that led to the snp to protest. quite prescribed, of and schedules most business and the largest amount of time is spent on government business but whenever timing in parliament changes, that does have impact on other areas of pa rliament‘s business. time now to look at what has been happening in the wider world of politics this week. alex partridge is our light. corbyn wins by a landslide, at least in the westminster dog of the year contest. mike ainsley‘s cockapoo won the poll, although that does beg the question, how doesjeremy corbyn feel about mps naming their pets after him? all change at the welsh conservative party as davies is replaced by davies. paul davies beat susie davies, no relation, to replace andrew r t davies, also no relation, as party leader. watch as stephen kinnock confounds disbelieving dominic raabe with his grasp of french about what michel barnier told him about the chequers deal. he said... he speaks french. 0k. something like that. vince cable says he's planning on stepping down as lib de

alex salmond now legally pursuing the snp... turmoil. alex salmond now legally pursuing the snp. .. with a big war chest from crowdfunding. at the same time, it was his big dream that scotla nd time, it was his big dream that scotland would be independent of the uk. nicola sturgeon, we know where she is out on this issue but she has been vocal on the fact that if the uk does not get a good deal when it comes to brexit, as closely as it can to be aligned to europe, she says they would be to leave. the big question is whether or not conservatives take her seriously. the conservatives say this issue was settled in 2014 for a generation but there were quite a number of tory mps who want to remain closely aligned to the eu and use it as a stick to beat theresa may and the brexiteers to say, you will break up

it was then the turn of the snp leader at westminster.n more unpopular than the poll tax. why is the prime minister gambling with scotland's future by taking us out of the eu against her will with her disastrous chequers plan? the only people who are gambling with scotland's future are the scottish nationalist party who want to take scotland out of the united kingdom. theresa may. the government has announced that it has to asked for a review of hate crime legislation in england and wales, including whether or not misogyny should be considered as hate crime. at the moment, attacking someone on the grounds of race, sexuality, disability or religion constitutes a hate incident. the labour mp stella creasy wants incidents motivated by hatred of someone because of their gender to be added to the list. she made the call during a debate on the voyeurism bill which makes up—skirting — taking a photo under someone‘s clothes — a crime in england and wales. stella creasy said anyone convicted of a crime should get a tougher sentence if there action

the snp and the dow higher after a report that washington might be able to begin bilateral negotiationsgher. that's it for this edition of asia business report. thanks for joining us. you're watching bbc news. i'm rico hizon. the government has put forward its vision of how farming in england will work after brexit. a key part of it is how the current european subsidies to farmers will be replaced. at the moment, uk farmers receive £3.1 billion from brussels every year. in england, those payments make up 61% of farming income. the new system would see automatic payments phased out and farmers receiving cash for performing duties that benefit the environment. 0ur rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports from dorset. welcome to a very modern farm, where glamping and animals exist in harmony. guests are happy to pay for this view over the cheddar gorge. but this is the core of james small‘s business. he farms livestock. currently, 40% of his income comes from eu subsidies. today's agriculture bill means this will go. for any business to start losing 40% of its income is a huge h

it was then the turn of the snp leader at westminster.oor tax 1980s, scotland was used as a guinea pig, the scottish tories paid a price for the folly and were wiped off the political map of scotland. the prime minister's checkers plan is more unpopular than the poor tax, why has the prime minister gambling with scotland's future by taking us out of the eu against her will with a disastrous checkers plan? out of the eu against her will with a disastrous checquers plan? the only people who are gambling with scotland's future is the scottish national party wanting to take scotland out of the united kingdom. theresa may. mps spent the evening debating a bill to outlaw what is known as "up—skirting" — taking pictures up a dress or skirt without consent. it's proposed the offence could carry a prison sentence of two years. the labour mp stella creasy put forward an amendment to be voyerism bill which would include misogyny as an aggravating factor for courts to consider when sentencing offenders. and will force police to record it as a crime.

neither the labour party, nor the snp, nor the lib dems are likely to approve, so the numbers will beif the vote fails, the public might have another say. there is a growing demand that we have a people's vote on the outcome. in other words, we take the government's proposals, whatever they are, and we choose that, or we stay within the european union. number ten used to say no deal is better than a bad one, but now the prime minister almost seems to be saying any deal is better than none. but that's even before the almost inevitable further compromise with the eu. there's just no way theresa may can actually be sure of getting mps in line. the first task, though — a lot more of this grip and grin. before parliament, she must get the maltese leader and 26 others on a side. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. as the prime minister outlined her stark choice for mp5, her colleague the chancellor, philip hammond, was warning that leaving the eu without a deal would cause economic damage and jeopardise what he called the progress of the past decade since the financial crash. he was re

jeremy corbyn declaring mrs may's checkers plan dead echoed by the snp and mrs may insisting she is still again categorically ruling out a second referendum. what are we to make of it all? let's talk it through with the conservative maria caldwell,. this is one of the few as this is for you agreed with jeremy corbyn that checkers is dead and you designed over the issue. jeremy corbyn that checkers is dead and you designed over the issuelj cannot and you designed over the issue.|j cannot see how it will get through parliament and that is not actually deal coming before us, it could be watered down further. brexiteers will not support it, able will not support it so i do not see how the numbers stack up and the eu themselves said they think checkers as dead as well and want to go see it on as dead as well and want to go see itona as dead as well and want to go see it on a free—trade agreements would need to get on with that and checkers as not that deal. if checkers as not that deal. if checkers is dead so as mrs may's premiership. this is aboutjudging the policy not depression. michel barn

an unusual offer for the snp minister. also follow me on twitter. now, goodbye. a bright and busy picture. we have some reina leftover across northern and eastern scotland which may drift down. a lot of that rain heading out to sea during the afternoon. some fairweather cloud and the chance of a few showers but will the most part dry. in the south, warmer than yesterday. a lot of that cloud melting away. not much rain left but as the night goes on, the cloud increasing and outbreaks of rain coming in from the atlantic. friday night into saturday morning, not as cold. as head into the weekend, it looks that we will see a spell of cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards. could affect southern parts of northern ireland and scotland. brighter conditions to the north. southern england can stay dry. a very warm welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name‘s mike embley. our top stories: live in montana and rallying his base. president trump speaks to reporters —— supporte

neither the labour party, nor the snp, nor the lib dems are likely to approve, so the numbers will beif the vote fails, the public might have another say. there is a growing demand that we have a people's vote on the outcome. in other words, we take the government's proposals, whatever they are, and we choose that, or we stay within the european union. number ten used to say no deal is better than a bad one, but now the prime minister almost seems to be saying any deal is better than none. but that's even before the almost inevitable further compromise with the eu. there's just no way theresa may can actually be sure of getting mps in line. the first task, though — a lot more of this grip and grin. before parliament, she must get the maltese leader and 26 others on her side. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. as the prime minister outlined her stark choice for mps her colleague, the chancellor, philip hammond, was warning that leaving the eu without a deal would cause economic damage and jeopardise what he called the progress of the past decade since the financial crash. he was

the leader of the snp at westminster attacked the prime minister over the government's economic recordn the worst decade for which growth in over 200 years. households are struggling, and a no—deal brexit is to increase the annual cost—of—living for low income households by hundreds of pounds reportedly. yet this prime minister still wants to the brexit cliff edge. —— to walk off. the prime minister is unfit for government she is incapable of leadership. we know it, the backbenchers know it and the country knows it. ten years after the economic crash the poorest are still bearing the brunt. it's as simple as simple as this. the prime minister should and her key programme or admit that her party is unfit. —— and her austerity programme. can i say to the right honourable gentleman, he mentions the question of brexit, and of course, we are working to get a good brexit deal for the whole of the united kingdom, including scotland. and can i suggest to the right honourable gentleman that he might listen to the views of the scottish nfu, who said this week that the plan for the government has

neither the labour party nor the snp, nor the lib dems are likely to approve.umbers will be tight. if the vote fails, the public might have another say. there is a growing demand that we have a people's vote on the outcome. in other words, we take the government's proposals, whatever they are, and we choose that all we stay within the european union. number ten used to say no deal is better than a bad one. another prime minister almost seems to be saying any deal is better than none. —— but now the prime minister. that's even before the almost inevitable further compromise with the eu. there's just no way theresa may can actually be sure of getting mps in line. even world leaders get put hold, sometimes. hold music. before mps have a say, the promised us before mps have a say, the promised us persuade the rest of europe not to keep her hanging on. jean-claude. hello. bbc news, westminster. and you can watch the full interview with theresa may on panorama inside number ten: deal or no deal, tonight on bbc one at 8:30pm. meanwhile, the international monetary fund

just three months later, at the general election, the snp lost 21 seats.ty clear. ironically, brexit‘s actually going to make the scottish parliament considerably more powerful. once we leave the eu, many of the powers currently exercised in brussels over things like agriculture and the environment will come directly here, to holyrood. but not everything that the scottish government thinks should be devolved will come straight to edinburgh. there's been a bitter battle over control and that is why msps would not approve the eu withdrawal bill. when the scottish parliament voted in may to refuse to give its consent to the eu withdrawal bill, westminster decided to ignore it and impose the bill any way. that's the first time that's happened in nearly 20 years of devolution. now this may sound like an obscure procedural argument, but it could have profound constitutional consequences. if or when there is another referendum on scottish independence, this will be used as an example of why the scottish parliament needs complete control of its own affairs. nicola

sean connery‘s knighthood was held up by donald dewar because he didn't think is snp links work appropriateany scandal that may subsequently arise. but rio ferdinand, a household name if ever there was one. think of the number of goals wayne rooney and gary lineker have kicked. think of robbie williams and what he has achieved given his profile. i mean, nobody would begrudge these figures honours. and also, if ken dodd could be forgiven and given the knighthood, surely this is time sensitive? at what time does the system consider them again and honour them properly as it should? former editor of international news, thank you very much. food for thought. some breaking news. a man has appeared in court this morning charged with the murders of two women in birmingham. he is accused of stabbing to death his former partner and her mother. ina his former partner and her mother. in a brief court appearance lasting less tha n in a brief court appearance lasting less than two minutes, dambuster ream spoke to the —— only to confirm his name, date of birth and address. he will appear before birmingham

the snp minority government lost the vote on the matter in the scottish parliament this evening.is therefore agreed. but theo will still face an assessment this year as the government does not now have to change its policy. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. the tv host and comedy writer denis norden has died at the age of 96. he began writing in the 1940s and became a star with his show it'll be all right on the night. david sillito looks back at his career. # take it from here...#. 1948, and the beginning of a hit new show, take it from here, featuring the glums. written by frank muir and dennis norden. we didn't have this problem on take it from here, did we? this young jewish writer from east london spent his war years entertaining the troops. norden and muir would become one of comedy‘s great partnerships. balham, gateway to the south. he also wrote for peter sellers... butterworth wouldn't be your mother? no, he isn't. richard briers... he's my uncle. and david frost. and then in 1977, he had an idea. the funniest material was often the stuff we didn't get to see, the mistak

that there could be a split which of course he then compared to the rise of the establishment of the snpry which this is talking and of history which this isa is talking and of history which this is a fraught issue and a chief rabbi saying you have to look back to history to realise this is high—stakes game, and looking back toa high—stakes game, and looking back to a recent history with the labour party, we are stronger together. izad please come and sort this out in the chief rabbi, he says it is a loaded question and will not go towards them until they sort it out. i will be fascinated to see if jeremy corbyn does lose the vote, what will happen to be brexit campaign. my feeling is his fan base isa die—hard campaign. my feeling is his fan base is a die—hard one, similar to donald trump, the more you attack and it gives more case to be supporters of us why you are going in, they are too threatening to you, too strong in power. it lets see what happens. attacks on synagogues and jewish schools, this is a disturbing issue, it is notjust about schools, this is a disturbing issue, it is no

the snp's opponents have dismissed her plans as "pie in the sky" and say the party is "running out of under the proposal, the universities would sponsor their graduates to look for work without any restriction on the type ofjob they can apply for. the government says it already has variety of routes to allow international graduates to stay in the uk. nearly half of nursery providers in england say the government's scheme to provide 30 hours of free childcare has had a negative financial impact on their business. the free care for 3 and 4—year—olds, introduced this time last year, has proved popular, with 95% of eligible parents using the scheme. the government say they're researching the cost of childcare but that the majority of providers have been happy to take part in the scheme. president trump's nominee for the us supreme court is expected to face hostile questions from democrat politicians in washington today. brett kavanaugh is a controversial figure due to his perceived views on abortion and lgbt rights. if he passes his confirmation hearing it's expected he would make the sup

. >> the snp also rose by 15 points. >>> one of oakland's best athletes of all times was back on a baytoday. coming up next, what gary payton was doing hat is alma mater. >>> plenty of sunshine, as well as cool temperatures returning. stone age family. ♪ n ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. >>> a professional athlete gives back. gary payton presented a major donation to an east bay athletic program. more on where the money will go >>reporter: he spent 17 years in the nba, is a nine time all- star and one a title with shack -- shq shaq -- in 2008. but he is here and has alma mater at skyline high school. there is a photo of him shortly after graduated -- graduating. >> today he is back on the court giving back. the payton foundation teamed up with the oakland a's check for $5000 to help support skyline's basketball program. >>reporter: one treatment for these students and payton also. >> it makes me feel good to co

what do you make of this snp. >> it certainly isn't treason. >> it certainly isn't treason. i do think the individual who wrote this was gutless. this would have been an excellent resignation with a copy sent to the house judiciary committee which is the body principally responsible for initiating impeachment. if you serve the government of the united states and you swore an oath to preserve and protect the constitution of the united states, the things that were written in this op-ed. why would you write it as anonymous op-ed in the "new york times" or for that matter spend many hours to bob woodward for publication in some book rather than announce publicly what the problem is. which is that the president is dangerously unfit for the office he holds. a lot of people who work for him should be saying publicly what they seem to be all too happy to be saying privately. >> well, is it gutless or is the president an effective bully. one of the things that we have seen with chuck grassley -- i mean, senators have withdrawn the boundary they gave on jeff sessions with an ongoing.

the snp is down slightly and the nasdaq is down by almost 1/3 of a percent there. keep watching stocks throughout the day. >>> tomorrow emmanuel baptist church in san jose is hosting a one-day conference addressing racism and social injustice. speakers include the santa fe police -- police chief. and some local pastors. i am joined by senior pastor mason reynolds of emmanuel baptist church and dr. mike stewart executive director of the great commission association of southern baptist churches. thank you both for joining me. >> think you are having us. >> good morning. >> pastor reynolds, what is happening in yourself a community that you see is troubling? >> one thing that we see so much is not just here but all over our nation, just a split that is happening within the church as related to race. so many things we can't talk about and we want to be able to talk about that we note the gospel gives us a chance to be all to address. that is why we said hey, let's not wait for something that to happen. let's get ahead of it and try to see what the gospel of jesus chris

snp lost six points. >>> president trump is threatening additional tariffs on chinese goods, $267 billion is on top of 50 billion that are already in effect. and 200 billion that appear and it. >>> if mister trump follows through, the tariff would have a total of $517 billion in chinese products, virtually everything that mike everything coming in. >>> a big name in silicon valley, recent grads from dublin high school created a device that helps people who are visually impaired. it helps them with their everyday tasks. the device called blind site uses vibrations to guide the user toward objects. it began as a high school project and landed the group a spot at tech crunch disrupt. >> all four of us -- we are trying to get it down to maybe an apple watch size. >> the group made it to the semi finals, at tech crunch. they hope that one day they could get some funding to help millions of people who are visually impaired.>> the bro culture in the tech industry got competition. >>> check out the buzz on the tech crunch startup, these tiny scooters are actually coding robots that encourage girl

future are the snp who want to take scotland out of the uk!paration is incompetent. prime minister, your chequers plan is as dead as a dodo. with the clock ticking, with the prime minister now finally concede that backing the single market and customs union is the only option to protect the economy and to protect the good friday agreement? can i say to the right honourable gentleman that we have put forward a proposal under the chequers plan that protects jobs, that protect livelihoods, that ensures we deliver on the boat of the british people, that ensures we deliver on no hard border between northern ireland and island and maintain the union of the uk. thejob island and maintain the union of the uk. the job bonnier island and maintain the union of the uk. thejob bonnier has put forward another proposal which keeps northern ireland in the customs union and single market —— michel barnier has put forward another proposal. it creates a border down the irish sea. i have said it is unacceptable the irish sea. i have said it is u na cce pta ble to

opposition politicians can labour, snp, how are they handling brexit?treated eu citizens very, very appallingly. we have been 817 days in limbo with no guarantees on our stage, on our rights by that is for eu citizens in the country as well as for the british in europe.|j thought eu citizens' rights were guaranteed almost immediately. no, they are not. sorry v—chip in there. that is probably another debate. the home office hostile environment has been dreadful. a number of eu citizens have been in the country for many, many years and they have been refused an application for permanent residency. that is the precursor to the settled status application. sorry to interrupt. tell people what you are doing next month? iam tell people what you are doing next month? i am leaving the country. how long have you been here? for19 yea rs. we have long have you been here? for19 years. we have sold our house, we have sold the business and i have had to do my resignation at work and we are moving to germany. why are you doing that? we need to secure ourselves and we d

just three months later at the general election the snp lost 21 seats, the anti—referendum tories gainedve the eu, many of the powers currently exercised in brussels over things like agriculture and the environment will come directly here to holyrood. but not everything that the scottish government thinks should be devolved will come straight to edinburgh. there has been a bitter battle over control, and that's why msps would not approve the eu withdrawal bill. when the scottish parliament voted in may to refuse to give its consent to the eu withdrawal bill, westminster decided to ignore it and impose the bill anyway. that's the first time that has happened in nearly 20 years of devolution. this may sound like an obscure procedural argument, but it could have profound constitutional consequences. if or when there is another referendum on scottish independence, this will be used as an example of why the scottish parliament needs complete control of its own affairs. nicola sturgeon will update us on her plans for another independence referendum next month. if she was expecting brexit to cr

the snp minority government lost the vote on the matter in the scottish parliament this evening.w have to change its policy. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. storm ali, with winds of more than 100 miles per hour, caused chaos across large parts of the uk today. two people died. a woman's caravan was blown into the sea in ireland and a man was killed by a falling tree in northern ireland. and much of central and southern scotland was battered during the day, creating major travel problems with many rail services, flights and ferries affected. as catriona renton reports. as the sun rose over glasgow, there were signs ali was on its way. in scotland, it came in through the southwest. in dumfries and galloway, a major incident was declared. roads were impassable due to falling trees. ali hammered its way quickly through the country. as it travelled up the west coast, it wreaked havoc. this cruise ship lost its moorings on the clyde, stranding over 500 passengers. around the country, power was lost and more than 80,000 homes and businesses. here, engineers have been getting people re

neither the labour party, nor the snp, nor the lib dems are likely to approve. will be tight. if the vote fails, the public might have another say. there is a growing demand that we have a people's vote on the outcome. in other words, we take the government's proposals, whatever they are, and we choose that or we stay within the european union. number ten used to say no deal is better than a bad one. but now the prime minister almost seems to be saying any deal is better than none. that's even before the almost inevitable further compromise with the eu. there's just no way theresa may can actually be sure of getting mps in line. even world leaders get put hold, sometimes. hold music. before mps have a say, the prime minister must persuade the rest of europe not to keep her hanging on. hello, jean—claude. hello. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. and at 11.30 tonight you can see theresa may's interview with panorama, inside number ten: deal or no deal, here on bbc news. in the eu referendum, the town of burnley in lancashire was one of the most pro—brexit a

if you look at valuations compared to the snp -- ask and &p, do you think the confidence will be thetiment investors need? think this isl, i well expected and trumped by the news yesterday the msci is thinking of going to 20% from almost five, in terms of rating by next year. in terms look at this of international realization of china's domestic markets, fixed income included. it is definitely a positive. is it the catalyst? hard to say. haidi: what is the catalyst? we have been talking about how bassett and chinese equities are, how expensive they are in comparison. there doesn't seem to be the appetite from domestic retail investors or foreign institutions to get in there. the current trade situation has been a bit of an issue. we think there is a bit of a window in the fourth quarter for some short-term outperformance from china. a step down we have seen, in terms of 25% tariffs down to 10%. we think it looks like a strategic move from the u.s. we have described it as moving from a game of checkers to a game of chess. it opens up a window. we are six weeks ahead of. the midterm el

my 6-year-old every time i take him to a swim lesson he says was i as good as michael fell snps i saidr life? >> everything that i'm doing is now what i love. i'm very fortunate to get up and talk about water conservation or talk about mental health or helping kids live healthy and active lifestyles and teach them the importance of water safety. water is a part of who i am. it's -- i've been around it for so long and everything that i'm doing. i have the chance to save lives and that, to me, is way more important than ever winning an olympic gold medal. what i'm doing is now so fun, it's a full day of work every single day, but if i'm having fun, why am i changing it? >> let's talk about the mental health aspect. in august you tweeted the world knows me as a 28-time medalist but for me sometimes my greatest accomplishment is getting out of bed. >> yeah. >> i mean, that's incredible to hear that. >> i spent three or four days in my room in foirn not wanting to be alive, you know. and i mean, ever since basically since the olympics i've gone at least three one major depression spell, may

the snp leader outlined what she has declared as the ‘most ambitious long—term level of infrastructurere being put forward that will be introduced in the next 12 months covering a wide range of topics. ourjewellery, them most topical would be the issue of mental health. we have figures this morning saying that a third of young people being treated for mental health problems are not being treated within an 18 week target. nicola sturgeon says that is unacceptable and used a visit this morning to a school in edinburgh to sit in on a discussion on mental health, really signalling her intent. this afternoon we found out what she intends to do about it. within the programme the government, we found out about a £60 million investment which will allow every secondary school in the country to have a counsellor and the most seriously ill will be fast tracked to the services that they need. this is what the minister has to say about that. we will invest £60 million in additional school counselling and nursing services. this will ensure we have more nurses and councillors and make sure every scho

money into the snps, it matters. >> it does >> we don't know how many of these jobs come along with the package. more people can save than they have >> it is a good thing and there is no doubt. >> to your point, is it going away in the war of trade against china, it is the best time to do it and it does not appears to be any led up trump's comment reflects of what he believes he got a lot of leverage here. we still wonder whether or not and when we are going to start to see unintended consequences >> well, 2019. i think there is such a belief by many managing now holy cow, these averages are going up i got into fang. i got into the banks it is not like you go in there and buy some bank of america you are paying too much. >> did you buy wells >> yes, absolutely >> i would buy wells i think wells is in -- when i saw the cuts, one of the they thinks i have been waiting for is the expense cuts. franchise are intact it is not like they are exactly hurting for business lending is pretty good the only in the lending armor is consumers are fortunate. about 25% of these houses are being bought f

the snp's opponents have dismissed her plans as "pie in the sky" and say the party is "running out oflure at the bank. labour's ruling body meet shortly to decide whether to adopt in full the internationally—recognised definition of anti—semitism to try to stem the row which has engulfed the party. the government's pledge to give 30 hours of free childcare to working parents of 3 and 4 year olds is forcing some nurseries and childminders to close, according to a charity. now time for the sports update. reports in spain suggest that the manchester united manager jose mourinho has accepted a one year prison sentence over a tax fraud case. mourinho is highly unlikely to spend any time injailthough, as first time offenders in spain with sentences less than two years can be served on probation. he'd been accused of owing nearly £3 million in undeclared image rights revenue. grand slam number 21 will not happen in new york this yearfor roger federer, he's out of the us open. the five—time champion was out of form — he made 77 unforced errors on his way to the four set loss to john millman.

now, without repeating the responses she just gave to the leader of the snp, can she explain why aftere taken. i also say to the honourable lady that if she is worried about people living in grimsby then the answer is not a labour government with £500 billion of extra borrowing, fewerjobs, higher taxes and people suffering the cost. given what we know about the cost. given what we know about the russian state‘s involvement in the russian state‘s involvement in the salisbury poisoning, does the prime minister think it appropriate the parliamentarians both current and former appear on russian state television? can i say to my honourable friend that i‘m sure we all have doubts about the objectivity of the reporting on russia today which does remain a tool of propaganda for the russian state. the decision about appearing on russia today is a matter for each individual but they should be clear that they risk being used as propaganda tools by the russian state and i know that that is a view shared by other members of this house including the right honourable gentleman, a member for house inc

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i think it is important to recognise over the weekend we discovered that the snp's all figures were outnk thatis the united kingdom, because i think that is the best deal for working people. the reality is that scotland voted to remain within the european union and there is a big onus on scotland to keep fighting for our place in the european union foot up if we cannot do that at the very least we have to make the case for remaining part of the single market, because that is how we ensure we still have free movement of people that allows this academics to stay in our universities, this care workers to do the criticaljobs they are doing. if i can give you one figure. i understand the bbc themselves... demonstrating this earlier today. if you look at the western isles, a remote part of scotland, there are 12 nhs consultants working in the western islesjust now consultants working in the western isles just now offers top eight of them are eu nationals. imagine what would happen to be services in that community is those eu doctors were not allowed to stay. this is fundamental and incredibly

if the snp closes, that would be a record close of all time. >> sandra: that's a big deal. >> bill: ite is. well, that was the high that we would get right after the election. 2017. so we are right back at those numbers after dropping off a little bit. well mike. >> sandra: just in the last few weeks, analysts have started to call into question whether the stock market can continue. there is a bit of doom and gloom over trade and tariffs, and here we are, back in record territory. >> bill: you can find trouble anywhere you like. the bears are going to come back. right now, the bulls are runnin running. >> sandra: we will bring a charles payne right back on this. >> bill: yes, it is going to look great. >> sandra: all right, the supreme court short on is getting more and more tense by the date, as republicans and democrats dig their heels in over sexual misconduct allegations. dr. christine blasey ford's attorney saying that they want the fbi to investigate first, but the g.o.p. insisting she decide by tomorrow and give her testimony, no later than monday. justin walker is a law profess