chris page, bbc news, belfast.get in touch with me and some of the team here on bbc news on social media, on twitter. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm steven wyeth, and live from the bbc sport centre, this is sport today. coming up: the look of world champions. germany ease past mexico and into the confederations cup final. setting the standard, holders australia make it two wins form two with a record run chase at the cricket world cup. and double success for a pre—wimbledon favourite. johanna konta beats the french open champion and then the world number one. welcome to sport today, where it is all about the big names showing how to cope with the pressure. not least in russia, where a year out from the world cup, reigning world champions germany are into the confederations cup final. colm harrison reports on a comprehensive win over mexico in sochi. wednesday the first semi—final had gone all the way to penalties, but this one was effectively over before it had really begun. goretzka dr

chris page, bbc news, belfast.rried out as a result of the grenfell tower fire has so far found that 75 high rise buildings in 26 local authorities failed fire safety tests. the company which makes the cladding that's thought to have been used on grenfell has now withdrawn the product from worldwide sale. and camden council in north london has evacuated several tower blocks after firefighters said they could not guarantee safety, partly because of concerns overfire doors. tom symonds reports. this is the fire door leading to the fire exit. roger evans is staying put in his camden flat despite the mass evacuation of his neighbours. but today he was told this... apparently all the doors need replacing. why? because last week camden council realised these towers were covered with aluminium panels capable of burning in a fire and with that in mind the advice from fire safety experts was that every door needs to be a fire door. what you think the fact you are behind a door that is not a fire door? well, i'd never though

chris page, bbc news, belfast.t by a psychiatric patient has severely criticised the nhs and the metropolitan police. nicola edgington attacked a woman with a butchers knife in bexleyheath in south—east london in 2011. 0n the day of the killing, she had begged the police for help, and told hospital staff that she needed to be sectioned because she felt like killing someone. but she was allowed to walk free out of a mental health unit unsupervised. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan has the details. nicola edgington fleeing a crime scene having just brutally murdered an innocent woman. hearing police sirens, she hides, but officers arrive quickly and the mentally ill woman is arrested hours after telling police and medics that she fears she'll kill someone. nicola edgington had killed before. five years earlier, she had been convicted of the manslaughter of her own mother, but had been released. her victim in 2011 was sally hodkin, a 58—year—old mother and grandmother. today her son told me her death

chris page, bbc news, dublin.hire has been organising a series of election blind dates — a lunch between two people with very different political views. today it's the turn of labour'sjess phillips and the conservative'sjohn whittingdale — this is how they got on. i amjess phillips and i was a labour member of parliament for birmingham and yardley, now i'm the candidate in that election. i was raised to hate the tories. there are still some who i think are three—headed monsters. i feel slightly anxious about going out with somebody, i don't know who it is. i wouldn't want it to be anyone boring. i'm john whittingdale, the parliamentary candidate for maldon, in essex. my confession to you is that i'm taking a night off in the election campaign to go and see iron maiden at the 02. hello! how are you? nice to see you, sit down. we have put more money into education. when people tell me that, i look around and wonder where it has gone. it is not my children's school. it is notjust university education. all of the coll

chris page, bbc news, belfast.passed to set up a new power—sharing executive, and yet another extension has been agreed. downing street says talks between sinn fein and the democratic unionists will continue until monday. if there's no agreement by then, there could be a return to direct rule from westminster. our ireland correspondent chris buckler is at stormont. how do you see the prospects of some kind of agreement by monday?m how do you see the prospects of some kind of agreement by monday? it is worth mentioning that time and time again, westminster had made clear that four o'clock this afternoon was the final deadline for a deal. this evening, stormont still has no government and the dup and sinn fein remained deeply divided on a range of issues, particularly sinn fein‘s demand for legislation that would give official status to the irish language. despite warning of serious consequences, this evening the northern ireland's secretary james brokenshire has given the parties the weekend to try to find a comprom

chris page, bbc news, belfast. tower fire — and reveal the insulation and cladding have failed safety tests. and still to come... he bowls, england have won. they've w011. . . 77 not out — the voice of cricket henry blofeld retires after nearly five decades at the microphone. coming up in sport: with 12 players away on lions duty, wales round off their summer tour on a high with victory against samoa, to make it two wins from two matches. 20—year—old adam withers suffered from an acute psychotic illness. he died after gaining access to an industrial chimney at epsom hospital in surrey three years ago — and the trust has now been fined £300,000 after it admitted health and safety failures in relation to his care. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been speaking to adam withers' mother and his twin sister about what happened. adam withers became seriously mentally unwell in the spring of 2014, paranoid and delusional. while a patient at psychiatric unit at epsom general hospital, one evening he abs

from belfast crown court, our ireland correspondent chris page reports.ore lives than any other loyalist paramilitary organisation. it killed more than 500 people. one of its commanders was this man, gary haggarty. he's pleaded guilty to 200 offences. the prosecution case document runs to around 12,000 pages, covering 16 violent years from 1991. two of the five men who haggarty has admitted murdering were gary convie and eamon fox. the catholic workmen were shot dead at a building site 23 years ago. haggarty was an informer for the security forces at the time. eamon fox's son believes his father's death was preventable. i don't care about the uvf. they'll meet their maker some day. but it's the police, the people who are in authority to protect and serve, they didn't protect my family. they didn't protect this man's family. haggarty had a double life as an agent of the state and as a chief in a sectarian gang. he was from north belfast, where his group had a particularly murderous reputation. so this investigation into the uvf is set to go on to another l

and chris page is in belfast. the last talks to 18 days, no luxury of that with this set.here at stormont negotiators are the game closely at this document would which outlines the deal between the dup and the tories at westminster. a lot will depend on how sinn fein react to it, they haven't said anything publicly yet. as ever in northern ireland, there are two ways of looking at this, one is, many millions more for schools, hospitals, roads, what's not to like? the best thing is for people to get back into government and spend that cash, on the other hand, could nationalists feel a sense of unease about the dup and conservatives working closely together in london, could it mean, some of them would say, the dup get special favours amounting to them getting an answer advantage when it comes to politics back home? andy moore talking to be done here, not a lot of time to do it, an apparent redlined version wenger re: arlene foster herself, they said they would not serve in a power—sharing executive led by the dup leader as first minister as long as a public inquiry is going

our ireland correspondent, chris page, has the latest. belfast is a much changed city.ct is receding into history, thousands were heading to a concert thinking mainly of music and not money is that they did talk about the deal in london which is bringing more cash to this part of the uk. the deal in london which is bringing more cash to this part of the uki think in terms of the economy it will get us on a map. it is a fantastic deal for the people of northern ireland, no question. how it goes down elsewhere we will see. i think it is a waste, you need to get the executive working before we get the executive working before we get more money, it will be wasted. so where will the £1 billion of new money so where will the £1 billion of new money go? £350 million is likely to be spent on health and education, 400 million will go to infrastructure, four example roads and public buildings. 150 million is in marked for improving broadband and a further £100 million going towards deprived communities but the stalemate here at stormont is not about a cash crisis. the main differ

chris page, bbc news, belfast.ht to take his child on holiday during term time has ended with him being found guilty. jon platt was convicted of failing to secure his daughter's regular attendance at school — in a hearing at isle of wight magistrates' court. he's been given a 12—month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £2000 in costs. virgin media has warned more than 8000 customers to change their passwords to protect against being hacked. an investigation by the consumer group which found the super hub 2 internet router was vulnerable to hackers. it was one of several products, including wireless cameras, which were found to have a security flaw. it's the toughest task in world rugby. in just over 12 hours' time the british and irish lions will take to the field in auckland for the first test against the all blacks. we haven't beaten new zealand in the three—match series since 1971. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall reports from auckland. auckland is undergoing a transformation. the lions are coming an

chris page, bbc news, belfast.e with terrorism—related murder and attempted murder after the attack at a mosque in finsbury park in north london in the early hours of monday morning. one man died at the scene and nine other people were taken to hospital. the 47—year—old from cardiff appeared in court this afternoon, and was remanded in custody. 0ur correspondent daniel sandford reports. darren 0sborne being driven off to prison after his first court appearance this afternoon. he's accused of the murder and attempted murder of a group of muslims leaving prayers. in the dock, with a detective on either side, he'd confirmed that he was 47—years—old and said he has no address. he appeared to have a black eye. the prosecution said it was their case that darren 0sborne was motivated by extreme political views and a personal hatred of muslims. they said he had acted deliberately to kill, maim, injure and terrify as many people as he could. the attack, in which a hired white van drove into worshippers leaving prayers, happ

chris page, thank you.y's post—election reshuffle was the appointment of michael gove as environment secretary. it's just under a year since mrs may sacked the formerjustice secretary — and her rival for the conservative leadership — from the cabinet. mr gove has referred to himself as a "shy green" who believes in conservation. but campaigners say that's at odds with his record of opposing measures to combat climate change, as our environment analyst roger harrabin explains. the highlands of scotland, michael gove has sunk their praises. he has called himself a shy grin. conservatives, he said, intend —— tend instinctively towards conservation. that instinct was tested in his own constituency. he said the eu's strict laws protecting places like this had forced up the cost of housing, so those laws should be relaxed. environmentalists oppose his appointment. this is a really concerning appointment for young people. michael gove tried to ta ke young people. michael gove tried to take climate change out of th

now to chris page, who's in belfast. e weekend about whether there is actually a deal in place with the dup. what's the latest? well, the talking will continue but i think there is little doubt that a deal will be done. the question is what shape that you will take. in terms of what the dup are pushing for, according to sources in the party, they are keen for more investment and more money for the economy in northern ireland and want a stronger voice on brexit as well asissues a stronger voice on brexit as well as issues specific to this part of the uk. they want to talk about part of the whole of the uk for example patterns and they want at the winter fuel allowance for older people to be protected. —— pensions. what is less certain is to whether there will be an agreement to restore power sharing here in northern ireland. talks will begin egg and this morning after there was a pause during the general election campaign. —— to begin this morning again. sinn fein increased their strength in the general election as well an

chris page, bbc news, belfast.s into full swing. more than 100,000 music lovers have been arriving at worthy farm, where radiohead will headline the pyramid stage tonight. there is extra security at this year's festival, which opened with a minute's silence, to remember those affected by the recent terror attacks, and the grenfell tower fire. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. the festival began with a minute's silence. musicians and fans remembering those who died at grenfell towers and in the terror attacks in london and manchester. recent events mean already significant security here has increased even further. as thousands of people have come into the festival, bag searches and body searches. and it's notjust at entry points. across the festival site, random checks as well as a police presence that's hard to miss. the organisers try to make sure festivalgoers feel safe without affecting their enjoyment. people here feel they've got the balance just about right. it's a self—policing place. every

moment, we can speak to laura in westminster, but first let's go to belfast, and our correspondent chris page of the deal for northern ireland, especially as negotiations are under way to re—establish the executive at stormont? how has this gone down with the other parties in northern ireland? well, the dup leader, arlene foster, went from one negotiation to another, straight from downing street into talks here at stormont with the other parties, trying to strike a deal to restore devolved government here. there has been no power—sharing executive at stormont since january, and things for the negotiators were on hold until people saw what was in the deal between the dup and the tories in london, and as so often in northern ireland, you have two ways of looking at it. on the one hand, annexed £4 million for interest —— infrastructure, also for health and education, what politician wouldn't wa nt to education, what politician wouldn't want to get their hands on that? on the other hand, could the fact that the other hand, could the fact that the dup and the tories are now working so closely toge

chris page, bbc news, belfast.ey of tower blocks following the grenfell tower disaster. we were telling you that 11 residential blocks in england had been found with cladding which raises safety concerns. we are just hearing that number has gone up, the spokesperson for the department for communities and local government has said that the number of affected tower blocks has now risen to 1a buildings in nine local authority areas. including camden, manchester, plymouth and hounslow. so 1a tower blocks, now, we are hearing from the government hadn't found with cladding which raises safety concern. “— cladding which raises safety concern. —— have been found. police have charged darren osborne with terrorism—related murder and attempted murder, after the attack at a mosque in finsbury park in the early hours of monday morning. the 47—year—old has appeared at westminster magistrates' court — our reporter helena lee is there. it was a very brief hearing and only lasted for mac minutes. he appeared in the dock year at cou

our ireland correspondent chris page reports.? leo varadkar, if expected is elected leader of fine gael, he would be ireland's youngest ever leader, he is only 38 and would be the first openly gay prime minister and the first of asian extraction, he is the son ofan first of asian extraction, he is the son of an indian immigrant. the irish republic's housing minister is also in the race but he fell behind because leo varadkar won the support of most of the members of parliament and the way the voting system works is that the m members of parliament have the biggest say. but members of the party across the country have been voting and those which are being counted right now, we expect a result sometime after 5pm, perhaps towards 6pm. the way the contest has been reported internationally, if you put leo varadkar‘s name into any search engine you get a lot of results from international news sites and almost all of the headlines have focused on the fact headlines have focused on the fact he is gay and half indian. but whenever leo var

chris page, bbc news, belfast.uate one of the tower blocks, an estate in the swiss cottage part of the borough. we now hear that things have developed somewhat in instead of it being one of the blocks, all five of the high—rises are due to be evacuated. this means that some —— 800 residents are likely to be affected, so they can be moved into temporary accommodation and the cladding on the building can be dealt with. it's the type of cladding that seems to have been involved in the rapid spread of the fire at grenfell tower in north kensington, a different boa, last week. we expect to hear a statement from the leader of the council which will no doubt be along the lines of them wanting to offer security and safety, being the most important issues of the moment. and to give residents peace of mind. there is a statement here that we have just received. it is from the department for communities and local government. it says safety of residents is paramount, camden council and fire rescue services are working together

chris page, bbc news, belfast.st studio by denis murray, a former bbc ireland correspondent. great to have you this evening, thank you, lovely to see you, in offering to give evidence against former uvf colleagues how credible witness will gary haggarty be? that cuts right to the heart of the matter and the public prosecution service has until september the 8th which is the date agreed to come forward and say whether they are going to proceed in cases using him asa going to proceed in cases using him as a witness. he will not be sentenced on the other charges until the end of september. today he was given the automatic life sentences for the five murders but since those murders were committed before the good friday agreement the maximum sentence you could serve would be two years and he has already served at least three, three and a half yea rs at least three, three and a half years in prison beforejoining witness protection. that's the big question, it want just witness protection. that's the big question, it want

live now to chris page at stormont. this is all very edgy. that's right.ern ireland, before the early hours of friday morning nobody thought they'd see what has just happened in downing street, the site of arlene foster going through the door of number ten, holding the keys to power, as it were. but that is now what has happened and ever since it became clear that was going to be the situation, the dup were going to be in the situation, the dup were going to beina the situation, the dup were going to be in a position of influence, there's been a clamour of opinion as to what the dup should be asking for, everything from parading to measure specific to northern ireland on brexit. one thing that has come up on brexit. one thing that has come up is that northern ireland should get more economic assistance, if not cold, hard cash for infrastructure projects them for tax breaks to help out businesses. everyone watching to see what comes out of the talks this afternoon but there is another di mentioned to this. the dup are involved in two sets of negotiations, o

indian immigrant who is ireland's first openly gay senior politician. 0ur ireland correspondent chris pages. but the new prime minister is likely to be this man, leo varadkar, a doctor who is openly gay and half indian. he is 38 but has already been the state's health minister, and more recently has run the welfare system. mr varadkar is one of two candidates for the leadership of ireland's biggest political party, fine gael, currently in a coalition government with independent members of parliament. the other contender is simon coveney, the irish housing

chris page reported on what impact the agreement yesterday could have on the prospects for deal stormontment very much suggesting that the deal sets a different context for the talks, that it means that because there will be more money in the stormont part of the power—sharing executive gets back up and running, that is something that may encourage politicians to get backin may encourage politicians to get back in government together and get spending that money. but sinn fein when they came out to give a news conference here in the past couple of hours, really came out with a strong line and i think indicating that a deal is some way. the sinn fein chairperson declan kearney said there would be no movement from the dup on the substantive issues at the heart of the crisis. few issues he mentioned specifically, he said there had to be an irish language act, a piece of legislation which promoted the irish language. and he also mentioned rights for the lgbt community. in terms of the town that said, ithink community. in terms of the town that said, i think we can say there are still major ga

chris page, bbc news, dublin.tion. but how do voters feel about the issue it ahead of the election. graham satchell has been to glasgow to investigate. the people who make glasgow today come from all over the world. can i ask you where you come from? poland. what do you think of glasgow? i like glasgow, i've been living here for overfour years. glasgow styles itself as a friendly, welcoming city, but like the rest of the uk, it's seen record levels of immigration in the last decade and for some, it's too much. there's an awful lot of asylum seekers coming in. i have to admit. i think every country has to curtail the amount of people that are coming in. the standard of this area has gone rapidly downhill, as immigration goes. economically, i don't know but for living here, you know, the standards have gone right downhill. 0k. that kind of concern about immigration is probably, in the end, the main reason that england and wales voted for brexit. but scotland voted to remain. immigration here is a much more subtle, c

we can go live to stormont and chris page.re the chances of a realistic resolution? something all parties agree on resolution? something all parties agree on is the outstanding issues that can be sorted out quickly if there is a political will put the two biggest parties, the dup and sinn fein blame each other for the deadlock. you heard earlier today the dup negotiator coming forward and confirming there would be no deal today, several hours ahead of the deadline, he said ministers would not be there and said sinn fein had been given instructions. you had, murphy accusing the dup of anti—equality, anti—rights agenda so both of the two biggest parties set is each other's faults. sinn fein wants a piece of legislation to protect irish but the dup want broader legislation. there are other issues to, for example same—sex marriage, the dup are imposed to bring its thin but sinn fein wanted to be introduced. the demand for a bill of rights is also being resisted,. i will ask you the same question, there had been fears that the west

a little earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondent chris page who gave this update.el and therefore the next taoiseach will break the mould in a number of ways, you will be the first openly gay prime minister and the first of asian extraction, he is the son of an indian immigrant, there is another contender, simon coveney, but he fell behind in the opening days of the leadership contest because leo varadkar won the most votes. 21,000 members of the party have been voting as well, those votes are being counted now here in central dublin, we expect the result sometime after five o'clock, it is interesting when you look at the way this contest has been reported international, if you put leo varadkar‘s name into any international search engine you get a lot of international news sites as your results and a lot of them have focused on the fact he is gay and half indian but whenever leo varadkar came out two years ago he said he did not want that tore his best mother's day to define him and that has proved the case i think, the campaign has not focused on those things but

our ireland correspondent chris page is in stormont.and we are getting mixed signals? that is right the negotiator came out here and how oregon and confirmed what everybody had known by that stage a rally that there wouldn't be a deal by the legal deadline of 4pm this afternoon. he said that the parties we re afternoon. he said that the parties were not close to agreement and that there would not be a process in the assembly to nominate ministers to serve in the devolved government. a meeting had been tentatively scheduled for 12 noon and that was put back and around the time they we re put back and around the time they were making a statement we heard that session had been cancelled entirely so we now know for sure that the deadline is going to pass without an agreement and the question is what will happen now. jane is broken sure we understand is planning to give a statement in the house of commons on monday, the party here say they want to continue to work on over the weekend in order to work on over the weekend in order to try to co

our ireland correspondent chris page reports.now it's very much a party of power. its founder, the reverend ian paisley, once embodied hardline unionism. never, never, never! but eventually there was a remarkable compromise. in 2007, the dup reached an agreement with sinn fein. mr paisley became the joint head of a power—sharing devolved government, along with the former ira commander, martin mcguinness. however, the relationship between the parties was never easy. earlier this year, sinn fein pulled out of the stormont executive. northern ireland has been without a devolved government for almost six months. two deadlines have already come and gone, but the government says thursday really is the final date to restore power—sharing, otherwise it's likely ministers in london will have to take over making decisions for this part of the uk. this former dup minister thinks the deal in westminster increases the prospect of one at stormont. all politicians here will want to see extra money for health and education, if there is extra mon

while we keep our eye on the famous black door, we can talk as well to chris page our correspondent ins a quick thought from you, chris, while we look at these pictures from downing street about those comments from sirjohn major because a lot of what he is saying in terms of the peace process, in terms of the government needing to remain impartial in that, that will resonate with a lot of people where you are. very -- yes, i think those comments are significant, jane. sir john was prime minister at the time when the ira and the loyalist paramilitary groups here declared ceasefi res paramilitary groups here declared ceasefires in 1994 and his comboft laid the foundations in the early stages of the peace process, when tony blair took over in 1997 some of the groundwork had already been done and then a year after that under mrblair‘s premiership the good friday agreement was signed, the agreement that most people would say ended the troubles and set up the power—sharing settlements here at stormont. if you ask most people in northern ireland which two british prime ministers contributed t

i've been getting the latest from our correspondent chris page, and i asked him what impact yesterday's have the dup on the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire i dup on the northern ireland secretaryjames brokenshire i hear on behalf of the government, very much suggesting that the deal sets a different context in the talks, but it does mean that because there will be more money in the stormont pot is a power—sharing executive gets back up a power—sharing executive gets back up and running, that is something that may well encourage politicians to get back in power and are back together and spending that money. whenever sinn fein, to give a news conference here in the last couple of hours, they really did come out of hours, they really did come out of the rare strong wind. i think they have indicated that a deal is strong way of —— a strong ride. declan kearney said there would be no movement from the dup on the substantive issues that were at the heart of the political crisis here in northern ireland. issues he mentioned specifically, for example he mentioned there had to be ir

of direct rule from westminster if no breakthrough can be achieved. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris pageest, now it's very much a party of power. its founder, the reverend ian paisley, once embodied hardline unionism. never, never, never! but eventually there was a remarkable compromise. in 2007, the dup reached an agreement with sinn fein. mr paisley became the joint head of a power—sharing devolved government, along with the former ira commander, martin mcguinness. however, the relationship between the parties was never easy. earlier this year, sinn fein pulled out of the stormont executive. northern ireland has been without a devolved government for almost six months. two deadlines have already come and gone, but the government says thursday really is the final date to restore power—sharing, otherwise it's likely ministers in london have to take over making decisions for this part of the uk. this former dup minister thinks the deal in westminster increases the prospect of one at stormont. all politicians here will want to see extra money for health and education, if there is extra mon

chris page. summarise sinn fein's approach to this.heir concerns are with regard to the talks that they have been focusing on so much today between theresa may and the dup. no coincidence that sinn fein have sent seven mps to london today. they did not take their seats in the house of commons, as he was saying there, but he was saying that people voted for them on that basis will stop given that so much media attention is on the democratic unionist party, sinn fein wants to be part of that spotlight. their concerns as regards to the talks, sinn fein are the other party negotiating with the dup as well as the conservatives. discussions are going on at stormont to put back together the devolved power—sharing government which collapsed in january after sinn fein and the dup finally fell out. the relationship between them had never been that great, but it had lasted for ten yea rs great, but it had lasted for ten years up to that point. sinn fein have criticised the prospective deal between the tories and the dup on the grounds that they s

let's get an assessment of what has happened so far. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page joins me fromith what the dup is saying. yes, well, the dup left through the back door of downing street, we believe. then nigel dodds appeared in the house of commonsjust there nigel dodds appeared in the house of commons just there a few minutes ago for the speaker's commons just there a few minutes ago for the spea ker‘s re—election. commons just there a few minutes ago for the speaker's re—election. but arlene foster, the dup leader, who went in through the front door of downing street with nigel dodds, has tweeted that the talks are basically making good progress and they hope to bring them to a successful conclusion soon and sources have been telling us that they do expect a deal to be done tomorrow or perhaps thursday. so perhaps final detailsjust being ironed out. anybody who has covered many negotiationsle, certainly here involving the dup over years, have known sometimes it comes down to detail and when we are expecting an agreement things get pushed back a little more. but there was neve

it is one of the most compact cases ever undertaken in northern ireland as chris page reports. this man, gary haggarty, he has pleaded guilty to 200 offences, the prosecution case document runs to around 12,000 pages covering 16 violent years from 1991. two of the five men who hagerty admitted murdering whether catholic workmen shot dead in a building site 23 yea rs shot dead in a building site 23 years ago. gary haggarty was an informerfor years ago. gary haggarty was an informer for the security forces at a time. i don't care about the uvf. they can meet their maker someday but as the police in authority to protect and serve they did not protect and serve they did not protect ourfamilies. protect and serve they did not protect our families. there has never been a more complex enquiry into loyalists, it is focused on his base at north belfast where the organisation had a particular murderous reputation. this investigation into the uvf is set to go on to another level in 2010 gary haggarty signed an agreement in which he offered to give evidence in court against other paramilit

our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast for us this morning.r this deal and they have been hopes for a deal. how likely that we will get a deal? morning, naga. the time runs out in under ten hours of the three time at 4pm this afternoon and the pressure of their deadline hasn't broken the deadlock. politicians negotiated late into the night until around 2am this morning what i understand major disagreements go on between the dup and sinn fein. the sticking point is the irishman quit. sinn fein was legislation, the irish language act to protect and promote the gaelic tongue, but the dup want a broader piece of legislation which would also cover issues which are important to unionists. if the deadline does pass without a deal andi deadline does pass without a deal and i think at the moment that is likely, then the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire has likely, then the northern ireland secretaryjames brokenshire has a number of options — you can extend the deadline, which has happened before, or he can get ministers from london to take

chris page is in belfast for us.g and stamping feet. they are celebrating their best ever election results in their history and that has put them in an influential position in westminster. plenty of dark about what the dup might get. their priority going to be something economic, perhaps more money for infrastructure, schools, hospitals in northern ireland. tax breaks, not just cold, hard cash. some focus on northern ireland by national agencies tasked with getting more foreign investment into the country. all that quite speculative at the moment. no one knows really what is going on. or what will go on when arlene foster steps into number ten and speak to theresa may. the sdlp leader: east with saint, whatever happened to downing street is inextricably linked on the top tier trying to restore the devolved government which collapsed in january. they need something that does not just reflect january. they need something that does notjust reflect the dup‘s political priorities. we think the dup delegation will be arriv

our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. he told us about to gary haggarty is.o 200 terrorism offences and that includes i‘d count of murder, sectarian murders carried out in the 1990s. all charges of directing terrorism and 23 of conspiracy to murder. he stood in the dock here at the crown court dressed in a suit, the five murder charges were put to him individually, attempted murder charges were bit him individually, he pleaded guilty to each one of them. after that, categories of charges were detained in one go. for example, those four charges of directing terrorism were put to him and he said he pleaded guilty to all of them. this case has even more legal significance in that gary haggarty, back in 2010, signed an agreement to become what is known in law as in assisting an offender, in other words in exchange with shorter sentence for his own crimes, he would be prepared to give evidence asa would be prepared to give evidence as a prosecution witness against his former associates. prosecutors here have not yet decided, have not made it official their decisio

northern ireland could face a return to direct rule from westminster. 0ur ireland correspondent chris paget minister and deputy first minister is going to be nominated, is that meeting going to go ahead? that meeting was scheduled for noon, and in theory the purpose is for the assembly to elect a deputy first minister to head up the power—sharing executive and then for the other ministers to be appointed but that won't happen unless there's a deal the biggest parties, sinn fein and dup and there is no sign of that. the party whips at stormont have been meeting to decide whether it is worthwhile to go ahead with the session of the assembly and they have adjourned and they will come back at one o'clock. that means we are not going to see a meeting of the stormont assembly at noon but the stormont assembly at noon but the door is open if the whips decide to go ahead with a meeting of the assembly at some later stage this afternoon in orderfor assembly at some later stage this afternoon in order for the deadline to be met at apm. they would have to meet at the latest of around two o'clock in o

. >> i'm chris o'connell. iain page is off tonight. >>> among those are a revved the father of another man arrested in a recent high profile case. fox 29's jeff cole live in west chester tonight with operation wildfire. jeff? >> reporter: chris, irony is an over used word in our vocabulary but it sure works here. in this case, a son accused of a horrific attack is followed on by his dad. it was on the 300 block of lincoln avenue in downington where the buy went down say police. confidential informant meets barry baker, sr. hooks lives on avenue and buys according to the criminal complaint a small plastic bag containing multiple pills, pain pills say police, now baker's mug shot is posted with others netted in a county drug sting dubbed wildfire. >> heroin and opioids have been a wildfire ripping through pennsylvania, ripping through the united states. killing our kids. >> reporter: baker, sr. is not just any alleged drug dealer. he's the dad of barry baker, jr., now infamous for the cheap shot punch he's accused of land

chris. inside the seven pages.did not want to do anything to influence the russian collusion case. if i tainted the agents doing this. i look at this as a west point graduate and putting it in a military paradigm. the president is the commander in chief. if you are the commander in chief in the military, you adhere to the code of justice. there are crimes and misdemeanors you can be charged with. anything that doesn't fit in the black and white issues is conduct unbecoming an officer. that is end all. i look at the way the president handled this. maybe there is not obstruction of justice case here. maybe that can be argued. legal scholars will do that. it was conduct unbecoming commander in chief. >> nada, how do you feel about comey taking the copious notes? >> i agree with james. separate question of obstruction of justice. this is a counter intelligence investigation at this point whether or not russia meddled in election. this is the politicizing the investigation. >> david, you have a more basic deal here. tho

check out that facebook page, behind the scenes video and much more. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> donald trump, the russians and carter page, this is "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. this thursday the senate intelligence committee questions former fbi director james comey on what the president said to him about loyalty, about general michael flynn, and about whether the fbi was investigating the president. it's all about the russians and what they were up to in 2016 and what role, if any, donald trump's people may have played in encouraging them. as our guests tonight we have the associated press has called a key figure in the controversy, carter page. page will join us shortly. first in the news breaking late today. the intercept is reporting that the russian military intelligence group executed a cyber attack on at least one u.s. software supplier. the report indicates that russian hacking may have penetrated further into the u.s. voting systems than was previously understood. in fact, just an hour after the story wa

check out that facebook page, behind the scenes video and much more. "hardball" with chris now. >> donald trump, the russians and carter page, this is "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. this thursday the senate intelligence committee questions former fbi director james comey on what the president said to him about loyalty, about general michael flynn, and about whether the fbi was investigating the president. it's all about the russians and what they were up to in 2016 and what role, if any, donald trump's people may have played in encouraging them. as our guests tonig

seems to resinate with a lot of people and put everybody on a similar page where, you know, we see these connections that, you know, chris, the only black guy at this party until he runs into logan, but he, he's approached by white people who are trying to make their connection with him. their black connection with him. we, you know, everybody black person knows -- >> i understand that. >> many other, you know, every other minority group or someone, you know, who's been in the other category knows, a lot of white people are woke too, but some people are coming, like oh my god, is this a thing, oh my god, have i done this. so getting everybody on the same page as to a really grounded part of the african american experience does just that. it gets us all on the same page. >> there were so many moments in this film where if you were black you were late to those experiences, you get this, particularly his boy telling him, do not go to your white girlfriend's house, i will not do that. you would go on to meet her parents, you sit there and you laugh because it's funny, but it's rooted -- my friend mya angelo would say it's as

democratic senator chris murphy from connecticut on his twitter page. we'll show you more reactions this morning. democrats it's 202-748-8000, republicans 202-748-8001, independents 202-748-8002. jenna is waiting in alexandria, virginia democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. only thing i want to say about chuck's comments, i think he's isolated enough in the last couple of weeks. without him also embarrassing us. we actually have quite an embarrassing history of our own that we can turn to. we can profile our minds that when america was the worst terrorists and traffickers in the world. slavery, we were not forgiven for that. we got a lot of african-americans living here that hadn't forgiven america for that. if we really want to get in the mindset of some haters, we need to look at our own history and try fight terrorism that way. what religion we hiding behind when we enslave human beings. it doesn't make it right. i feel sorry for london. i think the president should be done isolating us for this time now. host: patricia

. >> reporter: chris, james comey will start with seven pages of opening statement in his testimony. in the statement, we know he document and recount five of the nine encounters with president trump. encounters that comey felt necessary to document. it is something that james comey said he never did with president obama. concerning, awkward, inappropriate. these are the words fired fbi director james comey describes to use with interactions with president trump in the seven-page opening statements. chronicling the efforts to drop the michael flynn investigation and clear his own name. after an oval office meeting on february 14th, comey describes the president clearing the room. telling advisers he wanted to speak to me alone before turning the conversation to flynn who he fired the previous day stressing that flynn did nothing wrong in his contact was russia. although he misled the vice president. he is a good guy and has been through a lot. i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. to let him go. the president denying this took place. three months later. >> did you urg

pages, joe. >> reporter: certainly was, chris.t was a lot more and the takeaway from this decision of the supreme court is, if you're an international traveler from one of the targeted muslim countries, and you have a bona fide connection to the united states, you can get in. otherwise, you can be turned around. it's only a temporary decision, because the court is going to hear the full case in the fall. now, the tickaway from the president of the united states in a statement calling this a clear victory for national security saying "as president, i cannot allow people into our country who want to do us harm. i want people who can love the united states and all its citizens and who will be hard-working and productive." the larry smith tweeted last night calling it a great day for security courtesy of the united states supreme court. even if the order partially put into effect is something he called politically incorrect and watered down. over the last 24 hours, however, the most notable news from the president of the united states

>> it's amazing both sides are pleased with these seven pages, and that's what makes today particularly fascinating. >> and chris christie says it's just normal new york city conversation. >> that's right. >> normal new york city conversation. >> rebecca, julian, james, so good. let's do this again in 20 minutes. >>> plenty to get to on this. is the russia investigation overshadowing bigger issues out of russia? we'll go live to moscow. >>> and how is the testimony of james comey affecting the market? it is, believe it or not. it's our little differences, that can make a world of difference. expedia, everything in one place, so you can travel the world better. parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so

chris ruddy defending president trump. let's get the inside scoop from jeremy from "the new york times" reporter and msnbc contributor and susan pageto start with you and what we heard from chris ruddy. he has sort of joined the chorus of voices trying to undermine the russia investigation. you've written about this and something that right wing conspiracy theorists are doing as well. talk about what you have found and how you think it's playing into and potentially fueling some of the talk about potentially firing robert mueller. >> i wouldn't put chris in the cat fwo category of right wing conspiracy theorists. there is a blurred line between those on the far right ped ling fake news to undermine the investigation and the mainstream conservative press like fox news and rush limbaugh where the stories are going from the fringe to the mainstream in a short amount of time and i focus on this one individual by the name of jack who was formerly a white house correspondent for a far right canadian news network who tweeted something that was completely false about james comey's testimony saying he exonerated donald trump which was demon

go to my facebook page and follow me on twitter. hard ball with chris math starts now. ♪ >> good evening i'm kris machri matthews. today president trump acknowledged he is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. he said so. in doing so however the president took direct aim at the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein the only person what ultimate authority over the special counsel's probe. trump tweeted i'm being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. over the last five weeks that man has risen from obscurity and thrust into a key role in the investigation. it was rosenstein who the president asked to draft that memo that served as the pretense to fire james comey last month. it wasn't long before trump confessed rosenstein's investigation had nothing to do with the firing. >> regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. in fact when i decided to just do it i said to myself -- i said, you know, this russia thing with russia

. >> chris: while he was campaign manager. >> senator reed: exactly. carter pagel of these people, and then he has to come and i think present the president with a list of questions that only the president can answer in the president should answer truthfully under oath. >> chris: what about the suggestion, because she said the special counsel should go ahead, but what about her suggestion congress should wrap it up? >> senator reed: no, we have a separate obligation, a bipartisan basis and was remarkable, this is truly bipartisan. senator burke, senator warner, one thing that the president continues to diminish, which i think is unfortunate, is the fact that the russian government at the highest level deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in '18 '20. we have, as a legislative matter, find out what they did, how they didn't come into any statutory improvements, do we need to empower our agencies, or something else. we have a separate mission in addit

>> once again, chris, you and i are on the same movie page as well because i described it earlier, tweeting about this, that it was sort of like a scene out of a scorsese film. think about the setting. you're talking january 27th, seven days after the inaugural. remember, jim comey did not have to ask for his job. he was in a tenured position which was not even close to the ten years. so this is somebody whose job in theory was assured. he invites him at lunch time. he says i want to bring your whole family over for dinner. sounds benign enough. then he comes to the dinner and i don't want your whole family. it's just you. maybe comey thought there would be other people there. he walks into the green room, and it's just him and the president alone. that in and of itself strikes me as an attempted intimidation, setting up a situation where somebody is off balance and essentially saying to him, you belong to me. you are simply another employee in the trump organization. i need you to actually vocalize that you are loyal to me. that is not only unprecedented, it struck comey as so bizarre that