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Afghanistan. but for the moment david cameron seems to be tucked in behind president's slip stream and taking his lead from the white house. because of this recent terrorist atrocity in tunisia where we have 30 british dead i think that is changing the political climate here in london. today there has been a very sort of lively debate in the house of commons about whether britain should now take part in airstrikes against isil targets in syria, which until now we haven't done. martha: yeah. interesting piece. conn, thank you very much. good to speak with you today. >> pleasure, martha. >> we'r...

Whether britain should be a member of the european union, but he promised a referendum to the british people during the campaign. by the end of 2017, brits will have the choice on whether or not to stay within the european union. if he can get this bill through. that was really the headline from today. >> what does cameron want? >> david cameron wants -- it's interesting. he's got a split in the party. the far right would rather come out of the european union. he's sort of sitting on the fence by saying he wants british people to decide. but he's got this other issue he's facing. potentially a...

Whether britain remains part of the europe. could have global implications because of the economy. and the second is that now that you don't have the scottish nationalist party tied to a governing coalition in the house of westminster, in the houses of parliament in london there is little to stop the scots of saying we'll go for independent inside sooner rather than later about and imagine what happens then. you have england, wales and northern ireland without scotland and no longer part of the european union. it's not too big a stretch to start thinking about that prospect. what does that mea...

>> we know the economy is a huge issue as the voters goil to the polls. david cameron conservative party stays the country will have a referendum on whether britain should stay in the european union. how would that play out? >> that's the interesting part from the united states point of view. because the u.s. is very keen that the u.k. stays in europe and the u.s. politicians and u.s. diplomats, in fact u.s. strategists are saying what's happening is that britain is looking inwards, anti-immigration looking at whether it's going to pull out of the european union, questioning its trident defens...

Widespread chemical attacks in sir annia. secretary of state john kerry issue aid statement saying is the administration was consulting with allies and members of congress. according to officials, the u.s. military strike could launch as early as thursday. britain's prime minister david cameron has recalled parliament from their summer vacation to vote on whether britain should take part in military action. in the meantime, the united states congress remains in recess. they're not scheduled to be in session until september 9th. house speaker john boehner has had preliminary communication with ...