following the talks in the black sea resort of sochi, vladimir putin said both he and angela merkel wereeriously concerned about ukraine.

chancellor merkel of germany will travel to the russian black sea resort of sochi to meet russian presidentmir putin at his summer residence later. since the conflict in ukraine, ties between russia and germany have worsened. now it's time for world business report. back in the black — after two years of losses, bp‘s set to reveal it's making profits again thanks to the rise in the price of oil. and, can the thrill of the auction room be recreated online? we investigate the digital challenges for the likes of christies and sotherbys. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. bp‘s expected to say it's been making a profit in recent months, drawing a line under years of painful cost cutting and transformation as it grappled with low oil prices. using the oil giant's preferred measure of underlying replacement cost profit, last year it made a loss of $2.6 billion — a 55% fall on the year before. the shift in the price of oil on global markets was the main reason why — the white line shows you the slide. it bottomed out at $27.88 a barrel injanuary 2016. the yellow line shows you bp‘

navy aircraft in the black sea on tuesday.ents ago, fox news has learned that fighter jet was armed with six surface air missiles under its wings. they told me the incident lasted about an hour and incurred a national airspace and the black sea not far from crimea. since that time, the u.s. military has stepped up its fights in the region. in fairbury, russian fighter jets buzzed a u.s. navy destroyer in the black sea has dozens of u.s. army tanks and hundreds of american shoulders deployed to romania, not far away for a training exercise. there is no word -- >> jenna: 2, and our is a long time. muscles on that jet knowing that it was armed and significant progress the reaction from the pentagon? >> just in this breaking news, officials are more alarmed now. anytime you have missiles under a wing of an adversary which they called dirty, there's a lot of pause for concern and it follows a number of recent provocations in the region. these officials acknowledge that any time you have two russian-american jets flying hundreds of

the german chancellor angela merkel will travel to the russian black sea resort of sochi to meet russianr putin at his summer residence later. they're expected to discuss efforts against terrorism, the middle east and the peace process in ukraine. since the conflict in ukraine, ties between russia and germany have worsened. the united states has issued a new travel warning for europe, saying americans should be aware of the continued threat of terror attacks. the state department cites recent incidents in britain, france and russia and warns that the so—called islamic state and al-qaeda have the ability to plan and carry out attacks. officials say they're not responding to a specific threat. 0rganisers of a luxury music festival in the bahamas which was abandoned in chaos on friday are being sued for $100 million. lawyers have brought a class action suit alleging fraud and breach of contract. concert—goers were promised the "cultural experience of the decade" at the fyre festival. but instead of upmarket accommodation and gourmet cuisine they were greeted by half—built tents and cheese s

neil: that is in the black sea. >> in the black sea, correct. neil: i'm sorry. >> no problem.on tuesday a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane, p h 8 poseidon, international airspace, routine reconnaissance mission in black sea, they increased significantly since 2014 since russia annexed crimea. this u.s. navy aircraft is flying in the black sea and russian yet comes within 20 feet of the u.s. navy plane. that is close considering both jets are flying hundreds of miles-an-hour, that russian jet armedith six air-to-air missiles. that is rare with intercepts. normally they are unarmed. comes after a couple of russian capable bombers flew over alaska. first time they had advanced russia su-35 jets with them. what is noteworthy, neil, the latest intercept in the black sea, occurred the day before russian foreign minister sergey lavrov traveled to washington. a day before secretary of defense jim mattis went to lithuania on russia's doorstep to calm nervous allies. neil: this same photo of lavrov at the white house with donald trump. kremlin photographers allowed in, u.s. press not. kre

navy destroyer in the black sea as dozens of u.s. army tanks and hundreds of american soldiers deployed to romania, not far away, for a training exercise. melissa, it's note worthy that same u.s. destroyer the russians buzzed in february, uss porter, was one of the fighters who launched missiles in syria. fox also learned about another incident, this time in asia. a ugs attack jet was intercepted by south korean war planes just 70 miles from the uss carl vinson strike group currently steaming in the sea of japan. additionally, we have also learned a new russian shipment of u.s. service to air missiles have arrived in syria doubling the number of missiles russia has in syria after leading a new cease fire agreement days ago. and, melissa, that russian shipment arrived in syria one day after the russian foreign minister arrived here in washington. what's more, it occurred on the same day defense secretary jim mattis traveled to lithuania on russia's door step to reassure nervous baltic allies. melissa? >> melissa: wow. lucas, thank you

at german chancellor angela merkel held talks with russian president vladimir putin in the black sea resort, the first one-on-one between the leaders in two years. it comes at a low point in german russian relations. during a frosty press conference it was crystal clear that the issues defining -- dividing the two have not disappeared. >> it was a warm spring day as angela merkel met president putin. but inside, the tone was cold. they described the talks as detailed but did not go so far as to say they were constructed. the two leaders appeared to make little progress on the conflicts in ukraine and syria. at a joint news conference, merkel pressed putin over civil liberties and the rights of minorities. >> i made it clear how important the right to protest is in a civil society, and how important it is. i talked about the very negative reports we have received about the treatments of homosexuals in chechnya. i asked president putin to use his influence their and also, when it comes to the treatment of minorities, like jehovah's witnesses. that prompted a sharp response. >> i said t

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the german chancellor, angela merkel, holds talks with president putin, in the black sea resort of sochi've discussed the conflict in ukraine which has strained relations between moscow and berlin and the war in syria. and paula radcliffe says she feels "hurt" by proposals which could see top athletes losing their world records. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party's plans to put an extra 10,000 police officers on the streets. mr corbyn insisted he wasn't embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott's difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election policies. the gaffe has overshadowed the launch of labour's policing policy for england and wales. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. anti—social behaviour... 0n the beat this morning in southampton jeremy corbyn promising money for 10,000 more police officers in england and wales. labour wants to put police on the streets embedded in local communities. do we continue cutting poli

angela merkel has been holding talks with president vladimir putin in the black sea resort of sochi.l also urged mr putin to protect gay rights in chechnya. lucky to be alive — the surfer rescued from the irish sea after drifting for more than 30 hours clinging to his board. he was described by the aircraft crew as being very cold, suffering from hypothermia and been out overnight and all of that following day in the water. he was in surprisingly good condition. and paula radcliffe says she feels "hurt" by proposals which could see top athletes losing their world records. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party's plans to put an extra 10,000 police officers on the streets. mr corbyn insisted he wasn't embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott's difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election policies. the gaffe has overshadowed the launch of labour's policing policy for england and wales. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo report

following the talks in the black sea resort of sochi, vladimir putin said both he and angela merkel wereeriously concerned about ukraine. here is steve rosenberg, looking at how russian media view the meeting. this report says the meeting does not mean a thaw in relations between russia and germany. the paper says don't expect a breakthrough and suggest that angela merkel needs this visit more than glad you put in. this newspaper is more upbeat and says that her visit to sochi couldst signal a restart in german— russian relations. this report says it is vital for angela merkel to work out the correct approach to relations with russia, which could affect relations between russia and brussels. it quotes a political pundit who says that merkel and putin will decide what to do next. what's more, both moscow and berlin have to deal with a variable by the name of donald trump and it is still not clear how the americans will work out their foreign policy on europe, including russia. finally, nothing about marco's visit to sochl nothing about marco's visit to sochi. instead, an interview with ma

navy plane on the black sea. naval officials say the interaction that comes after a series of similar incidents with long range bombers becoming a common site off the coast of alaska. those bombers coming from alaska. alaska. those bombers coming from alaska. what you make of russian policies. despite the trump russian collusion story. i think it has changed. donald trump was saying so something nice things vladimir putin during the campaign and then it changed. and rex tillerson the secretary of state has said our relations are at the lowest they had been since the cold war. >> it got a lot worse. in these incidents are very serious. i bet the pentagon is very upset about it. the russians have not been doing this just in the past several weeks but the past several years. they had been intervened on the airspace. i remember there is one incident where they grew close to the area of norway. they have to scramble them because they were flying so close to them. so he is playing a very aggressive game here with the w

jet and an american fighter plane operating in international airspace happened yesterday over the black sea than 100 miles south of crimea. the russian fighters flu between 45 feet of the plane. this is the second close encounter this week. u.s. satellite has picked up missile movement in north korea. satellites show that kim jong is prepapering for launch. right now the u.s. is simpling monitoring. them a senior north korean diplomat has opened the door to have direct talks with the united states. other reporters were told the country will hold dialogue under right conditions with the united states. earlier this month president trump also expressed willingness to meet with the leader of north korea under certain circumstances. >>> president trump is gearing up for a big week, he's preparing for his first trip abroad since taking office. he'll carry with him a message of unity. the political fall out of the firing of james comb my as fbi director has sparked some concern of political leaders abroad. cnn correspondent nick robinson take a look. >> trump, comey, that russian meeting is enough

the meeting on the black sea coincides with serious cease-fire talks that are cosponsored by russia andy. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am emma chandra. this is bloomberg. thanks. happening now, fbi director james comey facing the senate judiciary committee. he is giving his opening statements, which he says he intends to answer hard questions from the committee and says he never leaked information on trump or on clinton and he never authorized the leaks on trump or clinton on those probes. feinstein has already spoken, saying the announcement from comey on clinton before the election was "extraordinary." you can watch all of this on the bloomberg at tv . conference in beverly hills this week leading investors to discuss out there navigating the term economy. -- the trump economy. with a focus on global real withe, we get one outtake -- one take with erik schatzker. >> we have had a long recovery without wage growth rate what i was hoping either president was going to get was wage growth. the first quarte

navy aircraft flying over the black sea.resident trump welcomed russian foreign minister sergey lavrov to the white house. and just yesterday, another russian jet flew into south korea's air defense zone and within 70 miles of the uss carl vincent strike group. here to talk former u.s. army green beret captain ben collins. i'll start with you. what is it going to take to get these russians to stand down? what do we have to do? >> well, gerri, i think first we have to recognize exactly what it is that they are doing. you know, the russians are famous for using what's known as a gray zone attack, which means, you know, if you can sum up their motto, it's to do everything they can to disrupt the current order. so they'll use military, political, psychological, and economic attacks. we saw it in the way that they tried to influence the elections in the u.s., the way they tried to influence the elections in france. you know, the military aspect is part of it and the psychological part of it as well, as in the, you know, how they

they met in sochi, the russian resort on the black sea.te house says president trump and president putin spoke by phone today. the call is being described as a very good one, and that terrorism, north korea, and syria were among the topics covered. officials say both leaders agreed the suffering in syria has gone on "far too long." meantime in syria, at least 37 people, mostly civilians, are dead after a surprise attack at a crossing frequently used by iraqis and syrians seeking safety from the war. officials say militants attacked before dawn. and men have been detained weapons confiscated after counterterrorism police in france, according to the ap. this comes five days before the french presidential runoff. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. it is after 5:30 p.m. tuesday washington, 7:30 a.m. wednesday in sydney. paul allen joins us with a look at the markets. good morning. it could be a subdued day around the asia-pacific today

it happened yesterday over the black sea more than 100 miles south of crimea which is right now russianitory. the russian fighters flew within 45 feet of the navy plane. this is the second close encounter in just the past week. >>> back to washington now, this so called russia thing was on his mind when he fired james comey a few days ago. the white house says a meeting between trump and russia talked diplomat was quote "very good." it makes a lot of people where we stand in the u.s. and with this white house. >> matthew chan was in moscow. >> reporter: president trump fired his fbi chief, james comey. he holds a first meeting with the russian foreign minister in washington and he even allowed himself to be photographed and smiling. i actually think the russians don't know whether they should laugh or cry of the chaos of the united states now. they have been doing some of both starting with the russian foreign minister himself who joked about the comey dismissal and sarcastically claiming he had no idea what happened. it also revealed the extent of which russian officials almost rebelli

about here, russian build up of forces on the borders of the baltic states, what is happening in the black sea. many military activities that are there that are threatening to our nato allies. and they look to the united states. >> yeah. steve, so the question is, so what happens if putin divides the west? >> well, that's a great and scary question, don. i mean, you know, i can imagine in my mind's eyin getting up every morning and looking out over the kremlin walls. he sees the russian federation and beyond the borders nato. one of his most significant strategic goals is to weaken and drive edge wedges in nato and the key nato partner, which is the united states. if you look at the past couple of months it's been a really good run. nato i think is in someone unchartered waters politically. we are seeing some cracks and additions showing up. they might get reput together in an interesting way, but that's too soon to tell. he has to be pleased at that sort of problem for nato at least. and then of course the united states he has managed to kind of just stir things up and get so much smoke and s

navy reconnaissance plan over the black sea. it was armed with six air-to-air missiles under its wing as it but said the u.s. navy potassiu as it but said the airspace. it's very rare for a russian jet to intercept a jet while armed, making this highly provocative. and another incident yesterday, russian jet 24 passed into the south korean air defense zone prompting south korean military to scramble two of its fighter jets to the sea of japan. the russian jet came within 70 miles of the uss carl vincent strike group, which arrived in the area last month. so the white house today also confirming its short list for fbi director, among them being considered, former police commissioner ray kelly. former house intel chairman mike rodgers, congressman tray gowdy, john, and acting fbi director andrew mccabe. senator cornyn is among those being reviewed in this process tomorrow. joining me now to discuss russia's provocations, trump's decision to fire comey, the white house's efforts to replace the director. former cia thoracohost of th

navy reconnaissance plan over the black sea. it was armed with six air-to-air missiles under its wing as it but said the u.s. navy potassiu as it but said the airspace. it's very rare for a russian jet to intercept a jet while armed, making this highly provocative. and another incident yesterday, russian jet 24 passed into the south korean air defense zone prompting south korean military to scramble two of its fighter jets to the sea of japan. the russian jet came within 70 miles of the uss carl vincent strike group, which arrived in the area last month. so the white house today also confirming its short list for fbi director, among them being considered, former police commissioner ray kelly. former house intel chairman mike rodgers, congressman tray gowdy, john, and acting fbi director andrew mccabe. senator cornyn is among those being reviewed in this process tomorrow. joining me now to discuss russia's provocations, trump's decision to fire comey, the white house's efforts to replace the director. former cia thoracohost of th

german chancellor, angela merkel, will hold talks with the russian president, vladimir putin, in the black sea relations between moscow and berlin. so what are the chances of a break—though? the bbc‘s steve rosenberg is in moscow and jenny hill is in berlin. jenny, want does angela merkel want from these talks? what she has wa nted from these talks? what she has wanted for some time which is both sides in the ukraine conflict to stick to that minsk agreement. in addition to that, i think she wants to discuss the situation in syria and talk about mr putin's support for the assad regime. this has been at the forefront of getting the two sides to stick to that agreement. also at the forefront of europe sticking to its imposition of sanctions, because they have been times it hasn't at the time of agreement. there is not much allusion here in hurling that they will be much of a positive outcome, but this is seen as continuing effo rts but this is seen as continuing efforts on both of those subjects. how is it in russia? very similar. i think it will be difficult for the two lea d e rs think it will

black sea resort. with german chancellor angela merkel at his side, saying his teams did not hack. >> we would never interfere in the political process of other countries. you dwell upon the u.s. which hasn't been confirmed by anything or anyone. it is just rumors. utilized by the american media industry. >> a senior trump administration official tells cnn that's false saying there was evidence of russian meddling in the election. analysts say don't expect putin's hackers to stop now. >> people talk about it, it makes russia seem more powerful than it is and secondly because it does pair to be shifting the conversation on-line and russian propaganda does appear to sway the on-line discussion. support to a certain degree. populistes a extremist scanned dates who are better suited for working with the kronin. >> the first call between the two leaders since the u.s. launched a missile strike in syria, operation which sparked real tension between putin and trump. the strike prompted by intelligence that sy

rejected a demand from exxonmobil to get a waiver on russia sanctions so it could drill in russia's black sea. now, that was not enough, the former fbi director weighing in today in a letter saying to his staff quote i have long believed that a president can fire an fbi director for any reason or for no reason at all. i'm not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. i hope you won't either. it is done, and i will be fine. and now this: the acting fbi director andrew mcabe, he testified senate intelligence today that the trump administration is not obstructing or impeding the fbi investigation into russia. >> the dismissal mr. comey in any way impeded, interrupted, stopped, or negatively impacted any of the work, any investigation, or any on going projects at the federal bureau of investigation? >> there are has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. simply put, sir, you cannot stop the men and women from doing the right there. liz: let's take this to fbi task force member steve. good to see you, steve. >> likewise. i'm sorry go ahead. liz: are you seeing an

militarily aggressive and across the front that the black sea is in front of that includes ukraine andy've been very involved in the united states to influence our election which the intelligence community feels that they did but also in europe, the russian cyberattacks and other active measures being used to try to influence other allies. to not take a position on russia at this nato summit was i think a pretty glaring omission. it's uncertain where we are now. i think our allies are really needing the administration to reconfirm their commitment and i don't think they can do that fast enough and i don't think it's healthy. >> some of the global threats you mentioned were part of the reason that the president during the campaign had promised to increase the military to 540,000 troops, one of the things that i highlighted in that spot. it ends up in the budget that his administration released at the beginning of this past week while the president was overseas. he's sticking with president obama troop numbers of 476,000. how do you read into that? is that a situation where yet again cam

critical waterway which is the suez canal, a very large percentage of all trade flows through the black sea, and if that -- those waterways are controlled by hostile forces, it could present a tremendous danger to international trade. >> the obama admin initiation was has ended if not negative on your operations. has that changed significant with the trump administration? >> yes, and our operations and yemen, we try to do our best to focus on our targets, more than 33,000 targets on a list, and the list is continuously updated. we evaluate every flight that comes back. we go and look at lessons learned. we make sure that when there is a mistake, it is investigated and that we put in place mechanisms to ensure that it doesn't happen again. our aim is to operate our war in yemen at the level of nato standards, that is what we are trying to do and ask the u.s. to provide us with support to achieve that objective and exceed it. unfortunately, over the last few months of 2016, that support was dwindling. we hope that now it can be restored so that we can be more effective at going after the peop

fighter jet armed with air-to-air missiles came within 20 feet of a surveillance planes over the black sea what u.s. officials are telling fox news. we're told it happened tuesday in international airspace near crimea. that's part of the ukraine that russian claimed as their own. u.s. officials said it's very rare and highly provocative for a visibly armed russian jet to intercept an american plane. we're also learning that south korea's air force intercepted a rush jet flying near south korea and the u.s.s. carl vinson strike group in the sea of japan. last week, a pair of russian bombers flew off the coast of alaska forcing the air force to scramble jets to intercept the bombers. vladimir putin says he's ready to play a constructive role in dealing with north korea's nuclear threat. vladimir putin made the comment during a phone call with south korea's new leader. south korea has been one of america's lowest allies and had a major leadership change. the former president -- the current president took the oath of office this week after a corruption scandal led to the impeachment of their f

navy reconnaissance plane over the black sea. now, this happened in international air space.sia. the russian jet coming within just 40 feet of the u.s. aircraft. now, earlier this week another russian plane flew within just 20 feet of a u.s. jet. what message are they trying to send? we'll have more details as they come in. kelly: president trump now peeking about claims -- speaking about claims he asked for former fbi director comey's loyalty at a private dinner shortly after taking office. was it a fair question to ask? >> i think loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. you know, i mean, it depends on how you define loyalty. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm dr. kelsey mcneely and some day you might be calling me an energy farmer. ♪ energy lives here. ♪ the sun'll come out for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure

they say it happened friday morning about 30 miles from the russian border over the black sea.russian jet flew about 40 feet from a u.s. navy plane just like the one you see here. now, it occurred in international airspace and a pentagon official calls this second incident quote safe and professional. the u.s. has stepped up recon flights since 2014. well, companies across the globe right now racing to recover after a massive cyber attack. britain public health system was one of the very hardest hit. but the attack also targeted government agencies and businesses in nearly 100 countries. hackers using malicious software stolen from the nsa to conduct what is believed to be the largest ransomware attack on record. >> what we've now got is a bunch of 21st century highway robbers that have hacked into our nhs and basically offering protection money to get the information back in order to treat cancer patients or anybody else. it's unbelievably disgusting. julie: live from our new york studio here and let's just talk about what we know about this attack because it was very far reac

navy reconnaissance plan operating in international airspace over the black sea. a u.s.l tells fox news the russian jet was armed and the maneuver was therefore provocative. another says high altitude encounters happen almost every day of the week. communication between the united states and russia on many levels has shifted during the trump administration as the two try again to establish a working relationship. >> >> there are a lot of very significant security problem sets across the world. all of them would get easier, right, if russia were to come to the conclusion that it could best advance its interest through cooperating with the united states and others to resolve those conflicts rather than perpetuate them. rhetoric has recently calmed. one month ago rex tillerson met with vladimir putin. recently described state department employees his conversation. >> characterized to president putin is the lowest it has been since the cold war. he did not disagree. he shrugged his shoulders and notified in agreement. i said it's spiraling down, it's getting worse. >> tiller

key ally for the united states because it borders iran, iraq, syria, isis, and russia across the black sea. whatever u.s. policies are regarding those countries or entities, they're much easy wer turkey. but they're easier with turkey, which is a stable country, not a country which is in crisis. erdogan's trajectory has put turkey into a crise. and i think that human rights issues are not about selling american values. they're about making sure that turkey remains a stable place, and the only way for that is, of course, for president erdogan to depolarize turkey's landscape, as well as to become a unifier after having won the referendum. i wish and hope that that came up in the conversation. >> brown: so, ali cinar, finally, to the extent a big part of today was about trying to mend fences in cha has been a very tense time, where do things go from here? >> i mean, they are going to meet, also, in europe for the nato summit, and this talk will continue for their next meeting. but what i see right now is fighting against isis are the most important common strategy for both countries, and hop

son deployed overseas with 1,200 marines spread on the borders with russia from the baltic to the black sea. this is serious business. the ahead of our joint chiefs of staff says russia is our principal adversary. certainly this issue that's been reported in the "the washington post" about director comey and this document, that will be obviously fert ilground for questions during director comey's testimony but we do i agree with leon's comments, we've got to get to the bottom of this. a very troubling pattern has emerged over the last few months and the security of the american democracy is at stake in the investigations that are juntd way right now. >> do you believe it was appropriate for president trump to fire comey? >> i think the circumstances, the firing as explained by president trump are incredibly suspicious and they just add to this pattern of suspicion. wolf, you were talking about the pattern. you have a decision made by russia confirmed by our intel agencies in june or july that they want to influence the election, defeat hillary clinton, elect donald trump. you have donald tr

the states, but here, at a news conference alongside the italian prime minister in russia in the black sea resort of sochi, vladimir putin talking about that meeting president trump had with foreign minister lavrov and saying that they do not believe, the russians, that they were passed any sensitive intelligence in that meeting. president putin saying, i spoke to lavrov, his foreign minister, today. and joking in kind of a deadpan way that president putin does, i'll be forced to issue him with a reprimand because he did not share those secrets with us, not with me, nor with russia's intelligence services. it was very bad of him. but then president putin goes on to criticize the criticism of president trump unfolding there in the u.s. president putin saying, it's hard to imagine what else can these people who generate such is nonsense and rubbish can dream up next. what promises me, the president of russia says, is that they are shaking up the domestic political situation using anti-russian slogans. either they don't understand the damage they're doing to their own country, referring to th

navy aircraft over the black sea on tuesday of this week.ached slowly. the entire encounter lasted about an hour. more as we get it this morning. in the meantime president donald trump saying the buck stops with him in the fire of james comey claiming it was his decision all along. this as we learn new details about his dinner with the ousted f.b.i. director some

navy plane this week in the black sea. the russian jet flew in a parallel direction. prompting the the u.s. plane to change course. the approach was still safe and professional, unlike some others. >>> breaking news out of texas. about 100 homes evacuated in beach city, just east of houston, after lightning struck he's oil tankers igniting a massive fire. homes within a half mile have been evacuate as a prekaux. >>> a delicate rescue in southern california. trues air-lifted this 1200 pound horse out of a ravine. >>> finally, change is coming to the candy industry. several major companies have frau agreed to pript the calorie count on the front of their packages. >> what? >> don't do it. >> so when you reach for your m & ms, snickers, skittles, you'll clearly see the calories. do we really want to know? >> that's not going stop us. >> i know there are a lot of unhealthy calories in there. i'm going the eat them any way. >> i'm going to be proud of it. >> i work out the eat. >> there you go. >> i do, too. >>> we go to the scare in the water. more than a dozen sharks spo

the incident tuesday over the black sea. the russian su-27 jet came within 20 feet of a u.s. poseidon aircraft before it peeled away. they were flying in international air space. the mission commander considered the interaction safe and professional. >>> an ohio coroner reopened the investigation into an 8-year-old's death after he was allegedly bullied in his final days. gabriel taye took his own life in january. he was only in the third grade. the public school he attended is expected to release video that reportedly shows this little boy being attacked in the bathroom. jamie yuccas looks at how the boy's mothschool did not tell t mother about the assault. >> that happened two days before he committed suicide. if the coroner amends the death certificate he says he would sent the case to the prosecutor's office. if it's determined violence contributed to his death. >> reporter: an assistant principal at carson elementary school in cincinnati found 8-year-old gabriel taye unconscious. inside the boy's bathroom on january 24th. he was sent to the nurse's office and then taken

navy plane in the black sea this week.he american plane was conducting routine operations when the russian jet flew in a parallel direction coming wing tip to wing tip, prompting the u.s. plane to change course. the approach was still safe and professional, unlike some others. >>> breaking news out of texas. about 100 homes evacuated in beach city, just east of houston, after lightning struck these oil tankers, igniting a massive fire. homes within a half mile radius have been evacuated as a precaution. no injuries are reported so far. >>> a delicate rescue in southern california. crews air lifted this 1200-pound horse out of a ravine off its rider fell off a hiking trail. thankfully both are okay this morning. >>> finally, change is coming to the candy industry. several major companies have now agreed to print the calorie count on the front of their packaging. >> what? >> don't do it. >> so when you reach for your m & ms, snickers, skittles, you'll clearly see just how many calories you're packing on. do we really want to

navy surveillance plane and a russian fighter jet over the black sea. it happened earlier this week. apparently the two aircraft came win 20 feet of each other. us officials say the plan was conducting a routine operation international air space when it happened. next up a crime crack down from the department of justice. attorney general jeff sessions telling the nation's federal prosecutor' pursue the most serious charges possible against most suspects. the move undoes on obama era policy that was aim at easing prison overcrowding sessions made fighting violent crime a priority for the doj. >> james comey drama getting new yorker treatment. check out the cover of the new issue called ejected and it shows a drawing of the former fbi director getting dragged down an aisle by attorney general sessions while president trump looks on reminiscent of that united passenger getting philly thrown off a plane. now, in the meantime presidet trump now offering his fullest explanation yet for the firing of fbi director james comey it came down sit down with nbc news

navy aircraft over the black sea on tuesday of this week. it happened a day before russia's top diplomat made his visit to the oval office. it approached slowly. the entire encounter lasted about an hour. more as we get it this morning. in the meantime president donald trump saying the buck stops with him in the fire of james comey claiming it was his decision all along. this as we learn new details about his dinner with the ousted f.b.i. director some time ago. i'm bill hemmer. >> shannon: i'm shannon bream. at the white house doubles down on the sacking of james comey president trump saying he had planned on firing him even if the deputy attorney general and attorney general did not recommend it. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> it was my decision. i was going to fire comey. there is no good time to do it, by the way. >> in your letter you said you had made the decision. he made a recommendation. he is highly respected, good guy, very smart guy. the democrats like him, the republicans like him. he made a recommendation. but regardle

happening two days after the russian fighter jet came two pete navy surveillance plane over the black seasive worldwide cyber attack hackers using a tool done from the nsa lock up thousands of computers at hospitals, companies. demanding hundreds of dollars to at free them from ransom wear. forcing hospitals to close emergency rooms and turn away patients. fedex and the russian ministry have also been impacted and folds of honor is literally taking a stand for the american flags group holding event in dallas. we talked about this last weekend. raising scholarship funds. major dan rooney recently joined us to tell us how all of it works. >> we have a group of great americans down here. and they are committed to stand every day until they raise a million dollars. they are standing 13 minutes at a time. the reason for the number 13 is there are 13 fields that bring the flag to triangled shape. abby: thanks to our jean are you viewers they have raids money for 151 scholarships. that is incredible. nostopping until they reach $1 million. >> it's a great organization. jon: despite the mainstrea

we need to get into the baltic and black sea with further warship deployments and allies engaged in maritimeon both those fronts. we need to do better with the intelligence and sharing and, finally, we need a better cyber policy within the alliance. those are leadership roles in the military operational dimension that i think would be very effective for us. >> richard, i would just add to what was said. we can make these alliances to show putin that that article v line is a real line and do what jim and others have advocated, beef up the american armored presence in europe. we who will owed it out for the afghan and iraq wars. finally, there's something that the president needs to stand up and commit himself, and commit our country to the continued support of these european allies. it was striking. a lot of people noticed this. striking how differential he was to arab autocrats he was and how disrespectful he was to prime minister markovich, to chancellor merkel of germany. that kind of leadership, respect for the democratic base of this alliance, the key to the whole enterprise. that's what

in my heart of hearts you will not only persevere, you will prevail and i look out in the black robes at a sea of leaders that will lead your families, your professions and our country to unimaginable heights. grove city college class of 2017, this is your day. the future is yours. go get it. thank you, god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. [applaus [applause] >> all right, this is a fox news alert, i'm elizabeth prann, welcome to a very special edition of news headquarters along with leland vittert. we've been listening to vice-president pence speak to grove city college. there was an inspirational tone in the speech, trust the dreams in your heart and never let go of those dreams and trust god. he spoke personally about his life lessons and his life journey. he said hold onto your calling and never let it go. an inspirational speech, 30 minutes from a commencement speech to the class of grove city college, a christian university in western pennsylvania. david: no coincidence where the college was. western pennsylvania key to the pence-trump victory in november. it wa