The british explorer ben saunders prepares to make the first solo, unsupported crossing of antarctica after his friend died making the same attempt last year. And england beat brazil in the world cup semi final its the under 17s and a hat trick from Rhian Brewster sends the favourites crashing out. The uks economy grew slightly more than predicted in the three months to september increasing the likelihood that the bank of england will increase Interest Rates next week. According to the initial assessment by the office for National Statistics the economy expanded by 0. 4 with strong performances in the services and manufacturing industries. The construction sector, however, continued to perform poorly. Our economics correspondent andy verity has the details. This Cardboard Box maker in leamington is in one segment of the economy that is now growing more quickly than it did ten years ago. Manufacturing. The orders have been coming in fast enough that it is hitting obstacles to further gr
Rose welcome to the program. We begin this evening with two members of the House Intelligence Committee, dem krad kem krat adam schiffnd republican peter king. They got a sense of why this is is such an important matter and why it deserves investigation. The breathed of the russian attack on our democracy, the fact that the fbi has an Ongoing Investigation to determine whether there was coordination between the Trump Campaign and the russians. As well as the directors, both of their willingness to establish that there is no evidence to support the president s claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor. Any one of those things i think on a normal day would be quite a revelation but there was a lot packed in today. And i think ultimately the most important thing is it gave a good glimpse at why this is so serious. And why we ought to do Everything Possible to do a thorough investigation and conduct it in a nonpartisan way. We continue with Matthew Rosenberg of the New York Times and
Rose welcome to the program. We begin this evening with two members of the House Intelligence Committee, dem krad kem krat adam schiffnd republican peter king. They got a sense of why this is is such an important matter and why it deserves investigation. The breathed of the russian attack on our democracy, the fact that the fbi has an Ongoing Investigation to determine whether there was coordination between the Trump Campaign and the russians. As well as the directors, both of their willingness to establish that there is no evidence to support the president s claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor. Any one of those things i think on a normal day would be quite a revelation but there was a lot packed in today. And i think ultimately the most important thing is it gave a good glimpse at why this is so serious. And why we ought to do Everything Possible to do a thorough investigation and conduct it in a nonpartisan way. We continue with Matthew Rosenberg of the New York Times and
Conduct it in a nonpartisan way. We continue with Matthew Rosenberg of the New York Times and karoun di mirnlgian of the washington most. I think i was amazed at just the astounding nature of an fbi director getting up in front of congress and saying yes, there is an espionage investigation involving a sitting president. That a lobe is just stunning. But the other remarkable thing was that there was another four and a half hours of this hearing a lot of which was spent talking about leaks, talking about, you know, why people are talking to the government, why they should be prosecuted. That will be an issue that keeps coming up and up. Rose we continue with david browne without wrote the obituary of chuck berry for Rolling Stone magazine. That mam us famous chuck berry lick everybody still duplicate, nobody was doing that before him that is a basic Building Block of modern rock n roll. Rose and we conclude this morning with an appreciation of David Rockefeller without died yesterday, a
Trump called a judge a very talented legal mind. Fox news drew a stark line in the sand from trump quickly, distancing themselves from napolitanos comments. Fox news cannot confirm judge napolitanos commentator. Fox news knows of no evidence that the president of the United States was surveilled in any way full stop. Full stop. All of this as sean spicer says, they dont regret anything. Why should they . They just lied about americas most important ally. Then, of course, there is President Trumps meeting with german chancellor angel merkel. The situation getting even worse. There she threw a look his way in a joint presser that, lets just say, was filled with subtext. Earlier trump seemingly refused to shake merkels hand when she asked if they that shake hands. Everyone else was asking too, handshake. She was ignored. One president who puts his hands on her shoulders and another president who wont touch her. Lets hope we get a new president that treats the new leader of the free world