First lady melania, and he will also be visiting louisiana, with people saying they hope he will be the comforter in chief. Well have more of that at the top of that are so stay tuned to that but in the meantime we will cross to the bbc Sports Centre now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. A record 69th pole for Lewis Hamilton. He overtakes Michael Schumachers record at a rainy monza, ahead of the italian grand prix. Wales in their qualifier with austria. Also coming up in the programme t20 action from the final. And are you crzay for crazy golf you could become a professional, as mike bushell has been finding out. Welcome to the programme. Well start with formula one because in the last hour Lewis Hamilton has set a new pole position record in reaching his 69th career pole, breaking the previous landmark set by michael schumacher. In treacherous conditions that saw qualifying suspended for more than two and a half hours hamilton was more than a second quicker than his neare
This guy, so why buy marijuana from him. Hot spot its the first major tv commercial for marijuana, but is it sending the wrong message to viewers . Russian president Vladimir Putin has kept a low showdown. All that changed today. Putin broke his silence in a News Conference in moscow saying he will not rule out the use of military force. Also today russia launched an int Ballistic Missile from caspian sea to khazakhstan a planned test. The white house says theres a way out if Vladimir Putin accepted independent monitors. A billion loan has been pledged to the ukrainian public. At a fundraiser president obama said a lot of new developments. Mike viqueira has the latest. For a secondstraight day mr obama interrupted a scheduled event. We are calling for deescalation and independent monitors. President obama held out hope that Vladimir Putin was having second thoughts. There has been reports that president putin is pausing for a moment and reflecting on what happened. Hours after he spoke
In arizona, living in appalling conditions. Good to have you with us. We begin with breaking if yous out of pakistan. An assault on a large and busy airport. Eight are dead. The gunman throwing hand grenades on to the tarmac in karachi, and then a gun battle brock out. All flights have been diverted. Major airports are on high alert. A karachi based journalist has been reporting on the story for several outlets and joins us by phone. Reports, we understand, indicate that 610 gunmen stormed the cargo in the vip area of the airport. What is the latest. Yes, gun battles are going on. Nine dead bodies have been taken to hospital, including security forces. Its been claimed that many have been killed. As you said, Karachi Airport is one of the busiest and large airports in the coupedry. Country. Once again eight have been killed, are the gunmen inside the airport still . Yes. There is fighting going on between the security forces. We are seeing heavy smoke and fire. Are they cargo planes on