master to oversee the review of the mar-a-lago search. to go through the documents to see if any of them were privileged. the judge says she has a preliminary intent to appoint one. today is the deadline for the government to respond to trump s request in writing. there was supposed to be a 20-page limit for this filing. but the department of justice has asked for up to 40 pages. one might infer they have a lot to say. and this file be will be public. so just in terms of page count this could be more than we ve heard from them yet. all this, as the secret service official at the center of the january 6th hearing steps down. more on tony ornato s departure in just a moment. joining me now, maggie haberman helping to lead the coverage of the mar-a-lago search. i m very interested in the filing today. the subject with the special master, i used to write term papers, i never asked them to double the length of the assignment. you certainly don t do that unless there s stuff they w
Sir Martin Moore Bick will be appointed head of the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire. Now, business news. The plot thickens in the saga over who will buy toshibas lucrative memory chip business. We look back at what malaysia did different to survive the financial crisis 20 yea rs survive the financial crisis 20 years ago, but was it the right move . Good morning, asia. Hello, world. It is thursday. Im rico hizon. Well, it is going from bad to worse for toshiba. It is suing its us Joint Venture Partner Western Digital four 8 us Joint Venture Partner Western Digitalfour 8 Billion Us Dollars in damages for interfering in the sale of the memory chip division. Toshiba will not allow Western Digital employees at its japanese plant to access employees at its japanese plant to a ccess a ny employees at its japanese plant to access any information relating to the companies joint venture. Toshiba faced angry shareholders at the annual meeting on tuesday. The firm hasnt said exactly ho
Traffic is selling Baby Chimpanzees from west africa. The real tragedy of this trade is that to get one infant chimpanzee out of the jungle, all of the adults in its family have to be killed. In cardiff, leaders of the devolved governments of wales, scotland and Northern Ireland, meeting with theresa may, demand a greater say in the Brexit Process. And, true or false . Why mps have decided its time to tackle the phenomenon of fake news. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. The lowest ranked side left in the fa cup, Sutton United of the national league, will host the 12 time winners arsenal in the last 16. Good evening. A state visit to britain later this year by President Trump will go ahead, despite mounting opposition. An online petition objecting to the visit has now attracted more than 1. 5 million names, and thereve been demonstrations in several cities this evening. The row was prompted by mr trumps decision to ban entry to the us for people from seven mainly muslim countries.
And 8 in the evening in washington where President Trumps controversial Executive Order imposing a travel ban on people coming from seven muslim majority countries has received a dramatic set back. The acting us Attorney General, sally yates, has told Justice Department lawyers not to defend it in court. In a letter she said she was not convinced it was lawful. Ms yates was appointed as Deputy Attorney general under president obama but was asked by donald trump to temporarily take over while a long term replacement was found. Just days after leaving the white house, barack obama has also intervened in the row warning that American Values are at stake. In a statement his spokesman says. And in the past couple of hours senior democrat politicians have gathered at a rally outside the supreme court. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer called the order un american. All of us take an Oath Of Office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. Wh
And 8 in the evening in washington where President Trumps controversial Executive Order imposing a travel ban on people coming from seven muslim majority countries has received a dramatic set back. The acting us Attorney General, sally yates, has told Justice Department lawyers not to defend it in court. In a letter she said she was not convinced it was lawful. Ms yates was appointed as Deputy Attorney general under president obama but was asked by donald trump to temporarily take over while a long term replacement was found. Just days after leaving the white house, barack obama has also intervened in the row warning that American Values are at stake. In a statement his spokesman says. And in the past couple of hours senior democrat politicians have gathered at a rally outside the supreme court. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer called the order un american. All of us take an Oath Of Office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. Wh