let's look inside the house of lords. the peers are there. fe inside the house of commons. the former clerk of the house of commons on the left, knows it inside out. and the baroness next to him, one of our most senior legal figures. back to the royal staircase, passing the dismounted detachment of the royal cavalry, the crown is being brought up by the controller of the lord chamberlain's office. it's a magnificent sight and it will be brought up into the royal gallery to be placed on display there. it will not be there long because the queen will arrive fairly shortly. and then it will be taken into the robing room itself ready for the procession. it will be placed there now, and the cap of maintenance and sword of state will be placed on a kind of display unit which is to the left of the screen as we see it. and then we will be ready for the queen's arrival with the prince of wales in a short while. the yeomen of the guard accompanying sir michael vernon in this part of the procession. and the gentleman who is now taking the crown is the ma

this is next door to the house of lords. it is between the robing room and the house of lords. it will be full of diplomatic and military guests already gathered there, invited specially to see the

led by the father of the house and the clerk of the house. up to the house of lords. hen instruct the father of the house to repair back to the house of commons and organise the election, or selection, of a new speaker. now, in this case, sir lindsay hoyle was recently selected, elected to the post, just before the general election. and it is assumed that he will be re—elected, reappointed by the commons without anyone standing against him. we are familiar with when he was first chosen, that scene where he pretends to be dragged off to his newjob. we are going to see that again, aren't we? yes, it is a ritual we like our rituals. so, having interestingly, once the commons has elected or selected him and then, believe it or not, another royal commission assembles in the house of lords and this will be about one hour later because the house of commons wants to get on with its business. i will get what that businesses immediately. another royal commission assembles in house of lords. they, once again, dispatch black rod down to the house of commons, he once again has the

the house of lords or changing the voting system ? rds or changing the voting system? is it because it benefits you as a member of the party of government and one of the large two parties? no, if your question is, and my content with the existing voting system, yes, i am. we had a referendum a few years ago and the majority of people voted to keep it. it's a simple system enables you to have a named mp in a constituency, someone you can get to know, go and see, hold to account, andi know, go and see, hold to account, and i think that's good. it's something that people all over the world respect. this is such an important election for plank of we wa nt important election for plank of we want a referendum on a proportional system, we have never had a vote on that, and if i understand the question directly, that is what you are talking about, you want votes to match seats, and i think you are right. if we have seen anything with the recent paralysis in parliament, it is that we have a broken system and we need to do politics better and we

the one you cannot timetable is the house of lords and we don't know the extent to which we will see und henry viii powers and changes. legislation. there are things around henry viii powers and changeslj will henry viii powers and changes.” will just interrupt you henry viii powers and changes.” willjust interrupt you there because i was going to mention that's now borisjohnson has its majority of 80, in this withdrawal bill we have these powers which we call henry viii powers which gives us call henry viii powers which gives usa call henry viii powers which gives us a clue to the nature of those powers. they allow government to ta ke powers. they allow government to take a much more strident position, don't they, without the level of scrutiny perhaps at a government might otherwise have? that is right. the big area where they take big broad powers is around the northern ireland protocol. if you look at the deal there is a lot of detail in there. the thing the uk agreed about what will happen at the northern islands. if you look at the legislation implementing that deal it isjust a b

houses of parliament. soon we will see the queen at the houses of parliament, in the house of lords, and these pictures cominglords. we see the british establishment gathering to hear from the queen , but it is not her words. she reads the words of the government, the u.k. government's agenda. tom: fascinating. tim ross is late to cs us today, because wasn't he down below parliament, looking for the gunpowder and the customary glass of port? anna: you never know. , our bloomberg editor. we learned more about what will be in the queen's speech because a few weeks ago we had a speech and we will get more of the same. tim: i can tell you, tom was saying something about gunpowder. anna: he wondered if you were looking for the gunpowder. tim: a lot of things will come up on brexit. johnson is determined to get his first vote on brexit through before we break for christmas. it is about setting out domestic priorities that deliver johnson the quite unexpected big majority, health services, transport, cutting down on crime, and what kind of a post brexit immigration deal we will get. anna: apparently, the queen will

more peers, some more house going to create some more peers, some more house of going to create some more peers, some more house of lords and bring their expertise to get this done as quickly as possible. it doesn't even use the words word stacking, it is shake up the house of lords but the purpose is to get as much talent in. i want to come to you rachel but what is the quickest you've ever done a trade deal? some are done very quickly because it's ona are done very quickly because it's on a specific subject. i remember doing one on pork wallets with china and it took weeks, i'm not being only about that. the great thing about this, this isn't britain trying to sit down with people it's never talked to, this is to countries which have a0 years of trading intimately and lawton ——an awful lot of it is because it's been done for a0 years. awful lot of it is because it's been done for 40 years. on that basis, you could do it quite quickly. what is your take on this, rachel? this is your take on this, rachel? this is the prime minister writing into law that if britain doesn't have a deal at the end of 2020, the end of the t

when that is done it will go to the house of lords and the indications are the house of lords will notsto election result and the tory manifesto and not seek to get in the way of the legislation. the thinking in government circles is they can get this through parliament probably by the middle of next month and it then goes to the european parliament and they too this morning, a spokesman for the european parliament said, ok, we understand, the british people have spoken we will not get in the way of it, which means we are course to formally leave the eu by the end of next january by the end of january. frankly, it is hard to see how anything can get in the way of that. there will be a little bit of argy—bargy today, over some of the changes to the bill which mrjohnson has introduced in the last few days, he has introduced the ability of parliament to scrutinise his negotiating strategy and that will cause a bit of a ruck. he has also taken out all the concessions theresa may handed over in terms of workers' rights. ministers say, don't panic, we will legislate for those workers' rights

the bill now goes on to further scrutiny in the house of commons and house of lords.ther main stories on tonight's programme: the duke of edinburgh is being treated in hospital in london — for what's been described as a pre—existing condition. a us diplomat‘s wife, anne sacoolas, is charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of 19—year—old harry dunn. underwater motorways — heavy rain and floods put the brakes on the christmas getaway, in parts of southern england. arsenal announce the appointment of former manchester city assistant mikel arteta as their new head coach. in halfan in half an hour, i will be looking back at the best films of the year, films from around the world from spectacular block busters to hidden art—house gems. that's all in review 2019, the year in film, with me, mark. it's 5:00, our main story is that mps have voted in favour of borisjohnson‘s eu withdrawal bill — paving the way for brexit to take place at the end of january. its passage was all—but—guaranteed because of the big majority the conservatives won in the general election. m

legislative process it has a 3rd reading it goes through committee stages it goes through the house of lords and then asked to have royal assent to the queen signature essentially and that means that we're probably going to be looking at the 1st of january for this actually to be nailed down but this is going to be a formality because of that majority the ek will be leaving european union on january 31st and boris johnson has also said that this paves the way for an ambitious free trade deal with the european union what is he basing that on and is the is giving some sort of timeline. well i it's always been the assertion of from the bronx that can't believe a camp. britain would be unshackled it would be free to do all the trade deals around the world that it wants to do but the european union as it's the neighbor is going to be the most important trade deal that the u.k. does that sit in an essential part of brecht's it is working out what happens with the european union and what that relationship is going to look like now there are some people on the remains side you hopes that see as a co

it depends on the house of lords as a scrutiny to an extent. of course we are starting it very unusually, and not for a hundred yea rs unusually, and not for a hundred years in december. i expect this to go on until 2021, so there is enough a lot of time and a lot to pack into it. the state of the union is something that will have to be addressed at some point here. did something that concerns me a great deal. the last session i tabled the act of union bill which is based on the work of the group. it chose to rebalance the constitutional settle m e nt rebalance the constitutional settlement so that we have as it we re settlement so that we have as it were a better map devolution and not top—down. were a better map devolution and not top-down. which is how nicola sturgeon would say it is being run and that is the problem. the forces which are increasing intensity as that are going to have to be addressed by this parliament, such as the difference between referendum results in england and in scotland. the feeling that in parts of england they are

the house of lords and a lot of m.p.'s and the prime minister and the whole royal family and i know i wrote it in fact and at the last minute i called it a charter for peace because it was it was written at the end of the war but general smuts and winston churchill and i thought. offering to say this organization is to preserve peace but it was seen as controversial that the un of truly which was founded for world peace i for some reason that it we had a vast array of media all lined up ready to film it. and at the last minute it was decided from above that it would not be filmed and it would not go and serve virtually nobody knew about it and i mean. perhaps the worst because i'd called it a charter for peace is there is there a tension between being in an establishment composer and famously you played at the war demonstrations in trafalgar square or just woken about un rights peace around the world is there a tension there no i don't see that at all i mean. i think the great advantage of being in this country has always

it should abolish the house of lords.eremy is assigned that member to the democratic campaign and i think they have not had time to deal with this yet but it is a bit sad that tony bennett is no longer with us because he would have pushed this democratic agenda through. monarchyart, lies the and the house of lords. it is high time they were abolish. they will be sooner or later, but it has taken a long time. amy: tariq ali. when we come back, t talks about uprisingngs around the globe. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: the writer of the song died at the age of 95 on friday in brooklyn. this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. we continue our conversation with tariq ali, historian, activist, filmmaker, author, and editor of the new left review. i asked him about the significance of thehe uprisings happening around the world frorm chile to lebanon to iraq and beyond. >> well, i think it is extremely significant because what it reveals is a new generation completely alienated from the political structures of their societies

interesting that the daily telegraph has had its also learned that borisjohnson intends to shake up the house of lordsy pointing brexit supporting peers to help shape britain's trade policy. it hadn't come across that before. no, i hadn't. ithink that it hadn't come across that before. no, i hadn't. i think that was really interesting. that does jump out. he intends to appoint brexit sporting peers that he will be calling so—called working peers, so it does look like he does want to stack the process, but another of this, which we were talking about earlier, wasjust in this, which we were talking about earlier, was just in terms of the logistics, the timing of presenting this withdrawal bill on friday, and then having parliament going into recess the next week. so there will be a two week break, presumably, before it... u nless presumably, before it... unless they are called back early. i would've thought, doing this properly, and not trying to rush it through, they rushed the surrender bill through to become an act in hours. but to do it properly. it wasn't called that, just saying. to do it properly

we will hear her remarks next followed by the house of commons debate on the brexit bill. queen elizabeth ii: my lords and members of the house of commons, my government's priority is to deliver the united kingdom's departure from the european union on 31 january. my ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the united kingdom's exit on that date and to make the most of the opportunities that this brings for all the people of the united kingdom. thereafter, my ministers will seek a future relationship with the european union based on a free trade agreement that benefits the whole of the united kingdom. they will also begin trade negotiations with other leading global economies. the integrity and prosperity of the united kingdom is of the utmost importance to my government. my ministers will work urgently to facilitate talks to restore devolved government in northern ireland. my government will embark on an ambitious program of domestic reform that delivers on the people's priorities. for the first time, the national health service's multi-year funding settlement, agreed earlier this year, wil

before the election, nicky morgan is to stay on as culture secretary — by taking a seat in the house of lordsis that she and a tough time bouncing her demands of the culture secretary and her family, and her demands of the culture secretary and herfamily, and her constituency. they have taken one bit of that out of it and she stay on. good that somebody still has a sense of humour about politics this late in the year. us special envoy stephen biegun has urged north korea to come to the negotiating table over denuclearisation. his comments, in seoul, come days after north korea conducted missile tests at a satellite launch site. north korea has set an end—of—year deadline for the us to come up with a new deal, adding it can expect a ‘christmas gift‘ if it does not comply. we don't know what that means exactly. hallmark cards have apologised for their decision to withdraw television advertisements featuring same—sex couples. the company's cable network pulled the ads for wedding registry and planning site zola under pressure from the conservative group one million moms. the decision's drawn hea

both the house of commons and the house of lords will debate and vote on the withdrawal agreement bill is enacted into law. the uk will leave the eu on january 31st and enter into a transition period, where a new trade deal between the uk and eu will be negotiated. they have until december 3ist next year to reach an agreement and if they don't, the uk could find itself out of the eu without any kind of trade deal in place. and john joins me from westminster. getting brexit done, it will not be a quick process, will it? no. get brexit done turned out to be a useful political slogan and helped borisjohnson win. nothing in politics is simple, least of all brexit. today in the house of commons, an historic milestone was passed, but we are some way away from the final destination. the idea of ruling out any extension to the brexit transition period may or may not mean we leave the eu with a trade deal. some in government believe we could be heading for a phased trade deal, slashed out over weeks and months, may be many years into the future. meanwhile, at home, no one has spoken about boris

both the house of commons and the house of lords, will debate and vote on the withdrawal agreement billd into law. the uk will leave the eu onjanuary 31st, and enter into a ‘transition period', where a new trade deal between the uk and eu will be negotiated. they have until december 31st next year to reach an agreement and if they don't — the uk could find itself out of the eu, without any kind of trade deal in place. rachel maclean, who held the redditch seat for the conservatives, increased her majority by 8,000. she voted with the government, shejoins me now. thank you for speaking with us. first off, your reaction to that bill being passed. it was a huge sense of relief. it is hard to sum up sense of relief. it is hard to sum up how miserable it has been being a member of parliament in the past two yea rs member of parliament in the past two years maria have all come into parliament to try and do our best for constituents but it has just been gridlocked. the same lobby today, we have won the vote will stop amazing. this is the first hurdle. it will be debated at the beginning of jan

secretary, and nicky morgan stays as culture secretary but she'll sit as a cabinet minister in the house of lordsour political editor laura kuenssberg contains some flashing images. cheering the early hours of friday. boris! footage captured by a staffer at tory hq, scarcely believing the win. how many more hospitals? 40! and how many nurses are being recruited? 50,000! an early start today. work to do. the tories now have an mp for every day of the year, plenty from seats that have never before turned blue. this today is the start of our enormous opportunity to do some real good for the residents of the north—east. it's a lot of pressure, it's a bit daunting but we are excited to get in there and get started. got goose bumps. the hairs on the back of your neck are standing up as you walk across westminster bridge. it's the first day at big school, isn't it? and here we go. the tories blasted through the election. 109 new conservatives arriving to these hallowed halls. after years when number ten couldn't rely on much. have you got a newjob, sir? i hope not. a huge majority that's ballast for the

. >> final votes are set for next month in the house of commons and upper house of lords.nfirmed leaving. >>> helping the homeless coming up setting up to give those without the home a place to stay and off we resources. >>> bay area weather changing over the next few hours as our next front comes on board. the christmas forecast it could be tracking a few more rain showers as well. we will have that forecast, coming up. >>> it will be a special christmas for to conquer children thanks to uncle awkward police dispatchers. photos of the facebook page is it back on november 6 they got a call and learn. to children that were in dire need. and just survived a tragic event. so, they decided to buy gifts for the two to make christmas a little brighter. that demanded the gifts over to social services with and personally liver them to the kids. >>> dozens of religious institutions in the san joaquin valley will soon have a purpose beyond worship. we join 30 churches and temples will be donating food and support while some will offer place for homeless essay. these zion lutheran ch

secretary and nicky morgan stays as culture secretary, but she'll sit as a cabinet minister in the house of lordsthis report from our political editor laura kuenssberg contains some flashing images. cheering the early hours of friday. boris! footage captured by a staffer at tory hq, scarcely believing the win. how many more hospitals? 40! and how many nurses are being recruited? 50,000! an early start today. work to do. the tories now have an mp for every day of the year, plenty from seats that have never before turned blue. this is the start of an enormous opportunity to do some real good for residents of the north—east. it's a lot of pressure. it is a bit daunting but we are excited to get in there and get started. got goose bumps. the hairs on the back of your neck are standing up as you walk across westminster bridge. the last time you remember this sort of thing is the first day at big school. and here we go. the tories blasted through the election. 109 new conservatives arriving to these hallowed halls. a huge change for the party, after years when number ten couldn't rely on much. have you

the queen, accompanied by the prince of wales, processed into the house of lords to deliver a speech th brexit at its heart. my government's priority is to deliver the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of january. the tensions between prime minister and leader of the opposition were clear as they prepared to debate the new government's programme of legislation. after the dither, after the delay, after the deadlock, after the paralysis and the platitudes, the time has come for change and the time has come for action. this government, that conservative party, does not stand for the people at the receiving end of their policies. despite all their promises that is exactly what this queen's speech shows. we'll be taking a closer look at the range of measures being proposed and asking how realistic they are. also tonight... donald trump becomes just the third president in us history to be impeached, but he's unlikely to be forced from office. in australia, a state of emergency is declared in new south wales, where a heatwave could worsen a series of bushfires. #

remaing stages of the withdrawal agreement bill in the commons — before sending it off to the house of lordsear. we'll be back after christmas when mps and peers return on january the seventh. but until then from us have a very merry christmas and a happy new year. good morning. what a miserable week of weather it has been for many of us, with some relentless rain, and that has brought a localised flooding. in fact, friday afternoon, these were fairly typical weather watcher pictures across parts of central and southern england in particular. in fact, by close of play on friday, there were over 90 flood warnings in force, with more rain to come through the weekend, well, do go to the bbc weather website for the latest updates on the flood warnings and also any met office warnings as well. over the next few hours we've got this miniature weather front which will enhance some showers, some of them heavy, with hail and thunder. windy conditions following on behind, before another weather front makes its presence felt by the end of the day on saturday. saturday morning, we start off with a few s

will then go to what's known as the road to being room before making her way eventually to the house of lords where she will deliver the so-called queen's speech setting forth the government's legislative agenda for the coming year but before all of that m.p.'s in the house of commons many of them who arrived here only a couple of days ago having been newly elected to that post will be led by the chief usher known as the black rod rhodes who carries a black stuff through to the upper house but the door will be slammed in front of the back roads face she will then have to bang on the door 3 times before being allowed in all of that to symbolize the independence of parliament from the sulpher and a tradition that dates back hundreds of years the time of the civil war and. king charles the 1st suit as you know lost his head for defying the will of parliament for a different scene of course when it comes to politics this day and age although that's given the wrangling ahead of the election is somewhat debatable boris johnson metaphorically wanted to keep pace had to stay with course for a new uni

the house of commons and the house of lords could use impeachment in order to limit the ministers of the king. they could not impeach the king and in that sense the king was above the law. in stark contrast, the framers from the very outset of the constitutional convention in 178 7 made it clear the president would be subject to impeachment in order to demonstrate that the president was subordinate to the law. if you will, i would like you to think now about a specific date in the constitutional convention, july 20th, 1787. it was the middle of a long hot summer. on that day, two members of the constitutional convention actually moved to take out the impeachment provision from the draft constitution. they had a reason for that and the reason was they said the president will have to stand for reelection. if the president has to stand for reelection that is enough. we don't need a separate provision for impeachment. when that proposal was made, significant disagreement ensued. the governor of north carolina, a man called william davie immediately said if the president cannot be impeach

through parliament, it is that at second reading, the second stage, it still has to go to the house of lords say that it christmas, he will be able to say thatitis christmas, he will be able to say that it is on its way of getting it done. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages — at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are the deputy leader writer at the sun, olivia utley. and the editor of the political website, labourlist — sienna rodgers. passengers are being advised to check train times before travelling from tomorrow — as major timetable changes are introduced. rail companies say journey times will be cut, services made more frequent, and new routes added following investment in infrastructure and carriages. but concerns remain over whether there may be disruption during the transition period. our business correspondent, katie prescott, explains. this is the nightmare scenario... when train timetables were changed in may last year — chaos ensued. standing room only as passengers faced cancellations, d

we will get rid of the house of lords, change the voting system. so much to do.than people expect because people have lost faith. and a new name? absolutely, i have registered it already. in india, at least a0 peple have died in a fire — at a factory which makes school bags — in a commercial district of the capital, delhi. emergency services said their work had been hampered by the narrow streets — but they had been able to rescue more than 50 people. the fire broke out on the ground floor of this multistorey factory, in the early hours of the morning, and then quickly spread to other levels. rescue services say dozens of workers were sleeping inside the building at the time. translation: there were about 30 people from my village at the site. i have been able to see some of them but i haven't been able to spot them all. my nephew called this morning and said, there is a fire in the building. only later we found out about his escape. this is a deeply congested area of delhi. the alleyways are too narrow to be accessed by fire engines. as a result firefighters had

not over, has to go to the house of lords before christmas he will get his vote on brexit to say he ist done. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are the deputy leader writer at the sun, olivia utley, and the editor of the political website labourlist, sienna rodgers. a british tourist is reported to have been shot dead during a suspected robbery outside a hotel in argentina. our correspondent simonjones is with me. simon, what more do we know? we understand this happened at about iiam we understand this happened at about ”am local time in buenos aires. according to argentinian media, there was a father and son who were outside a luxury 5—star hotel in the waterfront area of the city. it is understood they were approached by at least one person on a motorbike who tried to rob them. now some sort of scuffle ensued. one of the man was shot in the chest and another was shot in the chest and another was shot in the chest and another was shot and the thigh. the

reforming the house of lords, the voting system... the judiciary. read his blog! have you spoken to dominic cummings? you are sounding definitive about him staying on. is that news we have committed? i have not spoken to him but i'm fairly sure he will. another broken promise. thank you both very much. thank you forjoining us for a bit. i thought i should join you for a bit. on this momentous day. it has been... what a story. hello. it may be a windy, showery, and quite cold weekend to come but at least there will be some sunshine occasionally. here is the picture, low pressure dominating the scene, these disturbances moving on through, with drier, brighter gaps and the isobars quite close together. it is going to be blustery out there. too much wind, really, to allow too much anyway of frost to start the day on saturday. just a few pockets in scotland, maybe one or two icy patches around as well. for many of us there will be sunny spells from the word go. but showers are coming. this area moving north and east across england and wales. throughout t

able to pass the legislation, and because it was in his manifesto, the convention is that the house of lords, unlike what happened for theresa may who did not get a clear majority. firstly it is the withdrawal bill, secondly, a massive commitment to the national health service. written in legislation, and over £30 billion commitment by the end of this parliament. he wants to outfox labour on that issue and then a massive amount of other spending on infrastructure, particularly infrastructure, particularly infrastructure in those redwall seats, the seats that turn for the conservatives for first time. you mention pushing back against some of labour's intentions. where else might we see some of that because although labour did badly and they are looking for a new leader, some of the ideas in their manifesto were popular? yes, that is right, if you particularly look at some of labour's policy is right, if you particularly look at some of labour's policies around me rationalising —— around renationalising the railways and energy. you're not going to see a conservative government taking industrie

legislative process and that means that it needs and another reading needs to go through the house of lords so he's expecting everything to be settles with this withdrawal bill as early as possible in the new year and that means that the u.k. will be leaving the european union on january 31st with rory of course going back before the election often struck that deal with the e.u. they were serious questions raised particularly in northern ireland about what it's going to mean there and those criticisms and reservations to remain after this big thumping victory at the election about what brics it will actually mean what type of bricks and bars johnson will ultimately deliver a much softer for. well i mean this is the heart of anyone who still sits on the remain side of the fence the boris johnson 'd is by nature. more of a centrist more 'd of a moderate than he has had to show himself to be over the last few months that now he's got this 80 m.p. majority he doesn't have to listen so closely to the to the more 'd right wing side of his own party and that therefore he might tack more central an

suggest he could be given a peerage so he could stay on as a further environmentalist in the house of lordsbigger reshuffle in february, post—withdrawal cabinet. because there could well be one but the threat that there could be one will again ensure that people are incredibly loyal because they will wa nt incredibly loyal because they will want to impress the pm. sunday times is suggesting up to one third of the cabinet are facing the sack. but who knows? let's go on to the sunday telegraph. we are already talking a little bit about what all of this might mean for the shape of the brexit arrangement in the future. the sunday telegraph insider talking about the eu dangling hope of a broader trade deal in exchange for a softer brexit, what do you make of that? we will enter more discussion 110w that? we will enter more discussion now on what could possibly come out of trade deals, etc. i agree that borisjohnson is unlikely of trade deals, etc. i agree that boris johnson is unlikely to of trade deals, etc. i agree that borisjohnson is unlikely to try of trade deals, etc. i agree that boris jo

conversation about the inability of parliament to deliver these discussions about abolishing the house of lords constitutional reform the needful 1st pass supposed to be abolished and then you kind of p.r. i mean these kind of questions on now happening you know on the doors. pepsin accident in in places in the north of england i don't mean to hold it back into an all and the country but places where maybe constitutional matters in the northwest where i represent were not the bread and butter issue i have been interested in the last few days i don't know how accurate it is in the real election will show us that actually partly the discussion about scottish referendum a 2nd scottish referendum since you have actually frightened quite a lot of people in scotland to the extent that it looks as though the conservatives might even hold on to a lot of seats that everybody had thought that they would leave and we're hearing on the ground in scotland just to say gee i don't know how accurate it is but the polls certainly flecked this that people are now actually saying actually quite a lot of us voted

it must be approved by the upper chamber, the house of lords. >>> the democrats are changing things upnted to know. they took a look at ventilation rates and air quality. >> the findings could have serious implications for students around the state. jessica? >> reporter: it's the invisible indoor air pollutant that no one is talking about. our investigative unit has been looking into air quality and ventilation in classrooms. what we found may surprise you. whether you are at home or work, the sound of it turning on can be sweet relief. in the summer it keeps you cool. in the winter it keeps you warm. a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning unit known as hvac. it's something many of us can't do without. but in some schools around the state, hvacs could be putting children's health at risk by trapping co2 in classrooms. it's been an issue for more than a decade. studies going as far back as 2004 show how poor ventilation impacts student's health. but this new study didn't look at old hvac systems. it only looked at new ones. and it turns out many of them are not operating how they s

reforming the house of lords, the voting system, the constituencies... the judiciary.inic cummings? you are sounding definitive about him staying on. is that news we have committed? i have not spoken to him but i'm fairly sure he will. another broken promise. thank you both very much. thank you forjoining us for a bit, chris. i thought i'd better turn up for a bit. on this momentous day. it has been, ah, what a story. hello. saturday brought us a blustery day with wintry showers around. there's been a bit of sleet and snow of a higher ground, and you can see that from this picture, sent in by a weather watcher in middleton in cou nty weather watcher in middleton in county durham. a dusting of snow there. we could see more sleet and snow of a higher ground in the north through the evening and night. set through the evening and night. set through the evening and night. set through the weekend, really a story of some sunshine but plenty of blustery showers and the risk of snow over higher ground, too. wind still pretty gusty out there for the rest of the afternoon and eve

alix: the queen arrives at the house of lords to lay out the government agenda for the next year. bord policies, many of which were trailed from the campaign, everything from immigration reform, new sentencing guideline, and trying environmental targets -- guideline, enshrining environmental policy and law, etc. alix: the u.s. house impeaches president donald trump in a historic vote that leaves the country divided. kevin: president trump taking this back onto the campaign trail. he feels emboldened by this, saying that virtually every republican standing by president trump and supporting him. alix: the senate which will likely acquit the president will hold a trial next year. in the markets, the global bond selloff continues, but equities really take it in stride. s&p futures slipping into negative territory, just by about two points. i did want to highlight what is happening with euro and what is happening with sweden. you get off the negative bound and wind up see the curried city go nowhere -- wind up seeing the currency go nowhere. central-bankry of decisions today. we got the

she didn't stand at this election so she is instead being made appear in the house of lords. y on as the culture secretary until we think the end of february. there is also a new secretary of state for wales this morning. we'll be talking to the cabinet minister michael gove at half past seven. various politicians coming your way. the aircraft manufacturer boeing says it will be suspending production of 737 max jets next month. ben's here to tell us more. they have had some bad accidents. they have had some bad accidentsm doesn't draw a line on the whole project but it does put it on hold and we're talking about the 737 max which was involved in two fatal crashes with over 300 lives lost. the regulator said, we're not happy for you to keep flying until you make major changes. boeing had been hoping it would be solved by the end of this year, that the plane would be back in the air by the end of the year that is clearly not going to happen. they got so many planes and storage, 400 complete 737 maxjets that are simply ready to fly but are not able to and they are going to suspen

house of commons against the amended brexit bill. the bill calls for u.k. withdrawal from the european union by january 31. it now goes to the house of lords for approval. "q&a" wallight on street journal turned photojournalist chris, on his book "dignity." orit was a sunday morning saturday. it was empty. she was in the industrial part of hunts point. and immediately her intelligence came right through. and we spoke for about an hour, half hour or so. she told me her life which is oft -- it is like a clichÉ everything wrong that can happen to somebody. and eventually, i asked her what i ask everyone which is -- what is one thing -- how do you want me to describe io? that this isback what i am -- a prostitute, a mother of six and a child of god. onsunday night at 8:00 c-span's q&a. really jesper and mark held a year and news conference at the pentagon earlier. some of the topics covered include north korea, turkey, and the washington post afghanistan reporting. >> good morning, everyone. happy holidays. the chairman and i wanted to take this opportunity to meet with you all once more prior to the end of the year. i want to start by thanking congress for

first off, both the house of commons in the house of lords will debate and vote on that withdrawal agreementit's enacted into law. the uk will leave the eu then onjanuary the 31st and enter into what's called a transition period, where a new trade deal between the uk and the eu will be negotiated. now, they have until december of 2020, that's the 31st of next year to reach an agreement. if they don't come of the uk could find itself out of the eu without any kind of trade deal in place. well, the conservative mp, merck friends while, is the deputy chairman of the pro—brexit european research group. earlier, he told anita mcveigh that this results should allow the government to fulfil the result of the 2016 referendum. it's tremendous. i mean, i'm looking at that vote, and i double checked the figures with diane abbott some of the government cosmic majority was 124. so, even biggerthan of the government cosmic majority was 124. so, even bigger than its actual majority of 80 in the house of commons. who all started with you? we will have to go through the division lists to be accurate. perhaps

that done by as early in the new year as possible so i go through the house of parliament so the house of commons the house of lords and then gets rolled assent so he is hoping that this would all be done and dusted early the new year and the u.k. will be leaving the european union on january 31st. of next year. and rory there had been speculation in the u.k. that with this new majority that the prime minister boris johnson has that he might somehow aim for some sort of softer brecht said are there any signs of that happening at all. well the signs are that data is not happening that any arts to remain is might have had that boris johnson's natural instincts were towards a softer breaks that those don't seem to be materializing this bracks it bill that is being put before piece today has been changed from the one that he brought. before and it's been changed to harden it up labor the opposition main party says that you know that it's essentially going to create a deregulator a race to the boss and that aspects of the which will build that dealt with safeguarding workers' rights have been taken out of it also this b