the remarkable victory he got when he called that general election having ousted theresa may. i gather she voted in a ball gown this evening, i think the irony won t be lost on her. i think since we thought we d be marched up the hill, and borisjohnson seems to be accusing the media, he says it s media lead, my feeling across the country speaking to everyday people, and i had one woman approached me next to the thames and say to me she doesn t like liars. i m reporting right next to that covid wall where you see all kinds of hearts and names and people who died who had respected lockdown. i think it s a countrywide thing. also worth saying, borisjohnson denies lying about the parties in downing street. he said some things that were wrong, but he thought they were true at the time. you must have had a few days this week talking to france about the uk, with this happening now and thejubilee before it. it is quite remarkable going from covering the head of state, which is the 96
Its a privilege to work with this extraordinary team. I thank them for their constant work and love of craft. I thank you for the privilege of your time. That wraps up the hour. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, Robert Menendez and his wife appeared for their arraign money and pleaded not guilty in manhattan on federal Bribery Charges. The senators grip on his seat slips with a growing majority of his democratic colleagues calling for his resignation. Its debate night at the Reagan Library. Seven republican primary candidates try to break away from the pack. The heavy favorite, former president trump, skipping the debate but heading to an event for striking auto workers in michigan. The house and senate remain far apart on a way to avert a Government Shutdown three days from now. Breaking news overseas. Travis king, the american soldier who crossed into north korea in july, is back in u. S. Custody. Officials say happy to be back.
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that committee including not lease from the conservative members of it, i think we have long been of the view that probably mrjohnson was going to be have found to have misled the house, the question was what punishment when they come up with. i think we now know that the punishment they were coming up with was more than a ten day suspension. given the rules of the house of commons that would mean there would be a recall petition and therefore a potentially by election if 10% of voters signed up position. petition. one of the reasons why borisjohnson could not rely on his conservative colleagues to rescue him is that some of them are probably still remembering the affair of november 2021, when he persuaded them, the majority of the conservative mps, to vote against mr partisans suspension, proposed suspension over breaking the lobbying rules of the house of commons. in the end, of