the wildfire happened in the mourne mountains, above the seaside town of newcastle, as chris page reports. 0n the mountainside, a firefront a mile long threatened some houses as it burned through the gorse. eyewitnesses described it as a running wildfire. 50 firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control. the flames came close to a caravan park. police went from one mobile home to another, telling people to get out quickly. buses took around 200 holiday—makers to a leisure centre. it wasn't how they expected to be spending their easter. very frightening. people were told to get

chris page, bbc news.ed after a large commercial fire triggered a string of explosions. derbyshire constabulary say the fire at prime parkway industrial estate has resulted in a series of blasts, and the subsequent evacuation of st mary's wharf police station. they've advised local residents to keep their doors and windows shut. 0rganisers of the extinction rebellion protests are meeting this afternoon to decide whether the group will continue to disrupt central london for another week. police say more than 1,000 arrests have been made during climate change protests over the past seven days. 53 have been charged. two teenagers arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee, have been released without charge. the 29—year—old was shot dead during violence in londonderry on thursday night. police said support from the community has been positive, but appealed for "tangible evidence". the queens 93rd birthday has been marked with gun salutes in central london. a 41 gun salute took place a

chris page in londonderry, thank you.ur will resume this afternoon, as mps return to westminster after the easter break. theresa may has been holding a cabinet meeting this morning, the first since the eu agreed to delay our departure date until the end of october. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. norman, those brexit talks with labour resuming in a couple of hours — should we be holding our breath for a breakthrough? quite the reverse. there is a real sense of brexit be calm, not a puff of wind, drifting aimlessly. although these cross—party talks resume, i don't think anybody outside of number ten is hoping on them delivering a breakthrough. the widespread view is theresa may is clutching at straws if she thinks jeremy corbyn will come riding to her rescue which means if and when they fold the government's next option is to try again with more votes in parliament and the different brexit options to see if there is anything mps can agree on, but of course we have tried that sort of thing bef

chris page, bbc news.n evacuated after a large commercial fire triggered a string of explosions. derbyshire constabulary say the fire at prime parkway industrial estate has resulted in a series of blasts, and the subsequent evacuations of st mary's wharf police station. they've advised local residents to keep their doors and windows shut. two teenagers arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee, have been released without charge. the 29—year—old was shot dead during violence in londonderry on thursday night. police said support from the community has been positive, but appealed for tangible evidence. a british charity worker has been killed in northern nigeria. faye mooney was shot dead on friday, along with a nigerian man, when gunmen stormed a resort in kaduna state where she was visiting on holiday. three other people were also kidnapped. no—one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. older women are being exploited by some ivf clinics, who are "trading on hope" — that's

that was chris page.h have killed nearly 300 people. we arejust we are just hearing from writers news agency that police in sri lanka have found 86 detonators. sharanjit leyl is in colombo for us... a city very much still in shock. that is right. it is a city in shock. you can see it as a picturesque city and it is sunny and beautiful but of course a dark day for the families grieving from the teller —— terrible events yesterday. tamara has been declared a national day of mourning for many in sri lanka. the devastation of those eight blasts continue. yesterday as we arrived at the airport we were told there was a bomb that was diffused not far away from the international airport as well. so the investigations continue. we heard from the cabinet aussie press secretary a little while ago who said that the people behind these attacks have been identified. 0ver 20 have been arrested and they are pa rt 20 have been arrested and they are part of a small islamist group here in sri lanka that is not very well kno

chris page, bbc news.nnection with the murder of thejournalist, lyra mckee, have been released without charge. the 29—year—old was shot dead during violence in londonderry on thursday night. police said support from the community has been positive, but appealed for "tangible evidence". a british charity worker has been killed in northern nigeria. faye mooney was shot dead on friday, along with a nigerian man, when gunmen stormed a resort in kaduna state where she was visiting on holiday. three other people were also kidnapped. no—one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. older women are being exploited by some ivf clinics, who are trading on hope, that's according to the head of britain's fertility watchdog. sally cheshire, chairwoman of the human fertilisation and embryology authority, has accused some overseas private clinics of using selective success rates to persuade middle—aged women to undergo treatment. the human fertilisation and embryology authority says that those undertaking ivf aged b

chris page, bbc news.of firefighters are trying to control that moorland blaze near marsden in west yorkshire, as sally hurst now reports. flying through the fire line, this helicopter dumps a ton and a half of water onto marsden moor at each pass, but the fire, which started at seven o'clock last night, is spreading quickly across this tinder—dry moorland. 300 hectares have been burnt. conditions are really arduous. it's hot, it's smoky, it's dirty. the firefighters are working extremely hard to try and tackle this blaze. we're drafting in additional resources. we've asked for assistance from national resources as well. it is putting us under pressure. we are coping with it, but we are under pressure at the moment. this is the sixth fire on this stretch of moorland since the beginning of the year. a majorfire in february damaged 121 hectares. there've been four separate smallerfires since. and now this, thought to have been started by a barbecue at a popular nearby picnic spot. we're right behind the fire

chris page, bbc news. control that moorland blaze near marsden in west yorkshire. our correspondent fiona trott has been assessing the impact that the fire is likely to have on wildlife living on the pennine moorland. just down there, on the left—hand side, is easter gate. that is where a lot of families come at times like this, bank holiday weekends, for picnicking. as you mentioned, it's thought that this fire was started a disposable barbecue. so the fire started down in that area. as you can see, this huge area, we think now around 400 hectares, which are completely blackened out now by these flames. you can just see down below us there, march haigh reservoir, that is where a helicopter has been coming to to get water and dump it on the flames on this moorland. the pilot has been working since nine o'clock this morning. 15 fire appliances working here too at the moment. let's speak now to craig best, who is from the national trust. how are things looking at the moment? what is your strategy over the ne

chris page, bbc news. a british charity worker has been killed in northern nigeria. along with a nigerian man, when gunmen stormed a resort in kaduna state where she was visiting on holiday. three other people were also kidnapped. no—one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. two teenagers arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee, have been released without charge. the 29—year—old was shot dead during violence in londonderry on thursday night. police said support from the community has been positive, but appealed for "tangible evidence". five people have been killed after a powerful earthquake rocked the island of luzon in the philippines. the quake, which had a magnitude of 6.4 and lasted for around 30 seconds, caused office buildings to sway in the capital, manila. the full extent of the damage caused is still unknown. the time is 2:17 p m. the headlines on bbc news: police in colombo are continuing to find and defuse explosive devices, a day after 290 were killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks across sri lanka. eight briton

chris page for us at stormont. demanded ministers co—operate with his inquiry into a leak of classified information from the national security council. sir mark sedwill has written to ministers and is reported to have given them an ultimatum — that they either confess to or deny the leak about government plans to allow the chinese technology giant huawei to help build britain's new 56 network. our political correspondent chris mason reports. look who happens to be in beijing today, talking up the prospect of business deals between the uk and china, the chancellor, philip hammond. while back home, a row is raging, yes, over a chinese telecoms firm but also over who done it, who, after a meeting of the national security council, where those there have signed the official secrets act, disclosed what happened? to my knowledge, there has never been a leak from the national security council meeting before. therefore, i think it is very important that we get to the bottom of what happened here. it is not about the substan

chris page, bbc news.ics, who are "trading on hope", that's according to the head of britain's fertility watchdog. sally cheshire, chairwoman of the human fertilisation and embryology authority, has accused some private clinics of using "selective success rates" to persuade middle—aged women to undergo treatment. 0ur correspondent jenny kumah is here. what has sally been saying? she says that she is worried about the sales tactics used to pressure vulnerable women into undergoing treatment, now she herself is 50, she says that she recently experienced sales pitches when she went to a fertility show in manchester, by people who were unaware of what she did for a day job, she herself is a former ivf patient, she went on to have a family using adoption. she would like to see clinics be more open about success rates for older women, we can go through some of the figures: they show that women over 40, the number of women over 40 having ivf has doubled in the last decade and of those women having treatment with

chris page there.n wales is the former northern ireland secretary lord hain. thank you for speaking to us here on bbc news. first, what hope do you have for these talks? the hope that everybody should have following lyra mckee's terrible murder and the plea, the passionate, inspired plea by father magill, that the politicians start doing the jobs to which they were elected, and for which they continue to get paid, which they continue to get paid, which is to say, restart the assembly and stormont, perform their legislative roles, establish again an executive government, and take pa rt an executive government, and take part in that in the way that operated, with a few bumps, yes, but relatively stably over ten years from the time in 2007 when i helped negotiate an agreement under tony blair that got ian paisley and martin mcguinness into power. and if the outstanding obstacles, including some that have been mentioned by sinn fein this afternoon, on the irish language, equal rights and so on, if those ar

chris page reporting. resume this afternoon, as mps return to westminster after the easter break. cabinet ministers will meet senior opposition figures to try to break the deadlock over the prime minister's withdrawal agreement. but a number of tory mps are angry that labour is involved, and senior conservative backbenchers will meet later today to discuss their next moves. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. hello to you again, you were saying earlier that there is little sign of any progress in these brexit talks. of course, all of that is putting more pressure on theresa may's leadership, isn't it? there is almost a sense of exit being calm at the moment, and we seem to be drifting with no clear direction. it seems the government are pretty much placing everything on getting some sort of outcome from the talks with the labour party, which will resume this afternoon. but i think most people outside of government to take the view that theresa may's is clutching at straws, if she th

our ireland correspondent chris page is in londonderry for us. ong friends of lyra mckee. they said the paramilitary groups should not be issuing statements of apology. instead they should just be disbanding. the outpouring of grief here has continued. it's been several days since lyra mckee was gravely wounded when she was covering the riots. still a real sense of disbelief that someone like lyra could have fallen victim to political violence. she was a 29—year—old journalist also acclaimed for her writing, tipped for great things in the future. tomorrow, herfuneralwill for great things in the future. tomorrow, her funeral will be for great things in the future. tomorrow, herfuneral will be held in her home city of belfast. in meantime, the police investigation has been continuing. detectives here continuing to focus on the community, potential witnesses from the community could be the key to future prosecutions. more than 140 people have contacted detectives on an online portal they have set up for people to upload mobile phone footage, cctv foo

chris page in belfast. and labour will resume this afternoon, as mps return to westminster after the easter break. cabinet ministers will meet senior opposition figures to try to break the deadlock over the prime minister's withdrawal agreement. but a number of tory mps are angry that labour is involved, and senior conservative backbenchers will meet later today to discuss their next moves. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. good morning. mps have had their easter break but is there anything to indicate there will now be a breakthrough in the brexit talks? not that anyone i had spoken to clancy. there is an awful sense of here we go again at westminster, because over the past fortnight or so, nothing appears to have changed. talks resume this afternoon between mrs may's number two david lidington in the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer. i think the widespread the what westminster is mrs may is pretty much clutching at straws, albeit number ten remain cautiously optimistic, p

chris, thank you very much, chris pagein chris, thank you very much, chris page in belfast. headlines: the government will allow the chinese telecoms giant huawei to supply some non—core equipment for the uk's 5g data network, despite security concerns from senior members of the cabinet. sri lanka's president promises a big shake up of the country's police and security services — after they failed to act on a warning about sunday's bomb attacks and downing street say the prime minister will attend the funeral of the murdered journalist lyra mckee in belfast today and in the last few minutes the north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in russia ahead of his first ever meeting with vladimir putin — we'll have more on that shortly a good win for spurs in the premier league last night, a late goalfrom christian eriksen was enough 1—0 win over brighton to strengthen their claim fora over brighton to strengthen their claim for a top four place. but brighton are still in trouble at the bottom. a huge game at old trafford tonight as manchester united host manchester city. united

were "full and sincere apologies" to lyra mckee's family and friends. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page's friends quickly and very publicly dismissed it, branded it as cynical, as crass, as offensive, and they said that paramilitary organisations should not be issuing state m e nts organisations should not be issuing statements of apology, they should simply be dismounting. the new ira is thought to be the largest and most active of the dissident republican groups which are opposed to the peace process. police have been warning for several years now that although they are small in number, perhaps several hundred members, they still pose a severe threat. here in derry, detectives have said that they have had a massive public response to the appeals for information about the murder of lyra mckee, for example more than 1a0 people have contacted them through an online portal, but they stay they still need more potential witnesses and they are continuing their efforts on the area where lyra mckee was fatally wounded on thursday night. today detectives have made a third arrest in the investig

after next thursday's council elections we can get more on this with our ireland correspondent chris pageor lyra mckee have prompted politicians to act. yes, thejoint statement prompted politicians to act. yes, the joint statement that has been issued in the last half—hour by theresa may and lee virago begins by making the point that they were together at the funeral of lyra mckee, standing with people and they heard peoples desire for new political momentum and progress on the fact they begin their statement in that way i think is acknowledgement that there is some kind of new dynamic that has been brought forward by that tragic event in londonderry on thursday of last week. lyra mckee, who was shot dead bya week. lyra mckee, who was shot dead by a dissident republican gunmen during riot that rioting. there is to bea during riot that rioting. there is to be a new talks process, aimed at restoring the assembly government, two years after its collapse. the partnership fell apart in january two years after its collapse. the partnership fell apart injanuary of 2017 and there have been severa

our ireland correspondent chris page, in londonderry told us about the reaction to the apology.nical, christ, as offensive. they said that paramilitary organisation should not beissued paramilitary organisation should not be issued waiting —— issuing state m e nts be issued waiting —— issuing statements of apology. they should be dismounting. the new ira is thought to be the most active of the dissident republican groups are opposed to the priests —— piece. although there are several hundred members they still pose a severe threat. here in dairy detectives have said they have had a massive response to the calls for information about lyra mckee. they say they still need more potential witnesses. they are continuing to concentrate their efforts on the dragon area where lyra mckee was fatally wounded on thursday night —— creggan. a57—year—old woman is being detained. the focus will very much turn to lyra's city of belfast, where a funeral be held in the city's largest cathedral. fire crews have spent the day at the scene of a large mountain fire which broke out in blaenau ffestinio

our ireland correspondent chris page is in derry for us.ave of condemnation and disgust with lyra mckee's friends branding it as callous, cynical and cowardly. they say paramilitary organisations shouldn't be issuing state m e nts organisations shouldn't be issuing statements of regret, instead they should just be disbanding. the new ira is believed to be the largest organisation opposed to the peace process. although they only have a few hundred members they still pose a threat. here in derry, detectives say there has been a massive public response to their appeals for information. more than 140 people have contacted detectives through an online portal where they have been uploading mobile phone footage and other material that could be of use, but police say they still need more potential witnesses to come forward. today they made their third arrest of the investigation with a 57—year—old woman detained. but like two other such expects a rest before her, she has been released without charge. lyra mckee's funeral will be held in belfast at

the community has been positive, but appealed for "tangible evidence". 0ur ireland correspondent chris pagehese two teenagers is the latest development? yes, that's right. the two teenagers as you say, aged 18 or 19, they were arrested early on saturday morning and now they have been released without charge. the police officer who has been leading the investigation, detective superintendent jason murphy, has said that the police have received positive support from the community in the creggan area of derry which is where lyra mckee was shot dead on thursday night, but they need to convert that it support into what he calls tangible evidence. so he says he wants to meet with local community representatives in creggan, with the creggan, with hope community representatives in creggan, with hope that they can help him to unlock the evidence, as help him to unlock the evidence, as he calls it. police say they know there are people in creggan who know exact what happened and who was involved, and they have acknowledged that in situations like this when dissident republicans are involved, it's tho

chris page is in belfast, at a new exhibition about the show. chris.and this exhibition really showcases the artistry involved in making the show. that is the sort of armour worn by someone in the series, and this was also one by one of the main characters. so, interest in game of thrones is about to hit an all—time high it seems, with the final season about to go to air, but it has generated substantial business spin—offs for northern ireland. the real—life westeros. this part of the uk has been home to perhaps the biggest tv series in the world for the last decade. what we want to know is where melisandre gave birth, and that's in here... you can really see how the caves, the cliffs, the crashing waves on the stretch of coastline in county antrim appealed to the game of thrones location scouts. and now, thousands of tourists are coming here to see for themselves the places where so many of the major scenes in the series were filmed. it's wonderful that you're being taken to a place like this where you would never usually go before... the village of c

we can get more on this with our ireland correspondent chris page who is in belfast for us. re of what the police had to say. it'sjust over one week since the murder, which has generated such a shock, grief, anger even, here in northern ireland. the killing of a 29—year—old journalist, lyra mckee, during rioting of the creggan area of londonderry last week. the dissident republican group, the group known as the new ira are behind the killing. police had given a detailed update on their investigation, they have released images of several people who they wa nt to images of several people who they want to identify, including this man, they believe he is the gunman who killed lyra mckee. we are going to hear from the police news conference now, just to warn you, there will be some flash photography. let's hear from there will be some flash photography. let's hearfrom the detective leading the investigation. i want to find the people who murdered lyra mckee. i believe that the information that could help us to bring those responsible for her murder tojustice lies within the commun

let's talk to our ireland correspondent chris page who's in belfast this morning.om the toxic and better divisive legacy of the conflict in northern ireland, so her funeral service today will reflect that hope even amid such great sadness for example, it will be held in belfast‘s largest cathedral, led bya in belfast‘s largest cathedral, led by a protestant clergyman and catholic priest, with politicians from both sides of the irish border attending along with hundreds of lyra's friends and her partner sarah canning encouraged people to wear clothes teamed on harry potter or the marvel comics but she said in advance of that lyra's family released a moving tribute to her which they have said she was a smart, strong minded woman who believed passionately inclusivity so i think you can expect all those things to be strongly reflected in the service today. and i know on this programme later you will talk with two of her friends as well so we shall wait for that, thank you. theresa may has reportedly given the go—ahead for the chinese telecoms giant huawei to supply equ

well, our ireland correspondent, chris page, gave us this assesment of todays events.e the devolved government here at stormont was in place. in the british national government has decided now is the time to restart talks between parties with a view to get to getting it back up and running again. throughout the news conference today, the irish foreign minister and the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, referred to the murder of lyra, the 29—year—old journalist was shot dead by dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process during a riot in londonderry on thursday of last week. there is a sense that that tragic event has really galvanised public opinion, has generated so much sentiment, people saying they want to see a stable and peaceful future for northern ireland leading to more pressure on politicians to work together, to try and restore the power—sharing institutions. simon said in the news conference that there are some moments in politics where things change, he felt this was one such moment. nevertheless the british and irish government made

and sinn fein along with the prime minister and taoiseach leo varadkar. 0ur ireland correspondent chris pageed to the words of the priest at the funeral of leary mckee. what do you think are the chances that they can turn that sentiment into some tangible political progress? that certainly is the question and i don‘t think it‘s going to be an easy task that restores power—sharing more than two yea rs restores power—sharing more than two years after the stormont executive collapsed. it‘s been 14 months since there were any substantial negotiations between the parties so thatis negotiations between the parties so that is a measure of how far they have to travel. nonetheless, the british and irish governments it is understood will this afternoon announced a new talks process, as you say, designed to startjust after the council elections which ta ke after the council elections which take place here on thursday, just as they are in other parts of the uk. the issues that continue to divide the parties, there are plenty. they include for example same—sex marriage, sinn fein want gay marriage, sinn

earlier i spoke to out ireland correspondent, chris page.e the most active, the largest of all those group security sources would say they have 300 members. of those, a few dozen, may be 50, willing to go out and kill. as the recent tragic events in the city have proven, doesn't take many people to create a tragedy, doesn't take people to take a lie. there's still a sense of disbelief, a great sense of anger here in derry even though a few days have passed since lyra was killed when covering a riot in lyra. police made their third arrest this morning in the investigation, 57—year—old woman detained under anti—terrorism legislation. she is in the police station in belfast being questioned. 0ver station in belfast being questioned. over the weekend to teenagers, 18 and 19, were arrested. they were released without charge. the police hoping to make progress in the investigation, still concentrating effo rts investigation, still concentrating efforts on the community here in derry, more than 140 people have beenin derry, more than 140 people hav

our ireland correspondent chris page has this report.iggest tv series in the world for the last decade. we want to know is where melisandre gave birth, and that's in here. well, you can really see how the caves, the cliffs, the crashing waves on this stretch of coastline in county antrim appealed to the game of thrones location scouts. and now thousands of tourists are coming here to see for themselves the places where so many of the major scenes in the series were filmed. it's wonderful that you're being taken to places like this where you would never usually go before. the village of cushendun gets coachloads of visitors every day from china to california. i love the game of thrones, it's a fantastic show, northern ireland is gorgeous. one of the most beautiful places i've ever been, and i can't wait to come back. yeah, absolutely. and obviously game of thrones is a huge plus. all sorts of local people have benefited from the thrones effect — a show this epic requires plenty of swords, daggers and arrows. one man who's had a big part i

at 20 past five let's talk to our ireland correspondent chris page, in dublin for us. on, not least the meeting between the taoiseach and the german chancellor. can you give us an update on that? yes, chancellor merkel arrived here, about two hours ago. she has been in talks with the taoiseach layover at, we are expecting a news conference from her in the next half hour. before that formal summit, just to underline the border issue and what could happen if the european union leaves without a deal, the two leaders met with people from north of the border, from northern ireland, and from others living near the border on the southern side. it was a chance for those people to tell the german chancellor, the taoiseach, firstly about their memories of the conflict in northern ireland, the difficulties they foresee happening, if there was a return to a hard border and the potential impact on business if there were any checks on goods as they passed across that frontier. the stents you got from some of those people who came out of the meeting was they said things like chancell

let's go to belfast now, and our ireland correspondent chris page.hat it would have such a huge impact on the fortunes of northern ireland ? a huge impact on the fortunes of northern ireland? that's right, it has been a global cultural phenomenon, and much of game of thrones was filmed here. this exhibition in belfast is opening to the public tomorrow. it is celebrating the series, you have props and costumes. fans of the series will recognise him as ned stark, one of the key people way backin stark, one of the key people way back in the first series. in a moment, i will be talking to the exhibition curator. first, i have been taking a look at a huge difference to the series has made to this part of the world. the real—life westeros — this part of the uk has been home to perhaps the biggest tv series in the world for the last decade. we want to know is where melisandre gave birth, and that's in here. well, you can really see how the caves, the cliffs, the crashing waves on this stretch of coastline in county antrim appealed to the game of thrones loc

our ireland correspondent chris page, in londonderry told us about the reaction to the apology.itary organisations shouldn't be issuing statement of apology, in fact they should be simply disbanding. the new ira is thought to be the largest, most active of the dissident republican groups, which are opposed to the peace process. police have been warning for several years now that although they are small in number, perhaps several hundred members, they still pose a severe threat. here in derry, detectives have said that they have had a massive public response to their appeals for information about the murder of lyra mckee's. for example, more than 140 people have contacted them via an online portal, but they say they still need more potential witnesses, and they‘ re continuing to concentrate their efforts on the kragen area, where lyra mckee was fatally wounded on thursday night. today, detectives haven't made their third arrest of the investigation of 57—year—old woman, detained, being question under anti—terrorism legislation. tomorrow though, the focus will very much turn to ly

chris page, bbc news.n 200 years. the 85—year—old is resigning because of his declining health. he will be succeeded by his son tomorrow. the country's annual spring holiday has been extended to a record 10 days to mark occasion. —— days to mark the occasion. john singleton, best known for the oscar—nominated film was in the hood has died. he was the youngest person in the first african—american to be nominated as best director. the family has announced they took the agonising decision to remove him from life support after he suffered a stroke —— boyz n the hood. of found off the coast of norway wearing a harness probably escape from the russian navy. this is according to marine experts. here it is, it was spotted by fishermen wearing a camera holder which read equipment of saint petersburg. it is like a harness. russian military postman —— spokesman play down the concerns but denied it could have escaped. sally was concerned, they did remove the harness. they'd do not know where it came from. sad. such a

taxes are under audit he will not release them and he also filled out hundreds of pages in financial disclosure. chris: will he tell the irs not to -- >> hold on, chris. >> chris: would he tell the irs not to release them, though? >> we will have to see what happens on the front. the issue has been litigated, we went through it in 2016. one of the biggest things that people aren't seeing is the fact that the only reason that the oversight committee has the ability to request someone's taxes or for the purpose of did i -- determining policy, this is all about political partisanship, this is a dangerous, dangerous road and frankly, chris, i don't think congress and not particularly this group of congressmen are spatter enough to look through thousands of pages that i would assume president trump's taxes would be. my guess is most of them don't do their own taxes and i certainly don't trust them to look through decades of success that the president has and determine anything. he's stilled out hundreds of pages of disclosure and disgusting overreach that they are making when they are not doing this based

chris: i'm asking you. >> you are not giving me a chance to answer it to three pages of lies and distortiont takes a while. for example. chris: you think it is lies and distortion crack. >> regarding michael, and is untrue but you are asking me the report. >> i think this is a product of not telling the full story but t15 gave three different versions of this conversation the first version the president use the word fire and then he told the president i will resign directly. then he says no fire. no statement that he comes up with that version than a third version which is even softer he should be fired or he has conflicts. he cannot be special prosecutor. it is a complex set of facts but on the other side the president says i did not say to fire him i wanted the conflicts to be taken into consideration. pick one version or the other. but since you cannot prove it there is no obstruction and finally if he had it would not have been obstruction as long as he was replaced which he would have been in there were good reasons this is really important. the president of the united states was an in

our correspondent chris page is in belfast.hedral in belfast city centre. it will bejointly cathedral in belfast city centre. it will be jointly led by the dean of belfast and a catholic priest. that is one demonstration of unity between the participants and catholics. there will be many others. the prime ministers of the uk and ireland will be here. along with other senior figures from the government. also political leaders from right across the political spectrum in northern ireland. the family of lyra mckee and her friends in putting together this funeral hoped to express something of what she was all about. to them what she was all about was hoping for a better future for northern ireland. she had written passionately about the impact of the past conflict on her generation. she was just 29 yea rs old her generation. she was just 29 years old when she was shot dead last week. it was her hope that this generation could move beyond the bitterness, the divisions of the past. they really hope that xi jinping‘s life will leave a

other side. >> rudy: you're not giving a chance to answer. >> chris: we don't need to talk about james comey. >> rudy: it's two or three pages of lies and distortion. it takes a little while. for example -- >> chris: you think that's what the report is? calumny, lies and expansion dormant distortion? >> rudy: half of it's not true. spirit i'm not talking about michael cohen. i was asking about mcgann. listen to this. >> rudy: i think this is a product of not telling the full story. that's not mcgann's fault. you read that, mcgann gave three different versions of that conversation. the first version of that conversation is the president used the word fire and he told the president i'm going to resign directly. he then recants that and says no fire, no statement that i was going to resign and then he comes up with that person and then a third version which is even softer which says something like he should be fired. or he has conflicts, he can't be special prosecutor. >> chris: and that mueller has to go. >> rudy: is a very complex set of facts. on the other side, the president says i didn't say to fire him. i didn't want him

chris page, just explain, the back drop, the immediate back to this of course is the death of a journalist two years since power—sharing between the democratic unionist party and sinn fein collapsed. there have been concerns expressed by police and community leaders that dissident republicans exposed —— opposed to the processed could exploit this. lyra mckee was a young journalist shot dead by an organisation called the new ira in londonderry a week ago. her funeral in belfast was attended by theresa may and at that service, a very dramatic moment was recreated. the priest praised politicians but also issued this challenge. why in god 's name does it take the death of a 29—year—old woman with her whole life in front of her... that really seems to capture the public mood. it is understood they will announce today there will be new talks between them, the first substantial negotiations between the parties for 14 negotiations between the parties for 1a months and it's believed shortly after the council elections are due here. nobody really thinks restoring power—sharing at stormont would mean

let's get more on this from our ireland correspondent, chris page, who's in belfast. in many ways because of the land border with the irish republic and the main barrier to a deal is the idea of an arrangement that would keep the border open and almost invisible, even if there is not a big free trade agreement between the uk and eu, which would mean northern ireland would continue to follow some eu rules which is why the dup opposed the backstop, saying it would leave northern ireland more tied to brussels and less to london. arlene foster will meet with the chief negotiator michelle barnier and she has issued a stinging statement with criticism of theresa may becoming stronger and 56% of people in northern ireland voted to remain. the dup wanted to leave. the biggest prey remain party sinn fein said the british government should use the delay to get the withdrawal agreement through parliament and protect the backstop at all costs. for people living on the border for whom memories of the conflict here are strong, trade across the border ona are strong, trade across th

chris: we don't need to talk about james comey. >> it's two or three pages of lies and distortion, it a little while. for example -- chris: you think that's what the report is, lies and distortion? >> in certain respects. everything written and attributed to cohen is not true -- chris: i'm not talking about cohen. >> you're asking me the report -- wrist chris, no i'm not, i'm asking you about this -- >> i think this is a product of not telling the full story. that's not mcbegun j -- mcgann's fault. the president used the word fire, and he told the president i'm going resign directly. he then recants that and says no fire, no statement that i was going to resign, then he comes up with that version, and then a third version which is even softer which says something like he should be fired or he has conflicts, he can't be special prosecutor -- chris: and that mueller has to go. >> well, he interpreted it that way. >> it's a very complex set of facts. on the other side, the president says i didn't say to fire him. i didn't want him to go. i wanted the conflicts to be taken into considerat

chris and i are on the same page. thank you, chris. i agree. i prefer the rain year. we don't get much rain in july, august or september. that is one of the reasons why. mt. tam half an inch of rain. by the way our observer raymond has 80.5 inches of rain for his seasonal total. oakland hills not bad, a third of an inch. forty-one in lakeport to 51 in san jose, mill valley 44. santa rosa 46. upper 40s and mid 40s, clearing and the temperatures drop. 50 for you in fremont and pacifica is 49. snow showers in the mountains that will linger until 11:00 then i think they will be done. then they are still getting some snow. the system for us is east and south, bringing a big cooling trend to the desert and the ridge to the four corners. 60s on the temps. tomorrow we will have sunshine and warmer temps. the warmest will be on thursday, dave, with 80s inland. it looks cooler going into the easter weekend. >> some 80s. >>> the time is 6:52. voting for a school district name change. what is expected tonight at the board meeting of the dixie unified school district. hool distric

he also has filled out hundreds of pages of financial disclosures. chris: will he tell the irs not to release them? >> we will have to see what happens but this had even been litigated in 2016. but what people are not seeing is the fact the oversight committee has the ability to request with the purpose to determine policy this has nothing to do with whether or not they determine policy it is all about political partisanship and a dangerous road and frankly chris, i don't think congress and particularly not this group of congressmen or women are smart enough to look through the thousands of pages that i would assume president trumps taxes will be i'm guessing most of them don't do their own taxes i don't trust them to look through the decades of success the president has had to determine anything. he has filled out hundreds of pages in the financial disclosureos and this is the overreach they make when it's not based on policy but every american was filled out a tax form. chris: have you filed your t taxes yet? >> i'm almost finished. [laughter] chris: i'm

chris page is at an exhibition celebrating the series. morning, chris. good morning.ast, where many of the interior scenes we re where many of the interior scenes were filmed. this big hole has been turned into a corner of westeros. what is amazing looking at theirs is the craftsmanship and detail that has gone into them. we have one of the main character is here behind as year. it started ten years ago. another key member of the stark family. we will be alive throughout the exhibition this morning. we will beat looking at the big impact that the game of thrones has had to bringing tourism to northern ireland. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alice salfield. there are serious concerns about the safety of using the hard shoulder of motorways as an extra lane. known as smart motorways, a number of routes around the capital — including parts of the m1 and m25 — have already been converted to increase the number of driving lanes. but emergency services say in some cases it's taking them longer to reach acci

let's bring in the panel, chris stirewalt, susan page, washington bureau chief at usa today, and alsonew book, the matriarch "barbara bush in the making of the dynasty" debuting number three on "the new york times" list, and chief correspondent of the "washington examiner," susan, congratulations on the book. at the meeting, it is a conundrum. i talked to brit hume earlier in the chauffeur democrats on the way considering what the mueller report did not find prey to speak on democrats are divided on the question of whether impeachment makes sense. democrats are united in thinking that the president has done things that they do not like. they are at odds with the oath that he took an office, but the leadership of the house democrats including nancy pelosi clearly do not want to go down the impeachment road. what they are going to do is have investigations for the impeachment meaning, you look at what the house judiciary committee has already lined up testimony by john mccann, the former white house counsel, by bill barr, by robert mueller, the special counsel, all of those are schedule

on the front page of the mirror, chris packham says he won't give in to anonymous threats over his campaignotect birds from a planned population control scheme. we are going to start with the tainted blood story that we had been feeling absolutely all day, and rise we had images of some of the people who have spoken an incredibly emotional testimony. harrowing stories of people who are so badly wrong that their life was endangered and yet, the 70s and 80s it was a time when people say to you don't tell anyone. they actually didn't tell anyone. they actually didn't tell anyone. they actually didn't tell anyone. even their own family members i think nowadays is less likely to happen, it's quite astonishing that something so serious could have been hushed up and covered up with devastating consequences. helen, governments are both stars & stripes couple here? its failure to act, going back to the 705 and it5 failure to act, going back to the 705 and 805, 5ucce55 it5 failure to act, going back to the 705 and 805, success by 5ucce55ive the 705 and 805, success by successive governments have been