Finished with politics. Well bring you the very latest from westminster as Boris Johnsons bill for a december election goes to the house of lords for consideration. Im annita mcveigh. Our other main stories this morning. A report into the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people has criticised the london fire brigades response to the blaze. There are obviously lessons that have been identified. Our task is to read that report thoroughly, turn those lessons into lessons learnt and then make sure that we move forward, improving fire and rescue services. An inquiry into the clutha Helicopter Crash in glasgow finds that if the pilot had followed emergency procedures, the accident which killed ten people could have been prevented. And still to come on sport, england are fined for their v formation response to the haka during their semifinal win over the all blacks. Hello and welcome to westminster, where, after months of brexit deadlock, mps have voted overwhelmingly to hold a general ele
Policy in general. Economics and the global trade watch director. Good morning to both of you. I want to start with this headline out of bloomberg. Nafta talks are getting bogged down. I want to get you to respond to this. What are the hardline demands . Guest this is the irony. And the are deadlocked administration decides to withdraw, its not want to be because of unions were groups like mine that have thought no nafta is better than more of this nafta. There is a big corporate lobby trying to persuade them to not respond to u. S. Proposals. It goes to restructuring nafta to remove the incentives for outsourcing jobs. They want to get rid of special protections for investors to make it less risky and cheaper to offshore jobs to mexico. They went to get rid of the ban on by american. They want to raise the level of contact in a product. They want to avoid products from china sneaking inside. They want to do a review every five years to make sure the agreement is working. Thats what we
Guest this is the irony. And the are deadlocked administration decides to withdraw, its not want to be because of unions were groups like mine that have thought no nafta is better than more of this nafta. There is a big corporate lobby trying to persuade them to not respond to u. S. Proposals. It goes to restructuring nafta to remove the incentives for outsourcing jobs. They want to get rid of special protections for investors to make it less risky and cheaper to offshore jobs to mexico. They went to get rid of the ban on by american. They want to raise the level of contact in a product. They want to avoid products from china sneaking inside. They want to do a review every five years to make sure the agreement is working. Thats what we do with domestic legislation. And is what democrats republicans and unions and conservative groups have been asking for. We get the benefits of trade without all of the outsourcing incentives. Host what do you see in the current talks and what you see fr
Collecting toys. Good morning. And thank you all for coming. I am the Consumer Campaign director with the u. S. Public Interest Research Group Education fund. We are a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization. I am joined today by a fellow of the American Association of pediatrics, and also general counsel and legislative director of the Consumer Federation of america. After my statement and their comments, we will open it up for questions from yall. Today we are here to release the u. S. Education funds toy safety report, trouble in toyland. The message today is clear. We need to protect our consumers from dangerous toys, and parents and consumers need to watch out for hazards when shopping for these toys. Over the past 30 years, the report has led to at least 150 recalls or other actions to take dangerous toys off shelves. This year, when researchers went looking for potential hazards, we once again found toys and products that could poison or harm a child. We found these toys in
Circulation. The fcc has a limited role to play in mergers. When a transaction comes before us we take a look and say is there a transaction specific harm. If there is we tried to find it nearly tailored for that harm one thing you saw them do is feed mergers as a Christmas Tree we could hang whatever agenda you want on it. Thats not my approach where the approach that the fcc should take. Watch tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. As the Holiday Season gets underway, Education Firm hosted a discussion about the annual report on toy safety. This is about 40 minutes. Thank you for coming. My name is mike and i am the Consumer Campaign director with u. S. Public Research Group fun. We are national nonpartisan nonprofit organization. Join today by doctor lenore and rachel, general counsel of legislative director. After comments will open for questions. Today were here to release the 32nd annual toy safety report, trouble in toyland. The message is clear, we need to protect her young f