mr. davis: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor my friend, lliam deluge jr., a lifetime illinois who retired as pleasant view township clerk in april. william who is known to everyone as wampy, is a stable in the community. born and raised there, he has i retired as pleasant view always called blue mountain home. even from a young age he knew the importance of giving back to his community. in 1961 he started a small business by leasing and operating the standard gas station in town for nine years and the following 16 years he was co-ownor of the -- owner of the blue mountain furniture store. what's remarkable he spent nearly all his life in the service of others. not only is he a u.s. arm yvette ran, but wampy sat on the town board for four years, serving as village president for another four. he volunteered his time as a boy scott troop leader and actively involved in the church pantry since 1984. for the past 29 years citizens of blue month have ibrahimovic

mr. davis are said he could hear him reloading. as mr. vis was hiding under his desk as were several other people and described it as a terrifying experience. we're told by police the police response was incredibly rapid. they got to the scene within about 60 seconds, no later than 90 seconds from when the shooting started. one witness told cnn she was on lockdown at a distance not too far from the shooting. she saw police running in. some of them in their civilian clothes pulling their kevlar bull dlet proof vests on as they ran into the building. police credited with interrupting this attack. a very tragic incident here on thursday afternoon. five people dead. at least two people wounded. the shooter, we're told, has not been cooperating with police. we're told by one source they identified him from facial recognition software, at least initially. dave, christine? >> brian todd, thank you. conservative provocateur milo yanopolis joking when he recently called for shooting journalists. he sent a text message to a new york observer reporte

again, mr miller, and it director davis, thank you for joining us this evening. it is a pleasure to have you in our boardroom. thank you. >> okay. we will go back to our agenda. item two, any appointments to the advisor community for board members create seeing no appointments, we will go into section c. which is a consent calendar. i need a motion on the consent calendar. >> we do not have any public comment. any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent? >> no. >> any items your mood for first reading on the board? no. mr steele? no? >> no there are not. >> so, roll call bleak . [roll call] >> okay. our next item is the discussion and vote on the consent calendar for separate consideration and there were none tonight. there are proposals for action. we have two i terms this evening. one is a superintendent's proposal. this was moved and seconded on april 24th, 2018. can we get in a -- a report on the budget meeting? >> commissioner? >> on this item, the board moved this forward with a negative recommendation. >> thank you. >> the committee, not the boa

it could not want mr davies to go because of theirfears it could have not want mr davies to go because have thrown the whole brexit process into utter disarray. listen to the former brexit minister david jones on the today programme this morning. brexit minister david jones on the today programme this morninglj brexit minister david jones on the today programme this morning. i know he is unhappy with what is proposed at the moment. personally i hope he does fight his corner. and that there can be sensible policy going forward in the eu this week but we clearly need to get this resolved and we are arriving at quite a crucial moment. david davis has been methods that process began, he knows all the ins and outs of the negotiations so far. he is completely across his brief. therefore, it's essential that david davis stays in position. he has my support and i know he has the support and i know he has the support of a lot of my colleagues. if there is to be a compromise, does that mean we will see something written on paper in terms of a time limit on this backstop, which of course was the

are you going to resign, mr davies?retary has had a bust up with number ten about this, arguing the backstop needs an expiry date. at the moment everyone has a concern that these arrangements will continue indefinitely and i don't think that will be acceptable either to conservative mps or frankly to the wider country as a whole which voted to leave the european union and not to leave the european union and not to remain in some halfway house potentially for ever. with theresa may due to meet eu leaders at the end of the month, brexiteers have this advice for the prime minister. if your chief negotiator wants to have some kind of defined end to this process, if he's your chief negotiator you probably have to give it to him. the prime minister held talks with david davis this morning, and while they talked tory mps i was speaking to the clear this is a very edgy time. there is speculation about possible resignations, everybody on the tory entries knows the discussions going on now in westminster will shape the course of

mr. davis: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 29 printed in part a of house report 115-711, offered by mr. rodney dais of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from illinois, mr. rodney davis, and a member opposed, each will criminal five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: mr. chairman, i'd like to yield myself two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: mr. chairman, addressing the issue of aquatic invasive species has not always been one where all the great lake states have seen yie to yie. however this amendment reflects an agreement between myself, my good friend mr. mitchell, as well as our two states and our two governor. first, this amendment clarifies that the operation and maintenance of any project authorized subs quint to the chief's report for the rhodes study is done in an 80-20 federal--- for the plan don road study is d

mr. davis could hear him reloading as he was hiding under his desk and as were several other people and described it as a terrifying experience. and we are told the police response was rapid. within 60 seconds, no later than 90 seconds from when the shooting started. one witness said she was on lockdown not too far away from the shootk and she saw police running in their civilian clothes pulling their kevlar bulletproof vests on to the building and they were credited with disrupting this attack with five people dead and two people wounded. the shooter we're told has not been cooperating with police. we're told by one source they identified him from facial recognition software. at least initially. dave and christine. >> an attack on journalists and a newsroom and chilling for american democracy and "the washington post" saying, newspaper clings to its mission as a polarized nation minds for blame. searching around for who to blame. clearly this suspect has been charged with five counts of murder

mrs. davis. mrs. davis: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you-all for being here. while we have raised the issue of trade policies, i wonder if you could comment, i'm not trying to make this into a debate here in terms of trade, but what we mentioned a number of areas, particularly related to china. was it a real missed opportunity to have not moved forward on the transpacific partnership when it comes to national security? secretary griffin: i'm unable to offer you an opinion on that, ma'am. i'm sorry. i'm not familiar -- i just don't have the expertise to comment on transpacific partnership versus national security. mrs. davis: because, in many ways, maybe you like to comment, i think we lost that opportunity to have china be more disruptive when it comes to that. did you want to comment? mr. chewning: i agree with the undersecretary. it was not an issue we looked at specifically. i don't have any further comments. mrs. davis: maybe that's some of the problems. i think that we were aware that nat

will you give into mr davis' demands? difficult to kind of read mrs may.e view of many of mr davis' colleagues, this is days before parliament is to hold a series of critical votes, and if he was to leave it with your brexit up into the air. even if he is minded to walk out the door, therefore, a lot of his brexit colleagues want to strap him into the chair and say, no, you stay. don't go. thanks for that update, norman. let's get the rest of the day's nears. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary. good morning, thank you. the supreme court will today rule whether northern ireland's strict abortion laws are a breach of human rights legislation. unlike other parts of the uk, a termination is only permitted if there's a serious or permanent risk to a woman's health. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. chanting: we made history! last month, people in the republic of ireland voted overwhelmingly to repeal the eighth amendment of the irish constitution. here, abortion is now expected to be legalised up to the 12th week of pregnancy but i

mr davis, david davis, brexit secretariat in public battle with theresa may over brexit.ould we see david davis resigned tomorrow? finally! i was could we see david davis resigned tomorrow? finally! iwas thinking this might be the fifth time he's been suggested to resign. fifth time? there have been other occasions when there's been stories in the papers saying he's going to resign in all of this. he's fighting for the british pickle! —— british people. eventually somebody says, are you going to put up or shut? he does appear to be relatively close, although i was speaking to one source close to david davis earlier oi'i source close to david davis earlier on and they said no, he is not. he has made clear the next week, he is meeting michel barnier in brussels, so meeting michel barnier in brussels, so he said he was doing that, he was still planning on being brexit secretary. there are definitely tensions between him and number ten. numberten is tensions between him and number ten. number ten is ready to take control of the whole brexit process and him as brexit secretary

-- mr. davis? mr. dave thomas has bestowed on us. each day, we are exposed to the challenges that the san francisco bay throws at us, but he respects us, and he gives us a high level of mentorship, which i'm very, very happy for, given feedback to improve our weaknesses, and our rewarded for our respective assets. we learn new boat handling techniques with the bay here, if you guys have been out in the bay. we handle etiquette every single day. most of the captains have that behind them, but it's probably cost them a very, very high level number of years to experience that. without san francisco water taxi, i as well as my fellow entry level captains would be not in a position to have respectable partners request to work with us in order to gain initial experience and which i actually have. without mr. thomas, i would not have been able to advance my career, and so i'm very thankful for that. if you have not been out on a water taxi, i highly recommend it. and thank you for your time. >> thank you. is there any other public comment o

mr davis, maybe you can speak to that. >> those of you who know me tend to know i am really direct. i will say, i have been -- i want to be honest, superintendent has been very accessible. i think one of the things that we have talked about historically, is how do we -- because there are certain economies that have to go to school. how do we begin to figure out what are the things that we can actually push? it needs to happen. i just met with somebody today. what is great about that, is when schools have certain needs, they can cater to those certain needs. at the same time, as we think about what are the standards for some of our community-based organization partners, i don't know that you all can do that, but if we can think about how are we saying, what is the best way to support certain demographics, and how do we say these are the five things that people coming in to work with this population should all be capable of doing, or have gone through. what i am hoping to say is, you know, i've talked to reverend brown about this as well. what is the workshop, what is a training that

mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i will applaud former speaker pelosi for her consistency. she seems to uniformly supported the executive branch, ignoring subpoenas, perhaps destroying evidence and failing to comply with the rule of the house. with the subpoena being issued by the house with the important precedent of the constitution. so this really isn't about the russia investigation or the specifics of this case. mr. davidson: frankly, i find it appalling that attorney general sessions would ignore these activities in the department of justice. the reality is, this is a question of shall the executive branch comply with a legislative from the -- from the legislative branch. the content well, don't know what the contents are, they've been redacted, they're being withheld. this has gone on for a long time. if we are to keep our republic, the principle has to be resolved where the legislative branch being co-equal shall have act stose this information. not just a pri ledged few, not a few that keep it withheld from the rest of the body, but the whole body. since last year,

are you going to resign, mr davis? downing street was sweating. but the fortunes of the government itself. a nervous wait during nearly another hour of talks, but then david davis‘ team claimed victory. the document would, after all, include a date. with this crucial line... in other words, the brexit secretary had made the prime minister move. foreign secretary, isn't it a problem the cabinet have been bullying the prime minister in public? no mistake, it's anotherfudge, not a concrete commitment to anything. the smile on borisjohnson‘s face as he left after a long meeting suggests one thing, some senior brexiteers in government believe they have won. after today's very public power struggle, look who's sure he won. did you get what you want, david davis? david davis, taking his time, savouring the moment. even though by tomorrow, his advantage may seem hollow. i think it's particularly true of theresa may's government, that it does operate by collective responsibility. we do come to collective decisions. reporter: arguing in public? sometimes tha

are you going to resign, mr davis?ary has had a bust up with number ten about this, arguing that the backstop needs an expiry date. and cannot be open—ended. at the moment everyone has a concern that these arrangements will continue indefinitely and i don't think that will be acceptable either to conservative mps or frankly to the wider country as a whole which voted to leave the european union and not to remain in some halfway house, potentially for ever. with theresa may due to meet eu leaders again at the end of the month, brexiteers had this advice for the prime minister. if your chief negotiator wants to have some kind of defined end to this process, if he's your chief negotiator then you probably have to give it to him. the prime minister held talks with david davis for more than an hour here this morning. and while they talked, tory mps i was speaking to were clear this is a very edgy febrile time. there is speculation about possible resignations, everybody on the tory benches knows the discussions going on now

reporter: are you going to resign, mr davis? downing street was sweating. es of the government itself. a nervous wait during nearly another hour of talks, but then david davis's team claimed victory. the document would, after all, include a date. with this crucial line: in other words, the brexit secretary had made the prime minister move. foreign secretary, isn't it rather a problem the cabinet have been bullying the prime minister in public? no mistake, it's anotherfudge, not a concrete commitment to anything. the smile on borisjohnson‘s face as he left a long meeting suggests one thing. some senior brexiteers in government believe they have won. a police sergeant who led an elite unit in baltimore that went dramatically rogue has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. wayne earljenkins sobbed in court and apologised for robbing baltimore citizens, planting drugs on innocent people, and reselling seized drugs. andrew plant reports. hey, sarge! come downstairs real quick. a drug bust in baltimore, a small, elite team of officers breaking over open a safe, th

reporter: are you going to resign, mr davis? downing street was sweating. e fortunes of the government itself. a nervous wait during nearly another hour of talks, but then david davis' team claimed victory. the document would, after all, include a date. with this crucial line: in other words, the brexit secretary had made the prime minister move. foreign secretary, isn't it rather a problem the cabinet have been bullying the prime minister in public? no mistake, it's anotherfudge, not a concrete commitment to anything. the smile on borisjohnson‘s face as he left after a long meeting suggests one thing, some senior brexiteers in government believe they have won. after today's very public power struggle, look who's sure he won. laura kuenssberg reporting. our europe editor, katya adler, assesses the eu's reaction to the latest brexit shenanigans in london. this was a very big day for brexit. in the uk, that is. in the eu, it is seen in the uk, that is. in the eu, it is seen as a in the uk, that is. in the eu, it is seen as a limited step forward. it is signifi

oh i just have to ask mr davis that probably wasn't a reference to breakfast secretary david davis anyway breaks it is going swimmingly we are working to ensure that we can have our future customs arrangements in place on the first of january twenty twenty one corbin asked when the government would publish its promised breck's it plans when is the government's bricks white paper going to be published corben said it was supposed to come up before this month summit but for tourism many breaks it is not an issue at the summit the issue is declaring economic war on the hosts of this year's world cup it will be many issues that the european union leaders will be discussing at the g eight and european summit including the important issue of sanctions against russia to resume still not arguably understanding where germany's energy supplies come from but may had more on the war a war she said was breaking out in the labor party it's all very well but it's really pointing like that do you think she is members of the labor party circulating instruction manuals on how to tease so let alone the labor

mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i wish i could use that picture my colleagues had up because we're debating a solution to an issue that congresses for decades have not addressed. immigration is a difficult issue. it invokes strong feelings on both sides. it's an issue that's long overdue this vote today is important for showing the american people that we can govern. the president supports it because it's strong on border security. provides a permanent solution for the daca population. supports herries-based legal immigration. and it codifies the law to allow families to stay together. frankly, these are all issues i have heard republicans and democrats talk about fixing. i hope some of my friends on the other side of the aisle will vote for this bill and i think if we were in a different time, many would. but i'm not sure that's going to happen. that's why we need every republican to be with us. it's not an easy issue but we were elected to lead. by passing this bill which has the best chance of making it through t

reporter: are you going to resign, mr davis? downing street was sweating. al, but the fortunes of the government itself. a nervous wait during nearly another hour of talks, but then david davis's team claimed victory. the document would, after all, include a date, with this crucial line. in other words, the brexit secretary had made the prime minister move. foreign secretary, isn't it rather a problem that the cabinet have been bullying the prime minister in public? no mistake, it's anotherfudge, not a concrete commitment to anything. the smile on borisjohnson‘s face as he left a long meeting suggests one thing. some senior brexiteers in government believe they have won. borisjohnson, the boris johnson, the british borisjohnson, the british foreign secretary. he has warned his supporters that the brexit negotiations are reaching what he called a moment of truth and there's a risk they may not get the deal they wanted. in comments to a private dinner on wednesday night, which were secretly recorded and leaked, mrjohnson said he believed brexit was irreversibl

are you going to resign, mr davis? sta ke downing street was sweating, at stake this proposal and the fortunes of the government. a nervous wait during one hour of talks, but then david davis's team claimed victory, the document would after all include a date. but this crucial line, the uk expects the future arrangement to be in place by the end of december 20 21. in other words, the brexit secretary had made the prime minister move. foreign secretary, is it not rather a problem that cabinet have been bullying the prime minister in public? no mistake, it is another mistake, not a concrete commitment to anything. the smile of boris johnson's face as he left a long meeting suggests one thing, senior brexiteers and governments believe they have won. after today's very public power struggle, look who is sure he has won. david davis taking his time, savouring the moment, even though by tomorrow, his advantage may seem hollow. i think it is true that theresa may's government does operate by collective responsibility, we do co

oh i just have to ask mr davis that probably wasn't a reference to breakfast secretary david davis anyway breaks it is going swimmingly we are working to ensure that we can have our future customs arrangements in place on the first of january twenty twenty one who'll be the last when the government would publish its promised breck's it plans when is the government's bricks white paper going to be published corben said it was supposed to come up before this month's e.u. summit but for tourism many breaks it is not an issue at the summit the issue is declaring economic war on the hosts of this year's world cup it will be many issues that the european union leaders will be discussing at the june european summit including the important issue of sanctions against russia to resume still not arguably understanding where germany's energy supplies come from but may had more on the war a war she said was breaking out in the labor party it's all very well but it's really pointing like that. is members of the labor party circulating instruction manuals on how to tease so let all the ladies i called i

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nadler: i now yield 1 1/2 minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from california, mrs. davis. mrs. davis: mr. speaker, yesterday, i led my colleagues in a letter to secretary nielsen asking about plans to reyou nye file the thousands of chirns separated. neither the president's executive order nor the bills before us address the crises facing these children. the american people deserve to know how and when the detained children will be returned to their parents. what is the plan to reunite children with their loved ones? what are the agencies doing to ensure this reunification? are they guaranteeing that family members that come forward will not be at risk of deportation themselves? shouldn't these questions be at the heart of any legislation we consider? otherwise, it becomes a priority to build a wall instead of solving these overriding humanitarian crises. this administration continues to create problems and then crambles to shift blame after public outcries. we saw it with the muslim ban. we saw it with daca. and now these children are the latest victims. this congress should ha

johnson, base tonight behavior of mr. davis yesterday, would you say that cabinet disagreements, cabinet egos, differing viewpoints in the british cap net are standing in the way of these negotiations >> it's clearly a divided cabinet at the moment. the prime minister has quite a job to do in keeping it all together and keeping the show on the road i think myself, and that's what our report that we just produced focuses on, is that there has been too much emphasis on the day-to-day title tatele and not enough on the long-term relationship between the eu and uk after we leave, assuming we do in march of next year that seems to ask now to be the issue we need to focus on. what is our relationship going to be? what is the trading relationship going to be? what is the foreign security policy going to be that will matter for the next five, ten, 15, 20 years, not just what is happening in parliament today and next week important though, as that clearly is >> the report out this morning says now is the time for both sides on brexit to

[laughter] >> mr. davis, you are a senior and supposedly cerebral member of the house. [laughter] in a leap year, anyway. [laughter] you must attempt to recover your composure, i am worried about you and for you. >> on the brexit negotiations, i might remind the honorable gentleman that before december, labor cast doubt on whether we would get a joint report. cast out on whether they got implementation and we did. i wanted to respond to the comment that the honorable gentleman made about the important subject of providing those who were the victims of the grenfell tower fire with permanent house homes. clear, that i can make 203 households were in need of a new me. every household has received an offer of permanent accommodation. 183 have accepted an offer of a permanent home. i just wanted to say this, it isn't just about the building, it is not just about the bricks and mortar of a home, people who suffered that night are having to rebuild their lives. many of them lost somebody, members of the family, which they have been making a home with four years. they lost thei

mr. davis is outside right now, he said, i don't know why the shooter suddenly stopped. police arrived to your reports quickly, and surrounded the shooter. they are not elaborate anything more, they are engaging with shooter to understand his motive. reporter: they are that is really the big open question right this minute, who is this person? why did he do this? what is the motive? is it a disgruntled employee? there are a mediad of -- myriad of po positivebilities, as of te moment, it say lone shooter. that is what the county sheriff and the county executive, information they shared in the speech, we heard from the acting chief of police, and heard from state's attorney prosecutor. saying, we can't say anything we're still interrogating the suspect. we heard from the mayor as well. are all of whom are sharing information with a heavy dose of caution they don't vice president to have walk back. but it is clear we have no idea what the motive is right now it makes me think of that shooting a few months back we had we talked about you had a shooter going into a alphabet g

this gentleman, mr. davis, heard the gunman reload. and we're also told the gunman himself, ramos, tried to evade officers when they interrupted this attack. he was found hiding under a desk himself elsewhere in the building. >> ms. lipinski's account, the wife, he was accounting and all these accounts just horrific. i want to bring in phil mudd and a former fbi agent. good evening to both of you. you heard shimon talk about the latest on the investigation. where do you think this is going? >> i'm sitting here thinking it's 7:15 a.m., but we would be sitting back talking with robert mueller, a couple different elements we would be talking about. the media is talking about motive. i don't think that would be primary in the investigation right now. it's a key question, but there's a couple of other questions. number one, are we sure we have pattern of life on this individual himself, now we know who he is. facebook, travel, credit cards, he has a vehicle. for a couple of reasons. did anybody participate with him? that's a criminal invest

a breakfast meeting is scheduled to take place between mr davis and the eu chief negotiator michel barnieresa may ahead of a crucial series of house of commons votes on the brexit bill, following threats of a revolt by pro—remain mps. this programme has been told that deaf patients are missing out on key operations and receiving poor treatment because of a lack of face—to face interpreters. the department of health and social care says it's "unacceptable if deaf patients are not receiving the support they need to access care". some hospitals have started using video interpreting services — but one patient — jeff parfitt — who is undergoing treatment for cancer, says it's unreliable. i was, like, fine go ahead. so i've got this interpreter on the ipad, seems okay, but the sound wasn't working. a woman who was sexually abused as a child by her stepfather is challenging a law which means she cannot receive compensation, because they lived in the same house. the victim was abused by her stepfather between the ages of four and 16. in 2012 her stepfather was jailed for the offences, but under th

are you going to resign, mr davis? downing street was sweating. not just this proposal, but the fortunes of the government itself. a nervous wait during nearly another hour of talks, but then david davis's team claimed victory — the document would, after all, include a date. with this crucial line, the uk expects the future arrangement to be in place by the end of december 2021. in other words, the brexit secretary had made the prime minister move. foreign secretary, isn't it rather a problem that the cabinet have been bullying the prime minister in public? no mistake, it's anotherfudge, not a concrete commitment to anything. the smile on borisjohnson's face as he left a long meeting suggests one thing — some senior brexiteers in government believe they have won. after today's very public power struggle, look who's sure he's won. david davis taking his time, savouring the moment, even though by tomorrow, his advantage may seem hollow. i think it's particularly true of theresa may's government that it does operate by collective responsibility, we do

mr davis, did you force the prime minister's hand this morning?lso tonight: it's in, out, shake it all about for the brexit secretary as he tries to lean on downing street. the brexiteers aren't happy. what, if anything, does it mean for the country? and as the human rights case to legalise abortion in northern ireland fails on a technicality, we go inside the reform campaign. you see thousands of people on the streets in northern ireland saying, we want abortion rights now. they are not going to be able to ignore it. hello. benjamin netanyahu has been israel's prime minister for a total of 12 years and never has his influence over world affairs been more significant. he's been on a european tour this week. germany, france, the uk — the e3, you can call them, and these are the countries with whom he has a lot of disagreements, notably iran — whether the deal by which it restrains its nuclear programme in return for lifting of sanctions is a good one. also, israel's aspiration to make jerusalem its capital and the shooting of palestinian demonstrat

are you going to resign, mr davis?t this, arguing the backstop needs an expiry date. and cannot be open—ended. at the moment everyone has a concern that these arrangements will continue indefinitely and i don't think that will be acceptable either to conservative mps or frankly to the wider country as a whole which voted to leave the european union and not to remain in some halfway house, potentially for ever. with theresa may due to meet eu leaders again at the end of the month, brexiteers have this advice for the prime minister. if your chief negotiator wants to have some kind of defined end to this process, if he's your chief negotiator you probably have to give it to him. the prime minister held talks with david davis for more than an hour this morning. and while they talked, tory mps i was speaking to were clear this is a very edgy time. there is speculation about possible resignations, everybody on the tory side knows the discussions going on now in westminster will shape the course of brexit. the prime minister

are you going to resign, mr davis? downing street was sweating. ment itself. a nervous wait during nearly another hour of talks, but then david davis's team claimed victory — the document would, after all, include a date. with this crucial line — the uk expects the future arrangement to be in place by the end of december 2021. in other words, the brexit secretary had made the prime minister move. foreign secretary, isn't it rather a problem that the cabinet have been bullying the prime minister in public? no mistake, it's anotherfudge, not a concrete commitment to anything. the smile on borisjohnson's face as he left a long meeting suggests one thing, some senior brexiteers in government believe they have won. after today's very public power struggle, look who's sure he's won. at the heart of the current crisis is the border between the republic of ireland — which is in the eu — and northern ireland which is leaving the eu along with the rest of the uk. the uk wants to leave the eu's customs union — but it doesn't want a hard border which would int

[laughter] [applause] [laughter] mr. davis, you are a senior member of the house. >> before december i want to talk about the important subject of the tower fire just so that i can make clear to the house 203 households were in need of new homes that every househo has ceived an offer of temporary or permanent compensation for 183 have accepted an offer of a permanent home, but i just wanted to say this because it isn't just about the building. it's not just about the brick and mortar of the home. people who suffered that night are having to rebuild their lives. many of them lost members of the families with whom they had been living in making a home for years. they lost all their possessions. they lost their mementos said they lost anything that reminds them of the person they loved. when they move into that new home they will be restarting their life and i wanted to pay tribute to all the victims of the tower fire for the strength and dignity they have shown. >> mr. speaker, i to pay tribute to the families for all they've be