MELISSA: A CRUCIAL DEBATE IS
UNDERWAY IN THE UK AS LAWMAKERS
ATTEMPT TO BLOCK BORIS JOHNSON
FOR A NO-DEAL BREXIT AFTER HIS
PARTY LOST THE MAJORITY.
ANDY KELLOGG LIVE IN LONDON WITH
LATE-BREAKING DETAILS.
AMY?
REPORTER: I WILL DO MY BEST TO
MAKE IT CLEAR, MELISSA.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF MPs
CAN WREST CONTROL OF THE BREXIT
PROCESS FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER'S HANDS.
EFFECTIVELY THEY SAY THEY ARE
DOING THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
PREVENT A NO-DEAL BREXIT
HAPPENING OCTOBER 31st.
THERE ARE LOTS OF CONCERNS WHAT
THAT COULD MEAN FOR THE ECONOMY
HERE AND OTHER MATTERS.
NOW IF BORIS JOHNSON'S MARCH
TOWARDS A NO-DEAL OR A BREXIT IN
ANY EVENT, THE MARCH TOWARDS
BREXIT IN SOME WAY BLOCKED HE
HAS INDICATED THERE WILL BE NO
CHOICE, MELISSA, BUT TO CALL NEW
ELECTIONS.
NOW, ONE OF HIS MPs ACTUALLY
SWITCHED SIDES TODAY, RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF HIS ADDRESS TO THE
PARLIAMENT.
OTHERS HAVE SAID THEY WILL VOTE
TO BLOCK NO DEAL.
HE HAS VOWED TO CHUCK THOSE
PEOPLE OUT OF THE CONSERVATIVE
PARTY EFFECTIVELY ENDING
CAREERS.
THE ONE CLEAR DEFECTION TODAY,
COST JOHNSON WORKING MAJORITY IN
THE GOVERNMENT.
HE CLAIMS BRUSSELS WILL ONLY
GIVE THEM A BETTER DIVORCE DEAL
IF THEY FEAR BRITAIN IS READY TO
WALK AWAY OCTOBER 31st.
PARLIAMENT BLOCKING NO DEAL OR
GETTING FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE
BREXIT DEADLINE AGAINST
JOHNSON'S WILL WOULD ONLY THWART
HIS NEGOTIATING STRATEGY.
OPPOSITION LEADER JEREMY CORBIN
WOULD HAVE A CHANCE WINNING
ELECTION.
HE IS CONSERVATIVE'S A NIGHTMARE
HIS VIEWS ARE FAR TO THE LEFT OF
PAST LABOUR LEADERS LIKE
TONY BLAIR AND BROWN.
>> WE WANT A DEAL TO GET DOWN,
THE BEST WAY, MR. SPEAKER TO GET
A DEAL IS SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT
TONIGHT.
REPORTER: SO, MELISSA, IT HAS
BEEN A WEEK OF HIGH DRAMA.
THAT LED TO CONFUSION YOU
ALLUDED TO.
THIS IS DIVIDED COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW GENERALLY OVER THE ISSUE OF
BREXIT BUT YOU HAVE OPPONENTS OF
BORIS JOHNSON CRYING
CONSTITUTIONAL OUTRAGE.
THAT HE SHORTENED PARLIAMENT'S
SESSION IN THE RUNUP TO BREXIT.
YOU HAVE HIS ALLIES TONIGHT
ACCUSING THE OTHERS WHO ARE
TRYING TO BLOCK BORIS JOHNSON OF
CONSTITUTIONAL IRREGULARITIES.
IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, A LOT
MORE WILL BE CLEAR.
BUT THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF
SCENARIOS THAT COULD COME OUT OF
THIS TONIGHT.
THE MOST DRAMATIC REALLY WOULD
BE NEW ELECTIONS IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM NEXT MONTH, MELISSA.
MELISSA: WOW.
AMY, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
THANK YOU.
CONNELL: HERE WITH HIS OWN
REACTION, ANALYSIS, JAMES
FREEMAN OF
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL," FOX
CONTRIBUTOR.
JAMES, IF YOU TALK ABOUT THIS
FOREVER, BUT TO AMY'S POINT IF
YOU GET A SNAP ELECTION NOW
WHICH IS THE LATEST WRINKLE IN
THIS WHOLE THING A COUPLE WEEKS
BEFORE THE BREXIT DEADLINE, THE
FUNNY THINGS ABOUT ELECTIONS
SOMETIMES IT IS TOUGH TO PREDICT
WHO WINS THEM.
NOT NECESSARILY BAD NEWS FOR
BORIS JOHNSON.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
>> HE IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD IN
POLLING.
THE HOPE IF HE WINS, THIS IS A
FEW DAYS BEFORE THE SORT OF
FINAL DEAL IS CUT WITH THE EU
AND HE CAN GET WHAT THE UK
WANTS, CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE
THAT HIS WILLINGNESS TO LEAVE IS
GOING TO INSPIRE THE EU TO PUT
THEIR BEST OFFER ON THE TABLE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD PROBABLY
HELP HIM AS WELL.
OUR PRESIDENT HAS TALKED ABOUT
HOW HE WANT AS NEW TRADE DEAL
WITH THE UK IF THEY LEAVE.
RIGHT NOW IF HE PUT ON THE TABLE
A ZERO TARIFF OFFER, HE WOULD
PROBABLY STRENGTHEN BORIS
JOHNSON'S HAND, ALSO CALM SOME
INVESTORS IN THE U.S. WHO ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT OUR OWN
PRESIDENT'S TRADE POSITION.
CONNELL: THAT WOULD -- THAT IS
TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
SITUATION WHAT YOU'RE
SUGGESTING.
>> IT WOULD BE.
CONNELL: WOULD HELP WITH CHINA,
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
>> YEAH.
CONNELL: DO YOU THINK IT WILL
HAPPEN?
>> IT SHOULD HAPPEN.
WE HEARD PRESIDENT TRUMP EARLIER
SAID HE WANTS ZERO TARIFFS
WHEREVER HE CAN GET THEM.
THAT WAS NOT THE LAST G7 MEETING
BUT A PREVIOUS ONE.
LAST WEEK HE TALKED ABOUT HAVING
A REALLY GOOD DEAL WITH BRITAIN.
THEY'RE HAVING THE SAME
SITUATION WE ARE.
MANUFACTURING DATA IS SOFT OVER
THERE.
CONNELL: YEP.
>> INVESTORS ARE CONCERNED.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT
SIGNAL ON BOTH ENDS FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO SAY, LET'S DO ZERO
TARIFFS.
HAVE A MODEL FREE TRADE DEAL
WITH THE UK.
IF THEY LEAVE, THEN, EVEN IF
THEY DON'T, PRESIDENT SAID LOWER
BARRIERS WITH THE EU.
CONNELL: MIGHT HELP MARKETS.
I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD DO FOR
BORIS JOHNSON POLITICALLY?
HE DOES SEEM, HOW SIGNIFICANT
WAS IT, THE WAY I SHOULD ASK,
TECHNICALLY HE WOULD LOSE HIS
MAJORITY TODAY?
HE DOESN'T GET KICKED OUT OF
POWER OR ANYTHING LIKE, THAT HOW
BIG OF A DEAL HE IS LOSING POW
OR SUPPORT, SOME OF IT IN HIS
OWN PARTY.
>> IT IS NOT A STAMPEDE OUT OF
HIS PARTY.
IT WAS ONE HIGH-PROFILE MEMBER
IN PARTICULAR.
SO I'M NOT SURE IT HAS ANY BIG
SHORT-TERM IMPACT OF OF COURSE
THIS DOES GET COMPLICATED
BECAUSE TO GET A SNAP ELECTION,
IF HE WANTS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
THAT THREAT, I BELIEVE HE WOULD
NEED A VOTE THERE AS WELL.
SO, A LOT OF, A LOT OF MOVING
PIECES THERE.
BUT I THINK IF HE HAS GOT A ZERO
TARIFF DEAL FROM THE U.S. ON THE
TABLE, AND HE HAS GOT A
REALISTIC, MAYBE MORE THAN THEY
HAD PREVIOUSLY THREAT THAT HE
REALLY WILL LEAVE AT THE END OF
OCTOBER WITHOUT A DEAL, I THINK
THAT DOES FORCE THE EU TO PUT
THEIR BEST OFFER ON THE TABLE.
CONNELL: SO THE THE BALL MAY
