08/05/2017 Outside Source

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

A new era is beginning in France and the country's president

elect Emmanuel Macron has addressed the nation.

Vive la republique. Vive la France!

I'm Christian Fraser in Paris where the president-elect is getting

on with the task of forming a new government.

We'll be live in Paris with Christian Fraser.

We'll hear from two members of the Obama administration

on the alleged ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.

I had two in-person meetings and one phone call with the

And we've all the Premier League, it better news if you are a Chelsea

fan, than Middlesbrough. And also, the grudge match at the Madrid Open.

Whatever your politics, it is impossible not to look at the rise

of Macron, as remarkable, former investment banker, and you may

remember, he resigned last year, from the Cabinet of Francois

Hollande, to form his own party. The choice of a country, desperate

for change. Part of the establishment but never before

elected. One of the fresh faces, but who is Emmanuel Macron? To

supporters, the political messiah, from outside the establishment who

has worked to power. Here is a new man to politics. Hoping to get new

solutions. A new face. But he went to one of the most prestigious

schools, met powerful people, and made millions from investment banks.

One of his former colleagues has said that it is partly down to

charm, butt out his heart he is secretive. He tells people what they

really want to hear. He can be seducive. And he has managed to

agree with nearly anyone. That is a talent. His wife has told one

journalist that they never let people close. Unusual love affair,

it is a sign said one of his old friends, of determination, self

belief. I think the only person who really knows them, deeply, his wife.

You have got to imagine, he seduced her, convinced her to marry him.

Convincing his family. It is a small thing. Not France has not altered

for the political extremes, far rate rejected in favour of the liberal

news,. Macron has said that he is going to unite the disillusioned

France, but critics have said it is just old wine in a new bottle.

Failure could be high. Some have said he has been all things to all

people, but he cannot govern that with. He has got five years to solve

problems, or risk things with or without radical change next thing.

And we can go through the practicalities of Macron becoming

the president of France. Christian, still with us. When does he become

president? Sunday. And then he has got to make the decision on the

Prime Minister. And six weeks after that, the Parliamentary elections,

then we are going to know what chance he has of helping the people.

And do we have any idea of who is going to be in that cabinet? Some

from the right, left, and civil society. I think 50%, will also be

women. He wants them to play a bigger role in politics. And the

candidates, from up and down the country, a lot of people who have

never been in politics, that is interesting, being all things to all

people, you think that his cabinet could be a reflection of the

political spectrum? I think it is good to try to reflect the renewal

but he has been talking about. A lot of women. And also, people who have

got experience. He is going to need that. People from the right, left.

Appeared to split from the political parties. I am thinking about anybody

who fraternise with, could be kicked out of the party. All of them, it is

particularly true of the Socialist parties, because they are in ruins

with the socialist candidate just taking a paltry 6% two weeks ago. In

terms of what the president can do, when President Donald Trump arrived,

he said he wanted to do this, do that, can Macron do anything until

those elections? I think that he could try to force through some of

these labour reforms, but it is going to be a bit of a gamble,

because obviously people are going to come out onto the streets and

protest. And when he tried this, years ago, he was trying to

liberalise sections of the economy and people came out in big numbers.

That is part of the reason why the spot from the Socialists. And

perhaps, the fact that Francois Hollande, so popular, we have always

got this noisy opposition but it is a large majority of people who want

change, and want reform. In that sense, he could be pushing the

unopened door, getting past the protest that you always see on the

streets. And the woman that he has defeated, Le Pen took the National

front for the love and a lot of people thought was possible. Do you

think that she remains committed? I think you're going to have a lot of

discussion, and they are going to shore I united front, but what

happens to this party? Le Pen has detoxified the brand, probably taken

things as far as she can. You have got a good majority of people who

cannot elect a party that had fascist beginnings, they do not want

anything to do with that. Can she, as a politician at a different

party, be Marine? The mother, defender of the workers? That is a

different question. I have watched her for many years. She walks the

walk, when it comes to security. But when it comes to the economy, the

televised debates, she is not that impressive. She was looking through

the ring binder, not as on top of things as Macron. Going to have to

have more answers on the issues that France has been facing. Thank you.

The investigations, into the alleged relationship between the Donald

Trump campaign and Russia, Sally Yates was fired, and that is the

head of International intelligence, under the Obama administration.

Sally Yates has been telling that she warned about international

advisers. You have got the sensitive position, the national-security

adviser and you do not want that person to be in a position when the

Russians have leverage. But also, another motivating factor is that we

thought the vice president was entitled to know that the

information he had been given, and was really into the public, was not

true. What you have said, that the general lied to the vice president?

That is certainly how it appeared. Because he made statements about the

conduct, based on what the general had told him. And we knew that was

not true. That is one of the main pieces of evidence. And this is

somewhat from the former director of national intelligence for the

president Obama administration. No doubt for him, that the Russians,

meddling. It concluded first that President Putin directed the

campaign, to erode the feast of the American people, and the process.

Secondly, did so to demean Secretary Clinton, and advantage Donald Trump.

These conclusions, based on the richness of the data, approved by

the directors of the agencies, and myself. Anthony has been watching

all of this. It is so complex, what does all of this add up to? First

account by Sally Yates, what she told the Donald Trump officials, in

January, and getting more details. Multiple meetings, talking about the

potential for blackmail, that Flynn was not being truthful with

operators. And asking about why she was concerned about White House

officials, the possible criminality. She could not explain the criminal

violations, and the substance of what the investigation has found.

She said that was classified. But it was interesting, and we need to

remember that after she talked to the White House it was another 18

days before Flynn was fired. People are going to be pointing that out.

The president has said on Twitter, suggestions that Sally Yates should

be asked under oath, if she knows her classified information got into

the newspapers. We do not need too much help to understand that. She

was asked, and said it was a good question but she could not answer

that because it would have revealed classified sources, and she did not

know of anyone who had been revealing that information. She said

that she had never read any information, that she had never

talked of the record with reporters, about this particular investigation.

That is one piece of investigation. But it was the committee hearings,

the Democrats asking about the Russian meddling, and Flynn. And

then the Republicans asking exactly that. The unmasking of government

officials, surveillance, people close to Donald Trump. And we know

what put the information of Flynn being leaked out. The Washington

Post in January. It is fascinating, the scene that we saw, from those

committee hearings on Russian meddling. Thank you. You can keep us

posted. As you can see, we're going to talk about the Premier League.

Coming to the end of the season. Chelsea against Middlesbrough. And

unless something strange has happened, Sunderland going to get

some company, in terms of who has been relegated. Going to get some

company from another north-east team. Middlesbrough, about to go

down. 3-0. Two minutes remaining. Diego Costa, 24th of the season,

then Matic. And this, that would mean that Chelsea have only got to

defeat West Bromich Albion, on Friday, to guarantee the title.

Seven ahead with them winning this. Middlesbrough going down. The title

could be going to West London, on Friday evening. Thank you. And

tennis, just a few weeks ago, do you remember this, Eugenie Bouchard said

about Maria Sharapova, that after returning to tennis, she is...

Strong words. The two of them, have been playing at the Madrid Open. How

has that been going? At the moment, Michael in the boxseat. Just broken.

Maria Sharapova, 5-2 up, in the opening set, lost 7-5. 6-2 in the

second. 4-3 to Eugenie Bouchard third set. This could mean that

Eugenie Bouchard goes through. The winner of this, going to play the

number Kerber. Two, but if Maria Sharapova could win this, it would

mean that she has enough points for qualification, automatically to go

into the Wimbledon qualifying. That is going to be in about one month.

And we're going to be watching the handshake. We can talk about

Muntari, one of the top footballers, and he has been caught in the

controversy after being sent off in Italy's top league. Sent off because

he walked off the pitch, saying he had been racially abused. Initially,

he was suspended, but that has been overturned after lots of discussion.

Excuse my language, I said you have not got any balls. You should have

stopped the game. I told him that if he stopped the game, he is the

referee, but his voice was on top of mine. I knew how I am. And how angry

I can get, I was really calm that day. Walked off. If it happens

today, I am going to do the same thing. You can see that for the BBC

Sport app. And we can go to a lighter story. One of these, Messi.

The other, an Iranian student. Incredibly similar. So much so... He

had to be taken into a police station, because he always gets such

commotion. So much disruption, police stepped in! In a few moments,

we're going to talk about a story that has been getting a lot of

attention in Britain. Facebook has been taking out adverts, to combat

what it has described as fake news, we will get into that and while it

has issued tips. It's the kind of sight you'd

expect to see in summer but in some parts of the UK,

rivers are running dry This Met Office map of rainfall

in April shows that most of the UK experienced less than half

the average amount - the darkest areas are those that

have received less than a third. Danny Savage reports

from the Yorkshire Dales. Across large parts of

Britain at the moment, A dry spring, preceded

by low winter rainfall, This wouldn't be an unusual

widespread ight in late summer When I had a walk and ride

round up there on Friday, you get a lot of small ponds and wet

holes that are usually They're all dry now,

absolutely bone dry. There's nothing at all

in the bottom of them. Stuart Herd has farmed

here all his life. The riverbed drying up isn't unheard

of but he's noticed the hillside You can tell that it has been a lot

drier because we are actually noticing sheep that actually come

down to the parts of the river that You are noticing sheep

standing on the river bank, drinking, whereas ordinarily,

they would be spread about up on the fells and drinking out

of little springs and streams and things like that,

which suggests that there isn't as much water up there as what there

has been in other times. These pictures were taken around

England over the last few days, showing rivers many miles apart

in a similar condition. But Yorkshire Water says there

should not be widespread alarm. I think nationally,

it's been very dry. Up in Yorkshire, I think it

has been a dry winter, probably the driest in the last six

years but we have seen recharge. Sort of, every other month,

we have seen some rainfall but in the last six weeks,

we have just seen dry. A few dry months does not

make a drought, though. It may be bone dry in some

of the headwaters of these river catchments but we are a long way

from a water crisis. A few miles down the valley,

the wharf looks a lot more healthy and reservoir levels

are holding up, too. A prolonged dry spell may

change things but it Hello, I'm Ros Atkins,

this is Outside Source. A new era is beginning in France

and the country's president elect Emmanuel Macron has

addressed the nation. The opening task, to form a new

government, beginning work after being sworn in on Sunday. If you are

in the United Kingdom, you may have seen this advert, in one of the

newspapers. Facebook to coat adverts, in a number of newspapers,

about how to spot fake news. And it is at the centre of this issue,

after a lot of completely untrue news, and information on Facebook

during the presidential campaign. It is about tips, being sceptical of

the crimes, investigating the source, and before you think, that

could be a joke, but people have been getting fooled by websites, and

we discussed this earlier. The reaction to the decision to put this

advice owed. I think it is an interesting move, and the choice of

newspaper that Facebook has gone for, the Guardian, the Telegraph,

traditional and old school media. Perhaps not how you would think that

Facebook demographic hangs out. But it is the people that Facebook

obviously wants to show are taking was a tough action. Why not just put

this on Facebook? It was three days, and the same tips. It was the scene

for the French election. And doing this again. If you have seen these

tips before, it is exactly the same, just different media. I have seen

some people mocking this, dismissing it, but if we were really sadly, I

suppose it would not have become a problem. You have got to remember,

Facebook has been fighting that this is coming up on personal newsfeeds,

from friends and relatives. Already, your guard is down. We all know

about the power of world of mouth. Facebook has also admitted to the

BBC, it is making some money out of this. It insists that this is

negligible, but it is money nonetheless. Now that we know that,

even more pressure on this company to sort things out. What Facebook

does not want to do, be labelled as a publisher. It does not want the

responsibility of billions of people posting these things, all the time.

But increasingly, railroaded in that direction. Also, the broader

dialogue with politicians, exactly how Facebook is seen? Facebook has

just acknowledged a report, acknowledging that it has political

propaganda and it has to take positive action against that. It is

the first thing that we have acknowledged that. It has also been

blocking tens of thousands, set-top to broadcast this misinformation. It

is much more visibly proactive than it has been in the past. It is

desperate for people to think it has been taking this seriously. And we

can confirm, that Middlesbrough have lost two juicy, going down from the

Premier League. We will see you tomorrow.