well, today, the national security advisor, robert 0'brien, has said that the president wasn't briefedbecause it was uncorroborated at the time. he said that the information was included in the president's daily intelligence briefing, but the career cia officer who was giving that briefing decided not to include it in the mention that — the report that she gave to the president for the simple reason that it was unverified intelligence, and mr 0'brien said he supported that decision. now, president trump has described all this as a hoax, made up by the fake news media. but the fact is, mike, that it is well—known that the president doesn't, perhaps, pay the closest attention to his daily intelligence briefing, and prefers, on many occasions, to rely on an oral summation and on information he gets from the conservative news media. now, today the white house spokeswoman, kayleigh mcenany, said that the president does indeed read his daily briefings. she attacked the new york times for the leak of this, publishing the leak of this information, and she said the president is the most informe

kevin 0'brien has hit english poets everywhere before straight to david willey here. england. ireland gave a debut to curtis camphor, south african raised with an irish passport and in innings he could certainly be proud of. andy mcbride was going well too, a0 and then caughtjust when was going well too, a0 and then caught just when he was going well too, a0 and then caughtjust when he was starting to enjoy it. ireland mated to 172 all out, nothing says remember me like five wickets for 30 and david willey could imagine thousands rising to their feet as he led england could imagine thousands rising to theirfeet as he led england off could imagine thousands rising to their feet as he led england off the field. joe wilson, bbc news. and england are 8a—a in reply. a reminder they need 173 to win it. 89 needed from around 200 boston southampton. we will keep an eye on that for you throughout the programme. a look now at some of today's other main stories. england will not play in next year's shebelieves cup in the usa. the fa says the decision has been made "based on exis

aidan 0'brien going for a fifth win.y but the organiser is thrilled that they get a chance to shine this afternoon. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at 6.a0pm , bye for now. good afternoon. england have named dom bess as their number one spinner, for their long—awaited return to test cricket with the opening match against west indies starting next wednesday in southampton. he's been selected ahead ofjack leach and moeen ali. there's a 13—man squad, with an extra reserve list. with more, here's our cricket correspondent, jonathan agnew. this is a bigger squad than england ta ke this is a bigger squad than england take on winter tours, but such is the uncertainty over ernest, despite being locked in a bio bubble, that nine players will be in return. it is interesting to see who has failed to make either squad. moeen ali has failed, for example. 0n the other hand, dom bess is rewarded for his successful trip, dispatching bleach to the reserves, while ruth's absence for this reserve means others will take the other bat

national security advisor ,'brien, attorney general barr and of course, secretary of state pompeo, wholed the relationship fundamentally detrimental to the united states. all of this tells you you should expect the u.s. to continue this escalation with china through november, even as most u.s. officials recognize that president trump is currently on track to potentially lose in november. their actions could fundamentally alter the course of the bilateral relationship on the people of change. ,onathan: from your perspective are these surgical or are they reactive and unpredictable? meredith: from the u.s. side? jonathan: yes, i am wondering if there is an ultimate objective, whether this is just ad hoc. meredith: i wouldn't call it ad hoc, but i wouldn't part of a -- i wouldn't call it part of a grand strategy at all. what is clear is the president has given a green light for his officials to get tough on china, thinking about help them in the polls, although he has been disappointed by that. but president has been very clear that his phase i one trade deal is off limits. so you see thi

a big smile on your face this 0'brien, chairman. a big smile on yourface this morning.l perspective, you have got people who are missing their friends. from an organisational perspective, a lot of our volunteers are olderand perspective, a lot of our volunteers are older and have been shielding. we have had to mccain, adapts. everyone has used social media to keep socialising. there has been a falling out or two as well because people have been frustrated. we are taking our return very seriously and trying to manage everything so everyone is safe. more than anything we just want to get together with our mates again and enjoy what we love. you mention some of the new rules, no saliva on the ball, players keeping socially distant. rules, no saliva on the ball, players keeping socially distantm it manageable? 0f players keeping socially distantm it manageable? of course it is manageable. cricket has never stood still, it is always adapted and we will do that. we'll be doing it perfectly? i'm sure we won't, but will be trying really hard to make things happen, to try to get

futures" exclusive interview the first on program to warn public what china communist party was doing briene on this yesterday i saw headline that says that senate committee backing notion to allow americans to sue china over the virus. >> look we are recognizing reality when it comes to china, not just on the virus but issues have been compounded you talked about hong kong we talked about, the uighurs this isn't negative view of chinese government a negative few of xi jinping americans have almost no confidence he will do right thing that he will tell the truth and i think that is important, because at the end of the day, he is on top, of that communist regime calling shots, i think for america to wake up to this is really healthy not a moment too soon. maria: dagen? dagen: american people have great common sense virus came from one place, china. will the there is one nation one communist government that unleashed it on the world. china. killing hundreds of thousands of people are on the globe. and more than 150,000 americans. we're not stupid, we know where it came from, and we know what

. >> additionally national security adviser robert -- brien national economic director larry kudlow calling zeldain pressure to see you zeldin, thank you for joining us assess the threat for us. >> of the threat is huge this is something that started before the coronavirus pandemic hit our country. obviously, china has been much more in the news, we a desperately relied on china for personal are protective equipment we rely on them for other countries around the world, for ventilators medicines, so part of that supply chain discussion is one that you find the average american engaging in now. but what we saw, whether it is social media like company like tiktok, launched an investigation last november, after they tried to -- musical -- we also, seen it with the race for 5g huawei, ability with that infrastructure, to be able to collect are personal communications of individuals the theft that takes place, of u.s., patents, and intellectual property that list goes much further, and this has been one that congress has been engaged in for years he, that our country has had huge amount of tensio

brien: so you teamed with a virtual transparency group and you put together this session for people whot's all based upon the trust that we have to transmit now, brian, transparency, how do we market, how do we promote, there's so many things that are different today and one of the big ones is should you be open or holding resources so that we can open with resources in a few months. you know we are hearing about vaccines and we are starting to see the end of this in a sense. you know, brian, we are six months into this, the clock has been ticking up and i think it's starting to tick down and by the end to have year we will be back in business, certainly early 2021. are these restaurants going to have resources to reopen when the market is there? that's what worries me so much. brian: when this first happened, maybe they will put a camera to show how clean my kitchen is, let everybody know we are throwing out menus when we are done with it and all you do put phone on it and your menu pops up, let me just tell you who is running your food, it's only going to be one person and they are we

brien: i don't put my books in the backpack. steve: it's a man bag.k, i have to walk around with stuff. greg: you have a professional but you walk around like you're a college student with big lumpy backpack around the office and, i mean, it's embarrassing to your cohosts. ainsley and steve will not tell you this but i will. this is tough love and you can find about it in the book. i write about kilmeade in the book. i talk about his problem. steve: really? greg: inspiration. ainsley: i'm looking at how many books shakespeare wrote. surely it was more than 9. greg: well, he wrote a lot of plays. basically i was sick of my own voice because i'm a constant complainer and i thought, why don't i write a book that has solutions to the problems i complain about and a lot of the problems in here is kind of the the unbending minds, people that won't listen to you, and so i decided that this book would be just a kind of philosophy on how to be a better person when there's a lot of stripe in this world and just so happens i wrote this book before the pandemic a