce. after her perf

commonwealth of pennsylvania. he touts it as a moment of pride. >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: then years later a major announcement and an apology. >> to each and every employee of the philadelphia district attorney's office i ask again for to you accept my sincere apology that i have let you down. >> reporter: embattled prosecutor announce he had will not seek reelection for a third term as philadelphia's district attorney on the heels of the ethics violations. >> so my decision to accept gifts and failed to report them brought embarrassment, shame, adverse publicity to me , and unfortunately to the office for which i love. for this i will always hold deep regret in my heart. >> reporter: investigators began looking into williams personal and political finances in august 2015, finding a series of ethics controversies, including non- disclosing, $160,500 in gifts and income, including $45,000 this home repairs. he was ordered to pay $62,000 fine just last month, the largest ever, imposed by the philadelphia board of ethics. with williams out of the d.a. 's race in may a crowded field of candidates seek to replace him, including rich ne grin who stopped by the reading terminal market to drum up support. >>

commonwealth, former republican national committee chair ed gillespie, distillery owner riggleman, and frank wagner. this will be a closely watched governor's race. many see it as a potential referendum on the president's first year in office. >>> the new hard of hearing heroes project aims to add more history to the library of congress. the national court reporters foundation spearheaded this foundation. they've been recording war they started to see a common issue among the veterans, hearing loss. so they partnered with the hearing loss association of america, where the veterans shared their personal stories. a world war ii vet says he hopes the accounts send a certain message. >> war is something you don't -- you don't play around with. >> the national court reporters foundation says around 40% of veterans come back home with some sort of hearing loss. >>> mt. vernon is celebrating presidents' day weekend. they have a long list of events. starting this morning from 9:00 until noon, they're hosting a breakfast with who else but george washington. you can also watch character demonstrations and they'll have dancing performances as well. it continues tomorrow with a syrup tasting event and several book signings. admission

commonwealth of kentucky, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until noon on monday, february 27, 2017.

commonwealth of pennsylvania. mr. president, i would yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that following leader remarks on wednesday, february 15, there be 10 minutes of debate remaining equally divided on h.j. res. 40. that the resolution be read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the joint resolution without intervening action or debate. further, that following disposition of h.j. res. 40, there be ten minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on executive calendar 16, mick mulvaney to be director of the office of management and budget and if cloture is invoked, time be counted as if invoked at 1:00 a.m. that day. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: so, mr. president, there be no more votes this evening. we'll have two votes tomorrow morning. mr. toomey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: mr. president, i rise to engage in a colloquy with my colleague, the senior