let's let our negotiators get on with their work without that sword of damocles over the next and withoutn election, without that sword of damocles over their necks and without an election, without an election. i don't want an election. you don't want an election. he might have rushed back in without it coming from his lips, but if mps change the law this week, it is clear the lectern will be out to call an election within days. i want to introduce you to the socialist who will go into number ten in a matter of weeks, jeremy corbyn. it is notjust up to the tories. labour is rallying to the cause of preventing us from leaving without a deal and technically they could stand in the way of calling an election. their leader didn't sound much like he would try to stop one tonight. when the election comes, i am ready for it, you are ready for it, we will take the message out there and we will win for the people of this country. we will defeat this lot and bring about the sense ofjustice and equality. that is what our movement was founded to achieve. downing street might have welcomed its newest

and in the meantime, let's let our negotiators get on with their work without that sort of damocles overtion, without an election, i don't want an election, you don't want an election. let's get on with the people'sagenda, fighting crime, improving the nhs, boosting schools, cutting the costs of living, unlocking talent and opportunity across the entire united kingdom with infrastructure, education and technology. it is a massive agenda. let's come together and get it done and let's get brexit done. by october the 31st. thank you very much. so, the prime minister saying, let's get this done. there are no circumstances in which he will ask brussels for a delay. also saying he doesn't want an election but calling on mp5, not to, as he put it, chop the legs from underneath the uk's negotiating position. these are demonstrators, by the way, outside downing street. you can probably hear them quite loudly as the prime minister was speaking there. let's go to our chief political correspondent, what do you make of the prime minster‘s address? his match is -- message is very much to his own mps,

and in the meantime mix that on the geishas get on with their work without that sword of damocles over the next and without an election. without an election i don't want an election you don't want an election let's get on with the people's agenda fighting crime improving the n.h.s. boosting schools cutting the cost of living under king talent and opportunity across the entire united kingdom with infrastructure education and technology it is a massive agenda let's come together and get it done and let's get rex it done. the 31st thank you very much. i was british prime minister barak's johnson speaking you know most types of 10 downing street are giving the country a bit of a pep talk saying that i he does not want to i mean election this has been much speculated about also talking about how he wants to and he's not so how behind the government negotiators we can buy signs of division. let's bring in correspondent barbara very little who was listening to that she joins us now from outside the houses of parliament welcome barbara what did we look. we have learnt this that burst johnston

david:'s editor this feels a little like damocles. why are we doing it this way?> it is beyond me. the real question is, why do we get out of the transpacific partnership? is this better than nothing? i think it is. we will wait and see what else unfolds. californias go to and automations. there is now a lawsuit between the state of california and the federal government about whether the federal government can essentially preempt the approach of california, which is more restrictive on automations. you have been outspoken saying the u.s. government is wrong in bringing antitrust action against the car companies. given your thinking about why the federal government should not be setting national standards. >> the clean air act legislation and court verdict since that time, california had the ability to have more stringent standards because they have these terrible challenges with the quality of the air. when i was in the navy station in that part of the world, and i know they're putting up with. that is why they have the ability to do this. -- 13, 14, 15 auto compa

with their work, w theators sword of damocles over their necks, and without an election. without an election. i don't want an election. you don't want an election. laura: he might have rushed back in without it coming from his lips, but if mps change the w this week, it is clear the leern will be out to call election within days. d the prime minister just announce a general election without announcing a general election? well, he is not ready to spein it out p, but it is clear as day from senior sources in downing street. if rebel mps defeat number 10 this week, they are ready to call a rapid eleion on october 14. while demonstrators we t at the frony mps were out the back. they schmoozed in the number 10 garden. ignore the charm and threats, and they will be blamed if the vote is lost illan election . tonight are right behind the prime minister. >> it is disappointing, the same mps not recognizing the umferendum result are not recognizing that boris johnson a huge mandate from ournhe has membership. >> he clearly does not want a general election. behe wants everybody to

in the meantime, let us let our negotiators get on with their work without that sort of damocles overion, i don't want an election, you don't want an election, you don't want an election, let us get on with the people's agenda, fighting crime, improving the nhs, this in schools, cutting the cost of living, unlocking talent and opportunity across the entire uk with infrastructure, education and technology. it is a massive agenda, let us come together and get it done and let as get brexit done on october the 315t. and let as get brexit done on october the 31st. -- let as get. bodiesjohnson october the 31st. -- let as get. bodies johnson speaking in october the 31st. -- let as get. bodiesjohnson speaking in the last half—hour. the implied threat that if the rebels vote against him tomorrow, his preferred course of action was to leave it new deal. you might have heard the noisy protest at the gates of downing street while he was speaking, probably a few hundred protesters there. the cabinet meeting has broken up, liz truss has left downing street in the last few minutes. these are some sh

let us let them get on, without that sword of damocles over their necks and without an election.'t want an election, you don't want an election. let's get on with the people's agenda. fighting crime. improving the nhs. boosting schools, cutting the cost of living, unlocking talent and opportunity across the entire united kingdom, with infrastructure, education and technology. it is a massive agenda. let's come together, and get it done and let's get brexit done by october 31st. he says he doesn't want to call an election — but listen to this on the negotiations with the eu — and it's hard to see how defeat tomorrow wouldn't lead to an election. . and as we come to that brexit dead lean, iam . and as we come to that brexit dead lean, i am encouraged by the progress we are making. in the last few week, the chances of a deal have been rising, i believe for three reasons. they can see that we want a deal. they can see that we have a clear vision for our future relationship with the eu. something that has not always perhaps been the case. and they can see that we are utterly determine

finnegan has invested a lot of time and money in his new business but bricks it hangs like the sword of damocles over his head and has for a long while. yeah absolutely sick to death of record because i'm sick to death of being that the truth and they are against hope that british governments. second david cameron trees and. bars the buffoon johnson. particularly for people in the north of ireland. outside big trucks thunder by as near relies on a major transport route between dublin and belfast what will become of the free trade of goods will border checks be reintroduced there are many questions but no answers. yet some in the cafe support breck's in. june we had an election that said ok that's it like we're leaving and it's sort of prolonged and that's one excuse after the other and when sam forced johnson's biggest found thoughts he seems to be dropping a lot of those guns lacey's you become soft on. these young bankers worried about the drop in the value of sterling the weakness of the british pound is also a problem for graham finnegan. he orders coffee beans from berlin in barcelona and p

get on with their work, without that sword of da m ocles with their work, without that sword of damoclesion. i don‘t want an election, you don‘t want an election. let‘s get on with people‘s agenda. but the uk‘s opposition leader say his party, the labour party, are ready to fight a snap election this october. i will be delighted. when the election comes, i‘m ready for it, you are ready for it, we are ready for it. we‘ll take our message out there and above all we will win for there and above all we will win for the people of this country. we will bring about that sense of justice and equality, that is what our movement was founded to achieve! riot police in hong kong clashed with protesters in the early hours of this morning, this time in the moan kok region of the kowloon peninsula. earlier, demonstrators rallied peacefully in several locations, but skirmishes broke out when a small group surrounded a police station in moan kok. meanwhile, the city‘s chief executive, carrie lam, has said she blames herself for what she described as the "unforgivable havoc". she made the admission in an

in the meantime the extension of the gay she does get on with their work we've got that sort of damocles over the next and we don't want an election. we've got an election i don't want an election you don't want an election. and now we want to talk to our correspondent barbara starr she is on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you barbara you know you could hear the booing you could hear the protests in the background there when the prime minister was speaking boris johnson said you don't want new elections i don't want new elections what did he mean is that a threat to parliament or is that a hint that he's ready and willing to call snap elections. it's quite clear brant seen from here that you don't want cheesecake i don't want cheesecake let's buy in a really big one that's really what bars johnson said there because it was in fact a veiled threat of course to his own parliament ariens to the rebel tories who have announced that they are going to vote against him tomorrow he has already announced that he is going to take that with away from them that sort of effectivel

and in the meantime let's get on the geishas get on with their work without that sort of damocles over the next and without an election. without an election i don't want an election you don't want an election let's get on with the people's agenda fighting crime improving the n.h.s. boosting schools cutting the cost of living and looking talent but opportunity across the entire you know what you can do with infrastructure education and technology it is a massive agenda let's come together and get it done and let's get it done by. the 31st thank you very much. you're watching out 0 here the u.k. prime minister boris johnson heading back inside the black to war of the downing street it had been expected that perhaps force johnson would announce that he was going to call a snap election but that is not what we heard in fact it was a message to tory rebels in his own party to stick with him in fact it sounded quite a little bit like electioneering he suggested to chance in the background i couldn't quite hear what they were saying but you can see those live pictures there of people protesti

let's let our negotiators get on with their work without that sword of damocles over their necks andelection, without an election. i don't want an election. you don't want an election. he might have rushed back in without it coming from his lips, but if mps change the law this week, it is clear the lectern will be out to call an election within days. i want to introduce you to the socialist who will go into number ten in a matter of weeks, jeremy corbyn. it is notjust up to the tories. labour is rallying to the cause of preventing us from leaving without a deal and technically they could stand in the way of calling an election. their leader didn't sound much like he would try to stop one tonight. when the election comes, i am ready for it, you are ready for it, we will take the message out there and we will win for the people of this country. we will defeat this lot and bring about the sense ofjustice and equality. that is what our movement was founded to achieve. downing street might have welcomed its newest resident today, a rescue dog adopted by the prime minister and his partner.

government to expand their remit in terms of how much they could sell short they are scape the sort of damocles that time but i think ultimately we have to chalk this up as a victory there are 2 sorts of people in the world the vast majority it of them are not winners then there are people who are winners and a lot of winning is fake it til you make it and then you actually make it like donald trump faked it until he made it into the white house here we forced j.p. morgan to do this headline this is our victory a lot of people most people in the u 2 comments will have said we lost because morgan did not go bankrupt or if the price of silver did not go to $500.00 but here is victory here is altering the fraudulent activity of a bank the biggest bank in the world supported by the biggest military and the biggest state department in the biggest treasury in the world j.p. morgan here's a headline j.p. morgan has cornered the silver market by a manipulation august 28th the world's largest stockpile of privately owned silver 500000000 ounces is owned by one of the world's large. banks j.p. morgan cha

lets let our negotiators get on with their work without that sort of damocles over the next and withoutthout an election. i don't want an election. you don't want an election. you don't want an election. he might have rushed back in without it coming from his lips, but if mps change the law this week, it is clear the like turn will be out to call an election within days. did the prime ministerjust announced the general election without announcing a general election? he is not ready to spell it out but it is as clear as day from senior sources, if rebel mps defeat number ten this week, they are ready to call a rapid election on october the 14th. while demonstrators were at the front, tory mps wear out the back, being should be used in the number ten garden. ignore the charm and threats and there will be an election called and there will be an election called and some brexiteers tonight are right behind the prime minister.m is disappointing the same mps who appear not to have recognised and respected the referendum results are not respecting the fact boris johnson is now prime minister an

bedfellows some would say twenty one tory rebels conservative mps who knew that they had that sort of damocles again unprecedented that threat that if they voted against the government and they voted. for this position motion yesterday that they and during this at the end of this debate that they would be expelled from the party that includes two former chancellor of the exchequer. kenneth clarke the father of the house it was that was under margaret thatcher but also one that was shown to the exchequer of philip comment only six weeks ago. also the grandson of sir winston churchill so nicolas serves a former defense minister i cannot also exexaggerate yes you'll write te possible make sure all the criticism of the attacks on the prime minister certainly the labour leader jeremy corbyn. when attacked by a certainly yeah also attacked by the prime minister the dispatch box to say you a freak you are scared you jeremy corbyn who has said for months and in fact two years that you want to general action who have said that you already. he was not prepared to cool one why not what is the prime minis

let's let our negotiators get on with their work without that sword of damocles over the next and withoutwithout an election. i don't want an election. you don't want an election. he might have rushed back in without it coming from his lips, but if mps change the law this week, it is clear the lectern will be out to call an election within days. did the prime ministerjust announce a general election without announcing a general election? he is not ready to spell it out but it is as clear as day from senior sources, if rebel mps defeat number ten this week, they are ready to call a rapid election on october the 14th. while demonstrators were at the front, tory mps wear out the back, being schmoozed in the number ten garden. ignore the charm and threats and there will be an election called and some brexiteers tonight are right behind the prime minister. it is disappointing the same mps who appear not to have recognised and respected the referendum results are not respecting the fact borisjohnson is now prime minister and he had a huge mandate from the membership. he doesn't want an early ge

without an election, sword of damocles over their necks and without an election, without an electionn't want an election, you don't want an election. tory mps entertained in the garden of number 10 now know that if theyjoin with opposition parties this week in attempts to take control of what happens in the house of commons, the government will push for an early election. two—thirds of mps would need to back that, meaning labour's position is crucial. their leader sounds keen. when the election comes, i'm ready for it, you're ready for it, we're ready for it. we'll take that message out there and above all, we will win for the people of this country! we will defeat this lot! we will bring about that sense ofjustice and equality! that is what our movement was founded to achieve! but last night, another senior labour figure said the party would not support an election before the brexit deadline of october the 31st. what the conversations i've had in parliament today means is that we would not support the vote, the two—thirds majority that borisjohnson needs, the 434 mps that he needs t

let's let our negotiators get on with their work without that sword of damocles over their necks and, without an election. i don't want an election, you don't want an election. tory mps entertained in the garden of number ten now know that if theyjoin with opposition parties this week in attempts to take control of what happens in the house of commons, the government will push for an early election. two thirds of mps would need to back that, meaning labour's position is crucial. their leader sounds keen. when the election comes, i'm ready for it, you're ready for it, we're ready for it. we'll take that message out there, and above all, we will win for the people of this country! we will defeat this lot! we will bring about that sense of justice and equality! that is what our movement was founded to achieve! but last night, another senior labour figure said the party would not support an election before the brexit deadline of october the 31st. what the conversations i've had in parliament today means is that we would not support the vote, the two—thirds majority that borisjohnson need

if the president of the united states is saying we are holding this over your head like a sort of damocles unless you give me information on my opponent, in effect, the whole conversation is a quid pro quo. it's implied. >> ned, i just want to pull back one step here. let's assume no problem, no quid pro quo, just the president of the united states saying to the president of a foreign country i need you to investigate the person who i think i will be running against for re-election. let's just say it's nothing but that without any promise that if you do that investigation, i will then do something positive for your country. what does that mean? >> lawrence, let's suspend disbelief for just a moment and conjure a country somewhere in this world that doesn't need something from the united states of america. i say you have to suspend disbelief from every country needs something from the united states of america. but let's just play devil's advocate here. it would still be a massive betrayal of the president's oath of office if he were in a conversation with a foreign counterpart to ask that c

if the president of the united states is saying we are holding this over your head like a sort of damocles unless you give me information on my opponent, in effect, the whole conversation is a quid pro quo. it's implied. >> ned, i just want to pull back one step here. let's assume no promise, no quid pro quo, just the president of the united states saying to the president of a foreign country i need to you investigate someone who is running for president of the united states. what does that mean? >> lawrence, let's suspend disbelief for just a mohammomen conjure a country in this world that doesn't need something from the united states of america. and you have to suspend disbelief, because every country needs something from the united states of america. but let's just play devil's advocate here. it would still be a massive betrayal of the president's oath of office if he was in a conversation with a foreign counterpart to ask that counterpart not only eight times but to ask him once to dig up dirt, to create dirt i think in this case where none really exists, for the purposes of his electr

let's let our negotiators get on with their work without that sword of damocles over their necks andout an election. i don't want an election, you don't want an election. tory mps entertained in the garden of number ten now know that if theyjoin with opposition parties this week in attempts to take control of what happens in the house of commons, the government will push for an early election. two—thirds of mps would need to back that, meaning labour's position is crucial. their leader sounds keen. when the election comes, i'm ready for it, you're ready for it, we're ready for it. we'll take that message out there and above all, we will win for the people of this country! we will defeat this lot! we will bring about that sense ofjustice and equality! that is what our movement was founded to achieve! but last night, another senior labour figure said the party would not support an election before the brexit deadline of october the 31st. what the conversations i've had in parliament today means is that we would not support the vote, the two—thirds majority that borisjohnson needs, the 4

get on with their work, without that sword of da m ocles with their work, without that sword of damocless and without an election, without an election. i don't want an election, you don't want an election. let's get on with the people's agenda. fighting crime, improving the nhs, boosting school, cutting the cost of living. unlocking talent and opportunity across the entire united kingdom, with infrastructure, education and technology. it's a massive agenda. let's come together and get it done and let's get brexit done, by 31st october. so that was the prime minister speaking earlier, let us get the thoughts of our political correspondent at westminster. jonathan, if mps vote to stop a no—deal brexit, it looks like we are heading for an election and sources are saying that could be as early as october 14th in fact senior government official confirmed in the last hour, that if mps vote tomorrow, to take control of business in the house of commons, the government will table a motion under the fixed—term parliaments act which will specify that a general election would be held on october 14th

should we have the damocles no deal with the possibility of trade being interrupted, the hard border the arguments are the same, they are just being rerun for the second time in the house of lords after the house of commons. thank you very much, andrew. what i'd like to get now is a perspective from brussels and the thinking among eu leaders. 0ur europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, is in brussels. we were talking about whether the vote yesterday would in any way change the dynamics of any talks that may be going on between the uk and brussels. what are your thoughts today? i'm in the european parliament right now because here we have the parliament brexit steering group who will shortly be meeting here for an update on the question of whether there has been any progress? that is what we will will be hearing from michel barnier in the next few minutes. he will be coming to brief them. we've already seen michel barnierjust a bit earlier today, and he was updating eu member states, the 27 countries, and their investors here on the way into that meeting. he would only say he was bu

state of emergency in hong kong whatcould preclude everyone fears here, and that is the sword of damoclesver hong pla, the use of force, the coming into hong kong. that would be last-ditch. rishaad: thank you very much indeed for that. stephen engle joining us from the airport express in hong kong. still with us is claire reade. forwas assistant u.s. tr china. i want to get a sense if you like -- we were probably going to ask you the same question. how does the white house look at events in hong kong? how is washington looking at these events? that 1992 policy act as well here, which gives hong kong special dispensation. think it is interesting to ask the question of who is washington? i think the congress in washington is looking very hard at what's going on in hong kong. there have been very strong statements from congressional sendrs that are trying to not besage that it would welcome if china interfered with hong kong's democratic rights and appeals that were made. i think it has been observed that president trump was quiet on hong kong for quite a while. even he ended up coming out s

this is the sword of damocles -- david: we signed a partial trade agreement with japan.other than the president is doing to get these countries to act the way they should act toward us? >> there is lot of things we can do to rein china, including with our allies. frankly we should have stayed in the trans-pacific partnership. we would have had allies surrounding china to challenge them economically. you know, there is a lot of things that we can do. there are certain things that we should be doing right now to help the economy. one is halting the escalation of the trade war. two is congress passing usmca. congress has a lot of responsibility here too. david: absolutely they do. do you think that will pass before the election? >> i do. i think it will pass before the end of the year. david: wow. >> i think it will pass before the holidays. david: really? that is one reason we love to have you here you guys have great information what is going on inside the beltway. nancy pelosi does not want donald trump to have any win before the election this could be seen as a beg win

get on with their work without that sword of damocles over the next and without an election. without an election i don't want an election you don't want an election let's get on with the people's agenda. thousands of hong kong students have skip classes to keep up pressure on the government the rally is happy mostly peaceful but there were several brief skirmishes after night fell police a fired tear gas to clear protesters in the densely populated manchaca region protest organizers of called for today a general strike the latest act of defiance that has plunged the chinese from cities into turmoil china accuses western countries of supporting the protests saying hong kong is its own internal affair. and those relations headlines here on al-jazeera to stay with us the story maze coming next thanks for watching but why. welcome to the stream mothers and fathers often find the 1st few weeks of family life with a new baby are among the most demanding but many find that parental leave policies are insufficient in the precious early days of parenthood i'm femi oke and i'm. returni