presidential nomination, with two more hopefuls officially launching their bids the florida governor, ron desantis and senator, tim scott. mr scott has represented south carolina in the chamber since 2013, promising to revive america s culture of greatness . at a launch event in his hometown of north charleston on monday, mr scott used his personal story as an embodiment of the american dream. this was shortly followed by ron desantis long expected entry into the race and, while he trails donald trump in the polls, he is widely seen as his main rival. but his launch made headlines for other reasons. he chose to announce on a twitter livestream, which was hit by technical glitches. let s listen to how they both announced their candidacy. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes, and we feel it in our bones. our southern border has collapsed. drugs
Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo
As we thought it was, so i am out with the butty van to find out why. In sport No Silva Lining For Hull relegated from the Premier League, and now they have lost their highly regarded manager, marco silva. And what is the weather going to be like this Bank Holiday Weekend . Matt is on the beach at Weston Super Mare. I certainly icertainly am. I certainly am. Good morning. I have my sunscreen i certainly am. Good morning. I have my sunscreen and sunglasses. You will all lead them today, but will you need them this Bank Holiday Weekend . There are some thunderstorms in the forecast and a full details coming up in 15 minutes. See you then. The full details. Good morning. First our main story The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is to resume his partys Election Campaign today, with a Speech Linking British Military actions abroad with Terrorist Attacks in the uk. He will say a government has a responsibility to minimise the chance of attacks and ensure that police have the resources they need
Will the Manchester Terror Attacks put you off going to any major events this weekend or argue determined to carry on as normal . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn will give a major speech today, as Election Campaigning resumes after the Terror Attack in manchester. Hes expected to link British Military action abroad to terrorism in the uk, and call for a change to Foreign Policy. Lets talk to our political guru norman smith about this. Tell us a bit more about whatJeremy Corbyn is going to say . Mr corbyn will set out what he thinks are some of the key drivers of terrorism. He will say that he is not seeking to excuse terrorists, they are the ones who are guilty and they are the ones who are guilty and they alone are guilty for the acts they alone are guilty for the acts they carry out. But he will suggest that some of the walls
Hundreds of people attend a vigil to mark a week since the Manchester Bombing; the citys Victoria Station has reopened this morning. No head to head butJeremy Corbyn and theresa may face a Studio Audience and a grilling. In sport, Huddersfield Town are in the Premier League. They beat reading in a dramatic penalty shoot out to win the championship playoff final. And matt has the weather. Good morning. We are down here on the beach this morning. Incredibly mild start to tuesday, a few showers in the north and west. If you are on half term this week, i have some good news in the forecast. Join me if you can. Thank you very much. Its an improving tale in the weather. We are taking bbc breakfast in this last full week before the General Election to Northern Ireland tomorrow and to scotland on friday. Well look at some of the issues in those countries but also across the uk as well. A bit of a geography lesson. If you go west, if you go that way you get anglesey, east, conway and look at th