there is a servant who was one of their enslaved workers who they brought from mount vernon to their presidential home. and this would have been a typical scene, apparently up in the upper right hand corner as eleanor roosevelt with marian anderson. and there's a very interesting story that will go with that photo to show the contrast and the change in times between the washingtons and eleanor roosevelt. and then what happened after eleanor? so let's begin with the washingtons. if you think about the history of our first ladies in civil rights, it's a checkered past. and we have to begin to look at the washington and a precedent that they set. they brought their enslaved servants to the president's home, both in new york and philadelphia when they went to philadelphia for the second capital. they had to circumvent a philadelphia law in order to keep their enslaved workers with them. there was a law that said that any enslaved person who was in the city of philadelphia for more than six months was freed. so what washington's did was they sent their enslaved workers back and forth betw

will vernon, bbc news, columbia, south carolina.helena humphrey has been following events at the nikki haley campaign headquarters in charleston, south carolina. taking to the stage here in charleston, south carolina, nikki haley insisted that she is a woman of her word and that she will continue on in this race, going to michigan and then on to super tuesday, despite the fact there is no clear pathway ahead for her to secure the nomination. there is, however, for donald trump. in fact, he could have the nomination wrapped up by march. in his victory speech on saturday night, he did not even mention nikki haley by name. instead, he took aim at president biden. he said he wished that the general election was just around the corner. instead, he will have to wait until november. but certainly, his campaign is seeing a boost in momentum. what he did not say out loud is the fact that he is having to face some 91 criminal charges, some four criminal cases, the first one with regards to hush money payments, moving forward on the 25th of ma

will vernon, bbc news, washington.ident biden addressed concerns about his memory, he made another slip—up. answering a question about the rafah gate in gaza, he referred to abdel fattah el—sisi — the president of egypt. but said he was the president of mexico. as you know, initially the president of mexico, el—sisi, did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. i talked to him, i convinced him to open the gate. cbs correspondent michael george told me what people are saying about the president's latest mistake. that could not have come at a worse time for the president, in the middle of a news conference defending his mental competency, his republican opponents are seizing on it and they will be playing that club quite a bit. the supporters of the president called at a slipup. what is your assessment of the response from the president of the special council report? at response from the president of the special council report?— special council report? at first . lance special council report

will vernon reports from washington. gunshots ring out in central kansas city. streets packed with families and sports fans. police rushed to the scene as the injured are given first aid. guys, guys, guys. this reporter for local tv, about to go live as the chaos unfolds. eyewitnesses describe scenes of panic. all of a sudden, people started crushing forward. everybody started running. there was screaming. we didn't know what was happening. but this day and age, when people run, you run. people had gathered for this, a victory parade to celebrate the local american football team's win in the super bowl, america's biggest sporting event. over 800 police had been deployed to protect the crowds. the mayor of kansas city said that shootings like this were becoming all too common in america. i think that's something that all of us who are parents, who are just regular people living each day have to decide what we wish to do about it. parades, rallies, schools, movies. it seems like almost nothing is safe. the kansas city chiefs�* star player posted on social media th

from washington, here's will vernon. tonight, no criminal charges for president biden... tonight, no charges... the initial headlines seemed to be good news for the president. the special counsel recommended no charges be brought into his handling of official documents. a legal win for mr biden. but, politically, it was a devastating blow. the report made several claims over mr biden�*s mental competency. it described him as "a well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory". in any future trial, it said, it would be "difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him of a crime that requires a mental state of willfulness". last night, president biden hit back at those allegations. my memory is fine. my memory... take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on. butjoe biden has made a series of embarrassing slip—ups that have raised questions about his fitness for office. at a recent event, he said the current president of f

will vernon, bbc news, washington.erns about his memory, he made another slip—up when referring to president el—sisi of egypt, describing him as the president of mexico. as you know, initially the president of mexico, el—sisi, did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. i talked to him, i convinced him to open the gate. and we'll get the latest from new york in the next 20 minutes or so here on bbc news. let's stay in the us, because the supreme court has heard arguments in a case — that could decide whether donald trump is eligible to run for president. it's considering a ruling by colorado's top court, that said mr trump could not run in that state's primary, because it considered his actions during the assault on the capitol on january the 6th 2021 as insurrection. speaking to the media after the hearing, mr trump argued that striking him from the ballot would create chaos across the us. you cannot allow a president to be out there without immunity. they don't have immunity, you don't

will vernon, bbc news, washington. stay with us here on bbc news. hello.but cloud will thicken through the afternoon, and out towards the west it will already be raining by early afternoon, i think, already be raining by early afternoon, ithink, and if already be raining by early afternoon, i think, and if you look at the satellite picture you can see at the satellite picture you can see a weather front sweeping towards the uk, and that clearer weatherjust ahead of it. so i think some brightness along the east coast, may be around the midlands and the south—east. this is around for pm today, but out west you can see it is wet and on top of that it will be windy as well. where you see the green splodges, that's where the rain is heavier, for example around the lake district. south—western scotland, northern ireland and into the western isles. but around the north—east of scotland it is still relatively bright on saturday. temperatures in the north around ten, but closer to ia or 15 in the south. all of us are in for some rain tonight. it will be quite heavy

will vernon, thanks a lot.rst new president since the nordic countryjoined nato. in a close runoff election, voters chose alexander stubb of the center—right national coalition party to lead the country. he defeated the liberal green party member pekka haavisto, who conceded on sunday night. mr stubb is the country's former prime minister. he is a strong supporter of ukraine and holds unfriendly views about russia, which borders finland. the president—elect says finland will have no political relationship with its eastern neighbor. it was russia's invasion of ukraine that convinced finland to join the nato alliance, after decades of choosing not to join it to avoid angering russia. the pentagon says us secretary of defense lloyd austin has transferred his duties to his deputy, as he receives hospital treatment "for symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue". the 70—year—old underwent surgery for prostate cancer in december. he was later hospitalised for complications from the surgery. he was criticised for

will vernon, bbc news, columbia, south carolina.he centre on us politics at university college london, dr thomas gift, explained why he doesn't see a clear route to the nomination for nikki haley. donald trump has been framing himself from the very outset as the inevitable nominee for the republicans and he has been true to his word, essentially. these are thrashings, these are resounding victories for donald trump. really, at this point, nikki haley's only hope would be some type of spring surprise where donald trump's legal challenges catch up to him, either accusations surrounding the 14th amendment, which has gone to the supreme court, or his, you know, insurrection charge, or one of these 91 criminal indictments that he is facing. you know, she is hoping that this catches up to him but i don't see it happening. she has pointed to the fact she thinks the polls suggest she would do better against biden than trump would but she does not seem to be polling particularly well with republicans. how could she get more support from them

will vernon, bbc news, washington.arlier with shashankjoshi, defence editor at the economist on how deterred iran—backed militia will be after this round of strikes. iran—backed militia in iraq realised that in killing these american troops injordan, they may have gone too far. now, of course, if you fire more than 150 times at american forces over three months, you run the risk of killing americans. but i think they realise they perhaps had overstepped the mark. so we may see these groups rein it in. we may see iran rein some of these groups in. but i think it really depends. and at the same time, iran having been exposed to this, particularly if there are successive waves of strikes, will also have to save face by responding in some fashion. i think that response will be fairly limited. i don't think there is a very high risk of a spiral of escalation right this minute. but it really depends on, as gordon said, what that next subsequent round of american strikes looks like. you talk about iran reining these groups in

will vernon, bbc news, washington. won by the conservatives in 2019. the vote in kingswood in gloucestershire was triggered by chris skidmore's resignation as an mp, while the seat for the wellingborough by—election in northamptonshire is being contested after peter bone lost his seat following a recall petition. polls close at 10pm tonight. red bull's formula one team boss christian horner will make his first public appearance on thursday since a complaint of inappropriate behaviour was made against him. the 50—year—old is under investigation by red bull, but is expected to be at the launch of the team's new car. mr horner has denied the allegations. the welsh coastline is home to some of the largest seabird colonies in the world, including gulls and gannets. but a new study, by the rspb, has found that bird flu has had a devastating impact on the number of migrating species arriving in the uk. brendon williams reports. just two years ago, there were 34,500 northern gannet nests on this pembrokeshire rock, once the fo

will vernon, bbc news, washington.ernment say 16 were killed, among them civilians, 25 injured in the air strikes on pro—iran targets, the iraqi prime minister of the said in a statement strikes were an aggression against iraq's sovereignty and denied they were coordinated by the baghdad government with washington, calling their social lives, and saying the us military correlation in the region has become a reason for threatening security and stability in iraq and justification for involving a rack in regional and international conference, reported by reuters. iran said us attacks are another strategic mistake by the us which will escalate tensions in the region. also from rotors. —— reuters. our security correspondent gordon correra criticism to be expected, described as a violation of sovereignty by iraq, syria saying it is significant because these are targets associated with iranian—backed groups have been which hit in iraq and syria. you would expect these countries to criticise the us, criticise this action overn

we started with a clean slate and then you run into vernon davis. you run into all those hall of famers, uh, and then wayne newton to boot. and carrot top yesterday. so you just don't know what you're going to see at the super bowl. it's a mixed bag i know, joe, like you said, you've been covering these for years. >> super bowls. what's your favorite part? is it running around just kind of bumping into people at random that you haven't seen for years or talking to old veteran players? what do you like the most? >> yeah, i would have to say that is the favorite part for me . uh, i've been so fortunate to do this all these years, and you do develop friendships with people. hadn't seen vernon davis for a few years. uh, we ran into takeo spikes. yeah today. and when you get to run into a guy that, you know, we covered them from all those years and you develop a little bit of a friendship with them, i will say, for me, that's probably the favorite part as well. >> and real quick, joe, for all the 40 niners fans here in the bay area, just an update on the

that was will vernon. so how many nato allies routinely hit their 2% obligation?et's take a look. aside from the us, with its huge $860 billion military budget, only 11 out of 30 nato members achieved the 2% spending commitment. they include the uk, greece, and poland, which commits a record 4% of its gdp to defence — as well as a number of other central and eastern european states. but many long—time nato members, including some of its founders, such as france, germany, spain and italy, do not currently meet the threshold — causing concern on the other side of the atlantic. for more, i spoke to melinda haring from the atlantic council. nato is the security alliance that has held europe together and the west together for 75 years. and i think will's report was spot on. but it's not just these front—line eastern european countries that are starting to sweat. western europe is starting to sweat with more of this rhetoric coming out from donald trump. there is a legitimate point to be made, though, isn't there, when we see that only 11 out of 31 allies are spending t

will vernon, bbc news, washington.hard goodstein, who was the former adviser to bill and hillary clinton. auto policy and strategy in a moment altar, but are you worried about age, memory, those things we have just heard about inner peace? you know, joe just heard about inner peace? 7m. know, joe biden famously says do not compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative. donald trump is not exactly someone who should be throwing stones. this is trump, a man who said that he beat 0bama in 2016, who feared getting into world war ii in the future, who mistook nikki haley and nancy pelosi. so this is not exactly somebody who is fit as a fiddle himself. look, there is a reason that democrats wantjoe biden to get re—elected, and that is because of how much he has accomplished, shockingly, with narrow margins in congress, and frankly the promise to do things in the future that trump would never do and what frankly reverse. it is interesting. — and what frankly reverse. it is interesting, i— and what frankly reverse.

let's go to washington, dc and our correspondent will vernon. house? the vernon. what has been the reaction from the white house?— from the white house? the white house releasing _ from the white house? the white house releasing a _ from the white house? the white house releasing a statement - from the white house? the white i house releasing a statement earlier calling these comments appalling and unhinged, and accusing mr trump of encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes. we have heard this kind of thing from mr trump before, he is a notorious sceptic of nato and other international alliances. while in office, he was criticised for heaping praise on vladimir putin, for calling nato obsolete and saying it was an unnecessary strain on america's resources. but we should remember, these comments were made at a campaign rally. this was mr trump trying to portray himself as a tough international statesman, standing up for american interests. a lot of his supporters, that's what they want to hear, that will appeal to them, tha

thank. you very much indeed, will vernon.yd austin has said the following. today, the militaries of the united states and the uk, support also from australia, bahrain, canada, denmark, the netherlands and new zealand conducted additional strikes against military targets in houthi —controlled areas of yemen. these strikes intended to further distract and degrade the capabilities of the iranian backed houthi militia. this of course aimed at compromising their ability to attack shipping in specifically the red sea. we will keep you up—to—date with anything more we know about those strikes. earlier, the united states hit more than 85 targets in iraq and syria, which it says had links to iran. white house national security spokesmanjohn kirby said three facilities were hit in iraq and four were hit in syria. the us said iran's islamic revolutionary guards corp quds force and affiliated militia groups were struck. an iraqi government spokesperson, bassem al—awadi, says the us hit locations in the iraqi towns of akashat and al-qaim.

will vernon, bbc news, washington.as lisa lopez—galvan — she's a local radio dj. a kansas city radio host dana wright spoke to the bbc and paid tribute to lisa lopez—galvan. she is a beloved member of our community and i spoke with one of her friends today who is absolutely heartbroken. her cousin actually called into our programme when she was in critical condition and was trying to explain just the disbelief that this beloved member of our community and who djs all of the weddings, she isjust a huge light and beautiful person in our community, that is really well—known for all of the weddings. and he called in when she was in critical condition. and about an hour later called in again to share the news with us live on our programme that she had in fact passed away at the hospital. and she, like everyone else, joined the 800,000, 900,000 others going down just to have a great time and celebrate. this was a day of celebration. and the fact that this happened between what appears to be two groups of idiots who don't und

will vernon, bbc news, washington.orrespondent charlotte writght explained what message the prime minister was trying to send to his party. well, i think he's trying to say, "stick with me." it was a bruising day yesterday for the conservatives. two big losses in those by—elections in wellingborough and kingswood. labour won both taking the seats off the tories. and many conservative mps are feeling despondent at the very least about it, about their experience and about their chances at the next election, which we know is due later this year. so rishi sunak took to the telegraph, which is a newspaper that is read by a lot of conservative party members, activists, and crucially, mps to say, "stick with me, stick with my plan." and he's calling for the "conservative family", as he calls it, to come together and back his plan. it's clearly a message directly to conservative party members, but also his own mps in a week when, you know, they've been having a pretty tricky time. it seems like a bit of a kind of rallying cry

will vernon, thank you for all of that. thank you forjoining us.been reaction from a number of world leaders, many of them learning of the news while at a key security conference in munich. the british government said it has summoned representatives of the russian embassy to make clear it held russian authorities "fully responsible" for the death of navalny. make no mistake — putin is responsible for navalny�*s death. putin is responsible. what has happened to not only is yet more proof of putin's brutality. —— what has happened to navalny is yet more proof of putin's brutality. we should hold putin accountable for this and we should be under no doubt about the regime in russia. russia has serious . questions to answer. alexei navalny has been i a strong voice for freedom, for democracy for many yearsl and nato and nato allies has — have called for his immediate release for a long time. - the world has lost a freedom fighter in alexei navalny. we will honour his name. and in his name, we will stand up for democracy and for our values. translation:

the, the facilities of the news line from vernon mediate is pushed for a cause, a truth this a lot of work to be done. but we continue to believe that an agreement as possible and indeed essential. america's top step in math arrives in israel to discuss, come off is response to propose field, also coming up by as in israel to discuss how mazda is response to propose field. also coming up a possible presidential privilege denied for donald trump. the us appeals court ruled the former president has no immunity against the charges. he tried to overturn his 2020 elections. the army. here mohammed, it's good to have you with us. you are a secretary of state and me blinking has arrived in israel where he will discuss, lost his response to a proposed garza ceased by a deal. the dropped was drawn up over a week ago during talks broken by the united states cuts are and egypt. the mediators are cautiously optimistic that home us and israel can reach an agreement, but they still have to find a formula acceptable to both sides. hopes for do between israel and homos, a growing as the militant grou

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you see how nice mount vernon is? he didn't want to leave and. and i think the important thing is, is that he kept that in the draft box. right. he didn't send any stayed and he saw it through and, you know, in recent in recent years, when we have politicians that do the same thing, that that shows some kind of courage and forge forging compromise, there. they're punished by the strongest elements on an ideological spectrum, which is which is frustrating. so that's not really a solution. but just more what i think is, is one of the biggest problems. so historians like to say that history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. and i think that the what we're seeing now terms of a lack of compromise has actually happened couple of times before. so and there are two two reasons, i think, to explain that. first, julian talked about in the first session, when there are there are advent of new technology and information is spread faster, then it makes it harder to compromise because people know more about what's happening this is true with telegraph, of

will vernon, bbc news, washington.he moon. if it goes to plan in a week's time, it will be the first american moon landing in more than 50 years. the mission is part of nasa's artemis campaign, which aims to put humans back on the moon by the end of the decade. our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. fuelled up and ready for launch. on board the odysseus spacecraft. three, two, one, ignition... ..and liftoff. go spacex, go im—1 and the odysseus lunar lander. lighting up the night sky and on its way to the moon. you can see the blast from the rocket�*s powerful first stage, as it sends it hurtling away from earth's gravity. inside the rocket, separation of the first stage, itsjob now done. now, the protective nose cone peels away, the legs of the lander now in clear view. at the control centre, staff watch nervously at the next critical stage. im—1 odysseus lunar lander, separation confirmed. the start of an eight dayjourney to the lunar surface. beautiful launch, so exciting. and its mission. characterising the

will vernon, bbc news, washington.a peri, who was senior speech writer for president barack obama. thanks so much forjoining us on the programme, we will come to strategy in a moment, but would you agree that the special counsel's report, in reference to the present�*s memory, is really damaging for him? well, i don't think that the report is much more than a political hit job by a trump appointee, but there is no doubt that it is problematic for the campaign is no doubt that it is problematic forthe campaign and is no doubt that it is problematic for the campaign and for president biden, because it editorialise as all kinds of things about his mental acuity and his memory which may or may not be true, and it does it in a way which was pretty shocking, i think, to the white house and the american people. that is not thejob of the special prosecutor, to actually do any of that it of the special prosecutor, to actually do any of that it may not be his particular _ actually do any of that it may not be his particularjob.

and in vernon also coming up us sanctions is really settlers deep in the west bank saying violence against palestinian civilians. there is reached intolerable levels. it's a rare us move against is really is as war rages in gods, the little m. terry martin, thanks for being with us. at least 3 people have been killed in a gas explosion and fire in the canyon capital nairobi. according to the canyon red cross, hundreds more were injured. a government spokesperson said that the fire broke out around midnight after a truck loaded with gas canisters exploded. it then spread nearby homes and businesses firefighters. have since extinguished the blaze and an investigation into the cause. the incident is under way. for now, for more i'm joined now by our corresponded mario miller. she is at the scene in nairobi. mario do authorities know yet what exactly caused the explosion. yes, that almost search and the government's books then said that the lorries that you can see behind me and they were loaded with liquid petroleum gas. and these cylinders they exploded for the middle of the night as, who sa

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will vernon reports from south carolina. # proud to be an american...#. already got his sights set on the presidential election in november. we're going to be up here on november 5th and we're going to look atjoe biden, and we're going to look him right in the eye — he's destroying our country — and we're going to say, "joe, you're fire, get out. get out, joe, you're fired." this is yet another resounding win for donald trump, who is steam—rolling towards victory in this primary contest. here in south carolina, mr trump was looking to bolster his position as the undisputed, unassailable frontrunner in this race. and that's exactly what he's done. y'all are a rowdy bunch. cheering. despite trailing trump by a wide margin, nikki haley was defiant, vowing to continue her campaign. there are huge numbers of voters in our republican primaries who are saying they want an alternative. i said earlier this week that no matter what happens in south carolina, i would continue to run for president. i'm a woman of my word. i think that she's a great proponent for wome

we will bring in will vernon who spent many years reporting on russia and navalny.ecognized some of the images of his early rallies where you were there as well. tell us about his rise as such a prominent opposition figure. reporter: my colleagues and i were there throughout all of the mainstream events really. he had annexed ordinary political career. back in 2011, we were on one of the main squares in moscow. 100,000 people came out to posttest. that's where alexei navalny rose to prominence. he made a series of speeches that were well received. calling vladimir putin's political party the party of crooks and thieves. we were there at many of his course case did -- cases. he was arrested on embezzlement charges, the first in the long run of brushes with the law. we were also there when his team traveled across russia, opening a network of political offices after alexei navalny launched a presidential bid in 2016. he was later barred from the 2018 presidential election. we were there in moscow when he returned to russia after being poisoned. he returned in 2021. as