but mr robertson, who i see as the never16 but mr robertson, who i see as the never 16 c —— has beenving. thanks to all colleagues and constituents of 17 yea rs of colleagues and constituents of 17 years of public life. it has spread an honour to serve as... will forward to new chopperjantjies —— new opportunities. my eyesight is not good enough to be to tell you what is in the letter. my colleagues will be going through it with a fine tooth comb to find out if they can find what is the background to his decision. it is somewhat unexpected. he says he regrets leaving and will obviously find out in the rest, and the rest of the day goes on, what makes have those regrets and the decision to go. in some ways it will bea decision to go. in some ways it will be a blow for his party. he has been such a prominent figure, he is one of its most formidable public speakers. he took over when alex almond stop being the party leader, became first minster at westminster. angus robertson, deputy leader of the snp, former mp for moray, stepping down from politics, it seems. a father whose three daug

scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon said the party owed mr robertson an enormous debt of gratitude lady gaga has cancelled the last ten dates of her european tour due to what she described as severe pain. the star has a condition called fibromyalgia, which can cause pain all over the body. just a warning, there's flash photography in richard forrest's report. last sunday, lady gaga was at the music industry's biggest night of the year, the grammys in los angeles, but since the middle ofjanuary, she's been in europe on the latest leg of herjoanne world tour. her last performance was in birmingham on thursday and she was due to be on stage at london's 02 on sunday night but then came the bombshell that the remaining european dates were being cancelled. in a statement, the tour organisers live nation said: lady gaga's devoted fans, or little monsters, were devastated. i did the first tour that got cancelled and i have no idea and booking flights and trains for hamburg and cologne and berlin and london and manchester. i saved money, all the years for is. i don't blame her but at the sa

scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, said the party owed mr robertson an enormous debt of gratitudeing hard to deliver the best deal for brexit after the tory mp jacob rees—mogg accused officials of fiddling the figures to try to keep britain in the customs union. mr rees—mogg, who was caught in a scuffle when protesters disrupted a meeting he was attending, told radio a's today programme that the forecasts made by the treasury before the referendum were clearly politcially motivated. with the referendum and the eu, the treasury has gone back to making forecasts. it was politically advantageous for them in the past. it's the same now. so yes, i do think they are fiddling the figures. syrian rebels say they shot down a russian fighter jet in north—western idlib province. moscow says the pilot ejected — but was killed in a ground fight. italy's prime minister has urged the country to reject hatred and violence — after african immigrants were injured in a drive—by shooting. president trump says a declassified memo vindicates him — and his campaign team — in the investigation into russi

mr. robertson, thanking him for contribution to the party.he central italian city of macerata. police say the attack appears to be racially motivated, with the shooter targeting african migrants — one man has been arrested. our rome corresponded is following developments. as far as we can tell from the local media and from the police, the gunman opened fire from his car in the city of macerata and he targeted a group of people who appeared to be migrants from africa. the gunman was able to continue going and continue firing against other groups of people. at that point, the authorities set out tweets telling people to stay indoors. the gunman was then arrested and as he was detained, there are reports that he gave a gesture which has been interpreted as a fascist salute. at the moment, the police will be wanting to interrogate him, to find out the exact motive for the attack. what is the background to this, james, because it is not the first attack there has been in macerata? no, a lot of people are looking at what happened earlier this week

mr. robertson, thanking him for contribution to the party.t—backed loans from high street lenders. thousands of suppliers were left unpaid, after the firm went into liquidation last month. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. britain‘s second biggest construction company collapsed three weeks ago leaving debts of almost £1 billion and a pensions deficit ofa similaramount. apart from those directly employed at carillion, thousands of smaller suppliers and contractors faced ruin due to unpaid debts. our main concerns are those payments are made. contractors and people‘s livelihoods of the main thing. this obviously impacted on them. now the government is providing guarantees to small firms worth £100 million through the state—backed british business bank. these will allow companies who lost money due to carillion get bank loans. but it also means taxpayers might be on the hook if someone defaults. additionally, the uk banking sector has promised to take the circumstances surrounding carillion into consideration if individuals face prob

mr. robertson, thanking him for contribution to the party.nhs. the event was organised by the people's assembly and health campaigns together. in response to the rally, the department of health and social care said they are aware the nhs is extremely busy and extra funding has already been allocated by the government. health workers, activists and union members spoke about the pressures on the nhs and the nursing profession in particular: i been told everything is fine when it's not. i know plenty of people who work in health who think it is already dead on its feet. and it won't last. i also, already dead on its feet. and it won't last. ialso, but already dead on its feet. and it won't last. i also, but those people refuse to let it go without a fight. nursing terms and conditions are consta ntly nursing terms and conditions are constantly being wound down. activity is up. it is killing the profession. if you are not careful, if we don't do something, we will not have a nursing profession maths. we need the money to put the resources in and

the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has paid tribute to mr robertson, thanking him for his contributionors have deliberately been splitting up groups of passengers in order to force them to pay extra for allocated seating. some people have complained that they've been victims of the policy and the caa says it won't hesitate to take action if necessary. our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma explained more about the review. if you book a flight on a budget airline, for example, you will be made to pay, sometimes, to sit with yourfamily and made to pay, sometimes, to sit with your family and friends when you go on holiday. so they are looking into whether the seating algorithms are deliberately done to make people pay extra. today, yougov, the pollsters, have released the results of a servicing that actually, ryanair passengers are more likely to complain of being separated. they have come out and said that the seating policy is very clear and they are happy to dissipate in a review. it cost two euros to allocate the seat that you want on ryanair. they allocate the seat that you wa

mr. robertson, thanking him for contribution to the party. fatal stabbing of a prisoner. khader saleh died on wednesday at wormwood scrubs prison in west london. ahmed khyre, kalif dibassey and enton marku, all in their early 20s, are due to appear in court next week. six migrants have been injured after a gunman opened fire from a car in the central italian city of macerata. police say the attack appears to be racially motivated, with the shooter targeting african migrants — one man has been arrested. our rome corresponded is following developments. as far as we can tell, the gunmen opened fire from his car ina the gunmen opened fire from his car in a city of macerata. you target a group of people who appeared to be migrants from africa. he was able to keep going, and the authorities felt the accent outreach telling you to stay indoors. the gunman was then arrested, and as he was detained, there are reports that he gave a gesture that has been interpreted as a fascist salute. at the moment, the police will be wanting to interrogate him, to f

mr. pat robertson. who actually knew saint valentine.y went to camp together when they were kids. [ laughter ] he may be old but he taught me something about what women of today really want this year. >> you know what the latest thing is today? it's not flowers. it's not candy. you know what the hottest new gift is? >> on valentine's day it's not flowers or candy? i can't imagine. >> chicken wings. >> no. >> barbecued chicken wings. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: no. no, it's not. is it possible he's confusing valentine's day with the super bowl? because that doesn't sound right. [ laughter ] from the white house this afternoon our president, donald jennifer trump -- [ laughter ] -- delivered a very special valentine's day message to america. >> i'm opposed to domestic violence and everybody here knows that. i am totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind. everyone knows that. and it almost wouldn't even have to be said. so now you hear it. but you all know it. thank you all very much. i appreciate it. >> jimmy: it

mr. president, please act. pat robertsonhere is no reason to sell these kind of assault-style weapons. is i'm seeing changes here. i think president deserves more credit than he is getting from the press for putting gun control or a whole panoply of issues, mental health and so on, arming teachers in schools, a lot in the press don't agree with that at top of media radar, at top of the national agenda, knowing will happen, it will be like every other shooting, we'll see. president trump changed the conversation here. he is taking political risk to do so. i think he deserves some credit for the press for holding televised meetings. stuart: at the meeting at the white house last week, that was a real break in the way these things are handled. howard, thanks for joining us as always. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: look at amazon, please. we say this almost every time we're on the air. it has captured almost half of online spending and the stock has just gone straight up. come on in please, author of the book, "revive, how to tra

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mr. mnuchin, it's nice to see you again. thank you for your service. this year we're working on a farm bill and chairman robertson and ranking member stabineau are writing the next farm bill. i notice your budget cut is $260 billion on top of a 15% cut in discretionary spending for usda and i am all for finding savings and the ag committee, you may not know this, was the only committee that actually got bipartisan savings in the last budget process, the last farm bill was projected to save $23 billion. the only committee that did its work the cbo tells us that that bipartisan work on behalf and fueled by the farmers and ranchers is now saving $100 billion. many farmers and ranchers are facing persistent drought ask fighting hard to keep their operations moving and i would like you to tell those farmers and ranchers about the proposed cuts when those guys already unlike anybody else already did their work last time. how are these proposed cuts going to help them? >> again, i'm not the expert on the farm area, and it's an important part of the economy and i look forward to working with you on these issues. well, ca