the row continued over the summer, with members of the ruling national executive committee being forcedmments they had made, and an argument broke out over the party's adopted definition of anti—semitism. they finally accepted both the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition and their examples into the code of conduct, but only after lots of criticism from within the party. there were more casualties. both frank field and john woodcock were facing their own challenges, and cited the party's approach to anti—semitism as reasons they could no longer support labour. jeremy corbyn hoped to draw a line under the issue with his conference speech. i say this to all thejewish community, this party, this movement, we are your allies. but hang on, we are getting ahead of ourselves. theresa may had to deal with a major incident in march when sergei skripal, a former military officer in russia, and his daughter yulia were poisoned by novichok in salisbury. either this was a direct act by the russian state in our country, or the russian government lost control over this damaging nerv

ukip was battling its own internal issues, as the party's ruling national executive committee unanimouslyvote of no—confidence in the party leader, which led to his sacking. gerard batten replaced him. ukip has to continue because we are the only opposition. in march, the labour party extended its suspension of ken livingstone over claims of anti—semitism. he went on to resign, but it wasn't enough to stop the issue dominating much of labour's year. jeremy corbyn was found to have posted a historic message about the removal of a mural in east london which was considered to be anti—semitic. the labour leader had expressed his opposition to the mural‘s removal, later admitting he hadn't realised what it was portraying. he apologised. shame on you! protesters also clashed in parliament square on more than one occasion, angered by how the party was handling the situation. labour mps spoke of the anti—semitic abuse they have suffered over the years. denial is not an option. prevarication is not an option. chanting: 0h jeremy corbyn! the row continued over the summer, with members of the ruling

and the ukip leader, gerard batten, survives a vote of no confidence at the party's national executive committeehello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are james rampton, features writer at the independent, and the broadcaster lynn faulds wood. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. anarchy on the streets of paris

and the ukip leader, gerard batten, survives a vote of no confidence at the party's national executive committeehe's been strongly criticised for appointing the far—right activist, tommy robinson, to an advisory role. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are james rampton, features writer at the independent, and the broadcaster lynn faulds wood. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. anarchy on the streets of paris and in the corridors of westminster — below an image of unrest early on the champs elysee, the metro leads on labour's plans to topple the prime minister if her brexit deal flops. those problems for theresa may continue in the times which says the dup is threatening to abandon support for the prime minister in a potential vote of no confidence. growing calls from remainer mps to stage a second brexit referendum have been attacked as a ‘gross betrayal of democracy‘ — that's in the daily express. the daily telegraph reports that the prime minister's chief brexit adviser has said the backstop is ‘bad for britain‘ and has

the row continued over the summer, with members of the ruling national executive committee being forcedthey finally accepted both the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition and their examples into the code of conduct, but only after lots of criticism from within the party. there were more casualties. both frank field and john woodcock, who were facing their own challenges, cited the party's approach to anti—semitism as reasons they could no longer support labour. jeremy corbyn hoped to draw a line under the issue with his conference speech. i say this to all the jewish community — this party, this movement — we will always be implacable campaigners against racism and anti—semitism in all its forms. we are your allies. but hang on — we're getting ahead of ourselves. theresa may had to deal with a major incident in march when sergei skripal, a former military officer in russia, and his daughter yulia, were poisoned by novichok in salisbury. either this was a direct act by the russian state against our country, or the russian government lost control over this catastrophica

leader of ukip, gerard batten, has survived a vote of no confidence held by the party's national executive committeever his decision to appoint the far—right activist, tommy robinson, as an adviser. the committee said it did not endorse the appointment. mps are calling for more tailored support for women of south asian descent who are at risk of suffering violence in their own homes — or have been subjected to abuse by partners, in—laws or their own family members. research suggests that many victims do not report — or even talk about — abuse for cultural reasons or because of the close ties within their communities. our correspondent sima kotecha has been given exclusive access one specialist centre in the midlands it's been hard for me, obviously, being on my own, being at a refuge, not being able to have daily support from my mum and my sisters. inside an inconspicuous building on a residential road, women like this, fearing for their lives, after being violently abused by their family. in this case, because she became pregnant before marriage. i got hit by my mum and my dad, and my brother said

the ukip national executive committee has voted overwhelmingly against a motion of no confidence in therty which has seen four new leaders in the past two years. mr batten's predecessor, nigel farage, called for the vote of no—confidence, after ukip hired the ex—english defence league leader, tommy robinson, as an adviser. a family of swans has been shot and killed in a suspected air gun attack. the bodies of five cygnets and their parents were discovered wrapped in plastic bags, after they were thrown down the bank of a stream in the kent village of benenden. x—ray images revealed one of the birds was peppered with pellets or shot. the rspca has launched an investigation. it's really upsetting and it's disgusting that people think it is 0k to disgusting that people think it is ok to do something like this. this is effectively a senseless attack on vulnerable animals and it's just not 0k. it's vulnerable animals and it's just not ok. it's very strange for a whole family to be wiped out like this and obviously to have been shot elsewhere when they had been moved to this location and then

ukip leader gerard batten has survived a vote of no confidence held by the party's national executive committee activist tommy robinson as an adviser. ukip said its ruling body had voted overwhelmingly against a motion of no confidence. police in new york have managed to track down a british couple who got engaged in the city on friday and dropped the ring down a grate in times square. cctv images showed daniella anthony and john drennan unsuccessfully trying to retrieve the piece of jewellery. however, police officers later managed to rescue the ring and even cleaned it for them. the nypd then tweeted last night that arrangements were being made to return the ring to the pair. and they are very pleased. not surprisingly. i wonder how much it cost. doesn't matter. one-month salary is the traditional, spend as much as you want. not important. the marriage is important, not the ring. soa marriage is important, not the ring. so a headband or something? what have you got? a lovely diamond ring. there you go. the marriage is important, not the ring, except for this one! good morning sally. what grea

committee on juvenile justice. i'm a former chairperson of the coalition for juvenile justice, national emerging leaders committee, and member of the executiverd of the coalition for juvenile justice. and that is something that juvenile justice advocates have been pushing for. so we've got a first step. we've got to go further. >> go ahead. last word because i got to run. >> sure. and now people's dreams and hopes can grow. listen, people have been fighting on this for a very long time. it didn't start with the trump administration. you had the obama administration stood up on this. but now the ceiling has been lifted, and people can now fight for more because we finally broke this logjam. and now, listen, both political parties are going to own this issue. no more willie horton attacks when both parties have embraced it. so that gives everybody more room and more safety to come up with even better ideas like what symone was just talking about. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >>> a big surprise in court today when michael flynn's sentencing was postponed. we're going to take you inside today's testy hearing and get reaction f

as she leaves patrick mchenry's leadership office, to take over as executive director of the national republican congressional committee. parker's been a friend and a mentor and a counselor to me in count -- and countless others over the years, none more significantly than patrick mchenry. it's been a real pleasure to watch him evolve and develop as a legislator under her very good tutelage. we met when we were both chiefs of staff. me coming to washington out of north carolina and parker starting out as chief of staff for one of my best friends, patrick mchenry. parker is intelligent, she's poised, she's wise beyond her years, and a heck of a great person. just a pleasure to spend time with. and she's helped me more times than i can count over the years, including when i decided to run for congress myself. she's as well respected as anyone on capitol hill and i couldn't be more proud of her as she moves on to her new role. i do feel bad for my friend as i cross the aisle, though, because parker will -- across -- friends across the aisle now, though, because parker will be steering republicans for the next two years. s

the rules committee where he said that the filibuster is the defense against the popular will and the excesses of the executive and then we should keep it. this fractured nich non- - - nation needs a consensusbuilding institution and requiring 60 votes to pass major legislation is the discipline that forces us to come together. and to fix no child left behind that was not easy to do. but do you know what? that is a lasting solution and teachers don't have to worry inav public schools to zig and sagged changing federal education policy because we talked about it until we came to a conclusion and accepted it. >> eight years ago democrats with obama care all the democrats voted for it all the republicans voted against it and what happened? been trying to veto ever since it passed a constant state of agitation and debate. and the legislative filibuster is one thing nominations are another until recently to be decided by a majority vote. they could have been decided by 60 votes but they weren't at least since a century ago. i'm not interested in assigning blame to democrats or republicansca. but the fact is even though it required 60 votes that was required to be confirmed by m

executive to follow the law of the land. at the same time, the republican national committee is undergoing a number of studies they call operation.l northern move.a calculated excellent. ironic that he chose andrew jackson of all people to talk about when talking about the enforcement of a supreme court decision. given that one of jackson's most famous decisions was not to listen to the supreme court in the case of the indian removal act. clearing he makes it very the absolving off government point. he makes it clear this is a last resort. it is very much the people are not listening to what has been said previously. army inve to send the to enforce this decision because we are a nation of laws and they must be followed. prof. brownell: excellent, great. >> i want to highlight what he said at the beginning. i have come to the white house, when i could have just been in rhode island. that is for the visual aspect of this address. it is over the radio, it does not matter where he is. he goes back to the white house lend credibility to what he is saying. he is trying to lend legitimacy actions of federal government through the loca

executive to follow the law of the land. but at the same time, the republican national committee is undergoing a variety of studies they callre thinking about capitalizing on the device growing in the democratic party between southern conservatives and more liberal northern democrats. move a really calculated in terms of how he frames that. excellent. >> i find it ironic that he chose andrew jackson of all people to talk about when talking about the enforcement of a supreme court decision. given that one of jackson's most famous decisions was not to listen to the supreme court in the case of the indian removal act. also, one thing he makes very clear -- to continue off the resulting government point, he makes it clear this is a last resort. it is very much the people are not listening to what has been said previously. so we have to send the army in to enforce this decision because we are a nation of laws and they must be followed. prof. brownell: excellent, great. >> i want to highlight what he said at the beginning. he was like i have come to the white house when i could have just been in rhode island. that is clearly for

executive resident at american university of public affairs and ash wright g.o.p. political director in texas. former g.o.p. director in mexico and republican national committee.eing here on this christmas eve morning. >> absolutely. merry christmas eve. >> thanks for having us. >> rick: only like when they leave. is that fair. >> i hear your point there i think in the case of general mattis, this is someone who has been pretty uniformly supported someone who was recognized as a person that brought a wealth of experience to the position of the department of defense, that had the respect of those on the ground as far as troops are concerned. democrats and republicans alike. i think supported general mattis and i think democrats and republicans alike are disappointed in seeing his departure. >> ash, how much does a thinner cabinet matter? should americans worry about these empty posts? >> sure. well, i think it is a big loss for the president. mattis has the highest approval rating out of any of the cabinet members. i think, in the end, you know, when you consider with president trump is he a very decisive leader. we have to remember that these cabinet members a

national committee who might've never met. a tall, athletic guy, gave me a lecture about you know, me and my executive director, a guy named leed things to do. six weeks later, completely inexplicable to me he offered me a job and set the arc of my life, he was a remarkable individual. a gracious man, kind, gentle, smart, courageous. i learned a lot about life in character input to emulate and what to follow and what to strive for. and think about the arc of that life! the youngest combat pilot, navy combat pilot in world war ii. rushed through yale after the war, started a family. captain of the ncaa baseball champions.turned his life on a back of comfort and privilege and ease. he could have joined his father's financial company, brown brothers, instead, let out to learn the oil business from the bottom up. as a toolpusher, as a salesman, and start his own oil company. after seeing a movie, he named it zapata oil company paid most qualified person ever to become the president of united states. think of the jobs he had before president and the critical moment he was president, him and the soviet union and the invasion of kuwa