poised to give a consequential speech on the world stage, returning to the beaches of normandy again this morning to deliver remarks on the threats against democracy and freedom at home and overseas. now, this speech coming just hours after president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in paris announcing $225 million in new aid and apologizing for the political gridlock in washington that delayed that package. nbc s kelly o donnell is traveling with the president in france. also with us, david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for the washington post, nbc news military analyst, retired colonel jack jacobs and presidential historian mark updegrove. it s great to have all of you with us. kelly, set the stage for us as we await the president. reporter: well, it is a spectacular setting. when you see how the white house has set up the president s lectern on the cliff. this is a cliff that 80 years ago american army rangers scaled that cliff using knives and pieces
Rides this afternoon. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later, well bring you the latest on the tainted Blood Scandal which Saw Thousands of Haemophiliac Patients being infected with hiv by the nhs in the 1970s and 1980s. As always, do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today President Trump has fired the head of the fbi, james comey, in a move that has shocked us politics. Hed been leading an investigation into alleged links between the Trump Administration and russia. The white house says mr comey has been terminated and removed from office. Aleem maqbool reports. Absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight. This is a fox news alert, fbi director, james comey, has been fired by the president of the United States. Americans have learn
We are just about to change the month and we also about to change the weather. Quite a variety at the moment. We will see very much more of this over the coming days. This is the scene in south wales. This the scene in the western side of scotland, what a contrast. Through the rest of the evening, the cloud and rain will push away and skies will stay clear in scotland. A widespread frost with freezing fog developing. Quite a contrast to the temperatures. The eastern side of scotla nd temperatures. The eastern side of scotland could be 10. Watch out for that freezing fog which could linger in the central belt all day but a bit of brightness and in the east of the pennines as well. Increasingly dank and murky in northern ireland, north west of england, wales, the midlands and the south west but at least it gets to 12. Cooler on that site but we will eventually all get milder and cloudier and wetter and windier. 0h milder and cloudier and wetter and windier. Oh dear. Hello. This is bbc ne
The job of nato Secretary General isnt an easy one, this alliance is supposed to worked by consensus. And achieving that consensus just got a whole lot harder for my guest today, jens stoltenberg, natos chief. Why . The United States, natos dominant member, is now being led by President Trump, who has voiced grave doubts about natos future. So, will trumps assent hasten the demise of nato . Jens stoltenberg, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much. Would you agree the presidency of donald trump brings an unprecedented amount of uncertainty into Global Security policy . Nato is an alliance of 28 democracies and in democracies, people elect different leaders. With different ideas, different perspectives. And nato has been able to handle that for almost 70 years. You have 28 members, one dominant member, the United States of america. The United States of america now has a president who, just a few days ago, declared nato obsolete. Nato is the most successful alliance in history, because we
Welcome to bbc news. The House Of Lords has dealt the government its first serious blow over the brexit bill which will trigger the formal process of leaving the eu. Theyve voted by a large majority to give European Union nationals, who already live here, the right to stay in the uk. The Prime Minister has so far refused to give any such assurances until british citizens on the continent get similar guarantees. The issue now goes back to the commons, where the government will attempt to overturn the decision. Our Political Editor, laura kuennsberg, reports. They have voted, contents 358. Not contents 256. So the contents have it. Wow you can hear them say. The lords beat the government by more than 100 votes. A bid to force ministers to say people from other eu countries can stay here, and to say so now. It thinks to be a win win for principles of humanity and honour. And i hope the House Of Commons will now follow the example of the lords and make sure it confirms this improvement to