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By a significant margin. >> may started frantic diplomacy with eu leaders trying to get specifics on the deal. she meets today with german chancellor angela merkel. we have nina dos santos with more from outside parliament. the pound is at an all-time low. nina, anxiety is high. >> reporter: it is, christine. the eu made it very clear they are in no mood to tear open the 585-page withdrawal agreement they spent the last year and a half negotiating with the uk. theresa may is there trying to meet eu leaders to get support and then meeting with the heads of the eu commission and council later on...

Is just. in britain, parliament set to hold debate after prime minister theresa may voted to suspend the brexit vote. that vote was scheduled to take place today. >> there are broad support for key aspects of the deal. the vote would be rejected by a significant margin. >> theresa may is trying to get assurances of the deal. she meets with german chancellor angela merkel and dutch prime minister. we have nina dos santos outside parliament. nina, it is complicated and feels like a stalemate again here. >> reporter: yes, that's right. after a year and a half of negotiating this 585-page wi wit...

Another referendum. we just don't know. e.u. 27 leaders will undoubtedly be monitoring that situation very carefully and then assessing from there their next steps, what they are clear is given the red lines that the u.k. has put forward, the withdrawal text in particular, the 585-page legally binding protocols that essentially dictate three areas, the northern ireland backstop issue, the citizens rights and the financial settlement. that is a piece of diplomatic art in the words of some diplomats i've been talking to here in brussels. they will not be reopening. that for negotiation, perhaps ...

For his grandchildren. it was with that backdrop that the 27 e.u. leaders signed off on the so-called divorce deal, which essentially comprises of two documents. the first is the withdrawal agreement. that comprises some 585 pages of legally binding text. then in view of the e.u. is nonnegotiable, because to them it introduces certainty in this process in three key areas when it comes to citizens' rights living in the u.k.. the citizens living in the united kingdom. when it comes to financial certainty providing financial settlement in which the u.k. will pay tens of billions of dollars to the...

Are. >> reporter: it's definitely the sentiment being expressed here in brussels today, natalie. essentially what the european counsel has done is formally endorsed via counsel conclusions to documents. one of the documents is 585 pages long, a legally binding document, the so-called divorce deal that lays out the terms for which the u.k. will leave the eu in march of 2019. the second document endorsed by the eu 27 is a political declaration laying out the terms of the future relationship for the future trade talks expected to happen once the u.k. leaves the eu. also included, though, in the c...