david baldacci, it's been a pleasure to talk to you, thank you.nny day, we saw a decent sunset for many. this is the view not long ago in the wirral in the north—west of england. we saw a fair bit of cloud further south and that's been coming in on the breeze. this cloud thickened up. the odd spot of rain in a few places, but that's the exception rather than the rule. the further north you go, the skies are the further north you go, the skies a re clearer the further north you go, the skies are clearer and the winds are lighter. that means the temperature will be dropping away. no real problems in major towns and cities. it will be four, five, six celsius, in rural parts of england and scotland, it will go down to freezing or below. so a chill in the airfirst thing. there maybe freezing or below. so a chill in the air first thing. there maybe low cloud into the north of scotland, but the bulk of scotland will be fine and dry with a good deal of morning sunshine. it looks like a decent day in northern ireland, northern england too, but that keen br

david baldacci, it‘s been a pleasure to talk to you, thank you. thank you.wales through the night. northern ireland, in the countryside, quite chilly first thing in the morning out warming up. this is where the best of the sunshine. eastern scotland through the central well, a bit of drizzle. some sunshine and warming up drizzle. some sunshine and warming up after the chilly start in northern ireland. the other side of the pennines at different story with lots of cloud. the wales, midlands and southern england. a bit grey out there. we should see steady improvement through the day and we should see that in the cricket. it will brighten up and we should get some sunshine. the cloud breaking from the north. eventually some sunshine arriving in southern parts of england. mid to high teens, up to 21 in the south of northern ireland and the south—east of wales. more cloud for the football in scotland. we could see a little bit of sunshine over in edinburgh but it will not be that warm. the onshore breeze on monday. eventually we could punch a few holes in the clo

david baldacci, it's been a pleasure to talk to you, thank you. thank you.spring day for us, the warmest day of the year suffer in northern ireland and sunshine in south east wales with temperatures of 20 degrees. the extent of the sunshine from earlier today breaking up the cloud across southern england, although low in aberdeen and has been cooler. we should keep their cloud feeding across the see developing widely in northern england and eventually central england, then further west in the countryside there is temperatures won't be far from freezing. these are the numbers more likely in towns. essentially mandate will be a west— ease split, a cool breeze of the north sea bringing cloud over central and eastern parts of the uk with more sunshine at towards the west. but even with the sunshine and temperatures will be lower than today but we are still looking at mid to high teens across south—west scotland and also northern ireland and the cloud may break across north—east england at times but through the midlands, yorkshire, linkage, east anglia, a lot of

and looking slightly bemused on the sofa is the author david baldacci.e eating rhubarb. and dancing bakers, can you incorporate that into one of your novels? i never say never. your latest book is another chance to meet your fantastic detective character amos decker. tell us about him. he was an american football player who suffered an injury that changed his brain so now he has perfect recall. it it changed his personality and he is socially inept and awkward. a woman at the book signing said she loves a must decker and she wants to give him a hug and make him better. a brilliant detective. you can put him into situations and his reaction is not predictable. i have to up my game when i write about him because i don't know what he will do from page to page. authors always get asked, is there an amos decker out their? bits and pieces of him. i was interested in the brain and no people with this syndrome who are brilliant but socially awkward. i felt the frustration so i thought having a character with those elements would be fascinating. he is like a big

and in meet the author i will be speaking to the author david baldacci about his latest novel, fur fixlcome to our look at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow, a lot of one particular story, tim stanley, columnist at the daily telegraph, joins me with benedicte paviot, uk correspondent at france 24. the financial times headlines emmanuel macron's win in the french presidential election saying his win is a phenomenal achievement. the metro calls him big mac after he took over 65% of the vote in the second round. the guardian says mr macron must now reunite it if fans after the far right marine le pen received over 11 million votes. the times receives that emmanuel macron received a landslide victory as fans elect its youngest leaders and is napoleon. the telegraph warns that the election of the europhile could have an effect on brexit negotiations with the european union. and the daily mail leads with an exclusive in which it says that loyalty with an insurer can cost families an extra £1000 a year. interesting that some papers don't even mention the french presidential electio

also coming up, david baldacci will be on meet author talking about his latest novel the fix.t's at 8:45. that's all ahead on bbc news. now it's time for sportsday. the headlines tonight. following in the footsteps of sir francis drake. manchester united are open to come away with the goods on the atlantic coast of spain. the everton manager faces the press and offers full support to his one and hopes the player will be back in the squad soon. noticing, but soon you won't. the same bold tells us what he hopes his legacy would be when he retires in august. thank you forjoining us this evening. nearly 500 years ago it was francis drake who came away with the spoils after raids in spain. manchester united hope to come away with something from the visit in the republic semifinal first leg against other vehicle. this competition is nowjose morinho‘s other vehicle. this competition is now jose morinho‘s priority. other vehicle. this competition is nowjose morinho‘s priority. it is the other —— only competition much as united have never won and it would be great to close the circle a

and coming up at 8:45, david baldacci will be talking about his latest book "the fix" on meet the authorod evening and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the us house of representatives has passed a healthcare bill, bringing president trump's pledge to repeal and replace obamacare a step closer. the american health care act was passed narrowly after weeks of arm—twisting within the republican party to muster sufficient support. it has been opposed by democrats and several groups representing patients, doctors and hospitals. ed haislmaier is a senior research fellow in health policy studies at the conservative think tank the heritage foundation. he's been campaigning for the repeal of obamacare and gave me his reaction to tonight's developments. what people have missed in this debate is there has been a lot of focus on the roughly 20 million people who gain subsidised coverage for through obamacare. what has been missing is the focus the 25 million, at least as many, if not more people, who have not gotten any subsidies, but got hit by enormous increases in premiums and loss of covera