out the second largest failed bank in u.s. history we re going to have the latest on this developing financial crisis. tell you what, it was a crazy weekend. yesterday, the white house working along with people across the financial industry, doing everything they could to stop a meltdown. yeah. and it looked in the early afternoon like that meltdown was coming they understood that china s markets were going to be opening at 8:00, 9:00 at night, and they had to get things lined up before then so the asian markets didn t collapse, which would cause u.s. markets to collapse this morning it was touch and go, as you know. yeah. because we were on a lot of calls yesterday afternoon. it was touch and go for quite some time. it looks like, for now, they ve stemmed the bleeding but this, for a while, was looking like it could spread much like 2008. absolutely. meanwhile, mike pence finds the courage to speak out on donald trump, but only behind closed doors and off camer
with lesley paterson the triathlete who s in the running at sunday s oscars for her screenplay of a german first world war epic. i went iwent up i went up to tom cruise, i said high, iam leslie i went up to tom cruise, i said high, i am leslie patterson, writer of all quiet on the western front. he said i know your story. western front. he said i know yourstory. how western front. he said i know your story. how many hours a day have you trained? i said, no way! the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output on saturday but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off saturday s match of the day which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. with more, here s our sports editor, dan roan. on any normal saturday, gary lineker wou
A new global recognition, but he was defiantly un starry. He described his face as looking like an old wet bag, but in beckett, he could use it to hold an audience without saying a word. Beneath that cloak of mischief was a seriously good actor. Sir Michael Gambon there who died today at the age of 82. An independent review into bbc Social Media Guidelines for its employees and freelancers been published in the last hour. The bbc has a huge committment to achieving due impartiality in all its output. And in an age of social media, where anyone working for the bbc can easily broadcast their own personal, sometimes political, views to the world, this committment has sometimes come under strain. Not least when in march this year, the bbc s highest paid, and One Of The Best known presenters, former footballer gary lineker in a series of tweets, called the governments stance on illegal immigration. An immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most Vulnerable People in language that is not d
Bbc Social Media Guidelines and around freelance presenters like gary lineker. It has updated following that review the guidelines. What it does say in this report is that the new guidance recognises the importance of Freedom Of Expression, but there are a group of expression, but there are a group of presenters, like gary lineker who present these flagship and high profile programmes who are in this new group, where the bbc says they have a particular responsibility to respect the bbc s impartiality because of their profile on the bbc. What does this mean . It means, from the report from mr hardy, he says that high profile presenters outside ofjournalism should be ale to express views on issues and policies, including matters of political contention, but there is a window, though, while their high profile Flagship Programme is going out and a two week window either side of it, in this report, it says that its presenters of those programmes must not endorse or attack a political party.