david willis, thank you very much. thank you. david willis in washington.on says he's "utterly devastated" by her death. jasmine forrester‘s father simeon said she "was a shining star and a huge part of us". detectives are questioning a 51—year—old relative, on suspicion of murder. gerry adams‘ 34—year tenure as leader of sinn fein has come to an end, as mary lou mcdonald formally took over as party president. in her first speech as leader, mcdonald told delegates in dublin it was time for the party to embrace fresh thinking and bold ideas. she also said she wanted to secure and win a referendum on irish unity. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says that returning britain‘s energy system to public ownership is the best way of going green. speaking at a conference outlining labour‘s alternative models of ownership, mr corbyn said labour needs to take a radical approach to battling climate change. in 1945, we elected a labour government to take control of the country that was ravaged by six yea rs of country that was ravaged by six years of war. clem attlee‘s la

i spoke to david willis is in washington.he sheriff in broward county confirming the figure of 17 fatalities in the shooting three outside the school premises, and two in hospital, or on their way to hospital. all of them from gunshot injuries. and it does appear that there is at least a dozen people who have also been taken to hospital, and some of those are thought to be suffering from quite severe gunshot injuries. one eyewitness was quoted earlier on as saying it was just blood all over the place. clearly a very, very distressing afternoon for these young people. very distressing. as you said, david, we have also got a confirmation of the attacker‘s name, apparently nicolas de jesus cruz, a former student. we know that according to the miami herald, this is somebody who was a former student. the sheriff confirmed he was expelled for disciplinary reasons. at the school, they were telling people to look out for him. it was claimed in previous weeks that he had some sort of motive to harm students and so he was not to be all

from washington, david willis reports.ed back at the white house just in time to hear the latest twist in the battle of the memos. good evening. this evening, the house intelligence committee will release the response to the nunes memo. we feel this will help them inform the public of the distortions and inaccuracies in the majority memo. the majority is memo released last friday was compiled by republicans, alleging a culture of political bias among part of the justice department and the fbi. in particular it claims the fbi have relied on a dossier compiled by a former british spy, christopher steele, to convince a court to grant aid surveillance warrant on a format donald trump campaign aide without revealing the dossier was funded by the hillary clinton campaign. normal non—partisan scrutiny of the nation's intelligence services has 110w nation's intelligence services has now been rent asunder, with democrats branding the republican memo a misrepresentation of the fa cts , memo a misrepresentation of the facts, and say

david willis, bbc news, at the white house.pean economic community, which would later become the european union. the eec, or common market, had been formed as a trading body by six european countries just a few years earlier, and britain had been in talks to join for more than a year. juliet campbell was a british diplomat at the talks and she's been telling her story to witness. a staggering blow has dealt the western unity of this council hole in brussels. # on v day. thank god we are englishmen! # not common market! the british people, who would only slowly come round to the idea that they perhaps were going into the eec, were really very shocked. communication between countries half a world apart, nowadays no more than a matter of hours. the shrinking world makes nonsense of frontiers, and engenders new thinking. so 1961, the british government applied to join the european communities and edward heath was appointed. i have just come from making a false statement to the member of the european economic community. in that stat

david willis earlier.as been denied a performance permit in malaysia over her views on gay rights. homosexuality is illegal in the country and a minister has said artists have to comply with what he called local values. kathryn armstrong reports. denise ho has never been afraid of standing up her beliefs. she was once one of the bigger stars in hong kong, but everything changed when she became one of the faces of the 2014 pro—democracy protests. trent bouu 2014 pro—democracy protests. trent boult and saw her blacklisted in mainland china, with some major brands pulling out of promotional projects with. now she has been barred from holding a concert in late this aprilfor a barred from holding a concert in late this april for a different reason. we received a call from alco organise in malaysia and they told us organise in malaysia and they told us that our visa was denied and my visa was denied, and the reason that the person from the government gave was that because i was an active supporter of the lg btqi

david willis.ional apology to survivors of child abuse. a royal commission into the treatment of thousands of children who were abused in the care of churches, schools, and homes across australia called it a national tragedy. malcolm turnbull‘s announcement has put pressure on state government and religious institutions that have not signed up a scheme to give compensation to the victims. the two biggest political parties in germany have agreed a coalition deal. angela merkel‘s conservatives and the centre—left social democrats have decided which government departments each party will run, ending months of stalemate after inconclusive elections in september. but as andrew plant reports, the deal will still need to be approved. marathon talks that began on tuesday and continued through the night to try to end over four months of stalemate at the top of europe's largest economy. the chancellor has reached a deal tojoin forces in a ruling coalition. translation: i am convinced that the coalition contr

david willis, bbc news, at the white house.ade scheduled for the day before the winter olympics in south korea. pyongyang's annual military parade — to mark the founding of its armed forces — has taken place in aprilfor a0 years. this year it has been changed to the 8th of february when athletes will gather in pyeongchang for the opening ceremony. north korea says no—one has the right to take issue with its plans. paul french is the author of the book north korea: state of paranoia. we asked him why the change of heart? there's going to be a lot ofjournalists just over the border in south korea for all sorts of reasons. a publicity coup, a rather provocative one, they often have these in april, they don't normally have them in february largely because it's too cold in february and they're going for it this year. there was no plan for this a couple of weeks ago, now there is, it's part of the great chess game of korean relations. i think it's part of the pr machine, and i think the south understands that, which is the most impor

david willis.blic ownership is the best way of going green. speaking at a conference outlining labour's alternative models of ownership, mr corbyn said labour needs to take a radical approach to battling climate change. in 1945 re—elected a labour government to take control of the country that was ravaged by six yea rs of country that was ravaged by six years of war. we knew that only to this economy was through a decisive turn to collective action. necessary action to help advert the climate catastrophe requires us to be at least as radical as that government was, if not more. tackling global warming will not be achieved by warm words. jeremy corbyn. her majesty's revenue and customs has written to retailers warning them about a scam involving the apple itunes service. the tax authorities say that elderly and vulnerable people are falling victims to a scam which encourages them to pay fraudsters using itunes vouchers bought in high street shops. our business correspondentjoe lynam says it's a soph

our washington correspondent david willis has more.in a rare statement, has said it does not think it is a good idea for this memo to be released, expressing grave concerns over what it says are omissions which therefore render the document itself inaccurate. the democrats say the memo is selective and is aimed, by the republicans, at discrediting the investigation that has been undertaken into collusion, russian pollution in the 2016 election by the special counsel robert mueller. 0bviously the special counsel robert mueller. obviously the department ofjustice and the fbi feel that this is an extraordinarily reckless step to ta ke extraordinarily reckless step to take because the information has not been vetted and we have not been able to do research on the sources and methods. while that analysis is supposed to go on, they say the president has not read the memo. releasing that memo might be a pretext for donald trump to sack the special prosecutor robert mueller and the man who appointed him, the deputy attorney general, rod rosens

david willis in washington. kong, killing 19 people and injuring 62 on the tai po road in the new territories. police have arrested the driver and charged him with causing death by dangerous driving. sophia tran—thomson has this report. it does contain images some viewers may find distressing. the 12—metre long double—decker was taking spectators and workers home from the sha tin racecourse after the last race of the day. the bus appears to have slid and flipped onto its side and hit a lamppost which cut through it. the driver has been arrested on counts of causing death and grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving. translation: the driver was ten minutes late, and he lost his temper when he started driving. some people were complaining, and he drove the bus like he was driving a plane. when he turned, the bus crashed. it was very chaotic. he drove so fast, the bus toppled immediately when making a turn so all the people fell down and piled up. some passengers managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own,

david willis, there, in washington.e step of imposing emergency spending controls because of what it describes as severe financial challenges. no new expenditure will be allowed at the conservative—led northamptonshire county council, except for work protecting vulnerable people. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said austerity was causing chaos in local government. jane—frances kelly reports. northamptonshire county council‘s new headquarters cost £53 million and was opened just last year but the building could be up for sale soon to help the authority balance its books. it is now banning all new expenditure although services safeguarding vulnerable people will be protected. staff pay will be unaffected. the leader of the council blamed cuts handed down to it from central government. we have been in a perfect storm of huge increases in demand for our services and at the same time significant reductions in funding from central government. we have said to government since 2013 that we could not sustain all of our services w

david willis, bbc news, at the white house.ale military parade scheduled for the day before the winter olympics in south korea. pyongyang's annual military parade — to mark the founding of its armed forces — has taken place in aprilfor a0 years. this year it has been changed to the eighth of february — when athletes will gather in pyeongchang for the opening ceremony. north korea says no—one has the right to take issue with its plans. joining me now from austin, texas is rodger baker — vice president of strategic analysis at the geopolitical intelligence firm, stratfor. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what is the significance of this date, the eighth of february? if you look back at history, the eighth of february would be the day that the official armed forces of north korea was formed. the april date that has been celebrated more recently is really the day of the founding of the anti— guerrilla campaign several years before the formal foundation of the military. so, they have reasons to have parades on both dates but typ

david willis reports from washington. chanting: usa, usa, usa!ecret memo alleging bias on the part of officials who are currently investigating him, others believe the president is undermining a vital branch of government. this memo totally vindicates trump in probe, he tweeted today, but the russian witch hunt goes on and on. there was no collusion and there was no obstruction. the memo, written by republicans, describes a politically biased justice department and fbi, which was determined to ensure donald trump lost the presidential election. they got a warrant on someone in the trump campaign using opposition research paid for by the democratic party and the hillary clinton campaign. the man the president appointed to lead the fbi was fiercely opposed to the memo's release, having questioned its accuracy. in an e—mail to his beleaguered staff, christopher wray wrote, talk is cheap. the work you do is what will endure. we're going to keep doing that work, because we know who and what we are, and because we know our mission comes first. the amer

david willis, bbc news, at the white house.s that some operators deliberately split up groups travelling together — unless they pay extra for allocated seating. many passengers claim it happens regularly, but the airlines deny the practice. the caa says it won't hesitate to take action if necessary. our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma explained more about their review. if you book a flight on a budget airline, for example, you will be made to pay, sometimes, to sit with yourfamilies made to pay, sometimes, to sit with your families and friends when you go on holiday. they are looking as —— into whether these seating algorithms are deliberately done to make people pay extra. today, the pollsters have released the results ofa pollsters have released the results of a survey saying that actually, ryanair passengers are more likely to be complaining about being separated. they have come out and said their seating policy is clear and it cost 2 euros to allocate a seat that you want on ryanair. they have had a few complaints

david willey speaking to me from washington. —— david willis speaking to me.g communist party has announced plans for a rule change which would allow president xi to extend his time in office, perhaps indefinitely. president xi is due to step down in 2023 but the change would allow him to serve longer than the ten years, or two five—year terms, permitted by the current rules. we'll have more on that story later in the programme. italy's former prime minister silvio berlusconi has been out on the campaign trail, a week ahead of a general election in which his right—wing coalition is expected to win the most votes. mr berlusconi himself is banned from public office because of criminal convictions for tax fraud. addressing a rally of his party in milan, the 81—year—old put immigration at the forefront of his campaign: nigeria says 110 girls remain unaccounted for, following an attack on a school in the northeastern nigerian state of yohbay. islamist militants stormed the school in the town of dapchi on monday. nigerian troops and the air force have been brought i

the bbc‘s david willis has more from washington.er this florida shooting it seemed that the national debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern it has followed in the past, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing, but now we have these students calling for some sort of action. these are people who, of course, don't remember the columbine massacre in 1999, they were not born at that particular time, at unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calling for a change and they have come up with various ways of ringing that about, including this seemed to have a march on the capital, washington, dc next month. that is going to be called the march for allies. separately, they are planning a school walkout on the 20th of april, that marks the 19th anniversary of the columbine massacre and there is a big rally planned for wednesday in the florida capital tallahassee, all basically to advance the calls for tighter gun control laws here in america. david willis th

david willis, bbc news, at the white house.00 years. the tomb, found near cairo, is adorned with well—preserved and rare wall paintings depicting the priestess in a variety of scenes. duncan kennedy reports. discovered near the pyramid of giza south of cairo, the tomb was found under 300 cubic metres of earth. archaeologists were astonished to see how well preserved the paintings on the wall of the l—shaped room were. they depict a high priestess, hetpet, in a variety of settings. she's seen in hunting and fishing scenes and receiving offerings from children. hetpet was known to be a priestess to the goddess of fertility, hathor, who assisted women in childbirth. finding hetpet‘s tomb is being seen as an important and rare addition to our understanding of the structure of egyptian royal life 4,000 years ago. we believe that she lived during the fifth dynasty which means 21100 bc. the tomb has preserved its colours. she was a high official and she had a strong link with the royal palace. the tomb contains scenes of music and dan

david willis, bbc news, washington.rida state capital of tallahassee, where protestors have been gathering. what have the students been saying? they have been saying they certainly we re they have been saying they certainly were not expecting to be sure this time last week. they have suddenly been turned into political activists and they are learning as they go. they say they are speaking from the heart and they are speaking from experience. their message is simple. we don't want to be afraid to go to school. they are not anti—gun. they just want a reform of gun laws so when 19—year—old mentally unstable person cannot buy a semiautomatic rifle legally and come into school and kill them. this is the first generation that has grown up with mass shootings. they practice safety drills in school, which did not work in this case. they have also grown up with social media, so they know how to use it to their cause and they are doing that. they have managed to break into the polarised debate about gun violence and gun control.

david willis, bbc news, at the white house.r stories making the news. palestinian officials say a palestinian man has been shot dead in clashes with the israeli army in the west bank. soldiers had faced rock—throwing protesters after carrying out a raid in the village of burqin. israeli forces said they entered the village in an attempt to find a man suspected of having murdered an israeli rabbi last month. moscow has denounced what it calls the "bellicose" nature of a new us nuclear policy. the us military has called for more nuclear weapons in response to the perceived threat from russia. the pentagon has put forward a policy of developing new smaller atomic bombs. russia is warning that it will take necessary measures to ensure its own security. thousands of corsicans have held a rally to push for more autonomy from france. president emmanuel macron will be visiting the mediterranean island on tuesday. a coalition of corsican nationalists won a convincing victory in local elections in december. they want more financial contr

russia probe. presidential election. contained classified material. 0ur washington correspondent david willisnvolving a former trump campaign aide called carter page. that was back in 2016. release this republican memo, but he decided to do so anyway. and the fbi and not publish the democratic memo. democrats are up in arms. the president has something to hide. for claims of lack of transparency. why am i telling you this? why do we care? and russia to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. as he was concerned. that's not quite the case. nearing its conclusion. it's as clear as mud! if you're sure! however, is it likely we will ever see more of this democratic memo? will it ever see the light of day? he will put it out, as he did the republican memo. the president's decision and force the release of this democratic memo. but the house of course is republican controlled. of a democratic memo. the new territories. by dangerous driving. sophia tran—thomson has this report. it does contain images some viewers may find distressing. home from the sha tin racecourse after the last race of the d

david willis pointing out that at that listening session, those that were there actually praised theiticism pointed at him directly, which is quite interesting. also this close—up hitches of his notes, which are quite interesting. —— pictures. "i hear you, 0.5." perhaps reminding you to be sympathetic.- talk about this story, which i have talked about everyday this week, and for good reason. waiting to die as the bombs fall like rain, and a picture of a boy being carried by a un human rights worker. he is obviously in agony. it is just appalling what is happening here, and yet so, so complicated. indeed it is, and there are really many showing pictures of this, children being in pain, children being orphans. the reports say 310 people killed in the just in the last three days. there have even calls for maybe a 30— day ceasefire, and just to bring in food and medical supplies. we have had a rush of pushing back against this saying thatis pushing back against this saying that is unrealistic. at least they do want to a discussion. it would the fantastic if they could go in that directio

david willis talking earlier.hat one of its stormont members removed a clamp from the front wheel of his car in belfast. video footage of gerry kelly taking the clamp off and driving away has been posted on social media. as our correspondent john campbell explains, mr kelly's position as police spokesman has been seized on by his opponents. he has been their policing spokesman for quite a long time and used to be a member of the northern ireland policing board. he is a senior sinn fein member and was formerly a leader of the ira, but has been committed to politics for more than 20 years. we can see what happened. he had come out of the gym and he found his car was clamped because it was in a restricted area. the footage showed him on the ground, fiddling with the clamp, pulling the chains. there was set of bolt cutters on the ground next to him which would suggest that is what he used to remove the clamp. he was able to pick it up, walk to the back of his car and prop it up against the wall before driving off. sin

earlier i spoke to our correspondent in washington, david willis, who told me more about the two memosgned off on the release of a republican memo detailing what it alleged were surveillance abuses on the part of the fbi involving a former trump campaign aid, a man called carter page, back in 2016. both the fbi and justice department advised against the release of that memo, but president trump did so anyway. then the democrats got there a bottle memo together and it went to ten pages, significantly longer than the republican memo. the fbi and justice department again advised against it being released but this time the president decided to back their recommendations. now, the president isa recommendations. now, the president is a republican of course, democrats are crying foul, they say it's a double standard, they say this is all evidence of the fact that they, in their view, donald trump has something to hide. meanwhile the president himself, as you mentioned, tweeted today basically saying the democrats knew that large parts of their memo would have to be heavily redacted, thus by s

travelling between new york and miami collided with a freight train and derailed. 0ur correspondent david willisdavid, what more can you tell us?m has been confirmed as you mentioned that the two people who died in that collision today were both its employees, the 54—year—old engineer and the 32—year—old conductor. this is the third fatal collision on the us railway system in as many months and that's prompted the governor of south carolina, henry mcmaster, to call for a renewed discussion about rail safety in this country. congress has not passed a long—term funding measure for the amtrak system for the last ten years. it has relied on short—term ongoing systems with basically existing funding levels being maintained. president trump of course has mooted plans for a big infrastructure programme about a trillion dollars. but it is unclear how much of that if any would go to enhancing the nation's railway system. we often assume from this count are i that many people —— country that many people in the united states travel by air, how widely used is the rail network? it is very well used, particul

our correspondent david willis is in washington. david, the president has been tweeting again? the last hour, in fact. he has said that the memo tricky indicates trump in probe, but the russia witch at the end, he is tweeting from his florida retreat, but clearly after a very homogenous week, he wants to have the last word in this. this was a week of course which began with the fbi deputy director—general stepping down, from hisjob, after weeks of being attacked, through twitter, by presidents club, and then ended with the president hinting ominously that he might get rid of his deputy attorney general. he was asked in the oval office yesterday if he still had confidence in mr rosen steam, he is the man who over season in mr rosen steam, he is the man who over season the russia and robert mueller‘s enquiry, and he said, you figure that one out. you say that the president once the last word, but will this be the last word? definitely not. this is going to run and run. i think it will grow in magnitude. this toxic infighting, because it is clear that robert mueller is nearing the

earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in washington, david willis.ther this budget deal is likely to be approved by congress. that is the big question. we have moved closer today to avoiding another government shut down here, that bipartisan bill approved by the senate, or agreed in the senate a nyway to senate, or agreed in the senate anyway to be voted on tomorrow. then it will go to the house before president trump can sign it into law, and there is the rub, as shakespeare would say because there are democrats in the house who want the same sort of agreement that democrats in the senate got from the leadership there. namely, they want a commitment to have a follow—up bill on immigration, that addresses the plight of the so—called dreamers, these are people we have been hearing a lot about recently, there are more than a million of them, they were brought to this country illegally through no fault of their own. the democrats want to see them protected and certainly in the house anyway, they were looking to tie this budget agreement, this two year b

aligned for the trains coming down this way to be diverted into the siding. 0ur correspondent david willis more details about those who died, and said the crash could prompt renewed discussion about rail safety. it's employees, the 54—year—old engineer and the 32—year—old conductor. now, this is the third fatal collision on the us railway system in as many months. and that's prompted the governor of south carolina, henry mcmaster, to call for a renewed discussion about rail safety in this country. congress hasn't actually passed a long—term funding measure for the amtrak railway system for the last ten years. it's relied on short—term, ongoing systems, with basically existing funding levels being maintained. and president trump, of course, has mooted plans for a big infrastructure programme, of about $1 trillion. it's unclear, though, how much of that, if any, would go towards enhancing the nation's railway system. particularly in particular parts of the country such as the east and west coast, 30 million people a year, more than that, in fact, travel by train. amtrak says that based on th

our correspondent david willis has this update from washington.es, the 54—year—old engineer, and the 32—year—old conductor. now this is the third fatal collision on the us railway system in as many months. that has prompted the government of south carolina, henry mcmaster, to call for a renewed discussion about rail safety in this country. congress has not actually passed a long—term funding measure for the amtrak railway system for the past ten yea rs. railway system for the past ten years. it has relied on short—term, ongoing systems with existing funding levels being maintained. donald trump, of course, has mooted plans for a big infrastructure programme, about $1 trillion. it is unclear how much of that, if any, would actually go towards enhancing the nation's railway system, here. also making news today, the sole surviving suspect involved in the terror attacks that killed 130 people at the bataclan in paris goes on trial in belgium today. salah abdeslam was captured in brussels four months after the paris attacks in 2015. the charges he face

and now we will go straightaway to david willis in washington, a bbc correspondent.g that we were not expecting to see tighter gun control from donald trump, and he has not said it. that is true. donald trump did tweet today. he said no child, teacher, or anyone, should ever feel unsafe in said no child, teacher, or anyone, should everfeel unsafe in an american school. but if you think that that is going to provoke any sort of debate about gun control in this country, i think you will be disappointed. the sandy hook massacre, in which 21 young children we re massacre, in which 21 young children were gunned to death in their classroom, it failed completely to turn the dial as far as this whole debate is concerned. if that did not do anything, well, then, what we'll? we had one congressman today, a democratic congas man, jim hynes, who said simply this country belongs to the nra, the national rifle association, one of the most powerful groups in the usa. you will be used to dealing with people from outside the usa saying surely the polls suggest americans as a populati

for more, our correspondent david willis in washington, joined rico a little earlier. president gave to his support behind a bipartisan bill to basically tighten up the criminal background checks that people have to go — undergo here before they can buy a firearm. basically, these are checks carried out under the fbi, but they rely on information from state and federal agencies regarding mental health legion issues, regarding criminal convictions and so on. and very often, that information isn't sent through. it isn't compiled as part of the database. so this measure would basically tighten that up — at least that's the plan. it wouldn't necessarily, though, prevent the sort of attack that somebody like nikolas cruz could carry out, and, indeed, president trump has focused on the mental health aspect of this whole debate and the fbi letting him slip through the net, as it were, rather than looking at any form of gun control. but there was a lie—in today, about 100 students staged this lie—in in front of the white house, calling for tighter gun control laws, there are p

let's cross live to david willis, who is in washington for us. nt seems to be really picking up momentum? it does, duncan, yes. it started last thursday and it's been gathering stea m, thursday and it's been gathering steam, picking up momentum ever since. as the hashtag boycott nra has trended on twitter. and the list 110w has trended on twitter. and the list now includes banks and hotel chains, car hire companies, an insurance company, a household moving company, a software company. the most recent being delta airlines and united airlines, who, as well as severing their marketing ties with the nra, they are also asking for their company logos to be removed from the nra website. as well as the nra boycotts, there is also the possibility of some sort of financial squeeze being imposed on the nra's members, as the gun manufacturers and the bank of america issued a statement saying, we arejoining other america issued a statement saying, we are joining other companies america issued a statement saying, we arejoining other companies in oui’ we arejoin

earlier i spoke to our correspondent david willis, who said the south carolina governor, henry mcmasteren updating the media. he said that this incident occurred involving a passenger train belonging to the national trail carrier, amtrak, which had 139 passengers on board and eight crew. and a stationery freight train. the passenger train was headed from new york to miami when the collision occurred. it was shortly after 2.30 in the morning local time. this was near columbia, which is the capital of south carolina. the passenger train he said was travelling at about 59mph and that the two people known to have died were both amtrak employees. now, 116 people, he said, had been taken to hospital. most with minor injuries, some with broken bones. a shelter has been set up broken bones. a shelter has been set up at the scene. and he said that officials from the national transportation safety board, the federal authority here, that looks into these sorts of incidents, was on its way to the scene of the crash. the governor did say though that it appeared from his analysis, having been to the

david willis sent this report. his supporters believe he struck a blow for justice.emo alleging bias on the pa rt secret memo alleging bias on the part of officials who are currently investigating him, others believe the president is undermining a vital branch of government. this memo totally vindicates trump in probe, she tweeted today. —— trump tweeted today. the memo, written by republicans, describes the only declared biased justice department and fbi, which was determined to ensure donald trump lost the presidential election. they got a one time someone election. they got a one time someone in the trump campaign using opposition research, paid for by the democratic party and the hillary clinton campaign. the man the president appointed to lead the fbi was fiercely opposed to the memo's release, having questioned its accuracy. in an e—mail to the legal staff, christopher ray wrote... —— to his beleaguered staff. democrats accused the president of recklessness in releasing the memo. it's appalling. it's a misrepresentation. it isn't even the release of intelligenc

the fbi insists it's inaccurate. 0ur correspondent david willis is in washington.hat true? not much of a surprise. the president taking to his favourite medium, twitter, this morning, to say, speaking of himself, rather bizarrely perhaps in the third person, he tweeted, this memo totally vindicates trump in probate, but the russian witchhunt goes on and on... there you are, this, at the end of pretty to not us week, which began with the fbi director, david a brett —— deputy director—general standing down. and ended with suggestions that the president might be about to fire the deputy attorney general, rod rosen steam. he was asked in the 0val rod rosen steam. he was asked in the oval office if you still have faith in rosen steam. that is the man who actually oversees the robert newell enquiry into alleging collusion between the trump campaign and russia. and mr trump replied, you can figure that one out. hardly a ringing door spent, you would have thought, of a very senior law enforcement official here. registers lead the investigation into those allegations of col

a short time ago i got the latest from our correspondent david willis in washington.by some as a small step, at least, towards the very narrowest possible gun—control measures, on the part of donald trump. this ban on so—called "bump stocks" — those are the devices which can turn a rifle into a machine—gun, probably... there's no indication they were actually used in the florida shooting by the 19—year—old who carried out the attack, nikolas cruz. they were used in the las vegas massacre, when stephen paddock opened fire from a hotel room, killing 58 people, and injuring around 500 others. but there is little indication that banning "bump stocks," even if it does happen, would stop the school shootings, the likes of which happened last week. it would not have stopped nikolas cruz or somebody like him access to the weapon was used, nor would it have amended the way in which that weapon was used. it was said at the time the sandy hook — all those very young children killed — that if congress would not tighten gun control then, it never would. some people are talking abo

our correspondent david willis is in washington. how far donald trump wants to go with this? eaten a lot of funding from the national rifle association, made promises to gun owners, and is known to say one thing one day and com pletely to say one thing one day and completely contradict himself the next. it is being seen by some at least as a small step towards the very narrowest possible gun—control measures on the part of donald trump. this ban on so—called "bump stocks", the devices which can turn a rifle into a machine—gun, probably very is no indication they were actually used in the florida shooting by the 19—year—old who carried out the attack, nikolas cruz. they were used in the las vegas massacre, when stephen patek opened fire from a hotel room, killing 58, and injuring about 500 others. —— stephen paddock. but there is little indication that, evenif there is little indication that, even if it does happen, banning "bump stocks" would stop the scorchers in that happened last week. it would not have stopped nikolas cruz or so

david willis is our correspondent in washington.evious administration, there will be little talk of gun control after the latest shooting. president trump did tweak today. he said, no child, teacher or anyone should ever feel unsafe in said, no child, teacher or anyone should everfeel unsafe in an american school. but if you think that that's going to provoke any sort of debate about gun control in this country, i think you would be disappointed. somebody made the point today that the sandy hook massacre, in which 20 young children we re massacre, in which 20 young children were gunned to death in their classroom, failed completely to turn the dial as far as this whole debate is concerned. that didn't do anything, then what will? we had one congressman today, he said simply, this country is an trawl to the nra. by this country is an trawl to the nra. by that, he means the national rifle association, one of the most powerful pressure groups in the united states. you will be used to dealing with baffle m e nt you will be used to deali

i spoke to our correspondent david willis in washington.dent trump has attempted to portray the suggestions of russian interference as sour grapes, if you like, on the part of hillary clinton and her campaign, what i have to say that we've had this basically across—the—board agreement on the pa rt across—the—board agreement on the part of the us spy chiefs, including the heads of the cia and fbi and the national security agency, out of russia attempted to meddle in the forthcoming mid—term elections here. it was said that it believes its effo rts it was said that it believes its efforts in 2016 as far as the presidential election were concerned we re presidential election were concerned were successful and it intends to adopt the same tactics, if you like, which includes cyber attacks and of course the posting of fake news reports on social media and so on. and, david, north korea and china we re and, david, north korea and china were considered threats too and we know this is an annual meeting of the intelligence chiefs will stop in the in

david willis is in washington.essage these students wa nt to what is the message these students want to bring to america's leaders? it is interesting, because after this florida shooting, it seemed the national debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern that has followed in the past. you know, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing. but now we have these stu d e nts nothing. but now we have these students calling for some sort of action. these are people who, of course, to remember the columbine massacre back in 1999. they weren't born at that particular time, but unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calling for a change and they have come up with various ways of bringing fact about, including this scheme to hold a march on the capital, washington, dc, next month. that is going to be called the march for lives. separately, they are planning a school walk out on the 20th of april, that marks the 19th anniversary of the columbine m