lorna,it lorna, it was a lively session of first minister ‘s question.ffectively rehearsing their arguments for the election campaign ahead? yes, rehearsing their arguments that we will hear again and again i think over the next seven weeks. there's a protest outside parliament this afternoon over reforms to child tax credits. that was one of the main issues at the start of first minister's questions to date. they we re minister's questions to date. they were noisy exchanges over that issue but what you did really get was a sense of the election issues ahead. nicola sturgeon saying again and again that it was her impression and opinion that only the snp can protect scotland from what she described as an increasingly hardline conservative government. the conservatives are the main opposition here at holyrood. their leader, ruth davidson, but her part saying that nicola sturgeon‘s best intervention in this election has been to put mr corbyn in pole position to become prime minister. that of course dipping a nod towards the comments yesterday from nicola st

i'm with one of them right now, lorna, she is from an indigenous tribe out of manitoba alberta. what brought you out here today? >> what brought me out here was we're fighting line three in minnesota, the sandpiper, also fighting the kxl. i'm here with my family and my sister i believe is out on the with west coast. >> lorna, the administration says that they can drill for resources that they desperately need without hurting the environment. do you believe them and what do you say to that? >> not one bit. they've had over 800 spills and it's not going to work out. >> all right. lorna, thanks very much for talking to us and good luck. >> thank you. >> so wolf, tens of thousands of people here. we are at 12th street and pennsylvania avenue. a few more blocks to go to the white house. lots of chanting. signs, slogans. one of the most colorful protests i've had the pleasure of covering. our photo journalist walter is showing you down the street on pennsylvania avenue here. just a lot of energy here on the street, wolf. they really want to call attention to climate change as well. th

lorna gordon in scotland.han 100 jobs in scotland because of concerns over brexit. that news has just come the green party has launched what it calls its "boldest" election campaign ever. the party set out its goals in bristol, where it hopes to take the bristol west seat from labour with current mep molly scott—cato. it set out its vision for young people, and also called for the voting age to be lowered to 16. co—leader caroline lucas, the party's only mp, said the greens would continue to tackle brexit, the environment and affordable housing. if you're a young person trying to get your foot on the housing ladder, especially in a place like bristol or brighton, it is a nightmare. we need to have genuinely affordable housing, notjust a government that changes the definition of that. we know it is not delivering. the need for the green party has never been greater. if you want to cast a vote that is opposed to an extreme brexit, that is standing up for a real investment in public services and a more equal soci

and the president plans to spend easter holiday in lorna and will return to the white house on sunday -- holiday in florida and will return to the white house on sunday. we get day 81 and the president's administration. we have done so many great wings, including -- great things, including confirm a supreme court justice, rollback more regulations that any president in modern times, rollback the obama era war on coal and natural gas. we see homebuilder manufacturing confidence. a 12% gain in the stock market. we have seen a real resurgence in the mining industry. we produced illegal border crossings by 60% to the lowest level in nearly two decades in a permitted historic ethics reforms, including a five year n.bbying ba i will take your questions. it ok to bombis the syria and not help the refugees? what is the administration's reply to russia saying we are running the risk of a real war in the middle east? sean: the reason we took action was multifold. stop proliferation in deterrence to chemical weapons. when you see weapons of destruction being used, to should be a concern to every

i think it was coming out of lorna, some of the legislation proposed. >> i think about highly performing pass-through entities we have seen that are effectively being taxed right , a at 50 plus percent marginal rate in terms of income. with federal, local and state. then obama incremental taxes to that. what is the stimulative effect on the economy in employment for any of those firms if you suddenly eliminated 15 points of their tax. that is not trivial for anyone in the context of employment growth and investment and opportunity. get 20%?be ok to you would have thousands of people jumping up and down saying that would be unbelievably positive to the economy. all at once? is it 100%? i doubt it, but there are a series of steps you could take incrementally to make demonstrable progress forward. side, i'mpolitical trying to think about the democratic point of view looking at the rhetoric of we have to cut spending, but donald trump wants nothing to do with cutting social security and medicare which is where the bulk of the debt driven spending is going to occur. there's been a real focus

but first our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in glasgow.land first minister nicola sturgeon, who has called it one of the most extraordinary u—turns in recent political history. she has. she was sharing her weekly cabinet meeting this morning behind me, that took place before theresa may made her statement but we are told nicola sturgeon was watching as she announced her decision to call a snap general election. she said that this was a huge political miscarriage elation on the part of theresa may and it showed —— miscalculation on the part of theresa may and it showed that she was putting the interests of her party ahead of those of her country. you can see how the debate will be framed in scotland, the snp saying this will be a chance to reject the narrow divisive policies as they see it of the conservatives, the snp wa nt 56 it of the conservatives, the snp want 56 out —— they won 56 seat out of 59 in the last election, they will be hoping to repeat that this time. all of the parties will be scrabbling to find candidates quickly with an

host: next up from lorna, texas, linda on the democrats line. caller: hi. one of the problems with religious liberty cases is that is like a small amount of oil on a piece of paper -- it lands small and spreads all over the paper. i have a problem as a taxpayer with these churches getting taxpayers' money because it gives them a license to discriminate with that taxpayer money. youexample, as a homeowner, buy up the small strips and put churches, church activities in those malls, you buy up land and put churches on the land, and taxpayers, homeowners, have to pay higher taxes as a result of that because you take up the land. you get a break on your water, you get a break on your electricity, you get a break on the part apartment, you don't have to pay for the roads to be surfaced, you have to pay for the parks that you use my you know, you take advantage of all , and you want more and more and more. on the other hand, you want to discriminate. that is the main complaint that i have against you is your discrimination. and the church in this case would say it

scotland's voice is heard, and that scotland has protection against the tories. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna holyrood. she said each party was effectively practicing their pitch for the election campaign ahead. rehearsing the argument we will hear again and again, i think, over the next seven weeks. there is a protest outside parliament this afternoon over reforms to child tax credit. that was one of the main issues at the start of first minister's questions today. there were noisy exchanges over that issue. but what you did really get was a sense of the election issues ahead. nicola sturgeon saying again and again that it is her opinion that only the snp can protect scotland from what she described as an increasingly hardline conservative government. the conservatives are the main opposition here at holyrood, their leader ruth davidson, for her part, saying nicola sturgeon's first intervention in this election has been to put mr corbyn in pole position to become prime minister. that, of course, nodding towards comments yesterday from nicola sturgeon that she would be prepared to support a p

it would be a disaster doubt care, not only in lorna, but across the country, but particularly in florida because we have a high number of uninsured individuals, especially in miami-dade and broward counties. part of that has gone down since the affordable care act care act was passed. because we have not expanded medicaid and people can still not access the care they need -- i think it is particularly troubling. very, very appreciated if representative deutch's efforts. when we see a group of men deciding behind closed doors what to include in the bill, like taking away birth control to prevent unintended pregnancies and going back to when being a woman was a pre-existing condition is troubling. two months ago we saw the biggest marches in this country that we have seen in decades. in tallahassee we had 1400 people in the streets. who was a part of those marches? [applause] we need to continue that work, because we will not go back to when people did not have access to coverage, when being a woman was a pre-existing condition. we know we can make it better, and i am really happy to be he

our correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh.y a vote in the scottish parliament if you weeks ago. interesting, angus robinson, the snp's leader also making some interesting comments on that debate, he was honing in on those arguments over a television debate, and whether or not it should involve the prime minister. they obviously sense a little bit of weakness there. he was saying that the prime minister theresa may's sis —— position is not sustainable and the public deserves debate. he says the prime minister wa nts debate. he says the prime minister wants unity and argues intends to do that by trying to crush the opposition. that, though, feels unlikely here in scotland, where the snp is the dominant force. remember they got 56 mps at the last general election, all but three of the seats here in scotland, labour, the liberal democrats and the conservatives, won one seat each. they may fancy their chances, the liberal democrats, perhaps in a few seats, the conservatives appear to be quite helpful in what they call a clutch of s

will be speaking to out correspondents in belfast and cardiff but first, our scotland correspondent, lorna of course, was nicola sturgeon. yes, and she responded extremely robofly. she called this a huge political miscalculation on the part of theresa may. she argued that mrs may was putting her party ahead of her country, and there are very complex politics at play here in scotland. it feels like this is yet another unforeseen moved in a very complex three—dimensional game of political chess that is underway, because what will be at play here are our domestic policies, yes, brexit, yes, but also bubbling away in the background that question of a second independence referendum. theresa may touched on it on her comments this morning, think this is about certainty and stability. she said she would be campaigning for the future of the united kingdom. ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, also highlighting that they will use this as an opportunity to voice their opposition to a second vote on independence. i was speaking to ruth davidson just a few moments ago and she was fe

joining us now from holyrood is our scotland correspondent lorna gordon.nts going forward. the snp will be saying they'll all about standing up for scotland, alex salmond, their former leader, says they will be opposing what he calls the hard right agenda of the conservatives they would argue that a strong showing for them would reinforce their calls for a second independence referendum. that is not an issue theresa may is shying away from either. she has written an article for the scotsman newspaper this morning saying a general election would be a vote on scottish independence, a chance to make the case for the united kingdom. there has been some speculation that the prounion parties may step aside in certain constituencies to give a stronger prounion vote. i think though that feels very unlikely at this point, it would be some short—term gain for some possible long—term pain. it is going to be fascinating the next few weeks. we will have plenty more reaction. we have spoken to tim farron, the liberal democrat leader, we will be speaking to the shadow ch

0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in edinburgh. we have heard from nicola sturgeon here.don in the last few minutes, nicola sturgeon, first minister and leader of the snp, saying her party plans to fight for each and every seat in scotland. remember, they are dominant in scottish politics, and at the last election day 156 out of the 59 constituencies in scotland. —— they w011 constituencies in scotland. —— they won 56 out of 59 seats. those three they did not win in the last election they will have a good go at this time around. she said that if the parliamentary arithmetic was such, she would seek to be part of a progressive alliance, but does not think, she added, that labour will be in think, she added, that labour will beina think, she added, that labour will be in a position to bomb a government. you see how the narrative is going to develop going forward , narrative is going to develop going forward, with nicola sturgeon arguing the snp are the party that are going to be standing up for scotland. you also see that, yes, independence is going to be a big pa rt indepe

to alistair carmichael, liberal democrat for 0rkney and shetland — the lib dems —— let's speak to lornahe dominant force in scottish politics, they have the rump of the seats with a won 56 seats in the last general election, all but three of scotland's constituencies. their big challenge this time around is to repeat that phenomenal success. you can see they are positioning already, the snp saying they are the party to stand up for scotland. alex salmond, theirformer party to stand up for scotland. alex salmond, their former leader, arguing this is all about opposing what he calls the hard right agenda of the conservatives. yes, they will argue that a strong showing would reinforce their calls for a second independence referendum. that referendum also a topic of, session among the unionist parties. theresa may in an article in the scotsman this morning explicitly dealing with what she sees as a challenge and saying this is a chance to stand up for the united kingdom. saying it would send a vote for the conservatives, a clear message of opposition to what she calls the sn people's bank d