:00:00. > :00:07.Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.
:00:08. > :00:11.The US National Intelligence chief called him to denounce
:00:12. > :00:23.That's not quite how Director Clapper described it.
:00:24. > :00:29.Meanwhile the confirmation hearings for the Trump
:00:30. > :00:36.Today's featured the man nominated to be the new head of the CIA.
:00:37. > :00:42.It is pretty clear, about what took place here, about Russian
:00:43. > :00:49.involvement in efforts to hack information and to have an impact on
:00:50. > :00:54.American democracy. Moscow has described the deployment
:00:55. > :00:57.of thousands of troops in Poland as a threat to its national security.
:00:58. > :01:01.We've been following the Cyprus reunification talks all week -
:01:02. > :01:32.And EU wants new rules on how humans interact with robots.
:01:33. > :01:39.Many will be on line there is the hashtag, our e-mail and social media
:01:40. > :01:39.contacts are on the screen throughout the programme.
:01:40. > :01:43.The fall-out from leaked dossier - with allegations that Russia has
:01:44. > :01:45.compromising personal material about Donald Trump -
:01:46. > :01:52.Mr Trump says he's spoken to the US National Intelligence chief.
:01:53. > :01:54.First, the dossier was produced by a private company
:01:55. > :01:58.Second, if that's how the call went, that's not how
:01:59. > :02:22.He earlier released a statement saying US Intelligence "has not made
:02:23. > :02:31.any judgment that the information in this document is reliable".
:02:32. > :02:38.He also rebuffed the idea US intelligence leaked the dossier.
:02:39. > :02:40.We're also learning more details about the man
:02:41. > :02:52.He runs a private intelligence firm called Orbis.
:02:53. > :02:56.He's also a former UK intelligence agent who worked in Moscow.
:02:57. > :02:58.The BBC understands he's now in hiding.
:02:59. > :03:08.The murky world of intelligence-gathering in Moscow.
:03:09. > :03:12.A secret dossier of allegations about Trump and Russia.
:03:13. > :03:17.All written by a former member of MI6.
:03:18. > :03:26.This is Christopher Steele, now at the centre of controversy.
:03:27. > :03:31.He's supposed to have told neighbours to look after his cats
:03:32. > :03:36.and he is said to be lying low, fearing for his safety.
:03:37. > :03:39.So what do we know about Christopher Steele?
:03:40. > :03:47.In the 1990s he worked undercover for MI6 in Moscow.
:03:48. > :03:52.After leaving, he founded a private intelligence company called Orbis.
:03:53. > :03:55.Last year he was commissioned by Trump's opponents
:03:56. > :03:59.to look into the tycoon's Russian connections.
:04:00. > :04:03.He ended up with 35 pages of allegations about his
:04:04. > :04:17.But so far there has been no confirmation that the extraordinary
:04:18. > :04:20.allegations he dug up there are definitely true.
:04:21. > :04:23.Thanks to his past as a spy, Steele is unlikely to have been able
:04:24. > :04:26.to travel to Moscow himself so instead will have relied
:04:27. > :04:36.Moscow's a difficult place to work in.
:04:37. > :04:42.The Russians have a habit of secrecy and deception.
:04:43. > :04:44.The other complicating factor is money.
:04:45. > :04:46.If you're going to give someone money to tell you something,
:04:47. > :04:49.there is a strong possibility that they will tell
:04:50. > :04:54.Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent who fled to London,
:04:55. > :04:56.investigated powerful figures in Moscow and was killed
:04:57. > :05:01.by radioactive poison, it's alleged on the orders
:05:02. > :05:09.I believe it is dangerous, particularly
:05:10. > :05:11.after the death of my husband, because when you just approach
:05:12. > :05:13.specific information, particularly when this information
:05:14. > :05:15.very close to powerful people, you might be in this line
:05:16. > :05:28.The Russian dossier was not written for public consumption.
:05:29. > :05:29.But American spies have briefed its outlines
:05:30. > :05:33.Its author never expected to be in the spotlight.
:05:34. > :05:35.But in the atmosphere of American politics today,
:05:36. > :05:49.secrets are no longer as safe as they were.
:05:50. > :05:51.Senate confirmation hearings have continued in Washington.
:05:52. > :05:53.Those answering the questions have been nominated by Donald Trump
:05:54. > :05:56.Mike Pompeo is a Republican congressman nominated
:05:57. > :06:07.Retired General James Mattis is nominated for Secretary of Defence.
:06:08. > :06:09.Rex Tillerson is nominated for Secretary of State -
:06:10. > :06:26.Here he is on allegations of Russian hacking.
:06:27. > :06:32.It is pretty clear about what took place here, about Russian
:06:33. > :06:36.involvement in efforts to hack information and to have an impact on
:06:37. > :06:42.American democracy, I am very clear about what that intelligence report
:06:43. > :06:46.says, and I have every expectation as we develop the facts I will relay
:06:47. > :06:52.those to the President, to the team round him and to you all, so we can
:06:53. > :06:56.have a robust discussion about how to take on an enormous threat from
:06:57. > :07:01.cyber, you have lived it. This is very real, it is growing, it is not
:07:02. > :07:05.new in that sense, but this was an aggressive action taken by the
:07:06. > :07:08.senior leadership inside Russia and America has part of that obligation
:07:09. > :07:26.to protect that information. P Anthony Zurcher is with us. How well
:07:27. > :07:31.will Mr Trump know Mr Pom owe. He doesn't know him really, he is a
:07:32. > :07:36.long time member of Congress and Donald Trump didn't move in those
:07:37. > :07:40.circles. Pom owe is more establishment. He wasn't an early
:07:41. > :07:45.supporter so when you see something like that you have to wonder, after
:07:46. > :07:49.hearing Donald Trump talk about how an asset to have a close
:07:50. > :07:55.relationship with Vladimir Putin, to see who the man who could be the
:07:56. > :07:59.next director of the CIA come out and single Russia out and endorse
:08:00. > :08:04.the intelligence community's findings that Russia was behind
:08:05. > :08:09.hackings, they were aggressive in trying to meddle in US election, it
:08:10. > :08:14.makes you think could will have be disagreement and conflict between
:08:15. > :08:22.Donald Trump and his senior national security advisers and how would that
:08:23. > :08:24.resolve itself. Let us talk about the relationship between Donald
:08:25. > :08:30.Trump and the intelligence agencies. Can some of the damage done by the
:08:31. > :08:36.comments be swept away when his choices of leaders come in? Well,
:08:37. > :08:39.you saw a bit this morning with Clapper, the current director of
:08:40. > :08:43.intelligence coming out with the statements saying that they weren't
:08:44. > :08:48.responsible for the leak, you could interpret that as an attempt to mend
:08:49. > :08:52.fences between Donald Trump and the intelligence community. Donald Trump
:08:53. > :08:58.tweeted out a thank you and that he felt vindicated, that earlier today,
:08:59. > :09:04.so, that might be a first step, but bringing in new leaders won't change
:09:05. > :09:07.the way the rank and file view Donald Trump. There are people
:09:08. > :09:13.within the one whoty who feel aggrieved and upset that Donald
:09:14. > :09:17.Trump has questioned their effectiveness, their motivation,
:09:18. > :09:20.questioned whether they were responsible for undermining his
:09:21. > :09:24.Presidential authority, they are not going to go anywhere in all
:09:25. > :09:28.likelihood, barring some major reform of the agencies, so they will
:09:29. > :09:34.have to make peace with fact Donald Trump is President or we could see
:09:35. > :09:38.more examples of this back-and-forth that will make it difficult for
:09:39. > :09:43.Donald Trump at times, to present first of all to rely on intelligence
:09:44. > :09:47.briefings from these people and also to site the intelligence agencies as
:09:48. > :09:53.evidence for whatever foreign policy he wants to pursue in a moment of
:09:54. > :09:58.crisis he will have to point to his intelligence agency, this is why I
:09:59. > :10:04.am agenting, that is a big question. Don't go anywhere. This was the
:10:05. > :10:06.hearing attended by retired general James Mattis.
:10:07. > :10:07.Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defence.
:10:08. > :10:14.Here he is talking about Russia and Nato.
:10:15. > :10:20.The most important thing is we recognise the reality of what we
:10:21. > :10:25.dealt with, with Mr Putin, and we recognise he is trying to break the
:10:26. > :10:29.north Atlantic alliance, in that we take the steps, the integrated
:10:30. > :10:33.steps, diplomatic, economic, military and the alliance steps, the
:10:34. > :10:39.working with our allies to defend ourselves, where we must. Let us go
:10:40. > :10:42.back to Anthony Zurcher. Talk us through the practicalities, there
:10:43. > :10:45.was some discussion about whether the gap between the genre tiring
:10:46. > :10:50.from the military, and now taking up this post might be an issue, but
:10:51. > :10:54.doesn't seem like it is going to be. It requires special permission gran
:10:55. > :10:57.granted by Congress in order for a retired general who has been out of
:10:58. > :11:03.the active service for less than seven years, to head the Defense
:11:04. > :11:07.Department, the Senate had a vote on that and they overwhelmingly granted
:11:08. > :11:11.that permission, the House also has to have a vote, as far as I know
:11:12. > :11:16.they have not had that vote but it seems pretty clear he is going to
:11:17. > :11:23.get that box checked and be able to be formally considered. Thank you
:11:24. > :11:31.very much. We appreciate it. We will talk next week on Outside Source.
:11:32. > :11:33.This is the biggest US military operation in eastern Europe
:11:34. > :11:42.These are American troops, more than 80 US tanks and hundreds
:11:43. > :11:43.of armoured vehicles arriving in Poland.
:11:44. > :11:59.From there they'll move out to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
:12:00. > :12:02.Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary on a rotational basis.
:12:03. > :12:05.This is part of a Nato deployment - it's designed to deter
:12:06. > :12:16.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the BBC "We see
:12:17. > :12:28.It's an action that threatens our interests and our security.
:12:29. > :12:31.Especially as it's a third country that is building up its military
:12:32. > :12:44.Here's the US brigade commander in Poland.
:12:45. > :12:51.Within the next few days, our soldiers will be showcasing their
:12:52. > :12:56.lethal abilitys as they begin to train on nearby gun range, to arrive
:12:57. > :13:03.at this point so swiftly, its proof when we work as a team, not only
:13:04. > :13:08.within the ranks of our tireless US Army but as at lied nation, a team
:13:09. > :13:16.of teams, no challenges is too large to overcome, no distance is too far
:13:17. > :13:19.to cross, when the need arises. US Russia relations are dominating
:13:20. > :13:26.the programme, it is not only the only stories we will cover. We will
:13:27. > :13:29.turn to South Korea. The head of Samsung has been questioned over
:13:30. > :13:31.allegations of corruption, in relation to this scandal that has
:13:32. > :13:40.engulfed the South Korean President. Investigators have announced 23
:13:41. > :13:41.people and organisations could face prosecution over
:13:42. > :13:43.the Hillsborough disaster. 96 fans were found to have been
:13:44. > :14:03.unlawfully killed at the FA More that 400 investigators have
:14:04. > :14:06.been running two separate criminal squireries into Hillsborough.
:14:07. > :14:10.Operation Resolve, that is the investigation which has looked at
:14:11. > :14:16.the planning and preparation for that day in 1989. The investigators
:14:17. > :14:19.running that inquiry have said today they have identified 15 people who
:14:20. > :14:22.can they consider to be criminal suspects. There is a second
:14:23. > :14:26.investigation, that has been run from the same building here in
:14:27. > :14:30.Warrington by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. They have
:14:31. > :14:34.been looking at the aftermath and specifically, the alleged cover up
:14:35. > :14:37.which is said to have followed the disaster and the IPCC has said it
:14:38. > :14:50.has identified eight suspects. This is Outside Source live
:14:51. > :14:52.from the BBC newsroom. Donald Trump has said that the US
:14:53. > :14:56.Director of National Intelligence has told him that reports that
:14:57. > :14:58.Russia held compromising information about the president-elect
:14:59. > :15:06.were false. Israel's military says it has
:15:07. > :15:09.uncovered a scam by Hamas militants to spy on its soldiers
:15:10. > :15:13.by hacking their mobile phones. Members of the Palestinian group
:15:14. > :15:16.found the soldiers online, then tried to strike up a friendship
:15:17. > :15:18.using the fake identities. Dozens of soldiers were persuaded
:15:19. > :15:21.to install an application that controlled their phone
:15:22. > :15:30.cameras and microphones. US investigators say special forces
:15:31. > :15:39.were hunting for Taliban leaders, when they came under fire
:15:40. > :15:41.and called in air strikes. Samsung's vice-chairman has been
:15:42. > :16:01.questioned by prosecutors as a suspect in South Korea's
:16:02. > :16:03.political corruption scandal. The scandal has resulted
:16:04. > :16:06.in the impeachment of the country's Lee Jae-yong apologised - sort of -
:16:07. > :16:27.when he arrived this morning. Here's our Seoul
:16:28. > :16:42.correspondent Stephen Evans. The central allegation is that lots
:16:43. > :16:46.of businesses including Samsung gave millions of dollars to two funds
:16:47. > :16:53.controlled by the best friend of the President. They did that for
:16:54. > :17:00.favours. And in the case of Samsung, the allegation is Samsung gave $17
:17:01. > :17:03.million to the funds, in return the country's pension fund voted through
:17:04. > :17:11.a change which the ruling family in Samsung wanted. So you don't get any
:17:12. > :17:15.closer to the elites of politics, the President, and the elites of
:17:16. > :17:22.business, the acting head of Samsung. There is new evidence, we
:17:23. > :17:27.are told, and that is a tablet computerdowned by the friend of the
:17:28. > :17:30.President. -- owned. On that tablet computer the prosecutor believe
:17:31. > :17:33.there's is evidence that the President of this country, and the
:17:34. > :17:38.head of Samsung had a meeting, only the two of them together, and they
:17:39. > :17:44.agreed on this deal. You give the money, and I'll get the votes for
:17:45. > :17:49.the change. Now, it should be said very loudly that everybody involved.
:17:50. > :17:54.Involved. Those three people vociferously deny any wrongdoing,
:17:55. > :17:58.and certainly any criminality. They have all apologised but it is not
:17:59. > :18:01.for breaking the laws, it is for, in the case of the President, for
:18:02. > :18:09.example, for trusting people too much. In the case of the head of
:18:10. > :18:11.Samsung, he said basically, he has it should be said very loudly that
:18:12. > :18:13.everybody involved. Those three people vociferously deny any
:18:14. > :18:15.wrongdoing, and certainly any criminality. They have all
:18:16. > :18:18.apologised but it is not for breaking the laws, it is for, in the
:18:19. > :18:21.case of the President, for example, for trusting people too much. In the
:18:22. > :18:23.case of the head of Samsung, he said basically, he has given a bad
:18:24. > :18:26.impression, "I am very sorry about that." So apologies but not guilty
:18:27. > :18:26.pleas. We will talk to Steve about that again.
:18:27. > :18:29.This is how Fiat Chrysler's stock closed on the Milan
:18:30. > :18:30.stock exchange today - that's down 16%.
:18:31. > :18:33.That's because the company has been accused of not telling authorities
:18:34. > :18:35.about software regulating emissions in thousands of its vehicles.
:18:36. > :18:41.But before anyone jumps to conclusions - here's
:18:42. > :19:02.@NathanBomey quoting the company's CEO:
:19:03. > :19:12.What spot is Fiat Chrysler in? What is going on? So, I mean it is very
:19:13. > :19:17.challenging for Fiat Chrysler because of the optics of all of it.
:19:18. > :19:20.With regards to what they are being accused of, the environmental
:19:21. > :19:25.protection agency says that guy yacht Chrysler used software that
:19:26. > :19:29.may have allowed excess diesel emissions in more than 100,000
:19:30. > :19:34.trucks and sports utility vehicles sold since 2014. So briefly, it
:19:35. > :19:39.seems like they could have been engaged in similar activities as VW,
:19:40. > :19:44.but what the head of Fiat Chrysler said, this is just a case of
:19:45. > :19:49.misunderstanding, really, and that guy yacht Chrysler had been in touch
:19:50. > :19:53.with the EPA for a long time, and had gone through many discussions
:19:54. > :19:59.with regards to how their emissions tests work. And how their cars are
:20:00. > :20:04.regulated, so Fiat Chrysler was very quick to defend themselves against
:20:05. > :20:09.these accusations by the EPAN further, to say any sort of
:20:10. > :20:14.comparison between them, and VW was just outrageous. But just so I
:20:15. > :20:19.understand this, this is an American story only at the moment? For the
:20:20. > :20:23.moment, right now, this is happening, they are in violation of
:20:24. > :20:26.environmental protection rules here in the United States, we have
:20:27. > :20:30.already heard that the New York Attorney General is going to be
:20:31. > :20:35.looking into this. You know, the big thing about this, you know, is the
:20:36. > :20:43.optics of it all. Coming on the heels of this massive fine we saw VW
:20:44. > :20:46.succumbing to. It is a tough time for Fiat Chrysler.
:20:47. > :20:54.Thank you for that. These pictures show Iran receiving
:20:55. > :20:56.its first Western-built passenger It's happened because of the lifting
:20:57. > :21:05.of Western sanctions last year that The IranAir fleet is among
:21:06. > :21:10.the oldest in the world - its planes have been kept
:21:11. > :21:12.going by parts being Iran's making up for lost time -
:21:13. > :21:43.it's buying 100 planes from Airbus Let us finish by going to Hong Kong,
:21:44. > :21:55.the Hong Kong toy fair to be precise.
:21:56. > :22:03.Welcome to Asia's largest toy show. It's a gaggle of sights, sounds, and
:22:04. > :22:07.of course, toys. Some not yet available to the general public.
:22:08. > :22:14.Thousands of buyers, most wholesalers are here on the hunt for
:22:15. > :22:18.the next blockbuster. Globally the industry was worth
:22:19. > :22:24.almost $190 billion last year and likely expand by 7%. All eyes are on
:22:25. > :22:29.smart toy, still a niche market with $4 billion of sales in 2016, but
:22:30. > :22:33.expected to nearly triple in four years.
:22:34. > :22:38.So this is a great example of what a small toy is. It looks like a
:22:39. > :22:41.traditional play mat for kids, but it has got just a little bit of
:22:42. > :22:47.something extra. Yes, exactly. So with the device,
:22:48. > :22:53.you can scan any animals on the mat, and you can teach children how to
:22:54. > :23:01.spell. And it also has the animal sound on it so the children knows
:23:02. > :23:05.how the animal sounds. We have been making regular play
:23:06. > :23:10.mats for 13 years but it is tougher to make money so now we take
:23:11. > :23:15.technology, we find that we can offer a hiring end product where
:23:16. > :23:19.children can learn from. So smart toys are normally embedded with a
:23:20. > :23:25.technology that responds to a device. And increasing Iingly not
:23:26. > :23:31.just traditional toy mange errs entering the market. We started out
:23:32. > :23:37.making electronic parts, mainly for overseas manufacturers but this
:23:38. > :23:41.business is not growing. Six years ago we found the educational toy
:23:42. > :23:45.industry has good prospects. So that is why we decided to make innovative
:23:46. > :23:50.toys. It is still a relatively small
:23:51. > :23:55.market, but high tech toys are growing in popularity. And soon it
:23:56. > :24:05.may be commonplace to sync your phone or tablet with a digital toy.
:24:06. > :24:13.Lots of people were mentioning Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Barack
:24:14. > :24:18.Obama has aWay warded Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The
:24:19. > :24:25.highest civilian award in the US. It took him by surprise it seems.
:24:26. > :24:29.Here is the moment. As one of his long-term colleagues in the Senate.
:24:30. > :24:37.If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person you have a problem. Problem.
:24:38. > :24:43.He is as good a man as God created. So, Joe, for your faith in your
:24:44. > :24:48.fellow Americans, for your love of country, and for your lifetime of
:24:49. > :24:59.service that will endure through the generations, I would like to ask the
:25:00. > :25:06.military aide to join us on stage. For the final time as President, I
:25:07. > :25:12.am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honour, the
:25:13. > :25:18.Presidential Medal of Freedom. It did seem to take him by surprise,
:25:19. > :25:25.he has gathered himself, and he is talking now. I knew how honourable
:25:26. > :25:30.you were, I knew how descent you were from the couple of years you
:25:31. > :25:40.worked in the Senate, I knew what you were capable of. But I never
:25:41. > :25:45.fully expected that you occupy the heart, from all of us. We will
:25:46. > :25:48.continue to watch that speech from Joe Biden maybe play you another
:25:49. > :26:06.clip later on. I will be back in a few minutes time on Outside Source.
:26:07. > :26:13.We will look at interesting weather events round the worldment first off
:26:14. > :26:14.to eastern Asia where we have areas of heavy rain