on the recommendation of his national security adviser bill clark. and, of course, it didn't make any sense at all to do that. you can't strap up -- you're going to strap up the vice president of the united states? he's a constitutional officer. and george schulz quickly said, mr. president, i'll take the lie detector test if you want but it will be the last thing i do as your secretary of state. the president realized this was a mistake. it never should have gone to him, through bill clark, the authority for that, something that was in my court in the white house. >> you mentioned earlier that your wife had died when you were relatively young. but you came to politics after that. you were older, i was 5 when john f. kennedy came to my housing development campaigning. i thought, this is cool, this is what i want to be involved in. you had no notion of -- >> no. in fact, i expressly -- i had been advised by my grandfather's mantra, if you want to be a good lawyer, work hard, study and stay out of politics. for 40 years of my life i stayed out of polit

that was controversial sheriff bill clark. late thursday he was a vocal advocate and ally of president trump and announced his surprise retirement. after nearly 40 years serving my community, i'm retiring. what a ride. politico is announcing that he is likely to take a job in president trump's administration. according to the milwaukee journal sentinel, he is looking for opportunities outside of government that support the trump agenda and keep him in the public eye. recently, the sheriff has been under public scrutiny after four people and a newborn baby died at the milwaukee county jail. back now with the roundtable. this is one of those political characte characters. sheriff arpaio falls into this category as well. he probably wouldn't, if any other republican had won the nomination, this is a guy, sheriff clark, who speaks to and for a part of donald trump's base. you're a republican. i'm curious. what is the message sheriff clark is delivering? and how many people is he speaking for? >> he is playing to the worst and base

i want to thank chairman mccain for the work he has done on this particular addition to the bill. samantha clark on his staff who has worked hard to see that this could be not only workable but easily understood by the military and their support has been important. congressman joe wilson and congresswoman susan davis were key in including these provisions in the house national defense authorization act, and so families will see something, an opportunity here for them that they haven't seen in the past. this year's defense authorization takes the steps necessary to rebuild our military. we still have work ahead of us. sadly this summer, we have lost more than 40 service members in accidents related to readiness challenges that are impacting the military. sailors were killed aboard the u.s.s. fitzgerald and the u.s.s. john s. mccain. marines were killed after a c- 130 aircraft crashed in mississippi. and an mb-22 osprey crashed off the coast of australia. soldiers have been lost in helicopter accidents in hawaii and ymen. -- and yemen. just last week, mckenzie eagland of a.e.i. wrot

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the underlying bill is underfunded. the majority has imposed a $5 billion cut below 2017 omnibus level. this cut is unnecessary as it is indiscriminate because it cuts programs without thought to the relative merit. toddlers ment fewer receiving financial aid. fewer biomedical research grants and cuts to public health emergency response. the list goes on and on. investment is what we need to help build and strengthen our middle class and this amendment threatens this. i strongly urge members to oppose this amendment. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from tennessee. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from tennessee will e postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 175 printed in house reporter: 115-297. for what purpose does

. —— ken clarke. going to scrutinise it is this thing goes through. -- ken clarke. ken clarke is a big voice, but you also had like anna soubry. they have said that the bill is a bill that has been drafted in such a way that gives power not to the parliament. but as was pointed out, it looks like they will not pointed down, but there will be looking to put in amendments, and that is how they‘re going try and fix whatever worries they have with this bill. this is where the henry viii powers that we keep hearing about come into play. why have they put those in? why have they put us into the great repeal bill? one of the reasons is time. this deal with the eu might not be sorted out until late next year. it might only get them if you months. so they don't want debate in parliament going on all might when they only have a few days to set up customs checks on the irish border, orto customs checks on the irish border, or to work out the payment of annex a bill. they want to have the discretion, because they think is the most efficient way of doing it. it is probably als

ken clarke mightabstain. on few and far between. ken clarke might abstain. on the labour side jeremy corbyn ordering his mps to vote against this bill. we have heard from some who backed brexit themselves but others like caroline flint who was remain who said you cannot kill this bill off at this point. i think the trouble for the government will come down the line tonight, albeit a very late vote after midnight tonight, they should get through. thank you. vicki young in westminster. power from offshore wind will be cheaper than that generated by new nuclear plants for the first time, experts are predicting. in the latest auction of government subsidies, firms have said they will build new offshore wind farms for half the cost of two years ago. green groups are saying the record low price should sound the death knell for the hinkley c nuclear power plant. let's speak now to dr phil taylor — director at the national centre for energy systems at the university of newcastle. on the face of it, professor, aren't there right, if offshore is going to be so cheap

and that is before you get to ken clarke and dominic grieve, who have been clear that they would like to see the government come up with quite big changes to address some of the concerns they have about the bill. but what mps have decided now is that in terms of the broad principle of the bill, that the 1972 act that took the uk into the european union, that that should be repealed, while they agree with that. they agreed that eu laws need to be transferred into the british legal system, if you can call it that. they agree with the broad principle. it is the details of how it all happens where we will see some of the more complex arguments in the days are nice to come after the party conference season come after the party conference season in october, which is when the debate will come back to the commons. but they are now voting on the programme motion. this is the proposal that there should be a eight days of debate on the details, when mps will have the chance to go through the bill line by line and go through the bill line by line and go through their own proposals on changes. the

conservatives like ken clarke we've heard from today. looks like the government will get its way on this and most conservatives are keeping their powder dry to force some changes later in the parliamentary process. thanks very much. more from vicki young later. following events in parliament. with the outside is one of those liberal democrats that vicki mentioned. thank you for being here. alistair carmichael. a variety of protesters are here at westminster today. vicki young was outlining the groups of people who will be voting against monday. i want to clarify you are in the group. absolutely, what we have here is not just the group. absolutely, what we have here is notjust a bill against brexit, it's a power grab by the government that gives extraordinary powers to the government to bypass parliament. in june last powers to the government to bypass parliament. injune last year, offered a brexit deal by those who promoted the case to leave, we were told it was about taking back control. now we find control is not going to be given to b

i had somebody in, and he put it on the bill, did he? the frame through which to view expenses had already been constructed by the financial crisis. people at the top on the take. the public, perhaps unsurprisingly, began to think everybody rich or powerful is in it for themselves. for a full decade before the crisis, it had become clear that london was pulling away from the rest of the country. post—crisis, half the cranes in the country were in london, we were told. the city was doing fine. oh, and the olympics was helping nicely, thank you. a celebrated global multicultural hub. everyone loved the olympic games, but was there a subliminal effect on the national psyche? away from the hotspots of london and a handful of other big cities, there was, of course, a post—industrial britain. in the outskirts of the big cities, in secondary cities and northern towns. and the fact that the crisis didn't inject a new sense of economic purpose in these places. there was no new economic model on the table. no investment surge. all that can onl

clark: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment would restore funding for the mental health programs cut in this bill. specifically it would reverls the $142 million in cut to the mental health block grant and restore funding for project aware state grants and healthy transitions. which were both eliminated in the underlying bill. for so long mental health issues were relegated to the shadows. approached with shame and misunderstanding that only exacerbates the pain for people and their families. but today we know how widespread these issues are. we need to approach them without stigma and treat them the same way we would treat other illnesses. according to mental health america, one in five adults has a mental health condition. yet more than half of americans with a mental illness receive no treatment. many families without health coverage or whose coverage will not cover mental health or recovery programs rely on services funded by the mental health block grant. this amendment would restore those funds. this amendm

we heard from them today about their worries about this bill. a lot of calls for theresa may to look at. she knows, as has always been the case in the tory party that they‘re ready and differences of opinion. vicki young, thank you very much. we are keeping an eye on all of this, more to come from westminster later. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. hurricane irma has caused widespread devastation across the caribbean, leaving at least thirteen people dead. the small island of barbuda is said to be "barely habitable", and officials warn that saint martin is almost destroyed. mps have begun scrutiny of the government ‘s main brexit bill which aims to translate eu laws into british legislation by monday. the crisis in myanmar goes on as tens of thousands of muslim rohingya refugees continue fleeing the country after nearly two weeks of violence. in sport england dominated the first day of the final test against west indies at lord‘s, it is tea—time, the tourists have struggled, ben stokes has ta ken the tourists have struggled, ben sto

clark, is there any reason to think when it comes to automated vehicles that federal safety standards governing core automated technologies, things like sensor and radar, should be fundamentally different for developed atrs and different speeds? >> the basic sensor technology and that componentry you would put on the truck is similar to what is in cars. however our heavy vehicles are cars.ifferent than they take longer to stop.they have high centers of gravity . one of the reasons why we need to advance at the right we are is because cars. they take longer to stop -- thts because these advances have yet to be engineered. we need the data from enhancers by real customers to understand what the proper validation practices will be, or what the engineering problems are we need to solve. we see no reason why commercial trucks should move forward at a different timetable than light vehicles. sen. thune: this appears to be an instance in which many trucking companies and manufacturers are pushing for more federal regulation of the industry. could you explain the reasons why you think more le

clark, is there any reason to think that when it comes to automated vehicles that federal safety standards governing core automated technologies, things like sensors and radar should be fundamentally different for trucks and cars and developed at different speeds? >> the fact of the matter is that the basic sensor technology and some of that type of components that you put on the truck is very similar to what is in cars. however, our heavy vehicles are much different than cars. they weigh more. they take longer to stop. they have high centers of gravity. in fact, one of the reasons why we need to advance at the rate we are is because of the fact that some of the solutions that allow the heavy vehicle to perform in a similar manner to a light vehicle have yet to be engineered. we need the data from real-life, in-hands use by real customers to understand what the proper validation process and practices will be or what the engineering problems are that we need to solve. we see no reason why commercial trucks should move forward in this area at a different speed or under a different timetable

i think it's important to have the conversations and the issues you have outlined in the bills. data sharing, testing protocols,an gaugement of all of the right stakeholders, these are all things we need to begin to discuss. >> good, thanks. mr. clark, is there any reason to think that when it comes to you a maded vehicles that federal safety standards governing core you a mated technology things like sensors and radar should be fundamentally different for trucks and cars and develop at different speeds. >> the fact of the matter is that the basic sensor technology and some of that type of componentry which you put on the truck is very similar to what is in cars. however our heavy vehicles are different. they weigh more, they take locker to stop, they have high centers of gravity. in fact one of the reasons why we need to advance at the rate we are is because of the fact that some of the solutions to allow the heavy vehicle to perform in a similar mandatory a light vehicle have yet to be engineered. we need the data from real life in hands use by real customers to understand wha