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The diplodocus. Good morning. Its the 4th of january. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Britains outgoing ambassador to the European Union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the governments preparations for brexit. In his Resignation Letter he said he didnt know what ministers Negotiating Objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called Muddled Thinking. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. Sir ivan rogers has been britains ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the governments preparatio...

That the next day he often forgot things, also relevant. maybe he doesn't remember what happened at that party. that leads us to the scope of the investigation. can the fbi get into his drinking? what is the scope of the fbi's investigation as you understand it? >> so i think we have more clarity on what went down after that ub 40 concert than we do on the current scope of the fbi investigation, by that i mean we don't really know. we reported over the weekend, you know, talking to rs sos familiar with the investigation that the scope was very limited, that the white house is dictating the ter...

Have a lot of questions about the scope of this fbi probe and there are questions now also about whether brett kavanaugh's past drinking habits will have any bearing on that probe at all, but republicans are saying that that issue is moving the goal posts. >> the time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close. mr. president, we will be voting this week. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying he will move forward with a vote on judge kavanaugh's confirmation, despite the white house allowing the fbi to expand its investigation into the nominee. his pledge coming ...

Exactly what to start with? when you are an fbi agent do you get something that tells your parameters? >> yes, the white house dictates that to the fbi. this is not a typical criminal investigation when the fbi has free rein, they say we're going to work this investigation, lay off it. this isn't that. this is a specialized investigation, a background case, where they're actually working on behalf of the white house as i mentioned their client and the white house sets the terms. i know it sounds bizarre because it's different than what we think about law enforcement but this is that unique rol...

[overlapping talking] let me finish my question! somebody did know. the u.s. government knows and the justice department knows, when you buy a weapon legally you go through a background check. >> not if you buy from a gun show. >> tucker: but he did not buy them at gun shows. >> tucker?-- >> [overlapping talking]. >> tucker: let me ask my question. [overlapping talking]. stop filler busting and answer the question. this guy bought guns legally. for the guns we tracked to their origin, they were all purchased legally and went through a background case in each case. no felony record and no menta...