we understand that that's not now likely to happen before more analysis we can speak now to john curtis who is a professor of politics. at the university of strathclyde in the u. k. thank you very much. for speaking to us professor what's your understandingng of. why it is that a deal wasn't struck this evening. well i think my understanding is that therere are two issues the firs. is that the base all the treaty thought the technicical nenegotiations i in brussels oft yet resesult. is to do with the administration off the i. t. givenn the north at all and is going to o be parkedd in the custom u. k. customs union on jan.n. still part of the new custstom you're in so that's one issue in bruruels still too resolvlve. but i i thinknk beyoe obvious you're not resolve the prime minister bryce johnson is hoping to work out. whether or not what's now seems to be on the table for brussels is capable of being called through the house of commons. so far crucially the democratic unionist ours nororthern on units.s. i have not indicated that are necessary bring to block the job a lot of soul but t

listening to people like john curtis and others, saying there will be a large number of other political. we are notaiming political parties in parliament. we are not aiming for a hung parliament, we are aiming to win and thatis parliament, we are aiming to win and that is what we want to do. it will bea that is what we want to do. it will be a hugely uncertain election. i would caution you against listening to anyone who suggests they have a goodidea to anyone who suggests they have a good idea of what is going to happen. good point but it is not going to stop us asking everyone what they think will happen. so with a majority of mps now supporting an election, what happens next? today, the house of lords will debate the election bill put forward by mps. it could become law by the end of the week. on november sixth, parliament will be dissolved and there will be a five—week campaign up to polling day on december the 12th. as is stands, brexit is due to happen by 31st of january 2020. it depends on the outcome of the election. borisjohnson says if he has a majority he would like to push t

curtis,speak to john politics professor, next.berg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european open. start ofs until the cash equities trading. let's talk about a u.k. political story as britain goes to the polls. and emergency election on december 12 on the question of brexit. joining us now is john curtice, professor of politics, university of strathclyde and one of the uk's leading analysts. at this point, the starting gun bandeen standard -- sounded. it deal expect there will be any change by the end of this process? john: perhaps there will be at the moment given the conservatives are ahead in the polls. the chances of boris johnson getting a majority are relatively good. but by no means guaranteed. in order to get a majority, the conservatives need to retain because they are expected to lose seats to the scottish national party and the liberal who are revived. the conservatives have to make some gains in labour. , heif the polls are correct should get a majority. one important thing, boris johnson does have to win this election if

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katie and curtis ferland got married at the chateau st. john vineyard in sonoma county.heck out the shot. check that out. this is another photo of their wedding. it went on as planned. the kincade fire burnin miles away. most of the wedding event staff was forced to evacuate but they still somehow managed to pull it off. >> we thought we would make it a beautiful trip for people. >> and now they have a beautiful story. >> and now they have a story forever. >> the wedding planner said she had to redesign the entire event the night before. the wedding photographer said she was thinking in the american gothic style when she took the shot. it is one the newlyweds will hold on for forever. >> everyone looked really happy. the other one you get back a little bit, the lady is smiling, everybody is so happy. they made the best of it. >> they did. sometimes this can bring people together. >> they aren't familiar with fire season? people from chicago? i have a lot of questions. we'll talk when the show is over. >> they were familiar and i asked that. were you worried about this? a

turkish warplanes struck curtis targets and northeastern syria what next is a story that's moving fast what this looks like to the rest of the world let's ask veteran diplomat jim john trysts jim. thank you for being here for this fast moving story. what do you make of this deal that the president has hatched well i'll tell you some holiday you and i may not be on the same page on this when you have war crazed warmonger susan rice mitt romney lindsey graham nikki haley and alexandria ocasio cortez all on the same page announcing the president to me that's usually a good sign the president's done the right thing he says he wants the americans out of these wars that's what he promised in 2016 i think a lot of the dire warnings we're getting about our allies the kurds and i and isis are very ill founded we'll have to see what happens here but i think there's a lot more here than meets the eye in terms of how far the turks intend to go into syria and whether the kurds will now do the smart thing that they've been advised to do over the years not only by the russians but even quietly by our military which is to reconcile with the legal government of syria and damascus th