donald campbell, the man who lived for speed, is dead. the water speed re cord making an attempt on the water speed record which he held. one of the la st two record which he held. one of the last two adventurers left. no one can failto last two adventurers left. no one can fail to mourn the loss of this brave man. that iconic footage, you know, of the woodbird, just a very gracefully taking off from the lake and going several 100 feet up in the air, before doing this enormous backward flip. —— bluebird. and, you know... i've seen it many times, and so know... i've seen it many times, and so nearly did the full 360, but then crashing into the depths of coniston, and my father obviously being killed instantly. i remember going to geneva airport the following day and sitting in the departure lounge on my own, you know. and i could see the newsstand over there. they had british newspapers. there were pictures of bluebird up in the air like this. and "campbell dad". you look at them, but it seemed surreal. i couldn't associate those pictures a

sarah campbell, reporting from clacton in essex. donaldthe author of a controversial book that accused him of being unstable and incompetent. the us president told a news conference at camp david that he had been a "tremendous success", and that the book, "fire and fury," by michael wolff was a work of fiction. here's david willis in washington. boarding a flight to camp david for meetings with senior members of his party — the image of donald trump that leading republicans would like to project, one of order, professionalism and control. instead, the president is battling claims contained in this book that senior advisers share the view that he is mentally unfit for office. so the commander—in—chief took to social media to assert... later, he took aim at the book's author, michael wolff, who had been given access to the white house to write it. i consider it a work of fiction, and i think it's a disgrace that somebody‘s able to have something — do something like that. the libel laws are very weak in this country. if they were strong, it w

donald campbell was attempting his latest record at lake coniston in the north of england when thingsher. my dad was donald campbell, and in the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, my father and my grandfather were both the most prolific land and water speed record breakers. they were pioneers. when you thought that a car back then had a maximum speed of 50 miles an hour, and somebody pushes it over 100, then to 200, then to 300. i think it's a rollercoaster, you know? you break a record and everybody comes gushing up and says, fantastic, you've broken a record. what's your next one going to be? it is like the mouse in the wheel. you keep wanting to move forward. it was my dad's job. it was what he did. so i was not really aware of the magnitude of his achievements and the dangers. i only knew him in a child's eye. i wish i'd known him longer. i think he was a fascinating character, with tremendous drive and personality and a dogged determination. he wasn't a touchy—feely lovey "come here, give me a cuddle" type dad. i worshipped the ground he walked on, but was it a daughter—father relationsh

one of the volumes of the 22 but those two parts of the petitioners and can we do talk about donald campbell outside -- >> [inaudible] is that happening? >> yes, the good news is that the johns hopkins university press has given up their electronic rights to the project in the project will now be part of rotunda which is the university of virginia and the gold standard for editing or publishing these projects electronically and it will be with the founding fathers papers. i think ratification to the constitution those will be involved, as well, and it's very exciting and eventually it will come to be. >> that established. what about the question of the petition did either of you people petition? >> unfortunately, within the concept of the title controversy petitioners are kind of like a sign, it's a side issue but in some of the things that i read, you know, i did see them with the congress, various people in congress dealing with some of those petitions but they didn't ever deal with title specifically. >> i would say similarly that i read a prejudiced number of petitions that doesn't quite

of the volumes of the 22, but those two parts of that petitioners, and we can talk about donald and duncan campbell outside of the room. >> and first is digitization, and that happening? >> yes. it is. the good news is that the john hopkins university press has given up the electronic rites s to -- rights to the project, and that is now going to be a part of the rotunda, the university of virginia's gold standard for publishing these electronically and with the founding father's papers. >> that is great. >> and the ratification of the constitution, and the first federal elections will be involved. so it is very exciting that eventually it will come to be. >> that is fabulous, and what about the question of the petitions? did either of you deal with the pe the tigss? >> unfortunately, within the n concept of the title controversy petitioners are kind of a side issue. in some of the things they read, you know, i did see them with the congress, various people in congress dealing with some of the pe ttitiopetitions, but the ever deal with the titles specifically. >> i would say similarly, i read a prod

but there's two parts of that of the petition, and -- donald and duncan campbell outside. >> first digitization, is that happening? >> yes, it is. the johns hopkins university press has given up their electronic rights to the project. the project will now be part of rotunda, which is the university of virginia presses gold standard for editing or publishing these projects electronically and it will be with the founding fathers papers. >> that's great. >> i think the petition, constitution, first federal elections are also going to be involved, so, it's very exciting. eventually, it will come to be. >> that's fabulous. what about the question of the petitions? did either of you deal with the petitions? >> unfortunately, within the concept of the title controversy, petitioners are kind of like a side. we are kind of like a side issue. in some of the things that i read, i did see them with the congress, various people in congress, dealing with some of those petitions. but they didn't ever deal with titles specifically. >> yeah. i would say, similarly, i read a prediggous number of petitions. that

campbell said i had a conversation with my dad not long ago and he went on to say he summed up donaldrump in one word. he said in this is mr. campbell referring to his dad he said he's dangerous. you said you know, your dad is very astute. you will hear from the president tonight and i think the president is going to speak to a country in which millions of people share your concern of february for, 2016 about the president who you believe then would be abusive to the constitution, a bully and dangerous. in my minute remaining i'd like to ask you about your schedule because you have an unusual propensity for not releasing what is going on on your schedule. i direct you to friday may 5t may 5th. you spent the day in pulse oklahoma and that night you were scheduled to give a keynote address at a fundraiser for the oklahoma publican party because of the hijacked you cancel that event. you're not allowed to go into fundraising for parties in the position that you are in. that was the original reason for your trip to tulsa that day. the only thing that shows on your schedule for that day is

campbell, bbc news. the row between donald trump and his former top aide, steve bannon, has intensified, with lawyers for attributed to mr bannon in a new book about the trump presidency. he's quoted as saying that a meeting between mr trump's son and a group of russians during the presidential campaign was "treasonous". 0ur north american editor, jon sopel, reports. hell hath no furious like a bannon scorned, it it would seem. steve bannon, who was described as the brains behind donald trump, is now out in the washington cold after his extraordinary attack. the warm words of last summer but a distant memory. i like of last summer but a distant memory. ilike him, of last summer but a distant memory. i like him, he is a good man. he is not a racist, i can tell you that. he isa not a racist, i can tell you that. he is a good person. he actually gets a very good —— of unfair press in that regard. but we will see what happens with mr bannon, but he is a good person and i think the press treats him frankly very unfairly. rounding on the president and president's son—in—law during the campaign, saying: and tha

sarah campbell reporting from cla cton sarah campbell reporting from clacton in essex. in the us, donaldice. he's told a news conference that his success in business, television and politics is proof of his capabilities. and he's dismissed the book's author, michael woolf, who was given long—term access to the white house, as a fraud. from washington, david willis. boarding a flight to camp david for meetings with senior republican the image of donald trump that republicans would like to project, one of order, professionalism and control. instead, the president is battling claims contained in this book that senior advisers share the view that he is mentally unfit for office. so the commander—in—chief took to social media to assert "actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart". later, he took aim at the book's or the michael wolff, who had been given access to the white house to write it. i consider it a work of fiction, and i think it's a disgrace that somebody is able to have something, do something like that. the libel l

news on loran campbell and this is our main headline right now u.s. president donald trump has delivered closing remarks to the world economic forum in switzerland he told the audience that america first doesn't mean america alone he said he supported free trade but added that it must be fair and reciprocal. fighting corruption is topping the agenda at the african union's annual summit underway now in ethiopia's capital addis ababa over the weekend african heads of state and government are due to join the discussions on what's seen as one of the key challenges facing societies across this continent our correspondent in nairobi brings us this report about how corruption affects people's daily lives. police checkpoints in nigeria have been part of everyday life for years. but here they're not about maintaining security they're little more than payout stations of corruption. although the chief of police outlaw long ago his colleagues continue to stop cars and money. we are on the road from lagos the economic capital of nigeria to the neighboring country. traders and trav

let‘s talk to economic editorjohn campbell who was there in belfast for us. donaldthe aviation minister told a commons committee recently as well when he said he thought bombardier we lose this one. in practice, what will that mean? well, things have changed a little bit over the last number of months because there was a stage where this would have meant that there was no way that bombardier was going to be able to sell its new plane, the c series, into the united states. that would be devastating for a company that not too long ago had teetered on the brink of bankruptcy and it would have been very damaging for the bombardier plan to belfast. what we had last year was that audacious deal worth an airbus came in and effectively to control of the c series project. the huge global error in article company of said we can do two things here. we will be able to sell more of these planes through arabic sales network and secondly, we can use our existing factory inside the united states, to actually construct the series and get around the tariff problem. while this once wo