i cherish the director of the fbi. i cherish the fbi, it is special. where ever you go, the fbi is special. the fbi has not had that special reputation with what happened in the campaign, what happened with respect to the clinton campaign and even, you could say, directly or indirectly, with respect to the much more successful trump campaign. we will have a director who will be outstanding, i will be announcing that director soon and i look forward to doing it. i think the people and the fbi will be very, very thrilled. just in concluding, we look forward to getting this whole situation behind as so that when we go for the jobs, go for the strong military, when we go for all of the things we have been pushing so of the things we have been pushing so hard and so successfully, including health care. because 0bamacare is collapsing, it is dead, gone. nothing to compare it anything to because we don't have health

care. look at what is happening, insurance companies are pulling out. 0bamacare is a fallacy, it is gone. we need health care, we need to cut taxes. we will cut taxes. it will be the biggest tax cut in the history of our nation and that is what i want. it will bring back companies, it will bring backjobs. we lost so manyjobs it will bring backjobs. we lost so many jobs and we will change that. we will have expansion. you look at what is happening with ford and general motors in mitch can an ohio, you look at the tremendous number of jobs being announced, that is what i am proud of and that is what we will focus our am proud of and that is what we will focus our energy on. am proud of and that is what we will focus our energy on. there was no collusion. and even my enemies have said, there is no collusion. we want

to keep on the track we are on because the track we are on is record—setting, and that is what we wa nt record—setting, and that is what we want to do, we want to break very positive records. thank you. as someone who has done a lot of rebuilding asa as someone who has done a lot of rebuilding as a nation, but you make of mrtrump's rebuilding as a nation, but you make of mr trump's america first policy? you have had a tough time with conservative radio being called a punching bag. have you given any advice to president trump?|i punching bag. have you given any advice to president trump? i do not think i am in a position to give any advice to president trump, you can ta ke advice to president trump, you can take care of himself! what we did in

colombia, quite rightly, as you mentioned, we persevered. when you know your port of destination, and you know you're doing the correct thing, he simply have to persevere, and that is what we have done in colombia, and that is why we were on the verge of being a failed state and now we are one of the stars of the region. that is through hard work, perseverance and clarity of your objectives. that is what we have done and we have to continue because the trip is not over. mr president, i would like to ask you about trade. you are about to start the renegotiation of nafta and colombia and like other countries in the hemisphere, you have a large

trade deficit with the united states. are you worried about the fa ct states. are you worried about the fact that that could contribute to increasing that trade deficit?m has been a long process and it has beena has been a long process and it has been a great thing to watch in the sense that the president has done a great job, sense that the president has done a greatjob, that's not easy after so many years of war. so i am very proud to get to know you and i really congratulate you. there is nothing tougher than peace, and we wa nt nothing tougher than peace, and we want to make peace all over the world and you are a great example of somebody of that. that was a long, tough situation, as you know very well, coming from the country. but i think the president has done a magnificentjob, think the president has done a magnificent job, not easy, think the president has done a magnificentjob, not easy, but he has done a magnificentjob. magnificentjob, not easy, but he has done a magnificent job. clearly impossible! on the trade issue, our

deficit with the united states is not so large, it is a moderate deficit which, of course, both countries will try to increase the volume of trade in both directions and investment also in both directions. colombia is becoming an important investor here in the united states, and this is not something many people know but we have considerable investment in the united states. we have attempted to give dynamism to these flows of trade, investment, getting together those main players who are the investors in the private sector. i believe the foundations have been laid. we have the free trade agreement, which is working well.

the number of colombian businesses export at the united states has grown, and we both believe that we can take greater advantage of those agreements in order to increase flows in both directions for the benefit of the colombian and american people. thank you very much, you. and the ends is a very interesting joint press conference in washington, dc. the leaders of the us and colombia walking off to the us and colombia walking off to the side of the stage. that's died just some of the things we heard, in particular we heard from donald trump because it is better say the sta kes trump because it is better say the stakes have joined a trump because it is better say the stakes havejoined a higher still. anthony, we have a situation where the president categorically denying, it did not happen, when asked about whether he told the fbi director to drop that investigation into michael flynn. if that memo exists and

contains that quote, those two accou nts contains that quote, those two accounts do not fit. exactly. he was very direct there. he cut of jonathan karl who was asking the question before he finished answering the question, saying, i did not ask him to back away from investigating michael flynn as my national security adviser. we may have memos written byjames national security adviser. we may have memos written by james coney, the fbi director, detailing every meeting he had with donald trump and the interaction they had so it would give a record of coney‘s account of those meetings. but if there is a paper trailfrom those meetings. but if there is a paper trail from an fbi those meetings. but if there is a paper trailfrom an fbi director, a

law enforcement officer, detailing those accounts, you have to give those accounts, you have to give those documents a fair amount of weight and i think the public and investigators, including robert miller, the special counsel investigating this now, who will look at these documents. we also had the president saying he is looking forward to getting this situation behind us with reference to be investigations but that will not happen, will it? know. now that robert miller has been named, it would be a long process. if history is any guide to these types of independent investigations, whether it is an independent counsel or the kyran investigation or the investigation under george w bush, or all of these things, when you have a prosecutor type of person, some sort of an independent counsel looking into it, that will take time, not only to gather the start,

but the material and some sort of conclusion, witnesses, issue subpoenas, all of that takes time. mrtrump was subpoenas, all of that takes time. mr trump was very critical ofjames coney making misstatements as he said, but later he said there was no conclusion, my enemies say there was no collusion with russia, but that's not strictly true, is it? his critics have said the campaign there may have been people who colluded with russia will have russian ties at the very least. there was something interesting i heard donald trump say there, he said i can only speakfor trump say there, he said i can only speak for myself, there is trump say there, he said i can only speakfor myself, there is no collusion, i can only speak for myself. he was distancing himself from people like michael flynn on his campaign manager who was so is the focus of this investigation, donald trump himself did not work

with the russians but he will not go on the record saying anything about other people within his campaign. thank you very much indeed. you coming over here soon, right? iwobi over the next week. we look forward to having you here in the newsroom for a change. donald trump was asked, did he tell the fbi director to drop that investigation into his former national security adviser? the president looked the reporter straight back in the eye, steely eyed, and said, no, very categorical a nswer eyed, and said, no, very categorical answer and we will shall see where we go from there. earlier, there were concerns there was a terror attack in new york, but that does not look like that's the case. one person is dead and at least 22 people are injured after a car crashed into pedestrians

in new york. it happened in times square, right in the middle of the city. these are the pictures we have of the aftermath. witnesses said the car drove against traffic and mounted the pavement. the driver of the car is now is custody and was named by police as a us citizen named richard rojas. he has two previous arrests for drink driving. the new york authorities gave a statement earlier. the worst went through my mind and that's why the mayor and i came here as quickly as we could. i spoke to a detective chief in manhattan south and we quickly determined that it doesn't appear to be terrorist—related. obviously, we know the times we are living in and we know it's a dangerous moment in history. the second i heard it was times square, i knew that there was a tremendous police presence but, as we've learned more, there is no indication that this was terror. nada tawfik is in new york. it's a scene that immediately makes

new yorkers fear the worst. a car in the afternoon in times square went the wrong direction on seventh avenue in the heart of times square, going out of control and ploughing through 23 pedestrians. it eventually hopped a metal ballard and stopped there. and what we know from officials is that they very quickly were able to apprehend the driver. he is a 26—year—old former navy member, and what they say is he has two prior arrests for drunk driving. the nypd says it believes this is an isolated incident, not terrorism—related, but it has certainly caused a lot of chaos and fear here in new york. one young woman has died, they have confirmed. the other 22 people have been sent to local area hospitals. times square has been replaced from a flood of people to a flood of

emergency services and vehicles that have barricaded this area off. the new york mayor and governor did give details on this investigation and they have said, despite believing this was not something more nefarious, more a emergency services and beefed up key areas around new york out of abundance of caution and to send reassurance here to new yorkers. a lot of people like the sound of this — players who dive in english football will face retrospective punishment. the fa has defined the new offence as successful deception of a match official. given how often diving leads to controversy and injustice, you might think everyone likes this. not so. enter sam allardyce at crystal palace. that's a shame! i was expecting to

see sam alla rdyce! that's a shame! i was expecting to see sam allardyce! sam allardyce is not keen on it, but what is the argument for this measure? players who dive on the ground and when the bridge respectively look at it, they would then say this player deserves a yellow card because on so many occasions we see players had been given penalties when they maybe were not taken down so the fa have decided this is the case, they will work with purple teams in clubs and try to come up with a decision that is helpful for everyone. sam alla rdyce has called is helpful for everyone. sam allardyce has called did utter rubbish and believes symbian type system should come in, there should be video technology. they will look at players who go to the referee to try to give them a card signal. that is not the best thing to show young

kids watching at home so maybe they can incorporate something like that in the future. those of you who would like to see that clip from sam alla rdyce, would like to see that clip from sam allardyce, you would like to see that clip from sam alla rdyce, you can would like to see that clip from sam allardyce, you can find it right now on the bbc sport app. inafew in a few minutes, we will bring you up in a few minutes, we will bring you up to date with a debate from leaders of some political parties. we will tell you what they have been saying. back to the uk election campaign, and today ellie price has been to carlisle. she's been taking her daily politics roadshow around the country, taking voters' temperature on a range of issues. and today, she asks — should 16 and i7—year—olds be allowed to vote? when i was 16, i knew who i wanted

to vote for and why. and because more people die. do you think ig—year—olds should have the boat? no, i don't. when i was 16, i 16—year—olds should have the boat? no, i don't. when i was 16, i was not mature enough to do anything. not knowledgeable enough at 16 to know what is going on. i think it is fairto know what is going on. i think it is fair to let know what is going on. i think it is fairto let them know what is going on. i think it is fair to let them vote. i have a 12—year—old daughter and i find fair to let them vote. i have a 12—year—old daughter and ifind it ha rd to 12—year—old daughter and ifind it hard to imagine that, by the age of i6, hard to imagine that, by the age of 16, she will be able to make a decision like that. i am from scotland. a lot of the younger ones are coming in polling with the parents, so it is encouraging to see younger ones coming in and voting. were you interested in politics at

i6? were you interested in politics at 16? no, just browse! if they are allowed to do lots of other things, why not vote as well? they are eligible to get married.|j why not vote as well? they are eligible to get married. i think the mature a lot between 16 and 18, yes, between 18 and 21 even more, which is when we got the vote. we have shopped around for people's opinions here and if you are 16 going on 17 wanting a say in the general election, tough. people here think you need to be 18 to have the vote. thank you, carlisle. this is outside source live

from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: former fbi director robert mueller has been appointed to investigate claims of collusion between russia and donald trump's campaign. leaders of some of the uk's main political parties are currently appearing in a tv debate before elections on 8th june. these two however aren't there. theresa may has refused to take part in any debates. and jeremy corbyn, leader of the main opposition party, said he wouldn't attend if she didn't. those who are there are liberal democrat leader tim farron, nicola sturgeon of the scottish national party, caroline lucas for the greens, paul nuttall for ukip and leanne wood of plaid cymru. how was the debate been going?m

how was the debate been going? it is still going on as you can see on the big screen behind me, it started at 8pm. the duration is about two hours since coming to its climax. to give you since coming to its climax. to give you some since coming to its climax. to give you some flavour of what has been said so far, caroline lucas said, never has our lives are also uncertain, leanne wood, ourvision and values can benefit all those across the uk, paul nuttall, only one party committed to brexit, ukip is the only party with a clear and honest policy on migration, tim farron said he got into politics to fight and britain is under threat, it is time for hope, and nicola sturgeon, we need mps who can stand up sturgeon, we need mps who can stand upfor sturgeon, we need mps who can stand up for scotland. that is just a flavour of some of the key points of the leaders. the first question was

about brexit and what the parties can do to ensure the right brexit deal is negotiated with brussels. this turned into a bit of a ding—dong between four of the leaders and paul nuttall. the four leaders and paul nuttall. the four leaders very pro—eu, they want to remain in the single market, said there was debate between them and paul nuttall and at one point, paul nuttall told tim farron to stop crying about wanting to stay in the eu and let the people have it decided for them. nicola sturgeon accused paul nuttall of being theresa may's spokesperson sara got rather feisty. from then on, we heard about the nhs, what more hospitals can do. an elderly lady here who actually worked in the nhs asked this question and paul nuttall said he was investing £6 billion more in the hospitals, caroline

lucas said the service was in crisis and more money had to be invested into the sector, and tim farron used personal anecdotes throughout the debate, referring to his family when he answered questions, saying his mum had died of ovarian cancer and therefore he understood the challenges facing the nhs. they talked about education as well. the key topics covered but there was a very humorous point in this debate when paul nuttall called leanne wood natalie twice, and the audience started to laugh, so there is a lot of social media activity going on about, will this be the debate when natalie will be the buzzword? thank you for that update and those of you watching, for more information on that debate, you can find on bbc website. finally, iwant that debate, you can find on bbc website. finally, i want to talk about a great loss to music. local

medical examiners have said his death was a suicide. he had been performing in detroit. he even posted, finally back to rock city. he was 52 years old and there have been a multitude of tributes. jimmy page said he was incredibly talented and young, elton john page said he was incredibly talented and young, eltonjohn said he was the loveliest of men. for people who do not know his music, what stands out? it was mainly the abrasive sound of the band. i got into soundgarden to audio slave because of my age. it was very much the post—grunge era and it was the excitement of hearing the four band rather than a solo artist with

manufactured instruments behind them. and he did something no other grunge band did at the time, he gone toa grunge band did at the time, he gone to a major label. certainly. it definitely made the grunge scene boom. he was part of the four big grunge bands at the time. and i think it was incredible what he achieved in his career. you will also help run a label. what did he do for the independent scene?m also help run a label. what did he do for the independent scene? in a non—cheesy sense, it gave independent labels hope because it meant that the mainstream is open to more abrasive music and no longer is it music pigeonholed, it paved the way for new metal and things like that. a lot of people watching do not know him very well. if they will look up one track by him now, which

one would you pick out for us?|j reckon black hole sun. my personal favourite... coach wise. the first songs i heard. i remember seeing it play on karanka and i was on my way to school and i thought it was the best thing. it completely inspired me to do music and work in the music industry. i really appreciate you coming in, thank you very much indeed. if you want to see more of the tributes to chris cornell, you can find them on the bbc news app. donald trump has said, with one word, no, iabsolutely donald trump has said, with one word, no, i absolutely did donald trump has said, with one word, no, iabsolutely did not instruct the fbi to drop any enquiries into his former national security adviser, michael flynn. that story will continue to the

verve. the weather has been turning u nsettled the weather has been turning unsettled in the past few days, bringing many of us much—needed rainfall. a mixed picture on thursday. for some parts, rainfall. a mixed picture on thursday. forsome parts, glorious sunshine and cumulus cloud around. those cumulus clouds were bigger elsewhere and we saw heavy showers and thunderstorms in scotland and parts of northern ireland. but in the south—east, this is the scene in east sussex, more cloud and more persistent rain. overnight into friday, that no pressure moves its way northwards up the east coast so we will see outbreaks of rain continuing across eastern england. elsewhere, a quieter picture. to start friday, sunshine. after a fresh start, showers creep up here.

the east across england, low pressure m oves the east across england, low pressure moves north. patchy rain in scotland. cool, 11 or 12 around those east coasts, that the west, temperatures 16 degrees or so. the pressure not far away as we start the weekend. friday night on the saturday, we have got weather funds close to the north—east of scotland. a bit unsettled across normal parts with rain lingering across the northern isles of scotland. elsewhere across the country, a return to sunshine and scattered showers. some of those showers could be heavy. potentially thunder mixed in but they are hit and miss, be heavy. potentially thunder mixed in but they are hitand miss, 18 degrees in the sunshine will feel pleasant. but have that poorly on stand—by for saturday. into sunday, high pressure moves on from the south so low pressure moves away and that means, during sunday, most of the showers get squeezed away. the chance of an odd shower on sunday.

but on reflection, it would be the better day of the weekend. lots of places dry and temperature is 20 degrees or so. fresh air holds on in the north that that fresh air get squeezed away late on sunday and, as we had to into monday. the new working week, warmer air coming in from the south southwest and that means temperatures will be on the rise on monday. a chance of getting rain across north—western parts of the country. the central and south—eastern areas, drier, brighter and temperatures back at 23 degrees. as we had to into tuesday, low pressure pushes away from the north—east of the uk. higher pressure building in from the south—west. that is the scenario through the middle part of the week. most of those showers easing away as low pressure clears off towards the north—east, higher pressure moving in from the south—west, so through the middle part of next week, a the

speu the middle part of next week, a the spell of weather with high pressure starting to move in and take charge. uncertainty later next week about how long this area of high pressure will stick around. low pressure once again waiting out in the wings in the atlantic. that high pressure not lasting that long. high pressure likely to move away next week so once again, a return to more u nsettled once again, a return to more unsettled conditions, wind and rain likely at times, a bit of sunshine and temperatures near average although chilly at times overnight, particularly in the middle part of this week. this programme contains scenes of repetitive flashing images.? tonight at ten: theresa may promises that a ‘mainstream government‘ would deliver for ‘mainstream britain'. the prime minister travelled to halifax — to unveil the conservative manifesto — warning that failure in the brexit talks would be dire for britain. she promised to be ‘upfront

and straight‘ with voters — warning the next five years will be challenging ones for britain. come with me as i leave britain, strengthen my hand as i fight for britain, and stand