Hello and welcome to bbc news. The boss of the fbi has hit back at donald trump in a row over the release of a secret republican memo, which accuses the agency of political bias against the president. In an e mail to staff, Christopher Wray said talk is cheap and that the bureau would continue to investigate independently and by the book. Democrats have said the release was another effort to undermine the inquiry into alleged collusion with russia. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. This is the memo that sank relations between the president and the fbi to a new low. The documents, written by republicans, makes the case that the Justice Department and the fbi showed bias against donald trump while spying on one of his advisers. A warrant for the surveillance operation was based on a dossier of information compiled by a former British Intelligence agent who was desperate to donald trump to lose the election. I think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country and
Tennis for the british star. There was a major upset to level the davis cup tie against spain. And the six nations gets underway. 15 matches across the next two weeks. It all sta rts across the next two weeks. It all starts here in cardiff, wales against scotland. And theyre back. The spice girls say the time is right to explore new opportunties. But what will those opportunties be . Well try to find out. And ben rich has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. Your saturday looks damp and cold. There will be some snow over high ground. The weather looks set to be called throughout the weekend and into next week. More later. Good morning. First, our main story. Small businesses affected by the collapse of carillion are being offered the chance to apply for government backed loans from high street lenders. Thousands of suppliers were left unpaid after the firm went into liquidation in january. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Britains second biggest Construction Company co
Here in cardiff. And severe pain causes lady gaga to cancel the last ten dates of her european tour. And ben rich has the weather. Good morning. Your saturday looks great, damp and cold in most places. Snow over some high ground in the north and then the weather looks set to stay cold throughout the rest of the weekend and into next week. All the details on the way. Good morning. First, our main story. Small businesses affected by the collapse of carillion are being offered the chance to apply for government backed loans from high street lenders. Thousands of suppliers were left unpaid after the firm went into liquidation in january. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Britains second biggest Construction Company collapsed three weeks ago leaving debts of almost £1 billion and a pensions deficit ofa similaramount. Apart from those directly employed at carillion, thousands of smaller suppliers and contractors faced ruin due to unpaid debts. Now the government is providing gua
Question is the word we. How is this counter messaging going to be organized . To what extent is it going to be spontaneous . Does it represent the youth of the region . My friends from the arab world keep insisting to me that as powerful and intimidating as is i. S. Messaging is, what is dominant in arabic is what i call the freedom spirit, the square statement i am connected and i am not going to take it anymore, and i wont take it from an authoritarian leader and i am going to live in my own world. Somehow that message that spirit of connectiveness, i think, of free citizens, which is still there and we get too depressed about the arab winter sometimes, and its still there and that has to become more of the dominant narrative. It probably needs help from governments, but i worry in the post snowden age about swallowing the poison pill. I worry about steps that seem sensible in terms of messaging that end up limiting the message, or undercutting it. I think this is an area where its
Nasa peerreviewed research is needed. You asked about critical areas of research. The life and physical sciences survey which was completed in 2011 at Congress Request summarized the sequence 6 summarized an sequenced 65 high priority tasks. Furthermore, the study created two research plans. One with the goal of building a Research Enterprise and the other with a goal of a Human Mission to mars. More about those goals in a moment. You asked about priorities. Prioritizing i. S. S. Research isnt a new concept. In fact, we been working on that problem for close to 15 years. But the key question for prioritization isnt scientific. Its programmatic. It is Something Like this. Shall Discovery Research or fundamental research or Translational Research take precedence in the mature years of the i. S. S. Program . The answer to that question has to be provided by government. Once those programmatic priorities are sequenced can we prioritize the research . Absolutely. The l. P. S. Survey provide