david rhodes has this report.ll of life. this syringe here is... at the moment, harry's parents can legally buy non—medical low strength cannabis oil, which costs over £300 per bottle. they say without the oil, harry was having potentially fatal epileptic fits every day. harry was dying before our very eyes. we spent days where he just lay on the sofa, he didn't go to school, he couldn't do anything so you were with him really 2a hours data. as harry grows up, his parents say he may need stronger medicinal cannabis products, the reason they wa nt cannabis products, the reason they want him to have a prescription but local doctors say at the moment harry won't qualify. the nhs says the cannabis products will only be prescribed for a small number of patients in exceptional circumstances were licensed remedies, medicines won't work and specialist doctors say patients will only be given medicinal cannabis as a last resort. for the small number of patients where i have run out of other options, where this is something

david rhodes has more. the nightmare that people living in at how a block of fear. living in at how a block of fear. february, a fire broke out in this leads high—rise. february, a fire broke out in this leads high-rise. leads high-rise. the cladding on the building is the same as the grenfell tower cladding. same as the grenfell tower cladding. so long to sort it out and you know, this is life—threatening. this is life—threatening. been told they might have to pay for the cladding to be replaced. the cladding to be replaced. how i will raise that money but they are asking for it often. are asking for it often. about who will pay for the removal has been reached. has been reached. orders were told they needed to check for acm cladding. check for acm cladding. changed so that flat owners don't have to pay. have to pay. cladding and needs to be done quickly for reasons of safety. quickly for reasons of safety. this absolutely cannot fall on the shoulders of the leaseholders. shoulders of the leaseholders. res

david rhodes, bbc news, leeds.mes against disabled children have more than tripled in the last four years. in once incident, vandals broke into a school in newcastle which caters for children with disabilities and left abusive graffiti aimed at the pupils. tim muffett‘s been to meet staff and students at hadrian primary school in newcastle to see how they were affected by the break—in. the school got vandalised. they smashed all this, and all this nice playground, and all the toys. we were very, very sad. there are no words. so this is the area that we discovered with the graffiti, the most offensive language that was written, describing our children. most of the graffiti that appeared at hadrian school in newcastle is too offensive to show. the school is for children with physical and learning disabilities. over the easter holidays, vandals broke in. they painted horrible words, and they did very horrible things. they've smashed the minibuses and smashed the side window here. but the thing that upset us all, the t

david rhodes reports. for this ten—year—old who has epileptic fits every day that can kill him. he has every type of seizure. we spent days just with him on the sofa. he didn't go to school. harry was dying before our very eyes, you know? epilepsy sufferers and other people with chronic conditions have made lots of noise in recent years about how cannabis—based products could help them manage their condition. at the moment, harry's parents can legally buy non—medical, low—strength cannabis oil, which they say have stopped harry's seizures. you know, 129 days without a seizure, 130 — we count every single day. life—changing? life—changing. as harry grows up, his parents want him to have access to stronger medicinal products. and today, they hoped harry would get his first prescription. but their local doctor says he won't qualify for help. well, you just crashed. if you're going to make something legal and available and make a big announcement and get people's hopes up, people who are seriously ill, and the

david rhodes, bbc news, north yorkshire.ing to the ms society about their thoughts on the law change in just over half an hour. fake news on social media is being blamed for damaging parents' faith in vaccines, according to england's chief medical officer. professor dame sally davies says online myths are behind a fall in children getting the jab for measles, mumps and rubella, as our health correspondent james gallagher reports. the mmrjab the mmr jab protects against measles, mumps and rubella. but they have been over 900 cases of measles already this year. completely discrediting the claim that causes autism, has caused for a. rates recovered, but in the past three yea rs recovered, but in the past three years they have been falling again. when the infection rates drop you get complacency, but there is also this dreadful social media, fake news and people peddling myths and stories. they are absolutely wrong. asa stories. they are absolutely wrong. as a young doctor, sally davies treated children as they were dying from m

david rhodes, bbc news, north yorkshire. a deal with the eu that would give uk financial services companies continued access to european markets after brexit. the times newspaper says british and european negotiators have reached a tentative agreement about a future partnership on services, as well as the exchange of data. 0ur brussels reporter, adam fleming, joins me now. so, is there a deal on financial services as is being reported? we are hearing these reports, but what we know is confirmed? we are hearing these reports, but what we know is confirmed ?m we are hearing these reports, but what we know is confirmed? it is a bit confusing, because if you were watching theresa may in the house of commons on the afternoon of the 15th of october when she was talking about the progress in the brexit talks, you will have heard her say this, i will quote her directly, "we have roared agreement on the structure and scope of the framework of our future relationship on things like transport and services." but issue officials showed m

david rhodes, bbc news, north yorkshire.guilty to exceeding the alcohol limit at uxbridge magistrates court today, has been remanded in custody, and will be sentenced at idle with crown court later this month. back injune, i don't really recall, and experienced british pilot was jailed for being on duty well two four times over the limit. four times meant drinking three double vodka is on an empty stomachs before the, julian monaghan, was going to flight from gatwick to mauritius. so ten times over, that is a lot of alcohol. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. arron banks — one of the most infuential figures in the leave campaign — has been referred to the national crime agency over suspected criminal offences commited during the 2016 eu referendum. a senior police officer says forces need to go back to basics, focusing on catching thieves and violent criminals rather than working on incidents where no offence has been committed. google staff around the world are staging in walk—outs in protest against t

david rhodes, bbc news, leeds. susannah is here.re killed after a gunman opens fire in a crowded bar in california. prince charles vows to keep his opinions to himself when he becomes king. in his own words, he's "not that stupid" to meddle. within hours of hearing the results of the us mid—term elections, donald trump fires his attorney general. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. half—year results at sainsbury‘s have been boosted by its takeover of catalogue retailer argos. the supermarket said half—year underlying profits rose by a fifth to £302 million. accounting for one—off costs related to its tie—ups with argos and asda did, however, see profits decline versus a year earlier. burberry says it's on track to save £100 million this year in its half year results statement. the boss, marco gobbetti, said the reception of the new creative director's first collection for the house had been "exceptional". and dyson has won in its attempt to overturn eu rules on energy labelling for vacuum cleaners. the uk firm claimed

joining us to talk about this is david rhode. a global affairs analyst.ere and here you are. let's start with the g20. the president is wheels up in a few hours. being he said over 24 hours ago, his gut tells him more than anyone's brain. what do you expect from the meeting with xi jinping? >> in that is the focus for -- >> that is the focus for the american economy. that is american jobs. the trade war, the president denies, but many believes it is hurting american economy and the gm layoffs shocked the president. can he cut a deal with xi? his track record on international meetings is to be a wrecking ball. he is the disrepublican after -- disrupter. >> this is the first g20 i covered where there were not weeks of trade partners deciding where the parameters will go and getting things done ahead of time. is the president winging it? >> that is the past pattern. he believes his gut knows best. xi is patient. he is president forever. the president has to prepare for the meetings. no human being can be an expert on everything here. his trade policy, he has

david rhodes reports. harry has bundles of energy. epileptic fits every day that could kill him. he has every type of seizure. we spent days just with him on the sofa. he didn't go to school. harry was dying before our very eyes, you know? epilepsy sufferers and other people with chronic conditions have made lots of noise in recent years about how cannabis—based products could help them manage their condition. at the moment, harry's parents can legally buy non—medical, low—strength cannabis oil, which they say have stopped harry's seizures. you know, 129 days without a seizure, 130 — we count every single day. life—changing? life—changing. as harry grows up, his parents want him to have access to stronger medicinal products. and today they hoped harry would get his first prescription. but their local doctor says he won't qualify for help. well, you're just crushed. if you're going to make something legal and available and make a big announcement and get people's hopes up, people who are seriously ill, and then you just... it's all cru

david rhodes reports. it's the nightmare that people living in a tower block fear.s the grenfell tower cladding. i'm pretty angry, because it's taken so long to sort it out and, you know, this is life—threatening. leaseholders like nick in skyline apartments say they have been told they might have to pay for the cladding to be replaced. £10,000 to £20,000 perflat, so i have no idea how i will raise that money, but they are asking for it up front. the company that runs the tower blocks says plans to remove the cladding are being developed and that no final decision about who will pay for the removal has been reached. after grenfell, where 72 people died, building owners were told they needed to check for acm cladding. in october, there were 358 residential buildings in england where acm was still present, and there are growing calls for the law to be changed so that flat owners or leaseholders don't have to pay. clearly, the money has to be found upfront to replace the cladding, and it needs to be done quickly for reasons of safety. but this absolutely cannot fall on

david rhodes, bbc news, north yorkshire.has warned that the amount of heat absorbed by the oceans over the past 25 years has been seriously underestimated. researchers say the seas have absorbed 60% more heat than previously thought, which means it could be harder to keep global warming within safe levels this century. this programe has seen new research which suggests a primary tactic of russian twitter trolls or bot accounts is to stoke divisions over islam. experts at the centre—left think tank demos analysed more than nine million tweets sent by russian—linked accounts. they say activity from the social media users spiked around the time of the london and manchester terror attacks last year. fake news on social media is being blamed for damaging parents' faith in vaccines, according to england's chief medical officer. professor dame sally davies says online myths are behind a fall in children getting the jab for measles, mumps and rubella, as our health correspondent james gallagher reports. the mmr jab protects against

. >> there is a position called assistant democratic leader, two men running, david of rhode island, and ben ray luhan of new mexico. >> ben ray luhan is the triple seat chair, the campaign wing of the party. they have had an historic party. more seats are still coming in. there is not much of a case to be made that he should not be elevated. if there is anything to illustrate that point, it is the fact that it used to be sherry bustos and david cicellini running for that and as soon as ben ray luhan got in the race a few days later sherry bowed out and said she will run for triple c chair instead. david cicellini may or may not also bow out for the race and clear the way for ben ray luhaan, i think luhan would have the vote if it came to a vote but cicellini some sources have been telling me may drop out of of the race and go back to the communications wing of the democratic caucus. and which he is currently a co-chairman of, and try to run again for that. >> when will the democrats on the house side hold their elections? >> that's not going to be until after thanksgiving. they shif

our first question comes from david in rhode island. ng what shoes i was wearing ding the hugh jackman interview. they are on fire. thank you, david. they are on fire or ice cold i don't know what you want to call those. those are pumas.y like all pumas, i think i got them for 29.99t the tanger outlet. those are the 1968 collection. 50th anniversary of puma. >>> our next question is from lisa. she wants to know what's the best orra the worst you've ever played. we were just talking about this. i'm not a big prank guy but you have good ones. >> i'm not a big prank person i think because i've failed so much in the past. my brother and i thought it would be nny. ourrandmother used to live above our garage. we thought it would be fun to swap our dogs not realizing that each dre would out and go to the bathroom all over respective houses. it turned into this total disaster that weou -- >> have a lot of stories that involve pranking grandma in one way or other. >> do. same grandma, same brother. >> running theme here. >> finally, gary from tex

facebook is facing scrutiny from every direction, david sisolini from rhode island, putting him into a position to spearhead congressional action on facebook next year. congressman, you issued a very strong statement after "the new york times" story yesterday, what did you learn and what are your concerns? >> i think the story is very, very disturbing. it's an example of what happens with his tremendous concentration of economic power, which is very often accompanied with a concentration of political power. democrats ran on a commitment to really understand and focus on this issue. we've seen these megamergers continue, this tremendous concentration of economic power. and the impact it's having on consumers and on privacy and on the marketplace are significant. we need to understand what happened here. we need to be doing everything we can to prevent it from happening. there are not easy solutions to this, but we ought to begin with serious hearings to understand exactly what happened here and then we need to begin to really develop some policies that will respond to this. there's a

joining us now, part of the blue, the democratic congressman david siscicilline of rhode isl.s nice to have you. the president thinks the blue wave is dead. nancy pelosi is confident in her prediction. very confident this week that dems will win the house. are you as certain as she is? >> well, i feel very optimistic and cautiously confident. i have been traveling the country, campaigning with our candidates. we have the best candidates we have ever had running for congress. they're speaking about the urgent priorities of the american people, driving down health care costs. raising family incomes, and taking on the serious corrupting influence of money in our political system in washington, and i think they're speaking to the issues that matter to folks, and i think the president is trying every way he can in the final days in this desperate attempt to change the subject. to talk about something else. and i think that's also part of the failure of the republicans to actually get anything done for the american people. if you control the house, the senate, and the presidency, th

. >>> joining us now, democratic congressman david cicilline of rhode island. he's a member of both the judiciary and foreign affairs committees. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. and i quickly want to begin with these documents given to cnn by roger stone associate jerome corsi. they lay out in detail how stone pushed corsi to obtain information from wikileaks about those stolen democratic documents during the 2016 presidential campaign. is this evidence of collusion? >> well, i think, again, this is more evidence of an ongoing conspiracy or collusion between high-ranking trump campaign officials and wikileaks and julian assange and the stolen e-mails. you can see that he's not only directing jerome corsi to get information about -- to get the copies of the e-mails or get information about them, he reports back to roger stone on august 2nd. the following day, roger stone has already said that he spoke with the president. so again, this is more evidence of a high-ranking official in the trump campaign or an associate of president trump in conversation

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rhode island democratic congressman david cisillini join us. >> thanks for having me. >> mike: presidentat republicans and democrats have to come together with a major security package, which will include funding for the wall after 40 years of talk. it's finally time for action. fix the border once and for all. limited time when lawmakers return. are we headed for a partial government shut down? >> well, i hope no. the republicans control the house, the senate and the white house. i hope they don't shut the government down. last time we had an appropriations project, it worked. it was bipartisan. the president wasn't involved. we found ground with our colleagues and that moved forward. hope yes can do it again. again, the republicans control the house, the senate and the white house and they'll decide whether we have the shut down or not. >> you're one of the top democrats setting the agenda for the white house next year. are there areas of common interest? >> yes. we ran on an agenda that we described that demonstrated that democrats are for the people of this country, not just for the

rhode island democratic congressman david sicily joins us, great to have you.overnment funding, donald trump tweeted about it this morning, republicans and democrats must come together with a major border security package which will include funding for the wall. after 40 years of talk it is time for action. fix the border once and for all now. limited time lawmakers return. are we heading for partial government shutdown? >> i hope not. the republicans control the house, senate and white house. i hope they don't shut the government down. last time we had an appropriation process it works well. it was bipartisan. the president was not involved. we were able to reach consensus and find common ground with our republican colleagues. that moved forward. i hope we can do it again but the republicans control the house, senate and white house so they will ultimately decide if we have a government shutdown. >> you are one of the top democrats setting the agenda for the house next year. the reality of donald trump in the white house, mitch mcconnell leading the senate. ar

david: thank you so much, mark. for the poem -- penultimate midterm update, we take a look at rhode island, which the cook report hasly in the blue column. david cicilline doesn't appear to have much to worry about, but he is certainly focused on whether his party will retake the house. we welcome now the congressman from providence. >> thanks for having me. asking about the horse race, looking at real politics, haveoks like the democrats a slight advantage, though it has narrowed. how do you think things are going nationally? traveledline: i have the country to help many of these democrats. candidates who are focused on issues that matter to the american people. they are talking about driving down health-care costs, reducing ,he cost of prescription drugs raising family incomes by investing in and rebuilding the country and taking on the pervasive corruption in washington and getting things to work for the people again. there are the candidates contrasting it with what the republicans have done on these the republicans trying to take away health care, drive up health care cost, they are in court now trying to take

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