john mcdonnell there for labour.ters have been urging people to get behind her deal this week? yes and we understand talks have been ongoing over the weekend in brussels. because there is this issue of trying to find an agreement, a way forward on the controversial matter of the backstop, those future arrangements for the irish border. but of course, the government putting pressure on mps to get behind this deal and the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has been on andrew marr this morning and he had a pretty stark warning about what voting this deal down could mean. if you want to stop brexit you only need to do three things, kill this deal, get an extension and then have a second referendum. within three weeks, those people could have two of those three things and as we heard from john mcdonnell now, quite possibly the third one could be on the way through the labour party. so we are in very perilous waters and people who want to make sure that we really do deliver this result need to remember that if it fails, peopl

we are back with john mcdonnell, the u.k. shadow chancellor.polling when it comes to the labour party, what do investors ask you the most? they worry about the far left coming to power, how can you reassure them? john: the questions i get asked the most are issues on amortization and ouronalization, and also investment policies. 500 billion over a ten-year figureshe actually came from our ministry, and they say that if we don't invest that money, we will lose from our competitors. it is interesting that they have got the same diagnosis of the economy as me, which is a lack of investment in riyadh as a productivity crisis. there are saying, how can we help the invest in infrastructure? taxation? top 5% will. play a bit more a corporation tax, yes, we will tax them, but not all. and most people signed up for that. a lot of companies and business leaders say, we pay our taxes, so why shouldn't others as well? francine: do you welcome efforts by one of your leaders to hold the party together? john: there is a tradition of outsiders and different gr

and john mcdonnell has said the government is getting its tactics wrong.nt is getting its tactics wronglj mcdonnell has said the government is getting its tactics wrong. i think myself, we could agree the labour deal within a matter of weeks. the european union has looked positively on that. in all the discussions we've had, they see it as the foundation of a proper negotiation. to be frank, that is what the prime minister should have done two years ago. she has got us into this mess. it will be labour to get the country out of this mess. if parliament cannot agree the terms labour has put forward, there is the option of going back to the people. had the prime minister's supporters have urged people to get behind her deal this week? yes, there have urged people to get behind her dealthis week? yes, there is have urged people to get behind her deal this week? yes, there is this issue to find an agreement and the way forward on the backstop. those future arrangements for the irish border. but the government putting pressure on mps to get behind the steel and

john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor tojoin us, expecting john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor tomean it is going to happen.“ that some of them rebel, it doesn't mean it is going to happen. if i was playing the part ofjohn mcdonnell in this conversation, i would say the labour party is moving steadily towards the position of embracing a fresh referendum on europe but, of course, as polly says, while this looks like an irresistible force there is still what is at the moment a potentially immovable object. it doesn't describe itself that way, it describes itself as the leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, and those around him who are sceptical, to put it extraordinarily mildly, about the entire project for reasons we have discussed many times before. so while the dynamics are moving towards the labour party coalescing around peter kyle's idea, which is in some way to stand back and sit on their hands while a theresa may deal goes through when there is a deal and if there is a deal, i don't think it will be that simple. will there ever be case where theresa may will say i will

john mcdonnell was also asked about the anti—semitism row which has engulfed the labour party. but denied that the party was institutionally anti—semitic. these allegations that the labour party is insufficiently anti—semitic, i reject completely, but clearly we do and we have accepted that. it might be, what the figures we have, you interviewed someone figures we have, you interviewed someone who took you through the figures last week. at 0.1% of our membership that seems to have been involved in some form of anti—semitism. tiny number but still anti—semitism. tiny number but still a problem. i don't want one anti—semite in our party. the headlines on bbc news: the man who married british is militant shamima begum tells the bbc he wants to return to the netherlands with her and their newborn baby. 8 lawyers who back brexit — seven of them conservative or democratic unionist mps — set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the deal. rescuers hope to resume their search for a british climber — missing on one of the world's highest mountains for nearly a week. sp

john mcdonnell claim government's application for england's industrial towns was really about securing theresa may's brexit agreement. at treasury questions, the chancellor was first pressed about the possible effects of brexit. but will the chancellor agree that the 1.6 billion set aside for towns is a pale imitation of the regional growth fund it set up under the coalition and would he therefore look at establishing a brexit redundancy fund of up to £7.5 billion to help the 750,000 people investment who stand to lose theirjobs in a no—deal scenario? well, as i have told the house many times before and i will elaborate more next week, in what i now think is the unlikely event of a no—deal exit, the government has both fiscal and monetary tools available to it to support the economy. but of course the likely shock would be on the supply side of the economy. and we would have to be careful in fiscal interventions that were made that they did not merely stimulate inflation. so if we were to find ourselves in that situation, we have the firepower and we have the clear intent to intervene

but the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says mr hammond should be using his influence in the cabinetexit is taken off the table. no doubt the chancellor will celebrate a falling government borrowing on wednesday. but ijust want him to ask and consider, at what cost? because the chancellor hasn't eliminated the deficit, he hasjust shifted it onto the shoulders of others. the deficits have been passed down to nhs managers, council leaders, head teachers, and police commissioners. local government is on its knees. child poverty is rising. children are being stabbed to death on our streets. 87 people a day, on the latest figures, are dying whilst waiting for social care. universal credit, sold to us as ‘making work pay‘, and rolled out in a way that is driving people to food banks and into poverty. we have had enough, i have had enough, and i believe so many others have as well. and it is time to call out those who are responsible. philip hammond was the shadow chief secretary of the treasury when george osborne devised this strategy. he is complicit in every cut, every closure, every pr

went back and looked and there was a man in his organization, the president of trump casino, john mcdonnellnald trump said racial things, didn't want african-american dealers dealing in the casino or african-american accountants. i went way back. it must be something that he picked up during his business times and his dealings in new york, but it is not acceptable while he sits in the oval office. >> do you think it was currying favor with people who are bigots? this whole thing about president obama not being american born, did he ever really think that? where did he get that idea from? >> he picks up on these conspiracy theories and he runs with them. that one, he wouldn't release that particular one until we forced him to do so during the campaign when he made that full announcement. we told him it was unacceptable. i personally had a conversation and said not only was it false but it was unacceptable to continue to attack this president who led this country so well, but he had no respect for obama and is continuing to try to dismantle barack obama's legacy currently. >> is that because

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell says a "post bank" could be run through the post office networkcess to face—to—face banking. other ideas outlined by mr mcdonnell include keeping rbs in public ownership when it returns to profitability and a national investment bank to support small businesses. let's hear what he had to say about why the focus is on post offices, rather than existing high—street banks. well, because the post offices are there, they are in good locations, they've developed a banking facility already. but this would be a real boost rocket to that. i think in some ways, on the figures that we've seen, a lot of towns are being held back in terms of their local economies because of the lack of borrowing and lending at the local efforts of small and medium enterprises. but also a lot of high streets are in decline. this would make sure that the high streets, first of all, they would have a banking facility back, many of them have lost that banking facility. i think it would include, really, a real contribution to make those high streets viable again. the headlines on b

i've got the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt, john mcdonnell the shadow chancellor and expect it secretaryidge. we also have a band to play us out. extremely exciting. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning. taking on a chilly challenge. we meet the man who's about to become the first disabled person to take part in the ice swimming world championships. that is astonishing! she coughs. you all right? apparently anything down to5 all right? apparently anything down to 5 degrees to zero degrees counts as ice swimming. we're on air on the news channel until 9:00 this morning. but right now it's time now to say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. hello, this is breakfast with tina daheley and rogerjohnson. it's 8.30am, here's a summary of this morning's main news. two leading brexiteers have said any delay to leaving the eu would be a "political calamity". the conservative mp steve baker and the dup's westminster leader nigel dodds say an extension to the negotiations would do "incalculable" harm to public trust in politics. this week the prime minister will ask the com

quickly on the vote of no—confidence, john mcdonnell the shadow chancellor says they are preserving thatso i think that theresa may is relatively safe at the moment. what could really do for her is if the cabinet comes forward and says, thank you so much but you need to make way for someone much but you need to make way for someone else. this is the men and women in grey suits, the grandees who say you can't go on. the one thing that totally unites the conservative party is the low opinion ofjeremy corbyn so whatever happens they will do their utmost to keep you out of office. we will probably get another confidence vote but as long as the dup are on side, the conservatives will be safe in power. interesting. thank you very much indeed. before the vote, the eu's chief negotiator told journalists that throughtout the negotiations there had never been any animosity between the eu and the uk, this is what he had to say. translation: brexit has no added value. it is a negative negotiation. we regret the decision taken by the majority of the uk citizens. and we respect it. for 18 months, ther

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said this is an obvious bribe by the government to get itse labour m ps towards is enough to help nudge some labour mps towards the government's deal. indeed, thank you very much. at least 23 people, some of them children, have died after tornadoes swept through the south east of america. at least two tornadoes struck in lee county in alabama, causing catastrophic damage, according to the county sheriff. the national weather service has recorded winds of up to 165 mph. will batchelor has more. it was the deadliest day for tornadoes in the united states in nearly two years. storms swept through the us states of alabama and georgia, cutting a path of destruction over 400 metres wide. winds of up to 165 mph destroyed homes, downing power lines, and shut down parts of a major highway. right up there, around 38, this whole area right here is pretty muchjust gone, you know? many people are being treated at local hospitals, with officials cautioning the death toll could rise. the damage is significant. i would put it in the category of catastrophic,

hour, our chief political correspondent vicki young has been speaking to the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnellgoing to accept that. it just constituency and nobody is going to accept that. itjust pushes people into corners. that is the first thing. on the policing issue, £80 million of new money, mps were getting up and saying, you have had 2.5 billion from the police, we have lost 20,000 jobs since this government has been in power. again, people are pretty angry that this was a small amount of money for dealing with a huge problem and the other issue was this was to deal with the issue around young people that are getting stabbed in the loss of life, there seems to be no understanding from philip hammond or the government, this is notjust about policing. it is in part but it is also about youth services being cut, school exclusions and also about housing as well where people are forced onto the streets. the social fabric of our country has been undermined by austerity for the last when last nine years on the government don't have a clue because they are cut off from the reality of what is go

john mcdonnell has said he believes labour's brexit could proposals could be passed in a number of weeksimately, the problem is it is time to decide, less than 20 days until we are scheduled to leave the eu and we haven't actually gone through a proper indicative vote process, which is needed to determine where the majority of opinion lies in the house of commons. you can rightly say that mark and me know what we don't like but we have to know where the majority of the house of commons is sitting on where we do like and there hasn't been a proper process for that and we will need an extension for that and we will need an extension even if the prime minister's deal goes through. and why are you shaking your head? know, ultimately what the house of commons once, although it is important, is subsidiary to what the people want. it was the people's decision. i have brought with me the booklet, i don't know how well it will come out on camera... the one that went through everybody‘s door three years ago, £9 million of taxpayer's money to try to persuade us to remain. it went to pretty much eve