broadcasts across the uk of briefings from scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon is annoying david watson, who emailed a couple of weeks ago. it is clear that you cannot please all of the people all of the time but to tell us how the bbc tries to balance his coverage between the different nations and regions i am joined by to by nations and regions i am joined by toby castle, deputy news editorfor bbc news. by toby castle, deputy news editor for bbc news. toby, thank you for coming on news watch and let's start with the fa ct watch and let's start with the fact that huge parts of the uk have been in here 3a weeks, even months. why did bbc news make such a big deal about london going into tier three? well, i think we made a big deal about london going in this week to tier 3 because it was a big new story. and that's not to say that when leicester went into tighter restrictions, or nottingham or liverpool or greater manchester, those were also big news stories for bbc news. and i would say that we covered those in great detail using our specialist correspondents and those correspondents bas

iain watson in westminster, thank you very much. davider uk trade negotiator and the uk director of the european centre for international political economy. iain watson was saying that a no—deal exit would have cost gdp, but even this brexit, which in the old terms between soft and hard, looks like a hard brexit, has been forecast to cost the uk economically. that's right. there will be new barriers to trade between the uk and eu. the deal doesn't prevent those. we are expecting talks to continue into the new year. it will not be anything like a seamless trading relationship. but it is certainly going to be better than no deal, and it lays the framework down for further cooperation between the uk and eu, so it is significant the prime minister has decided to go for this deal. if you look at the whole framing of the last 4.5 years, we are ina framing of the last 4.5 years, we are in a very tight, close, relationship. the vote, ultimately, didn't hinge on fish. a lot of the other issues were about the idea of sovereignty, immigration. where

david asman in for neil cavuto today. a lot of digging for more information is underway. let's go right away to charles watson he is in nashville with the very latest. charles. reporter: david, this is still an active investigation right now police are searching for a motive and suspect in connection to the rv that blew up in the center of downtown nashville yesterday. law enforcement say that explosion was set off intentionally around 6:30 a.m. local time and surveillance video, you can hear a voice telling people to evacuate the area, and then moments later , you see a big burst of flames as the rv explodes into a ball of fire. law enforcement say they are testing what appears to be human tissue found at the blast site. >> i thought maybe it was going to be a propane explosion from an rv, and it turned out to be an intentional act. we have found tissue that we believe could be remains. reporter: metro nashville police say these six officers are heros they were or the scene at the time of the explosion. the blast knocking one officer off their feet and causing what police is hoping temporary hear ing loss an

with so much on the line, both sides going all in we have team fox coverage, david spungt spunt wilmington and charles watson keeping an eye outside the protest rally and give with griff jenkins. >> good evening trace is feels like a classic trump rally here you can see thousands of people gathered behind me. we're here in some of the classic songs we hear in the warmup before them and president as you mentioned is in the air. he'll be here in less than an hour he's coming in fired up on two fronts. first, it is going to be all about a rigged election and remember this is the first time not only we see the president rallying after the election but it is the first time he's in this setting amongst thousands of supporters who are angry and genuinely believe all of the ailses of widespread voter fraud, and are upset they feel that election was stolen that number one sign and chant we're hearing is stop the steal. stop the steal. we expect the president also to go after georgia republican governor brian kemp he's tweeted twice about him. wanting him to get involved, and do more about intervening in the election

watson, bbc news, westminster. the british writerjohn le carre has died. le carre, the pen name for david many spy novels including tinker tailor soldier spy and the spy who came in from the cold. he sold over 60 million books. in a statement announcing his death mr le carre's agent paid tribute to his complex plots and beautiful prose saying "his like will never be seen again and his loss will be felt by everyone interested in the human condition." lizo mzimba looks back at his life. so are you polyakov‘s agent? if polyakov‘s cover for meeting you people is that he is spying on the circus, then he must have a man on the inside, mustn't he? alec guinness in the television version of tinker tailor soldier spy, playing george smiley. the spy master as sharp as he was shy, wasjohn le carre's most enduring and celebrated creation. please, i don't deserve this. who gave the message forjim prideaux to forget about tinker tailor? a 2011 film of tinker tailor won multiple 0scar nominations, including one for gary 0ldman's portrayal of the retired intelligence chief. you're just the messenger. run

watson, bbc news, westminster. the british writerjohn le carre has died. le carre, the pen name for davidspy novels including tinker tailor soldier spy and the spy who came in from the cold. he sold over sixty million books. in a statement announcing his death mr le carre's agent paid tribute to his complex plots and beautiful prose saying "his like will never be seen again and his loss will be felt by everyone interested in the human condition." lizo mzimba looks back at his life. so are you polyakov‘s agent? if polyakov‘s cover for meeting you people is that he is spying on the circus, then he must have a man on the inside, mustn't he? alec guinness in the television version of tinker tailor soldier spy, playing george smiley. the spy master as sharp as he was shy, wasjohn le carre's most enduring and celebrated creation. please, i don't deserve this. who gave the message forjim prideaux to forget about tinker tailor? a 2011 film of tinker tailor won multiple 0scar nominations, including one for gary 0ldman's portrayal of the retired intelligence chief. you're just the messenger. runnin

mark meredith with president trump's response web and david stunt at the justice department with details on the investigation. but first charles watsonve in nashville. charles. reporter: jon, fbi confirming that it is looking into a number of possible suspects in connection with to the rv explosion here in downtown nashville. short while ago, fbi special agent in charge doug confirm reports of police activity at a home in tennessee. that is is reportedly tied to a person of interest. right now, federal authorities say they are not prepared to name any individual it is they're looking at as possible suspects. >> we have over 500 investigative leads follow-upping up on every one of those so at this point we're not prepared to any identify any sie individual. reporter: as for the site of that rv explosion in downtown nashville, authorities say it is a complex in expansive scene but they're confident they'll get to the bottom of it. police say the bomb squad is on the scene. and there's currently no reason to believe any additional explosive devices or positions in the city this, of course, following a massive rv explosion around 6:30 ch

i'm joined now by david hersenborn, politico's chief correspondent in brussels — and our own uk political correspondent in rob watsona paper. when any eu talks to get to the crunch point a time called the tunnel with they really focus and negotiate. is that about right? we hear sometimes of the tunnel, we gather in the summer income of the go underground. there's lots of metaphors and unfortunately nothing changes the hard mask that michel barnierjust changes the hard mask that michel barnier just referred to changes the hard mask that michel barnierjust referred to commit december 31 the transition period ends, which of the chaos of the borders and no with the situation that's out of everyone's control with the coronavirus pandemic, just imagine this chaos unfolding in a situation is utterly preventable if they could just get their heads together and reach a deal. one newspaper, the ft i think it was said the final haggling about fishing comes down to about £30 million which they stay with the price of a single relatively normal premiership footballer. price of a single relatively normal premiershipfootballer. in p

watson standing by keeping tabs in atlanta on the latest. >> a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit friday after the campaigns for senators david perdue andffler failed to provide evidence. the campaign on local election officials to separate in georgia voters who registered after the november 3 general election. the campaign alleged it was illegal for individuals in georgia to vote in a runoff election if they were not eligible to vote in the general election back in november. the suit came following as celebrities, activists and others for people to move to georgia just to vote for democrats in the senate runoff elections. in a statement released friday, the georgia democratic party said this is a baseless despicable attempt to wrongfully disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of georgia voters including members of our military serving abroad. meanwhile, georgia's republican governor and republican secretary of state continues to dispute claims of widespread voter fraud as they try to ease skeptical voters back to the polls. >> there is so much disinformation out there, quite honestly it's gotten ridiculous and it needs to stop. people ne

watson has more. >> reporter: huh, josh. -- hi, jon. a few hundred people behind me taking a listen to senator david perdue right now.se, they just heard from former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, one of several republicans here in the state looking to secure a gop victory, and for haley, that means tying the incumbent senators to the successes of president trump. when you're talking about the conservative judges he's nominated to the supreme court and being tough on adversaries like iran and chai, all things haley has said -- china, all things haley has said wouldn't be possible without the support of georgia's republican senators. >> president trump fought against china, put sanctions on china, and when they almost destroyed the world with this coronavirus, he is shut down the airports, and he's getting us a safe and effective vaccine within a year, and kelly loeffler stood by his side. [applause] >> reporter: and despite his ongoing dispute with top republicans, trump says he'll be hitting the campaign trail in georgia again. the president tweeting: as badly as we were treated in georgia by the republican governor a

david perdue. georgia is in the national pot spotlight with less than a month to go for senate runoffs to determine the balance of you power in the upper chamber. let's go to charles watson, live in canton, georgia with more. hi, charles. >> reporter: hi, arthel. as you know, republicans are ushering out big names all across georgia ahead of the january 5th senate runoff elections, big names like former vice presidential candidate sarah palin who took the stage at the save america rally a short time ago and encouraged conservatives out here to vote in droves. we'll also hear from representative jim jordan in a short time. democrats on the other hand are scrutinizing their message aing ahead of president-elect biden's visit on tuesday to campaign for democrats john ossoff and reverend raphael warnock. the president-elect expressed concerns as relates to large-scale plans for police reform, the thought of talking about it could turn democrats in the runoff election if they're associated with defund the police. at least 25 black ministers on friday signed a letter urging ug reverend warnock to reconsider his pro choice stance on abortion as the two democratic candidates con

watson is live in atlanta with more on this one. charles, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, laura. the campaigns of republican senators davidave the ballots of newly-registered voters in georgia segregated to insure those votes were lawful. the senators' campaigns had argued in federal court that it would be against federal law for local elections offices to count what they call double votes meaning ballots that are cast in the senate runoff elections by people who lived and voted in another state during the november general election. in lynn county only 8 out of 176 newly-registered voters there had voted in another state during the general election. the senators' campaigns unsuccessfully argued that number could rise astronomically around the state specifically with thousands of new and overwhelmingly young registered voters who are likely to lean towards democrats jon ossoff and avenue ideal warnock. in a statement released friday, the georgia democratic party said, quote, this is a baseless, despicable attempt to wrongfully disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of georgia voters including members of our military serving

broadcasts across the uk of briefings from scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon is annoying david watsondon going into tier three? well, i think we made a big deal about london going in this week to tier 3 because it was a big new story. and that's not to say that when leicester went into tighter restrictions, or nottingham or liverpool or greater manchester, those were also big news stories for bbc news. and i would say that we covered those in great detail using our specialist correspondents and those correspondents based around the country to reflect the regional nature. but this week, the decision that london was to go into the tightest of restrictions just as we approached london was a big, big news story. 20 minutes of a 30 minute bulletin, as one of our viewers noticed? i would urge people have to do is look at our coverage in the round. this week alone those two there was an extremely compelling reports from thomas in burnley. we've had a whole panorama on liverpool — just on liverpool — so i don't dispute that this week has been a big week for london. but i would say that if you