chris cook reports.ive channel 4 news investigation. but that fine may be it. the crown prosecution service said there was an error made in our national returns for the 2015 general election. and the electoral commission fined us for that, and we have paid that fine. the cases dropped today relate to a battle bus campaign which took tory activists and shipped them into target seats. now, what these cases actually demonstrate is a real oddity in our election law. specifically, there would have been no investigation at all, and no problems at all, had those tory activists simply handed out leaflets that only mentioned david cameron and the conservative party at large. the problem was that, and i quote the electoral commission, "they found social media posts where activists from the coaches "were holding campaign material promoting individual candidates." the reason they drew that distinction is that our law distinguishes between national spending — promoting parties — and local election spending . , , 7— ,

let's speak to our policy editor chris cook. the manifestos of the main parties, chris, what did you make of this one. one quite striking thing about this is that it doesn't do well in one of the tests are set for the labour party when we talked about this on tuesday. i said one thing you want from a good manifesto is a sense of whether the people behind this have a good enough understanding of the issues, that they have done their homework so that they can credibly deliver. it doesn't mean it is a fully worked out timetable, it is showing a working, showing knowledge. and the odd thing about this one, especially after the labour and liberal manifestos which were very detailed, things to contest in all of them but very detailed, there is no working at all in this. it's actually slightly mysterious how much these social care changes will bring in, what these tax changes will do, all this stuff is completely asserted. it's a booklet almost without numbers in it. they give you the answers without the calculations. thank you, chris.

chris cook.n policy of her predecessors. she repeated the conservative pledge of 2015 which promised, and failed, to reduce net migration to below 100,000. i think it is important that we continue, and we will continue to say that we do want to bring net migration down to sustainable levels. we believe that is the tens of thousands. and of course, once we leave the european union, we will have the opportunity to ensure that we have control of our borders here in the uk, because we will be able to establish our rules for people coming from the european union into the uk. that's a part of the picture we haven't been able to control before, and we will be able to control it. leaving the eu means that we won't have free movement as it has been in the past. so why is it back again? does it show renewed commitment? or a brazenly political need to talk about achieving it against all the odds? shortly before coming on air, i spoke to former tory leader and welfare secretary iain duncan smith. i asked him

chris cook has been delving inside the ifs report. 0ne topic was central to the last two general electionsit over the next four yea rs. as we reduce the deficit. our country is facing the largest budget deficit in modern history. and you can expect it to recur in this one. we need a credible plan for dealing with the deficit. despite a rather different contexts. we will clear the deficit as soon as possible. the financial crisis and recession increase the deficit to the highest level since the second world war back in 2009—10. it has generally fallen since and is back to level before the crisis, a bit above the average but not high by historical standards, so there is a case for more deficit reduction, not least because we have racked up debt over the years but not a deficit so large it is extraordinary or out of normal bounds. it stands at about 3% of national output, which is a bit high but less than the deficits of france, the us and japan. more than the deficits in germany or ireland and the permanent memento of the crisis, the debt burden is 80%, still smaller than the us, france and

our political correspondent chris mason reports. cookw, heating our home — we have all got to do it, but it's not cheap and the conservatives say too many are being ripped off. the key thing is that people are clearly paying too much for their energy bills today. too many ordinary working families, too many ordinary working families, too many vulnerable people, find themselves on tariffs that are above that that they should be paying and that's why we are taking action. for the second day, an idea that might ring a few bells, this is the labour ma nifesto ring a few bells, this is the labour manifesto from two year ago and they they would ensure that bills would fall not rise. the conservatives say their idea now is more subtle, although we have been told some around the cabinet table thought it was too crude. but we know rewind and the tories didn't like the idea. we would love to live in a marxist universe. but he needs a basic lesson in economics. little wonder the former labour leader raises an eyebrow. no guarantee rises won't rise

our political correspondent chris mason reports. cookunch, making a brew, heating our home — we have all got to do it, but it's not cheap and the conservatives say too many are being ripped off. the key thing is that people are clearly paying too much for their energy bills today. too many ordinary working families, too many vulnerable people, find themselves on tariffs that are above that that they should be paying and that's why we are taking action. for the second day, an idea that might ring a few bells, this is the labour manifesto from two year ago and they they would ensure that bills would fall not rise. the conservatives say their idea now is more subtle, although we have been told some around the cabinet table thought it was too crude. but we know rewind and the tories didn't like the idea. we would love to live in a marxist universe. but he needs a basic lesson in economics. little wonder the former labour leader raises an eyebrow. no guarantee rises won't rise under tory policy, he asked the energy secretary. asking for a fri

our political correspondent chris mason reports. cookingeating our home — we have all got to do it, but it's not cheap and the conservatives say too many are being ripped off. we would introduce a cap. people say to me, that doesn't sound conservative. my response actually is that when it comes to looking at supporting working people, what matters is not an ideaology, what matters is not an ideaology, what matters is not an ideaology, what matters is doing what we believe to be right. for the second day, an idea that might ring a few bells, this is the labour manifesto from two year ago and they they would ensure that bills would fall not rise. the conservatives say their idea now is more subtle, although we have been told some around the cabinet table thought it was too crude. but we know, rewind and the tories didn't like the idea. we would love to live in a marxist universe. but he needs a basic lesson in economics. little wonder the former labour leader raises an eyebrow. labour's shadow energy secretary said. it is not a tory policy. i

a preview of the show‘s highlights, which include a tasty garden collaboration between dj chris evans and cookingt of their 50th anniversary celebrations. now, this is one of the gardens, there'sjo wiley‘s scent garden, there's zoe ball's listening garden. this is the chris evans taste garden. now, he has spent the morning here, broadcasting his breakfast show, and he's here today to tell us a bit more about it, along with somebody who definitely knows what to do with the produce of this garden, mary berry. chris, first, tell us a bit about this garden. well, as you say, it's one of our five feel—good gardens. ours is taste. so, to be honest, i'm a bit of a fraud, the first time i saw it was this morning. mary's been much more involved in it than i have. but it's marvellous. the thing that i was most surprised by is i thought amongst the show gardens ours might get lost, but the creators of the gardens have really gone for it, and they really hold their own, so we can only be grateful to those guys. but mary has been involved in this. so, fair to say you haven't been down on your hands and knees

a preview of the show‘s highlights which include a tasty garden collaboration between dj chris evans and cooking50th anniversary celebrations. now, this is one of the gardens, there's jo wiley‘s scent garden, there's zoe ball's listening garden. this is the chris evans taste garden. now, he has spent the morning here, broadcasting his breakfast show, and he is here today to tell us a bit more about it, along with somebody who definitely knows what to do with the produce of this garden, mary berry. chris, first, tell us a bit about this garden. well, as you say, it's one of our five feel—good gardens. ours is taste. so, to be honest, i'm a bit of a fraud, the first time i saw it was this morning. mary's been much more involved in it than i have. but it is marvellous. the thing that i was most surprised by is i thought amongst the show gardens i might get lost, but the creators of the gardens have really gone for it, and they really hold their own, so we can only be grateful to those guys. but mary has been involved in this. so, fair to say you haven't been down on your hands and knees creating th

our political correspondent chris mason reports. cookingng at home, we have all got to do it but it is not cheap, and the conservatives say many others are being ripped off. if elected onjune eight, we would introduce a cap on energy price rises. sometimes people say to me that doing something like that does not sound very conservative, but actually my response to that is when it comes to looking at supporting working people, what matters is not an ideology, but what you believe to be right. for the second day in a row, an idea that might wring a few bells, because this is the labour manifesto from two years ago, and they were saying that they would ensure that bills would fall but not rise, and they would give the regulator the power to cut bills. conservatives say they are idea is more subtle, old boy you can tell some around the cabinet table thought it was to crude. rewind the clock and the tories did not like the idea. i know we would like to live in some marxist universe where we could control these things, but he needs a basic lesson

believe the accessory is a clunky dud while ceo tim cook has hinted apple's wearable division is worth between $5—6 billion. what you writing? i love chrisng with chris. wishful thinking. with us is maike currie who's investment director at fidelity personal investing 0bviously obviously the french newspapers make fascinating reading if you can read french. luckily savvy can do a bit. they are focusing on the presidential debate last night which was fiery and very personal. presidential debate last night which was fiery and very personalm presidential debate last night which was fiery and very personal. it was very personal. a clash of politics and personalities. the two candidates can't be more different and while the key issues for these two are around europe and immigration, there is a bigger issue and the big debate and that is the debate about times, around nationalism versus globalisation, the world versus the nation and that is quite interesting. you say that but the opinion polls following a debate show that emmanuel macron is the frontrunner for the election. but for a long time, we have been focusing on marine le pen, because o

chris: as we pointed out, house republicans are right now facing angry voters at town halls this weekend. on friday the cook political report, which you know well, the kind of unofficial bible assessing house races, shifted its assessment of 20 seats now held by republicans in the direction of democrats. not saying they're going to win them, but that they're more likely for democrats to win. you could lose your house majority over this. >> yeah. these are the same people that said donald trump wasn't going to run and he ran. he couldn't win the general, he won the general. he couldn't get health care repeal and replace through the house, he got it through the house. look, the fact of the matter is there are sometimes in life you have to do what's right, not what's politically expedient. we believe this is going to be a better product, and by the time people see the premiums are lower, it's a better service, more options, more choices, they're going to reward the republicans that stood up and said we're not going to see the obamacare system -- which is failing and collapsing -- continue any longer. we're goi

xavier lucky had been at a family cook-out for his sixth birthday yesterday, it happened near a park on livingston road in southeast, d.c. cri chris gordon has the story. >> reporter: today i spoke with a relative, this is so sad. the family brought 6-year-old xavier lucky here to this playground and park yesterday to celebrate his birthday, but it ended in tragedy as he was struck by a car crossing livingston road. today we found party hats on th ground by a picnic table where the family came yesterday for a cook-out. it was a party to celebrate xavier lucky's 6th birthday. >> he was such a good boy. he was so full of life. he was always excited, full of joy. he was a happy little boy. it's just such a tragedy that it happened on his birthday. >> reporter: it started out as an evening of fun, with a party on this playground and dinner in the park. it's unclear how or why he decided to cross livingston road just after 7:30 p.m. he was hit by a car which continued on for a distance. the driver then pulled over and called 911. >> he had to lose his life because somebody was careless behind the wheel. all i can do for his mama was ju

up next, meet the local girl whose cooking skills are stunning even celebrity chefs. >>> coming up today on ellen, chrisratt is stopping by talking about the film and his family. >> so fun. ellen airs weekdays at 3:00 right here on nbc 4. be sure to stick around for news 4 at 4:00. >>> i'm major kevin stone and i want to say to my mom in virginia. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> you know, news 4 tries to work in the community as much as we can. in this case trying to help inspire future broadcasters. yesterday eun and i got to watch behind the cameras as these students at montgomery blaire taped their daily newscast. we went and sat in with the class, talked about troubleshooting on the fly, keeping up with the 24 hour news cycle. kind of a master class if you will in broadcast. >> they were terrific. the blairetw communications. thanks so much for having us. really impressed. i think we have some future journalists on our hands here. >> better watch it. >>> super kids are all over our area. children who put the rest of us to shame with their skills well beyond their years. >> i like to cook, but

we will ask senator chris koontz, democrat from delaware, the democrats calling for a special prosecutor, we will get insight from him as well. we are going to be cookingfibrin designer down will be news as well. i will try not to do that. they had a fire here years ago. >> you look right at home, cannot wait for that, see you soon. we will be right back. if you want to stay on top of your health, one simple thing to do -- is take the pledge to go and get screened for the cancers that might affect you. so stand up to cancer and take the pledge at getscreenednow.org it only takes a minute to take care of yourself, and nothing rhymes with "org"... >> a great song to wake up thursday morning. life outside the building, welcome to "fox and friends" first, the bank could hold you money, a brand-new settlement putting millions in the pockets of overcharged customers. >> cheryl casone here to explain. >> reporter: barclays, $97 million settlement with the fcc overcharging asking customers for pay for services at barclays never offered, their advisory clients, barclays without admitting wrongdoing having to pay $597 million, 2000 accounts were overcharged $40

cooking oil to flour to cosmetics. >> when you have somethng like fruit or vegetable processing waste, you would sell it off as animal feet. >> reporter: chrisbiological systems engineer and assistant professor at uc davis. his lab is studying how food processing waste products might be used other than this compost in the vineyards. they are experimenting with ways to turn it into fuel and looking at how to improve your health. it's part of a growing trend that started a decade ago. >> the skins of the grape, the pigment in them is very rich in something in antioxidant compounds. >> reporter: there's a growing number of grape skin extracts on the market. it's the seeds that piqued her interest. >> if i can make body and skin care products based on that, you would have the natural oil right inside the seed. >> reporter: she was one of the first to see value in wine waste. >> doing body scrubs the oil stays on the skin. >> reporter: at the spa in sonoma, relaxation comes from nearby wineries. >> we use local grape seeds ta are crushed and mixed with other aroma therapy oils. >> reporter: for $235 you get a grape seed bath, body polish and esse

cooking oil to flour to cosmetics. >> when you have somethng like fruit or vegetable processing waste, you would sell it off as animal feet. >> reporter: chrisical systems engineer and assistant professor at uc davis. his lab is studying how food processing waste products might be used other than this compost in the vineyards. they are experimenting with ways to turn it into fuel and looking at how to improve your health. it's part of a growing trend that started a decade ago. >> the skins of the grape, the pigment in them is very rich in something in compounds. >> reporter: there's a growing number of grape skin extracts on the market. it's the seeds that piqued her interest. >> if i can make body and skin care products based on that, you would have the natural oil right inside the seed. >> reporter: she was one of the first to see value in wine waste. >> doing body scrubs the oil stays on the skin. >> reporter: at the spa in sonoma, relaxation comes from nearby wineries. >> we use local grape seeds ta are crushed and mixed with other aroma therapy oils. >> reporter: for grape seed bath, body polish and essential oil massage. >> this is my

chris hayes. house republicans partied in the rose garden afr passing their health care bill yesterday, but today brought e hangover. republicans waking up to the news the cook political report has changed its characterization of 20 house races in the wake of the vote, all reflecting enhance the opportunities for democrats. dave wasserman writing that democrats aren't so much recruiting candidates as they are overwhelmed by a deluge of eager newcomers, including doctors and veterans in traditionally red seat who's have no political record for the gop to attack, almost a mirror image of 2010 when it was democrats who put their political future in jeopardy by voting for an unpopular health care bill and ultimately paid the price. right now 23 republicans represent districts won by hillary clinton in 2016. 14 of them voted for the health care bill, and they can expect to see ads like this one from virginia gubernatorial candidate tom periello what he spotlights as the gop effort to crush affordable health care. >> i'm tom periello and in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that a million virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held

cook it, and of course you get to eat it. >> tell us what you think about any of these videos by going to our facebook and twitter accounts. >> the holiday weekend. >> meteorologist chrisers will have the final check of accuweather. that's when "action news" comes right back. >> we'll be back. welcome to maxx you. you are whimsical, vibrant, statement making. we see what makes you unique. so we have something for everyone, at a price that's just right for you. maxx you. maxx life. t.j.maxx mr. brady, we've been expecting you. will you be needing anything else? not a thing. beautyrest black. get your beautyrest. beautyrest black. look right now at penns landing. looks really nice out there. we're in the middle, of course, of the memorial day weekend, the unofficial start to the summer season. meteorologist chris sowers is here with a final look at the holiday weekend forecast. >> reporter: here's what we're looking at for today. down the jersey shore an easterly sea breeze. cooler, 67. philadelphia, reverse the number, 76. clouds and sun, poconos mostly cloudy, 68 degrees. guys look at that grill. >> i was going to make fun of that grill. >> reporter: it looks flavorful

at blueapron.com/cook >>> shockwaves over the firing of james comey spread from the white house across the country. what about the men and women inside the fbi? let's discuss now. chrisr, former fbi assistant director for the criminal investigative division and former fbi agent, stuart kaplan. also cnn counterterrorism analyst philip mudd. gentlemen, good evening. i can't wait for this conversation. chris, i'm going to start with you. you served under william sessions when he was fired 25 years ago, only other fbi director who was fired and that's the only other time in u.s. history, by the way, that the president has fired the director of the fbi. what does it take to fire, to have a director fired? >> yeah, i always thought that ten-year term was a little bit stronger and i thought that congress intended to take politics out of the fbi director position, but my sense is you have to have cause. i really don't think it's an at-will position. i think you have to have pretty solid cause to fire an fbi director. and, you know, that -- in this case, i'll jump out on a limb here and say i think he had cause. >> you do? why? >> well, i mean, we know -- we all know what the

cooking flour to cosmetics. >> when you have a vegetable processing waste you sell it off as animal feed. you can't really do that with these skins and seized and stems from wine production. >> reporter: chrismons is a biological systems engineer and assistant professor at uc davis. his lab is studying how food processing waste products might be used other than this compost in this vine yards and experimenting with ways to turn it into fuel and how to improve your health. part of a growing trend that started about a decade ago. >> the skins in the grapes in particular, the pigment is very rich. these are antioxidant compounds evidence is showing play a role in preventing heart disease and cancer. >> reporter: there's a growing number of grapeskin extract on the market. it is the seed that peeked jeanette oh gallagher's interest. >> my theory was if i could get into that seed and make body and skin care products based on that, you would have the natural oil inside the seed and this was cool. >> reporter: jeanette was one of the first to see value in wine waist, in 1997 and she has a line of skin care products called nv organics. >> you get a gentle exfoliation and natural oil on the skin. >>

chris. we can eat hot food again. speaking of meal delivery. >> we did not have anything -- my one daughter wanted taco meat. don't heat it up. ate cold taco meat. >> you don't want to cooken it's really hot in the house and i'm so tired of the hum of the air conditioner while you're trying to sleep. we can turn the air conditioners off now. it's cooled off down around the bay area and we're getting sunshine as we look at mt. hamilton. kind of sad to see the hills turning brown again and we're also still enjoying the green as well and parts of the bay area and we're heading into the low 70s today so at least our temperatures will feel more comfortable. 72 degrees in the south bay and the peninsula at 69 degrees and 73 degrees in the tri-valley and 22 in the north bay. we do have high clouds moving in but at least for now we have sunshine. we also have some really gusty winds and sustained winds now in san francisco at 31 miles per hour while many of the inland areas are much more of a calmer breeze and in liver more the wind speeds are coming in from the west at 15 miles per hour. us a make plans for weekend tomorrow the cinco de mayo festival in san francisco and the mi

cooked. there was just overwhelming evidence. we really didn't worry much about moore. >> reporter: but the case against chris latham?me, was the biggest challenge. chris latham is an impressive guy. you know, he's the highest paid banker in charleston, and he was sort of a pillar of the -- >> reporter: a member of society, yeah? >> yeah, he's a pillar of the community. and i think one challenge we had as prosecutors, was to convince a jury why such a distinguished and successful person would commit this crime. >> reporter: but motive? clear as day. the prosecutors told the jury, chris in fact had a lot to lose in his divorce, like reputation, when people found out he'd been living in sin with wendy. >> it's going to come out that he's cheating with his secretary on his wife. >> reporter: and there was money at stake. buckets of money. >> i mean, there's so much evidence that he faced exposure in alimony. $75,000 a year in alimony, forever. >> reporter: prosecutors told the jury that chris was involved every step of way. in fact eight of the 11 pages in the hit pack could be linked to chris latham's phone, computer o

cooking up there, baby, in chester. >> i love it maybe it's because of your tailgating the other day. >> that's it. [ laughter ] >> quick break and we'll be right back. stay with us chrisa disease. it can happen to anyone. help is within reach. all you need to do is ask. vanessa: i was a full-blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. but i got help, and you can too. james: i just know i didn't want to feel that pain anymore. i got help. you can too. aj: most people think addicts are beyond help. when i see an addict, i see hope. chris christie: don't suffer. don't wait. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >> welcome back on this sunday morning. time now is 7:47. we have a mixture of sun and clouds right now stepping outdoors. live along the parkway right n now, looking pretty good. of course, along the art museum steps we're talking about the reach and raise today. as far as temperatures right now 54 degrees. the dew point the measure of moisture in the atmosphere in the 40s it feels really comfortable stepping outdoors. we still have the cool air in place. high pressure is to our north we still have lot of sunshine but cloud cover will stream in again late

our policy editor chris cook is here. what did you make of it?ly important that when we think about manifesto speedo think them as very literal accounts of what a future government is going to do. because frankly the world is too complicated. and you set yourself up for terrible disappointment. i think one of the things i've been trying to look at today is to think about what exactly is reasonable to expect of a political party to put down. otherwise we are at risk of drifting into a conversation about our politics, which is does this tiny sum of money add up to this tiny sum of money and losing the bigger picture. what are the questions we should be asking of labour? this manifesto is a draft for a better future for our country. it's a blueprint of what britain could be. today, labour launched their vision for what britain could be like. their blueprint for the country as much as we expected from the leaked last week. it is a radical prospectus, certainly, but how should you assess their plans? when you read party manifestos i suggest applying t