As australias batsmen pile on the runs. And the mother of one of argentinas disappeared children talks to witness. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the last few minutes, President Trump has been hitting back on twitter at michael wolff, the author of an explosive book about the white house. This is what he has tweeted. The fake news Mainstream Media are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence. He then added, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. He continued, saying, i went from very successful businessman, to top tv star to president of the United States. I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius, and a very stable genius at that earlier one of the most senior members of Donald Trumps administration has said he has never questioned the president s mental fitness. The us secretary of state Rex Tillerson was respondi
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That the book by Michael Wolff was a work of fiction. Mr trumps lawyers had tried to block the publication of the book, fire and fury. Heres david willis in washington. Boarding a flight to camp david for meetings with senior republican leaders, the image donald trump was seeking to project was one of order, professionalism and control. Instead, he finds himself battling claims contained in a book, claims which question his mentalfitness. I went to the best colleges, or college, i went to. I had a situation where i was a very excellent student, came out and made billions of dollars, became one of the top business people, went to television, and for ten years was a tremendous success, as you probably have heard. Perhaps the most damaging allegation, shared, claims the author Michael Wolff, by all the president s senior advisers, is that the leader of the free world lacks curiosity, doesnt read, doesnt listen, is like a child. They all came to the conclusion, gradually at first and then
You have a red tie. You wear socks all the time. Blaming shawn in the morning with dao vu. There you go. I think ive got red for all of us. Including my red shoes. I red a moot color, which is none. A lack of color. Coming up on the morning blend, just in time for valentines day, the choice, producer micah chats with one of the stores, the movie on the latest book brought to the big screen. Plus theyre keeping the fever alive in the Las Vegas Strip and in our studio. The australian bee gees have a Live Performances celebrating with us. First up today, a mix of classical, jazz, latin and classic pop. Pink martini has performed with more than 50 orchestras world wide and tomorrow night theyre teaming up with our own las here with more, Michele Madole of the las vegas philharmonic. Also with us, our students kelsea au and erika dalton. Chelsea is the winner of the Cox Communication young artist concertexesion. Erika dalton won in 2014 and is runner up this year. Good morning to all of you
Passion for storytelling. Rose we begin with Ava Duvernays selma. Its nominated for best and i recollect best original song global by john legend. It is a story of the 1965 civil rights marches in selma alabama. Its a pour traift Martin Luther king jr. , the preacher, the orator, the husband and the man. In an attempt to liberate dr. King from his legacy we see him in the context of the movement. He is captured fighting alongside the men and women who have moved the needle of racial progress in america. We will not wait any longer. Give us the vote. Thats right. No more. Were not asking; were demanding. Give us the vote. Great minds, you know spur it on and pushed on by the voices of the people. So it was really critical that the people in selma came for a reason. It was about the people and their voices. And more than one person. Plenty of people in selma risked their lives but the people around king. And also within his camp and the people of selma and the Civil Rights Movement as a