Plus why the internet just cant get enough of this image of Melania Trump greeting the canadian Prime Minister. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and david eades is in london. If you want a sense ofjust how critical the brexit crisis has become, Opposition Party leaders invoked the spirit of World War Two today. For good measure, they gathered at church house a westminster building that mps used during the war itself. There, leaders of the five opposition parties agreed Common Ground to defeat a no deal brexit. In a joint statement sent out by labour, lib dems, the greens, plaid cymru and the snp they agreed they would act together to find practical ways to stop a no deal. And to get there, it was clear they had to trade compromises and, for now at least, to set aside personal and party preferences. The priority is to prevent a no deal exit from the eu because of all the damage it would do to peoplesjobs, economy, and our relationships with the rest of the world. So weve had
But before we get to that one, i want to turn to one about the Opioid Crisis. Today a lot of new developments this morning with just a few hours to go. President trump expected to declare this a Public Health emergency. A real step forward in an attempt to try to stop an epidemic that kills 142 americans every day. Let me stop and put this into context for you here. This is the equivalent of a 9 11 every three weeks. Think about that. This is the president previewing todays announcement. Listen. Were going to be doing a very, very important meeting some time in the very short, very near future on opioids. In terms of declaring a National Emergency, which gives us power to do things you cant do right now. So, hans nichols is at the white house in the Briefing Room there. Ive been on the phone and i know you have been working about it, too. Talking about what this Public Health emergency does and, also, by the way, what it does not do. Tell us what the details are. It doesnt allocate any
Mueller and could the president diffuse a legal threat against cohen by issuing a pardon even ahead of time. This morning, one white house aide answered to some of this. They said no reason to know what it is that Michael Cohen could possibly flip on. The mere fact he said i dont think hes going to flip i dont have any information. Kaitlan collins is at the white house. Where to begin today what a weekend it was. What are you hearing from the white house now . It certainly was quite a weekend, especially for our president on twitter saying he does not believe his long time attorney Michael Cohen would flip on him. That language coming after the New York Times, of course, reported that the president s legal team is resigned to the fact that Michael Cohen, someone with a wife and two kids, could begin to cooperate with those federal officials who are investigating him. But the press secretary with Sarah Sanders was on the north lawn this morning and asked if the president has any plans t
A grand jury recently indicted a Massachusetts resident with several felony charges of selling drugs in Keene following his arrest in February, according to documents filed in Cheshire County Superior
A Vermont man who pleaded guilty in a drug case with local ties was sentenced to 70 months in prison Friday, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s