hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. french centre—right presidential candidate francois fillon has said he will be placed under investigation by a frenchjudge — but won't stand down. translation: i will not give up. translation: iwill not give up. i will not withdraw. i will take it to the end, because it is democracy being challenged. donald trump has addressed congress for the first time — and he's being widely praised for striking a conciliatory tone. iam here i am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it isa message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. this was a well rehearsed speech — full on promises and short on specifics. we'll be live in washington to get into this. un human rights investigators say war crimes were committed in aleppo last year — by all parties involved in the battle. this is a live feed coming in from

the house of lords, where the brexit debate is continuing. the uk government has received the first defeat on an amendment concerning eu nationals resident in the uk. do get in touch with us via social media or e—mail. francois fillon is the centre—right candidate in the french presidential election. he says a judge is going to place him under formal investigation over allegations he created fake parliamentary jobs for his family. you might think that's enough to sink his chances — and you'd certainly have thought so when he called a last minute press conference today. but no. translation: a number of my

political friends, and those who supported me in the primaries, and 4 million voters, are talking about a political assassination. it is an assassination because it is disproportionate and unprecedented. by disproportionate and unprecedented. by the choice of this timetable, it's not only me being assassinated, but the presidential elections as well. the vote will decide who will be the next president of the republic. i will not cede. i will not give up. i will not withdraw. i will take it to the end, because it is democracy that's being challenged. straight after that a senior member of mr fillon‘s posted this statement on twitter: "i believe in keeping one's word. i therefore resign." that's a reference to francois fillon promising to step aside if he was placed under formal investigation. which is what's happening. this is the reaction

of one of the other main contenders — emmanuel macron. translation: what is happening in thejudicial translation: what is happening in the judicial domain translation: what is happening in thejudicial domain is translation: what is happening in the judicial domain is the concern of francois fillon and hisjudges, for issues relating to the public domain and political life, the french people will be the judge. but let's not treat the democratic vote asa let's not treat the democratic vote as a means of absolution. that is not its role. let's remind ourselves of the allegations against mr fillon. injanuary, a french investigative newspaper broke the story. it claimed that he paid his wife more than 600,000 euros of taxpayers' money for a parliamentary assista nt‘s job she never carried out. it later added another 330,000 euros to the accusation. penelope fillon told a french journalist last year:

"up to now, i have never been involved in the political life of my husband". mr fillon is also accused of paying two of his five children 84,000 euros for legal work while they were law students. so what happens now? hugh schofield has more. what has happened today, and what precipitated this very suspenseful day of politics in france, was hezbollah vocation by the judge looking into this that he will want to see him on march the 15th. as you mentioned in your introduction, it was his statement months ago that you couldn't possibly conceive of an

honourable candidate being in that position, placed under investigation, which is at the root of his embarrassment. if he is placed personally under formal investigation, the embarrassment will be more acute. 0ne suspects this is what is going to happen, and one suspects the huge pressure on him. his response is this fight back, which says it is all a mac a nation by his enemies, that the timing is being accelerated by left—wingers in the judiciary essentially, and that's why he is in such a pickle now. he is back on the attack saying that in normal circumstances this would have taken longer, and this is —— he is the victim of a plot. the first round of the election is just over seven weeks away. this "opinionway" poll predicts that far—right national front leader, marine le pen, will win the first round with centrist emmanuel macron in second. fillon is in third.

and in the second round, macron is expected to be the clear winner. here's hugh again. the suggestion is that emmanuel macron will be the next president. the basic fact remains that whoever gets through to the second round to fight marine le pen is most likely to wind, even though marine le pen is apparently going up slightly in the polls in the second round, consistently the polls say she is likely to be beaten, either by emmanuel macron or by francois fillon. so the fight is to see who will be the second person in the second round. emmanuel macron is riding high. francois fillon has

fallen in the polls, although they have not totally collapsed. emmanuel macron has had good news with his centrist agenda. he feels that he has the momentum behind him. right now, emmanuel macron is the favourite to be the next president. we also heard earlier via the afp news agency that centrist party udi — which was allied to the fillon campaign — is "pausing its support and the party leadership will meet next week to decide whether to fully withdraw its backing for fillon." not great news for francois fillon. i asked hugh how it will affect his campaign. up up until now, his group in the parliament has stayed pretty much behind him. there have been voices saying that they should look elsewhere for another candidate, but they have come to nothing. so they have stuck by mr fillon. now we have heard discordant voices from within

his own camp. the udi is a centrist party but very much attached to the republicans party. so while... when a group, even though a small one, start breaking away, and there have been other pretty important people within his own party, that starts to embarrass him and make things more awkward. now to american politics. this is donald trump on twitter, saying simply, thank you. a lot of people have reacted well to his first speech to the us congress. here is some of it. each american generation passes the torch of liberty and justice, in an unbroken chain all the way down to the president. that torch is now in our hands, and we will use it to light

up hands, and we will use it to light up the world. i am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. a new chapter. applause. a new chapter of american greatness is now beginning. poetic at times, theatrical, emotional. this was a more measured tone from president trump than we've seen on some other occasions. and he'd certainly prepared. look at this. there's the president practising as he gets driven to congress. it's unusual to get a glance at politicians doing this before a big speech — but you can be sure they all do it. this is the analysis of daniel dale.

he says, this was the same hardline nationalism, but just a he says, this was the same hardline nationalism, butjust a different tone. a rebranding from a master salesman. let's bring in another verdict that matters. anthony is in washington. would you describe trump asa washington. would you describe trump as a master salesman? he was definitely trying to sell republicans in the audience, congressional republicans, that things are under control. that the chaotic start to his administration is something he can move away from, and that he can deliver a more conventional speech. that is what we saw last night. he needs to keep republicans in the fold. his party have majorities in congress, and will be able to pass a lot of his

agenda. first and foremost, he needed to steady the ship, and that is what his speech last night did. right now, donald trump and his administration is working on their budget. he sent papers to the various agencies and cabinet departments to have them flush out the directives he was given them. the tricky thing is that a lot of those departments and agencies do not have people in the top levels right now, so it will be a challenge for them to meet the requests he has provided. by may, we should have a presidential budget ready to delivered to congress. then it will be the long process that involves making choices about spending, about cuts, and how to fund these large increases, like $12 billion perhaps for a wall. he talked about a massive tax cut for the middle—class. these things have big

price tags. donald, didn't speak of detail last night about where the money come from. mr trump certainly gave us lots of major promises. look at this. dying industries will come back to life. veterans will get the ca re back to life. veterans will get the care they need. 0ur military will be given the resources it's brave warriors so richly deserve. crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels and railways, across a beautiful land. 0ur terrible drug epidemic will slow down and ultimately stop. and our neglected inner cities will see a rebirth of hope, safety and opportunity. above all else, we will keep our promises to the american people. he is

keeping a lid on expectations. i know this is the privilege of any new president, to promise a lot. there is a risk that clip could be played back to him in a year's time. he promised to solve all the problems and fix everything that was broken and heal the sick. it was almost like a messiah. that will be almost like a messiah. that will be a real challenge for him and for republicans in congress, who will have to find ways of turning these promises into reality. he has set a very high bar for promises into reality. he has set a very high barforthem. promises into reality. he has set a very high bar for them. if we go forward and we see the economy hum along, and those campaign promises, we will see those words come back to haunt him, but if things have not gotten better, it will be a clip played time and time again in campaign commercials. donald trump

also turned to the issue of violence and murder. the murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single year increase in nearly half a century. in chicago, more than 4000 people we re in chicago, more than 4000 people were shot last year alone, and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher. let's reality check this statement. first — the murder rate in 2015. america experienced its largest single—year increase in nearly half a century. from 2014 to 2015 there was a 10.8% increase in murders — but the murder rate — that's the number of murders per 100,000 — went up by more in 1979, 1986 and 1990. and the overall trend murder rate, is down past two decades — that's since a peak in the 19705, 80s and early 905. as for the second part:

‘in chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone, and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher.‘ indeed, there were 4,331 shooting victims last year. but on the second part: according to the most up to date chicago police department data for 2017, there have been 94 murders between the start of the year until the end of february 2017. that's fewer than the 98 for the same period last year. so the number of murders has gone down slightly year—on—year. i guess the question i thought when mr trump brought this up is why he keeps returning to chicago, and to the issue of murder? like many presidents and leaders, it is easier to enact the policies you want if you paint a picture of a country in

crisis. when donald kum talks about runaway crime and runaway murder, it makes it easier to talk about his policies. —— donald trump. talking about crimes committed by undocumented workers, he pointed up to the balcony and said that these we re to the balcony and said that these were families of people who were victims of crimes committed by undocumented workers. all of this is to advance a policy end, to create an environment where he can get congress and the american public behind his various actions to try to address what he sees as a problem. thank you. no doubt we will be talking the same time tomorrow. still to come: the head of uber is in trouble after this video of him verbally abusing one of his drivers is revealed.

the car maker ford could cut more than 11,000 jobs at its plant in bridgend. leaked documents seen by the bbc show the company is concerned about a slowdown in work. 0ur correspondent brian meechan has more. at the moment there are 655,000 engines made here in bridgend every year. but those contracts are coming to an end, and by 2021 there is only guaranteed work of hundred and 20 5000. so that means that the company, the in the leaked documents, has made it clear that it will not be able to keep the workforce it has right now, and it would go down to something like 600. it has also pointed out the the

inefficiencies here in bridgend. ford says the only way is essex can attracting new work is by getting rid of those inefficiencies to make sure that they can compete globally. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is: france's centre right presidential candidate francois fillon has said a judge will place him under investigation over a fake job scandal — but he won't stand down. the two accountants responsible for announcing the wrong film for best picture at the oscars will not be working for the academy again. the uk government has suffered its first defeat over

the brexit bill in the house of lords — that's the upper house of the british parliament. it's over an amendment guaranteeing the rights of eu citizens in the uk after brexit. here's the moment it was announced. they have voted. contents, 358. not contents, 256, so the contents have it. that debate is still going on. this is the live feed we have coming in. the lord is not quite as busy as it was earlier. to explain what's happened — the lower house — the house of commons — passed this bill a couple of weeks ago without any changes. but the upper house — the lords — has now voted for this amendment. that means that the bill now has

to go back to the commons. the government expected this. here is a quote from david davis, the brexit minister. he said he was expecting parliamentary ping—pong. that is a good phrase, because this bill could go back and forth several times. let's get some help describing what has happened. tom bateman is live for us in westminster. is the government in the commons is likely to back down on this amendment? i don't think they have any intention of giving ground on this. that's because it was always their aim, their hope and their desire to get this bill through the uk parliament, that authorises theresa may to start the brexit process, to go on and begin those brexit negotiations. they wa nted those brexit negotiations. they wanted to do that without any conditions being slapped on them by

mps or members of the house of lords. they wanted to go to other member states with a completely free hand to negotiate. that is why the bill to authorise them to do this is a single sheet of paper, simply saying that the government have the right to start this process. you are seeing members of the house of lords, unelected members of the second house, trying to gain some control of this process, particularly on the issue of the rights of eu citizens, which they think should be guaranteed in the uk, for practical and moral reasons. some people watching might wonder what it has got to do with them. those in the house of commons were elected. they are acting on a referendum that was voted on by the whole country. and here are people whole country. and here are people who were not elected trying to push the course of an elected government. the house of lords has an important

constitutional role, because it is fairto constitutional role, because it is fair to revise laws. they are unelected, but people who are there on the advice of the prime minister, effectively —— effectively appointed by the queen. they tend to be people from business, industry or journalism who are very experienced. they would argue that their role in revising laws has been successful over the years. they would say that is all they are attempting to do here. once it goes back to the house of commons, it is possible that the mps wiped off that amendment and thenit mps wiped off that amendment and then it could go back to the house of lords. a couple of viewers in the uk have been asking why the lords by getting involved, so hopefully that helps to explain it. another pr disaster for uber. a video has emerged of its boss travis kalanick swearing at an uber driver at the end of a ride.

here it is. the driver is a man called fawzi kamel — and he raised the issue of the company dropped prices on its premium uberblack service. wrong question to ask it seems. iam bankrupt i am bankrupt because of you. you keep changing it every day. hold on a second. what have i changed about black? you dropped the prices. we started with $20. how much is the mile now? to 75? some people don't like to take responsibility. good luck. travis kalanick has emailed uber staff. "it's clear this video is a reflection of me — and the criticism we've received is a stark reminder that i must fundamentally change as a leader and grow up. this is the first time i've been willing to admit that i need

leadership help and i intend to get it." it seems less about leadership of a company — more about not being hot—headed and rude to people you've just met and who have the temerity to disagree with you. either way, we're promised some changes. all this is in the context of extensive allegations of sexual harassment that were made by a former uber employee a couple of weeks ago. this is alan greenspan — he was the chairman of the us federal reserve for 19 years, and under four presidents. he's spoken to the bbc‘s "100 days" programme. here he is with katty kay — talking about about donald trump's speech last night. that was not a speech that was meant to be taken literally, because there

is double entry book—keeping in the world, and one must ask, how do you fund of various things? there was nothing in there except some vague notions about strong economic growth. well, where is that coming from? that is alan greenspan. some breaking sports news from spain. we are being told that the barcelona coach, luis enrique, will leave the spanish la the atmosphere has to be perfect. near record—breaking humility cold air in central canada.

violent storms in the south, tornado activity in reducing during wednesday afternoon, gusty winds, hailand wednesday afternoon, gusty winds, hail and flash flooding. the cold air lock david great lakes means he could see disruptive snow. the last of the height of bridges across the east. as the thundery squall pushes over the eastern seaboard, the floodgates open to the north—west. cold air pouring out of canada right across the north—east. frosty nights and sunshine, but also some snow. we are going to see that across the new york area on friday. temperatures are good 15 degrees lower than they were earlier in the week. temperatures dipping down to -6 week. temperatures dipping down to —6 in montreal. we have had some

pretty rough weather across northern saudi arabia into jordan pretty rough weather across northern saudi arabia intojordan will stop some thunder have developed and some flooding in places. and the gusty winds associated with these storms have left some dust clouds as well. these could push northwards into iraq, potentially kuwait, but things turning a little bit dry in northern saudi arabia. some high pressure in the mediterranean, bringing fine weather here. heavy rain and very strong winds on the british isles and into ireland as well. more of that to come towards the end of the week. back home on thursday, pretty rough to start off with. strong winds across the country, early rain across england and wales. gradually, the rain will clear away through the afternoon. we should see plenty of sunshine, and strong winds will make

it feel quite cool. you can see a full uk weather forecast right here in about half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. francois fillon is one of the main contenders in the frencch presidential election. today he said he'll be placed under investigation by a frenchjudge — but that he won't stand down. translation: i will not give up, i will not withdraw, take you to the end. it is democracy being challenged. a special extended report from the white house press briefing room. the famous donald trump press conference, where he took questions for over one hour. every president has disliked the press coverage . every president has disliked the press coverage. none before this has declared war in the first week.