titanic sub. and then there s the personal loss for the families of those on board. coming up, i ll talk to the stepson of the man lovingly known as p.h. whose love of the ocean and deep see exploration ultimately led to the end of his life. also this hour, the rnc trying to force the field of 13 candidates to agree on at least one thing, supporting the eventual republican nominee. but so far it s not working. so who s going to blink first? and the name g. michael brown might not ring a bell, but he s accused of playing a key role in that so-called fake electors scheme. what his new testimony before a d.c. grand jury tells us about jack smith s case and whether it pushes us closer to any possible charges. but we begin with the search for answers in the loss of the titan sub, answers that lie in the pitch black depths of the north atlantic more than 12,000 feet down. the evidence shows that even at the very moment the sub imploded, it sent early clues to a top secret mil
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where it seems every hour, President Donald Trump is in more and trouble. This time its the sacking of the fbi Directorjames Comey thats causing the trouble. The New York Times is reporting that President Trump asked mr comey to drop the bureaus investigation into alleged ties between russia and Michael Flynn, the National Security advisor at the time. Thats been denied by the white house, but theres no doubt just how serious this allegation is. One senior democrat said other senators were shaken and called for a Special Prosecutor to be appointed. Well, this stunning and breathtaking revelation that the president is accused of reaching out directly to the head of the fbi did stop an investigation of general flynn under the circumstances raises serious questions about obstruction of justice. It is a fundamental question here. Is anybody, including the president of the United States, Above The Law . Can everybody be held acc
Also on tonights programme. After the death of the moors murderer, ian brady police say they wont close the case of keith bennett, whose body was never found. The squeeze on The Cost Of Living inflation hits 2. 7 outstripping rises in average pay. Ruined by rubbish, the british island in the South Pacific which has more Plastic Waste than anywhere else in the world. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, an important night in the Premier League as arsenal try to stay in touch with the top four. Good evening from bradford where the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched what hes calling a radical and responsible manifesto, promising to govern for the many, not the few. Among his key policies are nationalising the railways, Water Companies and the royal mail. Scrapping tuition fees and reversing some benefit cuts. And spending £37 billion on the Health Service in england. The pledges would be paid for in part by £48 billion of tax rises on business and on the highe
Is growing suspicion that north korea was behind last weeks global cyber attack. A number of people have been looking at some of the code. This was shared by a google researcher, clearly i cant explain it, but he is telling us it is a sample of the code used by the hackers in the attack. Lots of people who know more about these things than me spotted similarities toa things than me spotted similarities to a previous cyber attack, namely the attack on Sony Pictures. It came just ahead of the release of the film the interview, based around the assassination of kim jong un, a comedy. That attack was carried out why the Lazarus Group, a criminal organisation with no links to north korea. So we climb and gives an assessment. The manhunt is on to try and find the who was responsible. One of the clues is analysing the code that has been found in this ra nsomwa re. Code that has been found in this ransomware. It seems to be similar to an earlier form of malware that was used by the Lazarus Gro
Is growing suspicion that north korea was behind last weeks global cyber attack. A number of people have been looking at some of the code. This was shared by a google researcher, clearly i cant explain it, but he is telling us it is a sample of the code used by the hackers in the attack. Lots of people who know more about these things than me spotted similarities toa things than me spotted similarities to a previous cyber attack, namely the attack on Sony Pictures. It came just ahead of the release of the film the interview, based around the assassination of kim jong un, a comedy. That attack was carried out why the Lazarus Group, a criminal organisation with no links to north korea. So we climb and gives an assessment. The manhunt is on to try and find the who was responsible. One of the clues is analysing the code that has been found in this ra nsomwa re. Code that has been found in this ransomware. It seems to be similar to an earlier form of malware that was used by the Lazarus Gro