Whether Angela Merkel can remain chancellor when germans go to the polls later this year . And Behind The Scenes at the white house. Well speak to a reporter about his dinner with the president , and finding out Donald Trumps favourite modern invention. Welcome to the programme. Im katty kay in washington. Clive myrie is in london. We are learning a lot today about the firing of the head of the fbi and we are hearing it from the president. Mr Trump Hasjust called mr comey a showboat and a grandstander. He also revealed he was determined to fire the director anyway, whatever the Justice Department recommended. Mr trump also reasserted the claim, that mr comey told him three times that he personally wasnt under investigation over ties to russia. Mr trump made those comments in an interview with nbc news thats just been released. He isa he is a showboat. He is a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know it, dynamic, Everybody Knows it. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it w
then robert zoelik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next, we go to israel which has anointed a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you won t want to miss it. first, here s my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. the downward spiral in europe has produced a great debate over the virtues of austerity. the idea that government with large budget deficits must reduce these deficits mainly by cutting spending. if they don t get their budgets in order, they won t be able to borrow money and will face a fiscal nightmare of ever rising interest rates. the problem is that as governments have cut spending in very depressed economies, it has caused growth to slow even further. do you see government workers who have
we ll begin today s show in europe. voters in france and greece made their anti-austerity feelings known last weekend and stock markets plunged. we ll have a panel on the big picture and what it means for politics in the west. then robert zellik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next we go to israel which has anoinlted a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you won t want to miss it. first, here s my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. the downward spiral in europe has produced a great debate over the virtues of austerity. the idea that government with large budget deficits must reduce these deficits mainly by cutting spending. if they don t get their spending in order, they won t be able to borrow money and wil