robert hall. events there and at biggin hill and robert hall.e and at biggin hilland in robert hall. events there and at biggin hill and in central london to be covered on bbc news today. pope francis is delivering his traditional easter blessing from the st peters basilica in rome. late on saturday he led an easter vigil attended by 10,000 pilgrims in the basilica. during the mass the pope baptised eight people including john, a nigerian migrant who prevented a robbery last year while he was begging outside an italian supermarket. 0ur correspondent david is in rome. give us a sense of events today and last night as well. well, last night it was very impressive, the ceremony, as it a lwa ys impressive, the ceremony, as it always is. the easter vigil mass begins in total darkness. the pope liked the pastoral candle, the easter candle, and one by one everybody likes their own candles from their neighbours. the whole basilica is flooded in light. the pope used this metaphor as showing thatjesus christ pope used this metaphor as showing that jesus c

kent where three world war 2 aircrafts took to the skies watched by veterans. 0ur correspondent robert hall has been at stow maries great war aerodrome in essex where he's been speaking to people involved in today's celebrations. few better places to be on this milestone day for the raf, because stow maries is the last intact first world war aerodrome in europe. intact because lots of people, many of them volunteers, have worked here for quite a few years to get it back to something resembling what it would have been in 1918.

robert hall, bbc news, at stow maries in essex.to effect on friday, aimed at tackling childhood obesity, will come into effect on friday, which is a serious and growing health risk around the world. well, in amsterdam, health officials have come up with an anti—obesity programme that brings together schools, doctors and neighbourhood groups, and so far it's seen a 12% drop in the number of obese and overweight children. a 12% drop in the number jeremy cooke reports for us now from amsterdam. meet tyrell — a typical nine—year—old but struggling with weight, caught up in the global childhood obesity crisis. with one in five of its children overweight, amsterdam is determined to help kids like tyrell. you want to feel fit, and your condition has to be ok, so i try to make him aware already, like just think about your health. the amsterdam initiative means every child is put through their paces — weighed but also tested for strength, endurance and balance — to see who needs help. strength, endurance and balance — for tyrell, that means

that was our correspondent robert hall. numbers of children are being left without suitable school places in england according to the country's largest union for teachers. the newest member of the labour party's governing committee, the comedian eddie izzard, says labour must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. police on the spanish island of tenerife say they've arrested two people in connection with the death of a nine—year—old boy from northern ireland. in syria, a deal has been reached to evacuate critically injured people from douma, in the eastern ghouta region. rebel fighters have stayed in the town, although there are reports in syrian state media, that they too have agreed to leave douma. several hundred civilians, mostly women and children, are among the latest evacuees. in all, over 150,000 civilians have now been evacuated from eastern ghouta. the region was a major opposition bastion — but most of it has been recaptured by the government in recent weeks. lebo diseko reports:

robert hall, reporting from stow maries.ears ago on the manager about the army and naval air arms, coming into the royal air force. the manchester guardian on the 1st of april 1980 observed that today the two wings of the air servers become one. an old rivalry which perhaps was not without its value as a stimulus to both sections but lost in confusion much more than that achieved by healthy competition is ended. there is a single control and an identity of uniform. nothing is more significant than the haptic played among rmn amongst the dense german reinforcements converging on the front. —— the havoc played among our airmen. the headlines on bbc news... comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee — and says the party must stamp out anti—semitism. it comes as labour denies having any official links to facebook groups forjeremy corbyn supporters where anti—semitic comments have been posted. pope francis has called for an end to what he says is "carnage" in syria and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to reach the vu

that was our correspondent robert coles that was our correspondent robert hall.l affect britain in the next couple of days. they should be a dramatic change in the weathertight. a lot of rain around of late, our pictures capturing that. this great deal of cloud then seeps in from the south—western quarter, and in the midst of all of that there is rain andindeed midst of all of that there is rain and indeed there is some snow to come as well. because we are pushing the smallest drop the south—west into a relatively cold atmosphere, thatis into a relatively cold atmosphere, that is why for a time across southern parts as we get into the wee small hours of easter monday there is going to be a transition of rain in the snow and not perhaps just on the higher ground. however it will be transitory here. you can see what i mean about the mild air in the south. calder further north. let me move you on the middle of the day on easter monday. because it will be on the cold side in this great swathes, this is where particularly, but not exclusively, on the higher ground we

our correspondent robert hall reports from essex. world war aerodrome, echoes from the day the raf became a reality. this tiny biplane would have been familiar to the men who pioneered military aviation. today, stow maries airfield has turned back the clock, remembering squadrons who defended london against the zeppelin airships and who helped convince sceptics that air power could survive and expand. we're very proud to say that of the operational aerodromes, active on operations on the day of formation, we're the only one left. we're the only one that you can still fly from, and the only one where you can see these aircraft doing what they did then. in london, serving personnel and veterans gathered for a service which marked the start of the centenary commemorations, the raf family looking back to events which provide inspiration for the future. oh, it's a wonderful service. it's a service of commemoration, but i think also celebration, of what the royal air force has done throughout its history, and what the royal air force is to

robert hall has spent the day at stow maries great war aerodrome in essex where a ceremony to mark thebetter to be on this milestone day for the raf, because stow maries is the last intact first world war aerodrome in europe. intact because lots of people, many of them volunteers, have worked here for quite a few years to get it back to something resembling what it would have been in 1918. this really was on the front line and stayed on the front line for a long period once the changeover happened to the raf. let's get some context, we have an raf historian who has been helping us out this morning. firstly, life aboard the aircraft for the men, what would it have been like? rudimentary, and very cold. you can see the cockpit of the reproduction aircraft what it would have been like, no home comforts in here, and very often they were flying long sorties, taking photographs are looking for enemy action. it would have been a rather uncomfortable ordeal, so although the men in the trench is a lwa ys although the men in the trench is always felt late in the air was wonderful, actually it wa

but first, to robert hall at stow maries great war aerodrome in essex. robert.etter to be on a day like this, 100 yea rs better to be on a day like this, 100 years to the days since the raf standard was raised. all around me, preparations are being made for a ceremony to take place this afternoon. let's get some context. ian, chief executive of the stow maries trust, give us the background. this is an area which started off as a area of tents in 1916 and by the end of it, it was a thriving airbase at home to the men and women of the raf. creeping behind us, people who are readying themselves to celebrate the anniversary. this is the pilots ready room? anniversary. this is the pilots ready room ? you anniversary. this is the pilots ready room? you have spent a lot of money here. we have basically spent around 18 months completely rebuilding, brick by brick, a number of the buildings. it has cost about £24 million and it takes a lot of money and energy to do that. this one is off the at risk register now and it shows what it was like on the days that fighters went

the bbc‘s robert hall takes a look at the aerial pioneers.iliar to the men who pioneered military aviation. archive footage: they flew like goldfish in a bowl, in all directions, around guy... you were alone, you know, and you fought alone and died alone. today stow maries' airfield is turn back the clock, remembering the airships, and those are argued airpower could expand and survive. we are very proud to say that of the operational aerodromes active on operations the day of formation, we are the only one left, the only one you can still fly from. and the only one where you can see these aircraft are doing what they did then. in london serving personnel and veterans gathered for a service to mark the start of the centenary commemorations. the raf family, looking back to events which provide inspiration to the future. it was a wonderful service, a service and a commemoration but also i think a celebration of the work our air force has done throughout its history and what it is today, what we achieve and who we are as an organisation. in 1918

robert hall is at stow maries great war aerodrome in essex. such a milestone day for the raf than europe's largest surviving intact first world war aerodrome. during the first world war, squadrons flew from here to protect london from the german zeppelin is, those huge airships that launched bombing raids. it really was in the front line. and then ditch stayed in the front line afterwards. first of all, life aboard these aircraft, for the men, what would it have been like? who do mental and very cold. you can see from the cockpit here is what it would have been like. there are no home comforts in here. when they we re home comforts in here. when they were flying long sorties in these, taking photographs or looking for any action, it would have been a rather uncomfortable ordeal. although men in the trenches for life in the air was wonderful, actually, it was pretty tough going. talk to me a little about, the aircraft looks very fragile. it is fabric, wood and wire, but is that deceiving? it is very deceptive because when you look at the constr

kent where three world war 2 aircrafts took to the skies watched by veterans. 0ur correspondent robert hallaries is a particularly poignant spot on this day of commemoration. we're surrounded by reminders of the men and the machines whose actions convince the politicians that an independent air force was the way forward. it was a hugely significant moment. small wonder the raf will never forget april the 1st 1918. 0n the runway at europe's last intact first world war aerodrome, echoes from the day that the raf became a reality. this tiny biplane would have been familiar to the men who pioneered military aviation. archive footage: they flew like goldfish in a bowl, in all directions, around guy... you were alone, you know, and you fought alone and died alone. today stow maries' airfield is turn back the clock, remembering the airships, and those are argued airpower could expand and survive. we are very proud to say that of the operational aerodromes active on operations the day of formation, we are the only one left, the only one you can still fly from. and the only one where you can see the

our correspondent robert hall reports from stow maries in essex. men and machines whose actions convinced politicians that independent air force was the way forward. on the runway at europe's last intact first world war aerodrome, echoes from the day the raf became a reality. this tiny biplane would have been familiar to the men who pioneered military aviation. today, stow maries airfield has turned back the clock, remembering squadrons who defended london against the zeppelin airships and who helped convince sceptics that air power could survive and expand. we're very proud to say that of the operational aerodromes, active on operations on the day of formation, we're the only one left. we're the only one that you can still fly from and the only one where you can see these aircraft doing what they did then. in london, serving personnel and veterans gathered for a service which marked the start of the centenary commemorations, the raf family looking back to events which provide inspiration for the future. oh, it's a wonderful service, it's a service

kent where three world war 2 aircrafts took to the skies watched by veterans. 0ur correspondent robert hall involved in today's celebrations. few better places to be on this milestone day for the raf, because stow maries is the last intact first world war aerodrome in europe. intact because lots of people, many of them volunteers, have worked here for quite a few years to get it back to something resembling what it would have been in 1918. behind me the flagpole where the raf standard hasjust been raised to replace the unionjack, representing the royal flying corps which went before it. if that sounds confusing, let's explain. ian flint is the chief executive of the stow maries trust. why is stow maries an iconic place for the raf, today and back then? it is the only one left, as far as we can see. this was genesis, where the royal flying corps on the 1st of april turned into the raf, absorbing the royal naval air service, the royal air corps and becoming the first truly independent air force in the world. there is nowhere we can still fly aircraft that is not a commercial aerodrome, a hous

the merger of the army's royal flying corps and the royal naval air service. 0ur correspondent robert hallplaces to be on this very big milestone for the raf standard stow maries. they have been turning back the clock to the days and the years where pilots we re the days and the years where pilots were pioneers and aircrafts were still proving their worth. just take a look at stow maries, because back in the first world war, this was a base for the british fighter squadrons defending london against the zeppelins, this afternoon, there will be a symbolic changing of the flag, here. to the flag of the royal air force. as well, we have seen a church service at saint clement danes. the raf sees this as twofold. firstly, to commemorate, and secondly to inspire and look forward. it's tremendously important to the country that we get the right people involved in aviation, and develop the side technology engineering and maths initiative by the government. we need to have a strong air force the government. we need to have a strong airforce for the government. we need to have a strong air force for

are planned culminating in a centenary flypast over buckingham palace injuly. 0ur correspondent robert hallood morning. yes, were better to be on this particular day, this very day, that the raf came into existence? i suppose if those pilots were able to come back to stow maries today it would look a lot like they remember. this airfield has been painstakingly restored. that work is still going on. in the hangar, you can see one of those aircraft which flew out the time. we are going to talk to a historian, we are looking back at how the raf, or the predecessors of the raf, came into existence. good morning. to start with, was it quite a small operation? the royalflying corps? yes, that was a very small operation, it came from a number of different sources. it was a culmination of the army and the royal navy flying service coming together. initially, the first formation, you have to remember that the birth of air power had just been about ten years before. people were really learning what air power could do. the whole concept we are familiar with today was not something that had been formul

hall. it looked really bad. >> robert kennedy has been shot. >> i remember looking at him and his shirt was that shock. that's stunning. >> ethel kennedy is leaning over him inches from his face. she can see that he's badly wounded. >> ted is with bobby's campaign team in san francisco when he hears the news. he rushes to be with his brother. >> he's in surgery. senator ted kennedy has arrived at the hospital. the doctor said the surgery will last another hour. >> i sat with my father on and off throughout the night. my father's head was bandaged. his eyes were black, like somebody had punched him in the face. >> ted tells ethel the doctors have said that we need to take him off life support. this is no life for bobby. >> for ethel, bobby is everything. it's always been that way. bobby and ethel together, forever. she is at that moment pregnant with their 11th child. and now she's losing bobby. the same way that jackie lost jack. >> senator robert francis kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today, june 6, 1968. >> in the morning, my brother joe came in and said, he's gone. that afternoon we took him

hall of fame. we are delighted to have you here, robert and we turn in the podium over to you. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. it is great to be here. what a great event when you think about where we are from a national perspective and perspectivel talking about going back to the moon. it is good to share the stage with a distinguished panel and my good friend david parker is here and of course one of our heroes, harrison schmitt. at nasa we are looking to the future. that is what we do. we think we are the future. impossibleake the possible. what we are working at today in this longer view we are trying to approach as an agency really does begin to crystallize itself when you think about this budget and the involvement from the administration. i want to walk through that today to give you a feel for what we are trying to do. think about the long game, not the short game. that is hard to do sometimes. thank you. i feel better. there's only five of them now. [laughter] ,o what i wanted to do was talk bring up a few points about how we got to the point we got to with the budget thi

those are the words of robert kennedy that are being lived in these halls today. the words of kennedy are being lived in the halls today. when we look out on the mall and see all those high school students who were here and have been marching around our country speaking truth, unedited, unfiltered, and moving for legislation, moving us in the united states congress to act. so it couldn't be more appropriate, poignant, and a better coincidence in time to today celebrate 50 years ago the words he spoke and the vision he had then for our country. and i believe that his vision, we are living it, and we will keep living it. as he spoke in particular, this world demands the qualities of youth, and i think the youth are speaking and they are speaking with his spirit in mind. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. we've been joined by senator debb debb debbie stabenau from michigan, senator leahy from vermont. i'm going to tell you a little story. last year i had an idea for a bill, and i shared it with our next speaker, united states senator. it was a bill to create techn

those are the words of robert kennedy that are being lived in these halls today. the words of kennedy are being lived in the halls today. when we look out on the mall and see all those high school students who were here and have been marching around our country speaking truth, unedited, unfiltered, and moving for legislation, moving us in the united states congress to act. so it couldn't be more appropriate, poignant, and a better coincidence in time to today celebrate 50 years ago the words he spoke and the vision he had then for our country. and i believe that his vision, we are living it, and we will keep living it. as he spoke in particular, "this world demands the qualities of youth," and i think the youth are speaking, and they are speaking with his spirit in mind. thank you. [applause] sen. markey: we have been joined by debbie stabenow, patrick , but here to tell you just a little story -- last year, i had an idea for a bill. i shared it with our next speaker, united states senator. createa bill the technologies to detect fentanyl before it reached the bor

hall of fame. they paid tribute to women who have achieved athletic greatness. in high school, college and beyond. the honorees are jane appel, tiffany roberts and natalie calmly. >> i am really proud and honored that they have recognize my accomplishments and i am thankful for that. >> they prepared me for life and i think about all the love that they had for me. >> being a good team it -- teammate and person helped me elongate my career, my career at stanford, taking all those principles and values that they teach you and applying them on and off the court. >> the hall of fame installation is housed at the new athletics complex and walnut creek. >>> the easter seals celebrated its 20th enter -- anniversary helping bay area children with autism and disabilities. this is no imac, he is the star on the voice who sang at a key event tonight. he grow performing at small, local events and each year they use the gala to generate financial assistance to families with children with disabilities. >>> the fight at a furniture store. i city is telling another city to keep ikea out. >> it is a tale of two tahoe's. >>> struggle her -- a struggle for wor

robert siegel, class of 1969. >> the dean of columbia college conference demonstrators in the lobby of hamilton hall. >> in my tonderstand i'm not allowed to leave this building? >> let me ask. is he to understand he is not to leave this building? amy: ray brown, remember that? >> we wanted dean coleman as our guest when a hostage. he personally recruited me. he was very popular among black students. he was involved in omissions. he reached out probably more than any other dean. it was ironic he was there. building, wed the invited him to leave because we did not need them anymore. we said, i cannot mention words like kidnapping -- and included a white students leave? you could not have black students effectively sitting cheek buy gel with a white students who were everybody from kids he wanted to have a teach in, people who were countercultural folks, we could not maintain it. we knew each other well. we were clear about the fact this was not a revolution, but a demonstration and ultimately used it against us. we were very firm. , describe biberman what you were doing that day, april 23, 1968. >> at noon, we al

halle. according to a previous filing they said they determined with the help of the agi agents that's assigned to the intelligence officer, robert mueller's officer that this person a who some believe based on the past evidence, if you will, might be konstantin, somebody who works for paul manafort or rick gates. nobody has confirmed that and the special officer is not commenting on who person a is. they're saying person a has ties to russian intelligence, specifically the gru. if beremember from congress and intelligence agency saying the gru was one of the players in the 2016 russian interference campaign. so, we have communications to ken's point that date back to september and october of 2016 between rick gates and this person a, whose tied to russian intelligence. the office of special counsel say some of though communications were tied to work that was done with this law enforcement, that brings us back to alexander vanderzwan because that's the if you remember he belongs to. the scope of this is something of interest to them and us. >> this is complicated stuff. there's a lot of names, titles, and positions. what we want

halle jackson. good morning. >> good morning, we're also learning this morning that what robert mueller, the special counsel may be ramping up the pressure on the president's legal team to try to get president trump to do an interview according to the "washington post." keep in mind that while the paper points out the president may not be a target of the investigation now, that could change depending on what is said, if the president were to sit down with mueller face to face. the latest russia revelation this morning has the presidents allies vindication. >> still the witch hunt continues, however he is not currently a criminal target. >> others cautioning not so fast. >> he should be worried that he's even a subject. >> all of it prompted by a new report from the "washington post" overnight. that the special counsel is telling the president's lawyers he is not considered a criminal target at this point. but that he is under investigation as the subject of the russia inquiry. with the paper citing three people familiar with those discussions. the distinction means according to justice department guidelines, wh

hall with tim cook, ceo of apple. "revolution: apple changing the world." and headliners, in-depth look at man we talk about so much here, robertere at 4:00 p.m. that's the broadcast. good night from new york. >>> happy to have you with us. happy thursday. so our on going list of senior level departures from the white house and trump administration frankly is quivering in anticipation of another cabinet secretary being added to this list. so far there are three trump cabinet secretaries on this wall. the first was tom price who resigned amid a scandal about his over the top luxury travel spending while running the department of health and human services and rex tillerson, there is rex tillerson, secretary of state, his firing has an asterisks over it because

hall with tim cook, ceo of apple. "revolution: apple changing the world." and headliners, in-depth look at man we talk about so much here, roberti'm become here at 4:00 p.m. that's the broadcast. good night from new york. "revolution: apple changing the world." and headliners, in-depth look at man we talk about so much here, robert mueller. i'm become here at 4:00 p.m. that's the broadcast. good night from new york. >>> for the very first time, president trump offers a public comment on the $130,000 payment adult star stormy daniels. now her lawyer is weighing in. >>> president trump goes off script in west virginia literally in a free-wheeling event that was billed as a discussion on tax reform. >>> and china proposes additional tariffs on beijing. all eyes on wall street as tensions over a possible trade war escalate. good morning, everyone. it's friday,

robert mueller putting on the president? with us now, legal analyst katie phang on the show. lay it out, the difference between a subject and a target? >> i'll roll it bag further, halle, there's a witness is which is what you really want to be. the worse case scenario for you is you are a target. when you are a subject of a criminal investigation that means you are playing in the playground of what mueller is looking into. but whether you become a target, right now we know the language is donald trump is not currently a target. a target means this criminal charges are going to be filed against you. the doj, halle, has a policy that if you are the target you must be notified. meaning the rules of engagement change when you're a target. meaning when you sit down for that interview you may not be sitting down for that interview. the next question is, will donald trump, now that he has this idea that perhaps he's not the target currently will voluntarily sit down with mueller and he apparently seems reassured and relievered. i think he's going to be inclined to do it. remember, the devil is in the details. if mueller wants to sit down with trump he's had the opportunity

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hall event with special guest tim cook, the ceo of apple. "revolution: apple changing the world." and headliners, in-depth look at man we talk about so much here, roberti'm back tomorrow and every weekday at 4:00 p.m. right here at msnbc. that's our broadcast tonight. thank you for being with us and good night from nbc headquarters in new york. >>> tonight on >>> and then the president's first comments on stormy daniels. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. >> why that denial could create more problems for the president. >> michael's my attorney and you'll have to ask michael. >> plus, new details from robert mueller's investigation and reports the president is ignoring his staff. >> this was going to be my remarks. it would have taken about two minutes, but what the hell. "all in" starts now.

hall, fabulous. >> this former school bus driver approves. >> i keep forgetting you were a school bus driver. how cool is that. robin robertsi-fi. >>> coming up, the moment george has been waiting for. his wife ali is here with some great stories and advice from her new book. >>> plus, chris rock and adam sandler are here live. [ applause ] >>> good morning. i'm jessica castro from "abc7 mornings." and happening today, more than 5,000 people expected at the professional business women of california conference here in san francisco. and abc7 news a proud sponsor of the event, was at the moscone center last night on the eve of the sold-out conference. the theme this year is stand up, lift up. actress ashley judd is one of the main speakers, and we'll have much more on our midday news, or come by, stop by and say hello. now let's check traffic with sue hall. >> good morning, sue. >>> good morning, everyone. let's head to the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights were on at 5:23 this morning. carpoolers just whizzing right by at the limit. otherwise, you're waiting for about 12 to 15 minutes. we still have this accident down s