[Becky Anderson, Cnn:] Well, that sounds like an awkward first day after going at each other for years. Britain's Prime Minister turning to the opposition to team up and finally fix Brexit. So it turns out this lady is for turning after all in a far more serious political disaster.
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[Anderson:] Everything is falling so badly apart in Venezuela. Even the President's fans are turning against him. CNN takes you there. That connects us to Algerians partying after booting out their President, but out with the old and in with the what? We dig in ahead. Hello and welcome. You're watching CONNECT THE WORLD. I'm Becky Anderson for you live from Abu Dhabi where it is 7:00 in the evening. The Brexit saga has brought us many things from fiery debate and steely assessments to the surprisingly frequent use of the word no. But there's one thing we haven't really seen. That is until now. Unity. That's what the Prime Minister is now banking on. She sits down with opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn to thrash out a plan to finally reach a break through. And they need to act fast. The European commission President says there won't be an extension to Brexit if Britain can't reach a deal by April the 12th. That is just nine days away. Meaning lawmakers can't afford to be at sixes and sevens for too much longer.
[May:] The purpose of meeting with the leader of the opposition today is indeed to look at those areas that we can we agree on. I think there are actually a number of areas that we agree on in relation to Brexit. I think we both want to deliver leaving EU with a deal. I think we both want to protect jobs. I think we both want to ensure that we end free movement. I think we both recognize the importance of the Withdrawal Agreement. What we want to now is to find a way forward that could command the support of this House and deliver on Brexit, deliver on the result of the referendum and ensure that people can continue to have trust in their politicians at doing what they ask us to do to.
[Jeremy Corbyn, British Labour Party Leader:] I welcome the Prime Minister's offers for talks following the meetings I have held with members across this House and look forward to meeting her later today. And I welcome her willingness to compromise to resolve the Brexit deadlock.
[Anderson:] About time, too, many will say. Bianca Nobilo is outside parliament. Erin McLaughlin has reactions as ever from Brussels for us. Bianca let's start with you. We are already seeing evidence of how divisive the Prime Minister's decision to work with the opposition is. Nigel Adams the government minister for Wales has resigned saying there's now a risk of both failing to deliver on Brexit and failing to prevent what he calls the calamity of a Corbyn government. Will leading Brexit here Jacob Rees-Mogg said, and I quote, I think getting the support of a known Marxist is not likely to instill confidence in the Conservatives. This is a risky game, Bianca. Can the British Prime Minister pull it off?
[Bianca Nobilo, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, the reaction has been massive from her back benches. A huge backlash to the Prime Minister's decision and she says puts national interest before party interest and reach across the aisle to Jeremy Corbyn. That word Marxist has come up a lot in conversations I've had with backbench MPs. And that just exemplifies the gulf between the two leaders. This isn't like previous political times in the U.K. where really leaders of both parties were pretty much in the center of the ideological divide. Here Jeremy Corbyn is very far left. He has celebrated Marx. The conservatives have demonized him over the last couple of years. Tribally for both parties it's very difficult to countenance the idea of their leader working with the other. You mentioned that she's already had a resignation from the Wales minister. And he also alluded to that ideological gulf. Now whether or not the Prime Minister can pull this off it's too soon to tell. They're still meeting or perhaps wrapping up that meeting now. We know that Brexit can only get softer from this point onward. That's because Jeremy Corbyn his position we know is a permanent customs union, dynamic alignment with the single market. Lots of involvement in EU bodies. And he's not opposed to a second referendum. There remains a question mark about that because the Brexit Secretary, Stephen Barclay, today didn't dismiss it when it came up in a question session in a Parliamentary committee. Yet, Jeremy Corbyn hasn't mentioned it. So we'll see what he asked the Prime Minister for and how far she think she can go. Because bearing in mind now that if they need to pass that deal before next week, the Prime Minister risks losing a lot of the Brexiteers which she managed through attrition to win over the last couple of months and weeks by getting on side with Jeremy Corbyn and working with him. So as you say, an incredibly risky move, but the Prime Minister yesterday had no good options left.
[Anderson:] Well, that's right. And Jeremy Corbyn of course using the word compromise almost as a weapon in his speech in the chamber. Erin, Brussels keeping warning Britain that the clock is ticking. This is what Jean- Claude Juncker said a few moments ago.
[Jean-claude Juncker, European Commission President:] 12th of April is the final date for possible approval. If the House of Commons does not adopt a stance before that date, no extension will be possible.
[Anderson:] Erin, the Europeans eager to insist that their patience is running out but they would say that, right? But any sign that the U.K.'s future is more aligned not less with the EU is actually a win for Brussels. After all, they never wanted Britain out of the block in the first place, correct?
[Erin Mclaughlin, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, at this point, Becky, many people here that I have been talking to see Brexit as a forgone conclusion. They do see that the U.K. will be leaving the European Union. The question on everyone's mind being will they leave in an orderly fashion or a disorderly fashion and a prerequisite EU leaders have said time and time again for U.K.'s departure, in an orderly fashion, is to pass the Withdrawal Agreement. The deal that is on the table. There is a healthy dose of skepticism aimed at the plan here that Theresa May put forward last night. This idea in the 11th hour she's going to reach cross party and suddenly her red lines are blurring has been met with doubt by diplomats I've been talking to here in Brussels which is why I think that we heard from Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, earlier today say that she can still have that so-called short term extension to May 22nd which is on the eve of Parliamentary elections if this Withdrawal Agreement passes with a viable majority prior to that April 12th cliff edge. Viable being the key word here. Given that she is operating with a minority government. There are serious doubts here she's going on the able to achieve that. If she fails the question becomes how will the EU respond to whatever Theresa May puts on the table at that summit which is expected next week.
[Anderson:] No sleep for you guys for the next what, nine days. Everything is up for grabs still of course, to both of you. Thank you. Well, disturbing video has emerged that appears to show Britain's political divisions boiling over into something far uglier. The British army has launched an investigation into these images which seem to show four service men using a picture of Jeremy Corbyn for target practice. The video apparently filled in Afghanistan and shared on Snapchat. The message below it reads, happy with that? CNN cannot yet independently verify the pictures. The army calls the behavior totally unacceptable. Well, to a disturbing new report now on that Ethiopian Airlines crash last month. "The Wall Street Journal" reporting that pilots that everything they were supposed to do when the plane began to nosedive and initially followed Boeing's procedures for just this type of emergency. They still couldn't keep it in the air. CNN hasn't been able to confirm details of the report. The crash, of course, killed all 157 people on board. And led to the grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. Well, the report portrays a desperate fight for control and raises the question of why Boeing's recommendations didn't work. Robyn Kriel is following the story from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and CNN aviation analyst and friend of the show, Mary Schiavo joins us via Skype from Charlestown, South Carolina. Robyn, let's start with you. What's the response there to this report that the pilots followed Boeing's emergency steps before the crash?
[Robyn Kriel, Cnn Correspondent:] Sure. Well, the European authorities are tightlipped. In fact, not responding to our requests for comment on this. However, we do know from another pilot that was well, he does not fly this same aircraft, he does say that if this is the case and he has not seen the final preliminary report that we're waiting for if this is the case then it would have been a monster, it would have been like trying to control a monster. Obviously, a desperate tug of war as you described, Becky. And only six minutes which I imagine a number of warnings and sirens going off within the cockpit. It would have been terrifying for those pilots as they tried to go through those emergency safety procedures proscribed by Boeing and then trying to pull the plane up. Of course, then turning off the automated switch that automated trim, then going to manual. And then going back to the automated trim. We're not sure exactly why that would have happened. This is all of course according to that "The Wall Street Journal" report. However, we are awaiting this preliminary report from Ethiopian Airlines, from Ethiopian investigative authorities.
[Anderson:] Yes, and we can't stand up and let's repeat, we can't stand by the details of this report as of yet. But, Mary, this anti-stall software known as MCAS, of course, at the center of investigations into both the Ethiopian Airlines crash and that of Lion Air. As you look at this initial reporting, what are your thoughts?
[Mary Schiavo, Cnn Aviation Analyst:] Well, this is very damaging for Boeing because if it is correct, it's correct that the pilots did follow the emergency procedures and still were not able to pull that nose up. And certainly the report last week of what the final words were of the pilots to get the nose up basically. That would indicate that the - you know, the emergency procedures to take care of this problem don't work. And it would suggest something further wrong with what there's actually a disagreement of the terms, whether it's the anti-stall system or trim control system. But appears that if they followed the emergency procedures and the trim control system still could not, you know, be released and the pilots could not pull that nose back up this is yet a bigger problem that's not going to be fixed with the software patch and additional desktop training. This is a very serious problem and if they were following it and still couldn't get the plane to respond, you've got a real certification issue on that plane.
[Anderson:] Boeing official quoted in this report, Mary, suggests that a proposed update will make the system more robust. Without going so far as to suggest that the original design was inadequate. Is that sufficient given that over 350 people are dead across these two crashes with family and friends wanting answers?
[Schiavo:] No, it's not sufficient because now if this reporting is correct that they tried the sort of patch if you will, if they tried to control the plane with the instructions from Boeing after the Lion Air crash, after the October crash, and they tried the system, the correct if you will, from Boeing and it did not work then that suggests that you have something more wrong with the plane than just this software controls. And Boeing also said that they would make the deflection of the nose less severe. And so in other words, it would only go perhaps 6 percent down as opposed to some other percentage. I forget the exact percentages. But if what happened here, is they turned the system off and they couldn't get the nose back up, then they've got another issue. The degree deflection of the nose is not the issue. It's something else that they're going to have to work on. And it's very frightening. I think that even if the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certifies the plane again with the software patch, I don't think the rest of the world is going to be so accommodating to Boeing. This is scary to passengers. Obviously, it's difficult for pilots. And regulating authorities need some better answers.
[Anderson:] Mary and Robyn, thank you. Still to come, outrage in many parts of the world grows as a brutal new law goes into effect in Brunei. During the country's Sultan refuses to back down. Plus
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