norman smith is in downing street watching all of this.ally one of the key questions, make or break? guess that is politically one of the key questions, make or break7m really is a key moment, notjust for this government but for philip hammond personally because his enemies are out there, waiting and watching, and if he fumbles this budget they will be onto him. if this is a budget which fails to really give the government any momentum, others will also be out for him and if there is any sense that if he is downplaying or seeking to minimise britain's prospects after brexit, again his enemies will be after him. there are a lot of people out there in the tory party waiting and watching, and preparing i think for philip hammond to fall. he isa i think for philip hammond to fall. he is a man it seems to me very short of friends at the moment. so, a huge amount of personal pressure on him. never mind the fact of course that there is huge treasure on him to sketch out a slightly rosier economic agenda after the use of austerity, particularly of

for all the reaction, let's cross to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who's in westminsterke to see handle some of these allegations of sexual might —— misconduct, suggesting it has to be something outside the party system that covered the whole of parliament, in other words not just the employees of mps, notjust staffed by journalists as just the employees of mps, notjust staffed byjournalists as well, if people were to have confidence to report allegations. i've written to all party leaders, inviting them to a meeting next week to discuss a common, transparent, independent grievance procedure, for all those working in parliament. we have a duty to ensure that everyone coming here to contribute to public life is treated with respect. jeremy corbyn said he would welcome a meeting with mrs may and other party leaders to try and draw together thinking for a new complaints procedure, but suggested it should also involve the trade unions at westminster. we need to have better protections for all in this house, this house must involve workplace trade unions and that, but it is a

let's get the latest from. —— from norman smith.ally last night, do we think there could be more of this to come? that is the big unknown and you sensed with this reshuffle the name of the game was all about safety first, for key ingredients — loyalty and stability. i suspect many outside westminster will be going gavin who? a man promoted to a hugely important position with no ministerial background, no defence background, as we were hearing, but someone who is utterly loyal to mrs may, her chief whip, her eyes and ears and enforcer at westminster who meets with her every day to discuss strategy, who was one of her campaign managers in her leadership bid. behind him, she has appointed his deputy. you sensed mrs may is just trying to entrench her grip on this nervous on certain party. the hope will be it provides some stability after sir michael fallon's resignation, which opens up the way for minister after minister to be questioned whether they meet the highest standards of integrity. indeed borisjohnson was asked this morning whe

norman smith in westminster. thank you.rongest attack yet on russia, accusing it of using technology to undermine the international order. speaking at the lord mayor's banquet in london last night, the prime minister said state—run russian organisations were planting stories, meddling in elections and using fake news to undermine societies. it is seeking to weaponise information, deploying its state—run media organisations to plant fake stories and photoshopped images in an attempt to sow discord in the west and undermine our institutions. so i have a very simple message for russia. we know what you are doing and you will not succeed. the prime minister speaking last night. 0ur correspondent steve rosenberg is in moscow. and the response from moscow? well, they heard what she was saying, but they heard what she was saying, but they didn't like it. one russian senator dismissed these today as groundless allegations. another said that theresa may had made a fool of herself, so the message from moscow is clear. we don't care w

norman smith in westminster, thank you.think tank the institute for fiscal studies has been crunching the numbers after the budget. it has calculated that infouryears‘ time, growth in average earnings will be £1,400 lower than was predicted last year. our economics correspondent andy verity is outside the ifs in central london. what have they been saying? sophie, as norman was mentioning, it is all about productivity. before the financial crisis it used to be the case that each worker would produce about 2% more than they did the previous year and that drove economic growth. you can either add people to the economy to drive economic growth, which was what we have been largely doing for the last ten years, or make each of those people more productive. it is that thatis people more productive. it is that that is underlying the whole reason for the squeeze on living standards. ifan for the squeeze on living standards. if an employer isn't getting more output from each employee, it is harderfor output from each employee, it is

norman smith, thank you.so learnt of delays in paramedics and specialist fire crews getting into the scene of the attack. 22 people were killed and more than 500 were injured. colin paterson reports. 0n the night of may the 22nd, the emergency services treated hundreds of people, many of whom had suffered life changing injuries. but what we have learned is that some of the most seriously wounded had to wait for more than an hour before receiving any expert medical treatment. only three paramedics were allowed into the so—called ‘hot zone‘, where the bomb had exploded. kim and phil dick were in the foyer, and tried to help some of the injured. there was just too much for three paramedics to deal with. there was too much for 20—30 paramedics to deal with. you got bandages out, and we were just keeping them alert and talking to them. how long was this over? it's over an hour. over an hour. just over an hour. fire and rescue staff were held back at their stations for one hour and 47 minutes after the blast. the m

norman smith, thank you. get the reaction from conservative mp norman for —— michael fabricant and leader of the green party caroline lucas soon. annita is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. president trump has called for the death penalty for sayfullo saipov, the man accused of killing eight people in new york by driving at them with a truck. in a tweet, the president claimed saipov, who was shot and wounded by police at the scene, had asked to hang an islamic state flag in his hospital room. the state of new york has outlawed the death penalty, but that can be overruled by the us government for a federal crime such as this. meanwhile, saipov, a 29—year—old originally from uzbekistan who's been living legally in the us for seven years, has been charged with terrorism offences. law enforcement officials have been giving reporters more details about him. he allegedly admitted that he was inspired to commit the attack by the isis videos that he watched and had been planning the at

norman smith they're talking to emily thornbury. simon king has the weather.ontinue with these wintry showers, snow down to lower levels across eastern coastal counties. some showers across west wales and south—west england, and temperatures on the thermometer might be up to 5 degrees, but if you factor in the wind—chill, it will feel more like this. through today and tonight, showers coming westwards into the pennines. a cold nights to come once again, temperatures in the countryside well below freezing, perhaps as low as -10 below freezing, perhaps as low as —10 degrees in all areas. we keep the sunshine across england and wales, but for scotland and northern ireland, little cloudier. goodbye. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the home secretary, amber rudd, has repeated downing steet‘s condemnation of donald trump's retweeting of videos posted by the far—right group britain first, telling mps he was wrong to do so. the president hit back at theresa may for criticising him, saying the prime minister should be focusing on terrorism and not on him. net m

let's speak to our our assistant political editor norman smith. this being received ? so far, there have been no cries of betrayal or treachery directed at borisjohnson betrayal or treachery directed at boris johnson and michael gove, betrayal or treachery directed at borisjohnson and michael gove, the brexiteers in the cabinet, but there isa brexiteers in the cabinet, but there is a clear contrast between their sta nce is a clear contrast between their stance and the views of brexiteers on backbenchers where many are up in arms at the idea of paying billions more to the eu as part of these divorce negotiations. won this morning saying we need to be able to look our constituents in the eye at the time of tight public spending constraints. others take the view of the eu is in turmoil because of the uncertainty surrounding the german chancellor's position and she is central to agreeing any progress in talks so better to sit back and let the eu sweat it out. borisjohnson and michael gove however have decided more cash has to be put on the table if we

norman smith's analysis seems eminently sensible.ter they beat the champions league holders, real madrid, for the first time in their history. it came thanks to a dominant 3—1 win at wembley last night with two from england's dele alli. christian eriksen sealed the victory with the third goal in the second half. spurs have now reached the knockout stages with two gains to spare stock it was a night of history for sergio aguero of manchester city. pep guardiola described him as a legend as he broke the club's goal—scoring record. he hit his 178 goal—scoring record. he hit his 178 goalfor city to go goal—scoring record. he hit his 178 goal for city to go one better than eric brooke in a 4—2 win at napoli, which also puts them through to the last 16. when one guy achieves what he has achieved, it is a big congratulations from all of his team—mates that he plays with. he is a legend. for the club. for the history. enjoy it. everybody has to be so proud of that. it was three from 34 english clubs in europe last night. liverpool were too g

she also faced questions on brexit. 0ur assistant political correspondent, norman smith joins on brexiter. thank you very much. it's a licorice allsorts pmqs. a whole range of different questions. no big theme stood out, but we got a smattering of brexit questions, and a nudge towards that daily telegraph front page, when 15 tory mps were named and shamed for daring to rebel over brack said. mrs may was asked about the tone of the debate, and she seemed to suggest that it debate, and she seemed to suggest thatitis debate, and she seemed to suggest that it is perfectly 0k to have a lively a listen. there are strong rules on the european union on different sides of this house. what we are doing is listening to those. we hope that we can all come together, and have the decision that the country took to leave the european union. mr corbyn had a smattering of questions to the prime minister, on any, and universal credit. there is a lot of stagnation in the run—up to the budget as to whether mr hammond might be up to find more cash to twea k might be up to find more cash to tweak universal cr

norman smith is in westminster. le sexual harassment? her view appears to be that any new system has to be independent of the political parties. that deters too many women from making complaints. instead you have to have a system run by parliament and covers everyone working at parliament. notjust mps' employees but parliamentary staff and journalists working here as well. but she herself came under attack for her response to allegations of sexual misconduct, challenged by labour mp lisa nandy that when she was home secretary she had ignored warnings made to when she was setting up the enquiry into his doric claims of child abuse that the conservative whips office was holding information on tory mps about sexual misconduct, to ensure their loyalty to the party. mrs may promised to respond and to look into the issue. but you do have a sense that far from the issue. but you do have a sense that farfrom going the issue. but you do have a sense that far from going away, the issue. but you do have a sense that farfrom goi

let'sjoin norman smith. up at prime minister's questions, and theresa may may want to address the issue because she hasn't really had a chance to do so. she was in the commons the other day when andrea leadsom gave a statement, sitting behind —— beside her very deliberately perhaps to underline the seriousness with which she views: allegations. that made this —— lead to much less of the usual argy—bargy, more of a subdued, reflective mood, given the nature of the allegations and the fact that it affects all parties, it is not a party political issue. as for those allegations, the latest one is a centre and of course on damian green which he vehemently denies, saying they are completely untrue, he has also ends —— instructed a firm of libel lawyers, and this morning the home secretary was addressing the police chiefs' conference and was asked about the claims against mr green and about harassment more generally. there are some serious allegations that have ta ken there are some serious allegations that have t

in a moment, we'll speak to our assistant political editor norman smith in westminster, but first, tope correspondent damian grammaticas. damian, what is the message the eu negotiator michel barnier is trying to send? i think it's very interesting, the speech this morning clearly comes within the context of the things you are hearing in the debate in the uk. the highlight at the top, michel barnier saying the eu wants the most ambitious free trade agreement with the uk but to achieve that his speech went on to lay out conditions, and of course we all know about the exit agreement, dealing with things like money. he moved on quickly from that, the speech was all about michel barnier point in the uk towards difficult choices that the eu believes the uk has to make to move things forward. ireland, he pointed to that, he said the uk has said it would apply some eu rules in ireland but what rules? what is the uk willing to commit to prevent a hard border? they want the uk to focus on the question of ireland. and participation or access to the single market, he said that would depend on how

norman smith is there at westminster.ing about how many are saying it is ok, we can live with that. damian green is answering questions today. mr speaker, i have been asked to reply on behalf of the prime minister who isa on behalf of the prime minister who is a broader the middle east furthering our interests in the region that is fundamental to our national security and prosperity. i am sure the whole house will wish —— wish tojoin me in offering our warmest congratulations to his royal highness prince harry and megan mark royal and wish them every happiness in the future. today marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the raf and stop the whole house will wa nt to raf and stop the whole house will want to express our thanks for a century of service to our country. congratulations also to prince harry on his engagement. despite the efforts of the labour council, the government has included the grimsby project but we need more than a byline in a glossy magazine to make is potential reality. the first secretary say

norman smith there. the labour mp john mann norman smith there.he political authority, nothing was done and women who did come forward and complained. the other two haven't made complaints because i think they feel they won't be believed. they feel i have got over it. it was relatively trivial. this programme has exclusively been told of another sexual advance made towards a teenager by the actor kevin spacey. john — not his real name — claims that he rebutted sexual advances from mr spacey after meeting him at a summer theatre school when he was 17 in the 1980s. earlier this week spacey apologised after being accused of making a sexual advance toward child actor anthony rapp, who was ia. we have approached kevin spacey‘s representatives for a comment but have not yet received a response. here is whatjohn told us about his encounter with the actor. so with me he was either very stupid or he was predatory or maybe a little both. whatever the case maybe, i was uncomfortable at best and traumatised at worse. john repped counting his experiences. a re

our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster.a better shape at the end. the government has put down an amendment which we do not think is the right way to proceed, which is with the date on the face of the bill. we do not understand why it has done that, as it will impede their negotiating ability. what do you say to your collea g u es ability. what do you say to your colleagues who said, if you defeat mrs may on such an important piece of legislation, it might pave the way for a general election? that is nonsense. the conservative party is united on almost everything. i accept the will of democracy, i am not trying to prevent brexit or stop the bill, i‘m trying to get it into a good place we get a good dealfor britain. there were 15 of you named on the daily telegraph. are other more? yes. there are more, i do not know why the daily telegraph published those particular people. but there are others, some who are more public and some behind—the—scenes putting pressure on the whips. how likely is that the government could be defeat

our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster how much trouble is he in then? difficulties because we have the extraordinary prospect of a government minister potentially been found to be in contempt of parliament. there's a long way to go to that, we would have to have such a move approved by the speaker, there would have to be a vote in parliament but i can't recall in recent history any minister being found guilty of in effect, defying this place and what adds edge to it in this context is that because exit campaigners made much of taking back control and empowering this place so for the brexit minister himself potentially, to be accused of ignoring parliament, floating the will of parliament would be profoundly awkward but points to fault is at the heart of this row, it's not just fault is at the heart of this row, it's notjust a tussle over paperwork, at its heart is a confrontation between the government and parliament over who's calling the shots when it comes to brexit. and i wasjust the shots when it comes to brexit. and i was just saying a the shots w

but first, the reaction from westminster, and our assistant political editor, norman smith.ster likely to bow to this pressure to cancel the visit? the short answer is no, she is not. this is despite the widespread anger among mps on all sides, some suggesting that the president is giving soccer, pandering to the far right britain first group. and despite also probably the genuine dismay and distaste in downing street for the president's conduct. the reason the visit will be cancelled is hard faced political reality. that reality is we cannot afford to compromise our relationship with the united states, particularly in the post brexit world, when we need those close ties if we are going to get those —— that trade deal we are so get those —— that trade deal we are so anxious to get those —— that trade deal we are so anxious to secure. get those —— that trade deal we are so anxious to secure. however, there isa so anxious to secure. however, there is a big but. it is this. do not expect that state visit to happen any time soon. if you listen to the home secretary in the common

torsten bell is its director and has been speaking to our assistant political editor norman smith withdget yesterday was focusing on language around productivity and what that meant for gdp, the size of our economy. what we are showing today, what do they mean for the family finances? a grim picture. pay is expected to be nearly £1000 less than previously thought and family's incomes are predicted to have a long stagnation over the next four years. a longer period than the stagnation we saw after the financial crisis. it is not as deep but it is longer. you suggest that it is poorer families that are going to be hit ha rd est. this grim economic picture is affecting all families and is leading to lower incomes and lower earnings growth right across the income spectrum. it is the tax and benefit policies of the government that are disproportionally taking away from poorer families. we are seeing benefits cut, taking over £700 away on average from the bottom third of the average households. taxes cut, giving some money to the top third of households. we know the chancellor is going to be

our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. london at about half past three this afternoon and she will see the prime minister, we understand. if she does go and she loses herjob, that is two cabinet ministers that have gone in less tha n cabinet ministers that have gone in less than a week, where does that leave the government? it is bad, bad, bad for mrs may to lose two cabinet ministers in seven days. and it risks unsettling the brexiteers and remainers in the government. she might harbour her only the ship ambitions, and while the cabinet is being buffeted over the sexual harassment scandal. and it could get messy with reports in thejewish chronicle this lunchtime that mrs may did know about some of these meetings and did know about the meetings and did know about the meeting with the israeli prime minister, claims denied by number 10. but although it is bad, there is a worse scenario and that is if mrs may what do not think because that would further cement the motion that mrs may —— will to do nothing. it would cement the

well let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. intense crittism s are either vulnerable, to you think. . in normal times you would say absolutely yes. they would probably be booted out of the cabinet. it would, adios amigos. in boris johnson's case he would be seen as a serial offender when it comes to diplomatic gaffes when it comes to offence to others. a month ago he outraged the libyan government by suggesting dead bodies should be cleared away from one of their cities so it could be turned into a tourist resort. now he is accused of jeopardising the position of a british woman in jail jeopardising the position of a british woman injail in iran, priti patel appears to have been decidedly economical with who she was seeing in israel and whom she told about whom she was seeing but mrs may's position now is so fragile, she seems unable to move anyone. it has become almost like a game of politicaljenga, where she dares not pull out one block for fear of all coming down and it is at a time when there are allegations of sleaze sweep

let's get more from norman smith.otracted squeeze on finances after the budget. those findings from the office for budget responsibility downgrading growth forecasts for five years to less than 2%, which will have a knock in terms of wages, taxes and therefore in terms of public services. today mr hammond just suggesting that things might not be that bad, it might be part of a temporary hit because of brexit uncertainty and once we get through the negotiations, business and consumer confidence will bounce back. similarly, theresa may flagging up some elements of the budget she says will help ordinary families, such as the rise in the personal allowances, which she says amounts to a tax cut, and i rise in the national living wage, help for homeowners, all of which she said would help ordinary families and is some financial pressure. and when asked, going out of her way to praise the chancellor. the chancellor did a very good job yesterday. what the chancellor was doing was setting out how we will ensure we have an econ

pressing for material that could compromise the national interest. 0ur assistant political editor norman smithnd ministers over brexit yet again. which has scarred this whole brexit process. now the latest row over documents which are meant to illustrate the impact of brexit on different parts of the economy. the government have handed over 850 pages. i understand they have been photocopied by the committee and they are deciding what to do with them. they are not happy because they have not got all the information. the government has withheld key elements of those documents which are commercially sensitive, others which they believe might give eu negotiators and advantage. the mps say, no, the house of commons voted to see all the documents, you must hand it over and this morning the shadow exit secretary suggest, was threatening to pursue david davis for contempt of court if he does not hand over all the paperwork. i think the government is treating parliament with contempt. parliament voted that these documents should be handed over. at the 11th hour, david davis says, i am not going to hand

let's speak now to our assistant political editor norman smith.ignificantly above the £18 billion so far suggested by mrs may. one tory backbencher said this morning that we have to be able to look voters in the eye at a time when public spending is constrained, and there might also be a very difficult budget. meanwhile, david davis has, in a speech this morning, suggested that the possibility of getting a trade deal is now the most likely outcome of the brexit negotiations. let's listen.” likely outcome of the brexit negotiations. let's listen. i say com pletely negotiations. let's listen. i say completely and unambiguously on the deal side of this equation. reaching a deal with the european union is not only the most likely outcome, it is also the best outcome for our country. a good deal means we can grasp the opportunities of independent trade policy, while at the same time giving stability for our business and for the people they employ and the economy we support. upon which our prosperity depends. hopefully it wasn't a metaphor for the talks

let's get more from our political guru norman smith in downing street. takes could not be higher. how much pressure is mr hammond under today? huge pressure, notjust politically but also personally because many tory mps seem to be almost taking the view that if mr hammond fails, good riddance to him. why? because of brexit. some view him as unduly negative and critical to brexit and to be quite comfortable if he was no longer chancellor. so he personally has an enormous amount riding on this budget, first to make sure there are no gaffes like in the last budget when there was that you turn over national insurance contributions, and also in terms of tone. they want mr hammond to strike a more upbeat, confident time, particularly about britain's prospects once we leave the eu. against that, his room for manoeuvre is incredibly constrained. because there is no money. we know there is a persistent deficit, the economy is slowing, there's brexit uncertainty, productivity still struggling, and politically the government doesn't have the majority to push through

let's get an assessment of that from norman smith.rity. his argument that every pound sheltered from taxes a point that the nhs or other public services are being deprived. john mcdonnell this morning said that without these offshore tax havens austerity wouldn‘t have been necessary , austerity wouldn‘t have been necessary, it could‘ve been avoided altogether because of the billions they could have been recouped in tax. nightjeremy corbyn: notjust for a public register of all offshore accounts in british territories like bermuda and the cayman islands. also the cbi demanding a public enquiry into the use of offshore tax havens to avoid paying tax, and suggesting that a labour government would impose what is called a withholding tax on those wealthy individuals and companies who sought to take the money out of the country and put it in offshore trusts. we have just learnt that labour have been granted an urgent question on this issue in the commons. if that is being tabled by john mcdonnell, i would expect that the chancellor will need

joining us from westminster is our assistant political editor norman smith.ny course of action open to theresa may other than to sack priti patel? it is very hard to see any other outcome, all the signs are priti patel, when she landed back in london, will be summoned to meet the prime minister, and she will be asked to give her version of events, why she did not disclose details of further meetings with israeli politicians when she met the prime minister on monday for that face—to—face dressing down, why she did not from the prime minister about her idea of possibly giving the israeli army taxpayers' money to help syrian refugees fleeing into the golan heights. if there is no adequate answer that i assume she will be sacked. she already has had toissue will be sacked. she already has had to issue clarifications about who she saw, when she saw them and who she saw, when she saw them and who she told about those meetings, she has already had to issue an apology over her conduct and already been formally reprimanded by the prime minister and has already prompte

during us for the latest is our assistant political editor, norman smith. term as a result of his incorrect remarks. downing street says mrjohnson spoke with his iranian counterpart this morning and they said his remarks were not the cause of the decision to review and possibly increase her sentence. they also say mrjohnson had said nothing which might in any circumstances give them justification for increasing the sentence. mrjohnson also appears to be standing by the line issued by the foreign office late last night, suggesting when he said mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was their teaching iranian people about journalism, that he was in fact alluding to the iranian case against her. this is what he actually said when he appeared before the foreign affairs select committee last week... when you look at what mrs zaghari—ratcliffe when you look at what mrs zaghari— ratcliffe was when you look at what mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was doing, she was simply teaching people journalism, asi simply teaching people journalism, as i understand. this is not the first time loose lang

norman smith is at westminster. it is another big day.h some have put in inverted commas from david davis, is ita inverted commas from david davis, is it a meaningful vote in the end? mrs may's critics don't think so because the problem is, although there will bea the problem is, although there will be a bill, it won't be like a normal bill. usually with bills, mps can amend them, change them, they can say to ministers you need to go away and think again and recast this legislation. with this bill it is ta ke legislation. with this bill it is take it or leave it time and if they don't like it, tough. we will leave the eu without any sort of deal and thatis the eu without any sort of deal and that is nightmare land for many remainers. however, they are under massive, massive pressure to back off because some tories are saying, if you rebels defeat mrs may, that is such a big moment that it could possibly amount to a vote of confidence in the government, that might meana confidence in the government, that might mean a general election, it c

let's cross to our assistant political editor, norman smith in westminster. final deal but many of them not really happy with that? we appear to be facing weeks of fraught knife edge parliamentary votes over this key brexit bill. with all the signs that the move by david davis yesterday to try and head off some of the criticism by announcing there would be an additional brexit bill to implement any final deal, far from it appeasing the critics, seems to have incensed many of them because it now transpires that whatever mps do to this legislation, if the amended or voted down, it will not make any difference because we will still leave the eu but without a deal is mps reject that legislation. that is a nightmare scenario for many tory mps. concern also that they may not get a vote on this new bill until after we have actually left the eu. the response from the government this morning suggests that some of their critics are seeking not to improve or amend the government approach to brexit but to derail it. here is the brexit minister. we will be engaging across

initial offer, which was thought to amount to about £18 billion. 0ur assistant political editor norman smithady signalled that she is prepared to pay up to £18 billion in florence speech and there is speculation at westminster that that some could go north of £40 billion if the uk is to get the eu to agree to move on to those crucial trade talks, and even some of the leading brexiteers in cabinet seem resigned to having to pay that none but is everyone happy? i'm joined by the conservative mp nigel evans. would you be happy that some? know and we need to know what we are paying for. we all know the brexit vehicle has dual controls, ourfocus is on the accelerator and theirs is on the break so it keeps stalling. what will it take for michel barnier to get his foot off the brake? we are making concession after concession, we have already offered a two—year transition, we made a concession on eu citizens living in the uk that we value them, and on northern ireland remade concessions, we wa nt northern ireland remade concessions, we want to see no hard border there. it is about time the eu came t

let's get more from our political guru norman smith in westminster.s may has managed to find some kind of compromise between the brexiteers in the cabinet and remains. there must be many mornings when she wakes up thinking, "0h, remains. there must be many mornings when she wakes up thinking, "oh, my gosh," but this morning she must be feeling chipper because she seems to have bound in the big beasts of brexit in the cabinet to agree her in backing for more money to leave the eu and that was by no means a given because the tory backbenchers are up in arms, describing it as a ransom and we should not be paying ransom and we should not be paying ransom money to leave the eu and it is possible borisjohnson and michael gove could have decided to ride the backbenches and torpedo mrs may's move to give more cash to get the trade talks going. instead, they have said ok, we will pay more money. a couple of conditions attached, though. one, they want it to be absolutely guaranteed that the eu will respond by saying, "fine, we will now move on in the brexit neg

norman smith is at westminster. so she will be on a plane shortly.that because mrs may wants to sack her to herface? that because mrs may wants to sack her to her face? she is on the plane now, somewhere her to her face? she is on the plane 110w, somewhere over her to her face? she is on the plane now, somewhere over the sudan. she caught a flight back from nairobi a short time ago at the request of downing street and i think we can ta ke downing street and i think we can take it from that she will be summoned into number ten to explain what she didn't tell the prime minister when she was called in for that face—to—face meeting on monday to come clean, to receive that formal rebuke, reprimand, warning about her conduct, why at that meeting she didn't come clean and tell the prime minister all the different meetings she had with different meetings she had with different israeli prime ministers, politicians, because it now transpires there were two further meetings which she neglected to tell mrs may about. at both those meetings, there were no other g

our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us this morning.ne enough to save hisjob? has philip hammond done enough to save his job? we will all have to rethink our views on him because week or thought of him as phillip the dull, spreadsheet phil, and there he was joking about michael gove and we had that cough sweet stu nt gove and we had that cough sweet stunt with mrs may, and in terms of the real pressure he was under he seemed to go around picking of all the difficulties that he and the tories were facing, putting on a bit more money here and a bit more money there so the image is boss has said, i need £4 billion and he says, here is £2.8 billion, that will help you along. we knew there was a looming revolt of the universal credit so out of his back pocket there's another £i.5 out of his back pocket there's another £1.5 million to ease some of the problems. brexiteers throwing bread rolls at him, he says nice things about brexit and offers them £2 billion to help smooth passage, business community, they weren't happy about changes to busi

let's talk to our political guru norman smith in westminster.e could go quite a way beyond that. this morning's papers, the guardian says uk faces £50 billion divorce bill. ft, britain bows to pressure on divorce bill. there is suggestions it could be between 40 to 55 billion euros. we reckon it will be in the 50s. the 55 billion figure downing street say is wrong, but we are looking at the 40 billions. why this matters this is considerably more than may said, mrs may said in florence, but also much more than we were told in the referendum campaign or indeed just a few months ago because we had senior leave figures like borisjohnson, in the commons, just a few months ago, saying that the eu could basically go whistle if they expected any big pay—out. here is a reminder of what he said. the sums that i have seen that they propose to demand from this country seem to me extortionate and i think "to go whistle" is an entirely appropriate expression. you remember the brexiteers bus suggesting we would get £350 million a week back, now it seems we wil

invitation that theresa may issued to donald trump quite a long time ago now so let's speak to norman smithg to be a full—blown commons debate about the issue and, all the time you sense pressure is building on downing street to rethink this offer of a state visit to the president with the mayor of london, sadiq khan, weighing in in the past few minutes, as we were hearing, saying that mr trump had betrayed the special relationship by his tweets. we have had other government ministers this morning, perhaps the most striking one i think was sajid javid last night. let me read you what he said. he's extremely angry and personally affronted: so potus has endorsed the views of a vile hate—filled racist organisation that hates me and people like me. she wrong and i refuse to let it go and say nothing. you really get a sense of his personal anger at the president and for mrs may, she has to decide now how does she respond because she's going to be delivering a speech in jordan where she is at the moment, i've seen the speech, nothing in it about the trump tweet there, but there's going to be ques

being held injail in iran that might mean her being imprisoned even longer. 0ur political guru, norman smitht is just so fragile at the moment she can't afford to boot anyone out, but it is a fairly extraordinary set of events that has now unfolding. normally on tuesday there is a cabinet. there isn't a cabinet today and frankly that's just as well because you suspect a lot of cabinet ministers would sort of looking rather shame faced at the mess they are in. top of the pile, borisjohnson, as you say, facing mounting criticism after he appears to have worsened the plight of this british iranian woman who has already been jailed for five years by mistakenly suggesting that she had gone to iran to help teach journalism. the iranian authorities have said ah—ha, she was here to spread propaganda against our regime and are threatening to double her jail sentence and this all stems from comments mrjohnson made last week at the foreign affairs select committee. let's listen to what he said. when you look at what nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe when you look at what nazanin zaghari— ratcliffe was when you

our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster.gs but the problem itself is far from dealt with? you get a sense that far from beginning to fade away, this whole controversy is just to fade away, this whole controversy isjust building to fade away, this whole controversy is just building and to fade away, this whole controversy isjust building and building, with more and more women now being prepared to come out and publicly speak about some of their experiences across a whole range of allegations, from really the most serious, of course, yesterday with a labour activist telling how she was raped and when she tried to alert labour hq was discouraged from pursuing the matter. then we have had cases of parliamentary assista nts had cases of parliamentary assistants being obliged to buy sex toys and a number of instances of female party members having their knees felt by conservative ministers. it covers a huge range but the one thing that does seem to be happening is more and more women are prepared now to speak out and you get the s

let's go to norman smith in westminster.teresting that with eve ryo ne johnson. it is interesting that with everyone saying priti patel has broken the ministerial code, the response of downing street is that we need to change the ministerial code. i was just watching the reaction in the house of commons, and what struck me, priti patel was not in the commons to answer the statement about her israel visit, she is actually in a trip to —— on a trip to africa, but what struck me was a number of conservative mps getting up number of conservative mps getting up and not so discreetly kicking the boot into her. in particular over her time as they see it to the israeli lobby if you like to put it, that way. and we learned that she first informed the foreign office about her visit on august 24. the first the prime minister knew about it was last week. so, you know, there is a question mark about why wasn't the foreign office —— why didn't the foreign office in former prime minister? as it was in the commons, it was left to alistair b

norman satchel, showed us a gift he got for veterans day. recognition from a younger generation. >> maybe it'll help bring everybody in this country together. >> reporter: their example of service is still inspiring today. drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> new at 11:00, police are hoping surveillance video will lead to an arrest at a shooting today in philadelphia. they were called to huntington street, and that's where they found a 24-year-old man shot three times. the victim and another man were is standing outside a corner store when investigators say someone wearing a mask walked up to the victims and started shooting. >> the video that i've seen, it appears our victim was the intended target from the door. because the two males, they split and the shooter only contrated on the one victim. >> tonight that victim is in critical condition at temple university hospital. >>> a 57-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot by philadelphia police. it happened just before 2:00 this morning inside a home on south 29th street. the man inside the home had a knife, and police say they repeatedly told him to drop it. police shot the man once in the chest and he's in critical condition tonight. >>> now both of these

norman showed us a gift he got for veterans day, recognition from a younger generation. >> maybe it will help bring everybody in this country together. >> reporter: their example of service is still inspiring today. drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> today a veterans day parade will march through lower mayfield at 1:00 this afternoon at edgewood and long acre lane. a commemorative ceremony will follow at the nearby veterans square monument. >>> all right. let's start with the live camera view outside in center city. this is an important view because you might remember we showed the flag whipping around in the wind. now the flag is totally still because the winds are calm. and that makes a big difference. our temperatures are at 33 degrees but with those calm winds, it feels like 33 degrees instead of yesterday when temperatures were, a, a little cooler but those winds were strong enough that it felt like we were at 11, 12, 13 degrees outside. brutal morning. today is not quite as bad. still cold. i was outside a bit ago and it's still chilly but not quite as rough. take a look at radar and satellite. no rain or snow heading in our direction. the closest action is well into ohio and then moving north towards areas

smith al-jazeera. so it's get more on this now we're joined by sanish hart a professor of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma and he's joining us via skype from norman oklahoma mr shot a very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so the arab league has issued this statement condemning iran and hezbollah nothing new there we know how to sell these figures at least about iran about hezbollah but what does what does issuing the statement mean what does it do. well it's largely symbolic it doesn't do very much the arab league as a regional organization cannot do much and has not been a very powerful or regional organization even compared to other regional organizations there is one measure however that is quite practical and it's a small measure and that has to do with arab telecommunications satellites no longer broadcasting iranian financed television stations that's really the only immediate practical implication of this so this is a largely symbolic gesture on the part of the saudis and on the part of the arab league on all members of the arab league would have had support from all members to thank no that's not the case as you know the arab world