there is good and bad things with marine le pen.en scares people a little. let's see. these days old french traditions do not stay in the villages, accordion is made here and find their way to china. globalisation is now the great dividing line in french politics. it is seen as stealing or delivering france's future. translation: we sell to china, even though our accordions are taxed at 35% because they want to protect their market. i say yes to globalisation because we had to compensate for shrinking sales in france. and the fall in buying power and confidence here. farmers here say politicians like their countryside traditional but want the benefits of globalisation, too. marine le pen's chance of victory is still slim but to some her message is alluring, that europe is the problem, and france's model does not need to change. france is not the only european country holding elections this year. in september germany goes to the polls. and this man, martin schulz, former president of the eu parliament, has emerged as a real challenge

there is good and bad things with marine le pen.marine le pen scares people a little, so let's see. these days old french traditions do not stay in the villages. accordions made here find their way to china. globalisation is now the great dividing line in french politics, seen as dividing line in french politics, seen as stealing or delivering france's future. translation: we sell to china even though our accordions are taxed at 35%, because they want to protect their market. i say yes to globalisation, because we have to compensate for shrinking sales in france, and a fall in buying power and competency. farmers here say that politicians like their countryside traditional, but want the benefits of globalisation to. marine le pen's chance of victory is still slim, but for some, the m essa g es still slim, but for some, the messages are lowering dash that europe is the problem, and france's model doesn't need to change. david balli is named the —— david —— mac david bowie is named the star of the year. prince charles has chosen his b

marin catholic has canceled classes. the college of marin is close today. we will keep updating you throughout the morning is more schools -- cancel classes. you can find a complete list of schools that are closed at our website.>>> the rain on the way could cause serious problems in napa as well. alex savidge joins us. you are in downtown napa near the napa river. >> reporter: things are looking okay. we are here next to downtown napa along the river. we see a light drizzle. obviously we know things are going to intensify throughout the day. one of the things we will keep an eye on is the napa river. on tuesday we have to storm system broke through, it did exceed flood stage. 25 feet. once again there is a flash flood watch in effect for the napa river. along with the flooding, the other concern is the threat of mudslides. there is still a major closure in place northwest of napa proper because of this huge slide that happened on tuesday. it is blocking redwood world -- wrote. people living in that area don't have power. people are having to make a 15 mile

what is marine le pen going to try to do to change that??” think that she will cry a plague on all your houses and present ourselves as the outsider who can save fa ns ourselves as the outsider who can save fans from corrupt politicians. —— save france. i imagine we will get more of that in the speeches in months to come. you mentioned withdrawal from the euro, months to come. you mentioned withdrawalfrom the euro, a full—scale renegotiation of what the european union is, trying to make it a much looser grouping of european states, more police officers, reducing retirement age. but the way that she makes an impression as being outside what some people see asa being outside what some people see as a cosy group of french politicians, and that she will change france, stand up for france, change france, stand up for france, change multinationals, whilst all the well withdrawing some rights from residents were not french citizens. many people will stand in the first round, at the moment there are fouror the first round, at the moment there are f

iran, with the film awards season in full flow, today at 5pm — a royal marine commando from northernreland pleads guilty to preparing acts of terrorism including bomb—making and storing stolen weapons. ciaran maxwell was arrested last year after police found two arms dumps in county antrim linked to dissident republicans. we'll have the full details in a moment. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: a french soldier guarding the louvre museum in paris has shot and wounded an attacker armed with a knife. the us imposes new sanctions on iran as president trump warns it's playing with fire over its ballistic missile test launch. a former sheffield council block has been jailed a former sheffield council block has beenjailed for 16 years a former sheffield council block has been jailed for 16 years for abuse. the energy supplier npower comes under fire after announcing plans to raise gas and electricity prices by nearly 10%. tadcaster‘s bridge re—opens, more than a year after it collapsed in the floods in christmas 2015. in this week's film review, we'll look at loving — a true stor

national front leader marine le pen will begin her bid later.ugly victory for england over fa ns an ugly victory for england over fans in their opening six nations match at twickenham. —— england over france. and in half an hour, click takes a look at the latest developments in ‘artificial intelligence‘ as scientists continue good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has suffered a setback in his plan to reinstate his controversial order banning immigration from seven countries. a federal appeals court has rejected a request to immediately reinstate the restrictions that were imposed by executive order last week. the ban was blocked by a federal judge on friday, and the initial appeal by the government to get that block lifted immediately has failed. the washington state attorney general tweeted this morning that the request was denied — there it is — that's the document saying the emergency motion is rejected. it says a reply from the department in support of the emergency appeal is due tomorrow — so president trump's battle is not o

marin catholic has canceled classes. right nearby is the college of marin. it is closed today. we will continue to update you throughout the morning if more schools are canceled. you can find a complete list of schools closed on our website. >>> a wild story from los gatos where a woman who was trapped by mudslide inside her home went on facebook live to call for help.>> some of the cars are getting washed away. if someone can call caltrans or whoever and send them to our house. >> she had no cell phone service. her landline was not working. she used the internet and facebook live to get help. the mudslide hit tuesday morning at her family's property on bear creek road. crews could not get to them. they had to wait it out.>> this was completely unexpected. this was something i did not know mother nature could do. >> 2 homes on the property were damaged. including the house belonging to jennifer's sister who is pregnant. 4 cars were damaged. donations to a gofundme page for the ray family are at $6000. >>> trump's supreme

on, we have an exclusive interview with marine le pen's project coordinator.oming up at 8:40. an importants issue. this is bloomberg. ♪ is bnp paribas. the trump administration will return to court to argue it has brought authority international security and demand a travel ban on seven muslim majority country. before are to appear panel in san francisco to seek the reversal of a lower court ruling that that the executive order on hold. it stranded refugees, triggered protests, in hand of the new government its first crucial test. still with us, ahead of equities at hermes investment management. from an investor's point of view, is donald trump making america great again? >> he is certainly making some great headlines. from an investor's point of view, that big problem with trying to analyze anything about trump is the rhetoric versus the policy action. we have a lot of rhetoric, and so far from a financial markets point of view, we have had very little in the way of policy action. if you actually brings in favoring tax credits to focus on capital investment a

marine le pen joint election race by attacking globalisation.ace by attacking globalisation. her support base have made her so popular and put the and enviable position and it reminds us of how you keep managed to appeal to a desperate group of people. —— ukip. she is saying she is freeing them of globalisation, islamic fundamentalism and european union. what is at stake in this election is that the continuity of france as a free nation, the very existence of oui’ free nation, the very existence of our people. she is reaching out, you we re our people. she is reaching out, you were saying, you have a sense of what is going on on the ground whereas i reading what is on the papers. people say she will win in round one but not round super you are saying in the central parts of france people feeling more connected with her? the equivalent of the rustbelt where the old industrial park, new industries came in at the end of the wall, an interesting survey in the new york times in the international european edition, going through a number of towns and c

the headlines at 8:00pm: a royal marine has pleaded guilty to terror charges after he made bombs and stored weapons for dissident northern irish republicans. the us has imposed new sanctions on iran as president trump warned it's ‘playing with fire‘ over its ballistic missile test launch. a french soldier guarding the louvre museum in paris has shot and wounded by an attacker armed with a machete. a former sheffield council boss who forced teenagers to engage in sex acts to get grant payments has been jailed for 16 years. and in the next hour: a vegetable crisis hits supermarkets — two major supermarkets are rationing iceberg lettuces and broccoli because of a shortage caused by bad weather in southern europe. and a town reunited — tadcaster‘s bridge reopens, more than a year after it collapsed in the floods of christmas 2015. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a royal marine commando from northern ireland has pleaded guilty to hoarding explosives and making bombs. 31—year—old ciaran maxwell was arrested last year after police found two arms dumps in county antrim. unknown to the

marin and sonoma county -- we're keeping an eye. we have been talking about sir francis drake closed in both directions. that is near samuel taylor park. not in the towns.>> paul chambers is in san aselmo. you have been out there a couple of hours. people have been preparing all weekend.>> reporter: it seems like it is my home away from home in marin county. we've been monitoring the creek level. it is under the warning level right now. people are preparing. according to the fire department the creek rose 5 feet since midnight. everyone is preparing for the rain. >> we are of staffing with extra crews. we are also preparing for our floodgates to be installed. via notifying the citizens there is potential flooding. >> reporter: the ross valley fire department began securing the firehouse. in years past the water got so high is shut down the department. although the firefighters know they have to secure their own house they want to be a head of the game. they will be responding to all types of calls. the current level is under the war

and ps, the marines need more am fibs. so thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you all for being here today. and for your service to the country. i just want to pick up on senator ernst's comments about handguns for the army and point out that i was very pleased to see that get done, and very proud to report that those handguns are going to be made in new hampshire by six hour, which is an excellent company. so you're going to get the best. and admiral moran, one of the things i found very concerning when the first meeting of the navy caucus met last fall, admiral richardson said to us the navy no longer plans any spending in the first quarter of the new fiscal year, because of the ongoing continuous resolutions that you all have had to deal with and the uncertainty that that means. so i think we are probably looking at another cr for the remainder of this year. and i wonder if each of you could identify what you think will be the most challenging impact that cr is when

the headlines at 7.00: a royal marine has pleaded guilty to terror charges, after he made bombs and stored weapons for dissident northern irish republicans. the us has imposed new sanctions on iran, as president trump warns it's "playing with fire" over its ballistic missile test launch. a french soldier guarding the louvre museum in paris has shot and wounded an attacker armed with a machete. a former sheffield council boss, who forced teenagers to engage in sex acts to get grant payments, has been jailed for 16 years. in the next hour, the energy regulator calls on npower to "justify" one of the largest duel fuel price rises for years. from next month, its gas and electricity prices will go up by an average of 10%. a town reunited. the bridge inn had castor reopens more than a year after it collapsed in floods of christmas 2015. —— the bridge in tadcaster. and two major supermarkets are rationing some vegetables because of a shortage caused by bad weather in southern europe. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a royal marine commando from northern ireland has pleaded guilty to hoarding

french judicial police questioned marine le pen's bodyguard. marine le pen was quick to draw a distinct and the fraud probe against francois fillon. >> the french know exactly the difference between real business and political cabal. despite everything you try, they know very well how to make a difference. >> we will take a look at a new report on life expectancy. inple are moving much longer many rich countries around the world except the united states. >> at the beginning of the 20th century, scientists dismissed the idea as fantasy. in many rich countries around the world except the united states. but, a new study predicts average life expectancy in the developed world will begin edging up of 90. most p people in rich countries will live significantly longer by 2030 with south korean women leading the charge. in average female baby born the country 17 years from now will live to an impressive 91 years old. francerls born in japan, come a spain and switzerland can expect to live to 88. women's life expectancies outstripped men in every countr

ench >> we think marine le pen will be defeated by macron.y, the consensus was convinced that there would was convincednd that mrs. clinton was going to be the president. we have seen some surprises and if you look at international polls, elections are about the key battleground in the past and future. the stance on globalization. all international polls are indicating that there is so much distressed among -- distressed among the french -- distrust among the french electorate and that is the pitch that marine le pen will make. this will make things more asymmetric. win,se of a marine le pen there will not be a greek euro exit but there will be much more uncertainty. you have seen the news about redenomination of french bonds. there is a difference between voting for marine le pen and voting to leave the single currency. thisjust trying to put into the distribution of outcomes. do you think win, there are enough checks and balances to make it incredibly difficult for her to take france out of the single currency? >> there are certainly hurdle

all filmed by one of the marines on patrol who wait and then cheer. yeah!alled it a tough tour in an austere place. helmand, in their words "a breeding ground for mental health problems". we can only show what happened before the insurgent was killed. sergeant blackman and one of his patrol cautiously approached the wounded man. the court refused an application by the bbc to release the clips of the next moments, when he was dragged across the field and then shot. in 2013, a military court found alexander blackman, also known as marine a, guilty of murder. today, his wife arrived at court at the start of a fresh appeal from the wiltshire prison where he is serving an eight—year sentence. his new defence team argued to a panel ofjudges that he was mentally ill at the time. in court, blackman was described as very reserved, a john wayne—like a character who downplayed his mental health problems at the time of his original trial. but giving evidence, three psychiatrists said he was in fact suffering from an adjustment disorder that impaired his ability to make

this was a strong start for marine le pen.red up by her words. romania's government has withdrawn a controversial decree that would have reduced some penalties for corruption. prime minister sorin grindeanu said he did not want to divide the country after days of huge street protests. earlier, our correspondent nick thorpe in bucharest told ben brown about the impact the government's climbdown is having. i think we're going to get news any time that the government has no revoked that decree. they will have to then engage in some kind of damage limitation, they will have to try to tell their own supporters, they were elected with about 5 million votes between the two parties, they will have to try to convince the voters that this is a setback and not a surrender. more importantly, they will have to try to persuade romanian society that this was not a simple black and white battle between corrupt politicians on one hand and the anti—corruption fight, as the protesters who have been flocking to this square have been saying, but t

he was a member of the uk's elite royal marines unit a0 commando, after passing the gruelling 32—weeking course. but today, ciaran maxwell and admitted that for five years he was also helping dissident republicans in northern ireland to build up hidden stockpiles of explosives, weapons and ammunition. ciaran maxwell grew up in larne, some 20 miles north of belfast, a largely unionist town with some strong loyalist paramilitary links. a bmx fan who came from a catholic family, as a teenager he was on the fringe of republican activity in the town. in the early 2000s, larne was seeing a lot of attacks by loyalists. in 2002, ciaran maxwell himself was badly beaten up and ended up in hospital in belfast with a fractured skull. but eight years later, despite his background, he joined the royal marines, posting this footage of his training on his facebook page, leaving some politicians to suggest there was a failure to adequately check his past, or to monitor who he was mixing with on his trips back home. once he was in the marines and had access to all of the training and weaponry, there ap

eight years later, despite his background, hejoined the royal marines. his training on his facebook page. leaving some politicians to suggest there was a failure to adequately check his past, or monitor who he was mixing with on his trips back home. once he was in the marines, and had access to the training and the weaponry, there appears to be no attempts to make sure he was not using the opportunities that were available to him to help terrorists in northern ireland. last spring, police in northern ireland uncovered two arms dumps ina northern ireland uncovered two arms dumps in a country park and remote forest. heading in plastic barrels in the woods or, claymore mines, capable of killing several people, pipe bombs, ammunition and in armour piercing mortar. it was the most significant arms cache found in northern ireland in recent years. it was the two claymore antipersonnel mines, clearly stolen from the british armed forces, that cause the greatest alarm. the claymore mines led the police back to kieron maxwell's barracks in somerset. further search

france's nationalist leader, marine le pen attacks globalisation and radical islam, as she launches herresidential campaign. and — one of the world's biggest sporting events — the super bowl — kicks off in less than three hours. president trump's controversial travel ban is still being fought over with a continued legal challenges and critics saying the ban is unconstitutional. but the ban on travellers from seven mostly muslim countries is reportedly popular with trump supporters who are worried about security. on friday, a federal court suspended the ban, and it was held up today. tomorrow an appeals court will fully consider arguments on both sides. in the last half an hour the president has tweeted saying, he has instructed homeland security to check people coming into the country "very ca refully", check people coming into the country "very carefully", said "the courts are making the job very difficult." at americ‘s airports it's business as usual, the travel ban has been lifted and those with visas can come again. those previously barred by president trump are heading to the us wh

a serving royal marine pleads guilty to stockpiling weapons for use by dissident republicans.error at the louvre in paris as a man armed with a machete attacks the museum guards. the pastor facing up to 20 years in prison for protesting against for protesting against mugabe's government in zimbabwe. and, the original headbanger bows out. we speak to ozzy osbourne as black sabbath bring an end to half a century of metal. coming up in sportsday: we will have the latest from the davis cup. and, ireland's women beat scotland in the six nations. scotland haven't won in the tournament since 2010. good evening. eu leaders have made a show of unity at a summit in malta against what they see as a potentially hostile us president. donald trump has previously praised the uk for voting for brexit. today, eu leaders declared the importance of a strong europe in the face of a newly uncertain relationship with america. theresa may offered to act as a bridge with the us following her visit to washington — though one eu leader responded it's impossible to build bridges with the us when communi

if you go back two, three years ago, marine le pen was polling about 32% in the polls. she's now polling about 25%. while insurgent movements have gone forward in america, the uk, netherlands, in france they have gone backwards. there's no sign of momentum there. >> let me ask you about the domestic story in europe, we've had a whole bunch of surveys that have come through in recent weeks. other european data suggests there is some recovery, even on the inflation numbers which have been so stubborn in recent years. do you think investors are glossing over what could be a recovery story and are so focused on the unknowns around politics they're not trading europe on fundamentals? >> that's absolutely right. if we take the most widely watched economic data points, the pmis, purchasing and management indices, those across europe are at five or six-year highs. the only time in the last decade they've been above these levels are in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis. this is the first time we've seen building economic momentum, building pressure. and if y

if i add navy and marines we produce about 2,000 piemts a year. the airlines are hiring about 4,000 pilots a year. i think this is bigger than a service problem. this is a national problem that we have to get at and work with industry on how to do that. the guard and reserves are a big part of this. certainly, the whole team on how we go forward we can recruit lots of people to fly. we don't have a problem there. we retaining them is a problem. today for the last five years our retention of pilots has declined. we need to keep about 65% after the ten year point. today we are doing less than half of that. so i'd say it is a quality of life and quality of service. so as the admiral said we are doing everything we can to reduce additional duties. all of the other burdens on the pilots and let them do their job and to build a culture that most military pilots that you see that will keep people in the service but there is certainly a cultural aspect to this but also to reduce the quality improve the quality of life and reduce administrative burdens on

the transportation authority of marin accused -- approved this. the smart train service could start sometime this spring. the first phase of the project will go from san rafael to santa rosa. >>> a report shows cyberattacks are costing companies more than ever. consumers are paying the price. 34% of american-based companies experience some type of online security breach last year. that number might sound high -- it included companies that revealed the security breaches. it also says 95% of breaches involve human area -- error. two thirds of companies say they would pay $124,000 to keep the hacks private. >>> around the country activists are planning to hold protests for what they are calling not my presidents' day. thousands are expected to attend rallies in cities such as los angeles, los angeles and chicago. organizers say they do not accept donald trump as our president. he does not represent house. they say his policies are their top concerns. >>> we are closely watching the oroville dam is the storm hits. where the water levels are right now.

national front leader marine le pen will begin her bid later.lso, a fatherfrom scarborough, who has motor neurone disease, becomes the first person to use a computer—generated voice with a regional accent. it's amazing to know now that my girls, lilly and poppy, and my wife, will be able to talk to me and hear my voice back. and coming up in half an hour, dateline london looks at donald trump's controversial travel ban and whether he should be welcomed in britain. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a setback for president trump. a us federal appeals court has rejected a request from donald trump's administration to immediately reinstate his controversial order banning immigration from seven specified countries. mr trump signed an executive order to put the ban in place last week. the ban was blocked by a federaljudge on friday. now the administration's bid to get the block lifted immediately has been rejected. here's a tweet from the washington state attorney general saying the request has been denied. the judgement read: appellants‘ request

anchor: marine le pen speaking there.ebanon may be thousands of kilometers from france, that the tiny asian is a bastion of national france. it has a significant number of french expatriates. our correspondent spoke to some national front reporters. -- supporters. reporter: you can't miss the lebanesee founded the party after returning from the own the big games in 1936. the ideology of the party was largely inspired by european fascism, something the logo does little to hide. >> it symbolizes the idea of preserving the dominance of the christian world. a nationalophie is front supporter married to a lebanese beard she has lived here 20 years and speaks fluent arabic. she has even acquired lebanese nationality. as a journalist of a far right newspaper, she's excited to see marine le pen scoring points here. >> it is very favorable terrain. these people are attached to france. through their history, they understand very well that the national front is the obvious preference for us and for the christians of lebanon, it is a

the winners, elastec american marine with a million dollar check. and this, of course, is the prize that they won for more than doubling the industry best standadard for oil clean up that had existed to that point. >> prizes have actually been around for over 300 years. back in 1714 was the longitude prize. it was a $20,000 prize put on by the british government to help us figure out where we were from a longitudal basis when we were crossing the oceans. and everybody assumed when they put this prize out there that it would either be a ship's captain or it would be an astronomer that won this prize. and it was actually a clock maker. and he was this outside innovator that nobody ever would have expected to win a prize like this. napoleon used prizes. we have canned food because napoleon's army needed to be fed and so they figured out a way to preserve food, right. lindbergh flew across s the atlantic for a prize. there was a $25,000 prize for the first person that could fly non-stop from paris to new york or new york to paris. and it went on and on