haig and some of the world war i generals, you see the reputation of grant ebb and flow in the 20th century when we look at worse at our wars of attrition and apply those characteristics in nearly two ulysses s. grant and the situation he is sent in the civil war. >> we have two remaining questions. realize we have two and i foundestions, not of ok'd. we can only allow one you echo they are quick. one? ife can only allow they are quick. sir? grant's memoirs -- memoirs come out rosecrans comes in for very serious criticism by grants. he comes in almost as a bumbling clown opposed to butler. he criticizes butler but says at least he was a gallant officer who did the best he could. can you respond to that? >> if only we have the time, but we don't. i think it was personal friction between the two men. it was mutual. william rosecrans led the charge to make sure that grant was not restored to the army in 1885. in that sense, that you'd just continued and continued after the war. cut grant some who did not want restoration of his military role, but was refusing opportunity.e >> sir? grant's memo

tim haig has all the sport. tim, a day of rest in the football but... thank you very much.up because it's a rest day as you say, but fee for saudi news conference in moscow to review the group stages and high on the agenda was a group stages and high on the agenda wasavar group stages and high on the agenda wasava rand how it is group stages and high on the agenda was a v a r and how it is being applied for the first time at the world cup. the legendary referee and chairman of the referees committee was fielding questions and lost a p pa re ntly was fielding questions and lost apparently the system has been over 99% accurate he concedes it has not been perfect. there were some incidents that suddenly disappeared, but we had some holdings of the certain moment, but it's almost disappeared or they continued there we re disappeared or they continued there were but a proper technical decision and a penalty kick. of course we noticed and intervened, we fine—tuned what was, during the competition it's not possible that everything goes 100% perfectly. competition it's not possible

also, the call from lord haig, the former conservative leader, that cannabis should be legalised.s that but the figure the times gives us, a0 million britons, a third of the population have used cannabis for recreational purposes. there is an ongoing debate, should cannabis be treated as a recreational drug. it is going back to the slogan of the 60s. you remember it well. absolutely. interesting with the same “— absolutely. interesting with the same —— the same story, there are serious worries about cannabis use. there are, but they stemmed from concerns about the strongest strains of cannabis were as actually, if they decriminalised or legalised it, it would be an argument introducing softer strains into society. ifind it very frustrating that so many politicians, when they are not in office, david cameron, before he became prime minister, william hague, coming out very much in support of overhauling the drugs policy yet those in office can never quite seem to face down more socially conservative parts of the country. hopefully there might be some movement, up country. hopefully

lord haig, member of the uk upper house, former conservative leader, he has said the war on cannabise. canada has ta ken recreational use —— lord hague. canada has taken that step. with a potential boost to the economy. so it seems. there is certainly evidence that it is the case, commercially, there are benefits. quite aside from the ethical and moral questions, but from the medicinal sector, that perspective, there is clearly a market and there is helped that quite a number of patients could get by using cannabis based drugs. there are commercial as well as ethical questions. we were asking you at home what you think and your thoughts on whether the uk should take this step. quite a lot of reaction. someone says, places like amsterdam have the highest rate of heroin usage per capita, a gateway drug. we had another one who says, time for a change but purely for pain relief, not a free for all. richard says, legalise for medicinal reasons, maybe in cannabis cafes, but not on the streets. there needs to be strict punishments, as many do not want to smell it in the air. a few was sayin

the inevitable call came from alexander haig. he said get over here. i figured that was the end of my short career in the government. haig frownsere and at me and did not say a word, motions me into henry's office in the corner. henry is scowling at his desk and he says, "i just was called into the president's office. the president told me that the secretary of state called him and said you must fire this guy, whoever that is. roger says he has been cultivating senator woolbright and his relations are improving in your staffer comes out with this outrageous accusation." he said, you got to fire him immediately as i would like to put out a press release. >> like the men on the gallows, waiting for the trapdoor to fall, and he said, so if the president said, he hung up, called me in and he said, henry, lehman right mow away. go -- away." [laughter] >> he is a confident guy but he is a kid. people make mistakes, and they don't flush them out. in the election, sometimes a tiny misstep and you go from the belle of the ball to pariah. you are all their danci

. >> when i picked the phone up it was al haig.e to fire cox and i said i'm not going to do it. >> ruckleshouse refused in a moment of constitution of drama to obey a presidential order to fire the special watergate prosecutor. >> first the attorney general to his credit to say i'm not going to do that and then resign and then the next person who is the deputy attorney general, bill ruckleshouse, one of the great people in the nixon administration, one of the most ethical men i have ever known, he, too, was not willing to do it. >> so the deputy attorney general, ruckleshouse, also resigned. >> there will be an announcement out of the white house later on. >> there will be? does it have to do with the resignation of the attorney general? >> it might. you will have to get it from them. >> al haig said your commander in chief has ordered you to do this. i don't know what that added to the discussion. he said, well, who else is around? i said bob bork is here. he was the number three guy in the department. bork was the last one that w

you belong in the haig! you belong in the haig! you're a modern day nazi! you belong in the haig! shame! shame! shame sppt shame! shame! shame! shame! shame! shame! shame! shame! host: the editors of "the washington post" this morning taking the time to let the trump team eat in peace is the editorial, saying most obviously passions are running high. those who defend the red hen staff or ms. nielsen's hecklers, mr. trump has ordered terrible violations of human rights, demonizing immigrants by hi actions and rhetoric, and people need to speak up however they can. we none would argue that they should be allowed to eat dinner in peace -- host: that's in "the washington post" this morning. let's go to ma flee south carolina, independent line. you're next. caller: yes, this is just the boomerang is coming back to rest, where the blacks wanted to go to restaurants, you pay at the front, go to the back and get your food. we weren't good enough to sit by them. we weren't even good enough to drink from the same water town dane. but now because they think they're in power they can do anyth

coming up on afternoon live all the sport — tim haig with the latest.ay. also coming up, prince william receives a warm welcome in tel aviv as he becomes the first royal to make an official visit to israel and the palestinian territories. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. a british man has been found guilty of planning a terror attack in westminster and making bombs for the taliban. khalid ali was arrested in april last year in parliament street, where he was caught carrying three knives. he had recently returned from afghanistan, where he made and detonated bombs. a jury at the old bailey convicted him of preparing an act of terrorism in the uk, and two counts of possessing an explosive substance with intent. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. go back, go back, go back! leave him, mate. you got him? the moment when armed officers stopped an al-qaeda supporter launching a knife attack on whitehall. do you have everything on you that may hurt, or hurt anyone else? it was april last year, barely a mont

msnbc capitol hill correspondent garrett haig joins me.e us on the state of play particularly when it comes to how lawmakers regard this white house? just about a mile between the capitol and the white house, but that divide seems to be getting wider and wider. there has been, as i've listened to lawmakers, a sense of urgency to do something here over this last week. the president telling folks essenti essentially, wait a few months. we can wait this out? >> reporter: we're almost two years into it and lawmakers have gotten used to the idea the president cannot provide them with consistent cover. on tuesday he was here on capitol hill urging republican lawmakers to pass either one of these two immigration bills. there was supposed to be, in front of the house this week. the tune changed substantially. although republicans i talk to say that tweet and the ones like it yesterday may not be the death nail for this bill. so much as the fact republicans just don't have the votes. they just don't have agreement among themselves about what they r

it is extraordinary today that we have had william hague, lord haig, calling forthe legalisation of cannabiscific case but it is blowing up into a bigger issue. billy has been the whirling wall for the cold war of drug policy. he has done more in ten days than ten years. emergency statements, people have connected with a child who has had his medicine confiscated and find that unfathomable. is it right both about crosses over into the bigger picture? 20 years ago in places like colorado, there wasn't proper regulation it so in the late 90s, it is fairto regulation it so in the late 90s, it is fair to say that it wasn't probably regulated and —— properly regulated, the regulations were not attacked. it is different with billy. billy went to the second largest paediatric research hospital in the world. in toronto. she prescribed medicine through clinical trials and it looks like a bottle of eye drops. that is what he was prescribed. that is what was confiscated. that is what has been the triggerfor confiscated. that is what has been the trigger for everything that has happened since. we do not

despite campaigning throughout her life for change, margaret haig thomas died before women entered theger strike while in prison until she was eventually released. this summer her story will be brought back to life by the welsh national opera. our wales correspondent, sian lloyd, reports. # she was a newport suffragette, she led that plucky crew...# celebrating the life of lady rhondda. opera singing. the largely forgotten story of this welsh suffragette and pioneering businesswoman is being brought to life in music hall style by an all—female cast and crew. so many adventurous things, so many wonderful, unbelievable, incredible things that you could hardly even make up, seem to have happened to her in her life, and it was absolutely perfect materialfor an opera. her life was remarkable in many respects. she survived the sinking of the lusitania when it was torpedoed by a german submarine during the first world war. and when herfather, viscount rhondda died, she inherited his title. she campaigned throughout her life for women to be allowed to sit in the house of lords. pictured at ral

sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's tim haig. good afternoon.al. england won the toss and chose to bowl first, and a short while ago, scotland were 28 without loss after four overs at the grange. scotland have never beaten england in an official international match. england are ranked number one in the world. the scots are looking good so far, as you can see here. meanwhile england's key test bowler james anderson is taking six weeks off to get over a long—standing shoulder injury. he'll miss lancashire's forthcoming county matches but should be back to full fitness in time for england's test series against india in august. anderson, who's 35 now, is england's all time leading wicket—taker in test cricket. the brett run the fastest of the season at the race's grand prix jamaica last night —— the brit. on the all—time british list only linford christie has run quicker over the distance. zharnel hughes batters, running the fastest of the season. tyson fury will next fight on august the 18th. the heavyweight won his comeback fight in manchester las

but haig was insistent that the british army had to attack in 1917. so in the fall of 1917, the british army goes over to the offensive in the battle of caution dale up on the western front, belgian -- belgium and france. a huge offensive takes place. soldiers going over the top with predictable results, and a haley raining season in the fall, the battlefield comes when big my field. -- mud field. these are terrible conditions for the soldiers. the dugouts are flooded. if you go up, you expose your self the fire, to the enemy bullets and artillery. here, you can see the horrible mud fields of flanders. in this battle that is waged over the fall of 1917, the british empire, soldiers from england, wales, scotland, ireland, also australia, and canada and new zealand, 85 were killed -- 8500 were killed in action. 5000hile, since the germans -- 65,000 germans were killed in battle. angry.eorge was he came to the conclusion that the british army could take another battle like this or its morale would be broken just the french army's morale was broken. lloyd

lord haig says that continuing to fight the war on cannabis is like asking the army to reconquer theher words it is over, it is lost, forget it! he says now the use of cannabis is pretty much ubiquitous in society and the only people benefiting from the current situation are criminal gangs. he says it would be much better to decriminalise now, except that it is widely used and regulate it. and who knows. the taxpayer might benefit from that. whether he will be listened to is another thing. we are beginning now to see more movement on legalising medicinal cannabis. in pa rt on legalising medicinal cannabis. in part because of the controversy over the last few days but also more generally because i think most mps are now more sympathetic to that argument. notjust are now more sympathetic to that argument. not just the are now more sympathetic to that argument. notjust the labour party committed to criminalising cannabis, so are committed to criminalising cannabis, so are the snp and so are the liberal democrats. and it is interesting that quite a few tories as well. even traditional la

you block in the haig! shame! shame! shame! shame! shame! shame! shame! shame! host: those demonstrations friday morning for nielsen, and again, the headline from "the washington times," descending on her home. she is the secretary of homeland security, and earlier this week, she was asked to leave -- or she did leave a mexican restaurant with other demonstrations and protesters. this is from john smith. so much red tape in all the various branches, streamlining would make the process more efficient and save taxpayers money. william is joining us from san francisco, independent line, good morning. caller: hi there. i wanted to say, first of all, we in california, as bizarre as we may seem, have many, many solutions to streamlining the government. it can be used oddly in terms of the way that google and yahoo and all these people have a lot of power, but i swear that the government doesn't have to be is this bad. it can be efficient. it can work for us. it doesn't have to be so wasteful. and i think that there are a lot of young people and companies for better or

so much discussion about medicinal cannabis, and lord haig saying that perhaps can bet —— cannabis shouldan update on this story from yesterday. we we re on this story from yesterday. we were speaking to hannah deacon, who was alfie dingley‘s mother, who has been asking for cannabis oil for her young son, six years old. she says she cried with joy and relief yesterday when she was told that actually, the home office was giving her a licence to treat him with cannabis oil. we have spoken to her over the last couple of months 0n brea kfast. over the last couple of months 0n breakfast. she was absolutely desperate about her son, and that is 110w desperate about her son, and that is now going to happen. the telegraph's main story refers to matt hancock, the culture secretary, he says that children's mobile phones should be taken away from the matter school gates. he is talking about mobile phones and be in vocations for mental health. hand them over? will that happen, can it happen? you can't not take your phone to school, pa rents would can't not take your phone to school, parents would want

lord haig is a significant figure, what will people make of his comments —— lord hague. what will people the laws around the medicinal use of cannabis are, in lord hague‘s words, indefensible, beyond ridiculous and utterly out of date. 0n beyond ridiculous and utterly out of date. on that front he shares the view many in parliament hold, who look at this case with incredulity and think much more needs to be done to make that law makes sense for patients. what is so interesting is that lord hague goes much further and says the whole issue of the recreational use of cannabis needs to be looked as well. he says the idea that can somehow take cannabis off the streets is deluded, he says asking police to try and do that is like asking the british army to go and refight and reclaim the british empire. it is simply impossible, it is not going to happen. he looks at countries like canada and the us where there is dramatic liberalisation of recreational cannabis use going on now, and he says perhaps the conservatives should be pushing that sort of policy agenda here as well. theresa may, in her t

in response to what lord haig said, for those who have not read his comments today, he said the ideale's lives by the state is nothing short of deluded. that is what he said. but the home office have said that... they are being clear that there is strong scientific and medical evidence that cannabis is a harmful drug that can be detrimental to people's mental and physical health. they have no intention to rebuke the classification of cannabis under the misuse of drugs act. what would you say to the home office? nobody is denying that there are risks associated with cannabis or any drug use, but it is a pragmatic position. millions of people are using it, and it is not being stopped. cannabis is really available on the streets to those who wanted, and millions choose to use it. after 40, 50 years of billions spent, millions criminalised, and all we have achieved is create an enormous illegal market run by criminals to make a potentially risky drug even more risky, and make it freely available to children and young people. this israeli in response to this failure, saying that wouldn't