And 50 years after pink floyds debut album the new exhibition at londons victoria and Albert Museum celebrating one of the worlds most famous rock bands. And coming up in the sport on bbc news england are handed a tough draw for the 2019 rugby world cup. Theyll play france and argentina in the tournament in 2019. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. President trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning, saying hed lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. James comey learnt of his fate last night when he was handed a note as he briefed fbi agents in los angeles. Mr comey had been leading an investigation into alleged links between mr trumps Election Campaign last year and russia. But the white house insists he was dismissed for mishandling an inquiry into Hillary Clintons emails last year. From washington, heres aleem maqbool. Absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight. This is a fox news alert. Fbi Directorjames Comey
Will face charges over claims theyd breached the rules on Campaign Spending during the last General Election. Fifa investigates paul pogbas £89 million transfer from juventus to Manchester United last summer. And pigs do fly. 50 years after pink floyds Debut Album A Celebration and exhibition to mark the anniversary. Its 5 oclock, good afternoon. President trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning saying hed lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. But critics from both sides say the dismissal of james comey smacks of a cover up, to do with the agencys investigation into possible collusion between the trump president ial campaign and russia. From washington, heres rajini vaidyanathan. Absolutely explosive news from washington. This is a fox news alert. James comey has been fired. Politics in the time of trump is often unpredictable but this was a political bombshell that few saw coming. Back in washington today james comey was in los ange
The story of how pink floyd helped turn rock music into a visual spectacle. We would have the maddest ideas and wed follow them through a long way. Obviously some of them were just too mad and got discarded, but we put a lot of time and energy and effort into the strangest ideas. There was no one to tell us you cant do it that way, because we just would do it whatever way. And we were young and arrogantand. They were some brilliant times. It was an era of massive experimentation and there was a whole generation of designers and architects creating things that they thought no one would ever built. And then along came pink floyd. The elaborate stage designs, the giant inflatable pig, the album covers. The visuals were vital for a band that was increasingly becoming almost anonymous. I do remember that when we went on the road there was a big resistance to publicity and to. I think we were a bit po faced and snotty. It is in many ways a record of an era that has now passed. When albums ru
The story of how pink floyd helped turn rock music into a visual spectacle. We would have the maddest ideas and wed follow them through a long way. Obviously some of them were just too mad and got discarded, but we put a lot of time and energy and effort into the strangest ideas. There was no one to tell us you cant do it that way, because we just would do it whatever way. And we were young and arrogantand. They were some brilliant times. It was an era of massive experimentation and there was a whole generation of designers and architects creating things that they thought no one would ever built. And then along came pink floyd. The elaborate stage designs, the giant inflatable pig, the album covers. The visuals were vital for a band that was increasingly becoming almost anonymous. I do remember that when we went on the road there was a big resistance to publicity and to. I think we were a bit po faced and snotty. It is in many ways a record of an era that has now passed. When albums ru
After months of speculation the news that every take that had been dreading the most successful band of the decade that splitting up. As it was really terrible i had a friend who was also a big take that fan and we cried. Then we sat in front of the radio and recorded it on tape because there was this big interview. And great he said it is going to be a last album from today. Is no will. Be on but we even set up an Emergency Hotline at Bravo Magazine because kids were calling and saying they were going to kill themselves that there really were two or three girls who killed themselves because tate got it split down. Take that in the ninetys they were at the top of a gigantic wave of boy and girl plans the man just a bass Group Of Five had a massive teenage following turned over tiny profits and kept the press on their
and their diehard fans of remain true to this day. But remember this. As ive got photos from every american scene and every country i could get them from. At some point ti