to review security arrangements for the media at rallies such as this. and the white house condemned violence against journalists. they asked supporters to behave in a peaceful and respectful manner. to tell us more about what happened and about the challenges facing journalists in america at the moment, garyjoins us now from washington. we cannot tell from the footage what exactly happened but it was described as a violent, you were there, can you describe what happened? what happened was that there were three of us, myself, my producer and my cameraman and we were on the media riser, the platform built for the cameras to go on in front of the stage where the president was speaking. one member of the public managed to get onto the back of the riser, there was no security there as far as we could see, and they started to run along the level of the platform where we there and they pushed my cameraman was my camera into his body. then they pushed him and they came around the other side

and pushed him again. the guy first shouted "usa!" and he shouted a four letter word followed by the word media. he did that twice before he was restrained by another person who was on the riser and then he was taken to the front and security took him away. what would you said the atmosphere was like in the venue before the attack? i've done quite a lot of these rallies and it was pretty pumped. they usually are. they play a lot of loud music, a cross between a rock concert and a sporting event, if you like. they have speakers on beforehand so donald junior was on before the president and before that was ted cruz and another senator from texas. all of them did a little turn on how to fake news was here and how the media was unfairly treating america. no one used the term, enemy of the people, but we have heard that before of course from the president. when that happens, there's a lot

of pointing from people, especially donald trump who will point at the media and say, look at those dumb guys over there. that is pretty standard and i had that through the election campaign as well pretty regularly. it is pretty pumped. the bbc has formally complained about the incident involving you and your crew, gary, has the relationship with the white house changed this week, would you say? no, it is worth saying, just for the record, that my cameraman is fine. he was a bit shaken up by it but he is a big, tough guy and he is a professional and he carried on filming. our colleagues in the american press get a lot of this, they get a lot of, people have been spat on.

regular chanting at these rallies is "cnn sucks", and they get a lot of heat from the crowd. it is the first time i have seen anyone physically be able to get in amongst us on these platforms which are crowded places, full of lighting stands and tripods and cables all over the floor, boxes all over the floor, you cannot move. in many ways, you are a little prisoner there. it is the first time i have ever seen anyone get amongst us like that and that is why i think the bbc is now certainly looking at the question of whether or not we need to take security with us when you go to these rallies in the election campaign. it is an amazing thought, isn't it? we take for granted that we have to have security in awesome is that at a political rally in the united states of america? there is now on the cards as well. as you have made clear, the president does not like a lot

of the mainstream news media, he talks about it all the time and as a bbc correspondent, is it now having a detrimental effect on the ability to do yourjob? i think freedom of speech is incredibly important and that includes criticising the press. but we don't have to face and shouldn't have to face is people coming in and starting laying their hands on you, pushing around, shoving you. 99.99% of people who hear the rhetoric of mainstream media, they may complain and shout and swear, that is fine. they do all that but the risk is that the rhetoric and what it does to that 0.01% of people, what is a trigger in them? is there a chance that your rhetoric and the kind of language you use sets something off in a very small number of people and gives them

the feeling that they have license to do something like that. that is the risk. the context ready matters here. tuesday's news bulletins included an emotional report aboutjulie o'connor who died last week of cervical cancer after she had been given the all clear by a bristol hospital six times. it featured this footage of her which some viewers might find it distressing. right up until the end, julie was keen to tell her story. here she is speaking to her family in the hospice just three days before she died. what's the prognosis now? as mentioned there, the questions were posed and the camera held by a family member, not a journalist, but some viewers either missed that, assuming

it was a bbc reporter, or felt the item showed a lack of sensitivity in any case. we put those pointed to bbc news and they you may have noticed it is a busy news time but with so much going on in the world, the choice of lead story on bbc one's news bulletins can still come as something as a surprise and disappointment to some viewers. charlie webber was one of them this week and recorded this video to explain why. on sunday at 10pm, i tuned in to bbc

news, curious as to developments in the likes of dennis miller, brexit and trump land. several awards at the baftas. the bbc news decided to lead with who had one bafta award. this astonished me. this is not actual news. i learned who had won what in the world of dress up and make believe. one of the nominees was bound to win in each category, hardly breaking news. we will bring you up—to—date. the oscars are on at the end

of february and here is a surprise, some of the attendees will actually win an oscar. newsflash, itjust isn't news. finally, it was announced this week that the bbc is calling time on this week, the thursday night political show which will not return after the current series finishes injuly, bringing an end to its quirky mix of guests ranging from mps to the cheeky girls and even andrew neil's dog, molly. the introductions to the programme has been a favourite of debbie. here's an example of one of those openings, addressed to so—called islamic state following 2015 attacks in paris. after that, a very different example of one its endings. whatever atrocities you are capable of committing, you will lose. in 1,000 years‘ time, paris, that curious city of lights, will still be shining bright,

as will every other city like it. while you will be as dust, along with the ragbag of fascists, nazis, and stalinists that have previously dared democracy — and failed. nighty night — don't let the performance enhancing substances bite. that was in response to news that the dance group, underworld, would provide music for the opening of the 2012 limits. one of those regretting the decision to end the programme. thank you for all your

comments this week. are the wattel. —— favourable or not. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us or e—mail us. you can find us on twitter and do have a look at our website. that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. judging by the weather over the past few days it looks like spring is in a hurry to start. and, well, apart from the cloud that moved into northern ireland and western scotland,

friday brought plenty of sunshine again and the warm spot was in wales. this view from wrexham. it was in rhyll, actually, in north wales, where the temperature reached 17.5 degrees celsius. that's even higher than thursday's top temperature. and over the weekend we are we are still in this lower, mild air heading in from the south. though there are a few weather systems coming our way. so we can't rely on clear blue skies. here's the first week one that's moving across northern scotland, with some outbreaks of rain. another one will come in during sunday. so, for the weekend then, it is still mild. temperatures are above average for the time of year. it will be breezy, especially on sunday. it will be dry for many. though these weather systems will bring a bit of rain, especially to western parts of the uk. and, already, as saturday begins, things are different. not as cold as recent mornings. more cloud around as well. still the leftovers of some overnight rain affecting parts of western and northern scotland before that eases. we're going to keep a lot of the cloud feeding into southern england. that's going to edge further north. elsewhere it's sunny spells, rather than clear blue skies on another breezy day. so a closer look at things at four o'clock in the afternoon. should start to see some sunshine

coming back into the channel islands. could be some coast and hill fog from the thicker clouds in the south, maybe the odd bit of drizzle. cloud increasing for wales, the midlands, into east anglia. but still sunny spells in northern england and a few breaks in the cloud for northern ireland and scotland. best of the sunshine here will be in the east. but cloud thickening in the western isles, again, the northern isles still seeing a bit of patchy rain. could see the odd shower pushing in towards cumbria, lancashire, too. but most places are looking dry. overnight we are going to get rid of quite a bit of the cloud, so clearing skies for many of us. though temperatures aren't going down too far into sunday morning. so no issues with frost. then the next weather system i pointed out is starting to bring its wet weather into the west. it's going to weaken as it slides further east during the day. so we're not going to see too much in the way of wet weather out of this. it is a windier day with this weather system, though, approaching and moving through during sunday. but there is more sunshine around ahead of this system. and it's a fairly narrow one as well. just cloud, a bit of patchy rain working through. clearing through northern ireland.

any heavier bursts of the rain, really, into northern parts of scotland for a time. quite windy in western scotland. some gusts up to 50 mph or so. and notice temperatures are just on the up a little bit more compared to saturday. especially, of course, where you get to see some sunshine. eastern part of the uk look mainly dry. not as mild into the start of next week. and still a fair amount of cloud around. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is reged ahmad. our top stories: just hours before voting is due to begin, nigeria's presidential election is postoned. we'll be live with the very latest. donald trump invokes national emergency powers to fund the border wall with mexico. his opponents are furious. we are to confront the national security crisis on our southern

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