i would like to thank congress for doing this so we can provide certainty of care while we fix the ba system. david, i want to thank you for what you are doing to read you have absolutely the right that ground to do this. i know the president is going to continue to do a great job. we have 1.4 my -- we have one port 5 million veterans. -- 1.5 million veterans. thank you for doing this. president trump: thank you. thank you for all of the great veterans and the people out there. [indiscernible] [laughter] >> donation will be judged by how it treats its veterans. [indiscernible] it is about national security. it is about patriotism. this is a great that forward. at president trump: no one can say it better than that, so we're going to end. thank you all area thank you for being here. at [applause] >> here is the headline from the salt lake tribune. the house speaker tried to talk him out of it. the white house chief of staff said he was shocked. jason chaffetz said wednesday he would not seek reelection or any other office in 2018, though he left open the possibility of a future bed, po

the ba rclays agencies were approached to give support. ‘s attempted intervention when it received a second whistle—blower letter earlier this year. it will 110w letter earlier this year. it will now be for the regulators to decide is this a yellow card offence, a warning for a stupid mistake? or is ita warning for a stupid mistake? or is it a straight red for a chief executive who is very temperament is 110w executive who is very temperament is now under scrutiny? in a statement jes staley admitted he had made mistakes. i have apologised to the ba rclays boa rd mistakes. i have apologised to the ba rclays board and mistakes. i have apologised to the barclays board and accepted its conclusion that my personal actions in this matter were errors on my part. i will also accept whatever sanction it deems appropriate. the regulators could go as far as banning turn 2 from working in banking, its ultimate sanction, as well as imposing fines. whistle—blowing is about trust —— banning mr staley. part of the trust is protecting the identity of the wh

minchin will have all the news, business and sport and more on the baby business and sport and more on the batory of baby charlie guard after a high court ruling allowed doctors to withdraw life—support for the infant against his parents wishes. that is coming up in 17 minutes time. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour. german police say a bus carrying the football team borussia dortmund to a champions league game was deliberately targeted. it was hit by three explosions. officials say a letter was found near the scene. the white house press secretary, sam spicer has apologised for comments suggesting adolf hitler didn't use chemical weapons. —— sean spicer. mr spicer made the remarks during a press briefing about the recent sarin gas attack in idlib. russia is hardening its support for the assad regime, even with the us secretary of state in moscow for crisis talks. president putin has accused syrian rebels of setting up fake attacks to justify more american missile strikes. now it is time for our newspaper review, and we start with the financial times, which puts the spotlight on us—

to deliver the fundamental reform needed at the ba this adds to an incredibly active 101st days. under the president's leadership, we have cut red tape at record levels saving families dollars and businesses jobs. we have saved families and businesses more than 67 billion dollars already. yesterday, the administration put out a tax reform proposal. the next step for it we continue to make real progress in our work to repeal and replace obamacare. as you saw, we posted an amendment to the american health care act yesterday. the amendment was result of constructive discussions among our members on how to do more to lower costs for everyone. what the amendment does is give andy state more flexibility tools to reduce premiums and increased choices and it does this while maintaining and preserving protections for people with pre-existing conditions. this is the important point. those projections remain on the books even as we add new ones. the goal is to give states rater flexibility if they wanted to lower premiums. have not made any decisions on a vote but this is more progress and w

the convicted ba rclays called trader manipulation. clays traders say what they were doing was encouraged by their bosses, a normal commercial practice dating back to the nineties. in the city, it was common knowledge for new years that traders would try to secure tiny shifts in libor rates everyday —— four years. pipa mangrum libor rates everyday —— four years. pip a mangrum is a leading us financial expert and was an economic adviser to president bush. —— pip a. when you work on a trading floor, your whole job is to when you work on a trading floor, your wholejob is to buy when you work on a trading floor, your whole job is to buy something for one price and you sell it for something a little higher, so this is the way every trader on our trading floor thinks. so when they're asked to establish a break, they're asked to establish a break, they're thinking of the two sides, so they're thinking of the two sides, so this is their attempt to create a little space because you always want to make money on the deal. the way i saw it, it was

it assures veterans have caught toity of care, working develop a plan that reforms the ba system and gives our nation's euros care that they -- reforms the v.a. system and gives our nation's heroes the care they deserve. italy willinister of be here. and with that, i will start off with the birthday boy, jim costa. reporter: does the president have a redline when it comes to north korea? if they cross it, they will bring about military response? i think wepicer: have talked about the use of red lines the four, and drawing red lines really have not worked in the past. he holds his cards close to his best. we do not see him telegraphing how we will respond. that is something he believes does not -- has not served us well in the past. we did this with most soul. -- with mosul. it gives the intended recipient of action a heads up. i do not think you're going to see the president drawing red lines in the sand. reporter: to follow up on that, syria is one thing. when you talk about we did this to syria, we did this to afghanistan -- bombastic rhetoric. no, no, andicer: please do not read in

she staged the ba by‘s child. this is roslin baker. urder. jurors were told she created a nightmare charente. passengers did all they did to assist when the alarm was raised last september. passengers and paramedics tried to help, rosalind baker sat to one side and tried to ring her sister, then she rang her co—defendant. and father of the child. the infant was found to have 40 rib fractures from being squeezed as she was shaken. a broken wrist from her arm being twisted. and a fractured skull and brain injury, consistent of being thrown againstan injury, consistent of being thrown against an upright surface or the floor. a majority verdict of guilty has just been returned. floor. a majority verdict of guilty hasjust been returned. more floor. a majority verdict of guilty has just been returned. more from oui’ has just been returned. more from our correspondent at the old bailey soon. almost half a million pounds has been raised to help a 17—year—old racing driver, who had his lower legs amputated after being involved in a crash on sund

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the financial times. ba rclays through. the financial times. histle—blower, good story, this. this is pretty terrifying, ba rclays this. this is pretty terrifying, barclays chief executive twice pushed in his organisation for the exposure of a whistle—blower who had criticised an appointment he himself had made. the whole point of whistle—blowing in the city if you are meant to be able to report your doubts about ethical behaviour in your company without having retaliation against you. this man, who came into barclays saying i'm going to rebuild its reputation after the libel rigging scandal, as soon as after the libel rigging scandal, as soon as somebody said secretly and privately i think there is something wrong with your decisions and they area wrong with your decisions and they are a little suspect, tried to overturn all the bank's procedures on uncovering and identifying this person. now the fact he did this has been exposed and he will have to surrender perhaps £1 million of his bonus. but i think that's actually not enough. i don't think

yesterday the camden county medical and examiner aid the bas died of natural causes. the twins were found unresponsive? their crib by their mother. >>> the investigation into russia's interference in the u.s. election continue to plague president donald trump's first month in office. he is standing behind his national security adelso matos matos -- advisor. >> i'm signing an executive order that we collect all duties imposed on foreign importers that cheat. they are cheaters. >> reporter: the president ordered a review of the america's trade deficits before china's president comes to washington. the congressional investigation into russia meddling continue to dominate the conversation. the democratic ranking member of the house intelligence committee arrived at the white house to review classified documents and meet with president trump. michael feline has asked for impunity from congress in exchange for his testimony. so far congress is not granting impunity even though flynn said he has a to story to tell. asked if the white house is concerned about what flynn might

>> reporter: good morning, the bas basic intention is to preserve as much u.s. life as possible and an unmanned missile like the tomahawk missile is a weapon that can go in and do the job, but it doesn't put any pilots at risk, and that's what you're seeing here. you're getting a big bang for your buck in essence. going in, taking out the things that you have targeted but not putting your pilots at risk and that's one of the key things was that it minimized risk to u.s. personnel. >> do you think he was offered a suite of options and the president and his advisors chose this one. what other options were on the table in your view. >> there are usually three options, in this case it could have been everything from do absolutely nothing and let this pass or go in an attack multiple targets same time. i think they felt the risk of that was far too great and what they decided was to send a message from a moral perspective and judging by the president's reaction to what he saw from the syrian situation on april 4th, he decided that it was time to do something and to pu

problems at the ba, hospital not bad enough, veterans could have to pay for their g.i. >> new legislation will charge heroes $2400 but shouldn't we be giving people incentives to join the military? dan caldwell from concerns veterans, thank you for joining us this morning. >> you guys have been great. >> let's break apart the g.i. bill. it would deduct $100 per month bringing in $3.1 billion over we 10 years covering new enlistees as well. is this good for veterans? >> important to point out this is a legislative proposal, part of a larger package that would ensure the ga bill remains viable future and extends benefits and makes the g.i. bill a lifetime benefit instead of having an expiration date and loopholes in the bill. it is not fair to call it a. when i was in the marine corps when i went to iraq i had to pay the g.i. bill because i wanted to use it, this is not something that is new. this was standard for 20 years, they are bringing it back. you can opt out of it, don't have to pay if you don't want the g.i. bill. some people are opposed to this putting out misin

they have a ready cut food from the eu shorthaul trips, ba, and airlines are struggling, but... urite airline, most of those are from the middle east and the far east and ba is behaving increasingly like a budget airline and those of us like a budget airline and those of us who fly with them frequently are not happy. i feel sorry for their cabin crew. have a nice flight today, if you're flying! pack a lunch! good morning. sunday was a glorious day for many of us. was it spring or summer? and really, it was hard to tell, because we had wall—to—wall sunshine throughout the day, and in parts of eastern and south—east england, highs of 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit. you can see the clear blue skies from sunday's satellite picture. a little more cloud up into the north—west, and the cloud thick enough to produce some rain, which died off, and will continue to do so as this weather front sinks south. but this weather front is important, because as it pushes further south it produces north—westerly winds, a colder source of air, and that will bring a noticeable change to the story. we're lo

people wonder how the bbc should be reporting a story like the lloyds ba n k should be reporting a storyank moving jobs to brussels. to some viewers, it is an example of emphasising the negative, when that's only one event in a big often very quickly changing picture.|j think you have to make judgements on individual stories and we have to decide what level of prominent —— prominence they should get. editors makejudgements prominence they should get. editors make judgements about those things. it is important that when you hear those stories you also hear others that might reflect something from a different perspective. after all, this is going on for a long time. 0ver this is going on for a long time. over the next couple of years of negotiations there will be many exa m ples of negotiations there will be many examples of this and it is quite right that editors should be challenged to think about the wide range of views, notjust challenged to think about the wide range of views, not just those stories that you've talked about today. on the other hand, many viewers have got in touch with

the compliance due to berkeley said, back off, this is somewhere where the chief executive of ba rclaysbe poking his nose in. he thought he could find out who said that letter and he was incorrect. now the regulators are taking a dim view of it because coming down, having powerful ceos, hunting down potential whistle—blowers is ta ken hunting down potential whistle—blowers is taken seriously because they are the eyes and ears of the regulators. this is a serious matter. the penalties can be quite severe and they can even disbar people from working in banking. whistle—blowers are much more protective and there is some argument as to whether this was proper whistle—blowing but the regulators will into it. this was a passenger being taken off a united airlines flight. perhaps not the airline's finest hour. shouting passengers on board report saying the airline had put too many people under the flight and when no one volunteered, this is what happened. the airline has said it's investigating, which is the least they could do, frankly. see you in minute. new zealand have been having a torrid

i'm scared of the ba rifrista gy freaking out. i like strawberry and banana. like a strawberry banana. strawbana. >> that's nice. >> i'm good at this. >> you are. >> bob. >> i'm proud to say it was the first time i ever had anything out of there. never had a starbucks. don't intend. to i don't drink coffee. >> you use their bathroom. >> that was weird. >> why. >> yourink energy drinks. >> we're talking about starbucks, lilly. pure lilly. >> that's me. >> i'm so boring. i don't put anything in my coffee. a trap teen khao*ep trap chino r cream. >> did you like the coffee candies from sees. >> i did. >> i did too. >> stick to the topic here. >> i what do a partnership with my friend, edward mark chocolate. salted dark chocolate care mel frappuccino. >> you almost had me. >> what. >> you bought me a box -- >> a sausage frappuccino. >> it's on my list of banned foods. >> the milk chocolate with the salted caramel. >> yes. >> you said dark chocolate. >> a human frappuccino. >> weirdo. >> i was thinking of a ribeye rose in a blender. >> thank you, jeffery. >> hannibal

historyook at economic and some historical context, afr the bas t devastated in the 3's and they rebuild capital structures, they bloomed in the 50's and 60's, early 70's until the oil crisis. same thing today, banks have recapitalize and fortified. you see positive earnings. if you get a little bit of a springboard effect from a relaxation in regulation, we did see a lot of earnings power and a lot of lending. is last one i want to make we have to figure out a way to get the community banks working again, so we can get small businesses back in the lending and borrowing game. >> i got permission for a quick follow-up. insurance also relieved from some of the rules, insurance companies now in the group. do you think they have the same outlook? mr. scaramucci: i do think that. here's what i also think, with what the president and all of us are learning in washington, things just take longer than we would like. my prediction is, by the beginning of 2018, you will see a lot of the foundational structure what president trump wants to put in place as it relates to the regulatory rubric , and w

there are three notations on the ba, written in pencil -- the name "ruth," victor higgins, and $600.nk about it, that was quite a bit of money back then. after decades in a dusty basement, mapes has name and a purchase price. but he still needs to know how don's family.to the hands of >> david asked me, "what's the story behind this painting?" i talked to my brother. we agreed that it must have come from our great uncle, curtis. >> why do you think he would have been interested in southwestern art? >> well, uncle curtis was a corporate attorney, as i understand, and he was on the board of the chicago art institute. >> where victor higgins studied. the appraiser concludes the painting is authentic and was likely painted in the 1920s. he knows he's about to stun the art world. you're like in the outskirts of new york. you're not in manhattan. you're not in the southwest. this is not your expertise. >> for the most part, we do estates. whenever somebody passes away, we go and take everything out that we can sell. we often find treasures in there, but not like this. it had everything goi

as few other plac s the country, including the ba ity of richmond. the san francisco and santa clara lawsuits were the first to be heard by a judge. dennis herrera / (d) san francisco city attorney "this is why we have courts. to rreach of a >> reporter: the san francisco and santa clara lawsuits were the first to be heard by a judge. >> this is why we have courts. to halt the overreach of a president and attorney general who either don't understand the constitution or choose to ignore it. >> the federal government had argued that the two counties interpreted the executive order too broadly and said it would affect less than $1 million for santa clara and possibly none for san francisco. another proposal from the trump administration is to build a wall between the u.s. and mexico. but the administration retreated when it became apparent that the proposal would not get enough congressional votes. still, president trump insists that plans for the wall are moving forward. >>> the white house will host a rare meeting with the entire u.s. senate today to d

tradition, this thank you for joining us on behalf of the president and ba rron, we wish you great fun beautiful days ahead of us and happy easter. thank you. >> [applause] easter and have a great time. have a great day. thank you very much. i'm coming down and i will be joining you. thank you very much. >> ♪ >> more life coverage coming up today at 12:30. we will have a discussion looking at russian foreign policy objectives and its relationship with the u.s. and europe. morea's interests will be adversarial to the west in the future? that is from the center for the national interest at 12:30 eastern. back at the white house for 2:00 for the briefing with spokesman sean spicer and coming up this evening at 8:00 p.m. two events with senior officials from the obama administration. first, former senior adviser valerie jarrett speaking at the city club of chicago followed by former attorney general loretta lynch, speaking at her alma mater harvard law school. here is a look. >> one of the most important lessons i learned as a lawyer was that the problems someone walks into my office with

bananarama are had overestimated the tour. ba na narama are playing had overestimated the tour.n the tickets go on sale later this week, iam sure tickets go on sale later this week, i am sure there will be talked about moving it up to the much bigger venues. thank you for that. thank you. norwegian scientists have a new theory, explaining the inspiration behind one of the most famous works of art ever produced. the scream by edvard munch, depicts a figure holding their face while making an agonised expression. but look above the individual and the sky is full of colourful lines. the researchers say this pattern is almost certainly a depiction of a very rare type of cloud. everybody loves the scream. it has that amazing scene with the hands around the face and that pained expression. it is one of the series of pictures produced by munch. you look behind and you see those wavy lines, some scientists a few years ago said we know what that is. that is volcanic emissions. there was a big volcano ten years before he started work on the scream and that would have put stuff in the atmos

so is this appealing to the ba, more abo politics than the person himself? >> absolutely not. there's a false argument that has been perpetuated by democrats that the next supreme court pick would be easier to block. the next supreme court pick, heaven forbid it's a liberal like ruth bader ginsberg, but the republicans have it wrong. they are more likely to use a nuclear option on the seat flipping from conservative to liberal. there is a huge amount going into this nomination. and the next one to keep your powder dry for is ridiculous. that would be even harder to stop. >> connecticut richard blumenthal was talking about some of his comments. here's what he said this morning on "morning joe." listen and then i will ask your opinion about it. i'm going to similar rise it for you, summarize it for you, he said the shoe potentially being on the other end some day. could this haunt the republicans? >> it is a challenge. it's haunting the democrats now from using this on the appellate nominees. certainly changing the rules is a challenge, but why force that to happen now? we have

. -- just in general, the -- and we have a general and from the ba health system dealing with the problems of duplicated regulations in constructing health care facilities for the finest among us. this is going to be a really good discussion. it is all before us, because of a simple amendment. i will turn it over to senator mccaskill. senator mccluskey: i continue to be trust rated along with my colleague and former ranking member senator carper who has --ped on improper payments >> one of my favorite verbs, carp. mccaskill: i want to tell everyone in that building that there were does matter even though it is often ignored or set aside. what you all do is really important. you are tremendous public love associating with the former auditors ngo as a former auditor. the important work you have done investigating how the government spends tax dollars -- you consistently identify concrete steps that you can take and the executive branch can take eliminating excess spending. you have saved so much money for this country, but there is obviously more work we have to do. i want to welcome other w

tomorrow beginning in the north ba so before sunrise we will have a few showers sneak into sonoma county and parts of west marin county. as the day goes on these showers try to make their way south and they will succeed to a certain extent. it's going to be bleak. it will be overcast. we will get sprinkled about from time to time, but we are not going to get much in the way of amounts. tomorrow afternoon a few sprinkles down to the central bay, south bay shouldn't get much at all, and a few showers in the north bay. this is one of those north of the golden gate things for the most part. what to expect. a few monday showers spreading south. no big deal. unsettled through tuesday at least, but by the time we get to next friday and saturday the numbers will be back to the near 80-degree level. heading into the northern part of the state rain tomorrow. sacramento will have scattered showers. mendocino should have a rain symbol. whoever puts these maps together -- i think it was me -- didn't put the rain symbol on. winds 25 miles per hour. a few sprinkles tomorrow afternoon. if you are headed

cleared of murder but found guilty of causing 01’ murder but found guilty of causing or allowing the ba the baby's death. they will be sentenced soon. the judge said the death was bewildering. he said the death was bewildering. he said the death was bewildering. he said the defendants should face no doubt that they will face a serious custodial sentence. the headlines. jeremy corbyn is rejecting claims the result of the election is a foregone conclusion. douglas carswell is standing down as an mp and will back the conservatives. the parent of four—month—old baby have been found guilty of causing or allowing her death. andy murray has been beaten by albert ramos rommel was in the monte—carlo masters. neil robertson isa monte—carlo masters. neil robertson is a frame away from the second round. great britain's 0lympic medallistjermaine mason round. great britain's 0lympic medallist jermaine mason has round. great britain's 0lympic medallistjermaine mason has died in a motorbike in accident. he won silver in beijing. i will be back in 15 minutes. the green party has launched what it calls i

ba black sheep." >> we were in the vain of fiction. it was not like anything that was going down in the south pacific. all of the characters in the show were characters that i created. >> to lend it realism, pappy boyington was hired as a consultant. it ran for two years. >> anything accurate about it? >> yes. three things. the squadron designation was 214. the commanding officer was greg boyington. and the airplane was a corsair. we never saw nurses. i didn't run around in starch khaki, did you? >> no. >> henry stayed in the marines until he retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1961. for 18 years he started navigational systems. >> i'm proud of the time i put in the corps. >> alan retired in 1966 as a marine colonel. tom emrick would go on as a 30-year pilot for twa. and the black sheep squadron would take its rightful place in marine aviation history. was there something unique about this guy that made this squadron special? >> he was the right guy at the right time. we were at the right place at the right timeand we all felt that we w

in the united states, but the judge says it is in the baby's states, but the judge says it is in the bade the decision with the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction that it was the correct decision for the child. we will get more reaction from the high court, our reporter helen lee is covering that most distressing case of charlie gard. more later. we will just we willjust pause and catch up with the weather prospects which come from chris fawkes. hello, the weather is not doing too badly outside, quite a bit of sunshine outside, and our weather watchers send these pictures from earlier in the day, that is clear skies above london, but a different story further north where you can see the cloud moving in across the northern half of the uk. in berwick—upon—tweed, the sky looks more like this. to take us through the rest of this afternoon and into the rest of this afternoon and into the evening, we should keep the sunshine across england and wales, the cloud should melt away and temperatures not doing too badly, 15 degrees or so this is what it will look like at six o'clock. p

three explosions in the vicinity of the team hotel. marc ba rtra vicinity of the team hotel.arc bartra was injured. he is having surgery as we bartra was injured. he is having surgery as we speak on his right hand. the situation developing all the time. there is a press konzen is going on as we speak. they say, the police, that we must assume this is a targeted attack. they are not clear of the background, they are not excluding any motive. they are hunting for a car with a foreigner numberplate in connection with the attack. they found a letter near the scene which they are trying to authenticate and there will be extra security measures for the game in 2a hours. it has been postponed. the announcement was made with only 15 minutes to go before kick—off. the stadium was packed. monaco fans showed solidarity and chanted dortmund, dortmund. the police have praised the fans for filing out calmly. this all happened very close to the team hotel. it was marc bartra, the spanish defender, piracy dortmund defender, who suffered injuries to his hand and he is having an operation as w

people don't know this, that women seem to have a more difficult time in really make tg ing it in the ba world. i think as a young man it's important to stay focused and work just as hard, even if opportunities are being handed to you, that you still have the opportunity to work and be the best that you can be and not to just kind of sit back. >> in case you are just know followi following the action on twitter, you can follow live and post questions for misty. more questions are coming up. one thing you talked about in your book was the rapid rise in the american ballet theater. what made it so unusually fast versus what your average dancer trying to break in and sort of grind and crawl to where they might be a relevapart of the co >> it was very quick in the beginning. once i became a professional things slowed down a lot and i've had an unusual path as a professional, but before that i'm starting at 13 years old and training for four years and getting into american ballet theater, that's really quick. in order to have the strength and base to be in a company of the caliber of american

whenever she was finally rescued from the ba kers she was finally rescued from the bakers house and takenor the account of that case and thatis you for the account of that case and that is chris buckler there for us in northern ireland. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has launched his party's campaign for the local elections in may. speaking in nottinghamshire —— mr corbyn accused the conservatives of ‘running the country down‘ —— and trying to use brexit to ‘turn britain into a low—wage tax haven'. he said labour would invest in education, renationalise the railways and increase the living wage. as we've been hearing, theresa may is holding trade talks in saudi arabia today — with labour urging her not to sacrifice human rights for the sake of arms sales. critics want the government to ban the sale of british weapons to the kingdom. they've been used in attacks on rebel forces in yemen. sir william patey was british ambassador to saudi arabia between 2007 and 2010. we can speak to him from our central london studio now. thank you forjoining us. what a sick stake in these talks with prime

of course, the whole whistle—blowing scandal is another cloud hanging over ba rclays. u going to come back and take us through the papers? the united boss gets around to saying the s word. still to come: charging into the future, we speak to the ceo of a company that's pioneering a way to make money by squeezing new life out of your old phone batteries. you're with business live from bbc news. let's talk about the tesco numbers. food sales has helped push supermarket giant tesco to record results. like for like sales are up 0.9% — it's the first full year of growth since 2010 but profits are down after settling an accounting scandal with the serious fraud office with a £129 million fine. maureen hinton is from retail analysts, verdict. hey, maureen, do you think, it is a good number, but ben and i were looking at the share price of tesco, did you say1.8% looking at the share price of tesco, did you say 1.8% down? down nearly 296 did you say 1.8% down? down nearly 2% of the what's investors thinking here? i don't know to be quite honest. i think it is perhaps because the

the achilles heel of aviation, contaminated air. this doesn't just affect british aviation, contaminated air. this doesn'tjust affect british airways. both ba aircraft if there was contamination. it says there has been substantial research into cabin airand none of been substantial research into cabin air and none of it shows there is a risk to long—term health. the coroner has made clear that this inquest is not a public enquiry into cabin airfumes. inquest is not a public enquiry into cabin air fumes. while the industry is insisting that cabin air is clea n, is insisting that cabin air is clean, the westgate family and others believe this issue is real and must now be taken seriously. we have lots more on our website. you can also get in touch with me and some of the team via social media, or on twitter. now let's catch up with the sports news in sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: dustin johnson withdraws from the masters without hitting a shot, as his back injury gets the better of him. on the course, charley hoffman leads by four strokes after his first round. and kenya'

the ba rclays boss says access to talented workers after brexit is tremendously important. y of london after the uk leads the european union. in the us, investors are waiting for a beginner ‘s men today from us president donald trump on his planned tax reforms —— investors are waiting for a big announcement today. he wants to slash corporation tax from 31% to 15% and cut the highest bracket of personal tax to 2596. highest bracket of personal tax to 25%. can he get it through congress? we have a global market strategist fromjp we have a global market strategist from jp morgan asset management to discuss those issues. let's talk about the tax cuts donald trump is about to announce later today. quite a big haircut? certainly the us tax rate is much higherfor corporate certainly the us tax rate is much higher for corporate than the rest of the world's corporate tax rates, in germany and uk, for example, the rate is lower. if the us administration gets this route it will be a huge change for how us companies can provide earnings to shareholders or themselves, so all eyes a re sh

. >> there was scowling howling curdling scream this morning when i was upstairs in the ba bathroom so like let me wait. >> i thought it was a dog. >> somebody was screaming. >> things went sideways. we don't have to worry about you running out. >> i was like, oh, shoot, i don't have my cell phone, ai'll wait for the panic to die down. >> this is dylan's box man treatment. >> we're going to try to think a little bit -- >> [ screams ] >> how do you feel now? >> then he started coming after me. >> im impressed with my reaction. >> i fell into the wall. i typically don't scare very easily but that got me today. i was waiting for something to happen. >> that was funny. >> the man behind the whole thing is a man named rich ferguson. come on over box man. >> i'll give you applause. >> welcome. >> is that your favorite day of the year? >> no, it's not. i actually don't go around pranking people unless i'm on you tube, i'm a magician and don't do that unless it's i br me, this is a fan favorite. this is -- you get one of those decorative out let replacement covers, put the double stick tape yo

military action against the regime of syrian president ba s -- assad. he used his words to explain his reaction to a approach to end the syrian conflict. back in 2013 after a similar attack, trump was vocally opposed to responding to assad in this way. last night he did respond and here is what he had to say. >> on tuesday, syrian dictator bashar al assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. using a deadly nerve agent, assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. it was a slow and brutal death for so many. even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very b baric attack. no child of god should suffer such horror. tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. there can be no dispute that syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligation under the chemical weapons convention and ignored th

the story is that aliba ba will host deficit, right? a conference to teach companies how to sell their goods. that is good. we are opening up goods. that is good. we are opening up the chinese on line market, which is the most important way of selling things in china. on line selling is afar things in china. on line selling is a far bigger part of the economy thanit a far bigger part of the economy than it even is in europe or the us. it is vitally important. but on the other side of the equation is that there are wealthy people in the cities in china where their incomes are much, much lower per capita. america has high value finished goods. the question is, does america... you can open up the market but if you don't have the right things to sell it is a little bit like windowdressing. but good windowdressing. the last story about webcams in chinese classrooms. it does not seem like a good idea. imagine knowing that parents could get annoyed. notjust parents. had they watch me at school they would have seen someone they watch me at schoo

reporter: the mayor ba timeing from the death threats saying that the crews will continue the work to remove the other monuments at night to keep the process as safe as possible. >> this is the first slated for removal. in new york, abc news. jonathan: "7 on your side" consumer alert. the supreme court denying an appeal from general motors that wants to block lawsuits over the deadly faulty ignition switch problem. this could expose g.m. to billions in payouts. another week, another airline and another video that has gone viral. >> a passenger starts recording and they say a stroller was ripped from a almost hitting the baby but hit her in the head. so another passenger jumps out of his chair and goes face to face with the attendant. >> hey, bud. you do that to me and i will knock you flat. >> c'mon. >> see apparently people are savvy. they won't sit in the chairs when it plays out. they are confronting the folks. this guy yanked the stroller out of her hands while she had a baby in her other arm and the stroller hit her in the head. everybody witnessed it. they started to record. and

baby getting ready for the new arrival. ba by clothes getting ready for the new arrival.e has already decided if the two child policy becomes a three child policy she will go for a third. carrie gracie, bbc news. now, matthias civilina rides his bike for good reasons and also writes poetry, he has combined into a job writes poetry, he has combined into ajob and is writes poetry, he has combined into a job and is travelling the us writing dreams for customers and delivering them directly to their door. the bbc caught up with him in richmond virginia. this is the one thing i am good at. i have a very limited skills at which involves writing repetitive brief surrealist narratives and biking for long distances. 0ne brief surrealist narratives and biking for long distances. one of the nice things about writing dreams is that the tropes that would seem awful in writing realist narrative are fine. so, then suddenly at penguin walk singh to the room, you know, it is in a jack region novel not going to work. but in a dream text perfectly acceptable —— jack reacher. penguins are al

top of the baby's newborn ba by‘s head is it's true. ing very far from olfactory heaven, after they grow up, doesn't it? it can do! when i came in the studio this morning, i thought the inside of this building smelt a bit smoky. i don't mean cigarette smoky, i meant lykins a wood smoke —— meant like a wood smoke smell. due notice that? it's difficult to say. i smelt, this is probably 5am in the morning, just coffee in the air. you do get a lot of that. you get a smell like that, because it's brought into the building by the air conditioning system, might be just outside. and it's funny, because it's very similar to the smell of old paper. a lot of chemical components are the same, but they are in different proportions, which is why the human brain interprets those proportions differently when you smell coffee and very, very differently when you smell old paper. very quickly, because we out of time. what are your favourite smells? my favourite smell? the smells? my favourite smell? the smell of london underground, nothing spells home to m

baby getting ready for the new arrival. ba by clothes getting ready for the new arrival.ady for the birth and she's already decided if the two child policy becomes a three child policy, she will go for a third. scientists in manchester have made a remarkable discovery, creating a sieve that can make sea water drinkable. it's made from graphene, and raises the tantalising prospect, of helping millions of people around the world, who don't have easy access to clean water. well our science correspondent pallab ghosh is at the graphene institute in manchester. it's three times the strength of steel and incredibly flexible, and that's not all — graphene has been described as a miracle material. here in manchester, graphene oxide has been used to create a filter to take salt out of water. the aim is to convert sea water into a form that's drinkable. the potential of this technology is giving clean water to millions of people around the world and we're sure that this technology will be available in a couple of years' time to sell to people around the world. like any sieve, this

. >> there was another assessment of how much it would cost to exit the euro, it's the one from ba the bank of france's governor, he said it would cost 30 billion of french debt every year. so french people see now more the negotiate tef siative sides positive. >> claire, thank you very much for that. after this short break, i know you're waiting for it. we're talking chocolate eggs, and also chocolate money. the business of easter with the managing director of one of london's most sought after chocolatiers. stick around. >>> hi everybody. welcome back to "street signs." warren buffett is paring back his stakes in wells fargo. berkshire hathaway announced they're selling 9 million shares in the bank and will withdraw the application to boost its stake above 10%. the move wasn't a change in investment outlook but following extensive talks it realized increasing ownership would restrict our commercial activity with wells fargo. >>> tesla ceo elon musk has fired back at investors who are unhappy with his company's governance structure. five share holders have written a joint letter recomm

we travel deep into the countryside, in ba rlovento, to hearfrom farmers impoverished by a collapsed crop prices have lagged way behind inflation, so farmers have taken to a subsistence, hand—to—mouth existence. this is the cocoa bean. needs to be dried, needs to be prepared, but this is your basic ingredient for chocolate. rodolfo, given the state of the economy here, out in the countryside, do you see any future here for you and your family? were you a chavez supporter in the old days, and how do you feel about president maduro, today? in the last two weeks, venezuela has been rocked by a series of anti—government demonstrations, and sporadic, violent clashes between protesters and police. the spark was the government's short—lived decision to abolish the powers of the opposition—dominated national assembly. that decision was reversed, but new anger was stirred when one of the most prominent opposition leaders, henrique capriles, was banned from politics. the opposition is torn — undecided whether resistance to maduro‘s government should be focused in the political arena or on the s

but analysts were disappointed by the performance of ba rclays' investment bank, and the shares fell.ng a better day, rising after it reported its first quarterly profit since third quarter of 2015. us gdp figures — just out came in a little lower than expected that's all the business news. thank you very much. the general election will be a tipping point for education, according to headteachers, who claim the stability of the whole system is at risk. a survey by the national assocation of headteachers found that nearly three—quarters of heads say their budget will be untenable within two years. 0ur education correspondent marc ashdown reports. and when you square something what do you do in your maths when you square something? pupils at the corbett school in shropshire are on top of the figures. today, head teachers are warning that they are struggling. many have already had to make savings to balance the books and schools funding will be a key issue during election campaigning. we are going to have to look very carefully at our staffing levels. if you start doing that in a small sc

we get mild weather for the weekend, and then we'll bring ba >>> don't get the unicorn frappuccino. >> a desperate plea today from a young starbucks barista in colorado. 19-year-old braden burson hosted a tirade saying ever since the popular new unicorn frappuccino drink came out yesterday, he has never been so stressed out in his life. he claims that the seven-step process to make the drink makes it difficult to keep up with orders and leaves baristas with sticky hands, messy clothes and messy hair. i'm not sure how that works out. but starbucks says it will reach out to burson to talk about his experience and how to make it a little better. >> by tomorrow, we may be referring to him as former barista. i'm sure the company is not all that thrilled although it's publicity. >> most employers love, you know, like when i shout, don't watch our news! don't ever do that. >> it's amazing what a sense of humor management has about those things. >> they think it's hilarious. >> you tried this thing. >> we had a taste test in the newsroom. only one of eight people said they would go and buy it

cock this thing all the way ba back. he had -- don't get in the way of that. >> he had 14-13-12. beast. cavs within 119-114 taking a command three-zero series lead and in that game, lebron passed up kobe bryant for points list. he's now third. >> wow. >> he's about to be to be number two in a minute. i'm not sure what that number is right now. >> he's closing in on. isn't he's closing in on every record. >> when you talk about mvp and westbrook or hardin this year. up believable but he's got to be in that conversation every year. >> every year. >> what he does is always historic. >> lucy what's coming up at 11:00. >> really amazing story. little south jersey house with big part has just grabbed worldwide attention for its pups. they're not just any dogs. their owners abandoned donned them. they don't have long to live. this hospice is filled with not just belly rubs but happiness and hope and your wake up weather and seven day forecast all in the first five minutes. live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. >>> tonight at 11:00 local woman cannot believe wh

by the ba ha men. >> if hey ya is officially an oldie, does that official make you old?l had to make that list or someone younger. >> those darn millenials. >> 7:27. a local grandmother diagnosticed with ovarian cancer found the courage to fight the disease. >>> sabina on our top story. >> two days out and the monster who took a four-year-old girl off the street and sexual assaulted her, he is still on the loose. if you're a parent you cannot miss the story, we're going to have an update after break. >>> 7:30 -- not to cut funding in the wake of the recent trail derailment. the derailment derailment caused widespread delays for hundreds thousands. chris christie wrote a letter that he directed new jersey transit to withhold fund until an independent inspection. >>> philadelphia suspending a program reserved on street parking places for electric car, too many neighbors are complaining saying it's unfair to allow the owners of those vehicles to reserve spots for charging stations outside their home. electric vehicle owners saying cleaning up pollution more important. counc

and the civil aviation authority have denied there's a problem with cabin air. bare's been substantial research into cabin air and none of it shows there's a risk to long—term health. the coroner in this inquest made clear that this wasn't a public enquiry into cabin airfumes and the industry has made clear that cabin air is safe will stop but the westgate fa m ily air is safe will stop but the westgate family and others do believe there is an issue here is the airline industry must treat it seriously. duncan kennedy, thank you. a brother and sisterfrom birmingham have appeared in court in london on terrorism charges. it's alleged that 21—year—old ummariyat mirza bought a knife and other items, while planning an attack in the uk. his sister, zainub, is accused of sending him links to beheading videos. both were remanded in custody until the end of the month. in the last few minutes it's been confirmed that the ukip welsh assembly member mark reckless has quit the party to become an independent. mr reckless, who represents south wales east, will vote with the conser