rob watson at westminster.akers have accused boeing of putting profit before safety and engaging in a pattern of deliberate concealment as it sought approval for its 737 max8 points to live. ceo dennis muilenburg was grilled over the crashes which killed 346 people. senators came looking for answers from boeing chief executive dennis muilenburg. how are these two crashes allowed to happen? were profits would towards safety and what has boeing done to prevent future actions? what they got was a boeing boss who said his company had learned from the two crashes. softwa re learned from the two crashes. software updates have been made but he gave little else away. those pilots never had a chance. these loved ones nevin had a chance. they we re loved ones nevin had a chance. they were in flying coffins as a result of boeing deciding that it was going to conceal mcas from the pilots. senator, if i could try to respond to your question, first of all, the premise that we would lie or conceal isjust not premise that we w

here's rob watson again, on when the uk might have a general election.n the uk in the eu? that is looking slightly tricky. let's say there is not a deal, and the question then is would borisjohnson deal, and the question then is would boris johnson really deal, and the question then is would borisjohnson really carry out his threat to leave the eu without a deal, even though there is a law against that in this country? if he's not going to do that, that means there'll be an extension to the brexit process. and at that point, we will have what is known in the trade as a major democratic event. and it seems to me that that will be a general election, possibly followed by a referendum, depending on who wins it heaven or the politicians could decide that much as they hate the idea of a second referendum, let's do that and have a general election. but look, a major democratic event is coming to a screen new year “— democratic event is coming to a screen new year —— near you. one mp who left the conservative party over the government's brexit policy is anna so

let's come back to rob watson.eard from ben wright touching a planet, take us through some of the key things we are likely to see in terms of option. in terms of options, there will be the deal, if you want to vote forward, yes or no, and i think there will also be a possibility that there will be other options, such as what about having to deal and attaching a second referendum. when at that been put to parliament before, they fell short because most british mps as my colleague said, they think the idea of another referendum, given how divided the country is, probably one of the worst options. it may of course come to that, if british politicians cannot sorted out, it may come to that. i suspect that will be one of the options. i think borisjohnson, also perfectly possible there will bea also perfectly possible there will be a bow of the note which one suspect will lose once rather heavily but i think that been said that likely there. whether this deal gets a pass, it depends on to what extent enough mps think, i

here's rob watson.of parliament that it should spend this very big day arguing over which day week to do it on. and i was thinking it was one of those blissful joyful moments was thinking it was one of those blissfuljoyful moments or you could say hang on a minute, the government is saying let's have an election on the 12th, the opposition with some of the night, maybe there's a possibility for a compromise and may be the tenth of the 11th. but in the end, that was not necessary in your right to say that it was rather symbolic of the fractious notice thatis symbolic of the fractious notice that is accompanied every stage of the brexit process and it seems to be the big take away that there's going to be a general election. so it seems like you have a certain set of momentum built and whether that is truly dumb or really smart to have this momentum towards the general election, i think the mps are celebrating it or resigned to it, you can choose your adjectives but that is what we're going. technical vot

here's rob watson again. jeremy corbyn, is a genuine unapologetic socialist.ny blair which was much more of a social democrat. some of that thought that actually the labour party can a part of the left could manage capitalism better than conservatives. both parties are very different than from what voters were traditionally used you. our colleagues in bbc trending have been looking at reactions to the snap election on social media, carousel specifically in facebook groups, both for and against brexit marianna spring is one of the journalists who has been looking into this 1+1 we talked with his close facebook groups before and look at them regularly come funnier in this case. it's very interesting because we are able to tap in the conversation that's going on and could not before. did not know what people we re before. did not know what people were talking about in their kitchen ta bles were talking about in their kitchen tables or family groups. of these both closed and public groups which have thousands of members were able to see with the kind of conversati

here's rob watson again. well, there are two big questions this week.set up very nicely, the sense of the trauma this week. —— the sense of the drama this week. the first question is, will there be a deal between the uk and the eu? and i should say very briefly on that one, i have absently no idea. i think it will depend on which both sides consider as the least worst option, because i don't think anyone thinks there is a good one — an imperfect deal and an extension to the brexit process, or a no—deal brexit. but let's say there is a deal and we move swiftly onto your question, which is, can any deal get through parliament, given that it has been voted down three times before already, or some version of a deal? and again, the answer is i don't know. but i guess i would put it like this — on the good side for mrjohnson is a sense amongst some in his conservative party who voted against theresa may's deal, people are really enthusiastic about brexit who feel her brexit wasn't hard and pure enough. i think some of them are now getting a bit desperate and

i've been getting the thoughts of our uk politics correspondent rob watson.t. that's the only question that people wa nt a nswered that's the only question that people want answered here. is mrjohnson going to win, and will the deal get approved? i suppose the honest a nswer approved? i suppose the honest answer is i don't know. i don't think at this point that the prime minister knows, but certainly all the number crunching the bbc and others have done suggests it is immensely close. with just hours to go now and the clock ticking that we have heard so much about over the past few years, work in the prime minister, borisjohnson, past few years, work in the prime minister, boris johnson, do past few years, work in the prime minister, borisjohnson, do to persuade those undecided or wavering? not much i think to repeat a central message. his message to hardcore enthusiastic brexiteers is looking may not think my deal is perfect but for goodness' sake you better get behind it because otherwise who knows what might happen. you might lose briggs altogether. i thin

this how rob watson assessed it. he isa he is a regular contributor to outside source. he says...er key part, which we've voiced. there are quite a few people in... james forsyth didn't reveal who wrote the memo, only saying the author is "a number ten source". many westminister commentors believe it was dominic cummings. he shapes the prime minister's brexit strategy, and previously was director of vote leave that successfully campaigned for brexit. we don't know if it was him — but given downing street hasn't questioned the statement, we can at least say he approves. let's listen to amber rudd on this issue. she resigned as a cabinet minister recently over borisjohnson‘s handling of brexit. she's convinced it was dominic cummings. it sounds angry and desperate, and the language that is used, i do not believe should be the language of the uk government. there's a fair amount of speculation about where it came from, but since it hasn't been denied by number ten, and no young woman spat, for instance, has been marched out of downing street. one can only assume it's come from the ce

i caught up with rob watson for analysis on today's developments.were never going to say that in the first instance. my guess is kind of based on what we have heard already and what is happened the past three years that the eu is going to find this immensely problematic for two reasons, more than two. but i'll give you the two though the most obvious. number one that the northern irish assembly of the democratic unionist party, the prounion protestant party will have a veto over this business of northern ireland staying in the single market and in other words saying that they do not fancy this very much and they could foresee bigger checks on the island of ireland and i think the european union is very worried about the customs but because of what the brits are saying, look, the customs are going to be so light touch, yes will have a different international trade policy, but we would not have to do anything at the border. we can use technology and i think the eu is going to say hang on a minute, none of this technology actually exists at the moment

rob watson is at the conservative conference in manchester.from all of this is a realisation or a reaffirmation of something that if we had thought about it has been there all along, that under boris johnson about it has been there all along, that under borisjohnson britain is looking for the hardest of hard brexits and what i mean is that britain is looking for a post brexit britain is looking for a post brexit britain which will be a free trade agreement which will that sounds with the word free it will be super close, it won't be as close as it is now, and britain won't be in the eu single market which affects regulations, customs union which affects, the common trade policy towards the rest of the world, and because there is going to be the border between the uk and the eu on the island of ireland and also some form of customs checks. you heard from the prime minister if you like, the new bits, they will try to make those customers as unobtrusive as possible and not on the physical border, not right there where the official line is between

our political correspondent rob watson is in oxford. does this have legs?orward in any shape or form? i've just i'vejust got back i've just got back from conservative party conference so excuse me if i sound out of breath, and greetings to christian and to everybody else. the european union hasn't said, you've gotta be kidding, sling your hook, i'm sure they never were going to but i'm sure the answer to your question as we must be patient, we will find out in the next few days. i would think it will be amazingly ha rd i would think it will be amazingly hard for the european union to agree to this because both on the issue of the customs, which seems to me to rely on all sorts of technology which doesn't yet exist, and on goodwill, no smuggling, and in terms of that issue of northern ireland staying in the single market, that is the regulatory bit of the european union, is only with the consent importantly of the pro union protesta nt consent importantly of the pro union protestant party, the democratic unionist party, you can see how that will be amazingly

here is rob watson on that. stuff which is whether brexit is when to be a good idea, whether it is a complicated thing, an easy thing, what it does to britain's standing in the world whether the eu has played its hand and smartly in terms of the unity of the west, all those big questions, those are the ones i think really matter. now i am certainly not going to put a few out there but i do think we have to make that distinction between people saying "we could not have the discussion beyond apm" and it goes to 3pm and thatis beyond apm" and it goes to 3pm and that is what voters and viewers around the world is doing. thanks to rob as usual. what's turn away from brexit because in hong kong, the leader of one of its largest pro—democracy groups has been attacked report away by men with hammers. he is now in hospital with head injuries and that came hours after the governing authority of hong kong had planned to use its annual state of the union address to withdraw a piece of legislation the extradition bill that o

woman's courageous journey, why she is fighting a law that won't allow her to die on herley watson from louisiana. robcolumbus, ohio, and alisha missouri, station k/d and l. thank you so much for joining the cyber hall. and of course if you want to be part of the cyber hall they are actually in their homes and watching from their homes you can join us, tamronhallshow.com to join us in the conversation. let's get it started. it's a big one. judge tammy kemp made headlines last week when she hugged amber guyger after the former dallas police officer was sentenced to ten years in prison for the murder of her unarmed neighbor, botham jean. at the hug went viral. to some people praising it is a rare moment of compassion others calling it unethical. joining us to talk about it is judge tammy kemp. judge, thank you for joining us. [applause] let's start with right before the hug. i always like to know things in context. what was happening right before that hug? >> well, the trial had is over and the defendant has been sentenced the victim's family and loved ones have the opportunity to say to the defendant h