19/04/2016 Outside Source

This is Outside Source. A big day in New York. A key battle ground in the

race for presidential nominations. In Afghanistan, the Taliban have

claimed responsibility for an attack that has killed at least 20 dead

people. We are going to talk about this man here, wearing a pair of

strange glasses. He is Lutz Bachmann and is in court on racial hate

charges. We will also have the sports news, including Bernie

Ecclestone's take on what women can and cannot do. Pegida is an

anti-Islam movement in Germany and today this man went on trial accused

of inciting racial hatred, something he denies. More details in a moment,

but these pictures came into the newsroom a while back as he entered

court. We saw rival groups of protesters. This is Lutz Bachmann.

The man with the weird and odd glasses. Reuters told us they were

designed to mock the German media. A reference to the fact that the

German media sometimes conceals people's identities. Pegida is an

umbrella group for German right-wingers. It has some support

from mainstream conservatives, but also Nazis and football hooligans.

It holds regular street protests about what it calls the dangerous

rise of Islam. It's manifesto is online. It opposes extremism and

calls for the protection of Germany's Judeo Christian culture

and frequently denies being racist. Our correspondent is in Berlin.

These are Facebook posts back in 2014, before Lutz Bachmann set up

this movement and before the refugee and migrant crisis hit Germany last

year. In the postings, Lutz Bachmann allegedly read comments such as

referring to asylum seekers as vermin, scumbag, dirtbags and

offensive terms. Earlier today in courts, Lutz Bachmann said he did

not write the comments on his Facebook page and doesn't know who

did. Through his lawyer he said an unknown person posted it. Having

said that, his lawyer said that he should be able to express such

comments. It is a very controversial thing here in Germany because over

the last year, during 2015, there were almost 1000 offences against

refugees and migrants, including 76 cases of arson on refugee homes. The

reason these comments allegedly made by Lutz Bachmann are seen as a

serious crime is because he is seen as having encouraged these acts of

violence. It is more than words, it is about was that lead to violence.

And how popular is this man? During 2015 when Germany was really at the

high point of this refugee crisis, of course as you know, we saw 1.1

million refugees and migrants coming to Germany, in 2015, particularly in

the autumn, there were tens of thousands of people taking part in

these weekly marches. At one point there were 25,000 people marching in

Dresden against this suppose it is I safe and of the West. Numbers have

dropped significantly now. We are talking thousands rather than tens

of thousands. There are two reasons. One, they're off you are migrants

and refugees coming to Germany. The other reason is this debate about

whether Germany should take in refugees at all. It has moved to the

mainstream and gone away from the fringes. It has been taken up by

mainstream parties and politicians and also a new party, the

alternative of Germany. The debate has moved away from the radical

fringes which is represented really by Pegida and Lutz Bachmann's

movement. Next week Outside Source will be live in Cologne, looking at

some of the issues they me and is talking about. Time for sport.

Letters begin with some generalisations about gender. All

coming from any Ecclestone, the chief executive of Formula one. He

provides a dim view of the Formula one industry and women's ability to

dry a car. He said: he did mention perhaps a female

chief executive could be possible. He said the minimal competence and

they don't have massive egos. They have been many women who have done

well in formula one. Let us bring in Ollie Foster from BBC sport. He has

a track record as saying exactly what he thinks and not being

concerned about the consequences and I guess this is in line with a sport

where women, with those honourable exceptions, don't vanish to

flourish. You have to go back 40 years to the time when a woman

started a Formula one race. It is easy to laugh off what was a fairly

wide-ranging, rambling at times interview that he gave today where

he came out with those comments. Just the thoughts of an 85-year-old

man, but it is Bernie Ecclestone, a very powerful 85-year-old man who

basically runs Formula one and has done for decades now. In part what

he said was true. Not the bit about women not being taken seriously, but

women have not been able to break into a starting position with

Formula One for years. Suzy Wolf is the wide to -- is the

wife of the heads of the Mercedes team. She tried to make a start with

Williams, but was forced out because she did not make the grade. She

accepted that. There are limited places for any driver let alone

women. But Suzy Wolf is at the forefront of creating opportunities

for women to get into motorsports. She said we are strong enough and we

have to work harder. Superman is an IndyCar driver in the US and fairly

successful. She says this is happening, is it? -- Suzy man.

Bernie Ecclestone, when he opens his mouth he does generate a response.

He did counter that by saying women would make good chief executives but

it will, if it is a positive thing, caused something of a debate. From a

story there about a man who does not believe in gender equality to an

entire country that is not overly keen on it. Female students at score

in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to play sport. Our correspondent has

this report from Jeddah. This looks like a regular gym, but

it is not. Everyday I e-mails from women asking, do you have room. I

want to come here. Constantly e-mailing because of the need for it

and that is why I really pray that they are going to make things easier

for us when it comes to fitness and opening up gyms in Saudi Arabia.

Women are trained in her parents house. Those punches are not easy

but they are the reason women come here to learn about combat sports.

It is a great opportunity to exercise, but it is not available

for every woman in Saudi Arabia. There are two major barriers for

women here taking part in sport. The law and money. Female students in

public schools are simply not allowed to exercise. In 2014, an

advisory body to the king recommended lifting the

controversial ban in public schools, but the government is yet to make a

decision. This privately owned basketball team

launched in 2006 hope to introduce girls into the sports world, but

this opportunity is only available for those who can afford it. I would

say the majority is only the private sector that is participating. Maybe

this is the backbone and the infrastructure for Saudi Arabian

women sports, but we hope girls in public schools will be able to

participate soon. To privately trained Saudi women made it to the

Olympics 2012. Many here put high hopes to see many more taking part

later this year in June, but for millions of Saudi girls waiting for

change, been part of that world is not an option. One quick video to

show you. Jamie Barrow has broken the British snowboarding speed

record. He hit 152 kilometres an hour. Have a look.

There is they're telling how far we can go. That is impressive. What is

more impressive if it is no where near the world record. A French sky

hit 203 kilometres an hour on that slope. Still to come on Outside

Source, we are going to turn to Texas to talk about the flooding in

Houston. Five people have lost their lives and we will be turning to ABC

to update us. For decades scientists have wondered

why dinosaurs disappeared from the earth. And Ashbridge strike has been

the best theory, but scientists now think dinosaurs were already in

decline before that happened. They dominated the earth

for 165 million years. A giant asteroid sent up clouds

of dust that blotted out the sun. The mighty creatures that had once

reigned supreme were wiped out. The fantastic vertebral column shows

you the sort of size Now a new study of

their fossil remains 50 million years

before the asteroid struck. We found, in fact, unexpectedly,

that many dinosaur groups were declining to a certain extent

towards the end, so not that this decline caused the final

extinction, that still was the asteroid impact, but a fair number

of groups of dinosaurs Up until now, many

scientists believed that dinosaurs were still going

strong right up to the moment But the new research

indicates that they were actually in decline,

because they simply couldn't cope with the way

that the earth was changing. why were these mighty creatures

declining for so long? It's possible that a large number

of environmental changes that were taking place around

the world were responsible There are lots of things

going on in the world prior to the asteroid hitting, including changes

in sea level, for example, changes in the amount of land area,

changes in the plants that are living on the land,

changes to the atmosphere. So lots of different environmental

variables that might have been long before the catastrophe

that finally wiped them out. Many wonder whether humans

would exist at all were it not for the chance impact

of an asteroid 66 million years ago. But the new study suggests that

dinosaurs may have been on their way out and our very early evolutionary

ancestors could well have established a foothold

even if the asteroid had never hit. Thanks for joining me. This is

Outside Source. Our lead story is from New York, people are voting in

the two presidential primaries. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are

favourites to win that state, but it may come down to the strength of

their victories in terms of how the US press will view those results.

Let's look at what's coming up: If you're looking at outside the UK,

it's World News America next. It will have the latest from Ecuador on

the earthquake, the death toll there has risen to 480. Here in the UK, on

the BBC News channel, it's the News At Ten. It has a special report from

Scotland, where we're just over two weeks away from crucial

Parliamentary elections. As I was mentioning. There has been

terrible flooding in Houston. We know from the authorities that five

people have lost their lives. It's all caused by exceptional levels of

rainfall in Texas. If we look at the map, Houston sits at sea level right

on the coast. It floods to some degree every year. But this is far

worse than normal. Let's get the latest with the help of ABC News.

Raging flood water sweeps through low lying Houston trapping drivers

in their cars and thousands in their homes. You all right? These

residents escaped with their children on anything that floats,

even a refrigerator. Across the city, hundreds of high water

rescues, including this attempt to lead a horse to higher ground. The

downpour nearly 20 inches was deadly for drivers, at least five bodies

were found in submerged vehicles. A plea from the governor. Please

remember the easy phrase, turn around, don't drown. Stay out of the

rising water. The danger captured during this live news report onnure

ABC station KTRK. What do I do? Swim! The damage spreads for miles

through neighbourhood after neighbourhood leaving many

disheartened. We're still recovering from last year. Now we're back to

square one again. And most, like Deborah Writifg's On The Wall,

stranded on her second-floor balcony, until this unusual rescue

on a monster truck, grateful for their communities coming together.

It's been an adventurous day. Best of luck to those of you in Houston

affected by the floods. This year the BBC is commemorating

400 years since the death of Shakespeare. It's taking many forms,

including this report on some students in California who've

developed a video game based on Shakespeare's plays. Who knew

Shakespeare could be so much fun? Look at the audience. They're not

watching the performers, they're looking at the screen, because play

the nave is a new type of theatre, in which the players control Avatars

to create an animated film, a Shakespeare short. Don't be fooled

by the technology. The exaggerated gestures are very Shakespearean.

This is an old style of acting that was used during Shakespeare's time

and came from an older oratorical methods of delivering speeches. So I

think it's interesting that the technology is bringing back this

older style of acting. Wave your arms gently... The concept is

irresistible, even for somebody like me who gasp has never played a video

game. Choose your costume, your stage and of course your play.

Welcome to my production of Macbeth. This is the bit where lady Macbeth

realises everything has gone horribly wrong and starts to have a

nervous break down. Colin is the Doctor Who will be charting his

mental disintegration. Here we go. What need we fear when none can call

our power to account. Yay who would have thought the old man to have so

much blood in him. This is really difficult. What is it she does now?

There is a serious side to this, sort of. Play the nave was devised

as a teaching tool to make Shakespeare more accessible in a

digital age. What you're looking at the screen, you're not thinking

about your class mates or the teacher, you're thinking about I am

Falstaff. They may not understand the language yet but they want to

because it's part of a game. You get a better feel for what's going on as

you perform it. You think about the body language. We're in the first

ladies and gentleman PGAian theatre in -- Elizabethan theatre in

America. Pretty much every media form since the printed book has

experimented with Shakespeare, whether it's radio, television,

film, now we've got virtual reality and it's not surprising that one of

the first places we go to see what this technology provides is to

Shakespeare. Purists may still prefer the real thing, but this game

raises the question - what is the real thing? As Shakespeare himself

said, all the world's a stage and that today must surely include

virtual worlds. Very impressive. Let's talk about

the New York primaries. We began with this. Let's go back to it. This

is just coming through on one of the news agencies which I can pull up

through the screen. New York City watchdog is, from Reuters, decrying

irregularities in primary voting. One official ordered on Tuesday a

audit of the city's board of elections saying deep concern over

wide receipt reports of problems and irregularities. We'll keep an eye on

that. I don't imagine it will have an effect on the outcome.

Nonetheless, clearly that's not the kind of thing that New York state is

going to want to see. In their different ways Bernie Sanders,

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been playing up their ties to

New York City. Donald Trump owns a lot of Manhattan. Hillary Clinton

was senator there. Bernie Sanders born in New York. We've made this

report looking at which candidates some New Yorkers feel truly

represents their home. Thank you Brooklyn. Bernie Sanders.

He's a real New Yorker. I don't think Trump or Hilary knows what

it's like to live in New York in the way most of us do, the 99%. I've

been born and bred here and she's one of us, her character, her

honesty. A woman president is what we need. Donald Trump. He is New

York. He's been here for 30 years. He's a native New Yorker. Huge.

That's Bernie. This is Donald Trump with the hair. After he speaks he

does this. That's Trump. That's my Trump.

As far as contributions to New York, I think Donald Trump and Hillary

Clinton are up there. Bernie was born here, born and raised here.

He's from New York. Donald Trump is more New York because when you look

around, he has his name on all the buildings. Bernie is a real New

Yorker. He has the soul and the conscience and the morality of what

New York is really all about. Now quickly I want to tell you about the

Pulitzer Prizes. They honour journalism and the arts

in the US. Among the winners was Reuters

and the New York Times, whose photography staff won a prize

for their coverage They stop you in your tracks, even

if you've seen thousands of images. This is a baby sleeping in his

father's arms gave me pause for thought. Look those up. The pictures

from Reuters that won. I should also mention that the BBC earlier won a

pea body award for its television and radio reporting of the migrant

crisis in Europe. The judges praised wide-ranging, richly detailed and

deeply humane reporting. We're honoured to have received that.

Thank you very much for watching. Hello again. There's a couple of day

of fine, warm, spring sunshine before the weather turns. But let's

set the scene on what's happening right now. High pressure is sitting

right over the UK. It's keeping these cloud