even prince philip has decided it's time to slow down a little, having, as he economically put it, "done bit." but i know his support and unique sense of humour will remain as strong as ever as we enjoy spending time this christmas with our family, and look forward to welcoming new members into it next year. in 2018, i will open my home to a different type of family, the leaders of the 52 nations of the commonwealth, as they gather in the uk for a summit. the commonwealth has an inspiring way of bringing people together, be it through the commonwealth games, which begin in a few months' time on australia's gold coast, or through bodies like the commonwealth youth orchestra and choir, a reminder of how truly vibrant this international family is. today, we celebrate christmas, which itself is sometimes described as a festival of the home. families travel long distances to be together. volunteers and charities, as well as many churches, arrange meals for the homeless and those who would otherwise be alone on christmas day. we remember the birth of jesus christ, whose only sanctuary was a st

even prince philip has decided it's time to slow down a little, having, as he economically put it, "done his bit". but i know his support and unique sense of humour will remain as strong as ever, as we enjoy spending time this christmas with our family and look forward to welcoming new members into it next year. in 2018, i will open my home to a different type of family — the leaders of the 52 nations of the commonwealth, as they gather in the uk fora summit. the commonwealth has an inspiring way of bringing people together, be it through the commonwealth games — which begin in a few months‘ time on australia's gold coast — or through bodies like the commonwealth youth orchestra & choir, a reminder of how truly vibrant this international family is. today, we celebrate christmas, which itself is sometimes described as a festival of the home. families travel long distances to be together. volunteers and charities, as well as many churches, arrange meals for the homeless and those who would otherwise be alone on christmas day. we remember the birth ofjesus christ whose only sanctuary was a

. >> even prince philip has decided it's time to slow down a little, having as he economically put it unique sense of humor will remain as strong as ever as we enjoy spending time this christmas with our family and look forward to welcoming new members into it next year. >> reporter: and on the far left there was a photograph of one of those new members, meghan, as well as her grandchildren george and charlotte who will soon welcome a new brother or sister. the queen also used her broadcast to mention the platinum anniversary she celebrated last month with the duke of edinburgh. he will be 70 next year, but strolled into church looking fit and well. what meghan markle made of her first royal christmas we do not know, but it's highly unusual for a royal partner to be invited to sandringham before the marriage. the next time the royal family gather in such numbers for a church service, it will be for harry and meghan's wedding in may. chris ship, itv news. >> i think it's stressful enough when you meet your future in-laws as it is. and you do so in front of a large audience like that. >

important israel there is a very there's a lot of anti-americanism in the middle east and i think is is philip has pointed out with this move to leave and get worse that is my point so i'll ask my question again what does the united states get out of its relationship with israel go ahead so to look at the asset test between what the us is a relationship has i think that the joining of much second amik and trade benefits would serve associated with it but the fact that you have the only democracy in the middle east aligning with the only democracy that's really in a right spot right now in the west do you find that they're able to go forward i just want to kill if you want to be able to have sort of a killings having someone who hold office and u.s. trade relationship is already done with god is completely view on one second wait one second i had my yesterday and there you have your share of this really the espionage and the. looting you have a good argument or against great iran and iran sixty grand isle are not taught so i'm going to give it as guys i know we're hearing the usual talk of the ques

prince philip has obviously stepped back from some public engagements, although he attends some eventseen. he's done this before, made new members of the family feel welcome. yes, he has very much. he's very much on a personal level the head of the family, if that makes sense. clearly the queen as this official role in terms of the royal family, but on a more personal level, managing the home and the family, it is the duke of edinburgh who often leads on that. he will of course wa nt to leads on that. he will of course want to be making the new member of the family feel welcome. she must be a bit nervous, but confident and she seems to be when we see her. this is quite a nerve—racking thing to be pa rt quite a nerve—racking thing to be part of the wider royal setup. this is the best time today we have seen meghan markle in public with the wider royalfamily. meghan markle in public with the wider royal family. this meghan markle in public with the wider royalfamily. this group meghan markle in public with the wider royal family. this group of people who will become her own family next m

philip has the weather. good morning. yes. at least for some, there was a white christmas.ve all the details on whether many more of you will see something a bit like this. good morning. first, our main story. the universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to give his clearest warning yet that academic institutions must protect free speech. he'll say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, edward curwen reports. the body said it would not allow legitimate debate to be stifled. millions are expected to head out to the boxing day sales, marking the start of a what has traditionally been a crucial period for retailers across the uk. our reporterjohn mcmanus is on oxford street in london. there aren't many people here. 300 shops are here on 0xford there aren't many people here. 300 shops are here on oxford street. i counted less than ten people here this morning who are waiting for the shops to open at nine o'clock for the boxing day sale

philip has the weather. at least for some, there was a white christmas.have all the details on whether many more of you will see something at it like this injusta will see something at it like this injust a few will see something at it like this in just a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to give his clearest warning yet that academic institutions must protect free speech. he'll say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, edward curwen reports. time spent at university must open minds, not close them. that is the view ofjo johnson, the minds, not close them. that is the view ofjojohnson, the universities minister, who will today set out a firm defence on free speech in campuses. speaking at a jewish festival in birmingham, he says that stu d e nts festival in birmingham, he says that students must be free to challenge each other‘s‘ views and those seekin

let's go philip whelan in rome philip palm has been dissolved a new election is going to be held in march was this expected. yes this is part of an orderly transition phase the rough date of the dissolution of parliament had been and not some weeks ago the date of the fall that much was already penciled in in many calendars and in particular the desire was to avoid dragging out the legislature to the bitter end with the risk that the government could lose a confidence vote in parliament and therefore be in a weak a position for a k. take a role that particularly if there's an uneven and uncertain outcome from the election three main competing groups in roughly the same number of votes or what happens that's part of the governor. well i think we'll see a very likely election campaigns. several months or italian politicians to offer their burying formula as to the electorate and there's been really an action campaign dragging on for many months now with the legislature. moving towards its end and already we're seeing some fairly populist. promises from people such as prime if phone prime mi

well in what could be a pivotal week for breaking the go sessions our correspondent bobby philips has been to gauge the mood in a part of england which voted to me for the european union. winter on the essex riviera east of london this is bret's it country so they feel everything is stuck or flowing smoothly in the right direction like many fisherman jack smith wanted breck's it so that he would be allowed to catch more of a bigger quota not feel as if it could have going to be quicker. and in a bit more money with a bit more coaches never think. it just takes as long as it takes. for his customers and remain as if to resume a has taken on board that she can handle. the looks that could squeeze will leak which she does she do not hired because it is taking forever and a day but i'm not surprised really because you've got britain standing on its own now against the rest of the year and they're all going to want by you want and you know we're going to become very small fry again one and a half years after the bricks in the country is still divided roughly down the middle opinion polls s

. >> philip has always been one of my favorites.e's very accurate with the football and a great competitor and he's only been sacked 12 or 13 times. you can tell what a great competitor he is. i've never met him but you can tell by the way he plays and dominates the game and leads them. >> i've played against him before, you know, he's a gunslinger. he's with it. >> that's the league leader. he would not confirm nor deny his contract which expires at the end of the season. brown tells me he's only thinking about football. carol maloney, news4 sports. >>> tight end jordan reid not expected to play this sunday after a report from espn saying that he would be out. jay gruden was asked by the tight-end status to which he replied, there's a good chance he won't play but there is a chance he will play. if he does sit out, this would be his sixth straight game missing a hamstring injury and himself saying he's not sure yet if he's going to be totally done if they are going to shut him down with that injury. >> shut him down. >> for the res

has been covered up. so it's not only a case pertinent to archbishop philip wil5on, but observers do say that this case couldat royal commission has been an thing in its almost five years of working. -- been unearthing. the second phase of elections in nepal takes place on thursday. it's the first legislative election since since a civil war ended and the monarchy was abolished. the first phase took place in november. a5 preparation5 continue across the country for the elections, there's hope that this will bring much—needed stability to nepal. voters will be choosing a 275—member parliament and provincial assemblies. turnout was more than 65% in the first phase. editor of the nepali time5, kunda dixit, explained to me the importance of these elections. just before dawn here in kathmandu, rico, and many would say nepalis waking up to a new political dawn. undoubtedly the5e waking up to a new political dawn. undoubtedly these are a milestone elections, they represent the last 5tage elections, they represent the last stage of a peace process that 5ta rted stage of a peace process that started 11 stage of a pea

now iran has denied the finding saying the evidence on the united states is fabricated. early i spoke to a washington correspondent philip crowd has and always in what exactly nikki haley says she has. base here in the u. s. capitol where those missiles that she said were used by who the rebels in yemen and aids aim to what saudi arabia on al being stored not just. those parts of that one missile. that's landed near the capitol riyadh of saudi arabia but also although weapons and drones she says. that's all going to be displayed. to add country delegations to all the members of the un security council who will be in by. a washington to look at what she says is that irrefutable evidence that iran at provided those weapons and also members of congress will be invited over. to that military base to take a close look at we were told that she would show a quote irrefutable evidence that's iran first of all arm to the who the rebels in. and also that the regime the iranian regime was involved in these iranian made weapons that we use she says he has the proof and it shows that sends a that's why she's inviting. everybody basic

you need is a proven agreement to move the bracks negotiations on to the second phase one of the philips has more from brussels. the british prime minister arrived at this summit in the wake of that embarrassing defeat in the u.k. parliament which gives parliament a little bit more control over the brits that process and the british government a little bit less but on the way into the meeting here in brussels the reason may not sound like a woman in a mood to compromise we have one thirty five out of thirty six votes on the bill it is making good progress in terms of commons and that means we are on course to deliver on the suffering of the british the british people to the east european union and that's to do it you might recall that the irish border was one of the sticking points in the first round of negotiations the government in dublin insisting that the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which is in the u.k. must remain open even if the u.k. is leaving the single market and the customs union as well as the european union as a whole now when the irish prime mini

for it we're trying to connect to our correspondent john philip schultz who has been standing by for us in abidjan but it looks like we're having some trouble with that line let's see if we're able to bring him up a young philip can you hear me there you are good to see you again philip you have been covering this summit for us in abidjan and we were just hearing about this emergency plan to rescue people who have been in slave to in libya how realistic is this plan. right it looks like we haven't you heard the delegates say that they want to fly sorry and philip it looks like we have a very unsteady line with you there or that was our correspondent philip shoals are reporting from abidjan we apologize for the quality of that line let's move on to some other news now and bitcoin is in the headlines again let's bring in your house for more on that today it's for different reasons and reasons rather because after weeks of stunning gains big is tumbling the virtual currency has been all the rage lately inspiring ever more investors to jump on the bandwagon just this week the price hit a

one of australia's most prominent clerics, the catholic archbishop of adelaide, philip wilson, has appearedovering up child abuse in the 1970s. he says he's innocent. the trial started on wednesday and continues today. let's get more from the bbc‘s phil mercer in sydney. well, prosecutors at the court in newcastle, this is an industrial centre to the north of sydney, allege that archbishop philip wilson covered up abuse in the hunter valley region of new south wales in the 1970s when he was a priest. it's alleged that he ignored the crimes of a fellow priest who was abusing an altar boy. it's also alleged that the archbishop back in the 1970s paid thousands of dollars to silence complainants from making their voices heard against abuse within the catholic church. his legal team says that given his fragile physical and mental state, they don't believe he should be fit enough to stand trial in the first place. they say he had a recent diagnosis of alzheimer's and he is mentally shaky and not able to give evidence. but those concerns have been dismissed and the archbishop has gone on trial and

let's bring indeed abuse yon philip schultz has been a covering that summit for us and obviously on how young philip we heard there about this emergency plan to rescue people who have been in slave in libya how realistic is this plan. at the moment it's very difficult to say if this emergency plan will be successful we heard delegates say that they want to rescue about three thousand eight hundred migrants in libya in the next weeks but we have to keep in mind that we are talking about four hundred thousand or even seven hundred thousand that are still in libya at least those are the numbers from organizations on the ground and a lot of them are trapped in horrible conditions and a lot of them are more than willing to come back home and rescue operations on the ground very difficult people that those operations say that a lot of areas simply too dangerous and they need a lot of military backing for it's but this aspect the military aspect has not been mentioned in the emergency plan you know these reports that we've seen emerge about slave markets has actually changed the flow of people

the chancellor, philip hammond, has set up an urgent review to understand the reasons. of an acute housing shortage, why is the process of building much—needed new homes proving to be so cumbersome? my colleague sophie long has been to clacton in essex to try to find out. clacton—on—sea. like many towns across the country, they need to build hundreds of houses here, to provide homes for those that don't have them, in a way that is sympathetic to those that do. well, this is a site that got planning permission over two years ago for 300 homes, but as you can see, nothing's been built yet. one problem is that developers are not building on land where permission has been granted. the loophole they found here is that they can land bank. they can get permission on land with no intention of developing it any time soon, get the permission, put it in the bank, go on to the next site, get permission for that one. the developers say they find that accusation staggering, that they would be building here now but this is a textbook example of local planning issues stopping house—bui

where we're trying to connect to our correspondent john philip short's who has been standing by for us in abidjan but it looks like we're having some trouble with that line let's see if we're able to bring him up a young philip can you hear me there you are good to see you again philip you have been covering this summit for us in abidjan and we were just hearing about this emergency plan to rescue people who have been in slave to in libya how realistic is this plan. right it looks like we haven't you heard the delegates say that they want to fly sorry and philip it looks like we have a very unsteady line with you there or that was our course.

and ken clarke has been saying this that essentially in the interests of business, continuity is needed while those negotiations take place so that nothing too much changes. today, philiphancellor was asking whether britain would keep on accepting this european laws, whether we would keep on accepting the judgments of the european court of justice on accepting the judgments of the european court ofjustice and his a nswer european court ofjustice and his answer was, in european court ofjustice and his answerwas, ina european court ofjustice and his answer was, in a word, yes. we will no longer be members of the european union. we will not technically or legally be in the customs union or in the single market. but we are committed, as a result of the agreement that we made this week, to creating an environment which will effectively replicate the current status quo so that businesses can carry on trading with their commercial partners across the european union, as they do now. borders will operate as they do now, and financial services, businesses, will be able to carry on conducting their business across borders as they do now. of course, you heard philip hammond saying

since 2012 baker jack philips has said says he just wanted to live out his faith.jeff hunt: "jack's caseimportant for everybody."jeff hunt, director of the conservative think tank the centennial institute says how christians live out their faith is at stakejeff hunt / the centennial institute: "business owners have the freedom of consensus to be able to chose what they want to be a part of that's what is at stake in jacks case... and i think the supreme court has recognized that the lower courts have gotten this wrong." so again this week the debate on gay rights is at stake at our highest court, and it's all because of a lakewood shop. our legal analyst says the ( pam ) just ahead... new issues coming up tonight about the michael flynn - trump campaign russia scandal ... we have details.. (steve) plus, an early morning house fire takes a life in alameda .. the latest on the investigation... who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe million

now, coming th up, we will talka hammond about if philip has pushed for a british interest in china.exit overshadowing that relationship? we discuss that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance" and i'm francine lacqua in london. the financial dialogue wrapped up this weekend. inch out for the pound push british interests. did the uncertainty over brexit overshadow relationships between the two countries? we spoke to a leading figure in the delegations, who is also the chairman of aberdeen. britainnk it has made less of a partner. everybody is hoping it will turn out well. it could well turn out well, or very well. what its quite sure well or very well means. there is a lot of waiting and seeing. and in a political global economy, people don't sit and wait to see of opportunities are going to come up. we don't yet know the extent to which we are still the gateway to europe. we very much hope we are going to remain the gateway to europe , but that remains to be seen. reporter: where do you think the market will take us in 2018? still verymarket is positive

let's go to philip in rome. parliament has been dissolved, a new election will be held in march. this expected? reporter: yes, this is part of an orderly transition phase. the rough date of the dissolution of parliament had been announced some weeks ago. the date of march was already penciled in, and many calendars in particular, this was to avoid dragging out the legislature to the bitter end with the risk that the government could lose confidence in parliament and therefore be in a weaker position for the caretaker role, particularly if -- and uneven or uncertain outcome of the election that the competing groups achieving roughly the same number of votes. sarah: what happens next? where do we go from here? philip: i think we will see a very likely election campaign in several months for italian politicians to offer their varying formulas to the electorate. there has been really an election campaign dragging on for many months now with the legislature moving towards its end, and today we are seeing populist, this -- populist promises from people like the former prime minister an

spain's king philip a has used his traditional christmas address to call for unity following last week's regional elections in catalonia he asked the newly elected parliament to give up further moves towards a session in spain. i think. some days ago the citizens of catalonia voted to elect their representatives in the catalan parliament who know must face the problems that affect all catalans respecting diversity and thinking responsibly about the common good the road cannot be won that lead to confrontation or to exclusion again as we already know that only generates disagreement uncertainty. on the moral civic and of course economic impoverishment of society as a whole instead the road must lead to coexistence in the court of cattle and society as diverse and pluralistic as it is so that it recovers its serenity its stability and mutual respect in such a way that ideas do not put distance between or break up families and friends more than two hundred people are dead after a tropical storm devastated the southern philippines tens of thousands have been forced from their homes and a sta

in this case the officer philip brailsford has left the department and they conducted an internal reviewstigation and the officer barking the commands has left the replied. this is the end of the road. this is one of a rare cases. very often, in fact, most often the case, did not secure a conviction of the officer. despite the fact this was a shooting where many members of the public, regardless of their politics, regardless of how they feel with the police, watched this video and feel as if this did not need to end in somebody being killed. >> i thought this was interesting. the officer in court said if i had to do it all over again, i expect this still would have been the outcome and i would have no problem with it. they said he followed training and proper procedure. a lot of the questions now are focusing on if this is proper procedure and proper training. should something be changed if this is considered an acceptable outcome of that training? >> of course. as you watch this and as we watched it over and over again, what is difficult to comprehend, i think a lot of people could plac

i want to talk about our stock of the day and how it has done this year. talking about philipional. this stock has done a bit at her as youe overall group, can see. it, like most of the other, many of the other consumer staple companies, is facing a tough environment in which we have seen increased regulation of smoking, not just in the u.s., because philip morris doesn't sell in the u.s., but globally. his this company has done turn to smokeless tobacco. or at least attempt to. there if you look at how things are trading in today's session we have indications that there may be some setbacks. is it specifically that it is finding itself challenged with? julie: this is something called by qos, a heated tobacco product. their sales have been relatively strong. the next hurdle is getting u.s. acceptance and approval from the fda. reuters has reported today that philip morris is experiencing regularities involving clinical trials with it. would then theoretically be a hurdle. they won't sell it in the u.s.. all triage will license and sally here. but it will still derive revenue f

that's for reporting for us from rome on this breaking news that the italian parliament has been dissolved philip thanks for bringing us up to date. to kabul now where dozens have been killed in a suicide attack the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility multiple bomb struck a shia cultural center and a media outlet at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured security challenges continue to plague afghanistan recently there's been an uptick in only as attacks against shia targets in the country. they search through the rubble for signs of their loved ones. but after the force of the explosion little was left behind inside the shiite social and cultural center. the bomb went off inside this building that is also home to an afghan news agency. that's what i love ok when the explosion went off we escaped from the unknown we were working and went to the rough. we saw the smoke and flames coming from a basement we went to help and see what was happening there when we got there the situation was very good advice that we felt our students had been marking the anniversary of

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philip hammond. slightly curious in that it is interesting that he has got himself in a bit more hot water which is becomingenario for him. most of the other attention today has been on david davis. there were some good quotes from jacob rees—mogg saying he was worried on monday, meltdown monday when we had a deal and then a leak and then anger and recrimination and then chaos and farce and he said he was worried about timmis a's redlines so he got some paint out —— theresa may's red lines. she does not just have problems theresa may's red lines. she does notjust have problems with the irish and the dup who took 2a hours to ta ke irish and the dup who took 2a hours to take a call from the prime minister. she has got the eu a p pa re ntly minister. she has got the eu apparently bewildered over this and real problems, mutterings from the cabinet, but city is trying to stiffen her spine and the other group who have come out tonight, 20 mps saying don't walk away without a deal —— brexiteers trying. this is all tightrope stuff. the front page of the times as philip hammond's comments that britain could be payin

philip? guest: even president trump has evolved in his opinion on daca. during the campaign he was very harsh. he said this was a program he wanted to end. he took a very strong line. now he is in washington, d.c., in the white house, he seems to be much more compassionate on the issue and some of these kids were brought here and that was not something they -- this is something that happened outside of them. and i think president trump, he has eased up on that and republicans will follow his line. something has to be done and i do not think there is an appetite to send back some of these dreamers, who are already here. there is a fox news report about the effort of republicans to plot a roadmap for legislative victories. it is expected health care reform will dominate talks in january as the tax cut bill repeals only the requirement part of obamacare that all americans buy health insurance or pay a fine, while leaving other features of the health-care law still in place. republicans tried to repeal obamacare twice this year, both times coming up short wit

has more from the ground. rick, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: philip, good morning. the fire still burning with gusty winds helping it to grow at an unprecedented rate. conditions that will not let up any time soon. fire fighters have another long day ahead of them, already dealing with over 10,000 akers burned out here in ventura county, and just before midnight. an additional 1,000 homes evacuated when the flames began to burn toward the east end of the city of ventura. we know one death at least confirmed this morning. that person died in a car crash in an attempt to evacuate, we are told. neighbors here say they did not expect the fire to grow this quickly. at one point fire officials reported this to be a 5,000 acre fire. one hour later that doubled. schools will be closed later this morning in the santa paula area as well. the fire also left nmore than 200,000 people in the dark overnight. crews will be on the front line later this morning as they brace for another day of gusty and dry conditions. reporting in santa paula, california, i'm rick montanez for nbc

lawmakers said it is vital that the light is shed on the modeling and analysis that the treasury has carried out. philipammond told the committee previously that the ministry was prepared for a wide range of alternative structures that have not revealed the specifics. the number of islamic state fighters in iraq and syria has dwindled to fewer than 1000 as the u.s. led coalition told reuters it is a third of the figure from just three weeks ago. syria and iraq declared victory over islamic state after fierce fighting hurt their hold in key cities. during a meeting on december 24, the french president called on saudi arabia to end the blockade of yemen. the comments made public through a text message. he says ending the blockade will allow humanitarian aid to enter yemen and that the parties should return to the negotiating table. china's leading policymakers planted this -- discuss amending the national constitution for the first time since 2004. they decision was made today at a policy meeting headed by the president xi jinping. they party will convene in january but no details on possible changes were

ktvl has learned that sergeant philip sanchez, a nine year veteran, is accused of firing numerous shots inside the hotel early yesterday. witnesses told believe the puts his police the start and -- sergeant spoke of spirits wandering through the hotel. he surrendered peacefully. his attorney said the sergeant had a mental health episode. he was taken to a hospital for evaluation and has since posted bear -- bail. he faces four felony charges, including discharging a firearm. >>> city leaders approved a new security system tonight that aims to prevent freeway shootings along and i-80 and highway four. dan romero, then mayor of hercules went to the state to get help after a series of freeway shootings in contra costa county. the state provided 3 1/2 million dollars in funding, and tonight, the freeway security network was unanimously approved. the system will be made up of cameras, spot shutter technology, and license plate readers. >> the cameras will turn in the direction of gunfire, and then, shot spotter will send an alert to our task force commander. >> the network should be up and r

let's see the direction of the game. jurgen klopp has decided to leave both philip coutinho and robertoe bench to begin before today's merseyside derby. with sam allardyce's everton making the trip across stanley park. the whole occasion is a great test for the players. they need to rise to it. it is a one—off. however good liverpool are played at the moment, it isa liverpool are played at the moment, it is a derby match, anything can happen. all i can ask the players to do is to give their best. play their best game. still might not be good enough to do anything it's doable because of the form they are in. they got five at brighten—macro, seven in the champions league. ronnie o'sullivan is looking to equal steve davis's record of six uk snooker championship title. taking on shaun murphy in this year's final. murphy making the brighter start clinching the first frame with a break of 123. live pictures of the second frame of the day. shaun murphy looking for his second title, he won in 2008. first to ten frames in york. ronnie o'sullivan on the table looking to get that sixth title. tom

a senior un official has strongly criticised the wealth gap between rich and poor people in america. philipur on extreme poverty, says the trump administration's policies, including tax cuts, could make the situation even worse. president trump has argued that cutting tax will result in the us economy performing more robustly. peter bowes in los angeles. this report really is a damning indictment of the disparity between rich and poor in america. there are something like a0 million people in this country, who artificially deemed to be in the poverty level, and many of those suffering from higher poverty, about one in eight people across the country. your progress report spent two weeks travelling around the nation, places like george, came here to california, to los angeles, and visited skid row which is nestled beneath the tall buildings that you can see behind me in downtown los angeles. five square miles, where people live in absolute dire poverty, squalid conditions. he talked to people there, he took about their health, how many of them feel trapped in a situation where they have no he

i mean, grandfather philip savopoulos has been ordered to stay away new york contact.o school up in new england. cannot see her, no talk, no text, nothing. so there's clearly a lot going on, andop attorney bernie grim is on this podcast really does a fantastic job of breaking down what this means. >> what does it mean? >> it's very telling there was not a police report filed and bernie grim gives some examples of why there wouldn't be a police report filed. >> can you give us one example? i don't know if you don't file a police report, what's that mean? >> in this case, if you bernie explains to us in the podcast if you file a sexual assault, for example, after you file in dc in the district of columbia you can't take it back. once it's in motion, in the motion. they're going all the way. even if a month or two you go, you know what, i want to take back these charges. too bad. they're going all the way. their investigating taking it to grand jury seeing if they can bring charges and with that brings a lot of public exposure. so one of bernie's thoughts on this is that

i mean the grandfather philip savopoulos has been ordered to stay away, no contact, katerina goes tonew eng england. cannot see her considering not talk, no texts, nothing. so there's clearly a lot going on, and top criminal defense attorney bernie grim is on this podcast. really does a fantastic job of breaking down what this means. >> what does it mean. >> very telling there was not police report filed, and bernie grim gives some examples of why there wouldn't be a police report filed. >> can you give us an example. i don't know if you don't file a police report, what's that mean? >> in this case, if you -- bernie explains to us in the podcast, if you file a sexual assault, for example, after you file in d.c. in the district of columbia you can take it back. once it's in motion, it's in motion. they're going all the even if a month or two you go, you know what, i want to take back these charges. too bad. they're going all the way. they're investigating teague egg it to grand jury seeing if they can bring charges and with that brings a lot of public exposure. so one of bernie's thou

philip hammond has been talking at the desk talking about this and trying to figure out where it cameuses. partly it is the way we measure it and partly the way that things are made in the north. this is my chart of 2017, issuing debt in europe has not been this cheap in 20 years. i cannot wait to be back in 2018. tom: it goes back to negative interest rates as well, the continued tone of negative interest rates. from all the interviews we have done, mario draghi is front and center and this new phrase, "quantitative tightening" in the next year. francine: he is also having to do with political spectrums which the markets have largely forgotten about. you see catalonia resurfacing and the italian election by march 2018. you do not know whether you have a party that will be anti-euro and what they do to deal with that. tom: we will continue. francine lacqua and i are looking forward to an exceptional new year for all of the team. we will continue, jonathan ferro and pimm fox on bloomberg radio, looking forward to a further discussion with brian levitt, and discussion on the debt and de

year's terrorist attacks in her annual christmas broadcast this afternoon she has also spoken about her husband, prince philipnd unique sense of humour. 0ur royal correspondent because witchell has been watching the christmas day broadcast for us. nick, as i say, talking a lot about the terror attacks that we have seen this year? yes, it is a classic christmas broadcast, rather a touching one in a way. there are personal references, but we also see her very much in her head of state, head of the nation role, reflecting on some of the darker moments that the nation has encountered and endured during the past 12 months, talking about london and manchester. let's listen to what she said. this christmas, i think of london and manchester, whose powerful identities shone through over the past 12 months. in the face of appalling attacks. in manchester, those targeted included children who had gone to see their favourite singer. a few days after the bombing, i had the privilege of meeting some of the young survivors and their parents. so you've come especially from the concept? yes, it was a birthday present —— you h

back in the commons, labour has accused the chancellor philip hammond of preferring to make giveawaytry's financially stretched public services. in last month's budget mr hammond went ahead with cuts in the bank levy, that is, an annual tax on bank debt. labour believe the bank levy should have been increased, not decreased. the issue was raised when mps debated the bill that implements measures announced in the budget, namely the finance bill. the bill proposes a stamp duty cut that according to analysis will include house prices while failing to address the housing crisis by introducing measures to build more affordable homes. it also includes plans to continue with the government's 2015 bank levy cut and go further, as the minister seemed to proudly proclaim, exempting all foreign banks from the bank levy and ensuring that all banks from 2021 only had to pay the levy based on their uk balance sheets. on the subject of the bank levy, looking back in history, in 2011, the conservative—led government introduced it, but labour voted against it and in 2015, when they introduced the 8%