claimed the first piece of silverware from the english domestic summer, defying somerset in the bob williswin, and did just that, taking the final courtesy of their superior first innings total. southern vipers won the inaugural rachael heyhoe flint trophy, beating northern diamonds by 38 runs. charlotte taylor took six wickets to finish the tournament as the leading wicket—taker. france's julian alaphilippe won the men's road race on the final day of the world championships in imola. great britain's tom pidcock came 42nd, more than nine minutes down. a little earlier, i got the reaction of chris boardman, former world champion time trialler and part of the bbc commentary team. he's a flamboyant character, incredible at reading the race, he made one move in the whole race and there was about 300 metres of road where he could have made it and everybody knows he will do it and it still makes it work so it will be a popular winch and that will he or won't he all the way down made it fantastic. he was really emotional, you could see what it meant to him. in terms of the british hopes today? th

essex say their bob willis trophy celebrations did not meet their "inclusive values" after a muslim playereroze khushi had beer poured over him on the balcony at lord's following sunday's victory over somerset. the club say they'll educate on diversity and that further work needs to be done across both sport and society in general. next — the rain at roland garros may have felt suitably british — but as far as the singles competition goes, that's the only british element left. heather watson was the last one standing today — but she too was beaten in her opening round match — the sixth brit knocked out in three days. patrick gearey was watching. paris has become a lower city for the british after a repeated french exit heather watson remained at the party. she began brightly, guiding drop shots. perfect. dodging raindrops. but there was another peril in the air. powering back. rappelling in the dominating the tie—breaker, rappelling in the dominating the tie—brea ker, wrestling the rappelling in the dominating the tie—breaker, wrestling the set on the grasp, french for now, she was to mash

the cricket season finishes this weekend with essex fighting it out with somerset for the bob willis. it's a new competition brought in to allow the county championship to take place, despite the disruption caused by coronavirus. though the sport has managed to defy some of the bleakest predictions, there's much uncertainty over what lies ahead, with many expecting fewer professional cricketers in the game next season. patrick gearey reports. the first frost is forecast and cricket nearing the end of it spell. he's got them! but now the dreaded walk from the wicket, is accompanied by more doubt than usual. cricket‘s finances are precarious. next spring, some players may not have jobs. it's not fixed. there's always that anxiety around that, but obviously with the state of finances and the unknown of what lies ahead, i think that's certainly heightened this year. if thoughts are gloomy now, it was worse in may when there was talk of english cricket losing £280 million this year. they got through the storm in a bubble. the bya through the storm in a bubble. the by a secure return of in

the final of cricket's bob willis trophy is delicately poised heading into the fifth and final day atns with three second innings wickets remaining. opener tom lammonby starred for somerset reaching a century in quick time, and his side looked in control when they reached 187 for 3, but a flurry of late wickets saw them slump to 227 for 7 at the close of play, so it could be a really thrilling finish tomorrow. anna van der breggen became only the second rider in history to win both the women's road race and the time trial at the world cycling championship. the dutch rider broke away for a solo victory, ahead of defending champion annemiek van vleuten. great britain's lizzie deignan finished 6th overall. former commonwealth champion rochelle gilmour is commentating for the bbc, and i asked her to put van der breggen‘s win in context. it's amazing to think that no other cyclist has ever won a world time trials championship and world vote trials championship and world vote trial championship in one competition in one week. know the man in history has ever done that so for her to do that

claimed the first piece of silverware from the english domestic summer, defying somerset in the bob willist lord's to win, and did just that, taking the final courtesy of their superior first innings total. southern vipers won the innagural rachael heyhoe flint trophy, beating northern diamonds by 38 runs. charlotte taylor took six wickets to finish the tournament as the leading wicket—taker. julian alaphilippe has won the road world championships road race in italy. he broke away with just over ten miles to go and held on to the finish at the imola motor racing circuit. he's the first french world champion for 23 years. thomas pidcock was the highest placed briton in a2nd place. fabio ouartararo has moved to the top of the motogp championship after winning the catalunya grand prix. valentino rossi was challenging the frenchman for victory in barcelona, but he crashed out with nine laps to go. quartararo, who'd started from pole, held on for his third win of the season to move top of the standings. a stunning final round of 6a earned americanjohn catlin a second european tour title in a mo

essex are into the final of cricket's bob willis trophy.uaranteed to be one of the two sides with the most points in the competition, which has replaced the usual county championship this season. essex beat middlesex by nine wickets at chelmsford. former england batsman ian bell has played his final first—class innings before retirement. bell fell just ten runs short of his century in warwickshire‘s second innings against glamorgan in cardiff. four—time tour de france champion chris froome and 2018 winner geraint thomas made it safely to the finish of the second stage of the tirreno—adriatico race in italy. it ends on monday. thomas is 22nd overall and using it as prepartion for next month's giro d'italia. let's get the latest on the tennis now. after a pretty manic monday, we've reached the quarter—final stages at the us open. our tennis correspondent russell fullerjoins me now. jennifer brady is a woman on a mission there. she is. had a great start to the summer after the tour‘s resume with a win in lexington, kentucky. it is now in a gra

after one of their muslim players had alcohol poured over his head during celebrations after their bob willis buttleman pouring beer over him. in similar situations, england's world cup victory for example. other players have waited for muslims moeen ali and adil rashid to step away before spraying champagne. essex put out a statement earlier phone short of apologising but they have said... all week on bbc news, we are highlighting racism in football through the stories of people working in the game. today, we will be hearing from emile heskey, the former england and liverpool striker. heskey, who recently accepted a role with leicester city's women's team, experienced racial abuse at club

cook scored 172 for essex against somerset on day three of the final of the bob willis trophy at lord'sury in first class cricket. the match is delicately poised though. essex lost late wickets, including cook, and will resume their first innings on 271—6 in reply to somerset‘s 301. if the match finishes as a draw the side with the biggest first innings score will be champions. to tennis now and the french federation say they regret the restrictions meaning only a thousand spectators each day can watch the french open, which starts on sunday. organisers had already reduced the number from 11—and—a—half organisers had already reduced the number from 11,500 5,000 but they've now been forced to comply with new government coronavirus restrictions. by contrast, more than half a million people attended the event at roland garros last year. well, ahead of the tournament, defending champion rafa nadal said he expects things to really toughen up over the next couple of weeks. nadal has won the men's singles 12 times since his debut in 2005, but the clay—court event usually takes place in early s

essex say their bob willis trophy celebrations did not meet their "inclusive values" after a muslim playerr poured over him on the balcony at lord's following sunday's victory over somerset. the club say they'll educate on diversity and that further work needs to be done across both sport and society in general. now, britain's involvement in the french open singles is over as heather watson became the latest to exit the competition after the first round stage. watson started well but her french opponent recovered and took the first set to a tie—break which she dominated. again in the second, watson allowed early momentum to fade as the french player took the plate in straight sets. no bricks in round two for the first time in seven years. after the match, watson admitted she can't see where future british success will come from. i think, where future british success will come from. ithink, personally, that more players need to get help rather than just helping your selected, i don't know how many there are, handful of players and i feel like there needs to be a bigger pool of support and t

essex have won the inaugral bob willis trophy, the revised county championship that's taken place overive—day final at lords and though the match was drawn, essex were declared the winners by virtue of having scored more runs in theirfirst innings. plenty more on the bbc sport website, including the line up for this weeks womens' fa cup semi—finals, arsenal against manchester city is the pick of the ties. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.. hello. this is bbc news. let's return now to wales, where two of the country's biggest cities have gone into lockdown tonight. the new measures affect both swansea and cardiff. neath port talbot, torfaen and vale of glamorgan will have tighter restrictions imposed from tomorrow. the first localised lockdown in wales, in the town of llanelli in carmarthenshire came into force yesterday. the measures mean that almost two million people in wales — or two—thirds of the population — will be under local lockdown rules by 6pm tomorrow. announci

essex are on top against somerset on day three of the final of the bob willis trophy which is being playedhas passed his century. a few moments ago essex were 196 for1 with cook on 131. you can follow that match right across the bbc, and it's being streamed live on the bbc iplayer and the bbc sport website. i'll be back with more later. that do very much. a week of police action against drugs gangs in england and wales has led to a thousand arrests, and the seizure of drugs worth more than a million pounds. the move has been against so—called ‘county lines‘ gangs. that's when organised criminals in cities expand their market by forcing vulnerable children to sell drugs for them in smaller towns. police said the operation was the most successful of its kind, with around 10% of the country's county lines drug networks being shut down. sian lloyd reports. police! police! they'll be sold a lie, they'll be told its just a day but that could turn into two weeks, so you've got a missing person inquiry, so we need to keep the kids safe. drug dealers don'tjust deal class a, they'll deal whatever th

essex are on top against somerset on day 3 of the final of the bob willis trophy which is being playedok has been in fine form and passed his 50. —— he is now on 103. a few moments ago essex were 144—1. you can follow that match right across the bbc website and it's being streamed live on the bbc iplayer and the bbc sport website. i'll be back with more later. supermarkets have warned that shoppers could face larger food bills next year, if the government fails to agree a post brexit trade deal with the european union. the british retail consortium has calculated that if the uk's new global tariffs are applied to eu food and drink imports, it could cost an extra three billion pounds a year. our business correspondent katy austin reports. the vast majority of the uk's imported food comes from eu countries. at the moment, that's not subject to import taxes called tariffs. that could change from january, depending on whether a brexit trade deal can be reached. talks restart on monday, but there is no agreement yet. if there is no trade deal, the uk will apply tariffs to food and drink com

. >>> coming up on "morning joe" bob woodward will join joe, willie and mika.ss that. >>> joining me once again congressional reporter for politico andrew. there's so much to cover from the town hall last night i think one of the things that piques my interest the most how this president is essentially saying, look, i want to keep the american public calm i don't want them rushing out and panicking over what is happening. this is a president that when seen protests in the streets over racial injustice writes when the looting starts the shoots starts which could feezly cause panic in the streets of this country and this president continue and is on tape with bob woodward saying i wanted to play this down. yet he feels as if he can stand on abc news with george stephanopoulos and say that's exactly what he wasn't doing >> yeah. you'll recall in the run-up to the 2018 mid term elections the president was talking about a caravan coming from central america that was going to just ravage the country with violence and such you know, he was defending down playing it at

bob, it's willie.e been telling people, and we've all been saying on this show that anybody thinking about casting a vote should have to sit and read your book as a civic duty, because it does reveal more than anything i've seen about this president who he is, what he really believes on the record. and as someone who's spoken to him so much over the last year and gotten inside his head and understood the way he thinks, there are some people who say, oh, his defenders, he's just throwing things out there to make you guys, you know, chase it down a rabbit hole. but he has made very clear and did again last night that he's going to cast doubt on the outcome of this election. and then last night, he called on a white supremacist group to stand by. he told people to go to polling stations and keep an eye on the vote. he's been clear. when you say it again and again and again, somebody better start to believe that he's going to do something after this election, if the vote shows he doesn't win. so, what are

he scored 172 for essex against somerset on day three of the final of the bob willis trophy at lord'sst made it to the ground on time though after their plane was diverted. warrington ran in five tries, including this late one from danny walker which wrapped up the victory. wigan are up to second after beating wakefield trinity. bristol are through to their first european rugby union final. they needed extra time, but they beat bordeaux 37—20 in the challenge cup semis, max mailins scoring two tries. bristol's previous best in europe came 20 years ago, when they reached the semifinals of the same competition. they'll face either toulon or leicester for the trophy in three weeks' time. if you haven't yet heard about british athlete elliot giles, it's quite a story. he's been building his form over the last few years and now has managed second in the 800m at the diamond league in dubai. we have to remind ourselves that back in 2014, a terrible car crash left him with temporary brain damage and a knee so badly injured that he first had to learn to walk again. british driverjade edwards,

bob woodward joins us at the very top of the 7:00 hour of "morning joe." along with joe, willie and me, we have white house reporter for the "associated press," jonathan lamire, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. but let's start with the state of the presidential race with 48 days to go until the election, the latest cnn/ssrs poll out of wisconsin likely voters has biden with a ten-point lead over president trump in that state, 52%-42% while the latest "morning consu consult" poll in the state has biden up by nine points, 51%-42%. >> willie, let's just start there and look at wisconsin. this is a state that was considered by the trump campaign and the industrial midwest to be the most favorable for them. i think it's very illuminating that all of the polls after june 1st, when donald trump cleared out the park of peaceful protesters on june 1st to hold his bible upside down -- i think it's very instructive that his poll numbers dropped then. afterward, jonathan lamire reported, and we'll talk to him about this in a second, that the

which is that he knowingly turned his back on the virus and the people he's sworn to protect. >> willie, bobued president as an interview subject for years. he and i interviewed the president together in 2016, the title of the book comes from a quote in that interview, i bring the rage out, always bring the rage out. but president trump, as you know, going back decades, has tried to be his own public relations coordinator and he wanted to be involved in this project. senator graham, according to my own reporting was encouraging to the project. and you see others in in the president's white house who are encouraging of the idea, but it was president trump, to be clear, based on my reporting, who was driving this and his interest in talking with bob woodward. because it comes through in the book that the president was seeking what he called, quote, a good book with his other books that he finds unfavorable he wanted a good book and he was pursuing bob woodward as someone he could have a mark on history. >> he thought a good book was going to come out of saying on the record that he intentional

not only would they pack the supreme court, they said they are going to do it with bruce willis, billy bobnteresting lineup. >> quite a court. >>> president trump says we will learn his choice to replace supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg by the end this week. he was campaigning in ohio last night. the president focused mainly on the supreme court claiming any supreme court justice appointed by joe biden would quote mutilate the law and distort the constitution. president trump met with one potentially nomly, amy coney barrett yesterday at the white house. >>> republicans are flip-flopping on whether or not to confirm a new supreme court nominee during an election year. problem nominated merrick garland nine months before the election but the senate never gave him a hearing. >> if there is a republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say lindsey graham said let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination. and you can use my words against me, and you would be absolutely right. >> it has been 80 years since a s

. >> and coming up this wednesday on "morning joe," bob woodward will join joe, mika, and willie foris first cable show interview over his new book. you don't want to miss that. >>> meanwhile, in a heated exchange with jake tapper, peter navarro sought to defend the president following the revelations in bob woodward's book that trump knowingly downpaid the virus threat. take a look. >> the president is absolutely right. what he need dodd is be calm, hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst. but he needed to focus on -- >> we have heard -- >> that's what we did. look, you had nancy pelosi dancing with scarves in chinatown at the end of february saying, come on down. you had de blasio and cuomo in march saying come on down. >> why wasn't the president straightforward with the american people? >> he was straightforward. >> no, he wasn't. >> look, jake, jake. i'm telling you. >> answer the basic question. you want to talk about what you want to talk about. >> you're cherry picking. >> no, i'm not cherry picking. on february 7th, he knew it was in the airnd it was five times dead

bob. but today and yesterday startling facts came out, it's not just old, older people. it's plenty of young people. >> willieer see "absence of malice"? >> of course. >> did you

bob. but today and yesterday startling facts came out, it's not just old, older people. it's plenty of young people. >> willie, did you ever see "absence of malice"? >> of course. >> did you see the final scene -- >> you didn't ask me. >> -- mr. brehmly turns to his assistant da and says, tell me what you're going to do after this job and he basically said, yes, you are, i'm your boss. when i look at mike pence and i see him lying through his teeth. a man who, i mean from everything i've noun, heknown, man of great faith and he let us know that through his entire public life that he's a man of great faith so who's to doubt that. i just wonder, though, when he's lying through his teeth for this president, i really do, i go what's mike pence going to do after this? where does he go to get his reputation back? because donald trump's been lying through his teeth about the coronavirus for well over a year. and the -- my -- my favorite part of what pence said and what trump is saying, when they're drawing these churchill compa comparisons we're just like churchill keeping calm and carrying on. i said on this progra

bob woodward's book, quote, last night the last two nights. good morning and welcome to "morning joe" it is thursday september 17th joe has the morning off but along with willier the associated press, jonathan lemire and nbc news contributor shawna thomas we're following tropical depression sally moving inland after hitting alabama and florida with flooding rain and storm surge. >>> plus remarkable comments from attorney general bill barr. attacking prosecutors in his own department of justice and saying the stay-at-home orders in the early month of covid-19 were the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in american history, other than slavery. >>> also this morning, the big ten football season will take off next month president trump is taking a victory lap but at least one college president said it had nothing to do with him at all. >> let's start with president trump and the director of the cdc who appear to be at odds over the potential of the timing of a vaccine and wearing a mask. robert redfield said yesterday a vaccine will not be widely

bob, but just today and yesterday some startling facts came out. it's not just old, older people, it's plenty of young people. >> so willie, we have so much to talk about what went on at this event. >> superspreader event. >> it does get worse the more you read it. but 200,000 people dead, donald trump said it doesn't affect the young. which again, he's still lying to people at superspraedead events >> while he's on stage and they're clustered together while they spread the virus and potentially kill each other, he has no contact with him. >> while they force people to wear masks behind donald trump who's telling everybody clustered together -- we'll show you a clip in a second where a lieutenant governor is booed for asking people to wear masks. booed. this is going to be looked back upon, it really is, i think the way that we look back at the salem whiitch trials where just mass insanity takes over a group of people -- >> and kills many of them. >> -- and kills a lot of them, and they ignore -- they choose superstition over science. they choose the -- well, they choose, basically, death over life. look at this -- look at this clip. >> this is the lie

bob dylan, the rolling stones. all of it blown up including this idea that rock is a history of progress. the last one is ellen willis. work with me, these ideas are -- those of you who had to do this assignment, analyzing these sources, you know what i'm talking about the. these are a little more complicated. it's worth being careful and laying the foundation. 1941, pioneers rock critic. here is a woman at the center of rock culture. she was the rock critic of new yorker magazine for a number of years. she was a member of two founding radical feminist groups, the new york radical women who helped organize the protest against miss america and the red stockings. willis was a creative, an original thinking across a range of areas. she's really interesting for us because she liked rock music. there's much more struggle within the piece i gave you than there is in, say, cock rock. she's more positive. she says, before we succumb to another set of stereotypes, think about what rock did. insofar as the music expressed the revolt of black against white, youth against parental domination, it spoke for both sexes. it pitted g

bob woodward's new book, quote, last night, the last two nights. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, september 17th joe has the morning off, but along with willie associated press jonathan lamere and nbc news and msnbc contributor shawna thomas. and we're following a lot of stories this morning, including tropical depression sally now moving inland after hitting alabama and florida with flooding rain and storm surge. plus, some remarkable comments from attorney general bill barr. attacking prosecutors in his own department of justice and saying the stay-at-home orders in the early months of covid-19 were the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in american history other than slavery >>> also this mortgagning, the ten football season will kick off next month president trump is taking a victory lap. but at least one college president says it had nothing to do with him at all willie >>> it is a busy morning and let's start with president trump and the director of the cdc who appear to be at odds over the timing of a potential coronavirus vaccine and the importance of wearing masks. director robert redfield said in a senate hearing yesterday, a va

essex had said that the bob willis trophy celebration did not and would limp meet their inclusive valuell your support for now and it is all your support for now and it is time for your questions answered. you've been sending in your questions on the new restrictions coming into place in some areas of the uk. here to answer them is our health correspondent, lauren moss. there is still time if you're a government minister to get those questions in. first of all, this one from carol. do the new restrictions about meeting people apply solely to the areas under the new law? for example i live in county durham but have plans to meet and stay overnight with friends within the rule of six guidance within the next two weeks. would be that considered illegal‘s i think a lot of people who have travel plans like carol will be asking a similar thing. firstly, there are no legally enforcea ble firstly, there are no legally enforceable travel restrictions about around these. these rules will not prevent anyone going in or out of the areas that are mentioned in the north—east. these are legally enforc