Witness. Hello, welcome to witness. I am here at the British Library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from the recent passed. We will meet the man who discovered whales on and the daughter of one of the most prolific land and sea record breakers of the 20th century, and the chemist who went to live in the city built the sciences. But first, in january 1958, the city built the sciences. But first, injanuaryi958, Godtfred Kirk christiansen patented the lego brick which took the world by storm. Lego was special at the bricks were designed in such a way that they could be stacked linked with each other in countless combinations. Godtfred kirk christiansens then ten year old son regularly helped his father to test out the new toys in the family workshop. The village carpenter invented them after turning his hand to toy when they was not enough work for him. It developed into a huge danish export. My grandfather was a very happy person. He made a lot of different kinds
In scotland that this is their best team ever. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, camerons clay Court Classic. Norrie levels great britains davis cup tie against spain with a fantastic five set fightback. Good evening. Just days after he called for unity in his state of the Union Address, President Trump is embroiled in a bitter war of words with the fbi and theJustice Department. It involves a classified memo which President Trump claims reveals political bias against him by the fbi. They say the memo is selective, inaccurate, and that the president is reckless in making it public. The democrats are claiming its all designed to discredit the investigation taking place into alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia to sway the 2016 general election. Our washington correspondent, nick bryant, tries to make sense of it all. Ladies and gentlemen, Punxsutawney Phil its groundhog day in america, when thousands gathered to watch a rodent named Punxsutawney Phil make his an
Keep him down. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A controversial republican memo has been released, accusing the fbi of bias its investigation into alleged collusion between president trumps Election Campaign in russia. The documents publication was authorised by donald trump, who says authorised by donald trump, who says a lot of people should be ashamed by what it revealed. Ladies and gentlemen, Punxsutawney Phil its groundhog day in america, when thousands gathered to watch a rodent named Punxsutawney Phil make his annual prediction about how long the winter will last. In washington too, a feeling of deja vu, with the day beginning as it often does, with an attack from the white house on the Russian Investigation. But this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior Law Enforcement officials. The top leadership and investigators at the fbi and Thejustice Department have politicised the sacred investigative process in favour of democrats and against republi
President trump is pushing for speedy confirmation. Nominating a justice of the Supreme Court is one of the most important that i could as president. Theyve been demeaning on the other side and want to make you look as bad as possible and the press can be demeaning too. Im sure the press will be very dig if i did id like to see him go through a dig if i did poohs Many Democrats about to block the into consideration. The question is why nomination. It was more than 100 days, 100 and so many day waited awhile after Justice Scalia passed away. Political psychologist and analyst joins us via skype, dr. Rossi thank you so much for picking the wrong battle here in this fight against judge gorsuch . I dont think they are really. I mean, what are they going to do . Just go along with it . At this point, the democrats also have a base and the psychology is, at this point in time, they need to fight for themselves. They dont have much going for themselves right now as democrats. Just, knuckling