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In Parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May Has Been Defending Her Draft Divorce Deal With The EU Despite Anger From Multiple Sides Of This Political Divide Here; Saudi Arabia's Chief Prosecutor Seeks The Death Penalty For Five People Allegedly Involved In The Killing Of Jamaal Khashoggi; US Lawmakers Are Taking Action After Reports Of China's Muslim Minority Being Forced Into Brainwashing Camps. Aired: 8-9a ET

Aired November 15, 2018 - 08:00   ET

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KRISTIE LU STOUT: Hello and welcome to "News Stream." I'm Kristy Lu Stout in Hong Kong.

MAX FOSTER, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: And I'm Max Foster in London. Dissent, defiance and a divisive deal at the heart of it. We begin with a roller

coaster of a few hours of British politics.

Over here in Parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May has been defending her draft divorce deal with the EU despite anger from multiple sides of this

political divide here. Mrs. May says she is taking her country closer to Brexit, but for some other people's actions could speak louder than her own

words. They include Dominic Raab who quit as Brexit's Secretary as the working day began.

Also gone, the Work and Pension Secretary, Esther McVey along with other more junior government ministers, all of which leads to the big question,

can Theresa May survive As Britain's leader? She herself insists she's doing what she can in the national interest.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

THERESA MAY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: While some people might pretend otherwise, there is no deal which delivers the Brexit to the British people

voted for, which does not involve this insurance policy.

Once a final deal is agreed, I will bring it to Parliament and I will ask MPs to consider the national interest and give it their backing. Voting

against the deal would take us all back to square one.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

FOSTER: Well, we are covering this story from all sides for you. Nina dos Santos with me here in Westminster; Phil Black in Downing Street, Erin is

over in Brussels for us. Nina, an extraordinary performance. This is still going on more than two hours of speaking and she had this marathon

meeting yesterday. Fundamentally though, nothing has changed today apart from the resignations.

NINA DOS SANTOS, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Well, there's a lot of political theater, isn't there? But as yet, there hasn't been any great musical

chairs, let's say, Max. One of the things that was most striking there in the start of her grilling by MPs was obviously, Jeremy Corbyn saying this

is a false choice you're presenting us with and that obviously raises the question, will she be able to carry any support from this kind of deal, not

from her own party this time, but actually from Labor because remember, she has lost her majority so she needs to try and get votes from where she can.

She's jeopardizing the confidence and supply agreement that she has with the UP, the Northern Irish Party over some of the comprises over the

Northern Irish regulatory system and preventing a hard border with Ireland t here.

So she needs to muster as much support as she can. It doesn't sound as though she's getting it from Labor. It certainly doesn't sound as though

she is getting it from pro Brexit MPs. There's only been a very small handful of MPs in those two hours that have stood up and said anything in

support of her.

FOSTER: No one seems to like the deal. She said it's not a perfect deal, but it's the best that she can do. Phil Black is over in Downing Street.

This run of resignations is not unprecedented, but it's a huge amount of pressure on the Prime Minister, but she doesn't appear to be budging. What

would make, you know - what would make the move for her to go?

PHIL BLACK, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: It really depends on what follows from here, Max. Dominic Raab's resignation, if it is throwing the Prime

Minister, well she's not showing that outwardly today so far.

She looks calm when she left Downing Street. She's given a very calm, assured performance in Parliament for some hours now, as you say. But it

significant because Dominic Raab's resignation could provide a tipping point, if you like, that would really force others in the Cabinet who feel

very much along the same way that they have no choice, but to follow.

So if that happens in the coming hours, perhaps days, then that, obviously, increases pressure on the Prime Minister enormously and Raab's resignation

also poses another significant challenge for the Prime Minister. Who will replace him as Brexit Secretary - as her third Brexit Secretary?

Remembering that David Davis had resigned, again, on principle saying he couldn't follow the Prime Minister on her Brexit thinking.

So now there is a question of who will fill that position. It traditionally and logically should be someone who is very Brexit-y in their

own thinking. Who very much favors Brexit as a way forward and probably very hard lined on Brexit to have credibility in that position. But how

could someone who has credibility on Brexit now embrace the Prime Minister's policies and thinking and this withdrawal deal?

That's the immediate challenge perhaps for the Prime Minister. Even if there are no further withdrawals. Who to pick in that the key Cabinet post

in dealing with this issue, Max.

FOSTER: In terms of the sort of process of events today, were we expecting these resignations? There was some suggestions that there was expectations

of these walkouts within the Party itself, but it was a great surprise for everyone else, wasn't it?

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BLACK: Yes, so I think we were all watching the Cabinet meeting so closely here yesterday and the expectations there could perhaps be a walkout, that

if people truly objected to this, then that is when they would sort of put their cards on the table, if you like. They would say simply, "We can't

support this."

Now, in terms of when these people decided to resign, that is two Cabinet ministers -- Dominic Raab, Esther McVey, the Work and Pension Secretary --

there are reports that Dominic Raab has told a British journalist that he announced his intention to resign as soon as the Cabinet meeting finished

yesterday. If that is true, then it means, that wouldn't have come as a surprise to the Prime Minister this morning.

Esther McVey, the Work and Pension Secretary, she was always on the short list of suspects expected to walk, if anyone was going to walk. There are

others on that list, as well. So now, we wait to see what they will do. It's been a dramatic morning. Will it be a dramatic afternoon? What will

that mean for the Prime Minister come the end of the day?

FOSTER: Okay. Erin, there were some speeches today from Brussels, as well, but they came before the resignations. That was all in response to

the deal as it went through the Cabinet yesterday, right?

ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Yes, that's right, Max. Actually, within the last 15 minutes or so, we've heard from the President of the

EUropean Council, Donald Tusk at the EU South Africa Summit touch on the political turmoil there in the UK.

For the first time, I have some copy of his remarks here. He noted that at this point, London is at the center of attention. He said that Brexit is

the most important issue today for the EU and the rest of the world. He said it's not for him to comment on the latest developments, but he said

that the EU is prepared for a final deal with the UK in November at that emergency summit that he called for this morning. He also said that the EU

is prepared for a no deal scenario noting that the EU is, quote, "best prepared for a no Brexit scenario."

At this morning's press conference where he appeared alongside Michel Barnier noting that Brexit is a lose-lose scenario for both the UK and the

EU from the perspective of Brussels.

Take a listen to what he had to say. He had a message for the British people directly this morning. Take a listen.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD TUSK, PRESIDENT, EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Let me say this to our British friends. As much as I'm sad to see you leave, I will do everything to make

this farewell the least painful possible for both, for you and for us.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MCLAUGHLIN: From the EU's perspective, Tusk said that this is all about damage control noting that the EU is prepared for all eventualities at this

point, Max.

FOSTER: Meanwhile, organization for this meeting on the 25th, and that's effectively what we've got here, right? The deal went through the Cabinet.

So therefore, the next stages that it goes through the European Commission, right?

MCLAUGHLIN Yes, that's right. Now that the European commission has signaled to the Council that this deal is ready for that extraordinary

summit called by Tusk this morning for November 25th, the wheels are in motion in that direction.

Today, they called for a meeting of the General Affairs Council. That's expected on Monday. The draft text of the deal has gone out to all 27 EU

capitals for scrutiny. There are parliamentary processes that need to be put in place, as well, worth noting that the Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

has said that he plans to put the text to a vote in Parliament in Dublin.

So all of that needs to happen in time for November 25th. Also worth noting that Barnier this morning saying that they still have to iron out

the details of the political declaration. That's not completely done yet.

FOSTER: Okay. Erin, thank you. Also Phil in Downing Street and Nina who is here in Westminster. But for more analysis, we're going to speak SNP

MP, Stephen Gethins, you were in the debates. It's going on and on and on.

STEPHEN GETHINS, MP, SNP: It's going on, yes, you're right.

FOSTER: How common is that?

GETHINS: To be fair, under the Speaker, it's been quite common. But this is a really important issue. This is a crucial issue. I think sometimes

in the noise of politics and watching the theater of Westminster, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the decisions that we make in this place

have an impact on the life of hundreds of thousands of people, on all of our constituents and in people in Europe, as well, and it is important that

we give this true seriousness.

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FOSTER: Isn't that the frustration though that the public now have got to the point where, "Okay, we know Brexit is going to happen. Can't you just

sort it out?" Why are all of these machinations in Westminster?

GETHINS: Well, I can appreciate frustration around this. I really can. But I know in my own constituents here, I represent a constituency. I've

got the biggest employers, University of Saint Andrew's, it's really important for the drink sector, young people going into education -- all of

these areas of our day-to-day life will be deeply affected by our future relationship with the rest of Europe.

So I think it's right that those of us who are in Parliament, those of us who can have an influence on this future relationship do everything we can

to help protect and save jobs, because we know from the Treasury's own analysis, not my party's analysis, not anybody else's analysis, but the

Treasury's own analysis that this will be devastating for jobs and for the economy and for individual livelihoods, as well.

FOSTER: So you vote the deal down.

GETHINS: Yes.

FOSTER: It doesn't get through. What happens then?

GETHINS: Well, I think this deal is not the be all and end all. What we have proposed and actually, what I called for in the Chamber today when I

questioned the Prime Minister, I said, "Look, the deal clearly does not have a majority in the House. I'm not even sure it's got majority even in

the Conservative Party. If that's the case, and if Parliament is going to take back control if you like, of the situation, we need to comprise."

So the comprise that we've offered is that Scotland voted to remain part of the European Union,, but if we step outside the European union, which we

would very reluctantly accept, you have the comprise of staying part of the single market and the customs union. That's not the best option. The best

option is staying in. But that's the least worst option.

FOSTER: That's expecting Theresa May is going back to Brussels and renegotiate a new broad agreement?

GETHINS: Well, actually, we already know that staying part of the single market and the customs union is something you could do in a reasonably

straightforward way because all of the models are there. You have models that are similar such as those in Norway. It would help with the Northern

Irish problem because of course, you would have frictionless trade across Ireland and Northern Ireland in the single market and the customs union.

It solves these problems, which is a big part for Horizon 2020 and the crucial work that researchers do - all these areas, and it would solve

those problems.

The problems that had been created, let's not forget, because of a tory Brexit Civil War that's not been solved by any of this.

FOSTER: But she's not going to do it. She says, it's this deal or no deal. So we are going to have months until that system unravels

effectively. Takes us closer to March. Isn't the issue here that MPs blocking it, by parliament blocking it, they are only going to make things

worse for your constituents?

GETHINS: No. I mean, with the greatest respect, the Prime Minister has clearly lost control of the situation within her own party and certainly

lost control of the situation within Parliament. Therefore, it's responsible - the responsible thing to do is to cross over the aisle. It

is to speak to members of other parties, which we do on a daily basis and try to find a way through this.

The Prime Minister will most certainly not find a way through this. And if that means that we have to have an extension to Article 50 if we ask for an

extension to Article 50, so be it. Getting the right answer to this or getting the best possible answer is better than getting a bad answer which

is what we've got at the moment.

FOSTER: Okay, thank you very much indeed for that.

GETHINS: Thank you.

FOSTER: Kristie, an extraordinary day in British politics. It's complex, but the debate continues in Parliament and then, we're looking out for more

resignations that may or may not come. Anything could happen today.

LU STOUT: Anything could happen. This is a moment of truth for British politics. Max Foster, thank you. You're watching "News Room" and keep it

here because still to come, Saudi Arabia's Chief Prosecutor seeks the death penalty for five people allegedly involved in the killing of Jamaal

Khashoggi and there is now a new theory about how he died. Plus US lawmakers are taking action after reports of China's Muslim minority being

forced into brainwashing camps. The latest from Hong Kong coming up.

[08:15:00]

LU STOUT: Another breaking news story that we're following. Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia say they will seek the death penalty for five people

allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor also says Khashoggi was injected with a sedative

which killed him and his body was chopped up at the Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.

Sam Kiley joins us now live from Abu Dhabi, and Sam, the Saudi top prosecutor announced he is seeking the death penalty. Tell us more about

that and what else he revealed in that press conference earlier today in Riyadh.

SAM KILEY, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Well, Kristie, what was striking about this, as you say, first of all is that five members of

what they described as among 11 who have been charged in connection with the alleged murder of Mr. Khashoggi, five people are going to be accused of

a capital crime of murder in the Saudi Security Services and other elements of the government employment.

So this is the first time, if you like, absolutely publicly and officially that the Saudis have confirmed that this was an actually premeditated

murder in the sense that they are going for the top penalty.

Where they differ, though, with the Turks is in who gave the orders to conduct this operation. The Saudi version of the story, more or less, runs

as follows. The Deputy Head of the intelligence organization in Saudi Arabia, the deputy head of the intelligence organization there gave an

order to either persuade Mr. Khashoggi to come back to Saudi Arabia during a meeting at the consulate and if that were to fail, then he was to be

abducted.

What happened, according to the Saudi version of events as laid out by the prosecutor is that during this process, there was an argument. He was

injected with a sedative which accidentally killed him. He was then dismembered and those body parts handed over to an unnamed collaborator for

disposal.

What the prosecution do say they have though is a sketch provided by one of the individuals allegedly responsible for handing this body over of the

individual that they gave it to. In other words, the collaborator.

Now, the Turks have already responded and said that this doesn't go far enough. It doesn't in any way really explain what went on. And, of course,

they are - the Turks are not going to respond positively to a repeated call from the Saudi prosecutors to hand over Mr. Khashoggi's phone and other

evidence.

The Turks are insisting that this - what they say was a 15-person team be returned to Turkey to face interrogation and possible prosecution there.

So, really, the Saudi position hasn't moved a great deal. And I have to say, about three or four weeks ago, our CNN's Elise Labott got a very, very

similar story from her source inside the Saudi government structures, which certainly to a layman might indicate that this really is the end of the

fashioning of the narrative process, Kristie, rather than this being a statement from the prosecutor based on any investigation that has actually

been going on.

LU STOUT: Yes, these new details just raising more questions about what really happened as well as jurisdiction as we seek justice for the killing

of Khashoggi. Sam Kiley, we'll leave it at that. Thank you very much, indeed.

Now, China is pushing back amid growing international outrage over the treatment of the country's Muslim minority. A new US Congressional report

finds one million Uyghurs have been forced into camps. Detainees say that they have endured brainwashing sessions and were forced to study communist

party propaganda.

One of the chief sponsors of new US legislation, Senator Marco Rubio released a statement saying this, quote, "The United States must hold

accountable officials in the Chinese government and communist party responsible for gross violations of human rights and possible crimes ..."

[08:20:10]

LU STOUT: " ... against humanity, including the internment and political re-education camps of as many as a million Uyghur and other predominantly

Muslim minorities." China now says, it welcomes Ambassadors to visit the Western Xinjiang region, home to the Uyghur minority, but warns any

pressure put on the local government would be, quote, "problematic."

CNN's Ivan Watson has been following the story for us here in Hong Kong. He joins me now. And Ivan, how and why is China engaging in this policy

and tearing Uyghur families apart in Xinjiang?

IVAN WATSON, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Well, it does seem to be part of a broader crackdown that's been taking place there in that

region for some time, and that's - you know, this draft legislation that's been proposed by Congress, it's so unusual because Democrats and

Republicans can agree on so little in Washington.

And here you have this bipartisan legislation called the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2018 condemning what it alleges is the mass

incarceration of more than a million Uyghur Muslins in Xinjian and also accusing the Chinese government of harassing Uyghurs who happen to be US

citizens or lawful US residents in the US and it specifically names six Radio Free Asia journalists, that's a US-funded broadcast organization

whose families have disappeared in Xinjiang within the last year.

(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)

WATSON: Every day, Gulchehra Hoja steps up to the microphone and speaks to her homeland.

Hoja is a journalist with US government funded Radio Free Asia in Washington, DC. She broadcasts in Uyghur, the language of an ethnic Muslim

minority from the Western Xinjiang region of China.

These days, Hoja lives in fear for her family back home.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GULCHEHRA HOJA, RADIO FREE ASIA UYGHUR SERVICE: This is my brother. This was my last picture of him. We don't know where he is now. My cousins,

father side and mother side. They're missing same day.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WATSON: Hoja says at least 23 of her relatives went missing on February 1st, 2018. She hasn't heard from any of them since. Six Uyghur employees

of Radio Free Asia say their relatives back in Xinjiang have disappeared in the last year.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MAMATJAN JUMA, RADIO FREE ASIA UYGHUR SERVICE: Three of my brothers and two of my sisters are missing. I lost contact with my mom.

HOJA: Those region all have camps.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WATSON: All feared detained in a shadowy network of Chinese prisons. Reports of the mass incarceration of up to a million Uyghurs, the subject

of inquiry at a recent United Nations human rights panel in Geneva.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TAMARA MAWHINNEY, CANADA'S DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS: We are deeply concerned by credible reports of the mass detention

repression and surveillance of Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WATSON: After initially denying the existence of prison camps, Beijing now says it is sending an unspecified number of people for vocational training

free of charge to combat the spread of terrorism and adds that they are free to leave when they complete their courses. This recent report

narrated by Chinese state TV highlights one of these training centers.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (Through a translator): Most of the students are not proficient in Chinese. They are easily instigated and coerced by terrorist

and extremist ideologies.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (Through a translator): If I had not come here to study, maybe I would have followed those religious extremists and walked

down the path of crime.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WATSON: Uyghurs outside of China express alarm at the number of people who are disappearing.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SEAN ROBERTS, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: Virtually every Uyghur I've spoken to in the last year and a half has family members who have been

detained in these camps. This is a social engineering project that has very little precedent.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The focus will be on building economic corridors based on existing international transport routes.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WATSON: The Chinese government wants to make Xinjiang an important international hub for its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. But Beijing

has struggled to assimilate Xinjiang's indigenous Uyghurs.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

HOJA: You cannot just force people to love you or accept you.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WATSON: In Washington, Gulchehra Hoja says, her 74-year-old mother described harsh prison-like conditions when she was detained last February.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

HOJA: As my mother described, they ill-treated people. They torture.

WATSON: After months under house arrest, Hoja says her mother's phone went completely silent last month. She fears she is once again in detention.

[15:25:04]

WATSON: With no word from her loved ones, Hoja is far from home, giving a voice to the voiceless.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

WATSON: Now, Kristie, the US lawmakers who proposed this Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, they're calling for sanctions to be imposed against a

number of top Chinese officials including the Secretary of Xinjiang, Chen Quanguo who had been in charge of Tibet and in the past couple of years,

was moved to Xinjiang and he has been accused of being a mastermind of this unprecedented crackdown in Xinjiang. They're also calling on US companies

to stop selling goods to state companies, the state apparatus in Xinjiang.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has bristled at this criticism saying don't US lawmakers have better things to spend taxpayer dollars on and they engaged

in some what about-ism, highlighting what they describe as systematic racial discrimination in the US, for example, the fact that African-

Americans are convicted of murder at a much higher rate than white Americans in the US.

But the fact is, is that the criticism from a number of human rights organizations, from recently the United Nations Human Rights panel are

highlighting this phenomenon of people disappearing. And if any of these allegations are remotely true, of a million people disappearing into these

so-called re-education camps, then we are talking about detention of people on an almost industrial level in this province of Western China, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes, international criticism is mounting. The pressure is rising for Beijing to provide some clarity, transparency and answers about

what's really happening in Xinjiang. Ivan Watson reporting for us. Ivan, thank you.

China says it has resumed high level trade talks with the US. The two sides, they are talking. They're talking about ways to ease tensions and

possibly tariffs. A spokesman says for the Commerce Ministry says trade talks resumed November 1st when leaders of both countries spoke over the

phone.

The resettlement of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims has been delayed due to no volunteers willing to return. More than 700,000 Rohingya are in refugee

camps in Bangladesh following a military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine State.

Many say that they are terrified to go back. Some say that they would rather die. The United Nations has repeatedly warned against resettling

the refugees saying it would be throwing them back into the cycle of Human Rights violations. You're watching "News Stream."

And still ahead, acting in the national interest, that is how the British Prime Minister Theresa May is defending her Brexit plan despite huge

opposition in Parliament. We've got the latest on that in just a moment.

[08:30:00]

FOSTER: Welcome back. I'm Max Foster in London. A remind of our breaking news this hour, the British Prime Minister Theresa May defending her Brexit

plan in Parliament despite a day of major political resignations. The biggest was the departure of the Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab who quit

over objections to Mrs. May's draft Brexit bill.

The agreement remains hugely controversial amongst lawmakers despite Mrs. May's Cabinet giving its approval on Wednesday. Let's speak to a member of

the Parliament here. Peter Kyle is a Labor MP, opposition MP. He's called for another vote on Brexit. And you're going to vote down this deal that

she's presenting, but she's saying it's that deal or no deal. So aren't you causing a blockage in this process by voting against it?

PETER KYLE, MP, LABOUR PARTY: I am not going to take responsibility for the mess that Theresa May has got herself into. We offered her a whole

series of ways out of this to avoid painting herself into the corner that she has done. So for example, straight after the vote when she's triggered

the Article 50 process, to start the process of negotiations, there was a majority in the House of Commons that we went through her and presented her

with to stay in the single market, a soft Brexit option to keep us in the trading relationship with the EU. She rejected it.

We went back and offered her the customs union, which will be again, enable trade across the borders freely, she rejected it. We offered her one other

option that was a way out, which was of course called the Norway option, which is a slightly harder but more loose arrangement with the EU. She

rejected it.

So it's not now my responsibility to accept a bad deal and take responsibility for the consequences. Theresa May has got us into this

mess. She now needs to stand up, act with humility, understand the deal she presented will not get through the Houses of Commons and come back and

think again about a way forward. I think that way forward needs to be a people's vote.

FOSTER: But people outside watching, people outside the country watching, as well, surely are looking towards Parliament thinking it's so complex,

we're so bucked down on this down, can't you just sort this out instead of everyone digging their heels in like you're doing actually over her deal,

at least?

KYLE: Well, it's not my job. I wasn't elected to Parliament to do something I know will damage my community that elected me. I mean, that

will be counter to everything I believe democracy should do.

So I think what we need to do is go forward in a way which actually puts power back in the hands of the people who made the decision in the first

place.

FOSTER: Have we got time for that though?

KYLE: Of course we do. The EU have been quite clear that if we want a referendum, they will give us the time to do it. What they won't do is

give us more time to carry on the ambiguity and the rancor. If they believe we are moving forward and we will come to a positive conclusion,

one way or the other, they will give us time to do that.

I think a people's vote is the only way that we can get a reconciled country on the back of this. But you have to bear in mind, there is no

easy way through this. If we go through and carry on and accept the deal that Theresa May has offered, it is one that will lead to another two years

of negotiation, followed by then this thing called a backstop which is another interim period after a period of two years' negotiation, it will go

on and on and on.

So people who say a people's vote will cause some kind of trauma in the country, there is going to be trauma whichever way we go forward. Let's do

it in a way that reconciles our country and delivers power back to the people who made the decision in the first place.

FOSTER: And so how many members of your party would you say could vote for the deal that she's put in front of the house?

KYLE: I think after Theresa May's performance today, which was lamentable, in the first two hours of her taking questions in the House of Common

today, only seven members of Parliament out of 650 stood up and supported her. Seven. She has lost the confidence of the House of Commons, there is

no doubt about it.

People who voted leave in the House of Commons, they know this is giving power away from Britain to the European Union. They are not supporting it.

FOSTER: But if she moves your way, then she'll lose the other lots.

KYLE: No.

FOSTER: She's done the best that she can, she argues.

KYLE: There is a clear majority in the House of Commons for soft Brexit. I want to remain in the European Union altogether, but I accept there is a

clear overwhelming majority for a soft Brexit, a Brexit which maintains our trading relationship with the EU. She could roll back and do that.

There is also a clear majority in the House of Commons for a referendum on the basis of the deal, not a rerun of the first negotiation which is based

on promises. One which is based on fact. And the fact is that the deal she's presented. So we now need to understand what exactly people who

voted for this in the first place were voting hoping for, hoping that the country would get out of it and see whether the expectations are matched by

this deal.

FOSTER; Peter Kyle, thank you very much indeed. It is a view very wildly held here in Parliament. It just shows what sort of pressure Theresa May

is under. Now, the British pound has sharply dropped following the resignations of those key government ministers today.

CNN's Anna Stewart joins us with more. Stabilized, but still down by a lot, Ana.

ANNA STEWART, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Yes, the sterling has really taken a hit today.

[08:35:02]

STEWART: All the uncertainty really weighing on it. Of course, last night we were talking about the rally where it hit $1.30 and above. The biggest

fall we saw of course, Max was when Dominic Raab resigned. It fell by 1.8%. It's come back a little bit, as we said, but it's still $1.27. It's

pretty low. And we would expect this to get worse. This is not the lowest we've seen sterling on the back of Brexit concerns.

At the beginning of last year, it hit $1.20 and S&P, a rating agency said just last month that if the UK were to crash out of the EU, you could

expect to see sterling fall some 15% against the dollar. So that gives you sort of the worst case scenario.

Now, I'm going to bring you the European markets, as well. As we can take a look at them, you will see that the FTSE 100 is up, now that is to be

expect of course with sterling down, because the vast majority of these companies make money in dollars. However, I'm actually surprised it's not

up further considering that and it might be because some of the stocks are being really badly hit.

The domestic stocks, the stocks, which is susceptible to economic uncertainty in the UK, we're talking about house builders here, banks, RBS

for instance, Max was down over 7% earlier.

FOSTER: When you're speaking to business leaders, do they care much about all the politics here or do they just want to know what's going on?

STEWART: It's really interesting. Some of the big business lobby groups that we've heard from so far have welcomed that there has been some

progress. But all of them have warned that business needs much more clarity, even if this deal were to get through Parliament and it's looking

less and less sure that it will. It doesn't say what the trading relationship with the EU will be going forward after the transition deal.

So the warning is that they need more clarity. And I'll just read to you one comment I had from PWC, the accountancy firm saying we still urge

businesses to continue preparing for both a deal and a no deal scenario until the deal is ratified. So it's not really pressure off the business.

They still have to prepare for the worst case.

FOSTER: Anna, thank you very much indeed. Kristie, we continue to monitor the movements of government here. It's a government in crisis today in

turmoil, at the very least. We are to see whether there will be more resignations and whether or not there really is this pressure on Theresa

May to go in the next days or weeks.

LU STOUT: Yes, and this could be a deepening political crisis for the British Prime Minister. Max Foster, thank you. You're watching "News

Stream." Still to come, we're going to be taking a look at one of Hanoi's longest and possibly most beautiful streets. Why it's considered a nature

lover's paradise. That story is next.

Coming to you live from Hong Kong. Welcome back. This is "News Stream." A lot of breaking news this day, but before we go, I want to take you here

to this tree-lined street with plenty of shade. And it's said to be one of the prettiest in the capital city of Vietnam. Here is "Street Life Hanoi."

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hanoi, Vietnam's capital city. A bustling metropolis of about 7.5 million people. But even within the scurry of city life, you

can find a piece of tranquility beneath the canopy of trees ...

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... that line Hoang Hoa Tham Street, a street named after a fierce defender of the country and a hero to its people.

VAN ANH TRAN THI, HANOI LOCAL: When you step into this street, you feel very different feelings.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is Van Anh Tran Thi. A Hanoi local who grew up exploring this street with her friends.

ANH TRAN THI: As I grew up here, I don't think that says much change in this street. So 20 years ago, there's still trees because they have been

there for hundreds of years.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The street is known by many as Plant Street. You can see why. As one of Hanoi's longest streets, some might say the city's

prettiest. Van Hoang Hoa Tham has been and still is the a nature lover's paradise. But what may be the biggest surprise in the street is hidden

down a steep, narrow walkway.

ANH TRAN THI: As you walk down this slope, it is very quiet in this area.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Packed into this tiny courtyard away from the noise of passing motorbikes, a piece of history is for sale.

ANH TRAN THI: So when you look into this area, you can see the whole history of Vietnam. For example, this booth is very special because all of

the items that are from the war in Vietnam.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: From war relics, porcelain bowls and old coins, this antique market has something for everyone, from the curious to the

collector.

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LU STOUT: Another place to go and to put on the to-do list. Before we go, a recap of our top story this day. After that run of resignations, the

British Prime Minister Theresa May has addressed Parliament telling MPs that her country is close to a Brexit deal despite colossal political

setbacks that have taken place in the last two hours and there could be more to come. So keep watching CNN. You're watching "News Stream." This

is it. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. We have got "World Sport" with Christina McFarland coming up next.

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