as he left the direction of the erg as he left the chamber.a the chamber. the conservative party are in a right old mess tonight. absolutely. i think there is a com plete absolutely. i think there is a complete breakdown of trust. not just them, the labour party are also ina similar just them, the labour party are also in a similar position. the curious thing about the erg's strategy tonight is that it might impede their efforts to get the concessions they want from brussels. brussels might look at this and say, what is the point? women like saying there isa the point? women like saying there is a crisis in leadership ——. when he. they look slightly crestfallen by everything but we know that stephen barclay were called michel barnier tonight. what will he say to him? that is the key question. what is he going to say? we here report saying they are with us. they are with us, we will get some form of majority for something. that has shown that the government has been defeated. brussels will know and understand that it is complicated, there are d

i think they terrified the erg and others.country now knows they have been lied to about brexit. it will be deeply damaging for our economy and they are desperately worried the delay could lead to what we ought to be doomed democratically, which is putting us back to the people. and thatis putting us back to the people. and that is why they will fold the tent and trouser this bad version of brexit. it is a disaster for the country. the chips are on the table very soofi country. the chips are on the table very soon for the erg. the question ultimately has a was been whether they will back the prime minister's deal. i cannot see the eu will give the primer so much because it would completely undermine the integrity of the single market. if the eu has to choose between two evils, they will probably go and say, if that is where the uk wants to go. but they will not undermine the integrity of the single market. the erg will ultimately have to do with a sticking plaster. it is hard to see what the eu do, never mind the erg. i cannot

generally, it has been the erg. now it is the reminder who flex their muscles.e this as a major change in the prime minister bus strategy on how to get an agreement around the brexit agreement? well this prop that all not? you can't get a coalition around the brexit agreement, unless the erg cave in, which i don't think they won't. i think she has left it too late. now you see trade unions say that she could have talked about this a year ago. the three defectors have said that they have not been consulted on things, i think people feel left out. thank you forjoining us. i site to test the water now in anna soubry bus because that future of beeston, where we can talk to the bbc‘s political editor for the east midlands, tony roe. tony, what is your reading of opinion on their on what anna soubry has decided to do here? the consistency is one that she narrowly hung on to the last election. not sure if she will be expected to be the next conservative candidate. today, she has said, in effect, nothing has changed. she sent out an open letter and an e—mail out to her

the erg want theresa may to go back to the eu and demand the irish backstop be renegotiated.re with that, they are prepared to leave without a deal. 0ur goole mp is in a group of people trying to save the pm's deal. this idea that we can reach out across party lines to solve this is going nowhere, so if you think you are going to get more than a dozen onside, it ain't happening, so the only way you solve this is within the conservative party. they are discussing what can be done with the backstop to win the rees—mogg types around. if parliament is able to get something around which we can agree, it may be the current deal plus some significant and binding condition, even though we might pass that in the knowledge that brussels would reject it, at least it passes the focus of attention back, because in the end this is about politics. another big night in the house of commons. i have seen a lot of backbench groups devising their own brexit plans. tonight, mps are getting a chance to vote on some of them. division, clear the lobby! most fail. but, in a surprise move, the pm hers

obviously, how the erg votes.minster and then how the eu response to that will be critical in the signals that they send to their owfi the signals that they send to their own populist parties back home. that is the point because the eu is looking at theirs and wondering whether to bring all—weather to insert something into the withdrawal agreement, does it take a cue from what it this evening? some people are arguing that if the government loses the vote, the eu will say, she promised us that she could get her parliament behind us if we gave some concessions, it looks like they can. i don't think that's what will happen. i think the eu knows that when the deal comes back, the voting in parliament will be very different. it is a political embarrassment, the prime minister is getting used to those these days. i think all eyes on the route ahead to the 27th of february when a lot of the 27th of february when a lot of the amendments we haven't seen today will come forward. it is the first of the parliamentary crunch p

there are so many that are going on, this is the erg, the famous group of brexit is in the tory partyve been talking about a split in the party, we're been talking about the possibility of that, but he not happy, he thinks that theresa may's strategies are wrong. will talking about this just a few weeks ago, now it seems to have evaporated. prime minister lost a vote in parliament this week but now privately, steve baker is telling other mp5 that a continued negotiations with brussels are complete waste of time. if you are the prime minister, i think you'll be furious about this because she has written this letter to the tory mps, which outlines all the heads of state and heads of government she is talking to, i'm going to talk to the heads of government of all eu countries, and lobbying for this change the backstop, this controversial part of the withdrawal deal and there are going to more talks this week, and here is a sort of organiser the eurosceptic saying you might as well forget it. and that points towards the end of this month, which is a crucial date, and another boat expecte

all i would say is instead of constantly reaching out to the dup and erg, we are nowa bigger grouping her deal through, she can get it through by making it conditional on a second referendum to confirm it, and so we will be supporting the amendment and i hope that the prime minister will see that the prime minister will see that that is the best way to get her deal through, to make it conditional on the consent of the british people. to answer your question, this does not change any of the votes in parliament on brexit. those put remain absolutely the same. it does not change the arithmetic in parliament on that respect, because we will continue, well, we will not be rebelling anymore, we will be with our new friends and we will be... rather disappointing not to be rebels any more. hang on a moment, you know as well as anybody else, of course there are times when we come together and vote together. nothing has changed in that respect. john. why do you believe that such a small handful, and the moment, could really tra nsform handful, and the moment, could really transform politics in

to get those erg, euro—phobic members of the party on her side.are not and quite happy to vote against their own government. thank you for all that analysis. our political correspondent there at westminister, following all the latest and if that commons defeat there in the house of commons. 0ur europe editor... katya adler, told katy kay a little earlier that leaders in brussels think tonight's defeat of theresa may just shows how weak her negotiating postion on brexit really is. they've kept saying to the prime minister over over and over in these last weeks — if you ask for us to change something in this brexit deal then you have to be able to demonstrate to us credibly that you have the majority of mps behind you. notjust two or three, just in order to get this deal past, but enough mps behind you that you can get all the legislation passed that will be necessary in order to get this deal really through parliament. and tonight the eu just sees that she doesn't have, that is what they believe to see tonight, that see more reason to push the prim

yes, and such early dates for this party. 0r of the erg as well. or for this group that will become a party. ido this group that will become a party. i do wonder if one of them —— if one of the main aims is at this last stage to stop brexit, whether the timing of doing it now works to that cause. in some ways, it plays into the hands of them not really belonging to their parties anyway and not being at home in it. it makes that cause, the people's mode, second referendum, it makes itjust a little bit harder a task. although those people would not have voted for theresa may's revamped package as and when she eventually does bring it back to the commons. right at the last minute having run down the clock as much as possible. this will be a long—term question. the first snap opinion polls giving 10%, one point ahead of the lead dance interestingly enough. if you put those two together, that is already ten —— 20% of the population. novelty factor as well. do you think they will make a real impact. in terms of defining their identity now, they are the a

no good, it's damaging it and as i said on a number of occasions to divisions between those in the erghe erg, appear to be intent if necessary on a hard brexit, a no deal brexit, and the rest of the party, seem to me to be widening. and every effort the prime minister is trying to make to bring them onside appears to have failed. iremain of them onside appears to have failed. i remain of the view that the solution to this problem will not be found in parliament, which is why i support a second referendum, putting the prime minister's deal to the public against the alternative of remain. and of course some of your collea g u es remain. and of course some of your colleagues have left the party and joined the independent group, under what circumstances would you do that? i have been a conservative party memberfor that? i have been a conservative party member for about 45 years. i certainly don't want to go and i believe the conservative party can believe the conservative party can bea believe the conservative party can be a force for good, that's why i joined it, parties don't exist for n

. —— erg, the tory ha rd now we are not having... —— erg, the tory hard brexiteers.ew on probable delay. thomas, delay? likely but very unsatisfactory. delay and possibly a general election. theresa may may be desperate. if her deal is clearly u na cce pta ble may may be desperate. if her deal is clearly unacceptable to parliament and she cannot soften it because it will split her own party... she does not want to go down in history as the person who split the conservative party. we will have to leave it there. thank you. we are back next week, same place, same time. hello. not quite the clear blue skies many had yesterday. but some sunshine this weekend, even with more cloud at times. the mild theme continues, especially into tomorrow. the cloud we do have will produce the odd spot of rain here or there but lots of dry weather also to enjoy. this afternoon, a few showers to the north of scotland. it is a south—west wind still feeding in mild air. temperature is not as high as yesterday, where we had 17. more sunshine for northern england this afternoon compared to t

and they can negotiate from a relative position of strength as well, in the same way the erg have beenthe last few weeks people have been saying are these people going to put up or shut up, and they have taken it to the prime minister. 0n the one hand she has achieved her short—term objective, because it looks like it is not moving forward tomorrow. so that looks like a success. now one of the big questions for two weeks' time is that if she loses the meaningful vote, does she with her mps meaningful vote, does she with her mp5 on the two successive days when they are voting about no deal? that isa they are voting about no deal? that is a significant decision for the prime minister if she gets to that stage because she has to play her hands. it is interesting the treatment in the papers, the daily mail being a bit of a cheerleader of the remainers, as well, the complete and utter antithesis of how the paper used to be. they have been the ones with amber and richard harrington all arguing this case and even that hasn't stopped the prime minister choosing that paper to be the one she goe

does that mean that you and others in the erg will frankly have to vote for theresa may's deal?not doing that and not voting on that deal in getting it through his brexit being delayed. not all, in the eu said they would not bow out at the 11th hour, of course they did a u—turn. the eu desperately need that £39 billion of so—called divorce payment. they've got european elections coming up, they are vulnerable to populist parties and european euro sceptic parties around europe. and if they have to announce to cut their projects and increase subscription fees because we haven't done a deal, they will be very unhappy about that. huge leverage. 0ur unhappy about that. huge leverage. our economy is still growing, germany has 0% growth, and italy is in reception to make a recession, there has never been a stronger time for the promised her to hold her nerve and push the eu to make concessions. you mentioned greece, the eu was negotiating within itself, it was negotiating with a third party which is what we are. but frankly... sorry, ithink third party which is what we are. but frankly

that erg, for people who don't know, can you explain?tion to the detail. that is what we are there to do, research and brief colleagues and make sure people are across what votes m ea n and make sure people are across what votes mean and what policy should be, which is why we have brought forward a series of policy papers and ideas including most recently this compromise which can unite the party and go forward together with the dup to deliver the exit successfully. you are mps with a common political goal, doesn't it make you a political party? and what about the accusation, coming from members of your own party, the defence minister tobias ellwood, saving you are a party within a party. what is the point of being members of the conservative party? we stood on the conservative ma nifesto we stood on the conservative manifesto and we are defending the conservative manifesto which said we would leave the single market, the customs union, the european court of justice and so on, we are standing up justice and so on, we are standing upfor j

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the erg group is a relatively hardcore small part of the party and a wider group who i think i sympatheticme of the ideas of the erg, but in the broad church of the conservative party compromises are necessary for us church of the conservative party compromises are necessary for us to move compromises are necessary for us to move forward and compromises are necessary in the national interest. while i respect the views of anna soubry and her colleagues, i do not think all of what they have said is justified. in and working at the time andi justified. in and working at the time and i suspect today we will not get further resignations. maybe at the weekend, on sunday political programmes, that maybe the time when people feel they need to quit. next week we know we are getting another big brexit day on wednesday with motions to delay brexit and perhaps that might be another tricky moment. clearly europe is one of the issues which could lead to another surge of mps abandoning their parties. on the labour side as well their people will be watching to see whether jeremy corbyn tilt decisively awa

i am an erg supporter, those who want to see a clean brexit.icative votes. the day, it was established that this wasjust indicative votes. not binding. ijust wanted this wasjust indicative votes. not binding. i just wanted to this wasjust indicative votes. not binding. ijust wanted to strengthen the hands of the prime minister as she carries on negotiating this sort of we are in the final stages now. it's always been said that the european union would wait till the la st european union would wait till the last moment until they make the concession that is absolutely necessary to get it through the comments. all i know is that if the prime minister comes back from brussels empty and presents the same sort of crazy that she did just before christmas is going to go the same way. nigel is going to go with me tonight. the aig as your friends, i don't think theresa may needs political enemies. tonight was extraordinary. it was extraordinary they desire her this time —— of the erg. bending over backwards to appease them, and they are effectively left

they are suggesting that if you don't support the prime minister's deal we will vote for a delay —— ergtory party and i think the split is exactly between those who think leaving with no deal is fine, we will go out on wto terms, trade on those terms, and that would be acceptable. and those who think we are not prepared and so we really do need to delay our exit until we are better prepared. and that is, essentially, just undermined the prime minister, saying my deal or it is no deal —— undermines. prime minister, saying my deal or it is no deal -- undermines. the deal comes as theresa may seems to be struggling to make any headway in terms of the negotiations with the european union. so they have clearly decided that this is the moment to over the top, as it were. she is still going out there at the weekend to try to, not to europe, they are meeting to try to get this crucial concession on the backstop. there is still time yet, theoretically, for something to happen that can shift those offence. this article might help, it plays into the michael gove argument from the brexit side, thes

and some on the erg have not been prepared to heed them.e, a possibility at least that the prime minister, if she does bring another deal back next week, could get it through. there are some brexiteers who have softened their position, some who are desperate to find something that can get this over the line and get brexit delivered, and then we figure out what the future beyond the end of 2021 looks like. but there are others who continue to say that without legally binding changes, without something significant, we aren't getting on board. but there is going to be a loss of tallying up of numbers and working out who could vote to which way over the next few days. but as i say, i think we are in for another big one. nick eardley, many thanks for the latest turbulence at westminster. the identity of the teenage boy who was convicted yesterday of the murder of six—year—old alesha macphail on bute, has now been revealed, after a judge lifted a ban on his name being reported. 16—year—old aaron campbell, who abducted, raped, and murdered alesha

the tory moderates are using it against the erg people.the british. it is who breaks first. it could well be... i can see it because it seems so impossible but that nobody can figure out a way to stop it. a delay make sense, the easiest way to have a no a delay makes sense, the easiest way to have a no deal but people are religiously against it. britain has turned into a leninist country, rather than... ideology above all. it is in a civil war against that ideology. split down the middle. theresa may, last time we talked about the vote at the end of january, at that point she talked about another vote on valentine's day, which is this coming week. is that going to happen? there will be a vote of sorts. it is very peculiar. parliamentary procedure being what it is, there will be an option for members of parliament to put down motions, technically they will be called amendments, on a whole lot of propositions. they could say, let's delay for three months, six months, nine months, they could say, but i don't think they will this time, let's h

something that i think the europeans who are negotiating know is that in fact, in this country, the ergrd brexiteering tail of the conservative party wags the entire dog. the entire country, notjust england but scotland and northern ireland and i think the european view is, they shouldn't be wagging the rest of europe either. many of the suggestions about how to avoid the hard border were explored over the last two years, david davis had his idea, borisjohnson had his ideas about a camera on the border, you don't need to look inside. it's been gone over, it's not that we have arrived at this point and suddenly said we can have some flexibility. this is a way i think of pushing... it is a european negotiation. you push things to the last minute and at 11:59pm on march 29, suddenly everything happens. it's like speed chess and i think that is what they are doing but it's a dangerous game. these things always tend to go late but i don't agree that people have forgotten the lessons of the last two years, we should have been prepping before that because we failed to prepare for one side of t

the conversations in the tory party, particularly the erg, have really held theresa may to ransom ins given into again and again and again, and they are the ones who really put paid to this idea that the backstop is going to work, this is this feature range of 20 uk and the eu, based on the irish border. the brexiteers have passed, the house passed the brady amendment last week, which is intended to say that if alternative arrangements in other backstop are agreed with the brexiteers particularly worried that it might leave them in extended customs arrangements, they might just leave them in extended customs arrangements, they mightjust back the deal. of course, what those alternative arrangements are have yet to be agreed or commented on. it is very difficult to see how this issueis is very difficult to see how this issue is going to be resolved without either the hard border or customs arrangements. what we seem to be hearing is what those arrangements are not going to be, and some of the things that the brexiteers are looking to hover like technology for example, at the eu immedia

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they completely concede on the backstop, which will never happen, the erg, the tory hard brexiteers,, and they will say, now we are not happy with the divorce payment. everybody else has told me their view on probable delay. thomas, delay? likely but very unsatisfactory. delay and possibly a general election. theresa may may be desperate. if her deal is clearly unacceptable to parliament and she cannot soften it because it will split her own party... she does not want to go down in history as the person who split the conservative party. we will have to leave it there. thank you. we are back next week, same place, same time. hello there. it is staying mild throughout this weekend. the winds are still coming in from the south. they will strengthen overnight. in from the south. we will see the cloud thickening in western scotland and northern ireland to bring rain and drizzle at times. further east, a lot of that low cloud will get pushed northwards on the strengthening winds and out into the north sea. skies tending to clear. it should not get too cold because of the breeze. lows of fo

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even if they completely concede on the backstop, which will never happen, the erg, the tory hard brexiteersey will say, now we are not happy with the divorce payment of £39 billion. that isa divorce payment of £39 billion. that is a suspicion in some quarters. we have a few moments left. i have heard the views on the side of the table about a probable delay. thomas, delay? likely but very unsatisfactory. but they will be won. —— there will be one. delay and possibly a general election. theresa may may be desperate. if her deal is clearly unacceptable to parliament and she cannot soften it because it will split her own party... she does not want to go down in history as the person who split the conservative party. we will have to leave it there. thank you. we are back next week, same place, same time. hello. after hitting a high of 17 degrees on friday, saturday could only manage 111. of course, it didn't help, it certainly felt cooler if your skies looked like this. but there's still some springlike sunshine to be found here and there. and in fact, parts of eastern england could be as high

can't say that publicly because she can't say that publicly because she wants to be able to keep the ergers on board, the conservative party for now, and she wants to be able to strengthen her negotiating arm with brussels, but let's face it, brussels also speaks, as though it is one person, people in brussels speak with people in the different political parties, read the newspapers, watch bbc news. they are not fools, they know what's going on here. there is this whole surface, what you can say publicly and what is acceptable, this negotiating strategy which isn't really strategy, it is treading water until we get to the proper crunch point further down the line. it is brinkmanship, it is what these deals are always about with the eu. they know that, we know that. they will run down the clock as far as they can and at the last possible minute, with the tory party and brussels in london it is about who moves first. 0k, well, let's go to the guardian, labourmps moves first. 0k, well, let's go to the guardian, labour mps warned jeremy corbyn to back a second referendum or we quit. so poten

or what is left of it, because at the end of the day, most tories don't want no deal, so is it the ergp having to leave andjoin ones who will end up having to leave and join the brexit party, or ukip or whatever? but undoubtedly there will be more labour mps quitting labour, because this story about louise ellman talks about the property is having with her local party. there are literally dozens, maybe hundreds of labour mps who are having the same issue, that their local party is full of momentum called corbyn supporters. the sunday times has an interesting take on brexit, saying that for many voters the day we stop talking about brexit can't come soon enough, but the archbishop of canterbury are so concerned about the state of the nation after march the 29th whatever happens that he is preparing us for five days of prayer. is that what the country needs at the moment? five days of prayer. is that what the country needs at the moment7m you believe in the power of prayer, it probably is maybe we need it before march the 21st, rather than afterwards. after the scottish referendum, befor

they completely concede on the backstop, which will never happen, the erg, the tory hard brexiteers,ing list, and they will say, now we are not having... everybody else has told me their view on probable delay. thomas, delay? likely but very unsatisfactory. delay and possibly a general election. theresa may may desperately throw the dice. if her deal is clearly unacceptable to parliament and she cannot soften it because it will split her own party... she does not want to go down in history as the person who split the conservative party. we will have to leave it there. thank you. this is bbc news. the headlines at midday. the family of runaway schoolgirl shamima begum, who fled the uk to live with the so—called islamic state group, believe she has given birth to a boy. president trump warns the us will have to release hundreds of islamic state fighters unless the uk and other allies can take reponsibility for those jihadists who came from europe. passengers are left with plane tickets they can't use, and hundreds ofjobs are at risk, as flybmi collapses. theresa may writes to every con

downing street, there has been a suggestion, certainly by andrew bridgen, who is a brexiteer in the ergare trying to coordinate this in some way to pressure them into supporting theresa may's deal. so the hidden hand of downing street is behind this? yes, suggesting a kind of conspiracy theory that they are behind this. downing street have not commented on this and point to the fact that theresa may is continuing to discuss the issue with the eu and try to get some tweaks that could get support for her deal. certainly this idea that you have got mps on all sides concerned about what's going to happen, this idea of conspiracy theories, shows just how fractious things are for the prime minister at the moment. in a week where she also saw three of her own mps leave the party and join the independent group. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn will address a party rally in broxtowe this afternoon. it's the constituency of the former conservative mp, anna soubry, who left the party to join the independent group. mr corbyn will be joined by members of the shadow cabinet and labour s prospective par

the erg, jacob rees—moggs will they think they'd better and say we have to get behind the prime minister minister. yesterday steve becker was saying pretty derogatory things about her —— biker. the attitudes hardening. i don't know if we can call it at the moment. nobody knows what the outcome is going to be. i feel it is a game of chess that nobody wins at the end of the day. we have just seen the way in which society is polarised, talking about this earlier, it doesn't seem to be able to have a conversation and have able to have a conversation and have a conversation able to have a conversation and have a conversation on a able to have a conversation and have a conversation on a middle ground anymore. you are either for a conversation on a middle ground anymore. you are eitherfor or against or in and out and it is pretty shocking. the sun on sunday have also got a very interesting interview with glenn hoddle and whether you are interested in football or not this is an amazing story, the fact he collapsed in a tv studio rather like the one we are sitting in. no plans. it effectively say

they completely concede on the backstop, which will never happen, the erg, the tory hard brexiteers,not having... everybody else has told me their view on probable delay. thomas, delay? likely but very unsatisfactory. delay and possibly a general election. theresa may may desperately throw the dice. if her deal is clearly unacceptable to parliament and she cannot soften it because it will split her own party... she does not want to go down in history as the person who split the conservative party. we will have to leave it there. thank you. we are back next week, same place, same time. and another very mild day across the uk today. beautiful weather with some sunshine around. in the evening it is going to stay dry for most of us, but not in the north—west of the country, some showers getting into scotla nd country, some showers getting into scotland and northern ireland. not cold, temperatures are typically between five degrees and nine degrees early on monday morning. we should getting this during the daytime, this is the overnight temperature. tomorrow, showers frequent in western s

possible second referendum, we are discussing theresa may‘s ability to balance the remainers and the erg a meaningful vote by the 12th of march but it is all taking place here in the egyptian desert along with big hitting leaders from across the arab world. we are going to look across some of the statements and the meetings that have already taken place but first of all, let us hear from the prime minister herself. we want to leave the european union on the 29th of march with a deal. that is what we are working for, we have good progress, constructive discussions with the european union, and we will be continuing that work so we can leave on the 29th of march and leave with a deal. in the building behind me, all of the leaders from the eu and the arab league are having dinner. earlier they arrived in this vast area of the conference centre. there were huge amounts of security and as each leader walked in, a huge amount of press activity as well. gavin lee was in the middle of all of this anti—spoke to a couple of crucial players in brexit story. i am not optimistic at the moment, but i a

some conservative brexiteers, members of the european research group, or erg, had said they wouldn'tovernment. the significance of that became clear when the result of the main vote was announced. the ayes to the right to 58, the nos to the left, 303. that vote isn't binding on the government, but some think it'll make it harder to get concessions out of the eu. so what happens next? mps were keen to find out. tonight's vote shows there is no majority for the prime minister's course of action in dealing with brexit. yet again, her government has been defeated. the government cannot keep on ignoring parliament or ploughing on towards the 29th of march without a coherent plan. she cannot keep on just running down the clock and hoping that something will turn up that will save her day and save her face. so it is surprising that the prime minister is not even here to hear the result of this vote. this is a significant defeat for the government. at the end of the day, the prime minister should be here to accept her responsibilities on the back of this government defeat. where is she? mr s

she is allowing herself to be held to ransom by a small group in her party called the erg, and that isld cause is a very real possibility. 0k? cause is a very real possibility. ok? last question over there. cause is a very real possibility. 0k? last question over there. do you have further meeting scheduled with the prime minister? yes, we are prepared to meet the prime minister again, there is no planned or scheduled meeting, but yes, it would not be difficult to arrange i‘m sure another meeting with the prime minister. i wrote to her a very clear letter after our previous meeting which set out our views on this, a copy of which has been given to michelle barnier, so he is very well aware of what the position of the official opposition in parliament. jeremy corbyn and his colleague speaking to reporters in brussels. the british government has confirmed for the first time that around 100 "white helmets" rescuers and theirfamily members have been re—settled in the uk. they were evacuated from syria with the help of the uk last year. in the first tv interview with one of the resettled wh

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debate going on motion being put forward by government questions as to whether or not the euro skeptic erg group will further wait behind it all this discussion is nonbinding, though, but we'll give you further clues as it to how the parliament are thinking about things on the withdrawal deal dac up 2.2% higher lots of earnings have come out today. let's get into sectors so we can break it down, and right at the bottom of the leaderboard we've got banks down .7% now, today is a day where we've heard from commerce bank, the german bank. we'll talk to credit suisse. the numbers have been somewhat positive even though the banking sector as a whole is right at the bottom of the leaderboard. as you can see, down three quarters of a percentage point real estate also struggling today. down .3% oil and gas, a tad weaker as well right at the top, we have food and beverages up 1.3%. good turnaround story from nestle there that's helping to drive some of the gains in that basket technology also up 1%. we've got some of the chipmakers in that basket also, having a good day today. let's get to one of o

erg that we know about flynn is that there was so much else. he was an agent for turkey while in office. all of these other things that were criminal statutes. >> while the president's instincts is always to try to stifle any questions about him that he went to really direct, forceful, and extreme lengths early on. it was almost uncharacteristic of donald trump in a sense that he was so insistent about the phil flynn point that what else might there be there. this wasn't awfully far awfully early. >> it looks weirder when you look back at it. there is about assumption that donald trump and brad pascale are not out of the woods because they have not been interviewed you are probably a target. should -- is that how we should be reading thist don junior situation. >> i don't know the full story on whether or not he has been interviewed or why he has not, but i find it hard to believe that since what we know about donald trump junior goes to the heart of what mooul sere investigating, i find it hard to believe that mueller would issue a report and

erg threatening not to back the government and the vote. has laid down is a mutual motion. it is not supposed to be contentious. it says the house feels the same as it did at the end of january and the prime minister has more time to negotiate brexit without this backstop or with less of a brexit. brexiteers in the tory party take issue with it wraps in everything that happened at the end of january and that big vote. they made points about the backstop. the house voted to block no deal, it was not binding. is concerned if they back the government they are backing themselves into a corner where they can't have a no deal situation. isay's phot is not a -- vote not a meaningful vote or binding with the government. it would not look good for the government. if they lost erg support. >> i am so happy we have a brexit countdown clock. it is not stressful at all. >> we have a brexit countdown clock. anna, you know the bodies, who is the most stressed? the brexiteers losing their ground towards no deal? where is the hanks on the house of commons t

. >> reporter: this morning frozen solid, some 120illion american erging from another day of icy misery. >> it's crazy. right n i would just find t any plac hide. >> it's so, so cold. >> i've been here for all my life, nothing as cold as this. >> reporter: in iowa, firefighters battling i as much as fire. in illinois, a new state record, the city of mount carroll plunging to 38 below. in ohio, a terrifying wipeout and near miss on a frozen bridge. the harsh freeze is blamedor 12 fatalities. chicago has a crippled airport bursting pipes wreaking havoc. more than,000 airport delays and cancelations across the country thursday as the cold moved east. in, new yo heavy lake-effect snow sendingractor-trailers off the road. the polar vortex not freezing outom fun from souped up hair to something really super, this frozen tom brady jersey. and light poles appearing to shiver. thercc plunge melting into hope for the weekend, a surge of warmer air b set tong relief. chicago will see nearly a 100 degreem jump f a real feel of negative 52 earlier in the week to an actual balmy 46 on saturday. a win

something about elizabeth warren that triggers the republicans, that triggers conservatives, that trig ergs t triggers the right wing. i would equate it to the way ted cruz triggers visceral emotion. elizabeth warren triggers visceral emotion. >> warren's comments are an example we played of how she fights back, and she fought back in 2016 when she got into the mix. but she's taken a different approach than other candidates that we've seen so far. here's cory booker. >> everybody's tough, there's a lot of great fighters there. i've learned that when i come to being tough, i never want people to think that in order to be tough, you have to be mean. in order to be strong, you have to be cruel. i want to campaign like i want to govern. i'm going to get criticized, so let me get ahead of it. they're going to say, oh, gosh, more candidates talking about love and hope, oh, my god, how are you going to beat donald trump with that? >> simone, is this strategy of love and hope a winning message for democrats this time around? >> i have to laugh a little bit. i know cory booker personally. what he's

. >> reporter: other surprises includes drake erging from back stage to claim the trophy for besap songn award he says isn't necessary to be fulfilled as a musician. >> you have already won if you have people who are singing your songs word for word, if you are a hero in our hometown. >>> off the gramm age, bb rex's gown is sparking conferring b abouty image. last month she made waves on instagram when she revealed designers didn't want to dress her due to her ze. after she shared her horrible experience a lot of ais designers wanted to dress her. ultimately moon sory designed her gown. she called it a cinderella moment. >> size 8, that's considered too fat f adesigner. ridiculous. >>> before we head out, lauryn ricket i had rexa in my head. lauryn ricketts i w hereh a last look at the weather. >> you look great in your dress, too. >> thank you. i appreciate it. it is a new let me talk about this snow real quick. we have got snow to th north of i-70. this is what to expect, mainly snow north. could have a lull in the precip today. going to turn into a wtry mix tonight. snow tomorrow. we

the officers who were wearing plain clothes at the timeto entered there and saw the suspect erge fromt them what appeared to be a handgun. no the city's police commissioner later said the robbery suspect was carrying a fake gun. the suspect walking toward the officers discharged their weapons. that other officer a sergeant was wounded in the shooting. detective simonson's death is being called an absolutely tragic case of friendly fire. so surely a tough day in new york for those officers. aaron, back to you. >> cory, thank you. >>> it's now. here is a look at our other top stories this morning. m theican drug lord known as "el chapo" has been convicted found guilty of drug smuggling, running a criminal enterprise s. and gun char scheduled to be sentenced in june. >> this morning a look at the man police say roofied a woman's drink and raped her. phillip canter is accused of druggi the woman at a clyde's and chevy chase. the next thing she remembere she woke up in his apartment. surveillance video shows the woman pushing canter away from her. reminder to always be vigilant. >>> this m

at the moment we are deadlocked because the erg moment we are deadlocked because the er g says we willay the prime minister has asked us to take a giant leap into the unknown wear for businesses in my constituency when they ask me how it is going to work in five or ten yea rs' is going to work in five or ten years' time, the honest answer we have to give is, we haven't got a clue. and that is just not good enough. a number of pupils in the uk are expected to walk out of school today to protest on the streets amid growing concern about climate change. 0rganisers of the youth strike for climate campaign say demonstrations are being held across british towns and cities against what they see as government inaction on global warming. this morning 13—year—old environmental campaigner george joined charlie and naga on bbc breakfast to explain why he is taking action and put his questions to the government's energy minister. it is about all the young people gathering together and speaking up for what we think is right and what we believe in, to take action on what is one of the biggest problem