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we will hear from the fbi directorjames comey next £25 who directorjames comey next week who is up on increasingly i to see what he has to say, but think the white house increasingly i think the white house are finding it problematic to point to anything, quite frankly, in terms of support. looking ahead, to later this afternoon, the german chancellor angela merkel is on her first official visit to meet president trump, that will be interesting. yes, deliciously ironic, given that the americans had to apologise for tapping angela merkel‘s phone. i think trade will be the issue that dominates that meeting. there is concern in germany that the balance of between that the balance of payments between america and germany favours the us and that could fall foul of the import tax that donald trump has been talking about and that4's why been talking about and that is why angela merkel has brought the head bmw and siemens with her on this of bmw and siemens with her on this trip. they are at odds over things like refugees, clearly, president e eei eeee fziir'i; eee.. eee trump accuse angela me

fbi directorjames comey said it's part of a larger probe into election meddling . he also said there is no evidence to support president donald trump's claims that he was wiretapped by president obama. >>> you are watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30. >>> judge neil gorsuch is president trump's nominee for the vacancy on the supreme court . >> he tried to strike a chord of unity. micah emmanuel has the story. >> we hear them described as politicians and robes seeking to enforce their own politics. if i thought there were true i would hang up the rope.>>reporter: the opening statement. >> i've served with judges. we listen to one another respectfully. we tolerate. we cherish different points of view. we seek consensus whenever we can. >>reporter: this is his u.s. senate confirmation hearing. hearing will do most of the week with questions starting tuesday. he is known as a conservative circuit court of appeals judge. republicans are cheering his nomination. >> you have the resume of a supreme court justice. what's most impressive is your fierce independence. from partis

>>reporter: fbi directorjames comey was very clear, president trump was not wiretapped. he confirmed the campaign associates are under active investigations and they have been since july. president donald trump welcome den investigation on march 4 for the series of tweets accusing former president obama of wiretapping him during the presidential campaign. today, fbi directorjames comey made it impossible. >> with respect to the tweets about wiretapping, i have no information that supports those tweets. we have looked into the fbi. the department of justice has asked me to share that the answer is the same for them and its components. the department is no information that supports those tweets.>>reporter: devin nunes left the door open that other surveillance may have occurred. >> we know there was not a physical wiretap of trump tower. however, it's still possible that other activities were used against president donald trump and his associate. >>reporter: the fbi director's testimony was unusual. it offered another extraordinary revelation. the first public confirmation

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the us presidential election is gathering pace today, with much anticipated evidence from fbi directorjames comeyarliament president martin schulz as party leader. he'll now face chancellor angela merkel in september's election. brazil's president has tried to reassure foreign countries that the country's meat is safe. it follows allegations that meat—packing plants had been selling rotten produce for years. now it is time for our news review. we begin with the china daily and us secretary of state rex tillerson who is seen on the front meeting president xijinping. xi called for improving high—level exchanges and proper handling of sensitive issues between china and the united states. the international new york times says the fbi chief and the head of the national security agency will both appear today before the house intelligence committee in washington, which holding its first public hearing ‘5!,-5 . j,‘,-, .j,!. 7‘575.55 5 55-5! interference in last year's american presidential election. the ft reportsfion comments made , suez. jean—louis chaussade said water will become more valuable than oil

john podesta has told the bbc fbi directorjames comey kept quiet about the investigation into possibleabout its inquiry into mrs clinton's hacked e—mails — just days before the vote itself. philippa thomas asked him if he was suspicious during the campaign. of course we thought that was going on for some time and argued to the press that they had to really look at that and try to dig into that and cover it. but it was a revelation that the fbi was looking at that as early as now evidently they were, it's kind of one more drip in something that i've been highly critical of the bureau about, which is the double standard they applied in this campaign. the intervention, the number of resources they spent, the scores of fbi agents they had poring over hillary clinton's e—mail server, which jim comey, the fbi director, ultimately concluded that it wasn't even a close call, there was nothing worth prosecuting there, compared to their engagement on the russian side, his interventionjust 11 days before the election to say i'm going to reopen this. the clinton investigation, he had this total si

john podesta told the bbc that the fbi directorjames comey kept quiet about its investigation into possibleout its inquiry into mrs clinton's hacked e—mails — just days before the vote itself. my colleague philippa thomas asked him if he's been suspicious during the campaign. of course we thought that was going on for some time and argued to the press that they needed to look at that and dive into that and an coverage. it was a revelation that the fbi was looking at that as early as they were. it is one more drip in something that i have been highly critical of, the double standards in that campaign. the intervention, the number of resources they spent, scores of fbi agents that they had poring over hillary clinton's e—mail server which james komi ultimately concluded it was not even worse. compared to their engagement on the russian side, this interventionjust 11 days before the election reopened this, the clinton investigation. yet total silence with respect to the russian intervention and now the potential collusion between the trumpet campaign and the russian actors. it was really a dou

john podesta told the bbc that the fbi directorjames comey kept quiet about its investigation into possibleiry into mrs clinton's hacked e—mails just days before the vote itself. my colleague philippa thomas asked him if he had been suspicious during the campaign. of course we thought that was going on for some time and argued to the press that they had to really look at that and try to dig into that and cover it. but it was a revelation that the fbi was looking at that as early as now evidently they were, it's kind of one more trip in something that i've been highly critical of the bureau about, which is the double standard they applied in this campaign. the intervention, the number of resources they spend, the number of resources they spend, the scores of fbi agents they had poring over hillary clinton's e—mail server, whichjim poring over hillary clinton's e—mail server, which jim kony, poring over hillary clinton's e—mail server, whichjim kony, the fbi director, ultimately concluded that it wasn't even a close call, there even anything there compared to the engagement on the russian sid

fbi directorjames comey has rejected president donald trump's claim on saturday that his predecessor,dly asked the us justice department to reject the allegation mr 0bama ordered a wiretap during last year's election campaign. he is said to have asked for the correction because it —— he is said to have asked for the correction because it falsely insinuates that the fbi broke the law. south lakes zoo, where almost 500 animals died in the last four years, is expected to have a decision made on its application for a new license today. the zoo in cumbria was fined just under £300,000 following the death of a keeper who was mauled by a tiger in 2013. government inspectors have criticised the zoo for its overcrowding and lack of proper welfare for animals. labour has said it is "confident" thatjeremy corbyn has paid the correct amount of tax. the labour leader published his tax return as part of a call for transparency from politicians. it appeared to show his mp salary, plus pension payments, but not the money he is entitled to as leader of the opposition. however, the party said the allow

john podesta has accused the fbi of double standards, following the agency directorjames comey goingto hillary clinton's hacked e—mails days before the vote without mentioning any possible russian role. we asked him if he was suspicious during the campaign. role. we asked him if he was suspicious during the campaignm course we thought that was going on for some time! and we argued to the press that they needed to look at that, they needed to dig into that and uncover it. but it was a revelation that the fbi was looking at that as early as now evidently they were. 0ne at that as early as now evidently they were. one more trip in something that i have been highly critical of the bureau about, which is the double standard they applied in this campaign. the intervention, the number of resources they spent, scores of fbi agents that they had, poring over hillary clinton's e—mail server, which the fbi director ultimately concluded was not even a close call, nothing worth prosecuting; compare to the engagement on the russian side his intervention just 11 days before the election, the clinto

fbi directorjames comey has rejected president donald trump's claim that his predecessor, barack obamamey reportedly asked the us justice department to reject the allegation that mr obama ordered a wiretap during last year's election campaign. he is said to have asked for the correction because it falsely insinuates that the fbi broke the law. survivors, victims' relatives and rescue workers will gather today to mark the 30th anniversary of the zeebrugge ferry disaster. 193 passengers and crew died when the herald of free enterprise capsized shortly after leaving the belgian port, as duncan kennedy reports. the capsized hulk of one of britain's's worst shipping disasters. the herald of free enterprise laying on its side close to the entrance of the belgian port of zeebrugge. the british ferry disaster of belgium... it was 30 yea rs disaster of belgium... it was 30 years ago tonight that the vessel went down for that there were a39 passengers on board, including british day—trippers. the first someone “— british day—trippers. the first someone —— some new what was happening was when pla