opinion. it didn t help that as the wall street journal reported, the fbi decided earlier there was no need to send agents to supervise biden lawyers collecting classified papers that they said they found. that reeked of a double standard. the washington post says biden world adopted a strategy of caution and deference toward doj, it was the goody two-shoes approach, more concerned with pleasing investigators than the public. here s a classic example. after white house sat on this story for two months, officials confirmed the cbs scoop about the first batch of documents found at penn biden center. now, the prime minister and his people already the president and his people already knew about the second batch but said nothing. it smelled like a cover-up. the post says some of biden s aides now regret the strategy. you think? here s the thing, anyone if can defend himself even when there s a justice investigation. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. if. howa
what could the war do to an already volatile job market here? arsenal s champions league qualification hopes are in tatters. they were beaten 2 0 at newcastle, with tottenham now in pole position to clinch fourth spot. and a pretty humid day to come with some eastern areas under hazy sunshine seeing some of the highest temperatures of the year. but if you re in the west today, early sunshine will give way to cloud and eventually some outbreaks of rain. i ll have all the details of your forecast here on breakfast. it s tuesday the 17th of may. leading figures in sport, politics and entertainment have praised the blackpool striker jake daniels after he announced he is gay. it s the first time in more than 30 years that a male footballer has come out while still playing for a professional uk club. the 17 year old said it s a relief to be honest about his sexuality. our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss reports on a turning point for british football. he s one of the ch
in the garage which was not a good look for the president. and in the clip we just played of the president saying he has no regrets and there s no there there. with all due respect, there s already thereto there there. and if they say as they have over and over again, the president takes this very seriously, hen he comes out and says, oh, i have no regrets having classified, top secret sufficient all over the place, it undermines the message. howard: i think there should be some regrets. we re not if sure why the fbi got involved in this search, the white house says there was no court order, but even media allies of joe biden while drawing distinctions with the donald trump case, and they re very different, are saying the president s team has handled this. well, i think what we need to distinguish as the american people will is difference between what is of substance here and what is sort of pr missteps. i think when you look and what biden is counting on is that the substance
of cornwall in 2017. this time round, every word said, every gesture made, will be scrutinised perhaps as never before coming as it does less than two months after the caribbean tours, which sparked such negative headlines, due to perceived pr missteps, unfortunate camera angles and the clear message the royals were given that the future would be a republican one. and we are moving on. in canada, are the battle lines being drawn? well, the constitution is a complicating factor there is a widely held view that the fact that all ten of the provinces would have to agree to removing the queen as the head of state makes a canadian republic unlikely at least for now. but public opinion in downtown stjohn s backs up recent polls suggesting attitudes towards the royals are mixed. i kind of think that the whole royal family is a throwback that we don t need any more.
jamaican campaigners also picketed several engagements seeking reparations from the monarchy for slavery. the tour was also overshadowed by what some are calling pr missteps , including this trip to trench town, which resulted in still photos of the cambridges making contact with the outstretched fingers ofjamaican children pushing through a wire fence. i m joined now by lisa hanna, a jamaican mp who has called for insitutions who have benefited from the legacy of slavery such as the british monarchy to do more than apologise for their crimes. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. let s clear up something very quickly because there has been a lot of. your name has been controversial in the last few days because of suggestions that somehow you snub the duchess of cambridge. put on record for us if you would what is the reality of that. ., , ,