of the evidence she asked the jury to consider during closing arguments defense lawyer elizabeth o'connell told the jury you have to look at the way the girl was dressed she was wearing a thong with a lace front following those that comments women flooded social media with pictures of thongs accompanied by the hash tag this is not consent protesting against the idea that the way a woman dresses can be used against her in a rape trial head of today's protests at the w. caught up with the susan taylor co-founder of the online protest movement and member of the social media group i believe i haven't she told us that a woman's choice of underwear has no bearing on sexual consent. it's been very upsetting and triggering for a lot of the. survivors on our page and it sends a message that they're somehow they're doing something that's bringing us up upon themselves and that they're sending a message and through their clothing or their interactions that it's telling their attacker it's ok to do what they've done and and i guess that's putting kills back on them and shame and blame and really hurt.

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sergeant o'connell, let me start with you. >> good morning. my name is kelly o'connell. i'm a sergeant assigned to the boston sexual assault unit. been with the department entering 32 years this november. i have been assigned over to sexual assaults for over nine years. previous to that, i coordinated the human trafficking task force in boston and developed the trafficking unit with boston, before moving over to the sexual assault unit. >> ones. there we -- oops, there we go. >> i'm sergeant wild, i'm from the police department. i have had about six years of investigate specializing in sexual assault. i have been over the is sex crimes unit which is actually active, so we have over approximately 5,000 cases that we have, looking at a sexual assault backlog and going forward and revisiting, we have been able to identify many issues on how these cases fell through the crack, and how we will go forward and provide assistance at this time. >> good morning. my name is steve hohman i'm the major commit officer of the baltimore police department special investigations. it compr

republican strategist ford o'connell, and democratic strategist jessica ehrlich.t do you think, is there sincere, i don't know, desire do you think to work together? >> i think there is certainly on two issues that you heard the president mention there. first the infrastructure bill. this is something that i think since day one has been being worked on in both the house and the senate on the hill. the president has had a team of people working on it. it has been unfortunate thing it didn't get passed initially almost two years ago now. that i think will be probably one of the first priorities we see addressed. similarly, the cost of pharmacy and prescription drugs which has been a major issue. the president brought up as we know before the election. it was a hot button issue with folks across the country. that is another place where there is desire an similarities and view we could see action and have real change. melissa: ford, doesn't seem like a stretch of the imagination to see the president to try to work with democrats because he has you know, he has, been v

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in o'connell is literally look at the names on the race to dubai trophy and it is only the top guys. over the weekend — and it wasn't medals up for grabs inside the arctic circle. no, the winner in santa clause's home country obviously gets a reindeer! here is winner mikaela shiffrin with her brand new pet, mr gru, from the movie despicable me — alongside who else, but father christmas? you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc edwards and the rest of the sport team, that's your monday sport briefing. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. we will be going brussels to brussels to get a viewpoint from their on this week, which the premise is calling a critical week for the uk. but also we have the finance ministers meeting in brussels and the eu leaders meeting in brussels this week to talk about the uk's withdrawal plans. we'll be discussing that in detail. i'll be live in brussels to talk to somebody from the lisbon council, a non—partisan think tank that tries to make sense of wha

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. >> the same about o'connell going all in on the senate delivered the senate. donald trump is going to have to embrace the boring. i live in the suburbs. you want your life to be boring. you watch tv and you want boring and not drama. >> is this what i have to look forward to? >> yes. >> if there's a lesson to be learned, you are fine in middle america but if you want to recover the suburbs, peace and prosperity is what donald trump has to look at. >> you just made me feel so bad about myself. >> but another thing we saw last night, republicans really do and trump himself has a tight hold on two previously blue states, florida and ohio. you really saw it in terms of the governor's races there and the senate. we don't know yet clearly with nelson. they were not able to move the needle. you heard democrats ringing their hands last night in that state where they should be. >> we tried everything. >> yeah, totally and completely. >> they have not found candidates that can beat back the trump surge in those states. president trump did something that president obama

. >> and before o'connell made those comments, the number two told reporters that party leaders weret for the bill to protect mueller and help open the possibility of bringing it up for a vote. >> and joining us is ugt author of "the oath and the office a guide for the future president." others opposing it here. it never gets to that point where there is a vote. what's the impact to the pro? >> i think the promise you saw the senators giver that they won't fire mueller. >> it's rare sometimes when we get a glimpse of an internal document from the special counsel's office. paul manafort violating his plea deal. what's the importance of getting a sense oof the innerworkings? >> what's worrying is it looks like they were anticipating a pardon. the president of the united states has unlimited pardon power and might be able to use it, rather than the purpose that is supposed to be about respecting others and this president might use it, unfortunately for the most self preservation idea. >> you kind of look back at when the president submitted his written responses to the mueller probe. wh

julian melcher, deneen borelli and ford o'connell. you've been down there recently.first-hand what is going on. >> yeah. i think customs and border protection has been anticipating this. this same group of migrants by caravan rushed the border at guatemala. rushed it again at mexico. there was some premonition it happened. they passed a lot of agents, including ones who specialize in riots and large crowds. what you saw yesterday, a violent attempts to overwhelm the border to surge into the united states. every country, even if you're favorable to migrants has a right to protect its border. what is really remarkable, even though tear gas was employed, no one, not an agent or migrant was seriously injured. that was quite accomplishment to restore order without injury. charles: a senator out of hawaii called them chemical weapons. beyond that, the hyperbolic atmosphere associated with this throughout the whole process, could this actually now give president trump some leverage towards saying hey, guys, look at this overand over again. maybe a wall is a smart move after

ford o'connell, national bar association pac chairman scott bolden. scott, let me stop with you. what will it take for democrats to say, you know what? the voters have spoken. it is a week later. let's move on with democracy, perhaps we lost? >> when every vote is counted in those three jurisdictions don't forget about arizona. that is when democrats will concede. doesn't matter what donald trump says. in georgia, stacey abrams has a challenge. she wants every vote counted. we have had voter suppression issues down. there the courts sided with the democrats on this. charles: to that degree inconsequential court ruling you referred to is nothing to do with the outcome, that was leading into the election. >> oh, but it does. let me tell you why. enforcement of that order, implementation of that order by the secretary of state who is running for governor and his people, if that was not enforced and implemented that could have impact in what the abrams campaign saying that there are about 1000 or more, 120,000 ballots out there. they ought to be counted. >> charles, basically, scott

karl rove, mollie hemingway, jeff o'connell. plus two exclusives this evening. texas senator ted cruz defending his seat against rising star beto o'rourke for the democrats and vice president mike pence who just made news by doubling down on his prediction. >> i really believe that republicans will expand our majority in the senate and hold or majority on the house of representatives. >> martha: there you have it. first chief correspondent and henry on the breakdown as a plays out tonight. >> think about how much ground president trump made up in the midterms. a talk about blue wave, skepticism about the president putting himself front and center, but it's closing with prognosticator nate silver hedging on whether democrats will take back the house and the president talking comfortably about pickups in the senate. suggesting early on -- he's been on the field nonce nonstop. boasting about how he's had packed houses already today in ohio and indiana as he pushes to one final rally tonight in missouri. with bill and hillary clinton largely on the sidelines, democr

joining me now, republican strategist ford o'connell and democrat strategist kevin walling.ou heard our conversation just now on all of this. what's your reaction to all of this, ford? >> well, look, i think that big tech is like the wild west. there are no rules and, essentially, collectively they wield more power than big brother. and with democrats taking back the house and folks like elizabeth warren running for president, there are going to be regulations, the only question is when. elizabeth: kevin, here's the thing, these guys act very altruistic in public. oh, you know, we're sorry, we're altruistic, but then we're going to get your consent later after we push it, after we take your stuff. what's your reaction? >> sure, liz. i couldn't agree with ford more that it's the wild west. you know, mark zuckerberg testified before congress last april. it's clear we need him back as soon as possible to answer some of these questions. if not, congress you're also seeing a dip in terms of their stock value, down 20%. so clearly, consumers are concerned about privacy issues, abo

ford o'connell, chairman of the civil -- civic forum pac. it could be civic and civil we would hope. john summers, former communications director for former senator harry reid. john, everybody see both of those folks emerge from the room afterwards? the battle for speaker inside of closed doors. i don't know, makes me nervous. what do you think? >> will certainly be interesting to see what comes out of that but at the end of the day nancy pelosi will be speaker of the house. there still isn't officially any opposition running against her with congresswoman fudge going in to meet with her. be interested to see what comes out of the meeting. these are good opportunities a lot of peopler to get, not only rye to drive change within the party, there are good opportunities to negotiate for things important to you. an opportunity that members will often use to make deals, to get things that they can deliver back to their districts, brag about when the next election rolls around. we'll see whether that is the indicates here or not once she makes her

the second thing is that the mueller investigation needs to continue and, therefore, mitch o'connellhould bring the bipartisan bill that was passed out of the judiciary committee on the floor of the senate so that special counsel, which includes mueller, can be protected from political firings, et cetera. >> let me ask you this because the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, you probably saw this, suggested president trump himself would decide whether or not to answer these additional questions that are expected to come from the special counsel's office. if the president refuses, what happens then? >> i think that it raises a constitutional question as to whether or not the president can refuse. claiming what? executive privilege? i don't know because i -- the calling the president -- the executive privilege is one that probably the courts need to clarify. so everything that this president does is motivated by a concern to protect himself, and i think that we are heading toward a constitutional crisis on any number of levels including, of course, his appointment of whitaker

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joining me republican strategist, ford o'connell, and democratic strategist john summers. ford, let me start with you. when the press conference began the market is up. we gained another 200 points. we remember bill clinton played ball for lack of a better term after his big term shellacking. country and stock market better off for it. maybe hopes there could be positiveness out of the midterms? >> hopefully better angels prevail. i will be perfectly honest with you, charles. pelosi house democrats have no interest working with donald trump past legislation. they're all about settling scores. they will try to impeach donald trump and unleash a tsunami and investigations and subpoenases likely going to cripple the country. they're not interested in working with better part of american people. they're interested in taking off trump's head. charles: john, nancy pelosi didn't say that a moment ago, right? she said they're in the house. they want to work to make progress. the american people voted for checks and balances. she talked nicely about the coverings with president tru

i actually got the opportunity today, i was at john o'connell high school all day today and got the opportunity to speak to young folks who are juniors and seniors in high school about college and actually about workforce development. been on the commission now for about two months, so probably we're the definitely the most junior on the commission, but it's definitely been a lot of fun. i live out in baby hunters point, originally from fresno, california, and moved here in 2010, so been in the city roughly eight years and doing work in community, around community, and for community for those past eight years, and really i want to say thank you for allowing us to be here today. >> vice president mazzucco: thank you. commissioner taylor. >> commissioner taylor: the most junior and the latest. hi. my name is damali taylor. my day job is i'm an attorney. i'm a white collar attorney at a law firm here in the city, and if none of you know what that means, most people don't. so i spend about almost ten years as a prosecutor here in san francisco, both first at the d.a.'s office and then at the u.s. a

on skype from ron jeremy connell who is the vatican affairs correspondent for america magazine mr o'connell do you know anything first of all about this new line that the bishops have decided they would delay for at least several months any action on on the proposed new steps here it would seem that delays would be the last thing they made the decision to delay the vote was taken in response to a request from the bed again the pope francis has quote has recognize the seriousness of this problem not just for the united states but for countries around the world and next february twenty one twenty fourth february is called the presidents of all the bishops conferences from about one hundred thirty countries to come to the vatican for some days to discuss together and to strategize a way to eliminate this from the church in every country not just in the united states so what the vatican didn't want at this particular moment was for the united states just to jump and make decisions on protocols where maybe more severe ones are required or maybe other countries need to be brought in on the on the

our business correspondent dominic o'connell is here. you have got your cynical hat on.hat on. it is a giant marketing gimmick. amazon brought it to us ten years ago and bizarrely the rivals seem to have jumped on board. we were talking to bricks and mortar retailers this morning who say that it is worth doing even though it is playing the online giants' game. they will do for times as much trade today as on a normal friday and that of the department store chain which has its challenges. they think it is worthwhile to drive people to the shops. the reality of the bargains is entirely suspect. it sounds like we are literally buying into it but we are literally buying into it but we have to be careful and checked we are getting a genuine bargain, that is the message. absolutely. anybody who shops online will now online pricing is infinitely flicked dominic flexible. there is no guarantee that what you are buying today might not have been cheaper earlier. no guarantee about black friday meaning that deals are cheaper. this is an important period for the retailers especially

and dr rachel o'connell — an internet safety expert who was formerly chief security officer at bebo.anning is quite phenomenal, it's probably the first service done at scale which will empower kids to be in command and it's a huge step in the right direction. what do you think? i think it's highly laudable and something the internet industry should engage with, and we should equip people with the ability to leverage technology to protect children on line and that will push people to come to the table ? eve ryo ne people to come to the table ? everyone knows it's possible, everyone. this is true, but up until now industry has said, back in the late 19905 and the 2000 applause industry said and i know because i was an industry person, you would see the light of legislation was so rapid, we will self regulate and tell you how we are doing. that meant there was no impetus to deploy resources and money toward5 technological innovation and i think in the recent months and since the general data protection regulation came in, there are rules now, companies will process the data of anyone un

dominic o'connell, thank you. the headlines on bbc news...s hour on the latest developments in the brexit talks — uk and eu negotiators express "cautious optimism" after late—night talks. the number of people known to have died in the worst wildfire in california's history rises to 42. a woman who says she was promised a peerage in return for sleeping with a member of the house of lords urges other victims of harassment to speak out. lord lester denies the claims. in sport, liverpool and england striker daniel sturridge has been charged with an alleged breach of football's betting rules, it relates toa football's betting rules, it relates to a rule which involves giving out information obtained as a result of his position. liverpool says that sturridge has categorically stated he has never gambled on football. former england, west ham and chelsea midfielderjoe cole has retired from football at 37. he has spent the last couple of years playing in tampa bay in america. england have won the first match at the women's world t20, beating banglades

our business correspondent, dominic o'connell, joins me now.id remaining in the eu would be betterfor the economy but not by much but there are other things to factor in as well. the fear analogy will be the harm other no—deal brexit for that they are not in favour of the teresa me deal but they are not fans of a no—deal brexit. —— the theresa may deal. jim ratcliffe was a strong brexiteer. they have said they no deal was a disaster. this deal achieves most of what we want from brexit, it is ok. they do not say we wa nt to brexit, it is ok. they do not say we want to go back to staying in the european union, they support the deal put forward by theresa may. we will have several assessments later today. we get the stress test from the bank of england on britain's big banks on top of that we get our financial stability report. a wealth of staff on brexit. a lot of data to get our heads around. the thing is to consider businesses, whether they are backing the deal put forward by theresa may. in a couple of weeks remaining before the parliamentary

our business presenter dominic o'connell is here. good morning.rwise, as we have reported. where are we exactly on that issue of the uk's ability to strike trade deals with other countries? you would have to say president trump reading of this is fairand president trump reading of this is fair and accurate. he said the uk may not be able to and if you go back to the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration, it talks about in the short to medium—term staying in frictionless with the eu which means no different tariffs at the border. that would stop you doing free trade deal with the us because she would want different tariffs. long—term, the political declaration talks about common or close regulatory alignment with the eu. america has different standards on things like genetically modified food, the famous corine washed chicken, so they would want their standards. so there is a big issue. both interpretations valid. eu can save the longer—term goal is to do free trade deals but i am sure president trump has been advised by the federal tr

let's talk to our business editor dominic o'connell.from the business world so far?|j what reaction has there been from the business world so far? i talk to business leaders in northern ireland and they say the big fear was a no—deal brexit that would cost a lot of money, there is lots of trade across the border between the republic and northern ireland so there was a big fear of no—deal brexit so this was a step in the right direction. they went further, though, and they said the customs union and a further regulatory alignment between the eu and northern ireland which is envisaged we think in the proposed deal, was very welcome. it goes without saying that the things they like, the dup and other brexiteers do not like. while they may like it it is not the end of the story. dominic, for the moment, thank you very much. at westminster we are joined by the dup's brexit spokesman sammy wilson. thank you forjoining us. your party leader arlene foster said in some reaction last night, an agreement which places new trade barriers between nor

members of any other group that when you hear this barrage and you hear something that seems like o'connelare just talking about is one shadowy mastermind who bends the world to his will through his conspiracy -- not everybody else, just one person. we all hear it and we know what is meant. and we feel endangered. [applause] and to be conscious of the time -- >> we are going to respond to that. and we are going to go to closing statements. respond. >> i thought we might engage the more. >> let's wave are closing statements and have combat. is demonized because he's affected, not because he's jewish. and he has been very proud of how effective he has been. i model myself and my ngo's on him, that's how effective he's been in europe and the u.s. and he has not been shy about bragging about that, how much money he has put to work. he has been incredibly effective. in that regard, he is a role model on his effectiveness. the other day, i've got security all the time and i ma one. >is the admission price. when you are dealing in this type of environment, it's the admissions press. it doesn't ma

following the last council meeting, kevin o'connell joined the department in july as the new director. the position had been left vacant for over a decade. not anymore. welcome, kevin. in fact, kevin will be leaving this meeting a bit early as he needs to speak in huntsville tonight on the very topic. since the council in june approved sbd 3 and its implementation plan, commerce and the department of defense have been working very closely together. our senior space officials have been spending time at the vandenberg air force base and in colorado springs to more deeply understand the department of defense's existing operations and capabilities. as the partnership, we will soon assemble a cadre of commerce employees to work at vandenberg as the civil agency interfacing with industry for space traffic management. we forged strong alliances with the department of defense, u.s. air force, u.s. strategic command, as well as other federal agency partners such as nasa, the state department, the department of defense. we recently submitted our 90-day report for the space council, and we look

i have paul o'connell rockey, brother rockey. all of their spouses.is the encumbered. is running asjason michael flynn is the encumbered. is running as jason crowe the democrat. this is another one of those seats thatis this is another one of those seats that is the path of least resistance for the democrats to take the house. it isa for the democrats to take the house. it is a suburban educated picture —— educated district. with sina weibo where they will pick up republican seats, the victories they could get knocked over in a delicate installed. but they are picking up republican seats, the victories they could get knocked over in a delicate installed. but they are pick—ups they together a slim majority at lease. we look into some others rest to come up in the next or so. but that is, i think marginally good news for the democrats. what about the midwest states, anthony. we'll start seeing the results coming in there. those are the areas that donald trump did particularly well in in 2016. what will the democrats need to see there? well, talk about p