tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. the language hardens, but how will washington retaliate after the chemical weapons attack in syria? >> it is a serious matter that requires a serious response. tim: warm weather but cooler s ahead forn president xi jinping as he arrives in florida for his meeting with donald trump. what do many great leaders have in common? they are great readers. the books that have gone to the top. ♪ tim: hello, welcome to "world news america." after the horror of tuesday's chemical attack in syria, a tangible sense in washington tonight the mood and potential literary response to president bashar al-assad -- potential military response to president bashar al-assad is hardening. president trump has repeated his moral outrage at the attack that left 70 dead as has secretary of , state rex tillerson. could a immediate military response be in the cards? reporter: yesterday we saw him grieving for his twin children poisoned in the attack. today he suffered the further , agony of burying them. often the

tim: we will leave it there. let's move to another long-standing problem, north korea, which is about a merciless response to any u.s. provocation, following comments from president trump in which he said that the nuclear weapons program will be dealt with. speculation is growing that pyongyang could carry out a nuclear test, the country's sixth, as it marks the day of the sun national holiday this weekend. john sudworth is with a group of visiting foreign journalists and he sent this report. ♪ john: in north korea, the specter of war looms large over daily life. these girls are singing about being soldiers. while not far away, real ones crowd into a shrine for the country's founding president, general kim il-sung. these are seems akin to a religious pilgrimage. but of course, in honor of a still-ruling family dynasty, who have at their disposal all of the myths that would rival any of the world's great religions. and as the country prepares to display its devotion at the anniversary of kim il-sung's birth this w

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reported from washington, i am tim willcox. "i have a story to tell and i will talk to investigators," so says michael flynn, but first, the former national security advisor once immunity. the u.s. secretary of state meets allies from nato with reassurance of america's commitment but a demand also that they need to pay more. plus, e-mail, online shopping -- technology has many of us hooked. what makes these gadgets so irresistible? tim: hello. welcome to our viewers in america and around the globe. just when you thought there couldn't be another twist in the investigations into russian interference in the u.s. election, think again. michael flynn who lasted less than a month as president trump's national security adviser, now says he has a story to tell, but will only give evidence if offered immunity. this from management tasks and striking such deals meant you probably committed a crime. on twitter, president trump said flynn had been the victim of a witchhunt. jon sopel reports. jon: the allegations of will go jess -- that j

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. no to the authorities and already convicted of attempted murder, how did karim cheurfi slip through the net to kill in paris? forced into hiding, gay men in chechnya escaping persecution and torture. ♪ tim: and one room, 2 grammys. we meet the british multi-instrumentalist making music at home. tim: hello. welcome to our viewers of public television in america and around the globe. not only was he on their radar, but the french authorities revealed the man who shot and killed a police officer in paris last night had tried to kill police officers before. karim cheurfi, who was 39, had been jailed in 2001, for firing at police officers. tonight the french authorities , said he showed no signs of islamist extremism. it comes as the french prepared to go to the polls this weekend for presidential elections, and the issue of security has been seized on by our candidates, as our europe area adler reports from paris. katya: french police on guard and at the ready at the sounds a lee's a toda

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i'm tim willcox. working from the bottom up. the visiting secretary of state tells his russian counterpart that the countries have a lot of ground to make up. secretary tillerson: there is a low level of trust between our two countries. the world's foremost nuclear powers cannot have this kind of relationship. tim: white house staffers feel the heat -- one, for comments he made. the other for comments made about him. and setting the record straight -- america's first lady lady wins huge damages against a british newspaper which wrongly claimed she worked as an escort. tim: hello, welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the reception has been icy. russia denouncing washington's missile strike on syria and branding white house rhetoric as primitive and loutish. at the press conference between the secretary of state rex tillerson and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, both men played it pretty straight. the sticking point continue to be syria and the newly aggres

tim: thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, tim. tim: you are watching "bbc world news america. after a bitter partisan political battle, president trump's supreme court nominee was sworn in today. the president gave neil gorsuch a ringing endorsement. jane o'brien reports. [applause] jane: the path to confirmation was acrimonious and deeply divisive, but neil gorsuch is now the newest member of the supreme court. justice gorsuch: i'm humbled by the trust placed in me today. i will never forget that to whom much is given, much will be expected. i promise you that i will do all my powers to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great nation. jane: his appointment restores the court's conservative majority and infuriates democrats, who say the seat was stolen from them. president obama had picked this man, merrick garland, seen on the right. but republicans refused to even consider him. in return, democrats refused to support judge gorsuch, forcing republicans to change the voting rolls from the so-called nuclear

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. from the united nations to the white house, the trump administration takes a tough new line on syria after the deadly chemical weapons attack. president trump: my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. tim: white house chief strategist steve bannon, trump's brain, is removed from his position on the national security council. why? and she was a victim of the recent london attack at tonight -- london attack. she speaks for the first time about the husband she lost and her feelings toward the attacker. >> i don't think i could hear my injuries if i had hate in my heart. kurt would not want that either. there is no hate. tim: hello. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it was a devastating chemical gas attack that killed dozens of civilians including children. the latest apparent war crime in syria. damascus and moscow denied involvement, but that is not good enough for many western countries, including the united states. holding ph

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. "we are tougher than you think" -- north korea told the bbc it will carry on testing its missiles. the u.s. vice president says all options are on the table. the debate is over. turkey's president brushes off concerns over sunday's referendum in which he won major new powers. his nation remains divided. and aiming for an upset in georgia's sixth district. democrats seek to while republicans in a special election that could say a lot about the trump presidency. hello, and welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. mercifully, no missiles have been fired into each other yet. but the united states and north korea continue to trade strong words. today president trump said that ,yongyang needed to behave while a north korean official told the bbc the country would continue with a missile tests despite international condemnation. the foreign minister was speaking to john sudworth in the north korean capital, where our correspondent's movements are bein

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. 10 people are dead, dozens injured by a blast in the metro of the russian city of st. petersburg. president trump pledges he will go it alone to combat nuclear threats posed by north korea. and the banksy of punctuation -- the british man righting the wrongs of bad grammar. tim: hello, and welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. an explosion on the metro in the russian city of st. petersburg has killed 10 people and injured dozens more. the blast coincided with a visit by president putin to the city . prime minister medvedev has condemned the incident as a terrorist attack, but other possible causes are being investigated. the explosion happened on the train and another explosive device was found and made safe at a nearby station. our correspondent steve rosenberg sent this report. steve: a woman is shouting, "are there any children?" a train carriage toward to -- form to shreds -- torn to shreds, and a

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. rex tillerson arrives in the bear's den amid increasingly delicate language between moscow and washington over syria. the white house press secretary sparks uproar by appearing to forget the holocaust, suggesting that adolf hitler did not use chemical weapons on his own people. and it may hurt now, but science tells us vaccines help in the long run. why do some parents in seattle doubt that when it comes to their children? tim: hello, and welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. as a businessman he may once have been awarded russia's medal of friendship -- , of friendship but as , washington's most senior diplomatic met the next few days are expected to be frosty or for secretary of state rex tillerson. armed with what he called a unified message from u.s. allies can he is the manning moscow crackdown on syria's use of banned chemical weapons and push for a solution to the country's civil war. the language on both sides is getting increasingly heated. james ro

tim: this is "bbc world news america" reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. of allzuela, the mother protests turns violent as thousands protest against their president. lost at sea where in the world , is the uss carl vinson? she was headed in the opposite direction of north korea. these refugee children in greece, peace and playtime are welcome relief. tim: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the world. they are calling it the mother of all protests in venezuela. it is not without bloodshed. tens of thousands took to the street. the demonstrators arrived in the thousands for what they call the mother of all protests. they called for new elections and the release of opposition politicians. andopposition blame maduro for the crisis. many say the country is on the verge of collapse. >> i think we will reach victory with this protest. this is the day we have been waiting for, longing for. caracas, security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators. has accused the opposition of plotting a coup. >> we came here to sup

tim: thank you very much indeed. shooting,ter the people were able to speak to an eyewitness. he saw the attack unfold. he used what he thought was an ak-47. here is what he said. and i was walking on the pavement. there was a policeman. the guy came in an old gray a udi. he got out with a kravchenko. .e fired -- a kalashnikov he fired. i thought they were firecrackers. the policeman fell. as soon as we saw that, we all ran back inside. we saw the police man shoot him. tim: for more of the shootings, we go down on the foundation for defense for democracy. ,here were multiple attackers an arrest warrant out for another suspect as well. how do you monitor people like this get-go -- this? >> you cannot monitor all of them. you cannot monitor people that think that drawing a cartoon of mohammed is a crime and you should be killed for that. most people that believe that would not carry out such an execution. as an intelligence officer, you have to separate one from the other. that is why there is an argument allnot keepin

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. america's rhetoric in action. just days after a chemical attack in syria, the trump administration unleashes a barrage of cruise missiles. president trump: tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end this slaughter and bloodshed syria. tim: russia, bashar al-assad's ally, accuses washington of a violating international law and damaging the fight against terrorism. and in other major news today can at least 4 people are dead and many more injured after a truck plows into shoppers in the swedish capital of stockholm. ♪ tim: hello. welcome to our viewers in america and also around the globe. the u.s. is carried out it's the first military airstrike against the assad regime in syria, an act that has exposed a world divided. america's allies were quick to applaud the move, while russia and iran heaped on condemnation. but less than 24 hours after the strike, syrian warplanes are reportedly once again taking off from the air base. tonight we have full coverage , we

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." ♪ tim: this is "bbc world news america." from washington, i'm tim willcox.d-to-head for the presidency. emmanuel macron and marine le round.roved to the final a special apart from the so-called islamic state stronghold in northern syria, where the militants continue to lose ground. reporter: the in -- islamic state will write about one thing, this is the place of their defeat. they are being driven more than 100 kilometers from here. tim: and talking to the president from spacetim:. america's record-breaking astronaut peggy whitson gets a call from the white house. hello, and welcome to viewers on public television in america and around the globe. rounda watershed first that has redrawn the political landscape in france, it is too early to say who will ultimately win the presidential election. one thing is certain. a political outsider will be inside the palace after the runoff made a second. -- may 7. the battle between the centrist running without the backing of a traditional party, and marine le pen, the just announced she is standing aside as the leaders

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. catching her country and the world offguard, britain's prime minister announces a snap general election as brexit looms large. prime minister may the only way : to guarantee stability for the years ahead is to hold his election and seek your support for the decision i must take. tim: taking his tough talk to tokyo, u.s. vice president mike pence reassures japan's leader of america's effort to rein in north korea. is pyongyang really getting the message? thebrating cinema, independent film festival getting international attention. tim: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. she ruled it out five times standing for her party leadership, but britain's prime minister has called president trump and european leaders following a shock announcement of a snap election for june 8. theresa may says it is crucial to maintaining stability during brexit negotiations, but it is a remarkable change in strategy for a prime minister who insisted she had no intentio

tim: this is bbc "world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. the full senate is summoned for a security briefing about the seriousness of the threat from north korea. trump's economic team reveals tax cuts. ,usinesses will benefit what about individuals, and how will they be paid for. what climate change has done for the traditional english gardening season. tim: welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. with the landmark 100 days deadline looming, the white house has been a hive of activity, including 2 diary items that could have ramifications. on the international front the president called the entire u.s. senate to the white house for a classified security briefing about north korea. jon sopel reports. this is not real, but it looks terrifyingly like it. exercise conducted by u.s. and south korean troops miles from the north korean border at a time of tension. a show will force and unity. a military exercise with an unmistakable message to the north. we want peace, but we are ready for all eventuality. the head of th

tim: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am tim willcox. a suspected chemical attack in rebel-held northwestern syria kills nearly 60, including children, and injures hundreds more. russian investigators identify a suicide bomber they believe carried out the st. petersburg metro attack could and what makes sea water drinkable. it is all down to a miracle material. tim: hello. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. deeply distressing images are emerging from syria. at least people of that from my 50 chemical weapons attack. left joking, -- choking, fainting, and frothing at the mouth, and many of the dead are children. the attack happened in the rebel-help province of idlib. i should one you that some of the pictures in this report by -- the report are upsetting. the victim's lungs were badly affected. rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, including removing clothing or the poison can linger, and spraying freshwater. in a town happened that has been heavily bombed by the regime

tim: thanks.l, as jon mentioned, the white house is keen to pin any claim on the obama administration. here is what was said at today's press briefing.. >> he was issued a security clearance under the obama administration and spring, 2016. the trip and transactions you are referring to occurred in december, 2015. so, obviously, there is an issue that you point out the department of defense is looking into. we welcome that. but all of that clearance was, was made during the obama administration, and a purely -- apparently with knowledge of the trip he took. tim: my colleague spoke to the democratic senator chris coons who sits on the foreign relations committee as part of the bbc's 100 days program. ♪ >> senator coons, the national security adviser sits in the west wing right now the -- near the president. he advises the president on vital issues of national importance and intelligence. how on earth was general michael flynn able to get the job of national security adviser to president trump? >> th

tim: many u.s. lawmakers are back in their home districts for s.e easter break some of them getting a hard time about washington's failure to repeal and replace obamacare. makeup of his own party the freedom costs this -- caucus. laura: meet jim jordan, tracy's number of congress. this woman was frustrated to see the republican botched attempt. >> i was a little disappointed that we had eight years to work on this, and i hoped that republicans in the years could get things done. the president now is blaming him and other members of the freedom caucus for the failure. is that their? . >> i we know they are working on don't think it is fair. we know they are working on a daily if not hourly basis, and i feel confident, as most of us in this area do, that they will get the job done. >> you are not ever going to get all you want, but if you push you will get some better product , for the folks back home. laura: meet jim jordan, tracy's number of congress. he is a conservative republican and member of th

for those of you who don't know timothy thyssen, also known as, tim tyson, tim is a senior research scholar attack many strategies that do, visiting professor of christianity and culture at th divinity school ad adjunct professor of american studies at unc chapel hill. so you can tell tim is a very inclusive guy, he has an appointment at duke and at unc. we will not talk basketball tonight. he is the author of a finalist for the national book award. and a book called brady a free dixie. tim also serves on the executive board of the north carolina naacp. tim can tell you more about this book than i can. i just want to say that he does a marvelous job of put it and it kills murder and lynching into a context of american history. tim's earlier book, blood done sign my name is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later in oxford, north carolina about 25 miles from here. i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here, at the intersection by ninth street where black during the war 1944 a black such in soldier in uniform would not move

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go ahead, you are on with tim lynch. caller: hello, tim. i am just curious. as citizens in our community, how can we balance together -- band together and draw attention to a police department that we feel like is not following the rules and doing, you know. we have a website at the cato institute called policemisconduct.neet. we have some resources on the website where people can go and learn about their constitutional rights, the right to record police. really it is the cell phone videos that have created a revolution about bringing about greater accountability in the police department. a generation ago, when possible -- people complained about minorities,sing excessive force, or police arrested, it was hard for the individual citizen to tell with the truth is. they don't know the officer, they don't know the alleged victim. when you have cell phone videos and the incident is caught on tape, now that average citizen can come to their own conclusion about whether the officer was using the force necessary to conduct an arrest or whether it was out of line. th

recipients included apple ceo tim cook, u.s. representative and civil rights leader john lewis, abc for the spares dash before the first reporter martha raddatz and playboy enterprises founder hugh hefner. this is just over one hour. >> good evening, fellow champions of the first amendment, and welcome to the newseum second annual free expression awards dinner. we are honored to have you join us tonight to celebrate six men and women whose lives and work has been the embodiment of free expression. now, standard speaker protocol calls for me to make a joke at this point. to relax the room, bring us together, and let me move on to more serious subjects. david bradley, a wonderful supporter who's here tonight is a genius at this. the problem is, i don't know any jokes about the first amendment, less aye all george carlin on you. [laughing] and where to keep this dinner pg. so i did what a modern person would do. i googled. me, i asked alexa. me, i asked siri. about jokes about the first amendment, not much luck there. not due to th

let's give tim a chance to respond. guest: i suppose if we studied fox moons, i think it would be in just he if we found it was 90% positive. i do not think that would be the case. i going to disagree entirely. i think fox news has been something that has me the rest of the media more honest. if you do not like fox news, it is probably because they have underlined what the other networks are not covering. they are a very important presence. obviously, they are going to counter, to some extent, the liberal bias we see and everything else. host: this mrc report is on coverage of president trump, and it is called "honeymoon from hell: the liberal media versus president trump." examples of positive stories that are suppressed. for example, the push to invigorate the economy and bring a mere 18can jobs, minutes of coverage, less than 1% of all airtime devoted to the administration, while his move to renegotiate various international trade deals was ultimately less than 10 minutes .f tv news airtime eight years ago, in contra

and you were originally sam's teacher, tim? talent in sam that made you think this guy was going to make it? >> definitely. definitely. i very much favored him. >> it was unfair, in fact. >> it was very unfair. >> seth: do you think it's likely there are some other people who are in that class watching right now saying, "i knew it." i knew it. i knew he had a hard on for that other guy. [ laughter ] >> had to do all the exercises twice and stuff. >> seth: sam, why don't you show them how to do it. >> i sure will, tim. [ laughter ] >> seth: and obviously -- go ahead. >> like, we became fast friends pretty quick. i was like 18. >> i was 21 and sam was like 18. i would, like, sneak him into the bar too. i would just walk in and be like we're both old guys. >> we're both adults, here we go -- then we'd go and like -- they'd be like, you know, you get in the bar and then you just get comfortable you start to make friends with the bouncers and stuff. >> then sam started going without me. >> yeah. >> seth: yeah, yeah. you'd just like

reporting in northwest washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. jonathan: developing now, the uss michigan guided missile submarine has arrived in south korea. visitntagon calls the routine, despite continued tensions with north korea. the uss started deploying a different system that when complete tissue down incoming ballistic missiles. senatew the full u.s. will travel to the white house for a briefing with the president on north korea. as the probe into possible russian meddling in the elections moves forward, there is a new deputy attorney general to oversee that. the senate confirmed the maryland attorney to be the deputy attorney general. alison: and here is a look at the headlines from the white house when you wake up. tomorrow the president will unveil tax reforms that include a 15% coor y to prevent a deficit increase. the plan is said to include infrastructure spending. the white house will not comment on information about the former national security adviser michael flynn's contacts. the leader of the house oversight committee said tha

tim: tim barber, abc 7 news. will remember the headline, a teacher and teenaged student vanished for a month, found hiding out in a remote cabin in today, reward money for tracking down thad cummins and his student. griffin mary got a $10,000 check today. he is the one who called the police and reported spotting the teacher. w developments, a letdown of a lifetime, thousands of dollars down the drain after never tied festival in paradise turned out to be a disaster. nancy chen has the disappointment. nancy: these concertgoers spent thousands for this luxury getaway in the bahamas, but now they are desperate to just go home. it was billed as the first music andtival with beach diet -- and beachside accommodations for stop instead, it is being called disorganized and chaotic. up, say it was not even set island cuisine was just bread and cheese. >> we had no electricity, no showers, no bathrooms, no, like, running water, nothing. nancy: organizers are postponing the festival, just trying to get the people off the is

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tim: lawyers when it did not. the district sued the company and announced a quarter million dollar settlement, part of which will repay some victims. they helped the attorney general's office with the case. >> we are grateful for the district attorney's office, showing they are interested in protecting the immigrant community. tim: they can still provide other services, but they are etingd from mark employees as attorneys. i called the company several times tonight without answers. to callials decide back, we will tell their side of the story as well. live in northwest washington, tim barber, abc 7 news. -- we nowan update know the identity of the servicemember killed in the helicopter crash in blue leonard town if they. killed. two other servicemembers are in critical condition. >> i said, sweetie, one of them died. it's sad. remains: the scene heavily guarded as the military continues its investigation. nancy: clear video of this group, accused of attacking and robbing a man on a red line train, and were tonight