peter hunt, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two.ne, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm mike bushell. the headlines tonight: england's young footballers strut their stuff again with the under—21's into the european championship semifinals. johana konta is left frustrated as american coco vandeweghe knocks her out of the aegon classic in birmingham in only the second round. and a great day for irish cricket. along with afghanistan, they have been allowed into the elite group of nations that can compete in test match cricket. thanks forjoining us and, first tonight, another great night for england's young footballers after the under—20's won their world cup. the under—21's are now into the semifinals of the european championship after a convincing win over hosts poland. patrick gearey reports. tea m team talks and not always co mforta ble. team talks and not always comfortable. at half—time in their last game with england had out, they had out. the one that won the steamed to still be riding the m

peter hunt, bbc news.to resort to extreme measures to deal with this week's heatwave. when male pupils were told they couldn't wear shorts and had to wear trousers they decided to wear skirts instead. jon kay reports. not your typical class photo. around 30 boys wore skirts at isca academy today — borrowed from their sisters and theirfriends. what does it feel like to wear skirts? it feels comfortable. really nice. cheering it's a protest... we want shorts! ..because they are not allowed to wear shorts, even on hot summer days. they are fed up with long trousers and, in a co—ed school, skirts are officially part of the uniform. girls are allowed to wear skirts all year round. and then they get cold legs and we have to sit there sweating. i think it's good. if they can't wear shorts then they have to wear skirts. i don't think it's right, them being told off for having hairy legs, though. the head teacher wasn't available today. in a statement, she said she might allow shorts in future, but needs to consult

peter hunt, bbc news.ood 800 years of history. today the al—nuri mosque in the iraqi city of mosul lies in ruins, destroyed by so—called islamic state. the iraqi government, which is fighting is, says the mosque's destruction is a declaration of defeat. orla guerin reports on the battle to re—take mosul. an amatuer recording captures a key moment in the collapse of the caliphate — the destruction of the al—nuri mosque and its landmark leaning minaret. now rubble remains in place of one of iraq's great treasures, which had stood for eight centuries. iraq's prime minister says in destroying the mosque, so—called is has officially admitted defeat here. the bbc‘s arabic service managed to film the al—nuri mosque just hours before it was levelled. these are probably the last images of the minaret still intact, with the black is flag flying. it was inside, at the pulpit, that the is leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, proclaimed himself leader of all muslims, in july 2014. now he's in hiding. and nearby his men are su

here's our royal correspondent, peter hunt.attack. nine days on, several patients continue to be cared for here. it's everyone, isn't it, the team that's involved. well done to you. thank you. the first of the injured arrived in the back of a police van. king's college hospital is sadly well used to treating stab victims, normally they're young men. the amount of female patients that were involved, which i think was quite traumatic for the staff, and for everybody involved. alos, patients were very distressed, and the people that brought them in, as well, it was alljust unfolding in front of us. this hospital is one of five that responded to the terror attack. the skill of the surgeons and quality of the care provided has meant that everyone who made it to hospital has survived. one of them is candice hedge, reunited here with herfamily. she was stabbed in the neck. the 34—year—old is from brisbane. two other australians didn't survive. it's such a tight community and... yeah, it's not fair that they didn't make it, and i don't

here's our royal correspondent, peter hunt.e who responded to the aftermath of the attack. nine days on, several patients continue to be cared for here. the first of the injured arrived in the back of a police van. king's college hospital is sadly very used to treating stabbing victims. normally they are young men. the amount of female patients involved was quite dramatic for the staff and for everyone involved. many patients were very distressed. it was all just many patients were very distressed. it was alljust unfolding. this hospital is one of five that responded to the terror attack. the skill of the surgeons and the quality of care provided has meant eve ryo ne quality of care provided has meant everyone who made it to hospital has survived. 0ne everyone who made it to hospital has survived. one of them is canada's hedge, reunited with herfamily. —— candice hedge. she was stabbed in the neck. the 34—year—old is from brisbane. two other australians did not survive. it is such a tight community. and, yeah, it is not fair th

peter hunt, bbc news, king's college hospital, london.has begun into an incident that forced a chinese plane to make an emergency landing in sydney, with a large hole in one of its engines. passengers on board the china eastern airlines flight, bound for shanghai, described a burning smell and a loud noise shortly after take off. the airbus a330 managed to land safely and there were no reports of injuries, as richard galpin reports. the plane, which was due to fly to shanghai, back down on the tarmac at sydney airport after a mid—air emergency. and this was the problem. part of the left engine ripped away, leaving a gaping hole. for the passengers, everything had been normal until suddenly about an hour into the flight, it became clear there was a major problem. it took off like normal and then all of a sudden some of our friends that were with us smelt burning. we didn't think anything of it really but all of a sudden it got really loud. i heard the noise and i'm not sure what is the noise, but the cabin crew went out and they were very,

here's our royal correspondent, peter hunt.e cared for here. it's everyone, isn't it, the team that's involved. well done to you. thank you. the first of the injured arrived in the back of a police van. king's college hospital is sadly well used to treating stab victims, normally they're young men. the amount of female patient that were involved, which i think was quite traumatic for the staff, and for everybody involved. also, patients were very distressed, and the people that brought them in, as well, it was alljust unfolding in front of us. this hospital is one of five that responded to the terror attack. the skill of the surgeons and quality of the care provided has meant that everyone who made it to hospital has survived. one of them is candice hedge, reunited here with herfamily. she was stabbed in the neck. the 34—year—old is from brisbane. two other australians didn't survive. it's such a tight community and... yeah, it's not fair that they didn't make it, and i don't know if i'm lucky or unlucky for making it, but, you

here's our royal correspondent peter hunt.of a princess killed in her prime. her 12—year—old son on unforgiving display. 20 years on, prince harry is critical of those who put him there. and he has voiced his considerable discomfort in an american magazine. the enduring diana fascination is global. my my mother had just died, and i had to walk behind the coffin. i think he has spent so much time hiding away from himself and his demons, and now he has faced them and to a large extent conquered them he feels confident to be optimistic, truthful and say how he feels. a monarch and three heirs, harry is suggesting while the windsors are selflessly focused on the greater good, none of them is desperate to be sovereign. this interview will irritate republicans who seek an elected head of state and upset some monarchists who believe that, in return for a privileged palace life like the one harry enjoys here, royals should step up to the mark without a fuss. i don't think it's such a good idea to be quite so open. he has done a lot fo

here's our royal correspondent, peter hunt. the nation's psyche, the funeral of a princess killed in her prime. her 12—year—old son on unforgiving display. 20 years on prince harry is critical of those who put him there. and he has voiced his considerable discomfort in an american magazine. the enduring diana fascination is global. i think he has spent so much time hiding away from himself and his demons, and now he has faced them and to a large extent conquered them he feels confident to be optimistic, truthful and say how he feels. a monarch with three heirs, harry is suggesting that while the windsors are selflessly focused on the greater good, none of them is desperate to be sovereign. this interview will irritate republicans who seek an elected head of state and upset some monarchists who believe that, in return for a privileged palace life like the one harry enjoys here, royals should step up to the mark without a fuss. i don't think it's such a good idea to be quite so open. he has done a lot for mental health in bringin

let me bring in my colleague, peter hunt, our royal correspondence.ccasions of national tragedy such as this? i think what a very striking about these images is this isa striking about these images is this is a queen who keeps out of party politics, and tries to be apolitical but paying a visit which will be judged in a very political sense in the coming moments, hours and days, because this is the queen having a masterclass in how you respond to a moment of national tragedy and it is already on social media being compared very unfavourably with theresa may's failure thus far to meet any of the victims of this tragedy and it reminds me of how much the british royalfamily tragedy and it reminds me of how much the british royal family has learned. that you cast your minds back to 1997, the aftermath of the death of diana, princess of is, the mother of prince william, the tabloid had headlines saying, "show us tabloid had headlines saying, "show us you care" when the royal family was criticised for not coming to meet people in london. that was a painful

our royal correspondent, peter hunt, is at king's college hospital. , what happens often on these occasions if you think back to manchester after the ariana grande attack at that concert, the queen visited patients bear, and after the london bridge attack the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall went to the royal london cup hospital last week, so now this week as you say, we have the duchess of cambridge here at a very busy king's couege cambridge here at a very busy king's college hospital in south london. she is meeting a variety of people. she is meeting a variety of people. she will meet about eight of the staff who worked on that saturday evening, notjust staff who worked on that saturday evening, not just the staff who worked on that saturday evening, notjust the doctors, not just the nurses, but the support staff and reporters. —— and the porters. also privately away from the camera she will meet some of the patients who are still here, there are seven still here, one who was critically ill, but she will meet the other six, who are in a more

our royal correspondent peter hunt was outside kings college hospital earlier.ese dreadful incidents, really to thank the hospital staff. she's gone inside to thank several of those who worked on the night, a range of people, doctors, nurses, porters, all the people who came in last saturday night. that will be in the presence of the media. then inry vat, she'll meet some of those still being cared for here again which is a reminder that even though we are a week on, there are still those in hospital, and she'll meet six of the seven patients affected, the other one is not well enough. she'll talk to the doctors about the care provided here for the staff in terms of how they process what they have experienced and how they deal with what they have had to respond to, the care they had to provide on that saturday. the phenomenon of pink lightning is not too common but the us state of missouri has had a startling display. these are flashing pictures coming up of a storm over the town of springfield during a spell of severe weather. the out—of—ground flashes are stre

and joining me now is nbc's casey hunt on capitol hill, peter alexander at the white house, and, you guys, the reason i was looking around, this is it. you have it now. something we just gotten from the senate republicans. casey, first to you, already we're seeing very strong reaction back and forth. how do they explain how they can have a vote next week when the congressional budget office accounting of how much it would cost and whom it would help, who it would hurt, who would lose their insurance, all of that won't come before next week. >> honestly, we're still having a hard time getting foam answer our questions. i had more republican senators run the other way from the cameras than towards us to talk to us about this health care bill. and quite frankly, the people we have talked to have been skeptical. senator pat roberts of kansas who could generally be considered a reliable vote with mitch mcconnell and others who have been working on writing this bill said it is the best possible vote, but under very difficult circumstances. nobody out here selling this bill this a real way.

ethical and just pragmatic for these staffers in the days going forward. >> peter, this witch hunt tweeta preview, do you think the president will perhaps fire rod rosenstein? and if he does, then what? >> i think he's going to try to fire mueller. if i were mueller, i'd like to be fired for two reasons. one, history. i'd be back to the watergate, they're icons now in american histor history, and second, i'd be done with all of this. either way bob mueller wins. if the president goes back further down the chain of command, of course he's going to try to find someone, as nixon did with robert bork, to probably do his deeds. i think as elise said the staff should really be looking at an intervention. i think the president needs a tweeter. a tweet intervention and probably should start looking at a 12-step program because obviously powerless over tweeting and his life has now become the subject of a special counsel investigation because of his tweets. >> and she's the one who said i wish he'd stop tweeting when asked by matt lauer and savannah guthrie once during the campaign. what's the on

hunt resigned effective june 23rd of2017. greg petersat position kelly, back to you. >> all right not much action in netflix shares on that thank you, sue a big down day for all the major averages today the nasdaq was hit down the hardest, down about 1.5% bob is here at the new york stock exchange to recap some of the action. >> a big down day. with this move here today, the nasdaq now on pace to break a seven-month winning streak it's ril i been the large cap today. they saw trading that was three times the daily average volume on this sell-off a lot of it coming from kid stocks which had been the big leaders, now seeing that great rotation, if you will, out of the tech sector and leading that today lamb research has been selling at all time highs now down for the month after being one of the leaders this year. apple as well, a big drag for the month, having one of its worst months since last year, april in 2016. some of the usual suspects have been following along causing a drag one of the big ones today, bucking the trend was walgreen

. >>> and joining me now is nbc national correspondent peter alexander in washington. and nbc's kasie hunt on capitol hill. peter, first to you. the president has just infuriated his own colleagues on the hill, including many that he needs to be in his camp on healthcare and other critical issues with this personal attack today. >> i think you are exactly right. what was striking as you just spoke to susan collins is this conversation that he had with about 46 republican lawmakers just a couple days ago, he was flanked by two women, lisa mur could you ski and susan collins who he needs to bring on board among others to try to pass the healthcare bill at some point in the future. this certainly wouldn't make that process any easier. i just heard back from a spokesperson from melania trump, i was asking the white house specifically about mrs. trump's plans, the anti-cyber bullying campaign that she is said to have embraced. there are no details about the plan but she continues to be thoughtful on this topic. what was my striking was the push back from stephanie grish shom the communications

peter alexander at the white house. and kasie hunt is on capitol hill where a scavenger hundred of sorts wrapped up a short time ago. more on that in just a moment. garrett, i know you've been talking to voters in the peach state about these two candidates. what have you found out? >> reporter: craig, first of all, democrats are fired up about the chance to psibly elect a democrat in this seat for the first time in many of thei lifetimes. it would be the fist time a democrat has won in more than three decades. there's a huge opportunity and they've loaded a lot of political baggage into this race, a chance to send a signal to washington. i'm also hearing from hardcore republicans who told me they were perfectly willing to pull the lever for karen handel despite the fact there wasn't any one issue they could point to about why it was they supported her. they wanted a conservative. that's been the bedrock sort of foundation of this district for a long time. but really the most interesting category of voters i talked to are independents

peter. let's stand by there and go over to casey hunt. i believe she has a member of congress with her. >> reporter: this is -- we're talking to congressman dave brad of virginia. congressman, you were watching these events unfold with your colleagues this morning. what happened? >> yeah, we're in the weight room, and all of a sudden i'm right next to the bike, one of my democrat colleagues, and he points up and scalise shot and from there, the events unfold. we're just told roger williams might have been shot. a couple staffers, a couple officers. and so i mean, it takes a day like this, we just need to wake up. we've got 50 guys without basic protection, and some of the guys, you get up early and love baseball, so they kind of romanticize the thing and they bike off to practice, but then we don't reflect, hey, it's a dangerous world out there. but it was great in the weight room. the part that never gets reported is the -- we get along across party lines. we're all in there. the democrats are showing concern. the republicans, right, eve

hunting as well. we are fortunate to our extensive archives to have a number of photographs of john with family members including , this image with armistead peter ii, the last owner as a young boy. we are going to go into the butler's pantry, where the china and dinnerware would be stored. when armistead peter junior added the steam radiator system in the radiator here is a 1913, combination plate warmer. at the time meal service was done in the russian style, which meant many different plates for many different courses because they would come out separately. you needed somewhere to warm the plates. the butler's pantry is also a good place to look at the large collection of tablewares, pieces with over 15 patterns. a number of them are the pieces that were inherited from family members, but also because he acquired an interest in 18th and 19th century porcelain. now we are going to go upstairs and look at some of the bed chambers. as we're coming upstairs we are now in the upper stair hall and i want to focus on an amazing object up here. this chest on chest. they purchased it at the 19 at two mount vernon sale -- 1902 mount vernon sale. what i

hunt on the hill. catherine lucy and msnbc political analyst and chief white house correspondent for the "new york times," peter baker. welcome to you all. pete, first to you. there are two parts to this nsa story, one is the arrest of the leaker, the contractor. and then two, the document itself, right, what it tells us about russia's interference in the election. break it down for us. >> let me do the second part. that's the easier part. it doesn't tell us a lot. it gives us technical details about some of the ways the russians were trying to get into what we knew they'd done which is try to get into some voter registration databases. still no indication that the russians did anything to affect the actual vote outcome. look at the black parts. this is the way the intercept website published this document and what the government and the intercept say is that, after getting the document mailed to them anonymously the intercept contacted the national security agency and said we're going to do a story and the nsa said please redact certain parts of the document. we wish you wouldn't do it at all but if you're goi

hunt on the hill. catherine lucy and msnbc political analyst and chief white house correspondent for the "new york times," peteryou all. pete, first to you. there are two parts to this nsa story, one is the arrest of the leaker, the

president of the council on foreign reellations, richard haass, kasie hunt, and chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," peterjeff sessions, the attorney general. a lot of people thinking he should not go and testify. but he's volunteered. >> putting himself out there. >> putting himself out there. some denials this weekend about that third meeting. a lot of drama being set up there. tell us about it. >> he had cancelled at least one appearance on capitol hill and the one that was supposed to happen on tuesday was a routine budget request. they came out and said, hey, we know this is going to be all about russia. fine, we'll go behind closed doors and testify in front of the senate intelligence committee. behind the scenes they're talking about should this testimony be public, should it be private, is sessions simply trying to avoid public scrutiny? but that meeting is something that came up with jim comey, this third meeting. nbc news has reported on it. it came up in that closed briefing. >> that third meeting with russians. >> exactly, at the hotel that may have involved campaign advisers that was essentia