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here's mark phillips. >> reporter: donald trump has long been seen as a brash american curiosity in britain, even back when he was promising to invest millions in scottish golf resorts. then his critics included michael ford, who was refusing to sell the great deal maker his farm. >> what are you prepared to tell him? >> he's fired. >> reporter: but not as fired as he would be by the petition, which called for him to be banned from britain. >> reporter: that triggered this debate within a parliamentary committee, which asked one essential question: >> is this the kind of man that we want in our country? his words are not comical. his words are not funny. his words are poised us no. his policy to close borders if he is elected president is bonkers. >> reporter: donald trump is free to be a fool, but he's not free to be a dangerous fool in britain. >> reporter: but should the response be to ban him or to invite him to come? >> i'd take him to the synagogue. i'd take him to the church. 'd take him to the mosque. i'd invite him for a curry. >> reporter: drusmg has done in britain what he's done

mark phillips is in london with a look at the singer's mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the announcement was a brief one this morning and it caused shock, not just in the music world and the broader cultural world, but right around the world, in fact, such was the influence of david bowie's character and characters over the course of his career. he died yesterday, according to surrounded by family and after, as you say, an 18-month battle with cancer. reflections about david bowie's career have been coming, not just from the music world but the political world. any appreciation of bowie's life any obituary has to deal with more than one character but with a series of rock and artistic characters he created over the course of his career, beginning probably with the one people find most familiar, the ziggy sar dust, major tom character which was one of his major hits, but his influence and his career through two or three more decades of rock and pop is just beginning to be appreciated now. the shocking news that he has died. >> indeed. truly shocking. and no one expected t

here's mark phillips. [ applause ] >> hello? >> stop me if you have seen this one before, many have. >> i was wondering if after all these years you'd look to meet. >> reporter: the script a steal from the lyrics of adele's megahit "hello." >> hello. >> what do you know, here is adele. we could have had it all karaoke segments are a signature feature. >> you are looking fine right now. seriously. >> reporter: and the latest one with the hottest thing in pop music has become about the hottest thing on the web. >> do you mind if we listen to music? hello, can you hear me >> reporter: cordon's car borne conversation and crooning with adele has set a new record. more than 45 million hits in less than a week. >> that was amazing. >> reporter: why does it work? hello from the outside at least i can see >> reporter: maybe because singing along in a car is what people do. what could be better than singing along with people like adele. for breaking your heart i know you love me >> reporter: or justin. or stevie. as long as i know >> repo

here's mark phillips. >> reporter: donald trump has long been seen as a brash american curiosity in britain, even back when he was promising to invest millions in scottish golf resorts. then his critics included michael ford, who was refusing to sell the great deal maker his farm. >> what are you prepared to tell him? >> he's fired. >> reporter: but not as fired as he would be by the petition, which called for him to be >> unacceptable behavior. >> reporter: that triggered this debate within a parliamentary committee, which asked one essential question: >> is this the kind of man that we want in our country? his words are not comical. his words are not funny. his words are poisonous. his policy to close borders if he is elected president is bonkers. >> reporter: donald trump is free to be a fool, but he's not free to be a dangerous fool in britain. >> reporter: but should the response be to ban him or to invite him to come? >> i'd take him to the synagogue. i'd take him to the mosque. i'd invite him for a curry. >> reporter: donald trump has done in britain what he's done at home, become th

here's mark phillips. >> hello. >> reporter: stop me if you've seen this one before. many have. >> i was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet. >> reporter: the script is a steal from the lyrics of adele's megahit "hello." >> hello. >> oh, thanks for this. >> reporter: and what do you know, here's adele james corden's carpool karaoke segments are a signature feature of his show. >> are you looking fine right now. >> thank you very much, james. >> seriously. >> reporter: and the latest one with the hottest thing in pop music has become about the hottest thing on the web. some music? hello can you hear me >> reporter: cordon's car-born conversation and crooning with adele has set a new record. more than 45 million hits in less than a week. >> that was amazing! >> reporter: why does it work? >> so hello from the outside at least i can see >> reporter: maybe because singing along nay car is what people do, and what could be better than singing along with people like adele or justin. this is mine you can't take it >> reporter: or stevie. the carpool karaoke

mark phillips, whistleblower: there was a core of about 6 to 10 players who were the core group of the evidence that we had dug up. another player who was group of the evidence that we had dug up. another player who was banned for life, told the bbc how bookies offered him tens of thousands of dollars to throw matches, but denied he ever agreed. daniel koellerer, banned for life: you cannot believe how easy it is to play the ball next to the line like this. not in the field but out. the whistleblowers say none of the players implicated - allegedly including grand slam singles and doubles winners - were ever sanctioned. mark phillips: nothing happened with the evidence we officials with pro tennis insist they take the issue seriously, and that the sport's tennis integrity unit always follows up. chris kermode, atp president: every single bit of information that the tennis integrity unit receives is investigated properly. sunday - andy murray tweeted out the for good we're working on several new and updated stories coming up on kolo 8 news now at 5. we're taking a look at how martin luth

be afraid. >> pelley: mark phillips in paris tonight. mark, thank you. today we saw new evidence that the barbarity of syria's civil war has not lessened, even after five years. a town is being starved by the dictator's forces. men, women and children are dying in slow motion as one resident put it. here's elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: months of deprivation have pushed the smallest and the poorest to the very brink. a mother feeds her child with what looks like broth, but it's jam. in an online appeal, man explains, "we have no food, no water and no power," and then he bursts into tears. "please, world," he says, "we are dying." activists say the most wretched are making soup with grass, and some have died of starvation. and all this just 30 miles from the capital damascus in fertile hill country. we traveled there in 2012 when it was still safe enough to visit the rebels who control the area. now they and more than 40,000 residents are trapped, surrounded by syrian government forces who have sealed off all the roads. this video posted by activists show

be afraid. >> mark phillips in paris tonight. mark, thank you. >>> late today in oregon, the harney county sheriff met with the leader of a group of protesters who have been occupying buildings at a national wildlife refuge. the sheriff offered them safe escort out of town and is waiting to hear back. the protest is in support of ranchers who were sent to prison for setting a fire that spread to federal lands. will be right back. >>> today, we saw new evidence that the barbarity of syria's civil war has not lessened, even after five years. a town is being starved by the dictator's forces. men, women and children are "dying in slow motion" as one resident put it. here's elizabeth palmer. >>eporter: months of deprivation have pushed the smallest and t poorest to the very brink. a mother feeds her child with what looks like broth, but it's actually water, flavored with jam. in an online appeal, a man explains, "we have no food, no water and no power," and then he bursts io tears. "please, world," he says, "we are dying." activists s

mark phillips in london has the details. with tennis is how do you prove ball went long or who put a volley into the net. still the reports say more than a dozen players ranked in the top 50 regularly lost matches under odd circumstances. meaning they were the subject of suspicious betting patterns. the allegations have overshadowed the opening days of the australian open. the first stop on tennis' grand slam tour. >> that's bad, obviously if something has been going on. but you hope that, know that it's -- in public that, you know something may be, will get done about it. >> reporter: the anames of alleged cheaters have not been disclosed but the reports leaked to the bbc and buzzfeed are based on documents that identify more than 70 players suspected of throwing matches. but which players. i would look to hear the name. love to hear names. you can debate about it. >> reporter: the core group of alleged cheaters is composed of 16 men including grand slam champions. gambling syndicates in russia and italy have reportedly mad

they've been at it for months, but they haven't made much progress, so we sent mark phillips to check on them. >> reporter: there's a reason steve weise and bob shapiro are being called "the calamity crew." how's the trip going so far? >> great. >> reporter: not so great really. steve and bob's boat, the "nora," isn't so much an accident waiting to happen, it's an accident that keeps happening over and over again. firemen had to put out a blaze on board when a burning candle tipped over as the boat hit the bottom at low tide. or this time when rescue services had to be called out off scotland. or here, when steve and bob needed help at night off ireland. you're up to seven times? nine times? how many times have you had to call for assistance? >> we called the coast guard 29 times. >> reporter: and that's just since the boat left norway last summer. "nora" has needed the help of the norwegian rescue service, the danish, the scottish, the irish and now the english. not that has fazed steve! >> i bought a boat in norway and i'm sailing it home. >> reporter: people are fed up. >> you are

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