when the bbc reported that bedene wants to switch nationalities from slovenia to britain in 2014, evans was not a move he was in favour of. speaking today, while i was talking to him about the fa ct while i was talking to him about the fact he is now the british number fourin fact he is now the british number four in the rankings behind bedene who used to represent slovenia, he made it very clear that in his mind, he is still the british number three. four at the moment. who's the fourth? pescera being bedene being the third. it's nothing to do with him. he's not confrontational but to me, it doesn't sit well if you play for another country. but don't feel bad about him or anything like that, but for me, it's baffling to why and he lives in slovenia as well. i don't think he really believes he's british, i reckon it'sjust the citizenship will come lived here for five years, it'sjust citizenship will come lived here for five years, it's just a citizenship will come lived here for five years, it'sjust a bit different. i always find nationality is very difficult, towel concept to define. i

republic's jiri vesely, and then sought to clarify reports suggesting he might switch allegiance back to slovenia, the country of his birth. having been blocked from representing britain in the davis cup, bedene says he "will fight" on. i read a few interviews and i don't actually remember because i get nervous, what i'm saying, but one of the things is until it looks like it's done, it's not done yet for me. i really want to play for great britain and i'm still hoping, really. so, yeah, i haven't really thought anything outside of that. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova's comeback has been cut short. she was knocked out in round two — beaten in straight sets by the american bethanie mattek—sands. kvitova missed five months after being stabbed in the hand by a burglar last year.

republic's jiri vesely, and then sought to clarify reports suggesting he might switch allegiance back to sloveniaing been blocked from representing britain in the davis cup, bedene says he "will fight" on. i read a few interviews and i don't actually remember because i get nervous, what i'm saying, but one of the things is until it looks like it's done, it's not done yet for me. i really want to play for great britain and i'm still hoping, really. so, yeah, i haven't really thought anything outside of that. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova's comeback has been cut short. she was knocked out in round two — beaten in straight sets by the american bethanie mattek—sands. kvitova missed five months after being stabbed in the hand by a burglar last year. sam warburton will captain the british and irish lions for the first warm—up match on their tour of new zealand. the flanker is set to appear for the first time since suffering a knee injury in april. the lions flew into auckland overnight, just three days before their first match, against the new zealand provisional barbarians. head coach warr

she did come from slovenia, a communist country.ica, you know, ultimately ended up married and first lady. so i think there's a way she can certainly use her diverse background to relate to people around the world. and she should. >> and she speaks five languages, including italian. maybe she'll be able to use that when they head to rome. kate bennett, thank you very much. >>> some frightening moments for tourists in british columbia. a young girl plucked from the pier, dragged underwater. >> oh! >> oh, my god. >> more on the story here coming up. daddy's here. hi hey buddy hey dad i think we can do this. adam baily. adam baily. we believe in food that's anaturally beautiful,, fresh and nutritious. so there are no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives in any of the food we sell. we believe in real food. whole foods market. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill

joking with the pope about feeding the president a slovenia dessert.nowledging for the first time this week she's a catholic. the one time she raised eyebrows, she swatted the president's hand after they landed in israel. critics pounced on a sign of discord but those close to her say she may have thought it was inappropriate given the setting. still, mrs. trump may have an advantage when it comes to international travel. she's the first modern day first lady not born in the u.s. >> she has the advantage of speaking several languages. that's a terrific role for her on a global stage to show she can be a diplomat for our country. >> reporter: the first lady's cautious embrace of her new role. kristen welker, nbc news. >>> there is an outcry among many west coast politicians and scientists tonight over the proposed elimination of federal funding and president trump's budget for an earthquake early warning system. that system is under development in california, oregon and washington state. critics say the system can be a life-saving tool for millions who

. >> reporter: asking about a slovenia treat. the highly symbolic meeting capped with the exchange of gifts. the president brought pope francis first edition books by martin luther king jr. whom the pope admires. francis in turn gave the president an olive branch medallion symbolizing peace. a nudge from the climate change advocate and from the vatican's top diplomat, a more explicit push to convince the president to stay in the landmark paris climate agreement. a decision president trump will make after this week's g7 summit in sicily. but before sicily, a stop here in brussels for a nato summit and even though the president recently flip-flopped his position on the defense alliance saying it's no longer obsolete, eastern nato nations feeling threatened by russia will want reassurance from the president he really means what he says. lester? >> hallie jackson in brussels tonight, thanks. >>> the family of a murdered employee of a democratic national committee is speaking out against conspiracy theories surfacing regarding his dea

british number three aljaz bedene is considering switching his allegiance back to slovenia in order toitizen in 2015 but hasn't managed to overturn a ban that's stopped him playing for great britain in the davis cup. a player must have been available for the davis cup to represent that country at the olympics, so bedene is now exploring the possibility of representing slovenia in tokyo in 2020. novak djokovic is also through to the second round — the defending champion — seeded second in paris — eased to a straight sets victory over spain's marcel granollers. rafa nadal is bidding for a record 10th french open title. he safely negotiated a tricky looking opening match against frenchman benoit paire. the fourth seed already has three clay court titles to his name this season. meanwhile women's champion garbine muguruza got her defence off to a good start. she eased past the 2010 winner francesca schiavone in straight sets. castleford cemented their place at the top of rugby league's super league with a 38—0 thrashing of leigh centurions greg eden kept up his phenomenal scoring record fo

was she secretly baptized in slovenia or not. howie: this hasn't really been that big a story. i would think given how many catholics there are just in america and around the world that the press would want to know more about this. mollie: kudos to the daily mail for following up on this. they did get confirmation from the white house that she is roe man catholic. howie: sean spice wer -- shiewns exclude from the meeting with the pope. he is a catholic and really wanted to meet the pope. mollie: this is the palace intrigue story reporters like to eat up. i'm sure there were other high-profile meting who weren't there as well. there could be thousand reasons. we need to make sure we find out the actual reasons before we speculate. howie: great to see you as always. mollie hemingway. still to come, billy bush on that tape that's ended his howie: the fcc received thousands of complaints about stephen colbert's sex broke about donald trump. you can say whatever the blank you want after 10:00 p.m. which is considered a safe harbor because there are fewer kids in the room. and it was

which is a high-calorie pastry served in slovenia. oh, snap!ed him, potizza? the pope just called the president chubby! ( laughter ) i cannot believe the infallible vicar of christs just played the dozenses on our president. for more, please welcome, live via satellite, cartoon pope! >> stephen: your cartoon holiness, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me, stephen. >> stephen: so, do you regret making that crack about trump's weight? >> yes, my child, because although we may not love his actions, we must love the sinner-- almost as much as the sinner loves the dinner. ha-ha, nailed him! >> stephen: okay, but, cartoon pope, you're known for your compassion and kindness. why are you making fun of him? >> you are right, stephen. jesus taught us to love-- and there's a lot of him to love! am i right, folks? yes, i am always right. i'm the pope. ( laughter ) >> stephen: okay, is it out of your system now? what else did you do with trump on his visit? >> i gave him a tour of the vatican catacombs. >> stephen: oh, really? that's nice. >

[laughing] that is been, she was actually born an hour away from where my relatives are from an slovenia, true story. every time i look at her, it's like looking in the mirror. [laughing] >> okay. so i could spend, as your speakers before me, my entire speech talking about donald trump. there's endless material, right? look at just what happened in the last week when democrats and republicans, after working together for months nine the scenes and across the aisle finally averted a government shutdown, right? we did that in congress, got that done. and you know it isn't easy to do in this time of gridlock. we've had many of these close calls. for me the lowest moment of these verge of disaster episodes was actually a few years ago when we had the fiscal cliff boat and we voted until three in the morning a new year's eve. and there i was, new year's eve, this romantic moment, this is a true story, on the senate floor. the clock strikes 12. i looked to my left and i see harry reid. i look to my right and i see mitch mcconnell. every girls dream on new year's eve. [laughing] >> so we got out

not good for the slovenia. >> >> dana: all right.ook out called the political pope. how pope francis is delighting the liberal left and abandoning conservatives. we talked about this on the show. it's fantastic, greg. the left has tried to politicize the vatican and the pontiff. and now with the catholic church there is a whole battle to try to do that because many feel like this is just eroding the main core values of the catholic church. it's a fascinating read, greg. in fact, i'm surprised you didn't write this book. george did and he is fantastic author. >> dana: great cover, too. juan? >> juan: it's graduation season. vice president pence is peeking at notre dame this weekend. president trump spoke at the coast guard academy this week and yours truly spoke at lewis clark stayed college in idaho. >> greg: who is yours truly? truly?greg. >> juan: me. sometimes it's you but it was me. emotional for me. i had spoken at lewis-clark 23 years ago. >> dana: did they have a picture? >> juan: they do in the old yearbook, danelna. i didn't

she was actually born in our away from where my relatives are farm in slovenia. every time i look at her is like looking in the mirror. [laughter] okay, so i could spend as your speakers before me, my entire speech talking about donald trump. there is endless material. look at just what happened in the last week when democrats and republicans, after working together for months behind the scene and across the area, finally averted a government shutdown. we did that and congress. we get that done. it is not easy to do in this time of gridlock. we have had many of these close calls. for me, the loss moment of these urgent disaster episodes was actually a few years ago when we had the fiscal cliff boat. we voted until 3:00 a.m. on new year's eve. there i was, new year's eve, this romantic moment, this is a true story. on the senate floor, the clock strikes 12, i look to my left and i see harry right read, either to my right and i see mitch mcconnell, every girl's dream and new year's eve. so we got out of that disaster. lastly, despite all of the rancor in our politi

united states, greece, britain, astonia, poland and at the bottom of the list, canada, slovenia, spain, belgium and luxembourg. as for the commitment to ney though, apartment the president's marks, the united states is a member of nato and supports nato and all of the articles, including fifth one that an attack on one of them is an attack on all of the countries. officials have said they openly support rex tillerson who was in brussels and called it the bedrock of trans atlantic security. >> shepard: clearly european leaders did not agree with the president. >> they did not. they met this morning. the president of the united states sitting down with the european commission president, the european union president, donald tusk. tusk said that he and the president differs on a few things, including russia. >> we agreed on many areas. the first and foremost, counter terrorism. i'm sure that i don't have to explain why. but some issues remain open like climate and trade. i'm not 100% sure that we can say today, we meaning mr. and myself, that we have a common position, current opinion abou

. >> they are computer scientists , a couple from slovenia working , in the local tech scene, and theyo get into the app economy around the time steve jobs first introduced the app store. they tried a bunch of different things that did not work. one was about sending virtual hugs, and another was about healing crystals. but then they hit on one that hit off in a major way, which is this game, talking tom. oliver: so they get the talking tom, around late 2000? tell us about what the market was looking at the time for these things that have now become ubiquitous. >> this was about 2010 when this game came out. it is a kid's game in which you can interact with a virtual cat. you can pet it and speak into the microphone. it will repeat what you say. this was the early days of the app store. if you got a big hit, it could be immensely profitable. that is what happened to them, now they are making this company they created, outfit seven, making $100 million a year in profit. carol: and really kind of the crux of your story, they eventually sold it, but not to your usual suspects. it wasn't a

these countries is poland but they also have the czech republic, latvia and lithuania, slovakia, sloveniatoday. we have seen small reductions in net migration and that group, that is the lowest it has been since 2004, net migration. the drop in the value of the pound and the continued uncertainty about the status of eu citizens, following brexit, that is likely to have had a significant impact. there is the phrase that one keeps hearing, tens of thousands, a phrase people talk about, and even given the remarkable figures here, that is a long way off. it is a very long way. the thing to remember, with the migration from the group that has been a major focus migration from the group that has been a majorfocus because migration from the group that has been a major focus because of the fa ct been a major focus because of the fact that we can't control eu migration while we are members of the eu, these are the people most likely to be low skilled workers within that group, that group is now effectively zero and the data suggests it could even be negative, more people leaving them arriving from

his first foreign trip, obviously, as president and the first time that melania trump, a native sloveniaseas as first lady. she's making quite an impression. >> reporter: without actually saying anything publicly, the first lady has been a hit with international audiences. even joking with the pope, who earlier today, during a visit to the vatican, teased melania about feeding her husband too many slovenislovenian sweets. >> what do you give him to eat? >> reporter: she also ventured solo in rome to a children's hospital, where she made a friendly greeting to the children in italian. hugging the kids, making drawings, even posing for a few selfies, the first lady connected with young boy, whom she learned hours later was notified that doctors had located a donor for the heart transplant she needs. melania tweeting the news. the trip has been the most the world has seen of the first lady since her husband took off. and melania has made sure she's prepared for the world stage. the white house telling cnn her strategy was to pack a separate bag for each stop on the trip, taking every event

slovenia is the ability to plow since we now can in extend the life and they need expensing in the first they set them up over a number of years because of the tremendous threat to the -- industry. >> senator i assure you that i love florida orange juice and as elected the tax code we will look at different things that promote economic growth there in other parts. >> do you love idaho potatoes? [laughter] >> at love them both equally but as we work through those proposals then i appreciate that. and to set the record straight the previously been last week but your efforts to repeal obamacare was a tax cut for the wealthy. >> want to set the record straight of what the tax policies are. when we debated the affordable care act president abominate of pledge no tax increases in the bill on the middle class. i've brought an amendment to achieve that objective in this committee and on the floor and each time we considered obamacare it was rejected each time even after the joint committee clearly explains the affordable care act contains a number of tax increases on the middle-class. because yo

. —— in slovenia as well. i don't think he really believes he is but it either.n her critic eugenie bouchard at the madrid open this evening. bouchard called the russian "a cheater" prior to her return to competitive action in april after a 15—month doping ban. it has been a hard fought battle, the canadian has taken the first set 7-5 the canadian has taken the first set 7—5 after more than an hour on court. that was the break to allow her to serve for the first set, which she hasjust her to serve for the first set, which she has just taken. 21 her to serve for the first set, which she hasjust taken. 21 minutes gone, chelsea 0—0 with middlesbrough. that is all the sport for now. reports from washington suggest president 0bama warned donald trump in advance against hiring michael flynn as his national security advisor. mr flynn had to resign after it emerged he had misled president trump‘s vice—president mike pence about his contacts with russian diplomats. meanwhile, the former deputy attorney general, sally yates, appears before a congressional investigation int

pope clearly wanted to greet her with some kind of small knowledge, trivia over his knowledge of slovenia cuisine and traditions, he told her, what do you feed him? a slovenian delicacy, a cake. melania clearly didn't understand what he was saying and said, yes, pizza. it was a lost in translation moment there. serious moments but also funny moments during this meeting, ali. >> claudio, thank you for joining us. i always appreciate talking to you. joining us now is a senior advisor for the catholic. and senior vice president at the theological seminary here in new york. welcome to you both. thank you for being here. what were catholics hoping would come out of this meeting or even did the church have a particular aim in this meeting with president trump? >> well, i think catholics can feel very encouraged after today's meeting. the vatican statement said that the meeting was very cordial. you can see from the body language, if you're watching the footage, that the meeting was indeed very cordial. and the vatican statement said that they focused on areas of agreement, on areas like the san

a plant in slovenia and two others in france had to stop the virus from spreading.he virus began infecting in britain's national health service friday. emergency rooms closed, ambulances had to be diverted and doctors were canceling visits and surgeries because they couldn't access patient files or hospital records. that disruption continuing today. the virus affected tens of thousands of computer systems in more than 70 countries. russia's interior ministry and fedex among the targets. the worm gets into the computer network first through a bad link in an e-mail then quickly spreads throughout a company locking computers and demanding a $300 ransom in bitcoin. today, the guardian newspaper is reporting that a 22-year-old cyber security researcher may have accidentally activated a kill switch. and at least slowed the spread of this. but he along with microsoft and governments around the world are telling users to update their computers with the latest security patch. it's not yet clear who's responsible for this. euro p europol calls it unprecedented and will take i

and now he lives in slovenia as well. i don't think he really believes he is british.ays he fully respects and understands ben youngs' decision to pull out of the summer tour to new zealand forfamily reasons. his sister—in—law tiffany has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw has been called up to replace him in the squad. the interesting thing from my point of view, we completely understand that. part of the values i have always had, and we say to the players when we meet this afternoon, as far as i am concerned, it is about family come first. he has made that decision, and we know how close they are as well. so we fully respect that decision. our thoughts go out to them. lancashire have signed mahela jayawardene. see them see but they are sheffield united have re—signed striker ched evans five yea rs re—signed striker ched evans five years after he was released by the same club after being found guilty of rape. that conviction was quashed and ata of rape. that conviction was quashed and at a retrial last year evans was found not guilty. hejoins

and now he lives in slovenia as well. i don't think he really believes he is british.d bridge. the blues midfielder n'golo ka nte bridge. the blues midfielder n'golo kante should have a spring in his step after picking up another world. already named pfa player of the year they did by his peers, today the football writers made him their player of the season. he won the premier league with leicester last year. winter night and middlesbrough will be whether gaiters, and then chelsea will take the title if they can then beat west brom on friday. in this part of the season for sure it is not easy. every game is very tough, because there is a lot of pressure. it is important it is part ofa pressure. it is important it is part of a period that you don't make m ista kes of a period that you don't make mistakes because it is very difficult then to recover. but we are ready to fight, we are ready to play these games. the confidence and the belief from players we have seen in recent weeks is there. it isjust that in the last certainly the sunderland and manchester city game that

said it didn't "sit well" with him, especially as bedene has return to live in his home country of sloveniais uncanny! so many people in the city of hamaden wanted a picture with reza parastesh that police had to look after him. the 25—year—old cuts his hair and grooms his beard to look like the argentina forward, and is fully booked with media interviews and has even landed modelling contracts as a result! thank you very much, cat. just over three years ago 276 school girls were kidnapped from a remote boarding school in northern nigeria by extremist group boko haram. over the weekend 82 of them were released. now their parents face an agonising wait to see them again, with many still unsure if their children were amongst the fortunate ones set free. 0ur reporter abdullahi kaura abubakar has spoken to some of the families affected and joins us now from abuja. there is a long delay on the line said it will be a bit of a gap between the questions and answers. can you tell us exactly what has happened over the last few days? well, over the weekend, 82 of the secondaries cool girls that were k

slovenia, spain, belgium and luxembourg.ates and the trump administration has just unveiled its budget with the goal of spending less money internationally on development in certain issues while other countries spend more. shannon. >> shannon: rich live for us at the state department. thank you. >> bill: the back drop comes disturbing new details emerging behind the man leading up to the attack. police conduct raids overnight across the city. arresting more in connection to that case. >> i want to reassure people that the arrests that we have made are significant. and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. it is vitally important that we continue those searches and do it very, very thoroughly. >> bill: let's get back to manchester. greg palkot reporting from there. we look at the number of arrests that occurred overnight. >> as the victims are remembered from monday night's massacre by the mountains of flowers that continue to grow here in the center of manch

first met him president of russia, some number of years later, when president bush and i met him in sloveniae really believes he is re-establishing russian authority, russian influence in the world. unfortunately, if you have to take the territory of ukraine to do it, well so be it. what you have to do with vladmir putin, because he respects strength, he tries to intimidate. if you're not intimidated he respects that. you have to establish the rules of the game. the rules of the game are, we are not going to allow russia to threaten our allies in the baltic states or in eastern europe. we are never growing to countenance the fact they have taken the territory of ukraine. if you establish those fact, and by the way, i also think what president trump has done rebuilding the american defense budget is sending a very strong message that america is back in the game. brian: should we send arms to the ukrainians? should we instead of blankets and do it now? >> i think we should arm the you ukrainians. you want to be careful how you arm any group facing an insurgency. we learned that lesson in afgha

slovenia's luka pibernik thought he'd won the fifth stage of the giro d'italia. he was mistaken. had another lap to go in messina in sicily. watching these pictures, the rest of the pellet on those past him and he wonders what happens and then he realises he has won more lap to go. he finished at position 148. he felt like such an idiot. quite sad. quite funny, however, as well. state with those for the papers but first, the weather. it looks grey yesterday, don't you think? calm, no rain. but carol has details for as an kenwood house. good morning to you both. it is beautiful here this morning. a chill starred as it is across many areas and hear the birds are singing in the sun is out and the house is open seven days a week, free of charge and it is 100 or so acres of beautiful gardens like this. for many of us it is a chilly start and as we go through the day it will become humid, particularly in the south and we look at thundery showers developing. for most of us it will remain dry and the thundery showers will be hit and miss. as you at the moment across southern areas. hitan