And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. President obama meets with the Saudi Arabian king at a time when the historic allies may not be seeing eye to eye. Criminal charges against three officials in flight, michigan. Where he led tainted water has caused a crisis and cause were accountability. They had a duty to protect the health of families of four. They failed. Did they ever whisper . Never, my lord. Laura using the works of William Shakespeare to address racism in america. 400 years after the bards death, the issues he wrote about resonate today. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Broadcast inghts saudi arabia. President obama set down with the countrys king salman. It is a two day trip to ease tension with americas historic ally. The nuclear deal with iran and the handling of the conflict in syria put a strain on relations. Also on the agenda was the saudiled military campaign in yemen which will come up tomorrow. Jon sopel is traveling with the president he joined us a short time ago. I started by asking what the two leaders talks about today. Jon apparently the meeting went on for far longer than people anticipated. For two hours. They share a lot of common objectives. They just are not share any Common Ground on how to get there. Syria, the saudi state that america has been weak and inconsistent. Think iran deal, they that iran has been given too much over the nuclear deal. America thinks that they should share the neighborhood a phrase which infuriated a saudis. Im told they even discussed human rights with the president saying there are too many executions going on at the moment and he must do more about the human rights record. The saudi king push back hard. I am told that there was a frantic exchange of views. A diplomatic euphemism if there ever was one for a tense discussion. Laura did you get the sense that they are looking beyond president obama to whoever is next in the white house . Yeah. I think there is a strong sense of that. You cannot measure this meeting in terms of the progress that has been made. This may be Barack Obamas fourth visit to saudi arabia. He knows that this will be his last. The saudis are thinking that come november there will be a new president chariot in january they will be installed in them white house. New chapter. Barack obama brought air force one tomorrow night to fly to london. I think that he will be heaving a sigh of relief. Laura jon sopel. Thank you for joining us. Asking. Lawmakers critical questions of americas relations with saudi arabia. The credit signature mr. For mercy. A brief time ago i spoke with him from capitol hill. Visit, anrcy, is the unstable region for many decades. What is it that you want to see change about the relationship . Think it is important to acknowledge that this is one of our most important relationships in the region. We have cooperated with the saudis when it comes or antiterrorism activity. They have been a source of stability, especially trying to tempt down on soothing animosity toward israel. Partselationship also has that are not working right now. The conflict in yemen, which is a saudiled Campaign Funded by the United States is making our country less safe, not more safe, because it is giving a norms room to grow for extremist groups. Grow forus room to extremist groups. There has to be talk about the flow of money to clerics who see a brand of intolerant islam around the world that often forms the Building Blocks for extremist movements. There theres a lot senator murphy. You said the u. S. Should stop providing logistical and intelligence support for backed saudi military campaigns in yemen. Legislation would put conditions on that support that i introduced. Saudi needs to make a commitment to stop targeting civilians using cluster bombs, they have to allow humanitarianism in yemen. I am not suggesting that we end our assistance, but we should provide a higher level of conditionality. Laura i doing that as a democrat you are at odds with the white house. What are they saying to you . It is not the first time that i have been at odds with the white house over some u. S. Intervention abroad. The fact is what im saying is not different than what the president is saying. He wants saudi arabia to rejoin the fight here the president has been pushing him at the administration has been pushing the issue of humanitarian assistance and civilian casualties. Im saying with a piece of legislation with the administration has been saying in private that probably mirrors the messages the president is delivering to the king. Laura the president called the saudis freeloaders. Not a message i imagine he will be delivering in person. Saudis imhat the not doing enough to combat the Islamic State in the region . I dont know if i would use that term, but theres no question that the saudis can do more to take on extremism. They are predominantly focused on iran. Formhave stopped in some supporting our campaign against isil to focus on iran and the conflict inside yemen. In yemen there has been niemendous growth of the yeme branch of al qaeda. Yet the saudis have been exclusively on the houthis. There is no doubt they can do more. Laura by publicly questioning the relationship with the saudis , do you risk destabilizing an alliance that has served america for decades . Buy the argument that by raising public concerns about americanionship or foreignpolicy objective that you are weakening this country or this relationship. Frankly, i think it is congress over the course of its history, questioning american foreignpolicy, that has often righted our ship abroad. I will not be quiet about the concerns that i have about this administration, or any other administration, foreign policy. I want to do what we are doing to protect america. Right now, i do not think the civil war inside yemen funded in part by the United States is in the National Security interest of our country. Laura thank you for joining us. Water crisisint officially became a criminal case. Three officials have been charged with felony offenses in connection with lead contamination in the water supply and the response to it. It has gained National Attention and played into the president ial campaign. Gary odonoghue reports. Fary two years ago the city of flint switched his water supply to the flint water in a moneysaving exercise. Immediately, residents began complaining about the taste and appearance of what is coming out of the tap. For 18 months, the complaints went unheard, dismissed as troublemaking by state officials. Today, michigans attorney general announced urges against the reach individuals that could mean five years in prison. Theiry fail to discharge duties. They failed in their responsibilities to protect the health and safety of families of flint. Gary it has emerged that warnings about the water were republicanhigans governor in february of last year. It was not until october that he acknowledged the problem. Im sorry. I will fix it. As a citizen of this great state, no one should indoor this kind of catastrophe. Endure this kind of catastrophe. Washingtoness and has not agreed to allocate federal money to help fund. Democratic congressmen say that congress will not help his city in its hour of crisis. These american citizens in flint, michigan have a right to have their federal government come to their aid when they are in crisis. When their health is threatened. Gary for the test which back to the original water source. That by bit lead pipes are being replaced. Officials face separate investigations. Prosecutors say that there will be more charges. Gary odonoghue, bbc news. Laura the scandal of flints water. In other news, the france government will extend a state of the until the end of july to 2016 football championship. It was imposed after november. It gives Authority Power to control crowds and impose house arrests. It was due to expire next month, but the government has an unprecedented terrorist threat remains pure the European Union has charge google with antipractices in a dispute over how the Company Targets its android marketing system. Android runs on 80 of the worlds more fun. Google is abusing that dominance by preand selling its own absent services as defaults. Ccording to the European Union google faces a huge fine if it loses. Harriet tubman, the former slave who buried others into freedom, will replace Andrew Jackson on the 20 bill. If followed months of campaigning to keep alexander hamilton, the founding other of the American Banking system on a 10 bill and replace jackson. Tubman is the first woman in the first africanamerican to be featured on u. S. Paper currency. New york delivered bigtime for the republican and democratic frontrunners in the u. S. President ial race. Last night, donald trump and Hillary Clinton celebrated victories in the big apple primary. That brings them a step closer to ceiling their partys nominations. Will the momentum carry them all the way . Nick bryant reports. Nick donald trump entered his victory rally with big apple slacker. Swagger. Ple Frank Sinatras anthem echoing around the atrium around the skyscraper that bears the billionaires name. Mr. Trump i can think of no where i would rather have this victory. Nick he won over 60 of the vote giving him a big delicate haul that moves him closer to the republican president ial nomination. Mr. Trump we dont have much of the race anymore based on what im seeing on television. Senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. Nick the race is not over yet. He can be stopped if his opponents get enough delegates and contests to deprive him of an outright victory. Hillary clinton. Hillary clinton is becoming more clear cut. Or the former new york senator, this was the happiest of homecomings. Mrs. Clinton today, you proved once again there is no place like home. Ick no wonder it has become almost impossible for Bernie Sanders to catch her. For thenton the race democratic nomination is in the home stretch. Victory is in sight. Many democrats refuse to embrace her, but with the Republican Party in a states civil war, are we looking at americas first female president . This was the night of the front runners. Donald trump winning in the state of his earth. Hillary clinton claiming victory in her adopted political home. It was the case of new york, new york. Nick bryant, bbc news, times square. Laura the race moves now to pennsylvania. You are watching bbc world news america. Still to come on tonights program, another car Company Finds it self in hot water for regulatory tests. Mitsubishi is feeling the pressure. The lease in the city of southern pakistan caeli seven policemen have been shot by militants in two separate attacks on Polio Vaccination Teams. Correspondent we understand they attacked a polio evacuation team. That they were gunned down in that attack. Not far from where the Polio Vaccination Team was, 4 other policemen were gunned down by the same gunmen in a separate incident. This area is in the west of karachi. It is known for violence, for militant activity, and previous attacks on Police Forces. This is significant for a couple of reasons. One is that we did see security in the city of karachi in proof. Her quite some time, for a year an intense campaign by the Paramilitary Forces here called the rangers. This is the first major attack on Police Forces in that way that we have seen in some time. It shows the plight of the polio workers yet again in pakistan. Axa nation. Rbid they say that it is a western conspiracy for good vaccinations. They say that it is a western conspiracy trying to example,his year for at least 14 people were killed when a polio center in the city of cueto, southwest of pakistan, was attacked. Most of the people who died there were also policemen. This shows the vulnerability of polio workers. The disease is still in them make in pakistan. The challenge the authority face in trying to protect them. Laura a second auto company is admitting to cheating on performance tests. Mitsubishi has falsified test data to show better fuel mileage for more than half a million vehicles. Nissan said that employees altered tire pressure figures to get the favorable mileage rates. This follows a scandal at volkswagen when they cheated on emissions tests. Richard westcott reports. Is the way that japanese car losses apologize for lying to customers. Mitsubishi is the second falsifying admit test to get more miles per gallon for some of its models. He says the wrongdoing was intentional and that it is clear the falsification was done to make the mileage look better. Why they would resort to fraud is unclear. [speaking japanese] richard it is a stark contrast to the way the Family Friendly cars are marketed in japan. Bysubishi was not in court the partner companies, but by the sun. How did they cheat . It comes down to tire pressures. Are critical to how your car performs on the road. They do not affect how quickly you stop, but how much pollution comes out of the exhaust pipe and they can change your miles per gallon. It was like this it be she altered the inflation on the tires to cheat the miles per gallon test. Altered thei inflation on the tires to cheat the miles per gallon test. Experts say that they rarely match the results that you get on the real road. 22 worse is how much lower miles per gallon will be on average across all of the models we tested while driving in the real world. Some were as bad as 40 . Some almost meet their sticker values. There is a difference between manufacturers. That is caused partly by the degree to which they take advantage of the things that you can do around tire pressures. Richard it might not be on the same scale, but once after the car industry was rocked by the vw scandal, they are dealing with another blow to their reputation. We have had assurances from all of our members which represent the Cars Companies in the u. K. That they have not been falsified. They might have to stop the adverts for now. Mitsubishi is double checking, but so far it only affects car sold in japan. Richard westcott, bbc news. Laura for more on the latest auto scandal, i spoke with a reporter for reuters news. David, can you explain, why would mitsubishi fiddle with the test results knowing that they could get caught . It is a risk versus reward. The most competitive. There are hundreds of models. They are all looking for an edge. They gain arguably 5 to 10 in fuel efficiency, and that goes along way. Especially for this segment in japan. Small cars looking at fuel efficiency is a key attribute. That it isou think pressure from the customers that is driving the cheating or that we want to have fuelefficient vehicles, even if they are not really. David in volkswagen they are investigating if there is pressure from the ceo and top executives to make omissions targets. It is unclear if it was executives within the company or broader competitive pressure. Laura is a problem with regulators not picking out the behavior . Are they not tough enough . David roast of the scandals has been found by the u. S. A Europe Europe is been criticized for not being aggressive enough. I think that there is more pressure on regulators to crack down to catch this earlier. A parallel with doping in sport . Are all of the Car Manufacturers accurate . Evidenceeres not of that. With sports, you get an edge in the case of volkswagen it went on for six years. It could have been 10 years at mr. B she. Caught, what is the penalty . How many sales did you gain by cheating . Laura if you are a consumer thinking of buying a car, shouldnt you be skeptical about what you are being told about its performance given the cheating in 2 major manufacturers . It is not the first time. David hyundai kia was caught for another fuel economy scale. Own fuel can buy their economy testing equipment to see if they are getting their numbers, and they can do things to measure the fuel economy but that is imprecise. Realistically, consumers must look at complaint and hope that regulators are doing a good job. Laura we heard that the lab tests have been controversial. Is it time to change them . David the u. S. , the Environmental Protections Agency after volkswagen said we are going to do new tests, but were not going to tell them which tests to try to catch them. Auto companies are trying to make sure that they get the tests right, but perhaps gain the system. Laura thank you for joining us. All this week, we are marking 400 years since William Shakespeares death, by counting the ways that his work still resonates today. I hot topic at the oscars was a lack of diversity among the nominees. Could the words of the bard make hollywood more inclusive . In los angeles, we report. Correspondent the starstudded world of hollywood. The home of the oscars and mecca of tourism. The epicenter of the row over diversity. Drive for half an hour and a scenery changes. The kiddie streets of South Los Angeles are far cry from tinseltown. This is compton. One of the most notorious and dangerous cities in america. Rock music that came out of compton. Is this the setting for a performance of shakespeare . Let me see your eyes. Look in my face. Correspondent dr. Andrews runs p or cheek are up in compton and knows this troubled Community Inside out. Her father was murdered here when she was a teenager. She started the shakespeare ensemble six years ago. It is an Afterschool Program for students and aspiring professional actors. The threat of racism that runs through america is very strong. It ave bent and broken little, but what we are doing the shakespeare, we do our own thing. We do not need to be invited to your party. We will take your door down. Did they never whisper . No, my lord. Nor send you out of the way . Correspondent this production is othello. It resonates with the inner city cast with its theme of racism and jealousy. People back then have the same problems, regardless of their financial situation, class. They all had similar problems. The things around us are slightly different. There have been a lot of difference with the oscars, oscar so white and everything. Othello opens eyes to be able to see that the problems with the racial issues have been coming up lately. The group has flourished with the help of professional actors donating their time to nurture new talent. I dont know if it will change the oscars. I hope that it will. I hope that this bleeds into other peoples ideas of i heard about this thing. They are doing shakespeare. They are pretty on. It is great. Correspondent this is a diverse cast straight out of compton. New faces were hollywood. Aspiring actors and possibly the oscar nominees of the future. Bbc news, los angeles. Shakespeares timeless appeal bringing todays broadcast to a close. You can find more of todays news at the website. You can go to twitter. I am lauratrevelyan. From all of us, thank you for watching. Please, tune in tomorrow. Make sense of International News at bbc. Com news. 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