also ahead. negotiating brexit. eu leaders meet in brussels to discuss how to tackle future talks. another north korean missile test. but the us military says the ballistic rocket blew up seconds after take off. as he marks 100 days in office, donald trump becomes the first us president for more than three decades to address the american gun lobby. no longer will federal agencies be coming after law abiding gun owners. in sport, it s the richest bout in british boxing history. the countdown is on for tonight s world heavyweight showdown, as anthonyjoshua meets former champion wladimir klitshcko. and more than a0,000,000 records sold. the cranberries will be here to tell us why they have decided to put a new twist on their greatest hits. and sarah has the weather. it isa it is a largely dry day today with some sunshine around, too. some will see some rain tomorrow. i will have the full forecast in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there are growing calls f
but he warns there will be a bill to pay for leaving. can you go to your mummy and shake her for can you go to your mummy and shake herfor me. can you go to your mummy and shake her for me. she s not waking up. and the four year old twins who saved their mother s life after working out how to unlock their mum s phone and call the emergency services. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll have the latest as president trump fights to get congress to pass his new healthcare bill. a vote is due in the next two hours but hardline republicans are angry his changes to obamacare don t go far enough. at 810, we ll have a live debate on the state of british sport with a panel of sportsmen and women and industry insiders. then at 101i0pm we ll take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages in our paper review. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to spor
sebastian vettel was second fastest. this season features new cars that are bigger and quicker, with up to five seconds shaved off lap times. with the fia, to find the right solutions to make our sport as great as possible the future. by great, i mean, close racing, healthy teams, true meritocracy of drivers. and all the things we know that we would have in a perfect world. the british and irish lions coach warren gatland has already lost a couple of potential shoe ins for this summer s tour of new zealand. irelands rob kearney and jamie heaslip both missed last weekend s six nations win over england, full back kearney has had an operation on a knee injury. while number 8 heaslip has had surgery on a disc problem in his back. both players have been on the last 2 lions‘ tours. gatland names his squad on the 19th of april. gloucester comfortably saw off bottom of the table bristol 32 14 in the night s only premiership game. four tries for the visitors with england wingerjonny
[ cheers and applause ] welcome back to cnn heroes. in the united states we have more than 18 million veterans. they are leaders, entrepreneurs, teachers, and bring so much to our country. however, many still struggle with the unseen wounds of war. to tell us how our next hero is empowering these great americans through art is the founder of six degrees.org, kevin bacon. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. sometimes the only way to get through unimaginable pain is to find a way to share it. the way richard casper shared his happened in an art class. he returned from iraq riddled with post traumatic stress, a disc problem, and a brain injury. his humvee had been blown up four times and he watched his best friend die.
Heroes. in the united states we have more than 18 million veterans. they are leaders, entrepreneurs, teachers, and bring so much to our country. however, many still struggle with the unseen wounds of war. to tell us how our next hero is empowering these great americans through art is the founder of six degrees.org, kevin bacon. thank you. thank you. sometimes the only way to get through unimaginable pain is to find a way to share it. the way richard casper shared his happened in an art class. he returned from iraq riddled with post traumatic stress, a disc problem, and a brain injury. his humvee had been blown up four times and he watched his best friend die. richard struggled with his reentry and picked up a brush and stroke by stroke shared his