a bit of a struggle. i ve been trying out water polo ahead of the british championships. and philip has the weather. good morning. for some the weekend is starting looking like this. but at the same time others are looking at the same time others are looking at this. i will tell you who gets what and where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there are fresh questions over why president trump fired the director of the fbi, following reports he told senior russian officials james comey was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. the claim, not denied by the white house, has emerged as president trump is due to arrive in saudi arabia at the start of his first foreign trip. president trump is off on his first foreign trip. he might be glad to leave washington behind for a while. he tweeted he will be protecting american interests. that s what i like to do . but the president has had one of his most tumultuous weeks in the white h
and philip has the weather. hello, good morning. for some the weekend is starting looking like this. but at the same time others are looking like this. i ll tell you who gets what and where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. president trump will arrive in saudi arabia this morning, but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbijames told senior russian officials that the fbi james comey was a nutjob and sacking him relieved great pressure on him. the memo came as he set off on his first foreign trip since taking office. president trump is off on his first foreign trip. he might be glad to leave washington behind for a while. he tweeted that he ll be protecting american interests. that s what i like to do . but the president has had one of his most tumultuous weeks in the white house yet. it started with accusation that he d leaked classified information to the rus
i ve been trying out wpter polo ahead of the british championships. and philip has the weather. good morning to you. for some, the weekend is starting looking like this, but at the same time, others are looking at this. i ll tell you who gets what, where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. in the last few moments, president trump has landed in saudi arabia on his first officialforeign trip since taking office. but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. we can see some of the live images right now, coming from saudi arabia. can you see the flags of the official preparations, as the plane landed; three or four minutes ago. they ve been rolling out the red carpet, the steps are prepared. we re expecting donald trump to emerge any minute for what is a very important trip for him. they weren t quite ready with the aircraft steps because air force one touched down a tiny bit early, ten minutes earlier than expected. the us media is reporting tha
ahead of the british championships. and philip has the weather. good morning to you. for some, the weekend is starting looking like this, but at the same time, others are looking at this. i ll tell you who gets what, where and why in a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story. president trump has arrived in saudi arabia on his first officialforeign trip since taking office. but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbi director, james comey, was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. our washington correspondent, laura bicker, reports. president trump is off on his first foreign trip. he might be glad to leave washington behind for a while. he tweeted that he ll be strongly protecting american interests, that s what i like to do. but the president has had one of his most tumultuous weeks in the white house yet. it started with the accusation he leaked classified
bbc news. president trump has arrived in saudi arabia this morning, but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbi director, james comey, was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. the claim not denied by the white house came as he set off for his first foreign trip since taking office. our washington correspondent, laura bicker, reports. a red carpet welcome for president trump, who s touched down in saudi arabia. he was met by the king, on his first foreign visit since taking office. he tweeted that he will be strongly protecting american interests, that s what i like to do. but he might be glad to leave washington for a while, after the week he s had. it started with the accusation that he d leaked classified information to the russians. then reports of a memo which claimed president trump asked the fbi director to drop an investigation into his former national se