From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, Thomas Roberts. Good evening. We start tonight with donald trump. Gop president ial contenders latest remarks in iowa about senator john mccains military record landed trump in the political crosshairs. He said mccain is not a war hero. So far trump operates with a no apology, no guts no glory approach. That one style has the billionaire business polls the frontrunner. Will insulting john mccains vietnam record help or hurt trump . Kelly odonnell and chuck todd in washington, d. C. We begin in mes, iowa. Reporter this is a daylong event of about 3,000 conservatives who are hearing from 10 of the president ial candidates. Then something unexpected and outrageous flew out of the mouth of donald trump. Now the whole gop race is feeling the turmoil. Thank you. Reporter on stage in ames, iowa. Look at that. Reporter donald trump speak first, think later bravado was on full speed. Hes not a war hero. He
Slogan . It has been used for four years. I am at this Electronics Factory to find out. In sport, ben stokes and alex hales wont be considered for england selection until further notice. Stokes was arrested and theyre both investigation after a brawl outside a bristol night club this week. Voice of radio one. Its been the soundtrack for many teenagers since the 60s. Were celebrating 50 years of radio one. Sarah is on their roof looking at the weather. Good morning. A bit of a drizzly start to the day. Mild. The rain should clear by lunchtime. That will leave sunny spells. I will have all the in about 15 minutes. Details good morning. First, our main story. Budget airline, ryanair, has until five oclock this evening to correct its compensation policy for hundreds of thousands of passengers affected by Flight Cancellations or face possible legal action by the uks aviation regulator. The Civil Aviation authority accused the airline of persistently misleading passengers about the kind of c
Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. We also want you to share your memories of radio 1 with us this morning. The station celebrates its 50th birthday this weekend. Well be talking to presenters past and present a bit later on. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may has stressed that britain is unconditionally committed to the defence of europe. The Prime Minister says that the uks role in europes security has never been more vital. Shes attending a summit in estonia where shell also meet the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, and is expected to press for her support in moving the brexit negotiations into their next phase. Ahead of the summit, mrs may addressed british troops in estonia. Russias continued aggression represents a growing danger to ourfriends here in estonia, as well as in latvia, lithuania, pol
Spain is braced for a divisive weekend with a vote on independence for catalonia apparently due to go ahead, despite opposition from madrid. However, the high court in catalonia has now stepped in. Its ordered google to delete the computer app being used for the poll. Related emails must also be blocked. These are live pictures from barcelona, where a Pro Independence rally is taking place. Separatists have called on people to turn out early at polling stations in a mass statement of peaceful resistance, even if they are prevented from voting. The bbcs jon donnison has the latest. Horns blare. As the moment of truth comes for catalonia, a show of force from those supporting independence. Crowd chant. Theyre calling it a tractorada an armada of farmers rolling into barcelona. Cheering. Determined sundays referendum should go ahead. Translation weve come in peace and we dont want to provoke any kind of confrontation with the people of spain or anyone else. Because we and the spanish are
The Us Health Secretary tom price has been forced to resign after dragging the white house into another scandal this time over the use of private jets. Mr price promised to repay more than 50,000 after it was revealed he took private charter flights instead of going commercial. In the last few hours the president accepted his resignation after a wave of criticism. The bbcs laura bicker is in washington she gave me the details. Donald trump pledged his support is that he would come to washington to drain the swamp, to end politics as usual. Here we are, his own Health Secretary is seen swanning around on private planes when the official government business should always be done on commercial planes. So when it comes to how he is going to persuade his supporters that he is the man in charge, that he is going to continue to rail against the elite and he can sort out his own cabinet, he needs to have shown that his own Health Secretary is following the rules. He is said to be absolutely fu