let's find out from norman smith, listening in the commonslj so let's find out from norman smith, listening by the rail chaos with passengers in during misery all over the country, maybe donald trump's steel tariffs, but it was our old punchbag, brexit, with jeremy corbyn but it was our old punchbag, brexit, withjeremy corbyn challenging mrs may over the long lost white paper are not negotiating position. when will it emerge, he asked. we were told three weeks ago to a great deal of fa nfa re told three weeks ago to a great deal of fanfare that this white paper would set out the government's ambition for the uk's future relationship with the eu and their vision for a future role in the world. it is nowhere to be seen, no answer as to when it will be published. forwards ago the prime minister said the cabinet was looking at two options, a customs partnership model and a maximum facilitation option. can she tell us which of her subcommittees has met, what decisions they have made, when they will report to the cabinet and will we be told ? they will report to the cabinet and will we be told? j

thank you, norman smith.d complete denuclearisation, according to the us secretary of state mike pompeo. he was speaking in seoul where he's been having talks with south korean and japanese counterparts, and trying to explain the details of the deal struck between president trump and kim jong—un at their summit in singapore. robin brant reports from seoul. his piece contains flashing images. fresh from that summit, he's come to explain and to reassure. first, the secretary of state met with south korea's president — the leader of a country still technically at war with the north. then he had talks with his japanese and south korean counterparts — both staunch allies, both countries that might not fully agree with this. as he arrived back in the us, the president took to his phone, tweeting there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. the world should rest assured that the united states, the republic of korea and japan remain committed to achieving the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearis

norman smith, thank you.support for doctors and nurses who make "honest mistakes" while treating patients, so they can learn from their errors without fear of prosecution. mr hunt has accepted the findings of a review into gross negligence manslaughter charges in healthcare. it was prompted by the case of a trainee paediatrician who was struck off after the death of a six—year—old boy. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. the death of jack adcock in 2011 is the tragic backdrop to today's announcement. the 6 year—old boy had sepsis and suffered a cardiac arrest at leicester royal infirmary. signs of his infection were missed and it was mistakenly thought he was under a do not resuscitate order. the doctor in charge when he died, doctor hadzia bawa—garba, admitted a catalogue of errors but her conviction for gross negligence manslaughter and subsequently being barred from practicing shocked many doctors and nurses. leading fears around how medical staff are expected to admit to and learn from mista

norman smith there at westminster. watchdog has begun a full investigation into the failure of online banking at tsb. the systems problem in april caused disruption for almost 2 million people using the bank's digital and mobile banking services and left many customers unable to access their accounts. this afternoon the bank's bosses will face questioning by mps. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has more. for weeks, tsb customers had trouble logging in to their accounts. the service is better now, but it is still unstable. and customers phoning for help are having to wait for half an hour on average, or being cut off completely. customers like photographer paul clark, shut out of his account for long periods, in the confusion falling victim to a fraudster who stole more than £10,000. spending three days on the phone to get the money back. i have lost all confidence now that tsb have got a grip on this. i don't know the situation of my accounts, i can't get in there, i have no confidence in their abilit

norman smith, thank you.g, and what could the significance of today be? chris morris from our reality check team is here to explain more. the eu withdrawal bill is the domestic legislation that will formalise the uk exit from the european union, and it is back in the house of commons for further consideration after the government was defeated 15 times in the house of lords. now, it wants to reverse 14 of those votes on things such as specifying the time and date of exit, or the eu's charter of fundamental rights, either outright or through new amendments which have been proposed by the government or by backbench mps. and these are the three votes that will be most closely watched. on what's called a meaningful vote — that's today. on a customs union. and on the european economic area, tomorrow. so let's have a look at them one by one. first, the issue of a meaningful vote. this is about the withdrawal agreement the uk is negotiating with the eu. the government has suggested that a vote on the deal, later this

thank you, norman smith.ell fire says survivors and the bereaved are coming to the inquiry in a "calm rage". speaking at the second day of evidence to the inquiry, danny frieman qc said the refurbishment of the tower block, overseen by the local authority, had left it as a death trap. the inquiry was also told that companies involved in the refurbishment are refusing to say whether the changes were in breach of building regulations. richard galpin has this report. it's almost a year since the devastating fire at grenfell tower, and the inquiry has heard damning evidence from experts about fire safety failures there, leading to the deaths of 72 people who were not able to escape the ferocious flames. today, it was the turn of lawyers who represent the victims. the bereaved and the surviving people of grenfell tower come to this inquiry in a calm rage. the basic facts are stark. in the second decade of 21st century london, governed by a regulatory framework designed to ensure fire safety, a local authority inst

norman smith in downing street, thank you.ry has been told that fire commanders had "no obvious and safe alternative strategy" other than to tell residents to stay put in their flats. the fire brigades union said firefighters were left in an "impossible situation". it comes as it's emerged that the metropolitan police is carrying out a criminal investigation into the fire service's use of the "stay put" policy. richard galpin reports. more than 700 firefighters and other staff were involved in tackling the grenfell fire. and they faced a lot of criticism for telling residents to stay put rather than evacuating quickly as the fire spread. but at the enquiry today, lawyers representing the fire services said there had been very good reasons for that decision. firstly, the building was not designed or constructed to facilitate simultaneous evacuations through the provision of fire alarms. secondly, the absence of any practical mechanism by which to effectively communicate with the occupants of the entire building. thirdly, in the

our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminsterfor us.ome surprising voices coming out in favour of legalising cannabis from westminster this morning.” favour of legalising cannabis from westminster this morning. i don't think any unexpectedly william hague to suggest the cannabis should be legalised. he says the war on cannabis has been lost and asking the police to clamp down on it is asking the military to reconquer the empire. it might happen, no point trying. but the government this morning have rejected the idea of any loosening of the law in terms of recreational use of cannabis. that is not going to happen. that is a separate issue, though, it has to be said, from the arguments surrounding the medicinal use of cannabis and there, i think, the medicinal use of cannabis and there, ithink, we the medicinal use of cannabis and there, i think, we are going to see movement because in the last few minutes, the home secretary sajid javid has said he will make his statement in the commons this lunchtime about that issue and that, of course

for the moment, thank you norman smith in downing street.gue matches per season on its uk prime video service from 2019. the russian president, vladimir putin, has said that russian officials should be given access to yulia skripal. ms skripal and her father were poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury last march. mr putin, speaking during his live televised annual phone—in with the russian people, also answered a question about visa problems experienced by billionaire roman abramovich in the uk. sergei goriashko is from the bbc‘s russian service. more on this phone in session that the russian president has been doing for quite a few years, first of all, tell us what more he said about yulia skripal? he also mentioned that yulia skripal should be given access that yulia skripal should be given a ccess fro m that yulia skripal should be given access from the russian consular but he did not pay lots of attention to this subject. but vladimir putin told lots of things about relationship. he told that the usa are wrong to try to restrain russia

in a moment i will talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who's at westminster. to jon ironmonger, who is at heathrow airport. for a very long time, jon, it felt like it has been going to be heathrow — but it has taken a very long time? yes, it has. successive governments have been tossing this back and forth for a couple of decades. i think there was a turning port about three years ago after the airports commission said that heathrow airport was the rest that, it had the most economic benefits and it was the best location available. better it is. and now, the transport secretary, chris grayling, having had a meeting with the economic subcommittee, which is expected to say that heathrow is the best bet, with caveats, is going to put the proposal to his cabinet this morning. if they give it the nod thenit morning. if they give it the nod then it will actually go to the commons and the commons itself is expected to pass it. i think politicians generally accept that there is a kind of economic imperative to increase the capacity in the south—east of england. except

joining me now is our assistant political editor, norman smith. hat much of the shift but it is not that much of the shift but it isa is not that much of the shift but it is a significant one and for some not far enough. tell us more about the spectrum of opinion. for weeks now there has been a simmering row in labour ranks over their attitude to the single market, with pro—remain labour mps cranking up with pro—remain labour mps cranking up the pressure onjeremy corbyn to come out and campaign to keep britain in the single market. last night, the labour leadership effectively closed the door to that option after they decided they would not back an amendment to keep britain in the single market when it is voted on next week and instead have come up with this compromise proposal under which a labour government would seek to the main, not in the single market but a single market. —— would seek to remain. they believe they could negotiate a bespoke british steel to ensure the uk could enjoy full access to the internal market without necessarily signin

let's get the details from norman smith. i hope we can get norman to you.morning, norman dot in westminster, as ever. what more i were expecting the home secretary to say in terms of the real detail? i think what we will get from the home secretary is a promise that this will be an easy—to—use, simple, straightforward application process which will be able to be completed online. it will be processed within a couple of weeks and is likely to cost about the same as a passport, around £72 50. the difficulty is there is a huge amount of scepticism, particularly amongst migrants living in the uk over whether the home 0ffice in the uk over whether the home office is going to be able to deliver that, just because of the sheer numbers involved. we are talking about processing more than 3 million applications by the end of 2020. that is a huge amount of work that has to be undertaken. they also have anxieties about the details of much of the process, exactly how much of the process, exactly how much they will be able to prove they have been resident in the uk for f

our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us.s on both sides, but very much the focus on borisjohnson who said he would lie in front of the bulldozers to stop them going ahead. and now he won't be voting on it at all. we know he won't be in the country. the foreign office will not tell us where he is. downing street won't tell us where he is. the transport secretary this morley, chris grayling, said he doesn't know where he is. fellow brexiteersjonah where he is. fellow brexiteersjonah where he is. fellow brexiteersjonah where he is. it's a mystery. —— the transport secretary this morning. he was going to be one of the figureheads of the anti—heathrow movement. that'll have a effect with regards to the side of —— assize of revolt theresa may will have on the backbenches, especially as boris johnson cannot be bothered to put his head on the block. that coupled with the fact chris grayling has gone out of his way to offer reassurance to unhappy mps. saying, for example, no tax payers money will go into building the third runway. th

have to find the money now theresa may has put her name to this. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith the question everyone's asking, do the figures stack up and how are we any nearer to knowing? there will be tax rises but we don't know who will be paying them or how much. and that is why what was meant to bea much. and that is why what was meant to be a feel—good announcement, add big bonanza cash boost for the nhs has become mired in a bruising bust up has become mired in a bruising bust up over brexit, magic money trees and those tax rises. that is because theresa may hasn't spelt out in any detail how she's going to pay for this. the brexit dividend, as we have heard has been dismissed by groups like the institute for fiscal studies. the option of borrowing more is difficult. theresa may saying she wants to pay for the extra cash responsibly, so that would limit the scope for a big increase in borrowing, which means you come back to these tax rises. but there, the chancellor runs into the buffers of the tory party ma nifesto the buffers of the tory party manifesto which promised

our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. those extraordinary scenes at prime minister's questions. i guess we take from all of this, this is still a prime minister hugely under pressure here? as if mrs may did not have enough on how plate here at westminster over brexit, now an entirely new headache in the form of the snp pledge in this lunchtime to adopt a much more aggressive opposition to brexit. this on the morning that mrs may was already involved in a stand—off with some of her pro—remain rebels over what she did or did not promise, with warnings from them that unless she delivers an a compromise of a meaningful vote, then they will defeat her when the issue comes back to the commons. then again this lunchtime those extraordinary scenes when pmqs was pretty much brought to a standstill after the snp's leader demand that the commons go into a private session because of what he called the democratic outrage by the power grab of westminster over brexit, also attacking what he called the disrespect is the machine to scotla

theresa may has been meeting her cabinet this morning. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith isre summoned to this emergency meeting, norman, what do you expect they are being told? it has now finished. i expect they have been told they will have to put up taxes for the huge increase of nhs spending. when you factor in extra money for scotland, northern ireland and wales, the 1.25 billion mrs may says she will top up the nhs pension pot every year it is nearer 25 million, a huge amount of money that has got to be found by 2023. at the moment, there are no obvious answers as to why this is going to come from. we know taxes are going to form part of it and quite a large pa rt form part of it and quite a large part of it probably because the brexit dividend, so—called, dismissed as fiction by the institute for fiscal studies this morning... borisjohnson institute for fiscal studies this morning... boris johnson conceding that it morning... boris johnson conceding thatitis morning... boris johnson conceding that it is a down payment on long—term receipts. in other words, after 2023,

thank you very much, norman smith at westminster.igh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. thank you. good morning. commemorations and vigils are taking place today to mark the first anniversary of the grenfell tower fire. 72 people died in what turned out to be britain's worst domestic fire since the second world war. ben ando reports. last night, and for the next three nights, grenfell goes green. the tower block, its scorched remains now clad in white sheeting, illuminated by coloured spotlights to commemorate the one—year anniversary since the devastating blaze in which 72 people died. on the ground, a silent vigil as people in the shadow of the tower came together to remember and mourn. elsewhere, green lights were turned on in solidarity on other tower blocks, at the cabinet office and at number 10 downing street. the lights were turned on here at 12:51am. that was the time the first 999 call was made. and the colour green was chosen because in the immediate aftermath of the fire, local schoolchil

but first our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster.e confident that this will go through? well the tonight may go through but i have to tell you that this is very far from over. jeremy corbyn has opened up the possibility that a future labour government could have a rethink. he was asked pretty over ten the third ru nway was asked pretty over ten the third runway decision if he became prime minister and he said it depends what stage it has got to. that means that if by the next election work has not started on the runway and it may well not have because we know that there will be a barrage of legal challenges, then labour would want to ta ke challenges, then labour would want to take another look at the issue of airport capacity in the south—east and just for good measure he is number two john mcdonald this morning said labour would never be taken seriously on climate change if it pressed ahead with the third ru nway it pressed ahead with the third runway and also suggesting that the disruption involved was comparable to the highland c

norman smith, our political guru.n first of all, simon clark, to the decision by dr philip lee to stand down. i regret his decision, i think we have got very clear responsibility on us in the days ahead to deliver brexit and to make sure we have a withdrawal agreement allowing us to transition seamlessly to our new status outside the eu. allowing us to transition seamlessly to our new status outside the sum also has a responsibility to be true to himself and speak freely. all mps in the end have to be responsible for their own actions. i disagree with him, i think everyone will the way he has felt he needs to do this. the point is, i'm very clear, i think the huge majority of collea g u es think the huge majority of colleagues are very clear, it is our responsibility to step up to the plate and deliver a withdrawal agreement allowing the laws to function on day one after brexit and thatis function on day one after brexit and that is what i fully intend to do today and tomorrow.” that is what i fully intend to do today

needed by the time the uk is scheduled to leave in march next year. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smithotjust eu leaders warning that time is running out then? everyone now seems to be calling on mrs may to get a shift on, including herformer mrs may to get a shift on, including her former chief mrs may to get a shift on, including herformer chief of staff, mrs may to get a shift on, including her former chief of staff, nick timothy, who called for mrs may to adopt a totally different approach, in effect and make it a adopt a totally different approach, in effectand make ita high adopt a totally different approach, in effect and make it a high drama summit, to force the pace, demand the eu moves onto trade talks, because of the fear that by and large britain has been forced onto the back foot in the negotiations over the divorce bill, the transition period, the northern ireland border, and they want mrs may to adopt a much more combative, aggressive approach. that is not the downing street view. their view of the summit is it is low—key, there are not going to be any new proposals. in e

our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. ords from lord hague, adding to the pressure on theresa may. william hague is calling for the decriminalisation of cannabis for recreational reasons, do not expect theresa may to give any ground on that. but she is under huge pressure now to allow cannabis medicines to be used. this follows the high—profile interventions of the high—profile interventions of the likes of the family of billy caldwell and the family of alfie dingley and there has been a shift of opinion at westminster. the opposition parties are signed up to legalising cannabis medicine and a growing number of conservative mps, including some surprising characters on the right, they are also supportive of the change, in part because they have constituents who have children who don't want to be able to use cannabis oil. the barrier has always been theresa may. as home secretary, she resolutely rebuffed any moves to reform drug laws, including on cannabis medicines, in part, ithink laws, including on cannabis medicines, in

let's cross to westminster and our assistant political editor norman smith is there for us. the rebellion was seen off yesterday but the pressure has not gone? the key question is, what price has theresa may paid for buying off the tory remain rebels last night with that final deal conducted, it seems, face—to—face, behind the speaker ‘s chair when theresa may spoke to the rebels and seems to have reassured them that she was prepared to give ground to their demand for parliament to have a big say but only now for suggestions that actually nothing has been promised or is on the table beyond talks, conversations, dialogue. this has alarmed many of the remain campaigners who insist theresa may gave them a personal assurance she would compromise. have assurance she would compromise. have a listen to one of them, who was at the meeting with the prime minister, nicky morgan. the prime minister was very clear that we absolutely should trust, and we do. we didn't have a chance, because as ever in westminster these things came down to the wire in the last 15 minutes to the wire in the

our political guru norman smith can tell us more. n what this plan would be. well, this is the fallback position if the government is unable to reach a deal on ourfuture government is unable to reach a deal on our future customs arrangements, and get the technology up and running. because the fear is the technology might not be ready for double—mac, four years, so the government has arranged a sort of temporary position, pretty much carrying on with the existing eu customs rules until we have the technology in place, but the problem is in the proposals put together by downing street there is and bait, no cut—off point, no time limit, and the of mr davis and other brexiteers is we would be stuck in a sort of perpetual limbo land, half in and half out of the eu, so they are pressing for an actual date, at which point this temporary period will come to an end and we will definitely come absolutely, leave the eu. the other concern of mr davis, he says if we have this sort of half then, half out position with no end point, it weakens his n

let‘s speak now to our assistant political editor, norman smith who joins me now from the houses of parliamentt of amazement at liz truss‘s comments because it is the latest in what has been emerging willingness of ministers to speak out publicly and criticise each other. we have already seen a bust up over ministers, there has been a spat over spending commitments, and no liz truss has criticised policies michael gove has been pursuing, in particular the idea of curbs on disposable cups, plastic straws, and also suggesting his department is full of hot air. let us just have a listen. of course we need regulation in our society and many of the rules we have in place are about guaranteeing safety. but sometimes, i feel, that some of the rules get in the way of consumers making legitimate choices and people being able to live their own lives and have the lifestyle they want. i don't think our government's role should be to tell us what tastes we should be to tell us what tastes we should have. too often we are told we are drinking too much, maybe that isjust me, eating too many doughnuts or enjo

let's cross now to westminster where i'm joined by our assistant political editor, norman smith. rning, norman. good morning. we know theresa may has promised the nhs £20 billion more. now mps are suggesting the ministry of defence needs £20 billion more. this, they say, is needed to make up for the persistent lack of adequate funding for the military. they claim there has been sort of a patrician in our military capability and now is decision time. it is to decide whether we continue punching our weight in the world or to subside into just weight in the world or to subside intojust a sort weight in the world or to subside into just a sort of average military power. but there are problems because £20 billion is a huge sum of money and there is no clear idea where it is going to come from, particularly given that mrs may has already allocated 20 billion for the nhs, which will mean tax rises, a lot of tory mps nervous about the prospect of that. indeed this morning in the daily telegraph the chief secretary to the treasury, she wa nt chief secretary to the treasury, she want spendi

let's get the thoughts of our assistant polticial editor, norman smith who is in westminsterfor us., people doing the same thing at home including her former adviser nick timothy. how is she going to emerge from all of this and accept her leadership? it's clear that within downing street, theresa may will give a briefing on where she thinks the whole process has got to over coffee and biscuits this evening but that is not going to be any significant moves, no significant new proposals, no change in language, no new tone or anything like that. that is because basically from a british perspective, everything is now on hold until theresa may manages to hammer out some sort of agreement within her cabinet about exactly what it is that the british government is going to ask for in terms of our future trade relationships and at the moment the whole process is gridlocked by this rest over what sort of deal we want between those brexiteers in the cabinet who think priority must be given to enabling britain to cut free from britain to strike out on trade deals on those who think we should st

our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. se has lord hague been saying in his telegraph piece? lord haig says that continuing to fight the war on cannabis is like asking the army to reconquer the empire. in other words it is over, it is lost, forget it! he says now the use of cannabis is pretty much ubiquitous in society and the only people benefiting from the current situation are criminal gangs. he says it would be much better to decriminalise now, except that it is widely used and regulate it. and who knows. the taxpayer might benefit from that. whether he will be listened to is another thing. we are beginning now to see more movement on legalising medicinal cannabis. in pa rt on legalising medicinal cannabis. in part because of the controversy over the last few days but also more generally because i think most mps are now more sympathetic to that argument. notjust are now more sympathetic to that argument. not just the are now more sympathetic to that argument. notjust the labour party committed to criminalising cannabis,

joining me now from downing street is our assistant political editor, norman smith.rd expects instead of will, it looks like a fudge. the language is made so blah —— is very vague because it supplies lots of wriggle room. david davis will be pleased, though, he has made his point and he has crowbar and a date out of theresa may. as for the prime minister, what a morning she has had. she is about to head off to canada for the g7 and i would kick off my shoes and push back the chair and order a large gin and tonic. this has been a hell of a morning, the three brexiteers coming in to meet her. she thought she had it sorted and benji had to call david davis back and then had to concede this final date —— then she had to call. it has been a bruising morning for a theresa may but she leaves with these shows seemingly still on the road and everyone still on board —— with the show. agreement around the backstop, even though many people will think this is something ofa people will think this is something of a fudge. she still has the small matter of selling this to the eu. ab

in it he says... 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is here. suddenly one of their ministers goes and after theresa may had appealed to tory mps, don't cause trouble because it will make myjob harder in brussels, so at that very simple shock, impact level, it is bad news for theresa may but there's a couple of other reasons why it's bad news. 0ne of other reasons why it's bad news. one is whether doctor lee's decision encourages other ministers to do the same and whether it starts a series of resignations. the signs are so far it's not going to, no sign of anyone else wobbling. most of the people i've spoken to don't think it's on the cards. there was i howl of despair by doctor lee, but what it may well do, it stiffen the resolve of tory remain rebels in the commons this afternoon, looking at doctor phillip lee who cites the meaningful vote, the need for parliament to have a meaningful vote was his reason for going, whether it stiffe ns was his reason for going, whether it stiffens their resolve to rebel on that. all eyes on tory rebels but wh

let's speak to our political guru norman smith. 0k, ok, norman. what is at stake tonight?owdown. it always tends to fizzle out. i think not because the tory rebels feel that theresa may has betrayed them and they are furious. mrs may feel such cannot cede control of the negotiations to parliament. more than that she thinks she's got the numbers to win. so both sides seem to have decided that this is it, is a real trial of strength. this matters not just because a real trial of strength. this matters notjust because of whether the vote consent theresa may back to the vote consent theresa may back to the negotiating table if there is no deal in itself, it is crucial because i think we've reached one of the defining moments when we will find out whether mrs made's brexit rebels have the numbers and the resolve to de vita —— whether gillian mckenzie's rebels have the numbers. what she lost. huge blow to her authority especially you think she has to go to brussels next week to begin the critical negotiations, she would go in pretty much broke— backed. at the same time if mrs ma

we‘re joined now by our assistant political editor norman smith. future parliamentary battles, whether it be over customs legislation or in your zhon immigration. safe in the knowledge that come at the hour, tory rebels who threatened to revolt against mrs may are very, very cheery indeed against voting against the government. meanwhile, the home secretary, sajid javid, is calling on other eu countries to give details of their arrangements for british nationals living abroad after brexit. later today, he‘ll give more information on the settlement scheme for eu citizens wanting to stay in the uk. mrjavid has accused other countries of failing to match britain‘s progress on dealing with expats. making ‘upskirting‘ a specific criminal offence will move a step closer today, after it was controversially blocked last week. the prime minister reiterated her support for the bill which could lead to a two year prison sentence for people who take surreptitious photographs under other people‘s clothing. a previous attempt was scuppered by tory mp sir christoph

let's cross to westminster and get more from our political guru norman smith. ssure is theresa may under this morning? well, joanna, disses me might have bought herself sometime last night with that last—minute offer of talks with tory rebels but only at the price of storing up potentially much more trouble ahead. —— mrs may might have bought... the rebels clearly believe they were given a personal assurance by mrs may that she would take on more of those concerns and introduce amendments in the house of lords to reflect their desires to insure parliament has a say if there is no deal. the word from the government now, however, is that nothing was promised beyond talks, discussions, negotiations, nothing specific. and why this matters is because if rebels don't see any sign of movement when this goes to the house of lords, battle will be as young when it comes back to the commons. only this time there will be a lack of trust, a lack of goodwill on the pa rt of trust, a lack of goodwill on the part of the rebels, making it even more likely that mrs may could yet

government, which could mean a bruising defeat for the prime minister. 0ur assistant political editor norman smither. how are the numbers stacking up norman? to quote the great alex ferguson, it is squeaky bum time because this could be incredibly close because even with all this last—minute manoeuvring and appeals to the rebels to buck the national interest and national unity first, it matters, because this vote will determine what power parliament house to send mrs may back into the negotiating room if she does not secure a deal. and it matters as well because very often in previous showdowns, between mrs may and the critics, clash has been averted by some sort of last—minute compromise 01’ some sort of last—minute compromise orfudge or delay. this some sort of last—minute compromise or fudge or delay. this time you sense that neither side is prepared to back off. mrs may because she is not prepared to cede that power to parliament and because brexiteers wa nt parliament and because brexiteers want her to on and defeat her critics, and for the rebels, because they believe they has been betrayed

our assistant political editor, norman smith joins me now from westminster.re not quite sure of their numbers. but what is clear is that theresa may is determined to try to pull them back. tonight she will warn that if they rebel not only would it undermine her hand just weeks before those critical negotiations, but also that it could pave the way for a jeremy corbyn government. whether that will influence the remaining rebels, i doubt. for them the calculations seem to be whether they rebel this week or hold their fire until next month. some believe that they've got to make a stand now ahead of negotiations to shape theresa may's approach on the critical issue of the customs union. others believe better to hold their fire until the trade bill comes back to the commons next month. that is also driven by a view that theresa may's position is so precarious and fragile, that if they were to inflict a significant defeat on her now that could trigger a leadership challenge by the hard brexiteers. it is that sort of debate that is going on amongst the remaining reb

with us now is our assistant political editor norman smith.may has got that summit with other eu leaders next week, how well set is she for that summit after yesterday? a lot better than she was 2a hours ago when she was facing a possible major defeat. today, she has got her two crucial brexit bills through the commons, the article 50 bill and the withdrawal bill. her party is still kind of intact. there were only six rebels last night and she goes into the summit without a damaging defeat hanging around her neck. but what will most relieve people in downing street is they can now look ahead to future parliamentary battles over the customs bill, the trade bill, new rules for migrants with increased confidence they can get those through. because based on what happened last night, it seems clear that would be tory rebels are very, very reluctant to vote against the government. thank you very much. president donald trump has ordered an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents at the us border with mexico. his administration's

let's talk to our political guru norman smith at westminster.by mps tonight. this vote has been put aside for decades. but at long last mps will decide whether they want to back a third runway and they want to back a third runway and they will almost certainly decide to do that. there are about 80 labour mps who will both with theresa may, and because the tory revolt against and because the tory revolt against a third runway looks like it will be a third runway looks like it will be a lot more muted in part because the putative leader of the tory backlash against the third runway, boris johnson, has gone a wall. no one knows where he is. the transport secretary said this morning he did not know, the foreign office will not know, the foreign office will not tell us, downing street will not tell so not tell us, downing street will not tell. so no one knows where he tell us, so no one knows where he is. many tories think if he cannot be bothered to put his head on the block, why should i? when you put all that together theresa may can be confident

norman smith at westminster, phil us in.ck—on for other government departments, because we know the new home secretary sajid javid has been talking about more cash for the police, and we know the defence secretary gavin williamson has spoken about more cash for the ministry of defence going beyond the 296 ministry of defence going beyond the 2% increase. all their hopes now seemed to be going to the bottom of the chancellor's pile, because priority will be given to the nhs with this massive increase in spending, and actually it is more than £20 million, probably nearer £25 million because there will be extra cash as well for scotland, wales and northern ireland, and there is also a reported £1.5 billion a year more going into the supplementary pension. so at huge amount of money to be raised, but we are told we will not find out where it will come from and to the budget in november... that announce details of how we pay for it will be announced at the budget, but the reason we have announced this now is because we want to gi

our political guru, norman smith, is at westminster. is it now finally going to get the go—ahead?finally going to get the go-ahead? i would like to be able to say definitely, absolutely, yes, but with heathrow, you do not know. this has been going on since the early 19705, has been going on since the early 1970s, so you cannot absolutely predict anything with heathrow. mrs may ) will predict anything with heathrow. mrs may) will believe they have the numbers to push it through. the cabinet will agree roundabout now that they want to press the go button on heathrow. the only significant voice in cabinet we expect to speak out against it is mr borisjohnson who, as we head back, has pledged to lie down in front of stea m has pledged to lie down in front of steam rollers, etc, to block it. we understand that mrs may will order tory mps to back the heathrow decision but, crucially, she will allow ministers with a long—standing reputation of opposing heathrow to vote against it. in other weather will be a get out ofjail card for the likes of borisjohnson who, otherwise, would have to re

let's talk to our political guru norman smith.en more, and have we got the money? they want more because they take the view we have reached decision time in terms of what sort of country we are in terms of the amount of power we can project, whether we want to be a leading military power any more whether we are happy to let that slide away. the view of mps is over the past eight years or so we have hollowed out our military, there has been an attrition and defence capability and we have to decide whether we will carry on with that oi’ whether we will carry on with that or turn it whether we will carry on with that orturn itaround. whether we will carry on with that or turn it around. if we want to turnit or turn it around. if we want to turn it around them they say you would have to increase the amount of cash we give the mod by about 50%, increasing the proportion of our national income we give to the military from 2% to 3%. in cash terms, that would mean giving the military about the same increase that mrs may has talked about g

our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. sorry, it isn't norman.stminster. what is she saying now and how is she saying it? it is to address an issue that a year ago was causing her huge political damage, which was her huge political damage, which was her response in the aftermath of the g re nfell her response in the aftermath of the grenfell fire. she seemed to be very flat—footed to not realise the desperate human dimension to this story but the political dimension to the fire as well. i don't think number ten saw how much political anger was being unleashed as a result of what happened. it was evident in the fact that theresa may, on herfirst visit, didn't meet people directly affected by the fire. other politicians did, the mayor of london, jeremy corbyn and the queen met survivors of the fire before theresa may. she faced a lot of criticism at the time about her reaction. she has felt it is something to revisit as we get close to the first year anniversary on thursday. i think personally, she remains very affected by this and clearly causes h

smith, a sales assistant. >> we begin with janai norman. >> reporter: good morning.ts against the "capital gazette" as early as thursday. he was armed with a shotgun when he showed up and opened fire in the newsroom, killing five people, all who worked for the newspaper. gunman opening fire inside the newsroom. >> several shots have been fired. possible shotgun. at least ten shots heard. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement agencies rushing to the scene. police there within 60 seconds of the first calls for help. >> all units limit your transmissions. do we have any kind of intel on our shooter? >> white male with ponytail. >> reporter: phil davis, a reporter for the newspaper on twitter with chilling descriptions of his newsroom turned shooting scene. tweeting gunman shot through the glass door to the office. don't want to declare anyone dead but it's bad and writing there is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload. >> first victim's name is wendi winters. second victim is rebecca sm

smith had just started at the paper and columnist and assistant director rob haasen remembered by many as a mentor. >> honoring those five victims who this time were coworkers and friends. janai norman, abc news, annapolis, maryland. >>> we're learning more about the prime suspect in the cold case from 1974 on the stanford campus. that man, steve crawford, shot himself to death with a handgun when sheriff's deputies tried to serve a search warrant at his san jose apartment on thursday. investigators discovered a 2-year-old suicide note in his inside his apartment. they believe crawford wrote it after being interviewed by detectives about the murder of arlis perry. perry's sister told abc 7 news by phone that she feels a sense of closure. it does, for me. my mom, i'm not so sure. i mean, she's 8 years old and she's struggling with the why, i think. and i said, you know, mom, i don't think we're ever going to know the why. >> deputies admit they may never know the motive for perry's cama was fnd recording in the bathroom of a santa cruz coffee shop and sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspect. it happened last thursday at the verb coffee roasters downtown. investigators were able to

rebecca smith had just started at the paper and edz toeditor and columnist b hiaasen remembered by many as a mentor. >> honoring those five victims who this time were coworkers and friends. janai norman, abc news, annapolis, maryland. >>> a camera was found recording in the bathroom of a santa cruz coffee shop and sheriff deputies arrested a suspect. investigators were able to pinpoint the suspect using surveillance video. futs arrested 35-year-old sage savage. the camera was in the rest room between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. the sheriff is asking anyone who was in the coffee shop during that time to come forward. >>> a warning now in pal alto for dog owners there. animal control removed a rapid about the bat from hoover park yesterday. the bat was found in the dog run area. it tested positive for the raybies virus. animal control does not know if any dogs or humans came in contact with the bat. they say bats can fall from trees during hot weather. if you see one, don't touch it. all your local animal service. >>> your postcard sized income tax return form is timely here. the treasury, secretary and irs unveiled the new version yesterday. while the 1040 tax form is getting smaller, it's st

our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. a pretty forlorn hope? i think it really is. no doubt the pressure is coming on the remaining rebels. the remaining rebels. even possibly pave the way for a general election. will it make any difference? difference? ensuring parliament is a meaningful vote. vote. defiant albeit they haven't finally decided on their tactics. decided on their tactics. rees—mogg, urging them not to hand a victory to jeremy corbyn. victory to jeremy corbyn. referendum and an election manifesto that committed us to leaving. that committed us to leaving. prime minister has widespread support within the party. support within the party. putting the bill through strengthens our position. our position. but also in terms of keeping jeremy corbyn out. corbyn out. conservatives are well ahead of the labour party in opinion pills. labour party in opinion pills. through and reinforce the strength of theresa may's position. of theresa may's position. have enough numbers to defeat mrs may. may. government some more br