:00:21. > :00:23.Donald Trump has insisted that he has complete authority
:00:24. > :00:34.It comes as investigators consider whether he or his aides
:00:35. > :00:36.colluded with Russia, during last year's election campaign.
:00:37. > :00:39.The President's son, Donald J Trump, and son-in law Jared Kushner,
:00:40. > :00:41.are due to be questioned in Congress next week.
:00:42. > :00:47.Our Washington Correspondent Laura Bicker reports.
:00:48. > :00:49.Donald Trump is gearing up for what could be one
:00:50. > :01:05.He's clearing the deck for new lieutenants to try to fight
:01:06. > :01:08.off claims the Kremlin helped him win the White House.
:01:09. > :01:10.His core message has become engulfed by the many investigations
:01:11. > :01:12.as he launched a new aircraft carrier in Virginia,
:01:13. > :01:15.he gave the kind of sales pitch he'd prefer Americans to hear.
:01:16. > :01:19.American steel and American hands have constructed a 100,000 tonne
:01:20. > :01:31.Donald Trump is reshaping and upgrading his team just
:01:32. > :01:33.as the scope of the investigation into Russian meddling
:01:34. > :01:37.in a US election widens to include his finances.
:01:38. > :01:40.And that has infuriated the president.
:01:41. > :01:43.The focus of the enquiry is also no longer outside
:01:44. > :01:46.the White House gates, it's focusing on his inner circle,
:01:47. > :01:48.his own family, who will give evidence to Congress
:01:49. > :01:54.Mr Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is one
:01:55. > :02:00.Seen so often at his side, but rarely heard.
:02:01. > :02:05.He'll be asked about that in Congress on Monday.
:02:06. > :02:08.Donald Trump Jr is also in discussions about testifying
:02:09. > :02:11.after it was revealed he met with a Russian lawyer,
:02:12. > :02:13.who'd offered incriminating information about Hillary Clinton
:02:14. > :02:18.White House spokesman Sean Spicer often struggled to convey
:02:19. > :02:20.the President's message, amidst a barrage of
:02:21. > :02:28.If the President puts Russian salad dressing on his salad tonight,
:02:29. > :02:42.He's now saying farewell, making way for a new face,
:02:43. > :02:45.for slick Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci.
:02:46. > :02:48.I just think it was in the best interest of our communications
:02:49. > :02:51.department, or of our press organisation, to not have too many
:02:52. > :02:55.He's described the enquiries into his campaign's links
:02:56. > :02:59.He's getting combat ready just in case investigators
:03:00. > :03:05.do not agree with him. Laura Bicker, BBC News, Washington.
:03:06. > :03:10.Chris Froome has all but secured his fourth Tour de France victory.
:03:11. > :03:13.He saw off his rivals in today's time trial,
:03:14. > :03:14.having held the leader's Yellow Jersey for most
:03:15. > :03:21.He now needs only to cross the line tomorrow in order to claim road
:03:22. > :03:26.cycling's greatest prize. From Paris, Richard Conway reports.
:03:27. > :03:33.It is known as the race of truth, for Chris Froome, this was a race of
:03:34. > :03:39.destiny. The start line is not a place to reflect on three gruelling
:03:40. > :03:43.weeks of racing, and ignoring booing from a partisan French crowd, Froome
:03:44. > :03:47.focused on the task in hand, an individual time trial set over a 14
:03:48. > :03:51.mile course through the streets of Marseille. He set off knowing his
:03:52. > :03:55.rivals were within 30 seconds of his overall time. But his pace was
:03:56. > :04:01.significantly faster than those trying to stop him. This Colombian
:04:02. > :04:11.pushed himself to the limit to claw back. Goreux Matt Barbet, it was one
:04:12. > :04:16.stake to four. It was a potent demonstration of the Britain's
:04:17. > :04:19.dominance. He goes into tomorrow's largely ceremonial final stage with
:04:20. > :04:24.a lead of 54 seconds, knowing he will be crowned for a fourth time as
:04:25. > :04:28.when cycling's most famous race. It will be a fitting finale for a man
:04:29. > :04:32.that has delivered yet another vintage performance.
:04:33. > :04:38.It was an emphatic demonstration by Chris Froome of his time trialling
:04:39. > :04:42.ability, but this has been a close Tour de France this year. Behind me,
:04:43. > :04:45.they are preparing to welcome the Tour de France tomorrow, the
:04:46. > :04:49.Champs-Elysees will be closed, the finishing line will be in, because
:04:50. > :04:51.tomorrow, the race arrives here and Chris Froome will be crowned as Tour
:04:52. > :05:03.de France champion once more. Here the government plans
:05:04. > :05:05.to introduce a registration system for drones because of growing
:05:06. > :05:07.concern about the risk Drone owners will have to complete
:05:08. > :05:11.a safety awareness course. Dozens of near misses have been
:05:12. > :05:14.reported in the past year, Gatwick Airport has confirmed
:05:15. > :05:17.that some flights have been disrupted this evening
:05:18. > :05:19.by a drone in the area. It wasn't the first time
:05:20. > :05:21.that a drone had flown worryingly close to a runway,
:05:22. > :05:24.but it was enough to close down Gatwick Airport for
:05:25. > :05:27.a short while three weeks ago. Pilots have long complained
:05:28. > :05:30.that unmanned aerial vehicles could fly into their engines,
:05:31. > :05:36.causing accidents. Jones are also being used
:05:37. > :05:38.to fly drugs and mobile And now the government
:05:39. > :05:44.wants to act by forcing The new rules mean that any drone
:05:45. > :05:49.weighing more than 250 grams will have to be registered,
:05:50. > :05:52.and their new owners will have to complete a safety awareness
:05:53. > :05:55.test when they buy them. A new technology to prevent
:05:56. > :05:57.drones flying near airports They can present a danger
:05:58. > :06:05.to aircraft and to individual users, so it's about introducing
:06:06. > :06:11.a registration scheme, it's about geolocations
:06:12. > :06:13.and geofencing to stop them being flown near aerodromes
:06:14. > :06:18.and sensitive areas. So it's about getting the balance
:06:19. > :06:21.right between the different needs of users and the dangers
:06:22. > :06:26.on the other part. The government wants
:06:27. > :06:28.all drones of more than 250 But that's not much heavier
:06:29. > :06:32.than a mobile phone. But military experts say that drones
:06:33. > :06:35.as light as 400 grams could damage a helicopter window,
:06:36. > :06:48.while drones of two kilograms could critically
:06:49. > :06:49.damage an aeroplane. But serious drone enthusiasts
:06:50. > :06:52.say the new rules may The problem is other people
:06:53. > :06:55.who have no knowledge, they don't know how to fly,
:06:56. > :06:58.they just go and buy the drone and go up in the sky
:06:59. > :07:00.maybe 1,000 feet high. This is the problem,
:07:01. > :07:02.not us the problem. And the new rules will
:07:03. > :07:06.be hard to police. Afterall, Criminals are unlikely
:07:07. > :07:13.to sign up to a public register. But it may prevent unwanted
:07:14. > :07:15.accidents. Councils in England say they're
:07:16. > :07:21.having to find temporary accommodation for more than 900
:07:22. > :07:23.children each month, because more families
:07:24. > :07:25.are becoming homeless. The Local Government Association
:07:26. > :07:28.says the number needing help has increased by a third in three
:07:29. > :07:31.years, and councils must be allowed to build "genuinely affordable
:07:32. > :07:33.homes" to help. Boots - the pharmacy chain -
:07:34. > :07:35.has apologised for dismissing calls to cut the cost
:07:36. > :07:37.of its contraceptive It had initially refused to drop
:07:38. > :07:42.the price of the medicines, because it claimed that
:07:43. > :07:44.doing so would 'incentivise inappropriate use'.
:07:45. > :07:48.Andy Moore reports. The British Pregnancy Advisory
:07:49. > :07:55.Service launched its campaign with a video mocking the high prices
:07:56. > :07:57.charged in the UK They said it would be cheaper to fly
:07:58. > :08:02.to France and by there for about ?5. Tesco and Superdrug
:08:03. > :08:12.reduced their prices, but Boots refused to back down,
:08:13. > :08:19.saying: There was a vigorous
:08:20. > :08:22.campaign on social media critising the company and calling
:08:23. > :08:29.for a boycott. 30 Labour women MPs sent a letter
:08:30. > :08:32.to the company yesterday saying Boots was taking a moral position
:08:33. > :08:35.on what should be a personal Then came a late-night
:08:36. > :08:39.change of heart. In its statement,
:08:40. > :08:41.Boots said it was truly sorry It said it was committed to finding
:08:42. > :08:47.cheaper forms of the drug. It also said that emergency
:08:48. > :08:50.contraception services were freely available on the NHS
:08:51. > :08:55.in many of its stores. Campaigners said Boots
:08:56. > :08:56.had spectacularly Our only disappointment
:08:57. > :09:13.is it's taken this long, and really the threat of a boycott
:09:14. > :09:16.by its customers for Boots This was a position reached
:09:17. > :09:19.by Superdrug, Tesco far earlier. But not everyone agrees
:09:20. > :09:21.with the decision by Boots. Their original position
:09:22. > :09:23.was absolutely fine. They were saying they did
:09:24. > :09:25.not want to encourage And you have to remember,
:09:26. > :09:29.the morning after pill is a large It's not something that needs
:09:30. > :09:33.to be taken like sweeties One of the MPs who signed
:09:34. > :09:38.the letter yesterday said on social media overnight,
:09:39. > :09:40."Welcome news, but shame Boots responded the morning after."
:09:41. > :09:51.Andy Moore, BBC News. Great Ormond Street Hospital says
:09:52. > :09:54.its staff have received death threats and online abuse in regards
:09:55. > :09:58.to the Charlie Gard case. In a statement released in the past few
:09:59. > :10:01.minutes because bottle's chairman, saying, staff have been subjected to
:10:02. > :10:08.a shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility and disturbance. Golf now.
:10:09. > :10:10.Jordan Speith continues to lead on Day 3 of the Open
:10:11. > :10:15.Earlier on today, Branden Grace made history, becoming the first player
:10:16. > :10:17.to shoot a round of 62 in a major tournament.
:10:18. > :10:19.The South African hit eight birdies and finished 4-under-par overall.
:10:20. > :10:22.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.
:10:23. > :10:25.I'll be back with the team for the late News at 9:50pm.