of timothye praise mcveigh is particularly troublining. people sometimes forget that mcveigh, who was directly inspired to commit that bombing in 1995 by reading and neo-nazi novel called "the turner diaries ," but that was the largest domestic terror attack part to 9/11. there been many people who have praised him over the years. we had an incident in the past week in tampa in which four neo-o-nazis, one of whom converd to islam and and killed two of his roommate, have bomb making material, there's a picture of mcveigh in their room. when you're praising mcveigh, what you're talking about is killing people and you're talking about being inspired by white supremacy. we also had the incident in maryland where this black man was killed by someone who was involved in the neo-nazi so-called alt-right group. it is quite scary. juan: i want to turn to the portland mayor ted wheeler list of he urged white's premises groups to cancel their plans for upcoming demonstrations in portland. >> our city is in mourning. our community is angered. the timi

overnight saying the er doc and sometimes dog trainer had been referencing oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh and that he was headed to the trump hotel in dc armed with weapons and ammo. the pennsylvania police alerted dc cops and the secret service and when the officers arrived, police say they found his car in the garage with the bushmaster ar 15 assault style rifle in plainview. when they searched the car, police say they found a 40 caliber glock handgun, 90 rounds of ammunition. >> i believe that the officers and our federal partners and in particular the tipster coming forward averted potential disaster. >> at least one of the guests says she refuses to be intimidated. >> we just can't be afraid to go out and be afraid of wackos on the side. >> he spent so much time talking to the cops after his arrest that he did not make the cut off to go before a judge today. that is likely to happen tomorrow. at that point, we should get some more answers. at the trump international hotel, wusa 9. >>> as you know, president trump had visited the hotel several times but the secret service says there w

this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at lipm. absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight. political shockwaves as president trump tells his fbi director: you're fired. he says it's over hillary clinton's emails, but critics see a cover up over russia. the dismissal of director comey establishes a very troubling pattern. but president trump claims james comey had lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington, republican and democrat alike. the 11 year old girl who died on a school trip to a theme park in staffordshire — her family say their world has been torn apart. no conservatives will face charges for breaches of expenses rules over the 2015 general election — says the crown prosecution service. labour and the lib—dems pledge billions of pounds of investment in schools over the next 4 years. the tories accuse their rivals of ‘made up promises‘. i'm ben brown. in the next hour, a special investigation into human trafficking into britain. we know there are three girls currently missing who are back in the uk in g

on his facebook page he praises oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh, calling him a true patriot.ust last month christian was at a free speech rally, armed with a baseball bat and apparently giving nazi salutes. >> i'm not here to join anyone. i'm here to be heard. this is a freedom of speech rally. >> reporter: the portland attacks come on the first day of the muslim holy month ramadan. >> it was incredibly shocking. >> reporter: muslim community leader harris zafar says portland is a tolerant city of 50,000 muslims, not used to this level of hate. >> two people lost their lives. and two families now have an empty seat at the dinner table. >> reporter: christian was booked on multiple charges including aggravated murder and attempted murder. he's being held without bail. steve patterson, nbc news. >>> britain remains on high alert tonight, five days after a suicide bomber attacked a concert arena in manchester killing 22 people. nbc's blake mccoy has more from london on the security build-up and the investigation. >> reporter: tonight armed military stand guard outside buckingham

mcveigh has been there all day for us.ospitals, as you say, involved in looking after the 59 injured as a result of last night's horrendous attack. we have seen throughout the day and heard about the huge wave of support for the emergency services. first of all, we have had all of the off—duty members of the off emergency services, who have come to volunteer their help throughout the night and into the morning and the response from the public who have wanted to back up the doctors nurses, ambulance crews, all those people working to deal with the injured. with me, health editor, hugh pym, tell us about the response of the emergency medical services, obviously they have a well rehearsed plan for major incidents but the reality is something different. that's right, the chief executive of north west ambulance service said, nothing can prepare you for the sadness and shock of a tragedy like this and it is a very sad day for manchester. however, i get the sense that there is quiet contentment that the plan they had in place was

this is this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 2pm.ector: you're fired. he says it's over hillary clinton's emails, but critics see a cover up over russia. mr president, with all due respect you are making a big mistake. but president trump claims james comey had lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington, republican and democrat alike. the 11 year old girl who died on a school trip to a theme park in staffordshire — her family say their world has been torn apart. no conservatives will face charges for breaches of expenses rules over the 2015 general election — says the crown prosecution service. labour and the lib—dems pledge billions of pounds of investment

mcveigh, who wrote a book about country sing hoarse serve in the military, hopes to have heroes vodka for sale in 30 states by the end of the year. he's entering as we mentioned a crowded marketplace. there are a lot of vodkas but his price point of $15 a bottle is moderate. >>> despite efforts by both the government and private sector to hire more of our u.s. military veterans, many are still without jobs even though the unemployment rate for vets fell about 7% last year. the jobless rate among them is a percentage point above the rate for civilians. dan goldenberg, executive director of the call of duty endowment, joins us to talk about this. welcome dan, nice to have you here. >> thanks so much for having me. >> why are there issues for so many vets to find a good quality job? >> well, you know, the problem is that veterans are facing some headwinds that we haven't seen in the past. in fact, the bls data that you were referencing paints a cheery picture in that the veteran unemployment rate appears to have dropped below 4%, but that doesn't jibe with reality on the ground. what we'

laker did not agree, he says administrators including former dean elaine chin and associate dean mary mcveigh made up lies about him and encouraged others to file grievances against him. his lawsuit against sjsu says in part, "these retaliatory actions were taken to intimidate laker and show his protected activity of opposing sexual harassment by his colleague." now if you remember, we also uncovered an investigation that was launched into a couple administrators possibly lying about one of the complaints against professor apticar. a spokesperson at sjsu said there was no evidence they were lying, but she wouldn't go on camera. maria medina, kpix5. >>> new information about the man shot and killed by chp on highway 101 last friday identified as 25-year-old luis pacheco of san jose. investigators say that he was trying to carjack a woman that he just crashed into in san mateo and refused to drop his gun when officers confronted him. the three officers who fired are on paid leave. the coroner's office is still waiting on pacheco's toxicology result. >>> in san leandro tonight the search is on f

you look up timothy mcveigh and youssef, and different angry people in different cultures r is more in common than we might expect. can you explain? >> well, this is another way of talking about, you know, how-- the theories about the clash of civilizations or this idea that people belonging to different religious communities are bound to enter into conflict with each other and they don't really share much. any number of examples historically and in the present make friendship with ramsey youssef is one example. >> so they were in adjoining cells in prison, the super max facility? >> the super max facility and discovered each other and became friends and realized they had a lot in common politically to the point where mcveigh said he believed in what youssef and ultimately what usama bin laden was doing and they were right to. now, that kind of meeting of minds, that kind of intellectual, ideological affinity we see over and over again. we don't want to notice it, you know. one is fascinated by hindu fanatics and he wanted to get in alliance with hindu and last year, an iranian german,

i'm annita mcveigh, also in the next hour, preparations are in full swing for the benefit concert in

overnight saying the er doc and sometimes dog trainer had been referencing oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh and that he was headed to the trump hotel in dc armed with weapons and ammo. the pennsylvania police alerted dc cops and the secret service. when the officers arrived, police say they found his car in the garage. with the bushmaster ar 15 assault style rifle in plainview. when they searched the car, police say they found a 40 caliber glock handgun and 90 rounds of ammunition. >> do you have any intel into what in he intended to do? >> we will do a thorough examination if we can get to the motive as too why. >> is unclear if he was legally entitled to carry the weapons in pennsylvania, but police say he wasn't in dc. they charged him with possession of unregistered ammunition firearm without a permit. >> i can tell you this, i was very concerned about the circumstance, very peculiar circumstance, and i believe that the officers and our federal partners and in particular, the tipster coming forward, averted a potential disaster. >> president trump opened the hotel just before the electi

it was mcveigh in the bronx today, with bases-loaded.this the drive up not coming back, it is the first for judge and his sixth homer of the year. yankees took a 7-3 lead. chris davis made it close, no doubt about that. they would go on to when it 7-5. greg gardner puts one in no man's land, that scores 2 the yankees have a 9-5 lead. they go on to win by that score, and is on to cleveland for the a's, and the first of 4 tomorrow. >>>the buildup continues around 3 of warriors and calves in the nba finals on thursday. the cavs back at it at practice today after they wrapped up the eastern conference championship on thursday. this series will have it all, some of the biggest names in the game. something that is motivated the warrior since last june, without question the 2 best and deserving teams in the game. the guys in cleveland appreciate the enormity of the matchup.>> adding some members to the mix,, -- that we have a lot of options.>> playing with some hall of famer's, tony, anthony be -- some high-power players. it will be very challe

that timothy mcveigh didn't get 30 years ago. secrets here except to say what we truly can do, we can't prevent people from making bombs and we can't prevent people for being bad, but what we can do is follow the tools we have, follow the leads we have and take them as far as we can and it works. >> heather: it you're right, it is out there. unfortunate, we seen it time and time again and i we have 22 people dead as a result. >> it's tragic. >> heather: thank you so much, we appreciate it. >> leland: coming up, a little more information that we are learning on a very different, but no less tragic terrorist attack. the san bernardino terror attacks. new details on the couple who opened fire on that office party killing 14 and a little bit more about the police response. how they took them out in a police shoot-out. d of allergy p. it delivers a gentle mist experience d of allergy p. to help block six key inflammatory substances. most allergy pills only block one. new flonase sensimist changes everything. >> leland: top of the hour

we had timothy mcveigh, as white american as you can get. so they happen. but in this case, the guy behind this attack was fingered by authorities. on their radar -- we keep hearing this. i'm curious. what do you think should be done? in our country what happens is, we have nothing to hold them on and have to let them go or don't pursue it. what do you do? >> you know, both the u.s. and as the u.k. have a legal tradition going back to magna carta where we have the presumption of innocence before guilt. now, there's some voices in england, the u.k., saying let's take the suspects and round them up and put them in a camp. to do that in any european country, it has too many shades of the 1930s. i think we're going to have to go on investing money in our security services. i think we have to have some resolve to stop radicalization happening in prisons and schools and places where the government should be in charge. we're going to have to have a absolutely rigorous immigration policy to make sure we're not adding to the problem that already exists. >> thanks, n

i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live.g news this morning... swedish prosecutors are ending their seven—year—long investigation into the wikileaks founder, julian assange, who has been accused of rape. mr assange, who's a5, has been living at the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. scotla nd scotland yard says it is obliged to arrest him for breaching bail conditions if he leaves the embassy. julian assange has just tweeted this picture. this is in reaction to that means from sweden. that is the first reaction from julian assange, though no statement from him as yet. let's cfoss no statement from him as yet. let's cross to the ecuadorian embassy in london. our correspondent, richard lister, is there. richard, so, any expectation we might seejulian assange leading that embassy any time soon? i would have to say that given the evidence we have at the moment, that is extremely unlikely. remember this, thatjulian assange a lwa ys remember this, thatjulian assange always said

you can say the same thing about timothy mcveigh.ght he was committing an act of war against the united states but how would you have felt if present bush had committed his sentence and he was honored in a parade? >> you're comparing different things. we have a colony that has no representation and can't vote for president, can't vote in congress and either they want statehood or they want independence. >> tucker: i'm trying to be patient. you don't know anything about this. they get to vote on whether they want. that are you aware that they get to vote popular vote on whether they want to be their own country, and they don't. i think they should, by the way, they don't because i get so much in aid from the united states pretty >> people who actually do and have been fighting it for some time. the question is, what do we do when people are fighting for their freedom and justice? so often -- >> tucker: so it's okay to commit armed robbery. >> i don't condone it. i'm what i'm saying is even when we do nonviolent resistance, whether it'

stated to this tipster that he wanted to get close to trump, and quote, wanted to be like timothy mcveighling reference to the oklahoma city bomber. d.c. police caution us that their investigation is still in the early stages. but source tell us that moles suffered from post traumatic stress. he is expected to appear in court later this week, wolf. >> one of the weapons was an ar-15, right? >> yeah. >> that's obviously a worrisome development indeed. laura, thank you very much for that report. we'll stay on top of this development. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> up next, breaking news. house investigators issuing seven subpoenas tonight. and more breaking news. the former fbi director james comey set to testify publicly. and he is going to talk about his conversations with president trump. will this break open the russia investigation? >>> and two people disappear while investigating a chinese company that makes ivanka trump's shoes. what happened? let's go "outfront." good evening. i'

one of the lead prosecutors behind the timothy mcveigh prosecution in oklahoma city. be an exciting pick, a prosecutors prosecutor. he has likely allies as a potential fbi nominee in both political parties. >> eric -- merrick garland is back in the spotlight. i suggested that the whitecious ought to consider him. i didn't say they should pick him. i said, put merrick into the list too. senator lindsey graham reportedly backed the idea of considering merrick. i like that, i think he is a good guy. louisiana republican senator, bill cassidy, also seemed to approve. >> i think it is incumbent upon the president who appoint somebody who all americans will have faith in? >> like merrick garland. >> i is an attorney so mike would have a better assessment of garland's merit, if you will, as an fbi director. i have not investigated that independently. if what he is saying is we need someone whom democrats would also respect and woefrn severyo see as an independent voice, i will certainly agree with that concept. >> a happened fundful of democr weighed in on the idea. amy kimb

moles told the tipster that he, quote, wanted to get close to trump and wanted to be like timothy mcveigh of the oklahoma city bombing back in 1995, but i should mention that secret service says that he posed no immediate threat, but the investigation is still ongoing, and we expect to see him in court later this week. jake? >> all right. laura, thank you so much. >>> new reports that president trump has given his personal cell phone numbers to world leaders. is the this a secure way to conduct international diplomacy and he's the russian banker that met with the president's son-in-law. who is sergey gorkov and how close is he to vladimir putin? stay with us. it's not where we start, it's where we end up. expedia. everything in one place, so you can travel the world better. rumor confirmed. they're playing. -what? -we gotta go. -where? -san francisco. -when? -friday. we gotta go. [ tires screech ] any airline. any hotel. any time. go where you want, when you want with no blackout dates. [ muffled music coming from club. "blue monday" by new order. cheers. ] [ music and cheers get louder ]

one he was a federal prosecutor, he was the guy who prosecuted timothy mcveigh and the unabomber, he'seen in the department. he gets that component to it. i think he could rally some of those democratic vote as well because the fbi director is a position we should be able to cross the aisle for. david: we should, but boyd, what we've seen the past couple of days is a perfect example how it can't be done these days? >> well, i think this is one of those that could transcend it. have you some of those on the left that are going to scream, hey, you're firing the guy we publicly prayed that you would fire, so you do have some of those, but you have people, amy klobuchar responded to senator lee's tweet and said that's a great idea. i think it would be the ultimate show of confidence by the trump administration to say look, we've got nothing to hide as it relates to russia, let's put merrick garland in there, i know, david, there are republicans in the senate and the house who are very worried that someone comes in who is a political hack, a political appointee -- david: i know, let me give

messages to that tipster that he "wanted to get close to trump" and that he waned to be like timothy mcveigh who bombed the oklahoma city federal building in 1995. moles is expected to appear in court sometime later this week. and we are told he is cooperating with authorities, wolf. >> yeah, very, very disturbing development that trump international hotel on pennsylvania avenue only a few blocks away from the white house. the president was not at that the hotel. laura, thanks for that report. we'll check back with you when we get more information. coming up, president trump promised to repeal and replace obamacare. but a new poll says most americans think the republican plan that moved out of the house of representatives will leave them worse off. only 8% think the senate should pass it as is. we'll break down the numbers when we come back. you wouldn't put up with an umbrella that covers you part way, so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. tell you what, i'll give it to you for half off. mattress firmness? enter sleep number... s

he played a key role in the prosecution of oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh.utation within the fbi, the law enforcement community in general. i think it someone who would be confirmed to that post with a very high degree of hot bipartisan support. >> chris: i want to get to that. the suggestion that you like garland is also a statement that perhaps you really don't want to see whoever the replacement for comey is to be confirmed in a straight party line vote, 52-48, that you really would like to see somebody thatt democrats can buy into. why do you think that's important? >> senator lee: i think in this instance it could be important because as we move forward, the outcome of investigations ought not carry any potential with respect to party affiliation. there are whole lot of options available. merrick garland will be a particularly good option given that he could have so much support from both sides of the aisle. if >> chris: did you get any reaction at all from the white house? >> senator lee: every indication i received so as they are considering it. i rea

let us cross back to my colleague annita mcveigh who is at the manchester royal infirmary.ester treating 59 people injured as a result of last night's attack at the manchester arena. some of those people, we're told with injuries, that will affect them throughout their lives. some of them in intensive care. we've also heard in the short while from greater manchester policed identity of a third victim of last night's attack. he was 26—year—old john atkinson from radcliffe in bury. 26—year—old john atkinson and his name is added to the names of eight—year—old saffie rose roussos and georgina callande. we can cross now to fiona trott. now that the cordon has been moved to the far end of deansgate, we are closer to the manchester arena. you can really see how this pa rt arena. you can really see how this part of the city is still really very much shot shutdown to the public. you really get a sense at this end of town how this huge interchange, this part of manchester is still completely closed off. we're at the far end of deansgate, people who know this part of city know that t

on the facebook page, he praises timothy mcveigh calling him a true patriot.st last month, christian was at a free speech rally armed with a baseball bat and apparently giving nazi salutes. >> i'm not here to join anyone. i'm here to be heard. this is a freedom of speech rally. >> reporter: the portland attacks came on the first day of the muslim holy month, ramadan. >> it was shocking. >> reporter: a muslim leader says that portland is a tolerant city of 50,000 muslims not used to this level of hate >> two people lost their lives and two families have an empty seat at the dinner table. >> reporter: christian was booked on aggravated murder and attempted murder and being held without bail. >> let's bring in former homeland securitier mike -- security adviser mike balboni. many will say why wasn't he stopped before based on the reports? >> because it's the right of free speech. it's his right to say the most outrageous things that he believes in. you know, if you look at the fbi hate crimes statistics report that's been kept for the last 25 years what you will

cell phone messages to the tipster that he wanted to, quote, get close to trump, and be like timothy mcveighhe man who bombed the oklahoma city federal building in 1995. and now, secret service says that at no time were any protectees, meaning the president, at risk, and d.c. police said they don't have enough information to charge him with making any direct threats against the president, and we are told that he is co-operatin with the authorities and he is expected to make the first appearance in court sometime later in the week, brooke. >> all right. thank you, laura. back to the breaking news. and backlash erupt iing after t president is expected to pull out of the paris climate deal, and the effor also, is the president giving out his cell phone number to foreign leaders? new security concerns. stay with me. theto me than my vacation.tant so when i need to book a hotel, i want someone who makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. and with their price match, i know i'm getting the best price every time. c'mon, gary! your vacation is very important. that's why booking.com mak

i'm annita mcveigh, also in the next hour, preparations are in full swing for the benefit concert in manchester on sunday. ariana grande will headline the one love manchester concert at old trafford cricket ground. one marathon man and his dog. we talk to dion leonard about his new companion and their run through the gobi desert. arsene wenger signs on the dotted line and says he wants to win next season's premier league title. hello, good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a breast surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the west midlands has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. ian paterson was found guilty last month of wounding with intent, and unlawful wounding — in a case involving ten private patients. our health editor hugh pym sent this report from nottingham. ian paterson, once a higher earning and highly regarded surgeon, now a convicted criminal about to begin a 15 year jail sentence. some of the patients that he harmed arrived in court in nottingham this morning to hear the sentencing. the judge, mrjustice jeremy baker, said paterson

my colleague, annita mcveigh, is at manchester royal infirmary. thank you.r royal infirmary, but eight hospitals across the area in total involved in caring for the victims of last night's attack at the manchester arena. we heard a short while ago that some of the people injured have very serious injuries in deed, they are requiring intensive care, we we re are requiring intensive care, we were told they will be in hospital for a long time and some of them have injuries that will have huge implications for their lives. we heard, as i mentioned, from the chief officer of the greater manchester health and social care partnership and also from the medical director of the north west ambulance service which sent 60 ambulances along with some very highly specialised crews to the scene of the attack last night in an effort to stabilise the injured at the scene before transporting them to the eight hospitals. the doctor said that if ever you wanted to see the nhs in operation, last night and this morning, that was the time to experience it. from the most dreadful of

with all that in mind i want to go to anita mcveigh who we have not spoken to in anita mcveigh who west local elections are in a quarter of the councils the party that was the largest party did not go on to form the administration saw a lot of trading to be done in the days ahead to form lots of coalitions. any number of interesting stories coming out of the count in glasgow, let's getan out of the count in glasgow, let's get an overview of that with our scotla nd get an overview of that with our scotland correspondent, what are your thoughts? the snp, the largest party in glasgow but falling short ofa party in glasgow but falling short of a majority by four seats. we heard at the start of the day that in 2012 it was a target and they we re in 2012 it was a target and they were disappointed not to have achieved that. since then glasgow was a yes city in the referendum, the snp winning all the seats at the holyrood and westminster elections but if there is disappointment here it not been expressed publicly. labour not unexpectedly losing control of the council but still hugely symbolic

a long history -- lead prosecutors behind the tim they mcveigh prosecution in oklahoma city and an exciting pick. >> shannon: oversaw the prosecution of the unibomber. an interesting pick. how do your democratic colleagues oppose him? do you think the white house would consider it? >> i suspect the white house might. i think it has some advantages to it because as you point out, this is someone who has a lot of bona fides as a prosecutor. he has been one who has got allies as a potential director nominee in both political parties. >> shannon: he sits on a very important circuit court, the d.c. circuit there opening up his seat to a republican nominee is an interesting twist as well. do you think it would give him pause even if on the chance that he would be tapped for a f.b.i. director? >> i don't know him and haven't discussed it with him. it would be up to him. i would imagine this might be a post that might interest him and it might be a post that he could serve in very effectively. >> shannon: okay. the other question, the growing number of democratic senators who say we aren't voting f

i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live.leaderjeremy corbyn, as we have let you know, is about to give a speech in which shall say there was a connection between british foreign policy abroad including wars in the middle east and north africa and terrorism at home. he'll also say a labour government will be one which will reduce rather than increase the terror threat. the conservatives have already reacted to this by saying the comments are inappropriate and crassly timed in light of the attack in manchester on monday night. we will be back there in central london as soon asjeremy corbyn starts that speech. first, let's get the latest on the investigation into the terror attack in manchester in which 22 people were killed. jane hill is in manchester. good morning from saint and square where people continued to come to lay flowers a nd people continued to come to lay flowers and read the hundreds of m essa 9 es flowers and read the hundreds of m essa g es of flowers and read the hundreds of messages of tributes to the 22 peop

i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live.our's 51—page general election manifesto has been leaked and seen by the bbc and a number of other news organisation. the leak came as the document was due to be formally signed off today. the document contains a number of eye—catching policies including: bringing the railways back into public ownership as franchises expire and repealing the 1993 railways act which privatised the network. plans to reverse the privatisation of royal mail "at the earliest opportunity". the reintroduction of maintenance grants for university students and a pledge to abolish university tuition fees. 0n energy — the document includes a policy of creating at least one publicly—owned energy company in every region of the uk, with public control of the transmission and distribution grids as well as an immediate emergency price cap to ensure the average duel fuel household energy bill remains below £1,000 per year. and despitejeremy corbyn‘s previous suggestions — the document promises support for the renewal o

i'm annita mcveigh welcome to bbc newsroom live the white house has denied reports that donald trumpsked former fbi directorjames comey to stop an investigation into the alleged links between one of his senior advisers and russia. mr comey, who was sacked last week, is said to have recorded the comments in notes taken after a meeting with the president in february. david willis reports. following a meeting of his security advisers back in february, president trump waited for other officials to leave the room before taking then fbi director james comey to one side. the previous day, his national security advisor, michael flynn, had been forced to resign amid allegations that he misled the vice—president about conversations with the russian ambassador. according to the new york times, the president then asked mr comey to shut down an fbi investigation into general flynn. but the fbi investigation into michael flynn is still under way, along with one into possible collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government to influence the outcome of the us presidential election. la

i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live.bour leader, jeremy corbyn, is to give a major foreign policy speech — in about half an hour s time — in which he is likely to say that he doesn't see himself as a pacifist, because he would use military force as a last resort — but that he believes military intervention has become far too common in recent times. mr corbyn was chair of an anti—war group and opposed intervention in kosovo and serbia. he is also known to bea kosovo and serbia. he is also known to be a long—term supporter of unilateral disarmament and the stylist alien rights. —— and palestinian rights. so exactly what would labour's foreign policy look like under his leadership? we can speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. norman is at chatham house, where jeremy corbyn is going to be making the speech. will he attempt to clean up the speech. will he attempt to clean up what you might call preconceptions about what he thinks on foreign policy? will he detailed what he thinks is the last resort?” thinkjere

annita mcveigh is there for us.nsider, how will be snp do, have we seen peak national is perhaps? will the conservatives do as well and labour do as poorly as some polls have suggested, here in glasgow for example it is thought labour might lose control of the council for the first time in 40 years. all of those questions wrapped up if you like in the twin forces of brexit and independence, so these be the least local local elections that we have seen here? with me to discuss that, i have members from the snp and scottish labour. welcome to you both. a big disappointment for the snp in the last locals not to gain control of glasgow council. can you do it this time? i remember the count in 2012 well, it was a huge disappointment, i have to say from yesterday's turnout and how it felt in the polling stations we are cautiously optimistic. whether we lead the administration as the largest party, or a majority, would be the icing on the cake, it would be the icing on the cake, it would be huge for the party in our 18 yea

everybody in this room and listening to us knows of it, tim mcveigh.e didn't try it, but supervised it from washington d.c. he knows the workings of the justice department and the fbi. charles: but mike lee and mitch mcconnell, it feels they're coming at it from an angle, suitable to both sides and pass-- it would be hard for the public, the mainstream media and democrats or anyone to say this is a politicized nominee. it would be hard not to to agree with this nomination, no matter what side of the aisle you're on. >> i think you're probably right on that. the president cannot appoint a political person in light of what we just went through with jim comey's decisions on hillary clinton and the president's decision, whatever it was based on to fire director comey. this person that replaces him cannot be political. but i-- the little bit that i know about donald trump, i don't think this is the way to get your candidate through, it create a public ground swell for the candidate. i think you're-- the way to get the candidate through is to whisper in the

annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. fat but medically fit is a myth, according to a study of the medical records of more than three million people. researchers say being obese increases the risk of suffering heart disease, stroke and heart failure. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. so just keep your hands on your hips. the idea that you can be obese, but still healthy has been debated for years. previous studies have suggested that around a third of very overweight people are healthy. they have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels despite being classed as obese according to their body mass index which is a measure of height versus weight. but a new analysis of the medical records of 3.5 million uk residents suggests the idea of healthy obesity is a myth. compared to those of a normal weight, it suggests even outwardly, healthy obese people have a 49% greater risk of developing coronary heart disease, the risk of heart failure is increased by 96% and stroke by 7%. what was new for me from this stud