dave lee tries it on.ut first: the uk parliament has approved legislation giving prime minister theresa may the power to begin formal divorce talks with the european union. however, she won't do that immediately, as some had thought, but it will happen before the end of march. the negotiations will bring a period of uncertainty for the uk economy. britain recorded growth of 2% last year. but in 2017, the international monetary fund predicts this will slow to 1.5%, though this is actually up from their previous estimate of 1.1%. the story gets worse in 2018, where growth is expected to come in atjust1.4%. the ongoing uncertainty has also taken its toll on the currency. since the referendum lastjune, the value of the pound has fallen over 18% against the us dollar. the weakness in sterling has made imports into the country more expensive. in the three months ending injanuary, fish prices rose 8.8%, tea prices were up 6%, and butter prices rose some 15.8%. the negotiations will take place as eurosceptic polit

dave lee, bbc news, silicon valley.rier by passengers, china southern, have agreed a strategic partnership. the us airline will buy $200 million worth of shares in the chinese firm and will seek to increase cooperation. rico hizon is in singapore. nice to see you. fill us in. the $200 million investment, sally, is equivalent to a 2.7% stake in china southern, the mainland's biggest carrier. if you look at the percentage, it's not a major investment but it gives american airlines a foothold in the mainland market to capture more traffic between the us and china through arrangements like codesharing. china is one of the biggest sources of tourists to the us with chinese carriers aggressively expanding their fleets and range of overseas destinations to cater for the strong growth in traveller numbers. so this partnership is exacted to improve access to smaller cities, increasing the number of routes both groups can offer between the world's two largest travel markets. china also, sally, is the fifth biggest source market f

earlier, i spoke with dave lee. it has gone very well.uld have sold the shares several times over if they wa nted shares several times over if they wanted to. they began the day at $17. it was above what many thought the price would be. in the course of the price would be. in the course of the day it rose to $26.05. at the close of market, it is $211.48. so, very impressive for snap. we have seen this before. we have seen technology companies have this blistering debut. sometimes it lives up blistering debut. sometimes it lives up to the hype. sometimes not. facebook whipped up to the hype. you will remember twitter have a huge debut with shares rising 100% on the first day but it didn't turn out well in the long run. people are asking if it will be more like facebook or twitter. crucial question. i am sure that people are looking to the future of the company. even though snapchat is incredibly popular with young people, it hasn't made any money. yes, and the losses are widening. the hope is, as you mentioned, with the young audience, tha

southwest conference festival and it's in full swing. 0ur north america technology correspondent dave leecoolest thing that he spotted at the event. the thing for google is to provide our customers access to their favourite services and information from anywhere and at any time whether they are biking, walking, hiking, when their hands are busy they should be able to access their favourite services from the cuff of their sleeve. what is on my calf and how does it work? the interface is on the material and the other threads integrate together. —— my calf. we snapped on the tag. you can see it is bluetooth, a simple brush gives you the time. it is to 30 7pm. we have the destination in, time to destination. -- it is 2:37pm. you can also add music. it is 2:37pm. that is quite expensive. a nice jacket but it feels quite pricey, how much of that is going on, give it the? levi's commuter trucker is going to be $150 without the technology and we think this is really useful. —— how much of that is going on conductivity? hope they come in women's sizes as well. looking at the markets, they are all

dave lee joins us with more from san francisco. snapshot closed with more than $30 a share. are investors so desperate to get a piece of the action? dave: well, i think they say it is a potential huge network along the lines of facebook. the moment snapchat is not close to making any money but the potential for it to be a money making machine is in the air. there are 150 million users of snapchat and many of them use the app more than 10 times a day so there is a lot of engagement , which is one of the things that investors look for. crucially, the majority of the people on the platform are teenagers and twentysomethings, and that is a lucrative audience for advertisers. that is where the money is going to come from targeting those people. in order to achieve the profitability investors demand, it has to grow a lot from here, and that is something that company such as twitter have struggled to do. laura: i know i make my kids sleep with their phones as outside their bedrooms. crowdf that cloud -- that moves on to the next big thing? with that disappoint investors? dave: possi

with one—hundred—and—sixty million users worldwide, our correspondent dave lee says growing further willirst lady melania trump has visited a new york city hospital to read to sick children for world book day. she brought a copy of oh, the places you'll go! by dr seuss, which she said was one of her favourite books. the first lady said ‘i came to encourage you to read, and to think about what you want to achieve in life'. this weekend, china will open its annual parliamentary session — the national people's congress. as usual the weeks leading up to the congress have been marked by a nationwide effort to stop some of the most marginalised members of society from reaching beijing. our correspondentjohn sudworth has had first—hand experience of the tactics deployed against them. there are some violent images in this report. give us the camera. our interview is not going to plan. we are stopped from meeting the family we've come to see. this woman and her sister claim their father was beaten to death by a policeman in a land dispute. they're among the many thousands of people who travel reg

here's our technology correspondent dave lee.problem, that is partly because instagram, which is partly because instagram, which is owned by facebook, provides a real threat to snapchat‘s model in the sense that it is basically emulated, pinched, you could say, some of snapchat‘s popular features, and when snap was preparing for the ipo they highlighted it as a risk, that others could emulate what they do, so it is important for snapchat to make sure that users stay with them rather than going to a site like instagram instead. us first lady melania trump has visited a new york city hospital to read to sick children for world book day. she brought a copy of, "oh, the places you'll go," by dr seuss, which she said was one of her favourite books. the first ladyjoined the children at the city's presbyterian hospital. this weekend, china will open its annual parliamentary session, the national people's congress. as usual, the weeks leading up to the congress have been marked by a nationwide effort to stop some of the most marginalised

our technology reporter dave lee has been to the school — which has a unique fund that invests in siliconmoney. so, where can you get it? you could try to impress a billionaire investor, or you could speak to friends and family, they could have a bit of a whip round for you. but in snapchat‘s case, part of their first investment came from a much more unusual source. saint francis high school is in mountain view, a small city in northern california, best known as being the home of google. five years ago the school made a very shrewd investment, thanks to the advice of a student's father. his daughter, who was on it with herfriends in their phones in the kitchen and he was trying to figure out what they were doing and they said there was an app called snapchat. so four years ago we were able to make this $15,000 investment. when snap began trading this week at $17 a share, saint francis sold two thirds of its stake, cashing in $24 million. and there's more good news. snap‘s value has soared since that first day of trading, so if the school was to sell its remaining allocation that would be

here's dave lee. nvidia is taking a different approach. incredibly computation on this. nvidia is best known for creating chips to handle high—end graphics, but increasingly the company is looking to apply that computing power to data and ai. this week it introduced jetson tx2, the latest in their line of what are essentially supercomputers on a chip. so, thejetson tx2 is really for artificial intelligence at the edge. now, when i say at the edge i'm talking about devices like robots, drones, portable medical devices, that need a lot of intelligence, but they are really small and they really have small power envelopes. sojetson is going to give them the level of performance they need to do artificial intelligence in that small power envelope small size. so a drone that has artificial intelligence on board is going to help find people that are missing, say, in the wilderness, and deliver them first aid or supplies. some hardware makers were given an early chance to experiment with the new gear, which they said it has many practical applicat

our technology reporter dave lee has been to the school.ed is money. where can you get it? you could try to impress a billionaire investor, or you could speak to friends and family. but in the case of snap that pa rt family. but in the case of snap that part of their first investment came from a much more unusual source. this high school is in a small city in northern california, best known as being the home of google. five yea rs as being the home of google. five years ago the school made a very shrewd investment, thanks to the advice of a student's father. his daughter was honoured with her friends in the phone in the kitchen and he was trying to figure out what they were doing and they said there was an app called snapchat. four yea rs was an app called snapchat. four years ago we made this $15,000 investment. when it started trading, the school sold one third of its day, cashing in $24 million. there is more good news. the value of the app has soared since that first day of trading, so if the school was to sell its remaining allocation

as dave lee reports, the school has a unique fund that invests in silicon valley start—ups.e from a much more unusual source. this high school is in mountain view, small city in northern california, best known as the home of google. five yea rs known as the home of google. five years ago the school made a very shrewd investment banks to the advice of a student's father. his daughter who was honoured with her friends on their phones in the kitchen, and he was trying to figure out what they were doing, and she said, there is this thing cold snap chat, so we were able to make this $15,000 investment. when tensai two began trading this week, the school sold to third of its day, cashing in $24 million. and there is more good news. if the school was to sell its remaining allocation, that would be an extra $19 million. saint francis isa an extra $19 million. saint francis is a private school where tuition costs $17,000 per year. a lot of the money raised will go towards offering scholarships to less well—off families in the area. barry eggers is the parent first took the idea of in

dave lee will be telling us about that. all that coming up in about 20 minutes. see you then.syrian rebels and their families have left their last stronghold in the city of homs under an evacuation deal backed by the russians. rebel fighters boarded buses out of the city bound for another rebel—held area in the north to continue fighting there. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in homs and sent this report. they held out as long as they could. fighters now leaving their last district in the city. their families go with them, taking whatever they can carry. syrian aid workers on hand to help. forced to leave behind the only homes they've ever known. it's hard. and the rebels have to leave behind their biggest weapons. rifles, pistols are allowed. so are grenades. russia's military police also keep a close eye today. this agreement was negotiated with moscow's help. in the weeks to come thousands more will board these buses and head to an opposition area in the north. despite the deal, a government cleric suddenly shows up, pleading with a muslim leader from t

with 160 million users worldwide, our correspondent dave lee says growing further will be a challenget is partly because instagram, which is owned by facebook, provides a real threat to snapchat‘s model, in the sense that it has basically emulated, or pinched, you could say, some of snapchat‘s popular features. and when snap was preparing for the ipo, they highlighted it as a risk, that others could emulate what they do. so it is important for snapchat to make sure that users stay with them, rather than going to a site like instagram instead. a series of lost love letters detailing the relationship betweenjackie kennedy and a british aristocrat and senior diplomat are to be auctioned this month. the letters were written after the assassination of president kennedy, but ended whenjackie kennedy married the greek tycoon aristotle onassis. our correspondent david sillito has been studying the letters. dear david. your last letter was such a cri de coeur of loneliness. i would do anything to take that anguish from you. it doesn't seem that we can ever help the people we would wish to help

joining me now from san francisco is our silicon valley reporter dave lee.is doing so well with this flotation? it seems mad, but in silicon valley, losing money has never been a problem to any company. twitter has never made any company. twitter has never made any money despite being seen as a runaway success, at least a few yea rs runaway success, at least a few years ago. the reason people would wa nt to years ago. the reason people would want to invest then snapchat today is the potential for what it might be at the future. at the moment it has around 150 million daily active users, who use it more than ten times a day on average, so that is very appealing, particularly because those users are very young, teenagers and twentysomethings, sober advertisers to reach that demographic that is nowhere better than snatch up for doing that. the potential, investors hope, is for that to grow and for the advertising dollars to roll in. it is all about future potential but that is currently a slowdown in active users? they have had a slowdown and are not attracting

perhaps not. 0ur reporter dave lee is at the south by south west festival.development. this festival is known as being popular for being at the forefront of tech developments. this is the chance of getting an early glimpse and being pa rt getting an early glimpse and being part of the early conversation about how technology is developed and worked on in the future. and it is also a place for hope. lots to gain attention and funding, isn't it? yes, it really is. i'm joined by one of those start—ups trying to get some attention here and there are huge amount trying to do that. michael, you are from a site called anchor. this makes it really easy for anyone to broadcast a radio station from their phone. given there are hundreds of panels and discussions, how you stand out and get attention? i think the key is to be simple. i do think you have to spend a tonne of money. you have to engage with your existing audience. icame engage with your existing audience. i came from a pod casting event where we were hosting broadcasters and networkers. where we were hosting

warriors/knicks, a lot of celebrities in attendance including spike lee and dave chappell. curry has not been shooting well but curry for three. money. after that he came alive. third quarter. putting porzingis through the spin cycle and rolls it in. final seconds, from tre ville. he has 15 and 1/3. curry, the step back. and that was the dab. the two-time mvp had a game high 32 points and golden state wins 112-105. >> we haven't experienced that for a while but for the most part, that's an anomaly to begin with so you can't get defeated at all or play into the depressing questions and mood and stuff of the last 48 hours. we knew it would be fine getting back to who we are. a lot can happen. but you always have an opportunity to get back to it. and tonight was like that. and we want to finish off our trip tomorrow in atlanta strong. >>> to the ice. sharks/wilds. i think this is the president of the brightbering fan club. martin jones gets the puck lost in his jersey. yes. he's credited with the save but no, they did not. still in the first, sharks down 2-0. malcolm carlson c

dave will say lee paid for charity? i say no. i will do that the rest of my life i will not ever sell one. this collection of 98 we are giving it to the bush foundation endowment fund it may be worth something 30 years from now with a run out of money and they can sell it. i made a fancy sophisticated copy i promise to make all the one copy and i will send it to each veteran. [applause] >> a couple of questions about portraits specifically they are the toughest you can miss paint a landscape and who will complain but if you capture the image of another human you better get a right on campus. >>. >> guy a painted done as baby once that was impressionist and i pleaded another and did not like it so lightly did something like the gerber baby. [laughter] >> as portraiture is the most complex for much of art as insight into character that usually means a special report needs to develop. did that occur with few. >> but to make a portrait of were to have to have a feeling of police wore painting. -- of who you are painting. . . on the c

we saw mark meadows, jim george, dave brandt, mike lee whole be up here. ted cruz. they are leading this fight and our congressional leaders need to follow them so we can actually repeal obamacare. we can do it, they need to hear your voice to make it happen. it's not just what happens up here, it's what you all want. they need to hear that. thank you for being here, and we can do this, we can repeal obamacare. >> once again, we are broadcasting live on sirius xm satellite radio. the patriot channel, channel 125. i was actually going back over to the broadcast position to do the top of the hour. but i figured i would just do it from this mike. when i use the frayed intellectual constitutional conservative, i apply that to very few people. there are very few people that i call intellectual constitutional conservative because it's tough. it means understanding how the government works. it means sometimes believing in something but saying loudly, hey, this is not for the government. there are very few people who can separate their opinions from what it is they believe

mike lee is coming up next and he's going to be awesome. i want to tell you something that dave brat didn't tell you. speaker ryan was right about something. he didn't know he was right, but he was right. we have a binary choice. we can either get rid of obamacare or keep it in place. the bill keeps it in place. we reject that choice, right? hey, it's really important, though, it's not just right now. we need to look at history. we can learn from history. back in 2003, the chairman of the r.s.c., the republican study committee, went to the house floor and stood up and said, you know what, despite the best efforts of my leadership, i cannot vote for this bill. it's the largest entitlement expansion in 65 years, and i will not do it. that guy, that was mike pence. he's the vice president of the united states now. mike pence was a beacon of hope for all the conservatives in 2003 when republicans were expanding entitlements. we need new leaders in washington right now to stand up. we saw mark meadows, jim jordan, dave brat, tom cotton, mike lee who will be up here, ted cruz. they ar

we saw mark med dose and jim jordan and dave bratt and tom cotton and mike lee who going to be up here, and ted cruz, and they are leading this fight, and in our congressional leaders need to follow them so we can actual ly repeal obamacare. we can do it, and they need to hear your voice to make it happen, because it is not what happens up here, but it is what you all want, and they need to hear it. thank you for being up upper hoo, and remember, we can do this and we can actually are repeal obamacare. >> once again, we are broadcasting live on the sirius xm channel, the patriot channel 125. and i was about to do the broadcast at the top of the hour, but i figured i would just do it from this mike. when i use the phrase intellectual constitutional conservative, i apply it to very few people. there are very few people i call intellectual constitutional c conservative, because it is tough, and it means understanding how the government works and it means that sometimes believing in something, but saying loudly, hey, this is not for the government. very few people who can separate their op

dave rsh senators rand paul, mike lee and ted cruz are against that plan.they will need every one of those three senators on board. when the house and senate come together to work together too get a bill, they will have to appease the rebel senators. melissa: that was an unbeliable summation of what's happening. he did that off the cuff. david: he's putting together the details of a plan that would effectively change obamacare into something that is much more free market oriented than what we have now. melissa: in the last few minutes he explained how it all comes together. he laid it out. the question is can they do it? david: can we top tomorrow what we did today? liz: at least two are dead after a train collided with a bus in biloxi, mississippi. the bus appeared stuck on the tracks before the train hit the bus broadside. they are still removing people through the emergency windows. we'll continue to bring you the latest on this terrible accident. paul ryan says they do want to

. >> tom: i wanted to have lee greenwood's singing behind. >> you were spot on. daveght you might be the one to have a problem with that. >> i'm a libertarian, but i don't think government should legislate culture. but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have one. there is a fantastic book called "the closing of the american mind" ," it's really incredible, he breaks down the center of the modern progressive ideology as cultural relativism. it kind of breaks down, because if you look at the left, all cultures are equal except ours. >> he wrote that book in 1987. and today, he'd be a progressive. without a doubt. >> tom: he called himself a classical liberal, which i think you call yourself. >> i call my self a progressive. there are some things in that monologue i agree with her, and something that i disagree with. i also agree that that was probably said 100 years ago. people come for this country and for a time they still have their own culture, and the next generation adopts our culture, and part of their culture becomes part of our culture, and that's what makes americ

lee has more. what is it like over there? >> reporter: good morning, dave. it really is a mixed bag of reactions in the middle east. you have countries targeted by it. most of them have come out against the ban. including iran who has implemented a quid pro quo. saying americans traveling won't be allowed in. they have had a few exceptions. iraq was on that first travel ban. they aren't on the second one after heavy lobbying by baghdad. this is very important as u.s. troops are fighting along side iraqi troops against isis. the rest of the region has been quiet. we have not heard from some of the coupntries that usually com out when the u.s. makes a move like this. noticeably turkey. we did hear from the deputy crown prince muhammad who met with president trump on tuesday. he said president trump was a true friend of the muslims. as far as individuals go, the people who are affected by it, a lot of confusion and a lot of anxiousness. yesterday, the u.s. embassy here in cairo had a facebook chat with people called ask a officer. a lot of people wandering what

dave, thank you. >>> a teenager is accused of terrorizing and raping women on the streets of chester city and chester township. now he's facing a long list of charges. investigators have linked 19-year-old lee to the least nine brutal sexual assault and there may be more victims out there. police say they finally caught hup lee when one of his alleged victims recognized him in a delaware county store and called police. district attorney jack wheel land along with investigators say that lee was arrested in january on unrelated firearms and drug possession charges. while he's been in jail investigators were able to build their case against him. they say he would approach a woman from behind, pull a gun and rob them and then take them to secluded area where he will he would sexually assault the women. >> the scary part of this case if it hasn't been horrific enough is the fact that we believe there are other victims out there that he's done more than this because he's told us that he's committed these acts. many, many, many times. we have nine in front of you today. we think there's more out there. >> investigators say lee was arrested and put in prison last february on weapons charges. he was