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plus community over the last 50 years? get in touch with me on @annitabbc or using the hashtag bbc your questions. and, two british hopefuls, cameron norrie and heather watson, will both be in action today at wimbledon. the mp chris pincher has resigned as government deputy chief whip, after a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members�* club. he has apologised to the prime minister and said he had embarrassed himself and others. the role of the government whips is to e...

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Instead of trying to talk to people and find a political settlement. borisjohnson has said, "we are not giving up on hong kong". what do you think the uk government should do now in relation to hong kong? something it is not doing already. i think the hong kong government, sorry, i think the hong kong government is a bunch of quislings. i�*m not always without my criticism of the british covenant, but they have done pretty well by hong kong in the last couple of years. providing a roof for peo...

Connection there. i agree this was not the right way or the right day to make that connection. >> keith is going to jump out of his seat. >> i just feel like youre white ashing dr. kings legacy when you say that. dr. king didnt talk about following the proper channels. if you read his letter from birmingham jail he spoke exactly against following the proper channels -- >> but non-violence is my point. >> i understand that. but nobodys talking about violence. he criticized white moderates niz let...

Together across party lines to get things done like civil rights, and thats what i think he was trying to connect through a legislative thing, saying lets quit balkanizing, lets quit shouting at each other over these issues and come together and figure out a way, for instance, to help the daca folks become safe in america and a lot of the other things that the president has offered as a compromise. so i think in the spirit of compromise there is a nice connection there. i agree this was not the ...

Usual -- the usual bunch of politicians coming on, though im glad to be with you talking about what needs to be done. you and everyone else here in parkland has heard from the kids of marjory stoneman douglas. the passion they have for effecting change is real. they are not prepared to simply let this go. they demand action. i saw on facebook the other day someone posted 17, tragically 17 lives were lost but beware of those who is live. theyre going to change the world. thats whats different thi...

There. thank you. now to the scene of the latest protest journal way right now in new york city. miguel is there. tell us where you are and whats going on. >> reporter: we are at fifth avenue headed north. the number of protesters here may be 500. they are staying on the sidewalk. let me give you an idea. lets go all the way up. we can give you an idea of how many protesters are here. they walked down fifth avenue to again with. this is shopping central this time of the year here. so they are se...

Sidewalk, keeping the protesters from going out in the street. the protesters have said they are going to stay off the street. they wont shut down traffic as they have in previous protests. wolf? >> miguel, what are they saying about killer cops over there? i see some of those signs referring to that phrase, killer cops. what is their message? >> reporter: the message tonight is that they are calling the system racist. they want change. they are calling the cops who have killed a black man racis...

And while i think they were across the line, they have a right to express their opinion. and this conversation may be difficult for many at this time. but it has to continue. at the end of the day, relationships between police and communities across the nation do need significant change and improvement. >> were showing our viewers the live pictures coming in from the demonstrators on fifth avenue. the upper right-hand part of the screen. were showing the memorial. the candlelight vigil where the...

Make it about if you will, people with whom you do not agree with politically is an effort to score cheap political points. what the governor should be doing, the former governor should be doing, saying i want to be part of a conversation about change. not a conversation about whether this is about saying, ill stand up for police officers and support their mission. which i do and many of us do. that doesnt mean that police officers are beyond criticism. or if as an institution, law enforcement c...