emmanuel macron. recently polls give the former economy minister an edge in a two-way match-up against le pen. british lawmakers dealt a blow to prime minister theresa may s brexit plan. on wednesday, the house of lords voted in favor of an amendment to may s brexit bill. it calls for european nationals legally living in britain to be guaranteed the same status after the uk leaves the european union. amendment 9b is to ensure that the rights of eu citizens here would have, had we remained in the eu, that those should stay the same on exit day. because these people need to know now, not in two years time, or even 12 months time. they simply can t put their lives on hold. i now want to say to the government, you can t do negotiations with people s futures. they re too precious to be used as bargaining chips.
american and iraqi officials during his three-day trip. my colleague andrea mitchell spoke exclusively with the sprpt about the exit day for the u.s. troops next july. this manufactured notion, this is a rush to the exits is just, even if you wanted to eliminate every troop, you couldn t possibly get the troops out in less than a period of long months and that s not the intention. here s the reason why that date s important. that date s important to say to the afghanis, you ve got to step up. we cannot want peace and security in your country more than you want it. well, this was a vice president s fourth trip to iraq as vice president. and we turn now to developments on day 78 of the gulf oil disaster. officials confirm now the tar balls have washed ashore on beaches in galveston texas over the weekend and they say they re from the bp oil spill and that means oil is now reaching all