mr. smith: thank you,. mr. conaway. mr. conaway: -- mr. smith: mr. lamborn. mr. lamborn: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, both, for being here. i was on the border a week ago today in the brownsville, mcallen area, and talking to the people there, they would have a good plan what they would like to do if given more assets, more money, more resources. my first hope is we as a congress will give homeland security more of what they need. they have a well-defined plan how they could put that to use. but if that doesn't happen, the president will have the choice he will have to make of declaring a national emergency and then using money from somewhere to build some kind of barrier. and my hope -- mr. rood, i'll give it to you -- maybe you can't give me a definitive and final answer. my hope would be emergency money for that purpose would come from emergency money from another purpose and we'd have to replenish that later like disaster relief. i hate to see that happen but that would be the best possible alternative i could think of especially compared to taking mon

mr. critz smith. -- know, i am a father of mr. critz smith. you know, i am a father of three. extraordinary gift, as mr. fortenberry said, women are gifts, the children they carry within them are gifts. why don't we appreciate them more? i often tell kids that children are the only thing god can make adults with. if we don't give him a ready supply you'll run out. they always chuckle. they are created in the image of almighty god. look to the bible in jeremiah 1 and you see the quote, before i formed you in the womb, i knew you. before you were born, i set you apart. i appointed you as a prophet to the nations. end quote. children are known by god when they're in the womb of the mother. it's just that simple. and our great nation has carried respect for life from the very moment of our founding. our forefathers noted we are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. you heard ms. virginia foxx talk about that. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is promised to each us in our constitution, in our declaration of independence, not given to us by the constituti

mr. smith. ms. chu: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. chu: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. chu: i rise in support of h.r. 430, the tanf extension act of 2019. this bipartisan legislation would extend the temporary assistance for needy families cces m as tan of or through june 30, 2019. due to the stale mate in budget negotiations, the funding lapsed at the end of 2018. enacting this legislation will allow the department of health and human services to send states, trips and territories grants for the second quarter of the second year which are late and make payments. states depend on federal tanf to help level the playing field for people struggling. these grants help pay for important programs such as child care, transportation and child car

cinema, mr. smith, ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan mr. chester, mr. mr. mr. toomey, mr. you doll, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, ms. warren, mr. white house, mr. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. young -- >> mr. pence: senate will be in order. a quorum is present under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved and the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak their -- for up to ten minutes each. t >> sen. mcconnell: i ask if we. >> the presiding officer: with s-res. 1. >> informing the president of the united states that a quorum of each house is assembled. >> is there an objection to the measure? >> the senate will. >> the presiding officer: to the measure. >> the resolution be agreed to, and laid upon there the table with no intervening action or debate. >> without objection. pursuant to senate resolution one, the chair appoints the senator from kentucky, and the senator from new york as a committee to join the committee on the part of the house of representatives to wait upon the preside

trip to the world economic forum in davos, snd that is where sally bundock has been speaking to mr smithit is an unusual action. it is not an action that us governments are typically taking. as with a lot of different things, we will see how it turns out. we will not know until the movies over whether the plot made sense. how do you feel this impasse is being handled between the republicans and the democrats on money for the wall? 800,000 federal employees have not had paid for a long time, is this notjust embarrassing? it is embarrassing. as an american, we need a government thatis an american, we need a government that is open. for many years in the united states, we are called, talk about having a government that helps. i guess now it is won a government that is open. we need people to be paid, these are the people to be paid, these are the people who are responsible for keeping our airports safe, for ensuring that new products are approved to go to the market, the fundamentally supporting our society asa fundamentally supporting our society as a whole. it takes two to reach an agreem

goes to "the washington post," how do you mean. >> mr. smithsical movie. he comes to washington with ideas and ideals and he has a struggle but in the end he sticks by his principles and prevails. this story of cliff simms is much more realistic. he comes here with ideas and ideals and runs into conflict with other people with different ideas and different ideals and in the end, he finds himself swamped and then ejected from exactly the kind of situation that he was trying to get in to, disillusioned and sorry the president didn't do more to save him in the end. >> thank you so much, ron, for coming on and we're laying some of the stories about some of the so-called vipers, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> and stay with me. new details still coming in on how the white house is planning for the state of the union a week from today even though speaker pelosi still wants to postpone it and next, are white house press briefings officially dead? what cnn is learning about a prolonged power struggle within the white house communication team and w

mr. chris smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize. mr. smith: i want to thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. engel, the new chairman, i want to thank him as well. representative schneider, thank you for being the original co-sponsor. we have 86 co-sponsors and even in this congress we have gotten up to 80 co-sponsors . it shows we can reach across the aisle and fight this pernicious evil called anti-semitism. in 2004, mr. speaker, i offered the provisions of law that created and required this position in the office at the state department. h.r. 221 upgrades and strengthens the position to better anticipate, prevent, and mitigate and respond to threats against jewish communities worldwide. h.r. 221 elevates the special envoy to the rank of ambassador, reporting directly to the secretary of state. this would enable sufficient seniority and access inside the u.s. government and when engaging foreign governments. the bill requires the president to nominate a candidate no later than 90 days and all the presidents from bush to obama and now sad

daniel's report is absolutely devastating what's happened in broome and genial who's responsible mr smith is.

palmer, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, and the members of the california delegation, ms. waters, mr. calvert, ms. eshoo, ms. roybal-allard, ms. lofgren, r. sherman, ms. lee, ms. neap, mr. thompson, mrs. davis, mr. schiff, mr. nunes, ms. sanchez, mr. costa, ms. matsui, mr. mcnerney, ms. speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock, ms. hu, mr. garamendi, ms. bass, mr. bera, ms. brownley, mr. cardenas, mr. cook, mr. huffman, mr. lamalfa, mr. lowenthal, mr. peters, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mr. takano, . vargas, mr. aguilar, mr. desauliner, mr. lieu, ms. torres, ms. barragan, mr. carbajal, mr. correa, mr. khanna, mr. panetta, mr. gomez, mr. sneros, mr. cox, harder, ms. hill, ms. porter, mr. rouda. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> nancy pelosi getting 220 votes to return as speaker of the house and speaker for the 1/16 congress. molly reynolds, senior fellow with the brookings institution. the will announce her presence momentarily with a big california delegation. what happens next, in terms of what we hear from speaker elect pelosi

on this one toppling mannish and titian here to randomly take his tests crime scene check to see mr smith gets. the most don't reckon with him detective superintendent const cannot. be revolutionizes firings of procedures and discussions and extensive records system laying the foundations for modern police works just fine identification it's was doing back then was basically the same as today's coastline is an attempt to replace metropolis of crime. starts january twenty ninth speaking at all t w. m d. s us president donald trump said he would do a quote alternative event to the traditional state of the union address before the us congress house of representatives speaker nancy pelosi had announced that her chamber would not sign off on the annual speech during the partial government shutdown trump called the decision a scrape. invent its way low opposition leader one guede zero has declared himself the country's interim president and has.

mr. smith: i i think it's very clear to reopen the government for three weeks and debate border security. this is what people have to keep in mind this is a relatively new crisis in president trump's mind. president trump submitted his budget request, 2019, back in february. 2018. the house and the senate both passed his budget request. i think there was $1.6 billion for some sort of barrier in there. then all of a sudden after the democrats won in november, the president decided that there was a crisis at the border and had he to have more money. this is a relatively new thought on his part. and it's perfectly reasonable to say, ok, you want to have a debate about border security and whether or not it's a wall or some of these other things, we're open to that debate. but there is no reason to have the government shut down for something that you just six weeks ago decided was born. the suffering people are facing in this country right now, certainly the federal employees who are not being paid,

palmer, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith and the members of the california delegation, ms. waters, mr. call vert, ms. eshue, miss lofgren, miss sherman, miss lee, miss in a politano, miss davis, mr. schiff, miss nunez, mr. sanchez, mr. costa, miss matsui, miss speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintok, mr. chu, mr. berra, mr. cardennias, mr. lowenthal, mr. peter, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mrmr. mrmr. ing a -- mr. agular, mr. gomez, mr. cox, ms. hill, mr. levin, ms. porter, mr. ruda. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >>> in -- this is the moment, the this is the first person in this decade to return to the speakership in the house of representatives, nancy pelosi in her bright raspberry dress today. happy new year to both of you ladies. dana, i can still see scenes of you and now speaker plelosi eating ice cream in her old haunt in little italy in baltimore when you did that incredibly compelling interview with her. what does this moment feel like for her? >> reporter: well, it's vindication. it's a reminder that being confident and be

the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith. the members of the california delegation. miss waters, mr. calvert, miss loughlin, miss lee. mr. thompson. miss davis, mr. schiff. mr. mcnurney. mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock. miss bass. mr. bara. miss brownley. mr. cook. mr. hoffman. mr. loenthal, mr. ruiz. mr. swalwell. mr. vargas. mr. agulera. mr. lui. miss torrez. mr. karia. mr. panetta. mr. gomez. mr. cox. mr. hearter. miss hill. mr. levin. miss porter. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker elect to the chair. >> nancy pelosi is once again officially the speaker of the house. she received 220 votes. some of those who were not going to vote for her, some who led the opposition to her ended up voting for her. seth molten is one of them. you might have heard this and you might have been wondering if you heard it right. there was one vote for joe biden. former vice president joe biden. this came from new york democratic representative anthony brendesi. he voted for biden. you don't have to be a house representative to be speaker of the house. let's bring in our guest

you deserve that, mrs. smith.ust sort of common, human decency. >> they promised! they all promised! >> to pick up the phone and tell you exactly what happened because we now know, patricia, it was not the video. >> i know that and you know that but she went on t.v. and called me a liar because i said it. she called me a liar! >> you hopefully you'll get some resolution? are you encouraged at all? by the fact that there is this looking into, and again, it has been suspended temporarily during the shutdown. but are you hopeful that susan rice and heather clinton and everyone else is going to have to answer your question and america's questions? >> i hope that they do. i want to know what happened. i want to know why my some is dead and hillary has the answers. she looked me right in the eye and told me it was the video. then a little bit later she got on t.v. and she called me a liar. she said one of us is lying. and it wasn't me. so i want her to tell me, that yes, this happened and this is what happened. i want t

another thing, mr. smith reminded me about an article in the examiner about the wonders of car displacement. you know reading that this was several months ago. the first thing that came to my mind was all of those people that were becoming jobless. every one of them was an immigrant. i am telling you whenever i was there i felt guilty for having my car washed by these people making pretty much nothing. guess what? they don't have jobs now. that car wash is now housing. while we are applauding being car less and wonderful policies. remember the impact on the little people. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i am with the department of environment. i want to commend claudia and the rest of the planning department on this huge undertaking. i am part of the governmental loans on race and edge for the department of environment. we are one year behind planning. we look to this department for guidance and modeled our racial equity initiative after the work the planning department has done. thank you very much. >

palmer, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, and the members of the california delegation, ms. waters, mr. calvert, ms. eshoo, ms. roybal-allard, ms. lofgren, r. sherman, ms. lee, ms. neap, mr. thompson, mrs. davis, mr. schiff, mr. nunes, ms. sanchez, mr. costa, ms. matsui, mr. mcnerney, ms. speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock, ms. hu, mr. garamendi, ms. bass, mr. bera, ms. brownley, mr. cardenas, mr. cook, mr. huffman, mr. lamalfa, mr. lowenthal, mr. peters, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mr. takano, . vargas, mr. aguilar, mr. desauliner, mr. lieu, ms. torres, ms. barragan, mr. carbajal, mr. correa, mr. khanna, mr. panetta, mr. gomez, mr. sneros, mr. cox, harder, ms. hill, ms. porter, mr. rouda. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> madam clerk, the speaker-elect, nancy pelosi of the state of california. mr. mccarthy:. embers, take your seats. mr. mccarthy: the house will be in order. colleagues, friends and fellow americans, it is an honor to serve with you and to welcome you to the first day of the 116th united states house of represe

mrs. smith? >> this is a c.f.c. appointments that would be for district ten. we also currently have an opening in district four. we heard yesterday from commissioner cohen's office that she would like to continue this opening so there could be additional recruitment. i do not know if any candidates are here to testify. >> are there any potential candidates for this open seat? seeing none, his or any public comment on this item, no public comment period public comment is closed and is there a motion to continue this item so the incoming commissioner can have a decision in this regard? made by commissioner kim and seconded by commissioner ronen. we will take that same house, same call. the item is continued. >> item 12 his major capitals project update for better market street. this is an information item. >> good morning. good morning, chair peskin, and commissioners. my name is christine. i am from san francisco public works, and i'm the project manager for better market street this morning i will give you a quick update on our project, as well as provide some

granger: i yield to mr. smith. mr. smith: if ending the shutdown is the goil why is this that riations package overturns a major current day pro-life policy. protecting life is aadvice rated by this bill. protecting life policy is expansion of ronald reagan mexico city policy and that policy was designed to ensure money is .s. taxpayer abortions.at perform it establishes safeguard that re humane conditions and irchildren that might die. for years, pro-abortion have sed taxpayer fund to reverse laws and droy destroy. the speaker addmon i had us to proith god on creation. they cry out. . we fund with bill once of dollars of faxmon, this is grant oney to affirm, care for and assist women and children ncluding the unborn child. every human life has value. this is not to in a child. this ould not be forced allows us global humanitarian aid, global health aid. and who we give it to does matter. and if they have an agenda, we would give it to someone else. i thank my good friend for yielding and support the granger motion to r

that's not all what mr. smith said. >> the short answer is, yes, there is a provision in law that says the president can declare an emergency. in this case, i think the president would be wide open to a court challenge saying, where's the emergency? >> second part, just as important as the first. geoff bennett joining me from the white house. paul schmidt, former dhs and tha specialist. also vice president of security technology. mr. bennett, how confident is the white house in the understanding of the law? >> reporter: my president has the constitutional authority to declare a national emergency. that is within his discretion. that said, lawyers at the white house, dhs, and pentagon, we're told by multiple sources, are checking to see whether or notc declare a national emergency to build a border wall. that is in process. we're in this political messaging phase. dhs officials tell me no emergency order has been drafted. a course close to the president also tells me that president trump thinks just the mere talk o

palmer, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, and the members of the california delegation, ms. waters, mr. calvert, ms. eshoo, ms. roybal-allard, ms. lofgren, r. sherman, ms. lee, ms. neap, mr. thompson, mrs. davis, mr. schiff, mr. nunes, ms. sanchez, mr. costa, ms. matsui, mr. mcnerney, ms. speier, mr. hunter, mr. mcclintock, ms. hu, mr. garamendi, ms. bass, mr. bera, ms. brownley, mr. cardenas, mr. cook, mr. huffman, mr. lamalfa, mr. lowenthal, mr. peters, mr. ruiz, mr. swalwell, mr. takano, . vargas, mr. aguilar, mr. desauliner, mr. lieu, ms. torres, ms. barragan, mr. carbajal, mr. correa, mr. khanna, mr. panetta, mr. gomez, mr. sneros, mr. cox, harder, ms. hill, ms. porter, mr. rouda. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> nancy pelosi getting 220 votes to return as the speaker of the house. our guest today is molly reynolds. the sergeant at arms will announce her presence momentarily escorted by a big california delegation. what's ahead for the house today? thatr: the next thing happens is we will see the minority leader, kev

it is the mr. smith moment. because he is, as you put it, mild-manner mild-mannered. when you were talking about it. and soft-spoken. it wasn't a person anybody expected this from. let me give you one more technical detail about this that was fascinating for me and that is that when a senator rises to speak there is a microphone that is attached to their desk and they pull it right out. it looks leek a pen. it looks like a black pen like this and they pull it right out and they drop it -- they actually tend to just drop it right in the pocket of the suit coat. right? that's what ted cruz's microphone, that's where it is before michael bennett starts speaking. michael bennett jumped up without even grabbing his microphone. and that did two things. number one, he wasn't wired to the desk. it allowed him to move around as if this was clarence darrow in the courtroom. and it really added a level of drama that i've never seen a senator able to convey because of the physical movement. the other thing, that's why you're hearing his voice dip off at certain points. because he

mr. ian duncan smith. >> mr. speaker, i would love to ask about brexit. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> and happy new year to all of you as well. can i say, i recently had, to my right honorable, an immense privilege of shadowing a doctor at the hospital and a humbling experience to witness the dedication and fantastic skill of our doctors and nurses. but they work in buildings that are now well over 100 years old. and they know they need better facilities. i have to say to her, that whils the nhs, the department, has set development and whips at the top of the northeast london priority, in december, they announced programs across london for investment yet again, northeast london was not included. so can i ask, my right honorable friend please, would she now visit with scotts hospital, would she see how important and vite tal is to the area and would she work with my excellent health secretary, and work on the base of a fantastic announcement on monday, to invest in those buildings, and those facilities.

here's what mr. smith said. and i quote. we're living out of boxes. we're paying our landlord on a week to week basis. but he has people waiting to move in. end quote. so, i mean, lives are being thrown into turmoil. we don't have a lot of time to just carry on these conversations and endless debates. this is a time for action. this is the first time a prior congress ended in a government shutdown. it's kind of fitting, it's almost like an exclamation point to the president's first two years in office. but it's a new congress and we're ready to responsibly clean up this mess. and do what the last congress could not do. we are offering an extremely reasonable solution to this unnecessary government shutdown. the underlying legislation is virtually identical to the four appropriation bills that already passed the senate 92-6. compare that to what the prior republican majority put forward in the waning days of the last congress. they passed a partisan funding bill with billions of dollars for the president's wall. legislation they knew democrats would ne

the "mr. smiths to filibuster. >> i'd like to get them set this time, sir, i'm not going to until i do get them said. >> until 1917, there was no way theut off a debate in senate. >> we have a rule 22 called clocher. cloture measure to the desk. closure is in place to stop the debate. >> the senate does not have many rules. most of the rules are designed to protect the minority and most untileen used sparingly the last couple of decades. >> nowadays, we will have 200 or 300 or 400 cloture motions in a even. session you'll hear people say we had 338 filibusters. we have not. we've had 338 cloture motions that were produced. it's not necessarily something you can explain easily to the public to make them understand real part of senate culture. >> the institution's first comes during its first session, as the senate's history begins inside new york city's federal hall on march 4, 1789. its sessions are closed to the public and continue to be, as to philadelphia in 1790. but here, in this chamber, in ph

>> was out smith married? mr. chiles: yes. he was married. his wife was katie dunn, katie smith. she died before him. fdr sent him a note after she died. four children, i want to say. .here was an al smith junior there is another al smith. he had a couple of daughters. his family lived with him at the statehouse. there are beautiful pictures of his daughter's wedding at the betrayal. , theu have been to albany cathedral is next door to the governor's mansion. al smith would walk next door. he had eight people in the front row. the whole cathedral is inundated with flowers. he had a family. were in love and a devoted to one another and he had a number of children and grandchildren. there are pictures of him with grandkids at the beach in the 30's. the 30's are not about how smith against fdr. they are about al smith being an elder statesman of the smith family. there is a happy memory, him and his grandkids. he does not like the way things have turned. he is a human being. i am glad you give us an opportunity to address that. yes? [indiscernible] mr. chiles: i was not. afterward,

i recognize the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. hall, great to have you today. in 2016, i believe the yearly gdp was 1.5%. in 2017, it was 2.3%. and it's estimated 2018's going to be 3.3%. so definitely, why would you say it went from 1.5 in 2016, 2.3 in 2017, and now 3.3 in 2018? >> part of it is the continued recovery from the great recession. the recovery was really quite slow. but we do think a lot of it was the stimulus from the tax act, and there's been a bit of stimulus out there. >> so what happened in 2003? i mean, 2017. because the tax act was passed in december of 2017. >> right. we just sort of had a strengthening economy. you know, it's quite possible -- >> could it have been president trump's regulatory relief? >> that may have had an impact. you know, it may have been -- i do think there were probably some signs that people anticipated a tax act coming up, and that -- >> or optimism by consumers? >> that's possible, yes. >> because of president trump's policies? >> i would say anticipation of tax -- of a tax act. >>

and how is it that smith and wagner avoided that and were successful? mr. chiles: great point. entially, there was a newer generation and they were the leaders of it, smith and wagner, who basically said, we could use power not simply to plunder the municipal treasury, but to help people. also, charlie murphy, who you saw a picture of him, charles murphy gave them a certain degree of ideological autonomy and independence. not always. there were certain bills he would get wagner to stop if it was not good for a business ally. but that was early. they really avoided a lot of that. there were some whispers, and this is not in the book, because they are whispers, in the businessman who knew smith was on hard times economically as governor because he had not been corrupt and he had been just with his government salary, was giving him this pension so he could live comfortably. the person who actually looked into it, daniel patrick moynihan, he read about it and was sort of alarmed. basically there has never been any evidence that there was any quid pro quo. so you are right that he an

our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. mrse under pressure from mps on all sides. with a whole series of ammendments, could she be forced to think again on her deal? you sense that mrs may is just clinging onto her deal, even though she is now facing a blizzard of critical amendments from backbenchers, a veritable rag and bone market of amendments of all sorts, shapes and sizes. but perhaps the most significant is this move via group of cross—party backbench big hitters to try and force mrs may to delay brexit day until the end of the year. why this matters is because these are backbench big beasts, people with political clout, and they seem to have some support in government ranks, with suggestions some ministers could resign if they can't support this amendment. we know the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, is saying to the prime minister, you need to hold a free vote on this. on the face of it, you would say that doesn't look good for mrs may, but paradoxically, it could work to her advantage, because the great hope

mr. ian duncan smith. >> i will not ask about brexit. [jeering] >> happy new year! >> and happy new year to all of you as well. can i say i had the immense privilege of shadowing a doctor at our a&e department at whipps cross hospital. it was a humbling experience to witness the dedication and fantastic skill of our doctors and nurses, but they work in buildings over 100 years old, and they know they need their facilities. whilst the nhs has set the development at the top of the northeast london priority, in december, they announced programs across london. again, northeast london was not included. can i ask my honorable friend, would she visit the hospital and see how important and vital it is to the area? would she work with our excellent health secretary and work on the announcement on monday to invest in those buildings and facilities? prime minister may: my right honorable friend has issued an invitation. i will look at the possibility of taking him up on the invitation. he makes an important point about the announcement we made on monday. my right honorable fri

congressman smith, mr. chairman, thank you for being with us.nk you. >> thanks for the chance, rachel. appreciate it. >> the pentagon chief of staff didn't resign. he was pushed. i want to ask your response and if you're concerned about senior staffing at the pentagon in the wake of secretary mattis' resignation. >> i am. because i'm really concerned about secretary mattis departing. we've read the story. he was the adult in the room, right? he could check some of the worst i impulses, obviously not all of them. he had so much credibility with the military and national security and as a person his word carried a lot of weight and he has a lot of allies and friends in the pentagon and when the president, when secretary mattis resigned, he could no longer work for president trump because he didn't agree with the decisions but the more important part, he didn't agree with the way the president made them in such a chaotic off the top of his headway that was not well thought out and didn't have a plan behind him. so the less stable people there are a

we were just, you know, mr. smithr job. >> why would the president conceal it. they said he -- let's say it's true. why did he. >> the notes from the interpreter. >> no other sitting president has had more conversations with foreign leaders leaked to the press. he was trying probably to make sure that didn't happen. maybe the "the new york times," they didn't get the documents from -- the transcripts. >> the washington post, by the way, just for a little bit -- i'm playing optio ombudsman on e show. let me give you a flashback from when president obama and his involvement, listen to this. >> after my election i have more flexibility. >> so you talk about unusual out of chark. >> i know what you're going to say, pete. >> can you imagine, imagine if anything had been remotely close to that said by the current president? >> it would be game over. i think impeachment would begin had that clip come out of president donald trump. >> oh yeah. >> no question about it in my mind. >> i'm looking a the the initial tea leaves of

mr salmond denies all the allegations against him. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh.ied in a car crash on the day he was due to go on trial for historic sexual abuse of boys under 16. no one else was involved in the crash. michael carson had pleaded not guilty at an ealier court hearing. the 75 year—old's car crashed into a tree. 0ur correspondent richard conway is in peterborough. michael carson, or "kit" carson as he was better known, was well—known in the football industry, a coach at norwich city, peterborough united, cambridge united. peterborough united refused to comment. nine of the alleged offences took place in this area. today the case file was closed because kit carson was killed yesterday morning just 15 minutes before his trial was due to get under way at peterborough crown court, where he was to face of indecent assault and one count of enticing a child to engage in sexual misconduct. police say that no other vehicles or persons were involved in the collision. the decision to end the collision. the decision to end the trial is perhaps inevitable under t

mr salmond denies all the allegations against him. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. car crash on the day he was due to go on trial for historic sexual abuse of boys under 16. no—one else was involved in the crash. michael carson had pleaded not guilty at an ealier court hearing. the 75—year—old's car crashed into a tree. 0ur correspondent richard conway is in peterborough. richard, tell us more about this. michael carson or kit carson as he was better known work to peter brilliant night a bit he was also coach at norwich city and cambridge united amongst other places. peterborough united declining to comment on the depth of their former employee. nine of the alleged offences he was due to face took place in this area. today the trial was formally stopped, the case by against him) was formally stopped, the case by against him ) that is because kit carson was killed yesterday morning just 15 minutes before his trial was due to get under way at peterborough crown court. he was due to face 12 cou nts crown court. he was due to face 12 counts of indecent assault, one coun

mr. duncan smith do you think is the probability of a no deal brexit at this point?ave the odds increased since last night? iain: i think they remain the same. that is at least a 50-50 likelihood of not reaching an agreement. i keep coming back to it. this is much more nuance than that. will have an agreement. even if we were not to have this agreement, the eu has already made provision for a nine-month interregnum where we complete any issues around the wto stuff. it's not as if we will have a final moment when everything changes. it will be a negotiated process, because we still have to make the arrangements, the schedule. there is still a real desire in the eu, the commission and negotiators, to reach an arrangement with the u.k. our problem is that we have not directly told them what we want. they keep saying, when i have spoken to them, they have six -- they say i have no idea what the u.k. government wants. let's tell them what we need. and those changes i laid out earlier i what we need to reach a proper settlement. francine: iain duncan smith, thank you so mu

smith is in westminster for us now. the big question is, are be in brick wall country? or to put it another way, is mrssal to consider any movement on the backstop. she outlined some ideas she has got, suggesting a unilateral exit mechanism, or an end date, or there could be some sort of technology to get around a border in northern ireland. all ideas which have been floated before, and got nowhere. so does the brick wall in? iamjoined by nowhere. so does the brick wall in? i am joined by the conservatives' pauline latham, emma's emma reynolds, and the snp‘s stuart posey. obviously you want the eu to give you something on the backstop, but realistically, you must fear thatis but realistically, you must fear that is not going to happen. we have got to try. if we do not, we have no chance of succeeding. the people of the country expect us to try, and the country expect us to try, and the people of europe want us to try, because they want to continue to sell goods over here. if they cannot, there will be many more unemployed in europe than currently. that is interesting, so you could accept something less

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