01/03/2017 Outside Source

Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

French centre-right presidential candidate Francois Fillon has said

he will be placed under investigation by a French judge -

TRANSLATION: I will not give up. I will not withdraw. I will take it to

the end, because it is democracy being challenged.

Donald Trump has addressed Congress for the first time -

and he's being widely praised for striking a conciliatory tone.

I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and

it is a message deeply delivered from my heart.

This was a well rehearsed speech - full on promises and

We'll be live in Washington to get into this.

UN human rights investigators say war crimes were committed

in Aleppo last year - by all parties involved

This is a live feed coming in from the House of Lords, where the Brexit

debate is continuing. The UK government has received the first

defeat on an amendment concerning EU nationals resident in the UK. Do get

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Francois Fillon is the centre-right candidate in the French

him under formal investigation over allegations he created fake

You might think that's enough to sink his chances -

and you'd certainly have thought so when he called a last minute

TRANSLATION: A number of my political friends, and those who

supported me in the primaries, and 4 million voters, are talking about a

political assassination. It is an assassination because it is

disproportionate and unprecedented. By the choice of this timetable,

it's not only me being assassinated, but the presidential elections as

well. The vote will decide who will be the next president of the

Republic. I will not cede. I will not give up. I will not withdraw. I

will take it to the end, because it is democracy that's being

challenged. Straight after that a senior member

of Mr Fillon's posted this statement That's a reference to

Francois Fillon promising to step aside if he was placed

under formal investigation. This is the reaction

of one of the other main TRANSLATION: What is happening in

the judicial domain is the concern of Francois Fillon and his judges,

for issues relating to the public domain and political life, the

French people will be the judge. But let's not treat the Democratic vote

as a means of absolution. That is not its role.

Let's remind ourselves of the allegations against Mr Fillon.

In January, a French investigative newspaper broke the story.

It claimed that he paid his wife more than 600,000 euros

of taxpayers' money for a parliamentary assistant's job

It later added another 330,000 euros to the accusation.

Penelope Fillon told a French journalist last year:

"Up to now, I have never been involved in

Mr Fillon is also accused of paying two of his five children 84,000

euros for legal work while they were law students.

What has happened today, and what precipitated this very suspenseful

day of politics in France, was Hezbollah vocation by the judge

looking into this that he will want to see him on March the 15th. As you

mentioned in your introduction, it was his statement months ago that

you couldn't possibly conceive of an honourable candidate being in that

position, placed under investigation, which is at the root

of his embarrassment. If he is placed personally under formal

investigation, the embarrassment will be more acute. One suspects

this is what is going to happen, and one suspects the huge pressure on

him. His response is this fight back, which says it is all a Mac a

nation by his enemies, that the timing is being accelerated by

left-wingers in the judiciary essentially, and that's why he is in

such a pickle now. He is back on the attack saying that in normal

circumstances this would have taken longer, and this is -- he is the

victim of a plot. The first round of the election

is just over seven weeks away. This "opinionway" poll predicts that

far-right National Front leader, Marine Le Pen, will win

the first round with centrist And in the second round, Macron

is expected to be the clear winner. The suggestion is that Emmanuel

Macron will be the next president. The basic fact remains that whoever

gets through to the second round to fight marine Le Pen is most likely

to wind, even though Marine Le Pen is apparently going up slightly in

the polls in the second round, consistently the polls say she is

likely to be beaten, either by Emmanuel Macron or by Francois

Fillon. So the fight is to see who will be the second person in the

second round. Emmanuel Macron is riding high. Francois Fillon has

fallen in the polls, although they have not totally collapsed. Emmanuel

Macron has had good news with his centrist agenda. He feels that he

has the momentum behind him. Right now, Emmanuel Macron is the

favourite to be the next president. We also heard earlier

via the AFP news agency that centrist party UDI -

which was allied to the Fillon campaign -

is "pausing its support and the party leadership will meet

next week to decide whether to fully I asked Hugh how it will

affect his campaign. Up until now, his group in the

parliament has stayed pretty much behind him. There have been voices

saying that they should look elsewhere for another candidate, but

they have come to nothing. So they have stuck by Mr Fillon. Now we have

heard discordant voices from within his own camp. The UDI is a centrist

party but very much attached to the Republicans party. So while... When

a group, even though a small one, start breaking away, and there have

been other pretty important people within his own party, that starts to

embarrass him and make things more awkward. Now to American politics.

This is Donald Trump on Twitter, saying simply, thank you. A lot of

people have reacted well to his first speech to the US Congress.

Here is some of it. Each American generation passes the torch of

liberty and justice, in an unbroken chain all the way down to the

president. That torch is now in our hands, and we will use it to light

up the world. I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and

strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. A new

chapter. APPLAUSE.

A new chapter of American greatness is now beginning. Poetic at times,

theatrical, emotional. This was a more measured tone

from President Trump than we've seen There's the President

practising as he gets It's unusual to get a glance

at politicians doing this before a big speech -

but you can be sure they all do it. This is the analysis of Daniel Dale.

He says, this was the same hardline nationalism, but just a different

tone. A rebranding from a master salesman. Let's bring in another

verdict that matters. Anthony is in Washington. Would you describe Trump

as a master salesman? He was definitely trying to sell

Republicans in the audience, congressional Republicans, that

chaotic start to his administration chaotic start to his administration

and that he can deliver a more is something he can move away from,

conventional speech. That is what we saw last night. He needs to keep

Republicans in the fold. His party Republicans in the fold. His party

will be able to pass a lot of his will be able to pass a lot of his

agenda. First and foremost, he needed to steady the ship, and that

is what his speech last night did. Right now, Donald Trump and his

administration is working on their budget. He sent papers to the

various agencies and Cabinet departments to have them flush out

the directives he was given them. The tricky thing is that a lot of

those departments and agencies do not have people in the top levels

right now, so it will be a challenge for them to meet the requests he has

provided. By May, we should have a presidential budget ready to

delivered to Congress. Then it will be the long process that involves

making choices about spending, about cuts, and how to fund these large

increases, like $12 billion perhaps for a wall. He talked about a

massive tax cut for the middle-class. These things have big

price tags. Donald, didn't speak of detail last night about where the

money come from. Mr Trump certainly gave us lots of major promises. Look

at this. Dying industries will come back to life. Veterans will get the

care they need. Our military will be given the resources it's brave

warriors so richly deserve. Crumbling infrastructure will be

replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels and railways, across a

beautiful land. Our terrible drug epidemic will slow down and

ultimately stop. And our neglected inner cities will see a rebirth of

hope, safety and opportunity. Above all else, we will keep our promises

to the American people. He is keeping a lid on expectations. I

know this is the privilege of any new president, to promise a lot.

There is a risk that clip could be played back to him in a year's time.

He promised to solve all the problems and fix everything that was

broken and heal the sick. It was almost like a messiah. That will be

a real challenge for him and for Republicans in Congress, who will

have to find ways of turning these promises into reality. He has set a

very high bar for them. If we go forward and we see the economy hum

along, and those campaign promises, we will see those words come back to

haunt him, but if things have not gotten better, it will be a clip

played time and time again in campaign commercials. Donald Trump

also turned to the issue of violence and murder. The murder rate in 2015

experienced its largest single year increase in nearly half a century.

In Chicago, more than 4000 people were shot last year alone, and the

murder rate so far this year has been even higher.

America experienced its largest single-year increase

From 2014 to 2015 there was a 10.8% increase in murders -

but the murder rate - that's the number of

murders per 100,000 - went up by more in 1979,

And the overall trend murder rate, is down past two decades -

that's since a peak in the 1970s, 80s and early 90s.

'In Chicago, more than 4,000 people

were shot last year alone, and the murder rate so far this year

Indeed, there were 4,331 shooting victims last year.

According to the most up to date Chicago Police Department data

for 2017, there have been 94 murders between the start of the year

That's fewer than the 98 for the same period last year.

So the number of murders has gone down slightly year-on-year. I guess

the question I thought when Mr Trump brought this up is why he keeps

returning to Chicago, and to the issue of murder? Like many

presidents and leaders, it is easier to enact the policies you want if

you paint a picture of a country in crisis. When Donald Kum talks about

runaway crime and runaway murder, it makes it easier to talk about his

policies. -- Donald Trump. Talking about crimes committed by

undocumented workers, he pointed up undocumented workers, he pointed up

to the balcony and said that these were families of people who were

victims of crimes committed by undocumented workers. All of this is

to advance a policy end, to create an environment where he can get

Congress and the American public behind his various actions to try to

address what he sees as a problem. Thank you. No doubt we will be

talking the same time tomorrow. The head of Uber is in trouble

after this video of him verbally abusing one of his drivers

is revealed. The car maker Ford could cut

more than 11,000 jobs Leaked documents seen by the BBC

show the company is concerned Our correspondent

Brian Meechan has more. At the moment there are 655,000

engines made here in Bridgend every year. But those contracts are coming

to an end, and by 2021 there is only guaranteed work of hundred and 20

5000. So that means that the company, the in the leaked

documents, has made it clear that it will not be able to keep the

workforce it has right now, and it would go down to something like 600.

It has also pointed out the the inefficiencies here in Bridgend.

Ford says The Only Way Is Essex can attracting new work is by getting

rid of those inefficiencies to make sure that they can compete globally.

This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

France's centre right Presidential candidate Francois Fillon has said

a judge will place him under investigation over

a fake job scandal - but he won't stand down.

The two accountants responsible for announcing the wrong film for best

picture at the Oscars will not be working for the Academy again.

The UK government has suffered its first defeat over

the Brexit bill in the House of Lords - that's the upper house

It's over an amendment guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens

They have voted. Contents, 358. Not contents, 256, so the contents have

it. That debate is still going on. This is the live feed we have coming

in. The Lord is not quite as busy as it was earlier.

To explain what's happened - the lower house -

the House of Commons - passed this bill a couple of weeks

But the upper house - the Lords - has now voted for this amendment.

That means that the bill now has to go back to the Commons.

Here is a quote from David Davis, the Brexit minister. He said he was

expecting Parliamentary ping-pong. That is a good phrase, because this

bill could go back and forth several times. Let's get some help

describing what has happened. Tom Bateman is live for us in

Westminster. Is the government in the Commons is likely to back down

on this amendment? I don't think they have any intention of giving

ground on this. That's because it was always their aim, their hope and

their desire to get this bill through the UK Parliament, that

authorises Theresa May to start the Brexit process, to go on and begin

those Brexit negotiations. They wanted to do that without any

conditions being slapped on them by MPs or members of the House of

Lords. They wanted to go to other member states with a completely free

hand to negotiate. That is why the bill to authorise them to do this is

a single sheet of paper, simply saying that the government have the

right to start this process. You are seeing members of the House of

Lords, unelected members of the second house, trying to gain some

control of this process, particularly on the issue of the

rights of EU citizens, which they think should be guaranteed in the

UK, for practical and moral reasons. Some people watching might wonder

what it has got to do with them. Those in the House of Commons were

elected. They are acting on a referendum that was voted on by the

whole country. And here are people who were not elected trying to push

the course of an elected government. The House of Lords has an important

constitutional role, because it is fair to revise laws. They are

unelected, but people who are there on the advice of the Prime Minister,

effectively -- effectively appointed by the Queen. They tend to be people

from business, industry or journalism who are very experienced.

They would argue that their role in revising laws has been successful

over the years. They would say that is all they are attempting to do

here. Once it goes back to the House of Commons, it is possible that the

MPs wiped off that amendment and then it could go back to the House

of Lords. A couple of viewers in the UK have been asking why the Lords by

getting involved, so hopefully that helps to explain it.

A video has emerged of its boss Travis Kalanick swearing at an Uber

The driver is a man called Fawzi Kamel -

and he raised the issue of the company dropped prices

I am bankrupt because of you. You keep changing it every day. Hold on

a second. What have I changed about Black? You dropped the prices. We

started with $20. How much is the mile now? To 75? Some people don't

like to take responsibility. Good luck.

Travis Kalanick has emailed Uber staff.

"It's clear this video is a reflection of me -

and the criticism we've received is a stark reminder that I must

fundamentally change as a leader and grow up.

This is the first time I've been willing to admit that I need

leadership help and I intend to get it."

It seems less about leadership of a company -

more about not being hot-headed and rude to people you've just met

and who have the temerity to disagree with you.

Either way, we're promised some changes.

All this is in the context of extensive allegations of sexual

harassment that were made by a former Uber employee

This is Alan Greenspan - he was the Chairman of the US

Federal Reserve for 19 years, and under four presidents.

He's spoken to the BBC's "100 Days" programme.

Here he is with Katty Kay - talking about about Donald Trump's

That was not a speech that was meant to be taken literally, because there

is double entry book-keeping in the world, and one must ask, how do you

fund of various things? There was nothing in there except some vague

notions about strong economic growth. Well, where is that coming

from? That is Alan Greenspan. Some breaking sports news