our political editor nick watt is here. yet another round. would cover goods.ying this is not going on. which is we have to stay in the customs union. steve baker said when he said civil servants are always wrong. he said... in the direction of the customs union. is happening behind the scenes? this is how you kick off a civil war in one easy step. thanks. of governors who had originally supported the ban. who want to actively pervert the purpose of education. of great britain who called the ban "appalling" and discriminatory. here's our political editor nick watt. it is one of the great european debates. just where should religion and fit in our public spaces? the secular state of france has a simple view. no religious symbols in any area associated with the state. sphere, generally on its terms. of schools declared neither view is right today. all belief beyond criticism. to indoctrinate impressionable minds with extremist ideology. extremists although she has concerns about intolerance in other faiths. ideology as well as extremist violence. the crocodiles t

nick watt reporting.inister for european affairs in the irish government, helen mcentee. good evening to you, thanks forjoining us. what is your reaction to this debate that has cropped up in this country over the last few days? well, what i would welcome, firstly, is comments by karen bradley and other members of the british government, who have very clearly said that the good friday agreement is the only way to move forward and is essentially the only show in town. the good friday agreement is an international peace treaty and has been for the last 20 years the only way that every political voice, every political view and expression has been heard and can be heard, and i think for any suggestions that have been made that it is past its sell by date, that it is no longer of use, i would ask those people to maybe reflect on what things were like 20 years ago, before the agreement was in place. so i welcome confirmation from the british government that it is the only way forward, and the irish government a

pin nick watt was in coventry.nd today, jeremy corbyn used the example of the modern mini to demonstrate the need for the uk to establish what he called a new, comprehensive customs system with the eu. the mini, or at least parts of it, crosses the channel three times before it rolls off the production line, this highlights the need to maintain whatjeremy corbyn described as a frictionless, interwoven supply chain. we've long argued that we need a customs deal. labour would seek a new, comprehensive customs union. to make sure there are no tariffs. and to avoid any need whatsoever for any hard border in northern ireland. a customs union with the eu would allow the uk to participate in core elements of the customs union. this would guarantee tariff free trading with the eu. minimal customs checks with the eu. and levying the common external tariff on goods from outside the eu. the labour leader addressed the central reason why theresa may is rejecting both a customs union and the customs union, that is the need for

here's nick watt.o peacetime, it's grand corridors and gilded rooms have witnessed some of the great decisions in british history. theresa may had assumed she would stamp her mark on our history by shaping brexit within the walls of downing street. and so today, ministers on the cabinet's brexit subcommittee gathered to discuss the nature of the uk's future relationship with the eu. progress was said to be slow today. one source close to a cabinet minister complained to me that it all had the feel of kicking decisions into the long grass. another source expressed confidence that the cabinet as a whole would reach agreement by the end of the month. but today's meeting was held as senior tories acknowledge that the cabinet is not the only source of power in shaping brexit. beyond downing street, there are two other centres of power. parliament may well have a significant say. brexiteer tories are already making their presence felt. but a combination of an evolving labour party and the house of lords coul

nick watt.facebook, google and twitter on — among other things — their response to fake news on their platforms. here is the committee chair, damian collins, grilling twitter. what were talking about is lies, someone who is deciding to spread lies about somebody else. they‘re not harassing them, they‘re not intimidating them, they‘re not inciting violence against them, they‘re just spreading lies. and they‘re using the anonymity of twitter to do that. there‘s basically nothing you will do about it. if i could, the anonymity on our platform is not a shield against breaking our terms of service. telling lies on twitter isn‘t a breach of the community guidelines and wouldn‘t require action to be taken against the account. that‘s what you‘re saying, isn‘t it? if that's the only ground... we do not have rules based on truth. so is fake news such a big deal that it‘s necessary for uk politicians to head to washington for, or is the dcms committee getting a bit overexcited about a term that has had its

our political editor nick watt is here. ring strong stuff from one of the conservative party's most ardent remainers tonight, nick. tell us what you heard. anna soubry has been outspoken since the referendum, she says her party appears to be in hock to watch describes as 35 ideological exit years and it is time theresa may stood up to them and threw them out. if this doesn't happen anna soubry who was in the cameron government as a business minister said, if it comes to it i will not stay in a party which is being taken over by the likes ofjacob rhys mogg and boris johnson. she says, we simply cannot go on like this any longer. something is going to have to give because if not, not only will we get jacob rees—mogg as prime minister, we will get a devastatingly hard brexit. anna soubry has said stuff in this sort of territory in recent months but hasn't gone quite this far. it's also important to say that anna soubry can at times go a little further than some of the remain tory colleagues but and picking up quite a lot of fru

here's abc's nick watt. >> flu cases are on the rise according to the cdc. >> the worst flu season in could last into may. >> they're concerned how this flu effects most vulnerable, the children. >> 46 states reporting widespread activity. >> mother of two died outside of boston. >> more than halftime hospitals offering some level of phone or online consultation and services like heal cutting down the need for emergency room visits. >> not having others sneeze all over your children in the waiting room. >> yeah which is always growth. >> her son just bumped his head but instead of going to the doctor, the doctor comes to him. >> he so maniy er toilet. >> he's eating okay? >> yeah he's eating okay. >> good old little house on the prairie visit like this one costs $99 less if you have insurance. >> you're doing such a great job. >> i use apps for most things in my life, food delivery, rides, medical attention at this point now. >> last year in january heal doctors had 380 flu cases this year 3,040 here's their promise. >> a licensed medical doctor comes to your house any time 365 days a

one of those maastrict rebels is here, but first, nick watt.me ministers. when this one was bundled out of office, she promised to keep an eye on this one. when he exited the stage, he promised to be more friendly and was supportive of this one. but today, he cast his own shadow. thank you very much, and good afternoon, everyone. the mild—mannered former prime minister, usually punctilious and polite to a fault, eviscerated theresa may on brexit. for the moment, our self—imposed redlines have boxed the government into a corner. they are so tilted to ultra—brexit opinion, that even the cabinet cannot agree them. and a majority in both houses of parliament oppose them. if maintained in full, it will be impossible to reach a favourable trade agreement. the intervention by the former prime minister echoed the private fears of many remain members of the cabinet who have been biting their lips. an old foe who clashed with the former prime minister on europe was surprised to hear him call for a free vote in parliament on brexit. during maastricht, the

our political editor nick watt is with me.a soubry yesterday kick—started a bunch of extra troubles for the conservatives today. quite a reaction on the leave side. one person said, anna soubry is doing a greatjob for brexit and on the pro—european side there is strong sympathy for anna soubry but not total agreement. on this point about whether she could remain in the party run byjacob rees—mogg, she said no. justine greening, former education secretary, expressing some sympathy for that view. i understand a handful of conservatives would leave the party ofjacob rees—mogg became the leader. an anna soubry‘s point about slinging the likes of borisjohnson and jacob rees—mogg out of the party, no agreement among the remains of porters on that but there is sympathy for her view that the main eurosceptic group is overly influential to which the erg say thank you, you are over influential because your mindset is running the treasury. —— remain supporters. i have heard from anna soubry who said she has at hundreds of e—mails from su

our political editor, nick watt, has some of the details and joins me now. so, that is good news?ould make the front page of the guardian. what is david davis saying? he says there are people in the eu who are concerned the uk will be a mad max world. he says they fear brexit could fear to an anglo—saxon race to the bottom with britain plunged into a mad max style world borrowed from dystopian fiction. what is he saying? he's saying the uk has high standards and will continue to have high standards and doesn't want to use brexit to undercut the eu. and what he is doing is burying the singapore model. this was the model in the dim distance past of january last year when philip hammond said if the eu fails to agree a deal with the uk, maybe the uk will have to think of remodelling its economy. there is an if in his speech. he says the eu does need to agree a free—trade deal with the uk. that needs to include financial services and, if that happens, you can then have the mutual recognition by the uk and eu of those high standards. who is he talking to? is this to remainers? the hard—

here is nick watt. >> reporter: breaking news tonight, the takedown on the train. >> a man has opened train traveling from amsterdam to paris. >> three people have been reported wounded. >> reporter: a train flying through the french countryside at 200 miles an hour, and a knife-wielding man with ammo. >> reporter: this video shot by a 22-year-old army national guardsman. >> i tried to shoot him. >> reporter: and the world's jaw dropped when three young americans managed to thwart a terrorist attack. >> i just looked over at spencer and said let's go. >> it was either do something or die. >> reporter: ordinary men suddenly called great. >> reporter: three friends now hailed as international heroes. >> reporter: they hog tied the alleged terrorist, beat him to submission. he's still awaiting the three americans met the french president. they were all over our tv set and yet those are the same people, the real people, those actual young americans playing themselves on screen. >> i went through the casting process and looked at actors but the more i met with them, there's something about

abc's nick watt led a demonstration on the court. d morning, robin. listen any parent will tell you kids school sports practice iscta of germs. droplets but can also be spread you flu can spread on germy so -- flu we don't do so much hand slapping. >> reporter: we got fogtdemonstration. i'm go in . it mimics the potential spread of a virus. now, go play. less than five minutes later under a flashlight. can you see that? if he had the flu, you might have it too. the team. >> oh chris. oh for heaven's sake chris. all of them. germy fingers. >> not just fingers. all over his cheek. rule number tw don't touch your face. >> if you that respiratory virus into ourbody often in. if that kid is sick there is a six-foot super infection zone passing it around sneezing breatheing. >> especially when you're breathing fast exchange going on. >> reporter: rule num on coacs, let sick >> there is a culture in sports that we push ours to tell them not play today. >> reporter: there's more. >> the flu virus will live on he hard surface for about 24 hour

abc's nick watt led a demonstration on the court. eporter: good morning, robin. listen any parent will tell you kids, school, sports practice is the trifecta of germs. flu is normally spread by air droplets. but it can also be spread by touch. so how do you keep you, your kids, and their buddies as safe as possible? rule number one, flu can spread on germy hands. so -- >> maybe during flu season we don't do so much hand slapping. >> reporter: we've recruited the carpenter cougars, three-peat and l.a. champions for a little demonstration. i'm about to cover axel in glo-germ. and see how far it spreads. it mimics the potential spread of a virus. now, go play. less than five minutes later that glo-germ glows under a flashlight's beam. can you see that? if he had the flu, you might have it too. every single kid on the team. oh, chris. oh, for heaven's sake, chris. look at that. all of them. germy fingers. it's not just fingers. all over his cheek. rule number two, don't touch your face. >> if you touch your face we transfer that respirato

abc's nick watt joins us from los angeles with all the details. . >> reporter: good morning, paula. well, listen in montclair, california, you will now get a $100 ticket if you're caught texting, talking on the phone, listening to music, even just looking at your phone while you're crossing. the only exception, if you're calling 911 at the time. we have all done it and it's a real serious problem. the number of texting pedestrians injured on america's streets is riding rapidly. thousands of people every year, solutions are needed. on streets and on the sidewalks. remember, this video from new jersey last year. this is real life in the 21st century. this happens. now, in parts of london they've tried wrapping padding around lampposts. they're trying something similar in saltzburg, austria to stop cell phone zombies getting hurt. >> i think we've all seen that and all may have been a party to being one. montclair is not the first u.s. city to pass a law like this, is it? >> reporter: absolutely not. honolulu became the first major city to ban texting

nick watts, bbc newsnight.eresa may to own a brexit's success or failure but in the last week you raised it at prime minister's questions and here we are today. i am wondering if you see an opportunity to shape brexit or an opportunity to shape brexit or an opportunity to shape brexit or an opportunity to ship out theresa may? well, i love your blue sweater, it's very nice. we have a team, i know it's a bit of a difficult concept for the tory party to understand, we have a team, are brexit negotiating team, the shadow cabinet, and we have travelled far and wide. i have travelled far and wide. i have travelled over many parts of europe, maintained a very close relationship with colleagues in europe and developed that understanding because we wa nt developed that understanding because we wantan developed that understanding because we want an alliance in the future. i have attended more meetings of the party of european socialists that any labour leader in the past and our team is part of that. i raised these matt

our political editor nick watt reports. we are, it would seem, a divided country.nce the brexit referendum, the two sides seem as divided as ever but have no fear, help is at hand. the man who transformed the leave cause is reaching out across the divide. borisjohnson will criticise some ardent pro—europeans who he will accuse of trying to reverse brexit but i'm told he's also expected to put balm on the wounds caused by the bitter referendum campaign. this may all seem a far cry from hisjoshing of the remain camp just a few months ago. every day a distinguished pink newspaper manages to make eeyore look positively exuberant. just under a year ago, you wouldn't have known there was a divide that needed to be healed. this year, after a period of intense debate over the right future for our country, there is a sense that people are coming together and uniting behind the opportunities that lie ahead. borisjohnson now feels it's time for something of a reset of the optics around brexit. i understand he has told his inner circle that he wants to rescue brexit from what