Peter today we are going to discuss the state of the Union Address and were going to do it by using Jeffrey Tulis to our benefit. To recap, the state of the Union Address straddles the two constitutional presidencies that Jeffrey Tulis defined in your reading. The first one, that first big c constitutional presidency, these are the former rules and procedures that define our ystem. And also the formal expectations placed upon the executive during the founding era. The big c constitutional presidency is one that proscribes popular leadership. The second one, the small c constitutional presidency, this is a creation of our progressive president. And it has been built up since he time of Woodrow Wilson. And the small c constitutional presidency prescribes popular leadership, it demands it of residents. If you recall from your readings that big c, formal structure of the constitution, and the small c, popular presidency, that these exist uneasily with one another in the modern era. Well pi
of those who left us this year, including david bowie, in review 2016: we remember part two. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a nightclub packed with new year revellers, killing at least 39 people. funerals have been held for some of the victims. another 69 people were wounded, four of them critically, in what the istanbul governor described as a terrorist attack . the attacker left his gun before escaping. the shooting marks a bloody end to a year which saw ankara and istanbul targeted by attacks carried out by the so called islamic state group and, separately, kurdish rebels. mark lowen reports from istanbul. the mood was of celebration, one of istanbul s top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. five, four, three, two. they expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not this. less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. ins
inspired the foundation of the national trust. and ben has the weekend weather. good morning. the weather does not particularly look inspiring this weekend. there will be some rain at times and it will be blustery as well. all the details in 15 minutes. all the details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, that s the message from the transport secretary, chris grayling. he s urging drivers to consider a less polluting vehicle instead. four in ten cars on britain s roads are diesel. under labour they had been billed as the clean alternative to petrol with reduced fuel taxes. now they re said to be one of the reasons for increasing levels of air pollution. let s get more on this with our correspondent nick quraishi who s in central london. chris grayling is using these comments in the daily mail to distance himself from what labour did when it was in power. in 2001, gordon brown as chancellor cut the
popularity of women s american football as a new series in the sport gets under way. and we have the weather. the weather does not look particularly inspiring this weekend. there will be a lot of cloud around and it will be fairly blustery as well. all the details in 15 minutes. first, our main story. motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, that s the message from the transport secretary, chris grayling. he s urging drivers to consider a less polluting vehicle instead. four in ten cars on britain s roads are diesel. under labour they had been billed as the clean alternative to petrol with reduced fuel taxes. now they re said to be one of the reasons for increasing levels of air pollution. let s get more on this with our correspondent nick quraishi who s in central london. these comments by chris grayling in the daily mail are a complete different to what labour did when it was in power. in 2001, gordon brown reduced tax on low sulphur fuel. that had t
scotla nd scotland break out! and a spirited second half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in a decade. and coming up in half and hour here on bbc news this week s edition of talking business. good evening and welcome to bbc news. tom watson, labour s deputy leader, has said the party must do better at winning over voters but he s also insisting that now is not the time to change the leadership. jeremy corbyn says he will stay on as leader. but a new opinion polljust released in the last few minutes by the sunday mirror says a third of non labour voters would be more likely to vote for the party if mr corbyn went. in a moment we ll hear from former mayor of london ken livingstone and political commentator michael white, but first here s our political correspondent carole walker. jeremy corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down. he was in stoke yesterday, where labour saw off the challenge from ukip to win