Meanwhile, new measures to curb immigration are understood to be among the pledges in the conservatives manifesto launched tomorrow. A Record Number of people in work, but there are more warnings of a squeeze on living standards. And trying to fight digital propaganda the millions of fake profiles created on social media pumping out misinformation. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news theres so much at stake in the championship as Sheffield Wedmnesday and huddersfield look to reach the play off final to face reading. Good evening. President trump is facing what his critics say are the most serious allegations to beset his presidency so far. He has been accused of trying to get the former head of the fbi, james comey who he sacked last week to drop an investigation into links between his former National Security adviser and the russians. The claims have prompted a small but growing number of the president s fellow republicans to call for an independent inquiry into links between the Trump Administration team and the russians. Our North America editor jon sopel reports. Chuck schumer, and chuck schumer, donald trump was today on the way to the Coastguard Academy as his administration seemed to be listing. Our commander in chief, donald trump. This has been the most torrid week of the presidency and though he didnt address each individual set back there was a message. No politician in history, and i say this with great surety, has been treated worse, or more unfairly. You cannot let them get you down. I didnt get elected to serve the washington media, i got elected to serve the forgotten Men And Women of oui serve the forgotten Men And Women of our country and thats what im doing. He has become more famous than me zmrchlt his. The disclose that james comey kept notes of his meetings with the president , including over the sacked Michael Flynn is serious. Donald trump is reported to have said to comey amid allegation that this amounted to Obstruction Ofjustice the white house denied any wrong doing, saying the president hadnt told the fbi director to stop his work. It brought this from the democratic leader. The president says what comey says was wrong. Prove it. It is easy to prove. As long as there are tapes or transcripts of what happened. If the president s right, he will have no problem releasing memos, tapes, transcripts that corroborate his story. Other democrats have started using the i word. I rise today mr speaker to call for the impeachment of the president of the United States of america. For Obstruction Ofjustice. This is not good for america. Some influential republicans too are growing restive with comparisons to the days of nixon. I think we have seen this movie before, i think its reaching the point where it is of watergate size and scale and a couple of other scandals that you andi couple of other scandals that you and i have seen. It has been a bad week, last tuesday came the firing ofjames week, last tuesday came the firing of james comey with the white house giving muddled explanations about why and then the president seemed to threaten comey saying he had better hopes there are no tapes of our conversation. And the president divulged material to the Russian Foreign minister. But what about the mood outside washington . In the home of country and western, in nashville, the trump loyalists are not changing tune. Theyre still singing stand by your man. You cant tell me that all these leaks and comments that come through almost daily are not because people are trying to subvert the president. The things theyre saying about him is a lie. All the immediates are democrats and left wingers, they dont want to see him do well or america do well. Theyjust want to give america away. The president , who returned to the white house tonight will be buoyed by this support but that is kwha gets you elected. Not what keeps you in power and this administration cant afford any more weeks like the one thats just gone. Jon is at the white house now. How serious a moment this is for donald trump . If you drew up a league table of the allegations that have swirled around donald trump and looked at what was the most serious, i think potentially this memo from james comey is the most serious. Like any good detective he has kept notes of his meetings with donald trump and if it was a court of law, that would be entirely admissible as evidence. The notes of an fbi person. So that presents a problem for donald trump and some say he will be impeached now. Impeachment is, fora will be impeached now. Impeachment is, for a start you have got to have a huge burden of proof. But it has never happened in us history. It not only has to pass the house of representatives, it becomes a trial in the senate and you need a two thirds majority for that to happen. That is still unlike and still premature to talk about this, but it has been a torrid week for the white house and you have seen members of staff feeling insecure about their jobs, the president has made mis steps, you see on capitol hill the republicans feeling uncertain about the future. It has sometimes felt like we are going through a daily soap opera, an improbable plot line, but what we are not yet at is the season end, that still has a long way to go. Thank you. The bbc understands the conservativing will promise to curb immigration when they publish their manifesto tomorrow. Lets talk to our Political Editor in westminster. These are the first details we are getting. Yes the publication of any ma nifesto getting. Yes the publication of any manifesto is a Big Dealfor A party leader, particularly for theresa may, because of course this is the first big document to come from the conservatives since she has been in charge and it is her decision to call the election and her calculation that the ideas that she and her team will put forward will be enough to keep her on in Downing Street and one of those first m essa 9 es street and one of those first messages is an uncompromising one on imdprags. Migration. It is her calculation that voters say immigration must come down and she will say immigration is too high and when immigration is too high that has consequences for society. The question is of course then well what is she going to do. Dont forget as Home Secretary in charge for six yea rs, Home Secretary in charge for six years, she missed that target of bringing immigration down to under a hundred thousand. Tomorrow she will recommit to that figure and make that promise again that if elected under her Leadership Immigration will come down to under 100,000. She will come down to under 100,000. She will also say that Student Numbers will also say that Student Numbers will stay in those Immigration Figures and there has been pressure on her to change that, arguments that it creates a false picture. But she will also propose extra charges for employers who bring in non eu workers from Around The World, she will double the amounts theyre expected to pay if they want to hire them. There is a suggestion that people from Around The World other than the eu will have to pay more to use the nhs during the time theyre here. There will be plenty more big ideas on social care. But i think broadly this is not going to be a ma nifesto broadly this is not going to be a manifesto that is full of hearts and flowers, i think it is going to be a hard headed document with theresa mays ambition, her calculation, is that by saying to the country, i know there are problems that you wa nts know there are problems that you wants me to fix, she will come across as the leader that they believe can sort them. Thank you. The Liberal Democrats have as expected pledged to hold a second referendum on the final brexit deal if they win the election. In their manifesto which they launched today the party promised to spend billions more on housing, education and the nhs. It would be funded in part by a Penny Increase on income tax. Other policies include the legalisation of cannabis and a future ban on sales of diesel cars and vans. Heres our political correspondent, vicki young. Tim far ron wants the election to be about brexit. Someone is going to have the final say. It could be the politicians, or it could be the people. I believe it must be the people. I believe it must be the people. But is his message getting through . I caught up with him as he toured a school. Certainly there are many people lacking hope. They think that the only thing on the table is theresa mays bleak vision of us leaving the eu with a hard brexit. There are many people who voted for remain who accept that result, something youre unwilling to do and they feel you have got to get on with it and many thing traichl is the person to do theresa may is the person to do theresa may is the person to do. Many have given up the person to do. Many have given up the fight, what im saying is i havent. If you believe that britains future is better alongside oui britains future is better alongside our neighbours in europe, you should not be forced to accept a stitch up. You should have the final say. The ma nifesto you should have the final say. The manifesto promises £8 billion of investment in england and an increase in Corporation Tax and a rise in income tax to Fund Spending on health and an end to the freeze on health and an end to the freeze on working age benefits and to legalise cannabis. There is no mention of abolishing tuition fees in england, a policy they abandoned when they went into coalition with the conservatives. Do you accept tuition fees were the right thing to do . I voted against the rise. I think it is important that people keep their word. That is why my advice to others is dont make promises you cant keep. Would you reverse it now . We have said we would put money to returning grants to stu d e nts would put money to returning grants to students to make sure it is affordable. In london the liberal Democrat Hope to come back. The area voted against brexit. So how is the promise of another referendum going down. It is childish to think because you dont like a decision that has been made and voted for that has been made and voted for that you can go back and reverse it. This is democracy, this is the country we live in and we should stand by that, even though the decision wasnt one that i liked. Stand by that, even though the decision wasnt one that i likedlj dont think the fight should ever stop. It is too important and too many lies and yeah we should carry oii many lies and yeah we should carry on fighting until we have no you know fight left in us. I was disappointed about the news of a potential referendum chl i think that ship has sailed and it is about getting the best kind of brexit. How many seats do you need too gain too keep yourjob1234 . We many seats do you need too gain too keep yourjob 1234 . We need above keep yourjob1234 . We need above all else is to offer the british people this one chance, The Last Chance Saloon for britain, if you believe britain is open, tolerant and united and reject the extreme version of brexit and want a better future, the Liberal Democrats are the only Party Offering you hope. Two years ago the Liberal Democrats narrowly avoided election wipe out. But they hope the vote to leave the eu has thrown them a political lifeline. Well the lib dems are hoping to attract young voters notjust with that pledge for another referendum on any brexit deal, but also with a number of other policies concerning housing and the voting age. Our home editor mark easton has been to cambridge, a key target seat for the lib dems, to see what young voters are focussing on there. Were here to talk to you about the election today. Let us know your thoughts and tweet us. The voice of the young. So often ignored by the politicians, its loud and clear at Cambridge Regional college. This could be about anything such as brexit, student tuition, student loans. Call radio cambridge broadcasts to thousands of young voters in the Liberal Democrats number one target seat. So whats on their minds . I think politicians have to start appealing to young people, because these young people are going to grow old. I think theres many things that need to be changed, such as tuition, health care, nhs it all needs to be different now and i think that a lot of people need to take the young peoples opinions into consideration. The liberal democrat manifesto promises young people cheaper bus fares, higher welfare payments, help with housing and votes for 16 year olds. Is lowering the voting age the kind of policy that cuts it with these Student Hairdressers . A lot of people my age dont know enough about it and they kind of they go with that their parents think, so i dont think its a great idea. Brexits a big issue for you, isnt it, explain why . Well, im a british citizen, but my parents are portuguese and so are the rest of my family. How do i know that nothing will happen to them and they wont have to be going back to their country and im just here . The Liberal Democrats are saying they want a much softer brexit thats going to retain access to the single market, Free Movement and so on. Is that appealing for someone like you . Well, i guess its all talk. I dont know if its going to be done. Political wisdom decrees that your manifesto should appeal to people who will actually vote. So the Liberal Democrats focus on younger people is something of a risk. 18 to 24 year olds are almost half as likely to vote as pensioners. This college has been encouraging students to register before next mondays deadline, but cities with large Student Populations have been reporting a big drop in registrations. And theres a Credibility Issue for the Liberal Democrats. After promising not to put up University Tuition fees in the 2010 election, they voted to do just that in government. Are the Liberal Democrats damaged goods now . I dont really remember when they put them up, i was probablyjust finishing Secondary School and stuff, so i didnt Pay Attention to it. For me, knowing what theyve done, i wouldnt be able to trust them. I feel like theyre stuck in a catch 22, because what theyre giving is a mix in the middle. Theyre not going to completely cut tuition fees, but theyre going to offer a maintenance grant, which is great, it is as accessible as it should be. Everybody should be given the chance to go to uni. So these are liberal democrat target voters in a liberal democrat target seat. Im quite excited, but nervous at the same time. For the party, a lot depends on how they respond to to promises of politicians. Mark easton, bbc news, cambridge. There are new warnings that workers are facing a squeeze in living standards. The latest figures indicate that wages are not keeping pace with the cost of living. However, another set of figures show that a Record Number of people are now in work. A Business Fair in leeds and good news onjobs firms hiring plenty of people as Economic Growth remains positive. We are continually recruiting staff, we have grown really quickly in the last two years from four to 32 people. Weve just employed our new park manager and weve also employed in the last couple of months a new ground staff. At this moment on our company website, ithink, we have 15 vacancies posted. The last time we saw unemployment this low was 1975, when the price of a pint of milk was a princely seven pence. It was also an era of high inflation and rapidly increasing incomes. Today, inflation is creeping back and incomes growth is falling. Lets look at the more recent history of pay and rising prices in britain. If we go right back to the year 2000, you can see that earnings were consistently above the rate of inflation. On average, people were better off. That came to an abrupt halt in 2008 when the financial crisis hit. Wages fell sharply and inflation rose, as things like the cost of petrol went up. That led to this long period of pay squeeze and that didnt come to an end until september 2014. And until today, wages have stayed above the cost of living, but the gap has been closing and today those lines crossed. Individual incomes on average are going down again. Donna spicer is a Teaching Assistant from south east london. She has faced a pay freeze for four years. I struggle to eat sometimes. I have no social life because of no money to go out and its a choice of heating and eating. So one winter it was sitting there with blankets, hot water bottles, jackets, jumpers. Low unemployment used to mean higher wages as firms chased good workers. Higher inflation used to mean workers demanded increased pay rises, but people are still concerned about asking for a pay rise and the Public Sector pay freeze remains in place. The big question for 2017 is whether wages respond to either of two big pressures those are fast rising inflation and very low unemployment. If they dont, were likely to see the pay squeeze continue for some time and thats really concerning. Is there a spark for the uk economy . A way to produce more wealth from the hard hours we work . That relies on productivity going up. But the figures are down again. Until that problem is solved, the danger of a continued income squeeze remains. Kamal ahmed, bbc news. The number of Child Migrants and refugees travelling alone Around The World has reached Record Numbers. The United Nations is warning that many of them are at risk of being exploited by smugglers and traffickers. In the past two years alone at least 300,000 unaccompanied children were recorded in some 80 countries. 160,000 of them applied for asylum in europe. 0ur correspondent, caroline hawley, has been to greece where she has been talking to children whove fled war and poverty. They had to cross through five Different Countries to get here three afghan orphans now being looked after at a shelter in athens. Hameed is 15, his brother ali 13 and mortaza11. Their parents were killed in a taliban bomb. The boys arrived here in march after a month long journey, partly on foot, in the hands of smugglers. Hameed says they now want to join their 18 year old brother in sweden. How difficult was the journey, what was the hardest part . With so many migrants now stuck in greece, theres not space in proper shelters for all the unaccompanied children and there are stories of teenagers being forced to work for no pay or prostituting themselves for pocket money. One in ten of the children whove arrived in greece travelled alone. These syrian brothers told me their parents had sent them to europe to avoid them being conscripted. Its very dangerous to stay in syria because theyre taking a lot of children like us, from the age 16, to the war, to fighting. In the shelter they live in, 21 teenagers are learning how to play again. The man in charge of the refuge fled iran as a child himself and is now a psychologist. Translation all these kids have psychological difficulties they have sleep problems, aggressiveness, self harm, not wanting to eat or be around other people. Some of them will be scarred for life by what theyve been through. And the un says that Record Numbers of children are now on the move around the World Without their parents driven from their countries by conflict and desperation. Much more must be done, it says, to protect them. Caroline hawley, bbc news, athens. A brief look at some of the days other news stories. A council has been ordered to pay nearly £200,000 to a former member of staff who was sexually abused by a council official. Richard rowe, whos waived his right to anonymity, successfully sued Sheffield City council after being assaulted by roger dodds in the early 1980s. Dodds, whos 81, was imprisoned in february for a series of assaults. A Lawyerfor Ian Brady has made clear that the ashes of the moors murderer, who died on monday, will not be scattered on Saddleworth Moor in greater manchester, where most of his victims were buried. The assurance came during a Coroners Court hearing this afternoon in southport. The irish prime minister, enda kenny, has announced he will stand down next month when his party, fine gael, elects a new leader to take over. He led the country through the economic crisis, but his position was weakened after last years election which resulted in a Minority Coalition government. The former american soldier, Chelsea Manning who was behind one of the biggest Intelligence Leaks in us history has been released from Military Prison. The 29 year old was expected to remain in jail until 2045, but president 0bama commuted her sentence just before he left the white house injanuary. 0ur correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports from kansas. Chelsea manning, seen here in herfinal days behind bars. Held in an all male prison, she won her fight to have surgery to transition to life as a woman. As she stepped out to a new life, she shared photos of the everyday things shes missed, like pizza. In a statement she said she was looking forward to so much. Chelsea manning left the Military Prison here at Fort Leavenworth in the early hours of this morning under the cover of darkness. Her supporters say shes a whistle blower and a hero, but in the past Donald Trumps called her an ungrateful traitor. And thats a view shared by many people ive spoken to near the base here who believe her actions put many lives at risk. It was while she was living as Bradley Manning that she was convicted of one of the largest leaks of Government Information in us history. A low ranking army private in iraq, manning hacked government databases, Handing Hundreds Of Thousands of classified documents to the wikileaks organisation. It included this video of a us Apache Helicopter strike in iraq, which killed civilians and journalists. And diplomatic cables which revealed the private thoughts of us officials. Wikilea ks had very significant impacts. In certain countries, for a variety of reasons, it did not necessarily have the Global Impact that we had initially feared. But Chelsea Manning put real american interests and real lives at risk. Supporters have been campaigning for her release for years. They say she faced discrimination in prison because of her transgender identity, which she revealed shortly after her sentencing. Shes learned how to live with her situation, as it was, because she thought you was going to be there for a long time, and now shes ready to get out and, more importantly, shes ready to finally be able to live as the woman that she is. For now, Chelsea Manning will remain a member of the us military, without pay, as she appeals her conviction. Chelsea mannings release has been met with a mixed reaction. Her friend say she could take on a public role as a campaigner for transgender rights. In the seven years she spent behind bars, society has changed a quite a bit. Transgender are now able to serve openingly in the us military. Thank you. More on the Election Campaign now and the latest in our series looking at the new shape of politics in the uk. Its now three years since scotland chose to remain a part of the united kingdom. Tonight, our special correspondent, allan little, reports on how the principle fault line in this Election Campaign still seems to be the matter of independence. Theres new energy in the scottish conservative party, for 20 years theyd all but disappeared from the electoral map, now theyre ahead of labour as the second party of scotland why . Strong and stable leadership is not front and centre stage here, its the union that dominates their campaign message. People are leaving labour and coming to us because we are the party of the union and its the party you can put your trust in. The second Independence Referendum was the issue that motivated me tojoin the conservative party and to take an active part in, you know, the Election Campaign. Yes, as soon as you go door to door, start door knocking, the first thing they want to talk about, its supposed to be local issues and then it becomes very, very much about the Independence Referendum. Its all they want to talk about. It is the number one issue in scotland. Until recently, general elections in scotland were about the same question as in the rest of the country, namely who do you want to govern britain . And for 50 years, scotlands answer to that question was labour. The Independence Referendum of 2014 realigned scottish politics. Now the question is not so much who do you want to govern britain, but do you want to be in britain at all . In the 20th century, scots were devoted unionists, bound into the uk by the great shared enterprises of empire, the Second World War and the post war welfare state. The Nationalised Industries coal, steel, shipbuilding were bedrocks, notjust of labour loyalty, but of british identity in scotland. Miners in fife were part of the community of shared interest with miners in yorkshire and south wales. The deindustrialisation of the 1980s and 90s brought down these powerful pillars of britishness in scotland. For much of the 20th century, dundee was a labour fortress. In 2014, it became yes city, voting for independence by the largest margin in the country. So ive been kind of falling out of love with labourfor a long time. That experience pushed many traditional Labour Voters to the snp. Jane phillips was among them, she believes independence is inevitable. The idea is there and its like trying to unknow something. You cant unknow it, and now that idea is out there, theres the move towards it. Its like, think of all the other countries in the world whove got their independence, think about the british empire. Once this notion of independence was out there, it was an inextricable move towards it. You cant unknow that idea of taking control of your own future