this article in the times talks about geoffrey cox and the fa ct talks about geoffrey cox and the factd to admit in parliament before that the backstop could endure indefinitely, and that seems to be the key issue, which moves us on neatly to the irish times and it looks that there are headline. legally binding changes to the northern —— northern irish backstop. the dgp has not said yet what it thinks about these changes. they said they would study it —— dup. they said beforehand, we cannot vote for this deal but she has presented. they are all about the unionists, they want to be part of the united kingdom and the backstop would mean that northern ireland stays in a customs union, whereas the rest of the uk leaves, that would mean a ha rd the uk leaves, that would mean a hard border in the irish sea, so thatis hard border in the irish sea, so that is why the dup is exercised about it. indeed. the problem with the irish backstop is there seems to be no end to that scenario, and that is what people have been calling for. some politicians say we need to have a date when we do in this. c,

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they set up this group of eight brexit supporting lawyers who will look at whatever geoffrey cox comes out some of their times in the sunday times this morning. i'll briefly run you through what they are calling for. the first thing is are calling for. the first thing is a clearly worded legally binding treaty level clause, that unambiguously and their words, overrides the withdrawal agreement. that means a reassurance that has a legal status. a new treaty could mean it would be accepted by both sides. it doesn't necessarily mean a whole new treaty that is written up. they say that the language must go beyond simply re—emphasising or reinterpreting the nature of the backstop. this is about allowing the uk government to change as legal advice. you might remember that geoffrey cox warned before that the uk could be stuck in the backstop indefinitely, if talks broke down. that's the big concern. they want something. the sad thing is a clear and unconditional route out of the backstop and unconditional route out of the ba cksto p if and unconditional route out of the backstop if talks and

they are quoting geoffrey robertson qc, he says well, 0k, they are quoting geoffrey robertson qc, he says well, ok, the police are fine when it comes to crime but what do you do about bad behaviour where people are unable to make it public? he says if it is in the public interest, it should not be gaggable. the sunday telegraph has been reporting on revelations surrounding sir philip green and the use of am he! sir philip green and the use of am he denies sir philip green and the use of lidia‘s he denies he sir philip green and the use of am he denies he has much something they are trying to seek to do some kind of resolution. —— very much something they are trying to see through to. yes, i think the problem is people signing a non disclosure agreements believing that are completely binds them, even though they may have cause or reason them, even though they may have cause or reason to them, even though they may have cause or reason to complain about something that could be illegal, but the point that geoffrey robertson is making, that nigel has just mentioned, if it is public intere

geoffrey zakarian is here. [ cheers and applause ] looking forward to that. to any of that, president trump traveled to texas today to make the case for his border wall as the government shutdown dragged on. for more on this it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: this is now the second longest shutdown in history and the effects are very real for millions of people from federal workers about to miss paychecks to potential cuts to housing subsidies and food stamps. even our national parks are not immune. and now park visitors are resorting to desperate measures. >> 16,000 of our 19,000 park employees are no longer on their jobs, along with the others, they've been deemed nonessential. that means roads are left unplowed, garbage is left uncollected, bathrooms no longer work or are being maintained. trash is piling up, there are health hazards and park visitors in some places are taking care of business, shall we say, along pathways or in the woods. >> seth: great. now when someone says, "does a bear [ bleep ] in the woods?" you can sa

we had our moments with geoffrey cox singing at the conservative party conference. this lovely picture of a staffie which someone lovely picture of a staffie which someone has dressed in an england shirt. martin pipe there. let us move on, with some relief, do something other than brexit. a summer something other than brexit. a summerand something other than brexit. a summer and serious question, the number of young people who have lost their lives over this past you to knife crime. no way says that the government is absolutely focusing on this —— now a sense. government is absolutely focusing on this -- now a sense. you say absolutely focusing on about britain leaves the eu in three weeks, in theory. there is a limit to what one government can do at one time. this week this issue has suddenly crystallise in a big way for the government. there is a sense of panic. that they are not on top of it. that the story is getting away from them. we have seen in other death to day, i'm sure that will not be the last one that happens this year. there is real pressure now, on t

tom: geoffrey yu, thank you so much. a few minutes on the scandal in the united states and his new book. matthew hornbook of morgan stanley, this is exceptionally timely with the reasonably more cautious view of morgan stanley on the market. stay with us, from london, westminster, and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom: bloomberg "surveillance," francine, day two of brexit. will you be on the green tomorrow? francine: i feel like it is day 659. i am in paris tomorrow. "m: there is a movie called groundhog day" that you are living. summer, his name is raghuram raja. rajan. he is with the university of chicago, and i cannot say enough about "the third pillar." congratulations. onoughout your book community is a discussion of education. your chicago is so elite, these parents on the west coast were not even trying to get their kids into chicago. they were looking at other lower schools like in cambridge, massachusetts. your thoughts on the desperation to buy academics in america. raghuram: this is very worrisome, because

geoffrey cox was very honest and adamant about the deficiencies in the withdrawal agreement. but still, he has been involved in these negotiations to a certain extent. that is always difficult to be objective in that situation. that is why we will also look at other independent legal of ice. anna: yet mentioned the tests that you have in mind. do you think it falls down on any one particular test? is that anything you are

that geoffrey cox had signed up to it.ng that when he came out with the advice he did, it followed labour's shadow brexit secretary saying he couldn't see, as a lawyer, how geoffrey cox could ever say the changes have been significant enough to change as legal advice. the point that geoffrey cox made was that even though ultimately, the legal advice hadn't change significantly, it was a political decision, and that is what it now comes down to, it is really about where people sit on theresa may's brexit deal and which way they will vote. the legal nitty—gritty has been the affair of the afternoon, but now, we come to the afternoon, but now, we come to the political crux of it. this is raw politics that we will be watching tonight. very much so. you saw withjeremy watching tonight. very much so. you saw with jeremy corbyn there that the opposition are going to make hay with this and oppose this. the problem that the prime minister has is that everyone thinks they ideal outcome is within reach. jeremy corbyn thinks that if t

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the other thing in the mix is we are hearing tittle tattle that the attorney—general, geoffrey cox, coulde looking to revisit aspects of his legal advice to give some kind of reassurance to brexiteers, because obviously when heissued brexiteers, because obviously when he issued his initial negative legal advice, the bombshell that he dropped on the pm, many brexiteers thought we can't possibly back to deal because he hasn't changed his

cox drops hard limit demands on backstop, this is the attorney general geoffrey cox, abandoning these eat these three tests, we would be happy to back the withdrawal agreement. —— meet these tests. guess what, geoffrey cox has come to the realisation that it's not going to be time—limited and there's not going to be a unilateral exit mechanism. the thing is, can he get some other kind of wording which will help people? make no mistake, the er g are looking for a ladder to climb down. i don't whether to be no deal and they don't want to delay because they feel they can export brexit. —— some people don't want no deal. they need a form of words where they can say we have a bit of a concession and now we can back the deal. how many times have we seen this? an idea is put forward and almost immediately, before it is taken to mps, the eu 27 have said no, that's not going to work. but they have always said it will not work at the trouble with these deals, i know the eu quite well because of my work there for eight yea rs because of my work there for eight years in europe, they don't make de

in a few hours, the attorney—general, geoffrey cox, will issue legal advice to the house of commons.a chance for debate before voting on what the government says is an "improved deal". our political correspondent, chris mason has been following events from westminster. this is now, for all of the detail, all the verbiage, a numbers game. how many people can this persuade here in westminster? let's be absolutely brutal about it, it could be tremendously successful in persuading an awful lot of people and still fail, because this is a hung parliament, the prime minister does not have a majority to call her own on so many matters relating to brexit, she has to persuade northern ireland's democratic unionist party who prop her up in westminster, and lots of conservative mps as well. now, tonight, plenty of them, including the influential and noisy brexiteers, who we have heard rather a lot of in recent months, people like steve baker, jacob rees—mogg, and others, they are saying let's give this a serious look. we should be fair to them. because as things stand, or they have heard is a st

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well the big question was what the attorney general geoffrey cox made of it he was involved in self in lobbying for changes would he decide looking at the changes that resume secured on monday night that in fact now there was no legal risk any longer of britain being trapped within the backstop within the economic structures of the european union but without any say over how they are governed something that has been of enormous concern to people to be on the right of the tory party but not only them others as well and geoffrey cox has indeed published his advice now he's due to address parliament in about an hour a little over an hour's time but essentially the substance of his advice is no nothing really has changed the risk that he foresaw in january he's still there now that of course presents a problem because if the two if the attorney general's advice was get going to give anybody a ladder to climb down on and vote for the deal he hasn't done so which means that essentially this vote will be undertaken not on the legality but on the politics of the thing and the question will be

but will that be enough for geoffrey cox to take back to parliament and to convince mps there in a cruciallp clarify, explain, reassure, and that may not be enough. labour mps have voiced concerns about the party‘s plans to appoint lord falconer to oversee its handling of anti—semitism allegations. the peer has been asked to review labour‘s internal complaints process, which has been strongly criticised by some mps in the party. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. how serious are the concerns over lord falconer? is serious enough, i think, to make it questionable whether lord falconer will be able to take up his post, even though teen corbyn had held the post might go some way to reassure jewish labour held the post might go some way to reassurejewish labour in peace. he has no friend ofjeremy corbyn, he is an old flatmate of tony blair. he was to be given extensive powers to ask for whatever papers and e—mails he wanted, to interview whoever he wanted. but a string ofjewish labour mps have said this morning that they do not think anyone appointed byjeremy corb

the eyes are all in geoffrey cox, the attorney general. he will give advice. secretary keir starmer, there. speaking to reporters outside his official residence this morning, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said there are significant legal changes to the deal. this is a very important morning, these are legally significant changes. i hope parliament can see that we have listened to parliament because my concerns about the backstop. it has achieved everything we wa nted backstop. it has achieved everything we wanted or hoped to achieve in very, very difficult negotiations. we have a chance to leave the european union on the 29th of march or shortly thereafter, and if we grab this tonight we can do that, if we don't, we increase the risk —— increase the risk of a customs union outcome and perhaps no brexit, which none of my colleagues want. so let's have another look at what is supposed to happen in the coming days with brexit. tonight mps will get another chance to vote on the prime minister's withdrawal agreement — including the changes agreed with the eu

geoffrey: okay. geoffrey: okay. i just want to make sure i've got down everyone's name. you still need to repeat it for the microphone. [reading names] am i missing anyone from this list? doug sakheim. vice chairman of this place. excellent presentation, as always, shai. couple of questions. the first is, any such proposal is dead on arrival, it's been said. king salman on of saudi arabia said he's not going to be happy which means that whatever jared kushner comes up with is going nowhere. doesn't that sort of take the whole palestinian issue off the political table since everybody, every leader of the parties that you mentioned can say well, there's nothing now. that's question number one. question number two is, i wonder if you overlooked one thing that i have seen over the years in israel and quite a few other people who can correct me. israeli politicians love being ministers more than anything else. they like all the perks, they like everything about being a minister. so the question therefore is if you look at these charts, which way does he really go? particularl

say hello to geoffrey bezos. get aload of that. hey, national enquirer, get a picture of this. >> jimmy: oh, come on. >> ah! ah! >> jimmy: he's going through a bit of a rough patch right now. all right, well, happy valentine's day, everybody. [ applause ] i think that may be part of their problem really, you know. things are different for kids today, and largely because of the internet. to kids' schools give each other the valentine's cards or are they just swiping right on each other? i want to know what kids know about love, so i sat down with two very bright young people to find out. hi, guys. >> hello. >> hi. >> jimmy: what's your name? >> philip. >> jimmy: what's your name? >> zaya. >> jimmy: how old are you? >> 7 and i'm about to turn 8. >> jimmy: and you? >> 6. and this is the month of my birthday. >> jimmy: this is the month, coming? >> yes. >> jimmy: what's your girlfriend going to get you for your birthday? >> i think she'll get me something that's like, boyish. >> jimmy: oh, so you do have a girlfriend? >> yep. and her n

we also have geoffrey cox, the attorney general's recommendations on these new legal texts. through the votes. what votes are going to happen and when? is there a prospect they could be rolled together and we see two votes today? rosalind: it is all very up in the air. one of the key things today is to hear the attorney general geoffrey cox's perspective, his legal opinion. he is expected to say this does mean the u.k. will not be wedded indefinitely to the eu. and his wordteer carries quite a bunch of weight with the other brexiteers. over voters but we are waiting to see what the plan is for the vote this evening, how many votes there will be. it won't start until 7:00 london time and could go for several hours. right now, the key question is on that particular vote on the deal, what is the margin by which theresa may is expected to still lose? nejra: thank you so much. , ourind mathieson executive editor for international government, joining us from the london set. strategist, equity at ubs. great to have you with us this morning. talk to me about your base case. is it th

geoffrey cox, the attorney general, the main person in focus.e joined now by emma ross thomas, our brexit editor. the pound took a knock earlier on a story that geoffrey cox is going to be unable to deliver anything significant over the next couple days. maybe we have to wait until the and of the week. we are getting some theories about this story. he will be meeting over the next few minutes with officials. how much do we know? emma: he is going into a meeting now, they will have dinner with the team this evening. i think that the story today was the u.k. government was playing down expectations, don't expect a breakthrough. we are also being steered toward expecting news toward the end of the week, possibly may could go to brussels over the weekend. and the deadline for the vote is on tuesday, march 12, so i would not rule out the piece of paper does not emerge until monday. the pre-brexit lawmakers say they want have time to take a look at this agreement, this text, this legal text, to figure out what it means, but i would not rule out a comi

s attorney general says his legal advice on the braggs it deal remains unchanged geoffrey cox told m.p.'s they must make a political judgment about whether they're willing to accept the prime minister says sure and says the reason they announced he had secured legally binding changes after last minute talks with european commission president on monday a revised bragg's a deal is up for a second vote in parliament later ukase attorney general geoffrey cox has addressed the chamber with his advice on the changes to the deal. the legal risk as i said he done in my letter of the thirteenth of november remains changed the question for the house is whether in the likes of these improvements as a political judgment the house should not enter in to those arrangements or john holl is joining us now live from london jonah we had the reaction of the house there what does this mean for the deal. well we've got a few hours yet before we finally find out what it means for the deal but any m.p.'s who were hoping that attorney general geoffrey cox would issue advice that gave them cover to change thei

geoffrey: ok, well a lot to digest. i see all sorts of experts around the table so i will stop to make a list. shai: by the way, i should add only one last point, in terms of the political viability of what happens after he's indicted is very interesting also. if you look at all the polls and you ask who is more fit to be orme minister, general gantz benjamin netanyahu? the numbers vary but they are mostly even. 60% of the israeli public when asked, do you think netanyahu should continue even if indicted, 60% of the israeli public now says no, if he's indicted, he has to go. geoffrey: i'm just trying to decipher my own list. just say a few words about the third factor that could happen between april and july, namely the fighting in syria gets worse, the shelling across the gaza border gets worse, how does that affect thinking? shai: i actually don't think it affects at all. i mean, look at what's happening now, because of the escalation in gaza. you have two kinds of ridiculous challenges, or attacks. they willntz said

it was opened by the attorney general geoffrey cox.cure our legal right to an extension, therefore, is that this withdrawal agreement is approved and all negotiated exits that any member of this house might conjecture or dream of will require this withdrawal agreement. therefore, the house has before it a clear choice this morning. it can either approve this withdrawal agreement knowing that by doing so it secures its right to an extension, or it can decline to do so, and know, in doing so, that by next week there will be no right to an extension, that any extension applied for will require some clear indication of the pathway forward and a stable majority behind it. and thirdly, that it is subject to the veto of those 27 member states. demonstrators are going back past parliament in the other direction. presumably because they want to make as much noise as possible outside the commons in the hope their voices may be heard. they have drums, whistles, and are making lots of noise. the labour response came from the shadow solicitor gener

it seems like everybody is waiting for attorney general geoffrey cox to speak as well. also heard from irish prime minister leo varadkar recently who has been giving a press conference in dublin and he has said that was agreed last night between the eu and uk should put to bed the doubts and fears that the eu is trying to trap the uk indefinitely, permanently, in a backstop. he said the outcome of the meeting between theresa may and the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker was positive, and he also said it's important that from ireland's point of view, none of the new documents undermine the backstop. leo varadkar saying that basically ireland has achieved what it hoped to achieve from the last few weeks, providing guarantees and reassurances, as he has called them about the nature of the backstop, that it about the nature of the backstop, thatitis about the nature of the backstop, that it is not the intention of the eu to keep britain in the backstop for as long as possible. he said the documents are now legally unambiguous about that. so he hopes that will

because this is what lunas lawyer queen's counselor an internationally renowned human rights barrister geoffrey robertson q.c. said on monday's show there is a mentality in the jug juice. determent matter what to keep him in prison so the whole scenario has a clear run would have beaten both so naro not according to the brazilian embassy in london they told going underground unfortunately the words of mr geoffrey robinson do not correspond to the truth in brazil the judiciary is fully independent and due process of law is faithfully observed the specific case of former president lula has already been analyzed by different judges in different levels of jurisdiction mr robinson suggestion the president lula's conviction to be politically motivated is completely absurd and a touch from reality the full statement is on our you tube channel website certainly brazil looms over the u.k.'s post rex it landscape with perceived threats that a deal with bolton or a government on beef carrier.

attempts to wring concessions out of brussels ahead of the next key brexit vote, cabinet minister geoffreyays he's put forward a clear plan to break the deadlock over the northern ireland backstop. it's come to be called ‘cox's codpiece‘. what i am concerned to ensure is that what's inside the codpiece is in full working order. and we hearfrom the campaigner who wants women to be able to succeed to hereditary titles. we cannot allow, in 2019, any area of society to say that it's ok to treat sons in preference to daughters. but first, on wednesday, the chancellor, philip hammond, will give his spring statement. it's not a budget, but will update mps on the state of the uk's finances. and while the chancellor isn't expected to set out any tax and spending measures, that won't stop the opposition telling him where he should be directing funding. health and education are always near the top of that list, but he's also likely to face continued demands to spend more on policing to help tackle knife crime, which has been on the rise with lethal consequences. after the fatal stabbings of two i7—ye

a clutch of theresa may's mps want it to have a definite end date and the attorney—general, geoffreyo see if there's any room for compromise. well, mr cox was in the chamber on thursday to answer questions about just how those talks were going. we have been engaging, mr speaker, in focused, detailed and careful discussions with the union and we continue to seek legally binding changes to the backstop, which ensure that it cannot be indefinite. these discussions will be resumed shortly. on the 29th ofjanuary, the prime minister told the house, "what i'm talking about is not a further exchange of letters but a significant and legally binding change to the withdrawal agreement. it will involve reopening the withdrawal agreement. " given the response he's had in brussels, and the remarks of the french minister on the radio this morning, can he tell us whether it is still government policy to seek a reopening of the withdrawal agreement? it is government policy to achieve the necessary change in the backstop which will cause me to review and change my advice. that is government policy. th

the first thing that will happen is the uk's government chief lawyer, attorney general geoffrey cox,legal advice and is a different legal advice from that issued in december when he was quite lukewarm about the backstop and was worried the uk could be held in the permanently. does he go from thumbs down to thumbs up? the question is, how many mps are one over by that and is it enough to get the deal over the line it kickstart a whole series of other boats that are due to take place in parliament? your point about the dup, theresa may really wants to make sure they are on side. the strategy she's been pursuing has been to keep them onboard and by doing that, win back loads of conservative mps from our own party to support the deal. when it comes to the labor party, downing street have known labour will not support this deal wholesale but they are hoping there are enough labour mps who are in favour of brexit anyway and enough labour mps who support areas of the country who voted heavily for brexit, that they can be convinced to come over and support the deal. that's why in the small p

geoffrey thomas is the editor of airlineratings.com.s angeles. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. we have had these two, now, devastating crashes. what's going on? that's a very good question, lewis. lots of people are asking the question. first of all, having an air crash like this is most unusual anyway. would today's safety levels. then, to have to aeroplanes, both four months old, to crash the way they have, and a brand—new model of aircraft as well. —— two airplanes. so, yes, there are some similarities between the two. it is well and truly too early to say that they are both related. in fact, most safety a nalyst both related. in fact, most safety analyst i have spoken to about this today say they believe they are not related. —— analysts. the indonesian one, the lionair one in october last year, was about a faulty angle of attack sensor, which sent erroneous data to the caption, who was flying the aircraft, and then it was his handling of that situation as well which impacted the final o

because this is what lunas lawyer queens counsellor an internationally renowned human rights barrister geoffrey robertson q.c. said on monday's show there is a mentality in the judges. determined no matter what to keep him in prison so the whole scenario has a clear run would have beaten both so naro not according to the brazilian embassy in london they told going underground unfortunately the words of mr geoffrey robertson do not correspond to the truth in brazil the judiciary is fully independent and due process of law is faithfully observed the specific case of former president lula has already been analyzed by different judges in different levels of jurisdiction mr robinson suggestion the president lula's conviction to be politically motivated is completely absurd and the touch from reality the full statement is on our you tube channel website certainly brazil looms over the u.k.'s post rex it landscape with perceived threats to deal with the ball sonora government on beef tariffs could be used for leverage against the irish but britain is not only fighting a defacto self-imposed trade war

a lot will depend on what geoffrey cox says.al judgement says the backstop is not permanent, we can unilaterally withdraw this whole business about technical arrangements, some sort of magic solution. we don't have a border. we can't be part of the customs unit. are they going to be making a political judgement? customs unit. are they going to be making a politicaljudgement? they wa nt making a politicaljudgement? they want to leave presumably with no deal and if they can push it to that, the e r g. what i call the economic ruining group want to do is get down to it. that's nailing your colours firmly to the mast. they wa nt to colours firmly to the mast. they want to get down to the wire which they don't think is now. actually maybe to the 20 april 29 of march, still threaten no deal. caving in and just getting rid of the backstop. the erg have said they wa nted backstop. the erg have said they wanted time limits. we haven't got a time limit from this agreement. they wa nt time limit from this agreement. they want unilateral ex

this man's view was key, geoffrey cox, the attorney general.ice this morning. he said that the risk of the uk being tied to the backstop indefinitely has been reduced, but crucially, it has not been eliminated. sirjeremy corbyn. in parliament this afternoon, some tories lent their support to the prime minister and her deal, but many mps were far from convinced. the withdrawal agreement is unchanged and the political declaration is unchanged. the joint statement is a legal interpretation of what is in the withdrawal agreement. the unilateral statement is the uk government trying to fool its own backbenchers because the eu has not even signed up to it. crucially, the dup has said they will not back the deal and several senior brexiteers have signalled the same. the backstop is unacceptable in its present form, and we are profoundly determined to vote against this withdrawal agreement for those reasons alone. so, as westminster watches and waits, it seems the prime minister has another uphill struggle to get the support she needs. many minds alrea

coming up on this programme: cabinet minister, geoffrey cox says he's still working to get legal changesthe irish backstop in the hope of persuading more mps to vote for theresa may's withdrawal deal. it's come to be called cox's codpiece, what i am concerned to ensure is what's inside the codpiece is in full working order. also on this programme mps are told the home office didn't understand the impact of its policies on the windrush generation. there's condemnation of an online game called rape day. well, he worked with me and others to launch a review and on how this game even got developed an approval stage and make sure it appears on no other platform. and: philip hammond comes underfire for saying police resources could be redeployed to help tackle knife crime. the chancellor goes on the radio this morning, it's not a question of additional resources, it's a question of re—prioritization by the police. pathetic. absolutely pathetic. but first: the attorney general says he's had careful and detailed talks with the eu to try to find a way to ensure the irish backstop is not indefinit

vote later today but its approval is now in doubt after a verb view by britain's attorney general geoffrey cox has said changes to the brakes a deal do not to eliminate the risk that the u.k. will remain tied to e.u. rules indefinitely a specifically at issue is the so-called backstop which sees northern ireland continuing to follow e.u. rules to keep the border with the irish republic open now on monday theresa may did agree with the e.u. that this provision would only apply temporarily. well cox's opinion comes just hours before lawmakers are due to vote on the revised deal you see pictures here from the house of commons right now where geoffrey cox is taking to m.p.'s he is taking questions on his letter we will listen live to the debate in a little bit and of course listen to theresa may speaking as well for now though let's bring in our correspondents who are following all the different angles of the break that story for us we have broken math in london and max hoffman in assure us for both of them standing by for us. and max it to see you are going to start with you the attorney gene

the pound has fallen about1 cent this morning following the statement from geoffrey cox, the attorneyhe boeing 737 max 8 from its airspace. to either travel company has said this, it has confirmed it is grounding its boeing 737 max 8 planes. tui airways planes have been grounded following the decision from the uk regulatory authorities. they went on to say any customers due to fly home today on a boeing 737 max 8 from the holiday we flown back on another aircraft. customers due to travel in the coming days will also, it says, travel on holiday as planned on other aircraft. it adds that the safety a nd other aircraft. it adds that the safety and well—being of our customers and staff has remained our priority. that's all the business news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. storm gareth dominating our weather over the next 24—hour is. there could be quite significant disruption because of a combination of severe gales and heavy rain. we have only seen quite a lot of rain, they have been flood warnings across parts of northern england and scotland. thi

what is going on at the moment, there are reports that the attorney general geoffrey cox is tweakinghose on the conservative benches who proposed the deal. in which direction might he tweak it? who knows? frankly. does he have the legal backbone? he is an independent lawyer and the certainly does. he said these are my best endeavours, here's what i think. there's talk about does the vienna convention allow treaties to be overridden under certain circumstances? that is one possible outcome he could look at. he could possibly tweak it a bit but it seems to me that earlier in the week... lawyer and not a politician. yes, and feelings are pretty entrenched. there are a group of people, and steve baker said this, the mp in parliament clearly, come what may, we will not vote for this deal. marcus fysh, another of the hardliners, said i'd rather say in the eu for another 21 month than lead with this deal. the status quo is better. there are gradations of opinion in the european research group. it's no means a done deal evenif group. it's no means a done deal even if it's moved the corners.

may has penned her hopes for a deal on the attorney general, geoffrey cox. she -- can she appease brexit-eers in her own party? >> if she gets some kind of legal document that gets those concessions, the deal has a good chance to be cleared by the u.k. parliament. u.k.ain elements that the had pushed forward is the unilateral access to the backstop on the time limit simply will not fly. we understand the u.k. is actually looking at the the and a convention -- vienn convention as a way to get the roadmap to this deal. if would do the arbitration the european court of justice is in any way involved in this -- arbitration? if the european court of justice is anyway involved in this, that would probably not fly with brexit-eers. should we go for a delay of brexit? anna: interesting to see geoffrey cox pushing back against reports that say it's suggested he hasn't shifted his stance -- he has shifted his stance. thanks to maria tadeo. let's return to one of our top stories this morning. we are covering the china growth story, also very linked, the auto space. car

on that issue of geoffrey's advice... clearly, it is unprecedented. is it a shambles?al and without a deal. rushanara ali. this is utterly shocking, it is a shambles. it is exasperating that theresa may doesn't seem to pay any attention to the defeats, there is a second big defeat against a deal, what does she think she is going to achieve by having another vote ? think she is going to achieve by having another vote? she think she will get it across the line. she will get it across the line. she will carry on running down the clock. she has lost control which is why there is a free vote today to rule out no—deal and i will certainly support really gets no—deal, there is an amendment being made by caroline spelman and jack dromey, i hope that get selected. and tomorrow, the opportunity to extend article 50 for a short period of time is going to be voted on and i hope that happens, so we can move forward. what is happening at the moment, she is stuck, she is fixated and driving parliamentarians nuts and driving parliamentarians nuts and the country crazy with this uncert

rishaad: mmg ceo geoffrey gao talking to us earlier on.p, huawei coming swinging, accusing the u.s. of failing to offer any evidence of spying. we will be live in shenzhen next. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: getting back to our top the u.s.awei suing government from barring its equipment from networks and hitting back at accusations it helps beijing spy on countries. tom mackenzie is at the huawei headquarters in shenzhen. tell us what about -- about what has been happening today. tom: this is really the fight back now by huawei on a number of fronts. today, the announcement they will be suing the u.s. -- governmenttor over this congressional bill frombans from --huawei operating in the u.s. governments has been sued by the cfo and you have a pr campaign. they have opened up some laboratories on their campus in shenzhen trying to show they are a transparent company, a private company, one with no ties to the chinese government. the u.s. have claimed they pose a national security risk. chief down with huawei's legal officer for an exclusive

we can cross live to los angeles, to speak to geoffrey thomas, editor of airlineratings.com. latest developments, what conclusions can you draw? look, sally, i think that the grounding by china and ethiopian is possibly premature. i can understand the ethiopians, but the chinese possibly not. we have to remember with the indonesian lion air crash, while the investigation is still ongoing and we are yet to get the final report, we are yet to get the final report, we have had a preliminary report from the indonesians. it points to maintenance issues, a faulty sensor, and the resulting pilot actions when the faulty sensor sent incorrect data through the flight management computer. he didn't follow a simple, straightforward procedure, which is what is called every item. it is committed to memory that if you have what is called a runaway stabiliser trim, which is something that is not hidden, it is right beside you, right beside you and me in the aircraft, it is a wheel that spins around and you can see what is going on, you can hear what is going on, you simply turn it off. i kno

withdrawal deal may's position had been undermined by her own top legal advisor attorney general geoffrey cox said the tweaks by the e.u. didn't alter his legal opinion over the possibility of the u.k. being locked into a customs union as part of a so-called backstop the mechanism to prevent a hard border between islands and northern ireland as a result she was never going to win over hardline euro skeptic members of her own party they'll now be a commons vote on wednesday on whether to rule out leaving the e.u. without a deal then thursday could see a vote on whether to ask brussels for an extension to the article fifty period of new goes. ations the leader of the opposition is clinging on to the hope of a fresh general election the primaries should run down the clock and their caucus reign run out on him maybe it's time instead we have a general election and the people get things through their government should be. but what now for to resume the size of her defeat is too large to aim for a chance of getting a tweaked deal through with another vote in the very near future. after this wee

well, let's go back to lunchtime when the attorney general, geoffrey cox, stood up in the commons tohe latest changes to theresa may's deal. the key question was whether there was still a risk that the uk would be tied to eu rules after brexit in the event the two sides couldn't reach an agreement on a future relationship. such an event, in my opinion, is highly unlikely to occur, and it is both in the interests of the uk and the eu to agree a future relationship as quickly as possible. were such a situation to occur, however, let me make it clear, the legal risk, as i set it out in my letter of 13 november, remains unchanged. the question for the house is whether, in the light of these improvements, as a political judgment, the house should now enter into those arrangements. paragraphs 15 to 19 of his advice constitute seven sentences that destroy the government strategy of recent weeks, that sink the government's case that it had any chance of securing a right under an international law to unilaterally exit the protocol's arrangement. we've gone, mr speaker, from having an nothing—

and how geoffrey cox may allow that to influence his legal advice.from adam fleming and strasbourg in a moment. first of all, this is what the european union told us a little bit earlier in the day. we are committed to using our best endeavours to find a subsequent agreement that replaces backstop. we are ready to launch a dedicated work stream on alternative arrangements during the transition period. and we here at the commission remain open and willing to meet with uk negotiators at any time. we are committed to ratifying this deal before the 29th of march. it is now for the house of commons to take an important set of decisions. and because this was a last—minute trip to strasbourg, there has been a lot of analysis about whether there was a deal in place. all the advice from lots of sources are saying that a deal wasn't totally done ahead of the prime minister taking this trip, so we the prime minister taking this trip, so we await eagerly what is going to be announced, but at the moment, we are still watching that live feed, and it still shows a

it depends what happens when geoffrey cox comes back, presents the document.l be several days to assess it. ultimately, i think this is a political decision, not one decided by the legal interpretation. british pound is trading at 1.3183. what would you do if you are in the u.k.? do you look past the political noise? europe is in this massive discussion with the united andes over car exports imports tariffs. how do you even think about that and how it would affect you if you are not in britain? therese: we have seen the pound trading at about what it was on friday. we are looking at what is going with brexit. we do not have more solid information than we did at the end of last week. europe is going to all sorts of tumult. we have parliamentary elections farng up, strengthening right groups, the impact of the slowdown in china. if you had to pick one, you would probably say britain is moving toward some kind of resolution on brexit. you would not want to bet your house on that. guy: certainly not. raphael, bloomberg opinion columnist. thank you very much. .onni