from mccarthy, the original "top gear"'s anonymous helmet driver saying at the end how intrinsic jeremy clarks to the series what does he bring as a presenter and colleague? >> i guess jeremy's mom-- to me he is a great broadcaster and journalist. it's fun, when they're on the screen some may have been scripted but fun comes out of that screen talking about cars and response they get out to. it's unique and everybody has a giggle most people do anyway. >> of course it's a global franchise. if you went on any of the trips around the world he goes on now. give us a sense of the reception he gets around the world. >> exactly as you said. it's in over 200 countries. it's such a great show and the bbc have invested heavily in it to give it great production quality. that's why it's taken up in a state where there's more and more broadcast going out there and getting cheaper tv shows. this isn't a cheap tv show it's a great production and why it's been so popular. >> we don't know the substance or otherwise of these allegations, if this was to be the last we've seen of jeremy clark son on "top gear,

the substance or otherwise of these allegations, but if this were to be the last we've seen of jeremy clark son on "top gear," what would be lost to the series? would it continue? >> let's get it right. it's an alleged swing and alleged punch. we don't know if he connected. to me, the people that should be fired are the people that took him off air. i think it's ridiculous. >> robbers in france have highjacked two vans carrying millions of euros in jewels. the drivers were thrown off on the highway connecting paris and leon and the two van ss were later found burned in a forest nearby. lucy joins us from paris. do we know anything more about how this heist happened? >> reporter: we don't know much about how it happened. we do know the van was very heavily secured. the gang of thieves were heavily armed and french police speaking to their sources are assessing it a very well organization. they say thethieves seemed to know what time to make the deliveries and passing through the tollbooth and lying in wait for them. it seems to be a fairly controlled operation. no one was injured. the two dr

the show's presenter jeremy clark, is being investigated over an alleged clash with the producer. a report on the incident will be given to the bbc director general later this week. >>> the economic situation has worsened in venezuela, one of the world's biggest oil producers. it has left thousands queueing almost every day for foods and other basic goods. the bbc's daniel pardo takes a look at what ordinary venezuelans are going through. >> in most countries, when you're out of food or cleaning products, you just go to a shop and buy the essentials. but not venezuela. here getting the basics takes a little work. and a lot of time. friday in the morning, and like many venezuelans, i'm going to go around the city looking for products. here, i have a list. eight essential goods. their prices are regulated by the state, which is partly the reason why they're so scarce. first off, my local supermarket. weird, no queue outside. but -- lately venezuelans are queueing some say because the government wants to hide the queues while others say it's because they don't want to get sunburned.

. >> reporter: jeremy bird is a consultant for b until last november clark hensburg headed one voice. wrote israelis have grown weary of netanyahu and his sky is falling declarations. in january state department spokesman dismissed concerns about the grant to one voice. >> the grant ended before the advent of b 15. it ended before there was a declaration of an israeli election. >> just because the money stopped transferring in november of 2014 doesn't mean the money transferred isn't being used three months later to finance the campaign of hatred. >> reporter: asked about the senate's investigation of the $350,000 grant spokes woman said state will fully cooperate and that the department will work with whom ever wins the israeli election. >> thank you. >>> 80 flights are coming into the south pacific following a devastating cyclone saturday. the country's president was attending a u.n. disaster conference in japan when the storm hit. united nations reported 24 people are confirmed dead and 90% of the buildings are damaged or destroyed. still ahead talk about reality tv. a millionaire

jeremy maclin and nick foles. we'll also hear more from sam bradford who says he's recruiting demarco murray cowboys running back who used to be his roommate at oklahoma, and he hopes demarco comes here. john clarko you. >> lots to follow there, john. thank you very much. >>> a burning tanker truck closed a busy interstate between detroit and the suburb of deerborn. they believe the truck was hauling petroleum. it spewed into the sewers. no word on the cause. no one was hurt. >>> you might remember this. a similar scene in pennsauken camden county last month. tanker truck hauling gasoline crashed and burst into flames on route 90 east ramp to route 130. no one was hurt. >>> a murdered police officer becomes the focus of testimony today at the boston marathon bombing trial. officer sean collier was killed in the hours before the dzhokhar tsarnaev brothers got into a shootout with police. dzhokhar tsarnaev is charged with killing collier. investigators believe the brothers crept up on the officer in his car, shot him and tried to steal his gun. collier's family has been preparing for this day of testimony for nearly two years. >> this trial, it brings up a lot of bad memories but it doesn't change