they were very successful. the uk right now is a mess. if it s not a mess, it will do till the mess gets here. will we look back on brexit as the first probing of the russians to see if they could not affect a democracy and the atlantic alliance? yeah, i think they didn t have to do that much work on brexit. they did try to influence the brexit situation, but i don t think that they had really prepared for it that much because nobody really had seen it coming. i mean when david cameron called for this referendum, although he had said he would do it, it was one of those things people think, oh, no, he s not really going to do it. then he does it, and he was sure everybody would vote let s stay in europe, at least most people would. but no. the result comes out, and it s based on all kinds of things, the resentment of rural populations, fears of migration, this kind of thing. and the russians the russians
used in the baltic republics and other places. and they were very successful. the u.k. right now is a mess. if irntst s not a mess, it will until the mess gets here. will we look back on brexit as the first probing of the russians to see if they could not affect a democracy and the atlantic alliance? i think they didn t have to do that much work on brexit. they did try to influence the brexit situation, but i don t think that they had really prepared for it that much because nobody really had seen it coming. i mean, when david cameron called for this referendum, although he said he would do it, it s one of those things he s not really going to do it. and then he does it and he was sure everyone would vote let s stay in europe. but no. the result comes out and it s based on all kinds of things, the resentment of rural
welcome back, everyone. in parliament s final move before being suspended to mid october lawmakers rejected prime minister boris johnson s bid to hold a snap general election just days before the october 31st brexit deadline. the second time in two weeks that parliament denied johnson s call for another election which would have been the third in just over four years. as joe scarborough points out, john has lost the first six votes of his premiership. also in a very surprising move, speaker john burkeow, famous for his calls for order announced he is stepping down next month after a decade in the roll. and the brexit situation continues as parliament is suspended, after tprime ministe controversially suffered the body in an effort to bring the did or die brexit plan through. in case you blinked, we have tropical storm gabriel we tracked over the last couple of
there is the irish water. this is serious. in a no-deal brexit situation, the eu has said some form of cross border checks will be needed. the republic of island, northern island sits on an island. the republic of island is independent and apart of the european communion. n northern is part of the united kingdom and there is a border. it is unclear how this would work but it would make trade more difficult. any kind of physical check point would dread up painful memory of a violent past. jeremy corbyn criticized that move today. it is not acceptable. what is he so afraid of that he needs to suspend parliament and
are looking at easing rates. so around the globe, there is so much tension right now. and for the president right now, all eyes are on him, because around the globe, most feel that the trade war with china is the thing that is exacerbating risk of a global recession and causing all of that market turmoil that you just talked about. do you think those other world leaders who were at this summit would be pressuring him then, a certain direction in how to deal with china? you saw it with boris johnson, right? who many folks believe is sort of the quintessential trump ally. and of course, they want to do a big trade between the uk and the u.s. once the brexit situation settles itself one way or another. but you could see even in his comments, the prime minister essentially said, listen, we want free trade. we ve had 200 years of a healthy free trade open economy. we are keen to see this tariff battle cease. so i think across the board, you