leaderseeting between of the congress and the president in a stark meeting. this is not a casual coming together of democrats and republicans. meeting withstoric the leaders of the first branch of government and the president of the united states. so, let's make it count for something. let's really make it count for something. let's have respect for each other's the use -- other's views. prepared.ly was not [indiscernible] ms. pelosi: not -- i am not going to tell you that. conversations that people have amongst themselves is theirs. [indiscernible] >> how do you go back to re-engineer this question mark -- how do go back to re-engineer this? ms. pelosi: why don't you ask the president of the united states? we have always been responsible. they are failing disaster systems. to pass the appropriations bill, and we will do that and a timely fashion -- and hopefully, we will do that in a timely fashion. that is a conversation we are having. we are not saying if the president said, if you don't stop investigating, stop honoring your oath of office, i cannot work

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but the starks now own a whole chain of different restaurants. and initially, they didn't plan to reopen. >> i think everyone was constantly bothering them and telling them that they had to come back. and i think that they really came around, knowing that they missed it too. so it was really important that this place rise from the ashes. >> reporter: but it was the staff that convinced them to rebuild. after the fire, the starks found jobs for everyone in their other restaurants. but for many, it wasn't quite the same. >> honestly, the original staff wanted to go home. >> reporter: now in this renovated storefront in the town and country shopping center, the starks are once again offering moroccan lamb chops and their signature truffle fries. the only reminder of the fire is a joke. and the only thing saved from the old location is a horseshoe over the bar found in the ashes. does the new place really do justice to the old one? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. you think after 17 years of practice, we'd know what we're doing. it feels pretty good. >> repo

segregation was stark. inequality across those of racial lines was also quite stark in terms of housing, schooling, employment, a host of different parts of society. steve: we saw the issue of busing in a number of cities , here in chicago, boston, else why was that taking place? elizabeth: busing was one solution to try to desegregate schools. the idea was schooling patterns often aligned with housing patterns. and so, the way to desegregate schools, you would have to move people via busing. busing really never took off in chicago. there were minimum programs that attempted to implement busing, but they were not particularly successful. they were always largely voluntary, so you didn't see the large clashes around busing like you saw in the 1970's in boston. but certainly, there was some discussion and debate and some violence around busing in the city. steve: it seems like the deeper root issues were not only where you lived, where you worked, the quality of your schools, the quality of your neighborhood.

he can be stark later if he wa nts to. meets? he can be stark later if he wants to.s private time on a state visit. —— he couldn't meet darth vader. we have to see. there isa darth vader. we have to see. there is a convention of diplomacy that you do not interfere in any imprint oi’ you do not interfere in any imprint or politics of another country. now, donald trump is arriving here at a time of great british domestic political sensitivity. he will meet the prime minister. in the foreign secretary may not be... that will underline the sensitivity of the moment. he will have to make the calculation, is he interfering in an unreasonable way in the internal affairs of british politics if he had the private meeting with boris johnson. nigel fortillie had the private meeting with boris johnson. nigel for tillie mccourt nigel. it is a very sensitive subject. if you are saying to me he shouldn't do this, there is no law against him doing it. neverforget that he prides himself and his reputation as being an unpredictable politician who is full of surprises. and this may be

us—iran tensions, president rouhani issues a stark warning that his country is facing difficult timeshead because of renewed american sanctions. the national crime agency says organised criminals are killing more people a year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. it wants more money to tackle the problem. two bbc dramas go head to head tonight at the bafta tv awards. the biggest prize in domestic football goes to the wire this afternoon. will it be title glory for liverpool or manchester city? we are now coming to the big date. hold tight. and simon mccoy takes a ride on coastal britain and asks which towns are thriving or just surviving. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning. the former defence secretary gavin williamson has strongly criticised theresa may's cross—party brexit talks with labour calling them a "grave mistake". writing in the mail on sunday, mr williamson, who was sacked over a leak from the national security council, described the discussions as "politically naive". a downing street source said mr williamson had been supportive of the b

the factors are predicated on a stark gap. continued high levels of violence in a number of areas in central america. job creation has not been able to keep up with labor growth resulting in a huge opportunity shortage of only 1/5 of the needed jobs jobs being created every year for the number of young people entering the workforce. poverty and food insecurity are key contributors. 64% of hondurans live below the poverty line. 63% site lack of food as a reason for migration. guatemala has the highst malnutrition rates in the hemisphere and fourth highest in the world. criminal organizations have used the central american corridor for a range ever of illicit activities. as a result, while the security situation is improving in all three countries, the region has experienced elevated homicide rates, general crime created by drug trafficers, gangs and other criminal groups. these factors drive many to make the dangerous trek north. the strength to have u.s. economy with historically low levels of unemployment in the esence of hon

francine: the link to economics is quite stark.ets it right or that this gets better for? >> japan is very interesting because there are the world's oldest society. they started to focus on healthy life expectancy. they're trying to make sure their population becomes more healthy and more or less. the twilight of time. japan has produced one year of extra healthy life for every man between 2030 and 2060. no other government has done that. the government should look at the project they have undertaken. francine: should central banks look at this more? how much does it change the gdp and how you measure things? are a bigerest rates complexity and of a challenge regards to eight -- in regard aging. -- in regard to aging. central banks -- rates are not low because of central banks. rates are low because we have a structural growth problem in the world. i don't think central banking can be the answer here. that would is clear here is that it would be very beneficial to this challenge if we could interestnormalize rates. and don't get in

not mean there is support for one way though and we did see that freedom there was an openness is a stark. fissure in the military but there is a lot of confusion in the streets but however people do see one way though as the only option to recover democracy in venezuela and it's interesting too we saw after the release yesterday of lopez he was seen standing with one why do but later in the day we understand that move has in his family went to the chilean ambassador's residence seeking asylum which speaks to the fact that lopez did not think that his safety could be guaranteed that speaks against one why do in this uprising doesn't. why he was unspecified what he was doing the chilean embassy and he is now and the spanish embassy because he says he has and the sentence of the spanish descent but private messages of resistance and resilience and therefore the law. are companies that where we do not know as of now what he's doing in any of these embassies there were talks that he was negotiating with the government and today. the newly appointed ambassador for the oas representing venezuel

we need to have this by the day after tomorrow and the kennedy mandate, the simplicity of it, the starkof it, really helped us along to the moon. did you feel you were part of some sort of cold war contest? we should not forget that kennedy's commitment was in part driven by a preoccupation with what the soviets were doing in the sense that the soviets may be getting ahead of america in the space race. the americans were determined to fight back. did you feel like a cold warrior? a little bit. we were acutely aware of the ussr. we knew we were in a competition with them. but somehow that was behind a scrim, behind a screen. it wasn't part of our day—to—day life and i didn't feel like an active competitor. my problems were american problems, trying to get american problem solved. and although we knew we were in this competition, my consciousness at least was 99% taken with non—soviet affairs or status. ultimately you were chosen for this apollo 11 mission alongside neil armstrong and buzz aldrin. you then spent time training with them, you did the mission with them, it was a feat of enor

so i took the little stark lannisster ones we used on the map. as "moulin rouge" on acid about elton john. >> yeah, that's about right. >> that's one way to describe it. can you elaborate on that a little? >> it's great. it just goes from amazing drama scenes into these crazy abstract sequences and these beautiful song numbers that are part of the story. it's really kind of wild adventure. >> very cool. >> you play john reid, elton's former manager and boyfriend. what was it like to get to know the real elton john while you were filming this movie? >> i didn't meet him until after which was good because i was quite intimidated by him and he's the most loving, generous, caring man. >> intimidated. >> yeah, he's elton john. he's a living legend, you know. >> he's the rocketman. >> i'm just messing with you. elton is very intimidating because of all his accomplishments. we'll take a look at it right now. here's "rocketman." >> the problem is you have never understood me and what i have to go through and i should have sacked you when you left me. >>

as america flexes its military might and renews sanctions against iran, its president issues a starkht at the bafta tv awards. killing eve is leading the way with six nominations. there are three nominations for the year's most watched show, bodyguard, including best drama and best actress for keeley hawes. now on bbc news it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week — measuring the risk of american miscalculation on china and iran.

as america flexes its military might and renews sanctions against iran its president issues a stark warningo his country. in sport, the day has finally come, the finale of this year's incredible premier league season. manchester city will be crowned champions if they win at brighton. fans have packed into the city centre to watch the game on a big screen. it is 0—0. just as nervous at anfield where liverpool are playing wolves. if city slip up and they beat wolves, liverpool will win the title, their first in nearly 30 years. and manny has just scored, it is 1—0 liverpool. —— sadio mane. with less than half the race to go, in the spanish grand prix. we'll have more in an hour. at least three gay rights campaigners have been detained at a march in the cuban capital, havana. it's after the island's annual gay pride event was cancelled without a clear explanation by the authorities. the state announced the usual march would not be held, citing "foreign interference". it prompted a number of activists to organise another march via social media, in direct conflict with the government. from havan

i was employed by a stark and. the thing about starks is that they have on a and i mean i was very lucky i played a character that was very honorable i gave up my life to save a girl that i barely knew clearly the ravens the messages being bus drawn reference to edward snowden julian. mass surveillance well the very amazing thing about the ravens is that of course they use it to communicate so they travel great distance in very short space of time but what's even more interesting is that there is the idea of the 3 i drape and which is where someone actually walked into a raven and then can surveil the whole thing in some kind of mystic they can see the future and the past so when you talk about mass surveillance that really is the driven is is the metaphor for that i think but if climate change. nuclear weapons dragons thing was even indoors where the bulletin of tonic scientists are going to . be able to figure that out but you do support extinction really climate change in your logical disasters all will on your

as america flexes its military might and renews sanctions against iran, its president issues a starkls are killing more british people a year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. it wants more money to tackle the problem. dozens of american states join a lawsuit against major drugs companies accusing them of price—fixing and trying to reduce competition. two bbc dramas go head to head tonight at the bafta tv awards. killing eve is leading the way with six nominations.

brexit as america flexes its military might and renews sanctions against iran its president issues a starkad to his country. the national crime agency says organised criminals are killing more people a year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. it wants more money to tackle the problem. three major football clubs have moved to distance themselves from the use of their club crest by supporters who belong to a street protest organisation called the democratic football lads alliance. adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates has more. tell us first of all who they are. good morning. it started life originally as the football adds alliance and they emerged after the terrorist attacks in manchester and london. there was then a split. the fla still exists, but the larger group is that democratic football adds alliance. they are made up primarily of people who used to be involved in football hooliganism. if there is a street protest, attracting thousands of people, they can present a pretty intimidating sight. they say they are not racist and they are not far right, but there is evid

elections with more than four hundred million people eligible to vote and increasingly it's a europe of stark contrasts last week about a thousand fascist sympathisers gapes to farm salutes and clashed with riot police in milan this information campaigns are said to be running at full tilt and commission president john told her as warned that if nationalist parties on the margins of the right and left take the upper hand it would mean the end of liberal democracy and free society so on issues ranging from migration to rule of law or security and sovereignty our panelists have plenty to argue about something insulters a dutch m.e.p. and first vice president of the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe she's a member of several parliamentary committees including civil liberties. dominic is a member of the polish parliament for the ruling law and justice party he sits on the foreign and e.u. affairs committee's journal line and has been a member of the european parliament for twenty years with a progressive alliance of socialists and democrats and is well known for his support for a fede

as america flexes its military might and renews sanctions against iran, iran's president issues a stark at least three gay rights campaigners have been detained at a march in the cuban capital, havana. it's after the island's annual gay pride event was cancelled without a clear explanation by the authorities. the state announced the usual march would not be held, citing "foreign interference". it prompted a number of activists to organise another march via social media, in direct conflict with the government. from havana, our cuba correspondent, will grant, reports. havana's gay pride is normally much bigger than this, an annual celebration of the island's gay and lesbian community, and their decades—long struggle to be recognised. but this was an improvised event, with word spread by social media, after the cuban government cancelled this year's march at the last minute. this particular gay pride march might not look very big, but what it represents is really quite significant in cuba. after being told they weren't allowed to hold the march, many have simply turned up anyway. the organ

we really get a sense of mueller himself >> you write mueller laid out his concerns in such stark turns it shocked doj officials. do you know what the terms were? >> that was something the post put in their story. >> i'm sorry. >> that was them. i wouldn't characterize how it was received at the justice department. i think we need to know more about what the terms of the letter were, how it was received. i can say certainly the fact that there was a letter surprised people at the justice department in part because they were not expecting mueller -- again, this is a career prosecutor who knows what actually putting something in writing shl writing, sending it up the chain can do. people have to respond. i think there was a scramble that went on to figure out, how are they going to respond? barr decided to get on the phone and talk about it rather than have a letter exchange between him and mueller >> i also read and forgive me that i don't remember exactly which article it was in, as you're saying justice department officials were taken aback by the tone of robert mueller's letter. so do

as us sanctions begin to bite, iran's president has issued a stark warning to his country.uhani said the nation was facing pressure never before seen in the history of the islamic revolution. banks, oil sales and international trade have all been affected, he said. with the us deploying a second warship to the region. mr rouhani urged his country's factions to unite and counteract the threat. i'm joined now by professor seyed mohammed marandi in iran. he helped negotiate the iran nuclear deal and is now working at the university of tehran. professor, thank you so much for your time. first of all, hassan rouhani, the iranian president, has wa nt of rouhani, the iranian president, has want of difficult times ahead. what is he talking about? well, he was saying that the situation is very similarto during saying that the situation is very similar to during the war period when saddam hussein was supported by western countries and the united states. he was even giving —— given chemical weapons by western countries to use extensively against iranians. there was a war, we were sanc

be capable of making a decision on, or do you decide actually, the only way to resolve something as starkck to the people? i think people that want to argue a second referendum went to revoke and i think they should say that is their position. and actually, having a 12 month delay for a second referendum with all disruption to business owners that come from that, if their position is that when a second referendum in order to remain, it is much more honest if they just say they want to revoke and actually be clear about that. the brexit secretary, stephen barclay. you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock. still to come, has your phone been hacked ? mps try to find out. back now to prime minister's questions, which weren't all about brexit. jeremy corbyn chose to focus on inequality and poverty. the labour leader claimed poverty levels for children and pensioners were rising, with a school in great yarmouth opening a food bank for its pupils and even the department for business establishing a food bank for its own staff in central london. theresa may sidestepped that q

then that direct access becomes stark. you look at these genetic diseases and you see high divorce rates in families, families get pushed into poverty, one parent can't work. so this is having a really serious impact on society, a lot of these health burdens. if you can eliminate it, that's wonderful, but what happens when you only eliminate it for the wealthy half of the society? you've just now exacerbated tensions. i think that's untenable and that's what we need to look out for first and foremost. >> okay. i'm going to go back to biosimilars. it seems like a stark change in subject matter. this question says, despite efforts by government and others, some industries seem slow to get off the ground with few new biosimilars to get approval. what can you do to fix that and improve it? >> i'm actually optimistic about the future of biosimilars. i think that the expectation that this was going to be off to the races in year one, i don't think, was ever realistic. this was always going to be a slow evolution and a slow marke

y: alcindor: on display to a stark racial divide. most white playe came, but all but one team's black and latino players, like star pitcher davic and m.v.p. mookie betts, did not. te event comes after pres trump awarded the presidential medal of freedom to tiger woods on monday. events like today's have long been a bipartisan white house tradition. >> thanks for salvaging my bracket. >> alcindor: but president trump's past staments-- especially tied to race-- have led to deep divides among athletes about attending. some still come to white house ceremonies, but many of the most well-known players in sports have not. in 2017 the president publicly criticized quarterback colin kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem. that same year the reigning n.b.a. champions, the golden state warriors, said they wouldc t the white house visit. president trump claimed he disinivited them, prompting and, a visit by the 2018 superbowl champions, theph adelphia eagles, was canceled, after of number of players said they would not. atte let's e

subsidized for years in the country and now costs practically nothing to contrast with other items is stark going to merely a candy bar the candy bar costs more than gasoline a full tank of gas that's all it costs to. boil is the venezuelan economy and normally accounts for almost all its exports but to be refined to make it into gasoline for the domestic market it needs chemicals from the u.s. these are no longer available because of the u.s. sanctions. this is led to shortages and long queues at the gas pumps in recent days there were reports of 24 hour queues for gasoline in america about the country's 2nd largest city but the impact of u.s. sanctions would only get worse many importers of venezuelan oil have been granted a grace period before they will be subject to the sanctions the grace period ends this month. the united states has temporarily eased the ban on selling technology to chinese tech giant weiwei washington is delaying the band by 90 days the u.s. claims the world's leading maker of mobile network equipment is a security risk and has called on european allies to exclude wh

the right stark is a symbol of germany's troubled and complex history it was opened in 894 by kaiser wilhelm the 2nd he loathes democracy and fear the power of parliament in 1900 the social democratic politician philip chinaman addressed the crowd from the balcony and declared germany a republic kaiser wilhelm the 2nd abdicated the young democracy would be shaken by many political crises. and 133 hitler became chancellor an arson attack on the reichstag was a welcome opportunity for hitler to dissolve parliament and suspend the constitution 945 nazi germany was defeated the reichstag was in ruins germany would soon be divided and to berlin as well. in 1955 what was left of it was demolished the rest of the building was restored in the 1960 s. . in october 990 half a 1000000 people gathered there to celebrate german reunification it was soon decided to move parliament from bombed to berlin. in 1905 the artists christo and sean claude wrapped their i start building in some very fabric . a comprehensive reconstruction then got underway to designs by the british architect norman foster w

the right stark is a symbol of germany's troubled and complex history it was opened in 894 by kaiser wilhelm the 2nd he loathes democracy and fear the power of parliament in 1900 the social democratic politician philip addressed the crowd from the balcony and declared germany a republic kaiser wilhelm the 2nd abdicated the young democracy would be shaken by many political crises. and 133 hitler became chancellor an arson attack on the reichstag was a welcome opportunity for hitler to dissolve parliament and suspend the constitution 945 nazi germany was defeated that reichstag was in ruins germany would soon be divided and to berlin as well. in 155 what was left of its dome was demolished the rest of the building was restored in the 1960 s. . in october 1990 half a 1000000 people gathered there to celebrate german reunification it was soon decided to move parliament from bombed to berlin. in 1905 the artists christo and john claude wrapped the reichstag building in silver a fabric. a comprehensive reconstruction then got underway to designs by the british architect norman foster who a

this is a stark reminder that our fight against anti-semitism is not over. we should all pledge to never shut our eyes to anti-semitism and to continue to pose evil wherever it may surface. that is why we should stand united to oppose b.d.s., the boycott, divest and sanctions, a movement that believes the state of israel should not exist. we are introducing an identical resolution to the senate s.-1, which included anti-b.d.s. language. it received bipartisan support in the senate, more than 77 votes. how many pieces of legislation has ever come out of the senate, especially this year, with 77 votes? the senate has stood against b.d.s. the house should do the same. now, i want to shift back to discuss what is happening this morning within our congressional committees. leading up to the days planned hearing at the house judiciary committee, where we expected to hear from a.g. -- attorney general barr, chairman nadler decided to change the rules. to satisfy the very obvious desire to impeach president trump. only one time has staff questioned a cabinet level o

chief christine legarde issued a stark warning she said clearly that tensions between the united states and china are the threat for the world economy and france's finance minister said the uncertainty could be felt around the world. global growth is slowing down on the first reason why global growth is slowing as the risk of trade war. commission is it would be a good one. and i want to reiterate that my main concern the main french and european concerns. remains the risk of a world trade conflict and war driven by the trade dispute between china and the united states as it is a worrying prospect then that this week will end not with a u.s. china trade deal but with new tariffs and tensions we have now talking to stefan legan is an economist from the university of sun gallants winston stefan why is christine lagarde so worried isn't this just donald trump playing hardball just for the sake of his local audience. well i think both is true of course donald trump is already laying the groundwork for his twenty twenty presidential election campaign but the reason christine lagarde another

chief christine legarde issued a stark warning she said clearly that tensions between the united states and china are the threat for the world economy and france's finance minister said the uncertainty could be felt around the world. global growth is slowing down the first reason why global growth is slowing as the risk of trade war. commission is it would be a good one and i want to reiterate that my main concern the main french and european concerns. remains the risk of a world trade conflict and war driven by the trade dispute between china and the united states it is a worrying prospect then that this week will end with a us china trade deal but with new tariffs and tensions. we're going to talk about this with an expert in a minute but first some other news the u.s. has warned india not storyteller it against washington's plans to end certain trade concessions for the south asian country indian officials are considering raising import duties on some u.s. goods if the white house proceeds with a plan to strap a scheme in place that allows indian goods worth about five point six bill

we heard from a pentagon official on friday, a pretty stark description of what is under way right nowin china. he said that there are three million muslims being rounded up into consecration camps in china. why hasn't the administration taken any kind of action or sanction against beijing for this? >> oh, goodness, president trump has pushed back against china in a way no previous president has. >> brennan: concentration camps. >> they had given the chinese a free pass in every direction. you have seen me peek out about the same situation you're describing, this number certainly up to a million people held in reeducation camps. the trump administration is going to hold every nation accountable. >> brennan: you're okay with that term, "reeducation camp," not concentration camp, which the pentagon used? >> we can use lots of different terms to describe what's taking place. it's an enormous human rights violation. i have spoken about it repeatedly. the entire administration has spoken out. >> brennan: you just said a million minorities. the pentagon says three million. is there a discrep

welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: there's been a stark risets against payday lenders — nearly 40,000 new cases were brought last year. the government announces another brexit vote in earlyjune. but there are no signs that cross—party talks are making progress towards a deal. good morning. 0nlya good morning. only a quarter of women struggling with the menopause feel comfortable telling their bosses. we are at a clothing manufacturers adds alperton asking how they open

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on the practice earlier this week speaking in tokyo on thursday malaysia's prime minister issued a stark plea to the rich nations of the world you know prudy seen too much and you have a problem trying to get rid of that we lend fields and all that doesn't serve any purpose anymore you can a burn that we because of the the small and all the pollution pollutants so you idiots cannot see and pay for research and trees to send their wishes to pull countries simply because the poor countries have no choice may be going to be silly to their economy. the top 5 exporters of plastic whereas last year the usa germany japan the u.k. and belgium are among the world's wealthiest countries china used to account for around 50 percent of the world's plastic imports on till it issued an all out ban and 2017 since then malaysia has become the world's number one plastic waste importer followed by tightened vietnam hong kong and the us. much of the plastic waste that's been arriving in malaysia for the last year can't be recycled making it more likely that it will simply be dumped one day but please rememb

a stark warning that some communities may have to move away because of the threat of climate change andflooding. here's dele alli. here's lucas moura. 0h, they've done it! tears, turnarounds and an incredible win for tottenham sets up the first all—english champions league final for more than ten years. stress at crisis levels in the police. figures show one in five officers are suffering from post—traumatic stress disorder. an ancient saxon burial site, discovered between an aldi supermarket and a pub in essex, has been described as britain's equivalent of tutankhamun‘s tomb. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. the government is to provide a £200 million fund to replace unsafe cladding on privately owned buildings similar to that used on grenfell tower. ministers have identified more than 150 buildings that still need to be made safe following the fire in 2017, but work has stalled because of disputes over who should pay. previously the government had said the work should be the responsibility of the private building owners. the housing secretary james brokenshire has thi

president on the trump has tweeted a stark warning to tehran writing if iran wants to fight that willbe the official end of iran never threaten the united states again the remarks come in response to comments from iran's revolutionary guard saying it is not afraid of war. voting in india's national elections has ended and exit polls suggest india's prime minister narendra modi will increase his majority modi focus heavily on national security during the campaign which helped to rally his v.j. the party's hindu nationalist base over 900000000 people were eligible to vote in the world's largest democratic election. a bomb blast has hit a tourist bus to egypt to giza pyramids at least 17 people were wounded but no deaths have been reported this is the latest blow to the country's tourism industry which had been showing signs of recovery after years of political turmoil and sporadic violence. around 2 thirds of voters have backed tighter gun control in a referendum the question was whether the country should restrict access to semiautomatic weapons and require more training for owners swi