if the reporters in the room were sceptical, gchq do you either believe the gchq spokesman or presidentan? which one you choose to believe, i think, rather depends on your political views on what is going on in the united states. that forceful language was underlined by downing street, which this morning said it too had told the americans that the gchq claim was ridiculous and said the white house had given assurances that the claim would not be repeated. richard lister, bbc news. i can speak now to brian lord, former deputy director for intelligence and cyber operations at gchq who is now managing director at pgi cyber. hejoins me from bristol. thank you for joining hejoins me from bristol. thank you forjoining us. the fact that gchq has spoken publicly about this at all, does that suggest to you, from your knowledge of working there, that there is a lot of anger about this? i think what it shows is, there is a need in an extraordinary set of circumstances, i think, to almost, this is notjust about assuring the public, this is about getting the message straight to the president how abs

spicer: he used gchq.eporter: that triggered alarms in whitehall, that it was a serious enough to be a threat to britain's national security. it prompted an unprecedented denial from gchq. said,t allegations," it "made by media commentator andrew napolitano about gchq conducting wiretap against the then-president-elect are nonsense. they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored." >> this is not something gchq does. the legislation under which it operates doesn't allow it to happen. the governance and oversight of the organization does not allow that kind of thing to happen. i think in this case it is absolutely clear that this is a completely false statement. wasrter: if donald trump embarrassed, he wasn't showing it today, seen here meeting the german chancellor angela merkel. his administration has promised not to be these allegations, but it hasn't actually apologized. so what is the damage to relations with washington? mi6, mi5, and gchq, britain's three spy agencies, have incredibly close working

, so that is where gchq called gchq, so that'is where gchq into called gchq, so that'ie where gchq intothey have said comes into the frame. they have said this is categorically untrue. they almost never comment about things, they tend to neither confirm nor they tend ta neither canf’rrrrrnrr they tend ta neither ccnfirrrrnrr really they tend ta neither ccnfirrrrnrr really they do not issue deny, and really they do not issue state m e nts deny, and really they do not issue statements as a matter of policy, but in this case it is quite categorical, saying, recent allegations made by andrew napolitano by gchq being asked to conduct wiretapping against the then president—elect nonsense, and it goes on to say they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. thank you, richard. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. the snp will today accuse the government of being too scared to allow a second independence referendum. deputy leader angus robertson will open his party's spring conference by saying the conservatives have a "desperate desire" to prev

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the probable culprit here is called gchq.ay the white house press spokesman read a transcript of that report in response to questions about the wire tap claim. these are merely pointing out that i think there is widespread reporting that throughout the 2016 election there was surveillance done on a variety of people that came up. if the reporters in the room were sceptical, gchq was even less impressed. the agency rarely comments on anything but today said: do you believe the gchq spokesman or president trump's spokesman? which one you choose to believe, i think, rather depends on your political views on what is going on in the united states. britain's concern was underlined by downing street, which this morning said it too had told the americans that the gchq claim was ridiculous and said the white house had given assurances that the claim would not be repeated. richard lister, bbc news. our security correspondent frank gardner told me why the intelligence agencies chose to speak on this occasion. they did not do this in iso

he is gchq. what the heck is gchq?the initials for the british spying agency. >> trevor: that man there is judge andrew napolitano. he's the man who claimed obama had the british government spy on trump, which isn't true. although, if it was, i would feel so bad for james bond. like what a blee (bleep) missio. he probably ordered the martini trump grill, worst experience of his life. "excuse me, i asked for shaken and you put nachos in it." in a normal world, that ac cation would have disappeared, but because the trump administration serves at the pleasure of fox, this porcupine man's insane charge became the initial white house position. >> the senate intellince committee says they see no indication trump tower was under surveillance. >> fox news made the statement three sources informed president obama went outside the chain of command, used gchq, the initials for the british intelligence spying agency. >> trevor: wow the white house is accusing america's closest ally the gchq to spy on america's president. by the wa

do you believe the gchq spokesman or the president trump spokesman?ent trumo snokesman? which. you choose to believe bullet —— one you choose to believe bullet —— depends on your political views on what is going on in the united states. downing street said it had told the americans that the gchq claim was ridiculous and said the white house had given assurances the would not be repeated. iii-fr éiiéfr'tg 2’2‘5 .77.... .. is this damaging? yes. number 10 and the white house will be making effo rts the white house will be making efforts to put a gloss over it and draw a line of it and see it is finished but it is a pretty poor state of affairs when britain has to publicly contradict and strongly contradict its closest ally to say that there is no credence in the senior white house spokesman statement. that is not a good state of affairs at all. this comes on the back of a very frosty relationship kgézégzs». i back of a very frosty relationship 522? ' trump's between president trump's administration and his intelligence community. britain is part of the

he used gchq. what is that?als for british intelligence spying agency. >> reporter: adding britain to the list of countries with possible grievances against the new administration. the gchq denied those allegations stating they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. >> when is this going to stop? when the crisis comes and at some point in his term we'll have a crisis not of his own making but a crisis from north korea or iran, country is going to need to believe its president. he is making that very, very difficult. >> reporter: and north korea is already turning up the heat. this past weekend, announcing it tested a new rocket engine. another step in its attempt to develop a nuclear weapon tipped missile capable of reaching the united states. president trump responding from "air force one" sunday. >> doing well. a lot of meetings on that. and meetings on north korea. he is acting, very, very badly. i will fell you he is acting very badly. >> they're looking at washington saying we're going to continue on

britain's surveillance agency — gchq - has britain's surveillance agency — gchq — has described claimson donald trump by president obama as "utterly a warning that secondary schools in england face losing an average of six teachers because of funding changes. also coming up — hungary's controversial plan to deal with seekers. it presses ahead with the construction of two container camps on its border with serbia to hold migrants despite international criticism. and waiting with baited breath. leicester city fans null find out leicester city fans will find out who their team will meet in the last eight in the champions league draw. good morning. it's friday 17th march. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the deputy scottish national party leader, angus robertson has insisted there will be a second referendum on scottish independence. opening the party's spring conference in aberdeen, to draw a line under the snp‘s proposed timetable for a second independence referendum. later, theresa may is expected to set out plans for a stronger union when she addresses conservatives at

gchq said the allegations were com plete gchq said the allegations were complete and art are nonsensewho have escaped from the eruption of mount etna in italy. china has declared that islamist separatists in the far west of the country are the greatest threat to the nation's security. the president has promised to build what he calls "a great wall of iron" to safeguard the vast western region of xinjiang, home to a community of some 10 million uighurs — mostly muslim people, who the government is concerned may be vulnerable to radicalising propaganda from syria and iraq. widespread intimidation makes reporting from the region extremely difficult but our china editor carrie gracie gained exclusive access and sent this report. southern xinjiang, once the fabled silk road between china and the west, now the frontline in china's war on terror. they call it an all—out offensive, a new great wall of iron. thousands of troops pledging to lay down their lives and shed blood. we are heading for the scene of the only confirmed attack this year. china doesn't want the world to see the police che

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i know gchq. to ask you now about an awkward moment we saw yesterday at the president's press conference with german chancellor angela merkel and the president's wiretapping claim came up. let's listen. >> as far as wiretapping, i guess by you know, this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. >> you heard laughter there. but that was not laughter coming from angela merkel. he was referring to of course swaerd snowden's revelation that the u.s. had been monitoring merkel's cell phone under the obama administration. did it surprise you that he would bring that up? >> it surprised me. it's not a joke that she would take lightly. and she would take it as a joke. she didn't think it was funny at the time. and she would rather forget it. it's a political hot potato in germany. and having the president make light of it is not the way to go. i mean, he's not a diplomat. he doesn't understand intelligence. neither does sean spicer. whatever their intentions are here, they just d

if the white house reporters were sceptical, gchq was even less impressed. comment on anything but today said: which one you choose to believe rather depends on your political views on what—is—gsingamin. the united states. downing street said it had told the americans that the gchq claim was ridiculous and said the white house had given assurances that the claim would not be repeated. our security correspondent, frank gardner, is with me. intelligence communities do not like making statements. this was a political decision, gchq refers to the foreign secretary borisjohnson, who is in africa, and for them to make this very public denial, to contradict the statement coming out of the white house, the centre of britain's most gowerful and i of the white house, the centre of britain's most gowerful and closest britain's most powerful and closest ally, would not have happened ally, would not have happened a nod from number ten. my without a nod from number ten. my understanding, there was a meeting in e;z;f , ,, earlier understanding, there was a meeting in e, gr

he used to gchq, the british intelligence.agency was quick to respond saying that the allegations about gchq being asked to conduct a wiretapping we re being asked to conduct a wiretapping were against the then president—elect were nonsense, utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. president trump was asked again about the tweets earlier this week on fox news and he said there is more evidence to come. wiretap covers ma ny is more evidence to come. wiretap covers many different things. i think you're gonna find some very interesting items coming in to the forefront of the next two weeks. yet the spotlight has swung away again, the spotlight has swung away from policy that impacts the lives of order nary americans, like the budget released yesterday, on to yet more budget released yesterday, on to yet m ore c0 ntrove i’sy budget released yesterday, on to yet more controversy sparked by the tweets of donald trump. let's talk to harley shaiken — a professor at the university of california berkeley. thank you forjoining us. first

which is that gchq are offering and calling for a summit.cal parties, the leaders of all political parties, because political parties hold an enormous amount of personal information online about their members and things, and they are very concerned, gchq, lured the possible disruption to the next general election —— to the possible disruption. they have intervened and they have stopped apparently a cyber attack on the bbc election coverage. did you know that? i did not. by a gang of hackers known as the fancy bares. they sound rather fond! deliberately cuddly! because of what's happening, all the concerns about fake news and weather the russians were involved in the american election, it will fuel the thing that we don't want to go down the route of online voting. old—fashioned as it may be, the paperand old—fashioned as it may be, the paper and pencil works. that is yea rs paper and pencil works. that is years away if it ever comes at all. it isa years away if it ever comes at all. it is a ramping up, telling people to take it seriously. we

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britain's electronic surveillance agency, gchq, has taken the unusual step of publicly denying a story. it's rejected claims that it was involved in allegations of spying against donald trump last year. hungary is pressing ahead with the construction of two container camps for asylum—seekers on its border with serbia, despite a chorus of international criticism. by the end of march it plans to keep all asylum seekers in detention there. activists say more than a0 people were killed when a mosque in north—western syria was bombed by unidentified warplanes. the syrian observatory for human rights said the mosque was struck during evening prayers. the authorities in peru are on high alert after heavy rains caused mudslides and two rivers to burst their banks in the capital lima. schools and many roads were closed. at least sixty people have died in floods in peru since december. now for the latest financial news with susannah streeter and world business report. trading accusations. chancellor merkel heads to the white house amid growing us complaints that german business isn't playing fai

he used gchq. what the heck is gchq? that's the initials for the british spying agency. >> on fox news on march 14th, judge andrew napolitano said three intelligence sources have informed fox news that president oba obama went outside the chain of command, he didn't use the nsa, the cia, he used the gchq. whats gchq? that's the british intelligence agency. >> i didn't make an opinion on it. that was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox. and so you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to fox. >> well, on friday a spokesperson for gchq responded to the comments in a rare statement saying, recent allegations made by media commentator judge andrew that inial napolitano are ridiculous and should be ignored. that same day breitbart distanced himself from napolitano's comments. >> fox news knows of no evidence of any kind that the now president of the united states was surveilled at any time in any way full stop. >> we love top judge. we love him here at fox, but the fox news division was never able to

first let's talk about the utterly ridiculous claims as gchq puts it. agency prefers to stay in the shadows but they do not want to be babe parts of donald trump's fa ke to be babe parts of donald trump's fake news agenda. they are ridiculous andrew fake news agenda. they are ridiculous - andrew barr paula ridiculous claims. andrew barr paula kania made the claims, who seems to have inspired sean spicer to say that these three intelligence soufces that these three intelligence sources say that these three intelligence sources say president obama did not need to use other sources because they used the british agency. they probably think this will help trump with these ludicrous allegations. two we e ks with these ludicrous allegations. two weeks ago, over with these ludicrous allegations. two weeks ago, over pressure over two weeks ago, over pressure over the russian crisis, he thought he would do this. do you think it is so well thought through? off-the-cuff remarks which have escalated into this? sometimes i think it can only be that this is a guy surr

frank gardner on the gchq story. the german chancellor, angela merkel, is travelling to washington today where she'll be president trump at the white house. during his election campaign, mr trump frequently criticised mrs merkel, accusing her of "ruining germany" by taking in large numbecsofaflefugees! mrs merkel, who holds significant sway in europe, was critical of president trump's refugee and immigration travel ban, which was blocked by the courts. some breaking news just some breaking newsjust coming to us, the former chancellor george osborne has been appointed editor of the london evening standard. he will start in mid—may, we are told, and will continue as mp for tatton. he succeeds the new editor of radio a's today george osborne, the today programme. george osborne, the former chancellor of the exchequer, has been appointed editor of the london evening standard. not

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as for the assertion that there was some sort of collusion by gchq to bug the presidential candidate, described as absurd and ridiculous. the speaker: keith simpson. can ijust bring the foreign secretary down to earth. the core element of the anglo—american relationship is based upon five eyes and intelligence. president trump's allegation, repeated from fox news, was not a gnat at a rhinoceros. it was deeply damaging and i would be grateful if the foreign secretary would tell the house exactly what comments he made to refute that with the president or senior members of the white house? i must respectfully disagree with my honourable friend's characterisation of the episode. i believe it has certainly done no lasting damage to our relationship, certainly not to the special relationship, and not to intelligence sharing, which will carry on between our countries and as i say, a relationship that is of huge value to the security of the west. as for the allegations themselves, let me repeat, they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. now as the government was poised to trigger tal

he used gchq. what the heck is gchq? that's the initials for the british spying agency. >> on fox news judge -- >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer cited that report at yesterday's white house briefing. the gchq issued a rare public rebuke saying the allegation is "utterly ridiculous and should be ignored." but the president took no responsibility for the breech of protocol with the u.k., one of america's closest allies. >> i didn't make an opinion on it. that was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox and, so, you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to fox. >> reporter: fox anchor shepard smith moments after the press conference -- >> fox news cannot confirm judge napolitano's commentary. fox news knows of no evidence of any kind that the now president of the united states was surveilled at anytime in any way, full stop. >> reporter: print's ambassador to the united states and its national security advisor has spoken to spicer and h.r. mcmaster to voice their displeasure. anthony, the white

he used gchq. what is that? it's the initials for the british intelligence spying agency that simply by two people saying president needs transcripts of conversations involving president-elect trump's conversations, he needs to get it, and there's no american fingerprints on this. >> well, not surprised our allies in britain didn't like being used as alibis. the intelligence agency spicer cited, the gchq, put out a statement today debunking the whole story. it said recent allegations made by media commentator judge andrew napolitano about gchq being asked to conduct wiretapping against the then president-elect are nonsense. they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. the prime minister's office went further, we've made clear to the administration that these claims are ridiculous and should be ignored. we received notice the allegations wontd be repeated. some british media reported that they apologize. spicer said not so and told reporters, i don't think we regret anything. we literally listed a litany of

he used gchq, it's the initials for the british intelligence spying agency.them the president needs transcripts of conversations regarding candidate trump's conversations, he's able to get it and there's no american fingerprints on this.

the gchq statement says the allegations are complete and utter nonsense, utterly ridiculous, and shouldd. about his unproven claim that trump tower was wire—tapped on the orders of president obama, even though the republican speaker it didn't happen. here is our north america editorjon sopel. bagpipes playing. st patrick's day is being celebrated in washington but donald trump does not seem to be enjoying the luck of the irish, as his problems pile up. remember his claim in a series of tweets that barack obama had tapped his phone and that his predecessor was "sick" and "bad"? well, last night, the president gave an interview in which he stood by the claim. "wire—tap" covers a lot of different things. i think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. at a tetchy white house briefing, the president's spokesman said mr trump continued to stand by the claim, even suggesting that british intelligence could have been involved. but again, no evidence was offered. reporter: despite the fact that the senate intelligence committee says they

what the heck is gchq? that's the initials for the british spying agency. >> that utterly explosive claim also likely would have been lost to the right wing fever swamps but for the fact that sean spicer amazingly took to the white house briefing room yesterday to read napolitano's claim verbatim to reporters. "britain's gchq, the u.s.'s closest allied intelligence service then denied the ridiculous claim it helped wiretap trump. the british press citing intelligence sources reported the u.s. made a formal apology to britain, though the white house claims officials only explained that spicer was simply pointing to public reports and not endorsing a specific theory. >> reporter: was there any formal apology made to britain? >> we reiterated the fact that we were reading media accounts. >> reporter: do you regret making the allegations? >> i don't think we regret anything. we literally listed a litany of media reports that are in the public domain. >> that brings us back to the president's press conference to

he used gchq? what is that? >> reporter: utterly ridiculous, should be ignored said the british signals intelligence agency. he added these claims are ridiculous and should be ignored. we've received assurances that these allegations won't be repeated. but during the news conference the president said no apology was necessary. >> all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. i didn't make an opinion on it. that was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox, and so you shouldn't be talking to me. you should be talking to fox. >> reporter: after the press conference spicer told reporters he was passing on news report from various outlets. i don't think we regret anything, he said. for the president, the merkel visit was a chance to mend some fences. in late 2015 he tweeted about merkel i told you time magazine would never pick me person of the year. they picked person who is ruining germany. tensions merkel appeared to aknology. >> i've a

gchq has said, look, under any circumstances this couldn't happen. we share, britain shares with the united states the five i's, intelligence operation, if you will, that is, the united states, britain, canada, australia, and new zealand. under that agreement, under the terms of how those intelligence agencies work together, they cannot use the other to break the laws of their own country or go around, circumvent the laws of their own country. for the british prime minister, she's invested political capital with donald trump, making sure she was the first overseas world leader to come and visit him. she's fighting on several fronts at home trying to get britain out of the european union and trying to stop scotland from getting itself out of britain. she doesn't need the distraction. the putdown is very strong and that's because the hurt was felt here quite deeply. >> nic robertson for us in london. at the white house we have jeremy diamond. jeremy, something highly unusual from this white house, not just one apology, but two. >> reporter: that's righ

the white house says allegations gchq spy on donald trump will not be gchq syy on donald trumywillnotbe the claims were utterly ridiculous. —— uk surveillance agency. well, let's get more on the news that former chancellor george osborne has been appointed editor of the london evening standard. he will start in mid—may and continue as mp for tatton. leaderjeremy corbyn, who's said it "makes a mockery "of the independence of the media" and "is an insult to the electors "he is supposed to serve". george osborne has been speaking about his appointment on the channel london live, which is owned by estv, who also own the evening standard. iama i am a member of parliament and proud to represent my constituency and of course this paper is primarily edited in the morning, parliament votes in the afternoon. crucially, people need to know i will speakfor crucially, people need to know i will speak for london and london crucially, people need to know i wi this eak for london and london crucially, people need to know i wi this paper london and london crucially, people need to know i wi this paper a

did the british cia, the gchq actually do this? they say no. intelligence sources say yes.on't know if the investigators will get to the bottom of it. liz: can we switch to the michael brown documentary. the prosecutor calling the documentary film pathetic. let me back up. contains surveillance video from the convenience store, basically showing michael brown, allegedly in a marijuana deal with the store clerks there. you know, he's now being accused of doctoring the footage to cast doubt on the police claim that michael brown basically robbed a convenience store. what are your thoughts? judge napolitano: well, the police had reason to believe that michael brown was accused of robbing the store. whether he actually robbed the store is irrelavant to what was in the officer's mind at the time the confrontation with brown began, and secondly, i don't know if the tape was doctored. the prosecutor says experts tell him it was. i have to take him at his word. how can the documentarian have proof of something if the tape he offers is editted and according to the experts poorly edi

today, will be expect clear away any idea that there's evidence that president obama or britain's gchq wiretap trump tower in 2016, hopefully finally pointing out so story from the president. the more important but more difficult part is going to be the extent of russian interference in the 2016 election and to what extent the trump administration knew about it. that's where it came at different levels. one is did trump administration know about the russian interference. two, did they have contact with russian officials about that. three, did they try to cover up the contacts, and four did they coordinate with the russians at any point. as you can tell from that layered scenario. there's a lot of evidence that has to be gone through, comey, i think, will hold the line pending the investigation and that will set us up, to be honest with you, more speculation, with the fbi, cia, and nsa will swift through the hard work. >> the fbi director set to testify publicly in this hearing in just a mar of hours. we don't know what he will or will not say, but let's say hypothetically he does, you

the advice will come from experts at gchq's national cyber security centre. from experts at gchq's severalstance, saying they fear that hackers might try to influence future elections. rail workers in three parts of the country go on strike tomorrow, as the dispute that's caused months of chaos for southern rail commuters spreads to the north of england. conductors working on the merseyrail, northern and southern services are walking out in a row over their future role. our correspondent danni hewson sent this report from liverpool. it may have been business as usual today, but here in liverpool and right across the north, commuters are bracing themselves for chaos. commuters are bracing from midnight, rail workers with the rmt union will begin a 2k hour strike, affecting thousands of passengers. i don't know how i am going to get home. we'lljust have to see what we can sort out tomorrow. it'll be packed. what we can sort out tomorrow. a lot of people will be stranded and won't know where to go. especially if you are not from the area. the companies affected are northern, the uk's second l

he used gchq. what the heck is the gchq? >> that's the initials for the british spying agency. >> reporter: spicer's use of that statement outraged the british, who called the allegation utterly ridiculous. but trump didn't back down. >> all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. i didn't make an opinion on it. that was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox. and so you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to fox. >> reporter: a short while later, this from fox news anchor shepard smith. >> fox news knows of no evidence of any kind that the now president of the united states was surveilled at any time in any way, full stop. >> let's get jon live at the white house. and shaean spicer 24 hours ago, saying british intelligence spied on him. is this an apology? >> reporter: we know that two officials including spicer reached out, and said that the president was simply reading press accounts. and the british say they were assured that

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he used gchq, the initials for the british spying agency. >> i didn't make an opinion on it. so you shouldn't be talking to me. you should be talking to fox. >> the gchq said friday morning the allegation is utter ridiculous and should be ignored -- utter ridiculous and should be ignored. the white house acknowledged the concern but has not apologized. mr. trump started his day in the oval office offering concessions to conservative republicans who don't like his replacement for obamacare. >> these folks were mostly no's. >> that's correct. >> yesterday and now every single one is a yes. >> now the house is scheduled to vote on the bill thursday while the president spends the weekend at his florida estate gearing up for another busy week. >> thank you for that. >>> the president landed in palm beach earlier today and tonight county officials there are telling him to pay up. the county says every time the president visits his mar-a-lago resort it costs that county about $60,000 in police overtime costs. the county says the meter will cross the $1 million mark during this weeke

this british spying entity, gch gchq.uld have obtained this information, sources tell us, translated the raw data into actual transcripts, and shared it with someone and that the west wing. it probably wouldn't have been with the president personally, because he wouldn't want anybody to say that i met with a british spy in the white house. it would have gone through someone in the white house. >> martha: he wouldn't require a fisa order, he could get that directly. he could just call up the intelligence agencies and say, i would like to see that agency. >> there is a paragraph in the fisa a statute, says, notwithstanding, the president of united states may order surveillance and any person in the united states. >> martha: they have to be a perceived security threat, i would imagine. >> yes but he doesn't need to persuade anybody of that other than himself. now, -- >> martha: there is no evidence of that is what happened. >> correct. the ability would be there. >> the ability is there. according to the sources with whom fo

he used gchq. >> the gchq is britain's equivalent of the u.s. national security agency. in a statement, the gchq says that the allegations are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. >>> the white house has confirmed the trump administration plans to appeal recent rulings that block his revised travel ban. federal judges in hawaii and maryland blocked the new ban. but a federal judge in washington state who ruled to block the original travel ban says it will not apply to the new ban. he says he will rule on the new one later. >>> some legislative analysts say that tougher rules to fight global warming could spike higher gas prices here in california. governor brown's push to get the cap and trade program extended is the key source of concern according to the legislative analyst office. it requires companies to buy permits in order to release greenhouse gas emissions. for now, permits can sell at less than $14 but analysts say that the extension of cap and trade could make that number hit $50 over several years. gas prices per gallon could then rise by 45 cents a gallon