and there is a sense that someone like dominic cummings might have been, i suppose, like dominic cummingsummings might have been, i suppose, less concerned about withdrawing the whip from them. that is not to say it is his idea, but i did speak to one rebel who has had the weapon withjohn idea, but i did speak to one rebel who has had the weapon with john who say they did trust boris johnson when he was making his brexit promises to them that he wanted to get a deal. the problem was they didn't trust dominic cummings, and they thought he was in charge. let's go to the telegraph. they have hypocrite corbyn rejecting election to break the deadlock. how difficult is this for labour, the question about when they support an election? there seems to have been a little bit of a division betweenjeremy corbyn and, for example, sir keir starmer, about the exact timing of an election and when they would support an election. yes, so the opponents of boris johnson support an election. yes, so the opponents of borisjohnson have, for the first couple of days that parliament has been back, remained remar

when went to elijah cummings, he said, you know, i want the elijah cummings i first met with when i becameresident. when we talked about the issues of prescription drugs and lowering the drug price. they met actually and talked about it inauguration day at the inauguration luncheon. and consequently, they had a meeting. if you were that first press conference, i had asked ft. about his urban agenda and elijah cummings didn't want to meet with him. it happened to be a schedule mishap and they met and got along. but with all that had been going on, elijah cummings is going in on him. now the president is offering an olive branch for elijah cummings to meet again. >> he described elijah cummings as a very caring man and said he would be more than happy to meet with him. everybody, stick around. there's more news we're following. more backlash against beto o'rourke's call to confiscate assault weapons. pete buttigieg says that o'rourke is playing into republicans' hands. unitedhealthcare medicare complete plans have a lot to take advantage of like medicare's largest health care network. hey, t

we have mentioned dominic cummings a few times. a figure with so cummings a few times. appears in number10. so much authority and power who appears in number 10. there is a story in the observer about anger over a westminster security parcel at dominic cummings. demanding to know why boris johnson's aid at dominic cummings. demanding to know why borisjohnson‘s aid has access despite being in contempt of parliament. why do you think that is? what do you think of that? what doi is? what do you think of that? what do i think of it? we are in a tweedle dumb, tweedledee period of politics. as a commentator, i love it. my goodness, it sets tongues wagging and it makes us think. as a politician, i hate it because it brings parliament into disrepute. there is no consistency in what we are seeing happening. why isn't he being given leave to enter when he didn't turn up for his committee? and has been found in contempt? nothing is happening as one would expect it to happen at the moment and that is quite fun. it is very disruptive. of course what you said earlier on, sonia khan,

elijah cummings? guest: i think elijah cummings is a good person. i think you wants to do the right thing. i think nancy pelosi deep down wants to do the right thing. the problem is these new progressives are pulling them so far to the left, they can't stop them and the new progressives are getting so much media coverage, they are enjoying so much popularity from the base that they have caused pelosi and cummings to do irrational things. if you look at their career, they never would have done before. i have never agreed with anything policy wise pelosi has done or elijah cummings has done, but at the end of the day, whatare way over bound in they have a right -- a constitutional right as a member of congress to say about president trump and took call for. we can have hearings, i am all about having hearings. until you get more evidence, until you know who the whistleblower was, what their motives were, is that whistleblower, in fact credible? i cannot imagine calling for an impeachment inquiry. host: brenda in south carolina, democrat, good morning.

how important is dominic cummings in what is happening now? prime minister. he's hugely important. hugely influential. hugely dangerous. a master at the dark arts. has very extreme, hard-right politics. has taken very strange views on issues like nugenics and is now driving this country after a cliff. he clearly has boris johnson in his pocket. he won the referendum in very dubious ways. many of your viewers will understand what i'm saying when i say that. the use of facebook. worries about international interference from -- particularly from russia and other places, so very, very worried to see dominic cummings right at the center of power here in the uk and influencing events in europe as well. >> one unnamed member of the conservative party told "the new york times" this weekend, referring to dominic cummings and boris johnson, "one is a charleton and the other a psychopath." i believe the charleton is boris johnson in that comparison. is that overdone? >> no. it's not overdone. something sick and cancerous has entered into the system here

this visit comes nearly a month after representative cummings the president to come i see baltimore for himself. go through thet is welcome in seventh congressional district and he will see strong people who are -- who get up and they out to >> there is no word if the president plans to meet with esentative elijah cummings while he is fox5 also t. reaching out to cummings' office f comments but did not receive a response. >>> mark sanford the former republican governor of south caroidna has deced to run against president trump. heounced his campaign on fox news sunday saying the republican party has lost its way. the 59-year-old has long been an outspoken cidtic of the prest. he questioned thes president's mo and qualifications during the runup to the 2016 presidenal election and clled mr. trump'sandidacy "ay particularl tough pill to swallow." >> fohopes peace stall out after a sect meeting is canceled following a terrorism blast president donald tecmp says he called oret talks with the taliban at camp david after the t talook credit for attacks in including two suicide attacks in kabu

former vote leave chief dominic cummings was confronted by a labour mp.t comes as more than 100 of the church of england's bishops and archbishops issue a rebuke to politicians for using what they call "unacceptable" language in the fierce debate over brexit. also, coming up — mps say some medicines could run out in the event of a no—deal brexit. i'll be talking to the head of a government agency that's warning of a shortage of health supplies. that's at 9:15am. in the us, a cia officer is reported to be the whistle—blower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against president trump. tens of thousands of people working for the police in england and wales have not been properly vetted, a watchdog report has found. the world athletics championships get under way in doha later with britain's athletes set to endure scorching temperatures as they bid for gold medal glory. and in angola, prince harry walks through a partially—cleared minefield — 22 years after his mother diana did the same. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. one

they don't think his plan oi’ cummings.k his plan or strategy is the right one for the uk. 0bviously or strategy is the right one for the uk. obviously in early september mps passed an act designed to prevent a no—deal brexit of borisjohnson hasn't won approval for a deal by the 19th of october, so i think dominic cummings's comments could further irk some of those mps. it was interesting because boris johnson's senior adviser was again approached this morning about those comments he made at the book launch. let's have a listen to what he had to say. why are you blaming mps? who is blaming who? why are you blaming mps? lovely to see you all. it doesn't look like a walk in the park, does it? a walk in the park? who said it would be a walk in the park? you said it last night at a book launch. as you say, it has been an incredibly stormy week in parliament. taking the heat out of that, it is not going to be necessarily a simple process, as it? no because the tension still exist. there are a fear, one over the government's brex

bleep in the situation as dominic cummings the number one villain of the piece mr cummings is one of the most unappetizing figures ever to play any role in the 10 downing street it was a great mistake by boris johnson to point this out of control bully who has behaved in an appalling way and it does obviously given dreadful advice to the prime minister surely you can't believe me that vies fall for the actions of the prime minister mean george not just appointed them he followed as if i think exactly said the person who made the decision people who were calling for the. cummings to go of basically use him as an air raid shelter is a way of not calling for his relationship to go medieval courts you didn't call for the removal of the model you settled get released but it yes you could dominate behavior as well. mr cummings and i got me to have a happier face as far as i'm concerned for this bad it was waged singlehanded war everything as decent people said one of the defenseless against i want one of the fence to signal to its behalf 2 words short memories we had peter mandelson we had

i finally have something in common with dominic cummings."johnson's top adviser. mr gauke later tweeted: "just received an urgent clarification. membership still valid, but barred from being re—selected. i don't have anything in common with dominic cummings after all. a happy note on which to end the day." let's talk to two rebels. ed vaizey voted against the government to delay no—deal. he was a culture minister in david cameron's government. he is considering whether to stand in the next election as an independent. and caroline nokes, a former immigration minister, also rebelled. if borisjohnson if boris johnson doesn't if borisjohnson doesn't deliver brexit on october 31st, can he survive? i think it will be very difficult for him which is why he is focused on it and why i was sympathetic over the summer for his position. you take a judgment call, if parliament won't vote for a deal, what is the next worst thing? potentially, it is brexit so you do everything you can —— it is extending brexit. i change my mind and became a rebel when i fel

how much of this is dominic cummings?graph, how much of this is borisjohnson having his strings pulled by an adviser?” think dominic cummings has pretty much been running the show. again, this has actually backfired. dominic cummings had a reputation as the man who delivered the vote leave referendum and acquired the status of guru. almost immortalised by benedict cumberbatch in the james graham television show. a lot of tory moderate mps are absolutely sick to death of it. they are appalled by the way that 21 mp5, many of whom voted for theresa may's brexit deal, have now been purged. tim, a quick thought from you? we have to wait until the history books are written to see what strings are being pulled by dominic cummings but his philosophy is being followed by the tory party, the only way to win the tory party, the only way to win the next election is to bring the leaf vote together and that requires kicking out recalcitrant remains. the kind of conservative party that they are becoming is a dominic cummings approved co

so ee cummings was part of the mystery machinery that. essentially created a rat pro leave campaign for the referendum that was based on lies we heard that in our report as well. certainly boris johnson has shown himself to be perfectly willing to resort to. ice from time to time to get what he wants is he to be believe now john when he says that he can't get a better deal out of brussels. this is one of the things that he has been saying to sort of. acesse wage concerns that bret baier britain could wind up in a no deal situation he's been saying look i'm on the right track i can get a deal. there is no evidence whatsoever that he's on the right track. this was a good question came from a labor leader corbin in all of the debate said earlier in the week. coleman said boat. could you show us some proof of how these negotiations of working out. and crucially can you show us how you're going to solve the northern ireland border question because boris johnson keeps on attacking the circle northern ireland backstop as basically the system. to

and maybe you can tell us a bit about what you're bent yes so so dominate cummings is boris johnson special advisor and he has. become quite a big name amongst british politics for many years but also among the british public because a lot of finger pointing. is going on at that coming saying that he is the man responsible for a lot of this he was the man behind the vote leave campaign back in 2016 for the referendum that campaign succeeded that is why the u.k. is leaving the view and everybody many people thought that that wouldn't be possible but he turned it round his way is to make bricks it happen and he has the man behind boris johnson making sure that breaks it happens using the phrase this is what the people voted for back in 2016 this is democracy so you talk about boris johnson being on democratic well they will say no we are doing what the will of the people called for back in 2016 and this is democratic dominant cummings i myself have had some some dealings with him the 1st time i met him i had i've not even know who he was but i had been interviewing the cabinet ministe

president trump continued his attacks on congressman cummings.> baltimore has been very badly mishandled for many years. as you know, congressman cummings has been there for a long time. he's had a very iron hand on it. it's a corrupt city. there's no question about it. all you have to do is look at the facts. the government has pumped in over the years billions and billions of dollars to no avail, to absolutely no avail. bought moefr is baltimore is an example of what corrupt government leads to. >> again, the president offered no facts to back up his statements. it was more about venting his assumptions about a majority black city and its veteran congressman. 52% of the district's population is black while nearly 36% is white. the president likely doesn't know that. maybe he does know something about rodent infestations in baltimore. there is a company owned by the family of jared kushner his son-in-law and senior adviser owns thousands of apartments there and has been cited numerous times for rode ents and bug infestation in its properties. pr

and his tea m and that dominic cummings and his team and boris johnson and that dominic cummings andeam and borisjohnson 519, did they have more tricks up their sleeve or will it have to be a general election? we have seen a lot of the kind of tricks that exist being talked about already with regards the bell and the bait tricks, the government has a big sleeve controlling parliamentary time. in a number of amendments being put down in the lords trying to filibuster this out. he learned strength to filibuster it and there are talks about the government is trying to withhold royal assent and we have seenin withhold royal assent and we have seen in the vote today that has just passed the rebels trying to guard against that by putting in privations that would say that the house could carry on sitting essentially on a day where royal assent with both parts of the house and lloyds, can all get through and they are thinking about what the other side might do but ultimately we will still come back to what happens with brexit and there is still a ticking clock and there are three options, de

. >> host: how do you feel about your chairman, elijah cummings? >> guest: elijah cummings is chairman of the oversight committee. i think elijah cummings is a good person. i think that he wants to do the right thing. i think nancy pelosi the band wants to do the right thing. the problem is these new progressives that the democrats have elected our polling them so far to the left that they can't stop them a and the new progressives are getting so much media coverage. they're enjoying so much popularity from the base that they have caused pelosi and coming to do irrational things that if you look at their career, they never would've done before. i've never agreed with anythingg policy wise pelosi has done. i've never great anything policy was elijah cummings has done but at the end of the day, they are way over bound in what, what they have a a right, a constitutional right is a-- memr to say about president trump and to call for. we can have hearings. i'm all about having him expect we canha have hearings on this t until you get or evidence, tell y

but even dominic cummings is saying what do you expect?eople were asked for a vote, they won the vote, we have got to brexit. so it is a really difficult position, and it is incredibly scary. it is terrifying that the result may be violence on oui’ that the result may be violence on our streets. but people are really angry. they are angry in parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside parliament, they are angry outside london. and i think london has got to get outside this bubble. you've got to go and look at some of the mda streets. you've got to see why people voted the way they did, and you've got a start listening to people. very difficult to listen, though, while you are shouting. that is all i would say on that story. let's turn oui’ would say on that story. let's turn our attention to the other top story for global audiences, around the world. the white house facing accusations of a cover—up after allegations that us officials used classified storage systems to store the o

and chairman cummings i have been in touch with constantly. he is a master of so much including inspectors general and richardlowers, chairman neal, congresswoman maxine waters of the financial services committee. and i commend all of our members, our colleagues for their thoughtful, thoughtful approach to all of this for their careful statements. god bless them and god bless america. reporter: madam speaker, what is going to be accomplished? host: house speaker on nancy pelosi making it official announcing the beginning of official impeachment inquiry. we will go live at 5:30 or so and expect to hear from house republican leader kevin mccarthy, his briefing coming up at 5:30. we will have that live once it gets under way. the speaker mentioned the testimony thursday of the acting director of national intelligence. that is coming thursday before the house intelligence committee. joseph maguire will testify and will have that live over on c-span and also have it live at c-span dorgan all of our live coverage and follow on the c-span radio app.

this is helpful to borisjohnson because dominic cummings is putting himself forward as the guy journalist is to get brexit done so if he is the one who takes the bullets and the prime minister isn't, the plan is working well and we are talking about an aide sajid javid inherited rather than appointed and it's not that heseltine outdid cabinet door in disgrace but it shows the drama we are accustomed to absolutely has dominic cummings as a malefactor figure. it could suit them both. let's end on the independent with a striking photo of the protesters in london yesterday, this is quite a serious story, claire, and a worrying one in all discussion we have had about the risks that rape prosecutions might not go ahead if women were prosecutions might not go ahead if women were reluctant about chairing mobile phones and social media, this is more fundamental saying where you live in the country will affect whether you get justice. the independent called it a postcode lottery which is perhaps not the most appropriate phrase to use but the point is that police forces are referring to different nu

and jones cummings is a bricks it radical and he wants britain to be out of the european union that's he's maintained but he did say in an interview a couple of years ago that a 2nd referendum would probably be likely and legal right but he was also the leader of one of the chief strategists of certainly he's not a member of the conservative party although he's johnson's advice which is weird his name is get britain out jones his main aim is to stay in power now that so there's that is the relationship of the convening of communions between the 2 the difficulties is not sparked so much as ends but more he's needs. he's brutal he is unpleasant to people in fact even david cameron has even described him previously as a sociopath and so therefore it's his means and his behavior towards of the mets was members of parliament which is managing to generate such opposition at the moment is the johnson firing by the end of this week or that would one day be surprising if someone one of his ministers such each of them the the finance minister would go to johnson the say either it's cummings or

but boris is a great campaigner and he has got dominic cummings who are supposed to be the great man as. and will be get a deal with nigel farage and the brexit party? an electoral pact? yes, there may be some kind of patchwork nigel farage is given free reign to take of the labour seats that are leave who would not vote tory but they would vote for nigel farage. that would make some sense. do vote for nigel farage. that would make some sense. do you think many brexit party voters are potential voters might have been impressed with boris johnson in voters might have been impressed with borisjohnson in the few voters might have been impressed with boris johnson in the few weeks he has been in downing street? the polls indicate that is definitely happening. there are signs of a shift from brexit party to tory. but we saw at the last election everything can change during the campaign. it takes one or two mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imagination. mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imaginationm mistakes, or one or two brilliant capturing is of imaginati

your byline is that dominic cummings is the part of your story.—he is now one of the most powerful figures in parliament and he very rarely says anything in public was up today he was speaking publicly at an event and responding to the events in parliament, particularly the complaints of abuse. mps have been saying they are getting death threats and that they are getting more and more abuse and some of them are fearful for their lives. he dismisses this and just says, well, you have been frustrating brexit effectively so why are you surprised the country is angry? reading anna's story and the times when we rode a moment ago, polly, do you endorse this analysis that there is actually a policy of division coming from this number ten operation?” a policy of division coming from this number ten operation? i think there is no question that that is their strategy. to have witnessed those scenes in the house of commons last night which so many people who we re last night which so many people who were there felt were deeply traumatising and shocking and s

, but it is not. picture of amal clooney next to dominic cummings, but it is notm is dominic cummings'sson, believe. this story has been hanging over boris johnson, another female difficult story for him. do you think it is politically damaging? i think it is politically damaging? i think it is politically damaging? i think it isn't particularly good in terms of him... he is prime minister, there has been a number of stories like this in borisjohnson's history, and i think allegations like this need to be taken... and just to explain, dominic cummings's wife is pictured because she was speculated to be one of the women at the lunch. because she was a spectator, so the theory is that at a very boozy 1999 lunch when it was alleged the prime minister, at the time and editor, was hands on the thighs of the two neighbouring women next to him, and she denies this vehemently. so i suppose this will now make journalists thirst for answers on who else it may be. at the end of the day, as ministers and politicians will acknowledge, it is sort of christ in. clearly the government want to move the

boris johnson‘s most senior brexit adviser dominic cummings is pictured on the front of the telegraphrts he says politicians who refuse to respect the result of the eu referendum, should not complain about rancour in the house of commons. the independent has a scoop about an oil company which is run by a major tory donor who met with borisjohnson, has had a £1.6 billion deal underwri by th british taxpayer, despite it being investigated by the seriour fraud office. (the financial times reports on accusations of a cover—up facing the white house, over a call between donald trump and the ukranian president. a story we have been covering earlier this evening. don't be a bully boris! reads the headling across the metro. the prime minister's sister rachel accuses of him of being ‘tasteless and reprehensible' and using the house of commons as a ‘bully pulpit‘. on the daily mail — bank scammers steal £1million a day — as the paper reports britain's fraud epidemic is growing at an alarming pace, despite repeated promises by banks to act. a warning on the times to deliver brexit or face riots!

cummings said threats of violence should be taken seriouslym cummings said threats of violence shouldsly. it wasn't surprising, he said, that people we re surprising, he said, that people were angry, given that mps have spent three years swerving all over the shop, as he put it, after the referendum result. his comments sum up referendum result. his comments sum upa referendum result. his comments sum up a government strategy to deliver brexit by the end of october, come what may, at present anything parliament does as getting in the way. we will not betray the people who sent us here. the government has failed to silence our democracy. for some at westminster and beyond, the state of debate is now unacceptable. it's a bit like a family argument that's gone really, really toxic and really wrong. and we are calling for a sense of humility, of moderation, of really coming together at a time when the country needs that moral leadership. yet more criticism has come from the former work and pensions secretary amber rudd, who has said the prime minister's words incite violence. tactics as w

i think if the prime minister does not have dominic cummings, the man i'm talking about, frogmarcheditself, then the chances are it will not be the tory rebels, as they are called, it will not be mr corbyn but mrcummings who will called, it will not be mr corbyn but mr cummings who will bring down this administration. do you really believe that? yes, i believe it is a very dangerous situation it has to stop why do you describe it as a foul—mouthed oaf? stop why do you describe it as a foul— mouthed oaf? the stop why do you describe it as a foul—mouthed oaf? the way he has treated some of those who have courteously tried to make their case to the prime minister in the last few days i believe i've had this from the horse's mouth, to be utterly disgraceful. when people like mr clarke, conservative mp and former minister, one of the most courteous men, finds himself subjected to abuse, i believe that has gone too far and has got to stop. and if nobody does something about it, the 1922 committee. what kind of abuse for greg clarke? he was swoi’i‘i kind of abuse for greg clarke? he was swo

who controls policy entirely now in downing street dominic cummings the man responsible for the original brics its slogan take back control before the 2016 referendum and it's entirely designed to appeal to an electorate to the conservatives reasonable acknowledge are absolutely sick to death of the political torch of the last 3 years and so to that end at this conference the conservatives frankly want to talk about anything really other than bricks it's and so today for example there's a slew of really monday in policy announcements $40000000.00 worth of electric buses 5 g. broadband a couple of new hospitals this sort of thing nothing frankly that you have to leave the european union to accomplish but the conservatives say it's what the electorate wants them to concentrate on and get breakfast done at the end of october but of course brick 6 is these gigantic clouds of everything and boris johnson still counts or won't answer the question of how he intends to get bricks it done by the end of october while saying that he will also a by a law passed by parliament that says that he's not

the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed, too bad.t sarcastic comment didn't sit well with some of trump's republican allies, nikki haley, trump's former ambassador to the u.n. tweeted this is so unnecessary. and adam kinsonger wrote this is so beneath the office you hold, it's childish and getting really old. ev even after all that he wrote, quote i hope he gets a chance to see quite a bit of baltimore because it's a beautiful city, which it is. it's hard not to believe, michael, my friend that that was a racist shot against the city of baltimore which was majority african-american and that no human being would live there, okay, then who's living there? your thoughts. >> no, i agree completely and it's stunning that the president who, yes, baltimore has its challenges like every major urban center does, and we can break the down along partisan lines if you want to get partisan. democrats have run the city for well over 60 years, republicans have not. okay, we can do all that but you bring solutions and talk about the city to help it

of oversight and chairman cummings i've been in touch with constantly he's a master of of so much but including inspectors general and and whistleblowers congresswoman richie neal of the of the ways and means committee congresswoman maxine waters of the natural services committee and i commend all of our. members our colleagues for their thoughtful thoughtful approach to all of this through their careful statements god bless them and god bless america thank you so much worse than it. was all right that was the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi right there delivering it and announcement of historic announcement one that she has tried to delay as long as in her eyes it's possible saying that she is asking the health of representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against president donald trump was take the story now to washington d.c. our correspondent all over salad is standing by so this is the moment when the democratic party officially ends what has been months some would say several years of of caution they've decided to take this decision tonight i mean we've heard some parse wo

what elijah cummings is doing is demanding and sending out subpoenas and directives to go and letters in record amounts to look under the books without any evidence of wrongdoing, by the way. presupposing the outcome on fishing expeditions to go look into the lives of individuals, and if you have proximity to trump trump, look out. because that is a primetime target. this operating agreement which nobody has seen the light of day between elijah cummings, jerry mad her, maxine waters, adam schiff and there's a fifth one in there how they were going to do investigations and how they were going to do impeachment. these people laid this all out before the 116th congress even started. but it's all premised on the idea they were going to be essentially, i believe, the campaign research arm for the democrats. i think that's what they're doing right here, right now. there is no justification or evidence to justify a lot of this. they are just literally want to find out what -- let's go figure it out, then figure out what the crime is, but it all started with the idea and the premise we don't

can i ask him to tell mr cummings on the spending review, do not insult the intelligence of the britishnt as the grubby electioneering that it is. this is not a spending review as we know it. this is straight out of the lynton crosby handbook of opinion poll politics. what are the top three or four issues in the polls? they have cynicallyjudged how little money they have to throw around to try and neutralise those issues and the concerns of people. so to come here and to try and fool us with references to people's priorities is beyond irony. when did this extremist right wing tory group ever put the people first? ever. where they putting the people first when they putting the people first when they froze child benefit year after year? or introducing universal credit, a brutal regime, the result this summer according to the childhood trust was children scavenging for food in bins. because they didn't have free school meals in the summer holidays. where they putting people first when they cut council budgets and prevented 1 million elderly and disabled people getting the social care they

did the cabinet have sight of the legal advice, and did the prime minister chief adviser, dominic cummings have sight of the legal advice? she will know that i cannot disclose whether i give advice, or the content of any such advice. it has covered by the law offices convention. the question is was the advice shown presumes there was advice. so it simply contradicts the law offices convention. i wish i could answer, but i can't. following yesterday's supreme court judgment, the but i can't. following yesterday's supreme courtjudgment, the prime minister presumably got in touch with the buckingham palace and offered his apologies to her majesty the queen for unlawful advice. my question is that the attorney general speak to the prime minister before that conversation took place? i didn't, no. seems he can't remember! would he agree with me that any reasonable attorney general acting with due care would challenge and perhaps even laugh at any suggestion that five weeks of prorogation was necessary in order to prepare for a queen's speech?” think i understood the question but i don't agree wi

i didn't issue a subpoena, the difference now is cummings and nadler will issue a subpoena, see, theydon't comply, but they know if it goes to court they will never win, but they don't care because that court date is going to come after the next election, they want to create a narrative, i guaranty you will hear nadler and cummings, we issued 250 subpoenas and never responded, most of them bogus and court would laugh them out of there. the reason nadler was chair of judiciary committee, he went before colleagues and said i'm better suited to pursue impeachment, come with me, i will do impeachment and he beat out lockran, this is what he's doing, abusing power. >> we will end on positive note like you do on your book, what should conservatives be looking for to rein this in? >> i try to do this in deep state and paragraph of purpose, i don't want to just lay out all the bad and you come and listen in the meeting, bummed out, it's not the feel-good meeting of the year, try to end on positive note that this is the greatest country on the face of the planet, somehow, some way the american

the difference now is cummings and nadler will issue a subpoena to see that they do not comply. they don't win because that is going to come after the next election. they want to create a narrative if we issued 250 subpoenas and they never responded. he went before the colleagues on the democrat side of the aisle have said i'm better to pursue the impeachment. come with me and i'm going to do in impeachment. what is the path forward. >> you come and listen to the meeting and you are bummed out like a feel-good meeting of the year try to end on a positive note that this is the greatest country on the face of the planet. somehow and someway these people figure it out, they sniff of authenticity and these issues but we have to be aware of them. the very fact you are reading the book and people want to dive deeper on these issues, but i also think that it's incumbent that we engage in a federalism and that the pushback on this and there are too many things to too many people. somehow we have to lower the power of the federal government and just get them out of business. a lot of tho

i was watching pmqs, i was struck by how many mentioned dominic cummings.washington hat for a second, of the i’ow washington hat for a second, of the row there was around steve bannon, and he became too much part of the story just as and he became too much part of the storyjust as dominic cummings is here. that's probably good for mr johnson, because if mps are criticising dominic cummings, working behind—the—scenes, instead of mrjohnson, and when he signed up to become his chief adviser he was very happy to be a lightning rod for that criticism for the prime minister, but you know the way mr cummings has acted and his role as people see it in bidding for with this effort to remove the whip, is very controversial and you do have to wonder if mps are re—targeting all that eye on mr cummings how long will he last? we knew he'd only be on thejob till the will he last? we knew he'd only be on the job till the end of october, but the way things are going you could see things ending sooner. and katie bowles is here. tell us what is going on in downing street. the

chairman cummings is an expert on inspectors general and whistleblowers. in addition to the other oversight responsibilities that his committee has, in this particular case he has been a great intellectual source. whistleblowers play an important role in our government in revealing wrongdoing that they see. protecttant part is to whistleblowers from retaliation, and that is what we hope to do in this case as well, protect the whistleblower from retaliation. mr. nadler is a master of the constitution. congress woman waters is a strategic thinker and has her case before the court's now. the deutsche bank case. with his case on the president's taxes. the form affairs committee which has jurisdiction in terms of this telephone call as well. it is an intelligence matter and is focused in the intelligence committee. are important in the intelligence community specifically, publicly recognize the importance of whistleblowing in pointing out wrongdoing and the importance of protection of whistleblowers. here we are with another example of violations of the constit

dominic cummings is, as you said there, boris johnson's chief adviser. you spat out his name. why?t extent, but i do feel that he is a deeply malevolent force. i think that his track record, both running the leave campaign, where he fell out with everybody, even the hardline brexiteers in my own party and in parliament, he is somebody who wants to crash everything to get what he wants. and i also look back to his time... he was the adviser to michael gove, when michael was education secretary. i thought the reforms that michael brought in were very good, but the way that he was advised by cummings, led him to fall out with all the teachers, not just the unions, but, you know, the rank and file teachers. his philosophy is break everything and emerge the winner and i do not like that style of doing politics. but ultimately it is the prime minister who makes the decision. yes, that's true. do you want to be brought back into the conservative party, to have the whip restored, as it is known? not under the current brexit policy, i have made that decision. i did not make that decision be

that dominic cummings and borisjohnson pursued...sruptive political strategy. which is essentially the people versus parliament, isn't it? that element of the strategy, that's the broad umbrella, and in a way what's happened today underlines that. in terms of the nation watching on, i don't think the hearing will necessarily have changed anything because it just necessarily have changed anything because itjust reinforces the idea for many, many leave vote is that there is a grand conspiracy under way and equally, if you are a remain voter, all the news suggesting that the prime minister has been stating very clearly, not just the prime minister has been stating very clearly, notjust suggesting, that he's been dishonest and this is unlawful bolsters your position so u nfortu nately, unlawful bolsters your position so unfortunately, you know, everything that we are hearing at the moment just entrenches the degree to which this is now a very, very divided nation. stephen, i'll be interested in yourtake on nation. stephen, i'll be intere