bale, a professor of politics, the queen mary university of london, whether that was actually mr. johnston is decision to make sure it's part of the course that happens in the case of touch with over it happened when a from to reason. i say that is the, the question is whether concerns you can trust them to act as a kind of can take a prime minister while they conduct a concept ok. taker is someone who you would expect to do and say pretty much nothing. and just keep the ship of state float lawrence johnson doesn't really mean idea candidate for that. right. so in this interregnum well, there is a conservative leadership, a challenge. i know that the run is arrives sorted out. we presume that this is going to take what a couple of months to finally sort out. yes, because there are 2 stages that the m p 's 1st have a series of a nation balance. they come up with 2 people who then go forward to the entire membership in the country. now bring i would a thought something like a $150000.00 people. so yes, the 1st stage would be conducting fairly quickly, probably by the end of this month. but i

quite the end because we still don't know sitting here this afternoon, are quite exactly what mr. johnston's plans are for the next 2 or 3 months. we know he intends to stay on effectively and i can take a role in his own position as p. m. but we don't really know where the conservative party is going to move against him and try to bring about quicker demise. a quick exit from down the street, but as to your point about a chaotic period, i think this has been an exceptionally chaotic period. unfortunately, having followed the fortunes of the conservative party for very many years now, it does have a guy that has been prone to these periods of self reflection and, and certainly just to one side and then have the well, the fractious leadership election processes. but i have to say, having really observed very many of them sent me the last that he is this, this one is right out. the air is being one of the most remarkable, and we haven't even gotten when you get closer yet. timbo, in east 12 things seem to be happening simultaneously. here one is boris johnson, buying himself some time by takin

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mr. johnston. >> thank you, so much, thank you for yielding. i'll bring this home. i think i'm the last on the republican side. i don't want to upstage him. there's been a lot of alarmist rhetoric today, the really has. i'm just asking miss sarah warbelow, something you said later struck me. you lamented the deal done in documents, and rip expressed disdain for the founders who drafted, then that's how it was received, i'm not sure if that what you intended. are you aware, or would you agree that america is indeed the most successful, most powerful, and free nation in history the world? >> i would agree that america is a critically important country, one i love. it's made mistakes, and it continues to make mistakes. as americans we need to come together to correct those mistakes. i apologize if white you took away was a critique of our founders. my critique is that the founders were not representative of the people of the united states. >> sure, -- they did acknowledge that we are in the process of making a more perfect union. and the idea that we're not the most ex

mrs pleaded with johnson to step down again. the prime minister refused her with a policy committee will decide on monday whether a 2nd confidence vote will be scheduled if it goes ahead. johnston will likely soon be out of number 10, whether he wants to be or not. okay, well i'm now joined by journalist josh bloom, who's standing by 1st in london. josh, good to see you. and now we're just having some a breaking news coming in. we're not sure quite just yet and but can you give us the latest? sure. we have multiple calls coming in now that the us johnson today will resign is prime and stuff that hasn't been confirmed officially. and we're getting a set of multiple independent records or is johnson decided he can no longer continue. and the lights today, he will resign the state and county bank. all right, well i think if you will be keeping you all up to date on that as it comes in, we've already seen more than 50 lawmakers stepping down in the recent hours and days. where do we go from here? if he does step down and the tories could they end up, is there anyone sort of who could possibly is in the running more so than others to take over? well, i think the most interesting thi

johnston, and jim jordan, they actually called the bill unnecessary. and superfluous. this is how congressman jason david cicilline, one of the co-sponsors of the marriage bill responded. >> and to mr. jordan's suggestion that this is not necessary, tell that to the millions of lgbtq families that are worried about the supreme court's intention to rip away more freedoms. they've taken away the freedom to reproductive care, they've hinted at takeaway contraceptive. justice thomas urgings look at marriage equality. this is real for families. >> and there is more coming tomorrow. the house judiciary committee will mark off a bill that will ban assault weapons, for the first time since the federal assault weapons ban expired back in 2004. if that bill passes committee, it can go to the house floor. so in this moment, with many items on the democratic agenda, stymied in congress, there are plenty of questions about what dems can do and should do with the limited power they have to get things fast. this weeks we are seeing democrats and congress pushing to do something. one of the leading democrats involved in putting these bills on the floor and putting republicans on the record, on the