there we are, that was bishop james jones and for interview.ort war memorial hospital in hampshire died because they were prescribed powerful painkilling drugs. ijust wa nt to powerful painkilling drugs. ijust want to tell you what the health secretary has been saying in the commons, that the police and the crown prosecution service will be examining materialfrom crown prosecution service will be examining material from the gosport independent panel report to consider their next steps and whether criminal charges should now be brought to. we have also been hearing from the general medical council with their reaction to the panel report. the gmc, which did investigate the doctor at the centre of this, doctorjane martin, back in 2010, and found her guilty of serious professional misconduct, but said she could continue practising medicine. the gmc chief executive has said thoughts with families of the loved ones, following the unacceptable treatment of the gosport war memorial hospital. patients and families were let down by the system, this is no

while we wait, let us just here from bishop jamesjones. wait, let us just here from bishop james jonesalised practice of the shortening of lives through prescribing and administering opioids without medical justification. the hospital records to which the panel has had unique and privileged access demonstrate that a56 patients died through prescribing and administering opioids without medical justification. it is not for the panel to ascribe criminal and civil liability. it will be for any future judicial processes to determine whatever culpability and criticism might then be forthcoming. families will ask, how could this practice continue and not be stopped through the various police, regulatory and inquest processes? the panel report shows how these processes of scrutiny unfolded and how the families were failed. throughout, the relatives have shown remarkable tenacity and fortitude, in questioning what happened to their loved ones. the documents explained and published today show that they we re and published today show that they were right to ask those questions. the families now d

news life from about donald trump perils the outcome of the summit with james jones the passion does not have to define the future yesterday's conflict does not have to be tomorrow's war. and as history has proven over and over again adversaries can indeed become friends. he was speaking after signing a joint declaration with the north korean leader in two thousand nuclear arms the korean peninsula. i'm still get a welcome to the program a first bold step to a bright new future u.s. president donald trump praised north korea's leader kim jong un after he reaffirmed a commitment to denuclearizing the korean peninsula president trump made a declaration of the press conference following their historic meeting he then went on to say the north is already destroying a missile testing site and explain that this wasn't in the that aeration as i said been agreed after they went on to announce that the u.s. would and military exercises on the korean peninsula but that sanctions would remain as jhumpa then went on to express his gratitude towards the north korean leader for his engagement at th

bishop james jones who chaired the review told me there was a collective failure at the hospital. these drugs that were prescribed were then administered by nurses who would have known the effect of those drugs. the pharmacist in the hospital would have known the level of opioids, that he or she was being asked to supply. the whole institution including i have to say the consultants who had responsibility over the clinical assistant, they knew as far as our records show what was going on in the hospital. after the report was published, theyjoined other families who felt that before now they have been ignored by so many in a authority. we were blocked by every single one but today that wall has come tumbling down. and now we want answers. the truth is there now and we don't want this government to sit on it like any other inquiries. we want action now. the report highlights a series of warnings and missed opportunities, back in 1991, nurses raised concerns about prescribing. in 2001 police investigated the deaths of 92 patients but there were no prosecutions. in 2009, an inquest ru

bishop james jones, who chaired the review, told me there was a collective failure at the hospital. have known the effect of those drugs. the pharmacist in the hospital would have known the level of opioids, that he or she was being asked to supply. the whole institution including, i have to say, the consultants who had responsibility over the clinical assistant, they knew, as far as our records show, what was going on in the hospital. it's got to stop. after the report was published, theyjoined other families who felt that before now they have been ignored by so many in authority. we were blocked by every single one but today, that wall has come tumbling down. and now we want answers. the truth is there now, and we don‘t want this government to sit on it like any other inquiry. we want action now. cindy and debbie‘s father went into the hospital to recover after a stroke but within a couple of weeks after medication, he died. he deserved to get better, come home and be a dad and be a granddad for many years to come. today, she told me, she felt the report was a big step forward. mi

bishop james jones who chaired the review told me there was a collective failure at the hospital.were prescribed were then administered by nurses who would have known the effect of those drugs. the pharmacist and the hospital would have known the level of opioids that he or she was being asked to supply. the whole institution, including, i have to say, the consultants, who had had responsibility over the clinical assistants, they knew as far as our records show, what was going on in the hospital. after the report was published ann and bridgetjoined otherfamilies who felt that before now they'd been ignored by so many in authority. we were blocked by every single one. but today that wall has come tumbling down and now we wa nt a nswers. the truth is there now and we don't want this government to sit on it like any other inquiry. we want action now. the report highlights a series of warnings and missed opportunities. back in 1991 nurses raised concerns about prescribing. from 2001 police investigated the deaths of 92 patients but there we re no prosecutions. in 2009 an inquest ruled

cork ser not exactly a bomb thrower and not comparing this guy to james jones and drinking the kool-aid cults. that's pretty deep. >> listen, upsetting the ruch voter not necessarily the president but the trump vote ser bad politics. >> he's talking about the bear. >> the bear is the trump voter. sanford, it's easy to complain when you're leaving. get on your soapbox. that's the easiest thing to do. the hardest thing is run again and compete and win these voter and appeal to them on the issues they care about. they care about jobs, national security, they care about rising wages and they care about immigration and you know, mr. corker is leaving and you know, no one cares. >> you're making his point, john just made the point. the only guys free to speak their minds are the ones leaving. > certainly bush didn' hold the base of the republican this wnd as someone who worked for obama, he didn't hold the base of the democratic party this way. there is something very erent ing on here. i said it himself, trump said i could shoot someone and i wouldn't lose any support. there is something dif

james jones who changed the mike headed the review said there was a failure of the hospital.and administered by nurses who would have known the effect of drugs. the pharmacist in the hospital would have known the level of old for you it's —— opioids. global institution andi it's —— opioids. global institution and i would have to say the co nsulta nts and i would have to say the consultants who would have had response ability over the clinical assistant, they knew as far as our records show what was going on in the hospital. after the report was published, they joined other families who felt that before now they were ignored by so many in authority. we were blocked by every single one. but today, that wall has come, tumbling down. the truth is there now and we don't want this government to sit on it like any other inquiry. we want action now. the report highlights a series of warnings and missed opportunities. backin warnings and missed opportunities. back in 1991, and nurses raise concerns about prescribing. in 2001, police investigated the deaths of patients. in 2009, it rul

three of the four adult suspects, dorian jones, james hodges, and brandon townes, have pled guilty to all charges and are awaiting sentencing. >> it was supposed to be in and out, breaking and entering. once we got in there, there's people there, things just went -- like people was getting beat up, tied up. and it was basically like everything happened like -- like that. >> townes says he and his co-defendants entered a home during the pre-dawn hours following a party held there the night before. they wore masks to conceal their identities. the home belonged to students at a local college. >> we picked the house, because we knew it was a bunch of people having a party. and they said they were going to be really drunk. so why not go back later? >> according to prosecutors, three male victims in the house were robbed and pistol whipped. the one female victim reported being tied up, blindfolded, beaten, and raped by the suspects. the three who pled guilty said they did so in hopes of receiving shorter prison sentences than they would have if they were found guilty in trial. but they coul

let's speak to the chair of the gosport independent panel, the right reverend james jones.the institutions challenged by the families came together and closed ra nks families came together and closed ranks and distanced the families and made them feel that they were troublemakers. you dealt with families in the hillsborough enquiries. you said, back then, that lessons must be learned. i'm just wondering what lessons you think should be learned from this one. when the prime minister was home secretary asked me to write a report learning lessons on the hillsborough‘s families experiences and we titled the report the patronising disposition of unaccountable power. this is what they felt themselves, that over the yea rs, they felt themselves, that over the years, as they have asked questions, in all innocence and in good conscience, about their loved ones, they have been treated in a patronising way. and not taken seriously. the lesson learned is that when there is a public tragedy like this, there is a public tragedy like this, the public institutions should be open, they shou

james earl jones said we have to start. welcome to your "new day".president can kill someone, meddle in any investigation, and pardon himself with impaoupity. that's a heck of a gig, not to argue a legal argument. rudy guiliani said the president should is shoot james comey and not be prosecuted. of course we should be circumspect what is being said about the president's lawyers because they now admit they died in a letter to robert mueller in january. >> president trump has photographed smiling with the brutal members of the north korean regime is at the same time alienating or at least angering u.s. allies, including canada and the european union over his plan for tariffs. is

. >> i've never been compared to james earl jones. i'm sorry goi i'm going home. i'm calling it a day. >> you say this is a huge deal and affects people's lives and could be ripped away by donald trump next month. >> what the election 2016 represented was the resistance to the games of the civil rights movement movement, of the women rights movement, of the gay rights movemen movements. of the movements that spent the time struggling for full inclusion. this is why the court became such an inflection point to the trump base. one of the things that has to happen now is democrats like republicans have done, historically, have to look at the court as a critically important power lever to say are we going to have the kind of leadership in our balance of the governmental power that's paying attention to whether or not we have a body of government that is not elected, that's appointed that will look at this from the perspective of a naturally evolving society that has to live in the frame work of rights. >> it goes to what courts are supposed to do. there are things tha

the chairman is bishop james jones also at the other deaths.w if it will point any fingers or say if there is any criminal responsibility that we will find out in over one hour. chain barton has always said she had the interests of the patients at heart. that's a statement, she says throughout her career she is always tried to do her best to patients and is bug of the pressures she was and at the time. thank you, cath. cath will report on this when this comes out. stephen lloyd, a liberal democrat mp has been working with a family whose relative died in gosport war memorial hospital. peter walsh is from the patient safety charity action against medical accidents, which has helped severalfamilies who pushed for an inquiry into how their relatives died at the hospital. and norman lamb has stayed on, thank you so much. you are the minister at the time who set this up. what do you think about how long relatives have had to wait to find out the truth, potentially, about what happened to their relatives?” truth, potentially, about what happened to th

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were you following chris jones around -- grace james around? ross: yes. yell,at upper-middle-class connecticut person had a very intense spiritual experience. i probably was six years old at the time. i like childhood where to say, during the week, i went to a nice, liberal, secular public school. and on the weekend, i went and watched my parents speak in tongues. i had an unusual religious experience, if you will, in that i was along for someone else's religious privilege -- pro -- pilgrimage. we all became catholic when i was a teenager. she is now a writer as well. she writes about some of these issues in a more intense way than i do. but she is a more mystical personality than i am. part of the baseline for my approach to all matters religious is that i hate religious experience is real. i can't claim these dramatic fiscal expenses, but i watched the -- mystical experiences, but i watched them happen to people i was close to. below the level of is the new testament true, is the catholic true the one true church? my foundation is the idea that religion

wherever lebron jones - - wherever lebron james goes, i am on the bandwagon. i was his fan in miami and i am has been here. >> cheering on the warriors still comes at a steep price. $600 for what many would call nosebleed seats. >> it costs a little money. >> a lot of money. but it was worth it, definitely worth it. >> the game, physical toward the end. >> they are going to come and bring it. lebron james is going to bring it and he does his number one thing carrying the team. nothing can stop us. >> the warriors have the answers. and to see that game was amazing. and the price of admission is well worth it, in my opinion. >> did you have fun? >> this is my first time ever seeing lebron james in the finals. the last time i saw him lay in person was when he was a high school student in the championships. that was a - - it was amazing to watch that man play. but the best part is that the warriors win the game. >> the series will move to cleveland for games three and game for. both of those games will be played wednesday and friday of next week. games five throug

james burford reports. eddiejones is eddie jones is looking eddiejones is looking for his team to seeing from the same hymnre rock stars. england's made the fuss of starts last week, and went on to lose or stop they hoped this would not meet more of the same as mike brown touchdown within the first ten minutes. but that was not the only trick up there steve. how about this for a bit ofjuggling from brown? finding the east and the whole, or the space on the wing asjohnny may did his best to spoil the party. it would not be long before south africa got going. step forward, no, straightforward for... they started to folks england down. one penalty try later, in england's disciplinary downfall certainly responsible for south africa's points all. they could use, the pantomime villain of this occasion. the last lap belongs to south africa today, this is england's longest losing streak since 200a. ireland won a thrilling second test against australia to level their series at 1—1. their 26—21 victory in melbourne was their first test win in the country for 39 years. the wallabies were 1—0 up after beating the six

black voice and he invited a group of black people to come visit him, lena horne, james baldwin -- >> you. >> me. clarence jones to come and just have what he thought was a social chat. at the time a at the had a time tet-a-tet, and in the midst ofexchange, smith said i'm out of here and bobby was kind of why? what do you mean? and jerome smith said, you're asking us to give you some information that could be used against the best interests of our cause. i'm here to tell you that we cannot be won over that easily. what do you want of us we're not able to do, and what he meant by that was he thought bobby was looking for a way to get black voices to be more favorable to the kennedy point of on our issues than dr. king had implied. because jerome smith and what jerome felt, trk imploded. >> yeah. bobby was quite angry and he thought thatthers of us in the room in the mr. jerome smith's attack would be defensive of him, would come to his defense and we didn't. and he thought that that was a breach of iendship. d he threw usut -- he didn't throw us out. we left his home. after that, he called. and he had reflected

jones, bbc news. earlier i spoke to james honeyborne the executive producer of "blue planet 2". welcomes the bbc initiative to highlight the issue of plastics and says we can all make a difference to this problem. ido i do think we've heard a lot of big companies now and industries talking about making changes and making changes quite fast in actual fact, but on an individual level, we all have a part to play and that feels really important to get across. just when we saw that, the plastic bag, the 5p fee come in, the number of plastic bags in the uk dropped from down to1 billion plastic bags in the uk dropped from down to 1 billion a year, and we saw a corresponding drop in plastic pollution around our coastlines, so literally, everything we do as individuals can make a difference and together, if enough people are engaged, then it will ultimately make a difference and what we are most interested in is how it all this plastic getting into the sea. clearly, recycling and waste management are issues that we need to address to stop a lot of us happening. but as a recycling initiat

(james) breaking news we are following this morning... the dow jones suffering another big drop. now it is down 350 points. yesterday presdient yesterday points. yesterday presdient trump said he is now considering slapping a 10 percent tariff on an extra 200-billion dollars' worth of chinese exports. the move came after trump announced new tariffs on china on friday - and beijing retaliated. the president says the additional tariffs are a response to china's retaliation. we will continue to watch the markets all morning long to see if they rebound. ( james ) in the east bay.. the man known as 'jogger joe' pleaded not guilty to a second-degree felony robbery charge. henry sintay was recorded stealing a cellphone from a man who confronted him for throwing a homeless man's belongings into lake merritt. sintay was arraigned last week and released on bond. he is scheduled to return to court in august. ( james ) in the north bay... firefighters are investigating 13 suspicious fires in santa rosa. this is an update to a story we told you about yesterday morning. police say the small br

james patterson. they've been speaking to our arts correspondent rebecca jones., bill clinton finally got round to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition. i love thrillers. i read huge numbers of them every year. we had met once before, i have always have wanted to do it and he was willing, we started and that's what happened. what you're going to get here is what it would be like to be president under the most extreme circumstances. the novel sees a fictitious commander—in—chief battling to save the free world from a devastating cyber attack. it's a plot both men say is all too plausible. what's happening in north korea is nothing compared to the threat of cyber terrorism. i hope and pray that this effort with north korea succeeds, not because i think north korea is about to knock off a nuclear bomb because it would be the end of their country, they know that, but this cyber threat could kill a lot more people in a lot less time just by shutting down things. malicious cyber attacks are not confined to the pages of fiction and despite the use of electronic voting machi

james patterson. they've been speaking to our arts correspondent rebecca jones.s bestselling novelist. meet a writing team like no other. there is an old saying, at least in american english, that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. i'm an old dog and this is a new trick. at the age of 71, bill clinton finally got round to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition. i love thrillers. i read huge numbers of them every year. we had met once before, i have always have wanted to do it and he was willing, we started and that's what happened. what you're going to get here is what it would be like to be president under the most extreme circumstances. the novel sees a fictitious commander—in—chief battling to save the free world from a devastating cyber attack. it's a plot both men say is all too plausible. what's happening in north korea is nothing compared to the threat of cyber terrorism. i hope and pray that this effort with north korea succeeds, not because i think north korea is about to knock off a nuclear bomb because it would be the end of their country, they know that

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jones. i believe he represented julie sans at some point. whether she knew her directly, i knew she had a relationship with john james. >> you were aware of that connection? >> that is correct. i met john jones myself once. >> it came up in britney kaiser's evidence. you spoke to us about the uk, you made the attempt to reach him. >> that's right. >> given you new britney kaiser , why didn't you ask her to get a message to him. >> actually, one of my colleagues put that question to me the other day. the answer is, i think it demonstrates how much house for the moment of an idea it was to reach out to him. as i told the committee last time very plainly, i read an article in the guardian, it was the julian list sans had access to the email. i asked my colleague to see if he could contact him to share those with us. that was the extent of it. we did not sit down and strategize it. we did not think it through. he kindly followed up for me and 10 days later we got a response saying he was not interested. >> your motivation to speak to gain access to the emails, to benefit your clients? >> i don't think we thought it through that far. the point was,

lawrence jones is back along with democratic strategist, and ned ryun. it's been problematic for james comey. the conflicting testimony he has given on his book tour and before this congress. both these things cannot be true or false in the same way at the same time. i want to talk to you about that chain of command. he says he adhere to the chain of command but he broke with that because he thought loretta lynch was so compromised he could no longer follow orders. and if that were the case he should have gone to the president. if the president was compromised, you have politicized. weaponized system of law enforcement and justice that means we are in deep yogurt in this country. which is it. >> we found out today that the clown show comey, i'm so glad trump fired him. he thought he was the law unto himself. that he could make these decisions by himself and do whatever he wanted to. i find it interesting. john podesta was arguing he had an impact arguing three days before the election. don't give me that argument. if any one of us tried to do what she had done using classified informat

peddling this novel he supposedly he's "cowritten" with james patterson and supposedly is most ambitioui work of fiction since his deposition in the paula jonesase. clinton is getting a bazillion dollars to put his name to this ludicrous novel and monica lewinsky is someone who has never had a fulfilled career, never had a fulfilled family life, and that doesn't matter because the clintons just discard people and move on to the next bit of human debris. >> tucker: and the media goes along with that, of course. mark steyn, thank you for that. it was great to see you. >> thanks a lot, tucker. >> tucker: joining us now, richard goodstein, served as an advisor to president clinton. he joins us in the studio. before i ask you the sexual harassment stuff, i want to play a clip from the former president on cbs "this morning," also on this book tour, which i hope goes on forever, in which he addresses the great press coverage that barack obama got. here's how he explains that. >> they did treat him differently than other democrats and republicans.n they liked him. and they liked having the first african-american president and he was a good president.

jones" article. ross: by mark oppenheimer. brian: let me read this and have you fill in the blanks. patricia snow attended a sermon by grace jamesi had an amazing encounter ," snow told me over lunch. from then on, the family followed james around new england from high school cafeterias to elks' lodges to church basements here in the family later began sampling church after church in what ross calls "a tour of american christianity." ross: that was my childhood. brian: were you going from church to church? were you following grace james around? ross: yes. my mother, who was in the first amen's class at yale, sort of upper-middle-class connecticut person had a very intense spiritual experience. at these faith healings. i was probably six-years-old at the time. i had a childhood where i like to say, during the week, i went to a nice, liberal, secular public school. and on the weekend, i went and watched my parents speak in tongues. so i sort of had a front -- i had an unusual religious experience, if you will, in that i was along for someone else's religious pilgrimage. like, i am not my mother. who now writes about issues. we'll

james patterson. they have been speaking to our arts correspondent rebecca jones.ers. i read huge numbers of them. and we had met once before, and i have always... you know, i always wanted to do it, and he was willing, and we started, and that's what happened. what you are going to get here is what it would be like to be president under the most extreme circumstances. the novel sees a fictitious commander—in—chief rattling to save the free world from a devastating cyber attack. it is a plot both men say is all too plausible. what is happening in north korea is nothing compared to the threat of cyber terrorism. i hope and pray that this effort with north korea succeeds, not because i think north korea is about to drop a nuclear bomb, because it would be the end of their country. they know that. but this cyber threat could kill a lot more people in a lot less time, just shutting things down. malicious cyber attacks are not confined to the pages of fiction. and despite the pages of fiction. and despite the use of electronic voting machines in america, the former pres

jones may have lost the dressing room, ahead of next year's world cup. ireland won though against australia, while wales beat argentina to go through the summer unbeaten. james england raced into a handsome lead. mike brown touchdown. but for the second time injust mike brown touchdown. but for the second time in just seven days, eddiejones‘ men took their eyes off the ball. south africa battled back, the ball. south africa battled back, the lead came their own and with the series surrendered, there is yet another painful lesson. so back—to—school for england's group. ireland meanwhile, have done something england couldn't. respond to defeat with victory. a thrilling win against australia which levels their test series, they can hardly believe their team ‘s performances. 13 wins in14 believe their team ‘s performances. 13 wins in 14 matches and a chance now to earn a first series triumph in the southern hemisphere for 19 yea rs of. in the southern hemisphere for 19 years of. one side who have done thatis years of. one side who have done that is wales, another professional performance against argentina. the 13- 12 performance against argentina. the 13— 12 whe

jones, thank you very much. we will hear from the d.a. in just moments and we'll carry it here for you, as well. i am joined by cnn law enforcement analyst retired special agent jamesiano. nice to have you here. there's a lot to take in. the manner of death, was there a shot to his back of the unarmed 17-year-old black teenager that killed him. >> as complicate said as these things always are and hopefly when the d.a. gives the press conference it will clear up the concerns that we have. a couple of things to stipulate. you have a 17-year-old kid whose family is grieving. we get that. it's a sober, sober situation. the police officer and we'll get to the background of his in a second and the police officer is responding to a drive-by shooting and within 15 minutes found a vehicle that matched the description that also had gunshots that apparently pierced the window in the side of the vehicle as e officer calls for assistance and calls for the three people in the vehicle which is the appropriate thing to do, two of them take off and there are two court cases that are really going to guide the police officers, and the first was tennessee versus garner, which is the f

jones and yours truly. now back inside. >> thank you so much. >>> now, to more of our conversation with former president bill clinton and james patterson. chance to catch up with him in new york. >> just yesterday, in fact. >> it's not every day that a former president and renowned author team up on a new book. that's what bill clinton and james patterson did, aiming what they say to create the best thriller about the presidency that's ever been written. this is your first foray into the world of fiction. what was that transition like? the world of fiction. what was that transition like? >> it was exciting and i loved it. i'm a big mystery and thriller reader. i have been for almost 40 years. and i read a lot of them every year. and i always wanted to write one. >> reporter: bill clinton launching a new career as a fiction writer. teaming up with james patterson who has sold 400 million books worldwide. by several measures, you are the most successful writer in modern history. what was it like? >> it was great. when i was a kid, i remember eisenhower came to our town. i never forgot that. the notion of spending a year with president cli

(james) time to talk winners and losers with our financial expert rob black winner: dow jumps 200 points as trump tech-related crackdown on china is less strict than feared . . . the dow jonesng, chevron and caterpillar as the best- performing stocks in the index. tech stocks chipped in as facebook, amazon, netflix and alphabet all traded higher. the government will rely on the newly strengthened committee on foreign investment in the united states to deal with concerns about foreign purchase of sensitive domestic technologies. loser: california's gas tax repeal measure makes fall ballot and could boost gop candidates . . .a gas tax repeal effort in california qualified for the november ballot and could help republicans in the close midterm congressional elections in the state. the fight over the repeal also could end up being one of the costliest statewide measures on the fall ballot. last year, california's democratic-led legislature passed a 40 percent increase in the state's excise gas tax as well as increased vehicle fees. the california republican party along with prominent house gop members, including house speaker paul ryan and house majority leader kevin mccarthy,

stocks joining us, kathy jones a fixed income strategist at the schwab skrerpt for financial research jeff is in studio with us today. chief investment strategist at raymond jamesache, it's been a while. >> it's been a while during this bull mark. you are still bullish? >> yeah, sure am >> you were talking to kathy in the green room >> yes >> did you get her any more bullish at all in i've talked to her in the past. i can't get her to move the last time i think it was the economy, pre-trump was doing well, tax reform won't make much of a difference, was that it? >> no, i don't think so. >> are you -- what are you for the gdp for the year >> we're getting up closer to 20.8, something like that. >> is that new for you >> the tax cuts and spending bill will clearly give us a boost in the short run i think we're in the same camp most economists are in a shorter run a one, maybe two-year event rather than shifting up potential growth >> it looks like a pure front-end loaded game, it doesn't structurally change by corporations do business here. there are people that are more bullish that think maybe we can get a more we used to have 3% it's being held back by populat