This is a deliberate withholding of information from this house. We will speak to a former labour defence minister. At the start of his first full week in power, donald trump focuses on jobs, and threatens big border taxes on goods entering the country. The series of failures that led to a prisoners suicide, Dean Saunders mother says shed warned prison authorities. Im telling you know, if you do not put my son back on constant watch he will kill himself, you wont be able to say you didnt know. A focus on science and technology, as the Prime Minister unveils her New Industrial Strategy for britain after brexit. And, the actor gorden kaye, best known for his part in the bbc sitcom allo allo , has died at the age of 75. Its five oclock. Our main story is the governments admission that theresa may was told about a test of the Trident Nuclear deterrent, which took place last june. She was informed when she became Prime Minister a month later, but ministers wont confirm if shed been made awa
Just before noon he signed an Executive Order formally withdrawing the us from the tra ns pacific partnership. It was a Campaign Promise and a key tenet of his pledge to deglobalise, putting in his words, America First. Our diplomatic editor, mark urban, looks at what trumps first day tells us about a new direction for america. Back to work on a blowy, rainy morning for the people of this city. For the new president , after a weekend of political bluster, a day to demonstrate that the Wind Of Change you porters bluster, a day to demonstrate that the Wind Of Change supporters had voted for had hit the white house. First one is withdrawals from the of the United States from the Trans Pacific partnership. Everyone knows what that means, right . Weve been talking about this for a long time. Mr trump signed three Executive Orders today, stopping a pacific trade deal, freezing governmentjob recruitment, and halting funding for abortion education overseas. That follows an earlier order to hob
Our look at the day at westminster. The headlines the Defence Secretary says he has full confidence in the Trident Nuclear deterrent, but wont give the commons any details on reports of an unarmed missile going off course in a test last year. Labour have questioned the Prime Ministers response. And yet when she came to this house on the 18th ofjuly to call on members to back the renewal of britains nuclear submarines, she did not say a word, not a single word. But many conservative mps defended trident and the need to keep the tests secret. Is it not the case that the unilateralists opposite who are complaining today are in the position of eunuchs complaining about the cost of viagra . Also tonight, users of Adult Social Care explain what the shortage of funding means for their lives. Its now legally acceptable for them to just say use Incontinence Pads even if youre not incontinent because you cant have a night time carer. The Defence Secretary has told mps he has full confidence in t
Lit not be new. It will not be new. You explain . Guest its a combination of things. The first one is President Trumps style which seems to be a fairly aggressive style. I think the second important element is all the promises that hes made while in the campaign trail and in his inaugural address which seem to be ingreff ingress siff use of executive power. As that article point out, its a term of art thats now being used routinely for every president. Host do you think he has an understanding of his role, his influence, his authority . Guest not at a very sophisticated one. One of the most interesting trail,is on the campaign he was asked about the constitution. Marlie, he was asked going to defer to congressional powers and authority and when he answered trail, he was it, it made clear he didnt know much about the constitution. And i was struck during the nauguration inaugural address and mangled his oath. The oath is of the office is a pledge to defend the constitution and faithfull
Bureau overseas. We will talk about the merits and applications of that story later in the program. First, the polls are little confusing. Yesterday, two National Surveys told very different tales about the state of the race. One from nbc news and the wall street journal Shows Hillary clinton leading by 11 points among likely voters. Another highly respected poll from abc news and the suggests thatt Hillary Clinton only has a 4 lead over trump. And monmouth has put out its own poll showing clinton up by 12 . Inther bowl, clinton up 8 colorado and tied. Another cnnorc poll shows clinton leading by 4 . Cnn has clinton well within the margin of error in North Carolina and within the margin up to in nevada. And we want to mention our wbur thaty, clinton leading in state by just three Percentage Points. And she has expanded her edge by Percentage Points by a widely respected survey out today. John, a whole lot of pulling data. What is the actual state of the race today . Say mark, i would l