:00:16. > :00:27.Welcome back to Outside Source. The fallout from Donald Trump's decision
:00:28. > :00:33.to sack his FBI director very much continues. He's a showboat, he's a
:00:34. > :00:40.grandstand. The FBI has been in turmoil. You know that, I know that.
:00:41. > :00:45.I can tell you that I hold director Comey in the highest regard. I have
:00:46. > :00:51.considerable respect for his ability and integrity. That's the acting FBI
:00:52. > :00:53.director who says his agency will continue their investigation into
:00:54. > :01:03.allegations of Russian collusion with the tramp campaign. -- with the
:01:04. > :01:06.Trump campaign. And we will talk about the leaked manifesto of the
:01:07. > :01:11.Labour Party here in the UK and we will look through some of the latest
:01:12. > :01:16.opinion polls as well. The BBC's Alistair Lippert has been
:01:17. > :01:22.interviewing the head of the Chibok parents Association, who has just
:01:23. > :01:31.been released by the broker her Islamist 's. -- the Boko Haram is my
:01:32. > :01:40.list. In case you didn't see me play a
:01:41. > :01:46.little of what Donald Trump has been saying on US TV, let me play you
:01:47. > :01:52.some of that interview right now. He's a showboat, a grandstand. The
:01:53. > :01:58.FBI has been in turmoil. You know that, I know that. You take a look
:01:59. > :02:03.at the FBI a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year
:02:04. > :02:07.ago. It hasn't recovered from that. On Monday year met with the Deputy
:02:08. > :02:14.Attorney General. Did you ask for a recommendation? What I did was, I
:02:15. > :02:21.was going to fire Comey. You had already made the decision? I was
:02:22. > :02:26.going to fire Comey. The Prime Minister and pulling no punches as
:02:27. > :02:36.to why Comey was fired from the FBI. I have been speaking to a president
:02:37. > :02:39.of law at a big US university and I asked her how she thought the
:02:40. > :02:43.president came to take the decision. I think he got sacked because he
:02:44. > :02:48.didn't have the confidence of anyone on any part of the political
:02:49. > :02:55.spectrum in any state. James Comey alienated the Republicans, that was
:02:56. > :02:59.when he failed to recommend that the investigation went forward past
:03:00. > :03:02.July, and then he alienating the Democrats when he sort of
:03:03. > :03:06.regurgitated the e-mail scandal right before the election in
:03:07. > :03:10.November. I think it's fair to say that James Comey got fired because
:03:11. > :03:16.he had lost the confidence of most Americans. Why was it then that Sean
:03:17. > :03:21.Spicer said the president has confidence in the director? That was
:03:22. > :03:24.this month and there are multiple quotes from Donald Trump saying, I
:03:25. > :03:29.have confidence in him. What he does not telling us the truth or has he
:03:30. > :03:33.changed his mind? I just think there's a certain etiquette involved
:03:34. > :03:38.in this. Whenever the press asks a president if he had confidence in X,
:03:39. > :03:42.Y or Z, it's appropriate for the president if they guess until such
:03:43. > :03:46.time as the president makes a determination otherwise. I think
:03:47. > :03:51.it's pretty clear that President Trump, from the day of his
:03:52. > :03:56.inauguration, was concerned about director Comey and was probably
:03:57. > :04:00.gearing up and laying the groundwork to fire him. It just took a little
:04:01. > :04:04.while to dot the I and cross the Tees. Can you understand the many
:04:05. > :04:09.people who are saying this doesn't look good given that James Comey was
:04:10. > :04:14.leading an investigation into the Trump campaign? I can definitely
:04:15. > :04:18.understand that. I think it's been a little bit overblown. Let's face it,
:04:19. > :04:22.there is some intense political opposition in the US to President
:04:23. > :04:26.Trump and literally everything he does, so even on an issue like this
:04:27. > :04:32.where even the Democrats had publicly criticised Comey rather
:04:33. > :04:38.vociferously for some time, you find that they are certainly playing the
:04:39. > :04:41.part as political card now and pretending like somehow this is
:04:42. > :04:48.nefarious. I would agree with you that if in fact anyone in the
:04:49. > :04:53.investigation community in the United States had gone on record and
:04:54. > :05:00.said there was evidence of collusion between someone in the tramp
:05:01. > :05:03.administration and Russia, that the firing of Comey would raise
:05:04. > :05:08.suspicions, even with someone like myself, but that's not the fact that
:05:09. > :05:12.we have. In fact, we don't have any fact that all that indicate such
:05:13. > :05:16.collusion exists and I think until such time as we do, maybe the
:05:17. > :05:22.paranoia levels need to be ratcheted down a notch. I guess that's for
:05:23. > :05:27.others to decide but certainly there was an ongoing investigation. Do you
:05:28. > :05:31.have any concerns that the FBI can conduct that investigation given the
:05:32. > :05:35.president just got rid of the man in charge of it? No, I don't, because
:05:36. > :05:41.that's not how these investigations work. Comey was not in charge of the
:05:42. > :05:47.investigation. It's a lot of people lower down the totem poll doing the
:05:48. > :05:51.grunt work day-to-day. Those people are still in place, what ever
:05:52. > :05:54.evidence they have is still in place and I think it's a new director came
:05:55. > :05:59.in and tried in any way to suppress existing evidence, that would be
:06:00. > :06:03.very bad. But again, we don't have that kind of evidence. I think we
:06:04. > :06:08.need to call out jets, respect that the president has the ability to
:06:09. > :06:14.fire people. The FBI director says that the leisure of the president.
:06:15. > :06:17.Even President Obama apparently was seriously considering firing Comey.
:06:18. > :06:24.Comey was just not doing a good job and when you don't do a good job as
:06:25. > :06:28.an employee, you might get fired. Saying there that people need to
:06:29. > :06:33.cool their jets. Whenever we check into Washington, no sign of anyone
:06:34. > :06:37.cooling their jets. Let's check into sport now and Jose Mourinho's hunt
:06:38. > :06:41.for a major trophy for Manchester United, in the semifinals of the
:06:42. > :06:51.rape a leak. How was it going? I have got to screens in front of me
:06:52. > :06:59.-- of the Europa League. How is it going? I have got to screens in
:07:00. > :07:03.front of me and it is important because if they win this, having
:07:04. > :07:06.never won it before, they get access to the Champions League next year.
:07:07. > :07:24.That would mean a big tick and Jose Mourinho's resume.
:07:25. > :07:33.The big haired man is celebrating with everyone. There has been a lot
:07:34. > :07:38.of focus on Paul Pogba's transfer deal from Juventus to Man United.
:07:39. > :07:42.Whether the attention with affecting but it didn't. He's been brilliant.
:07:43. > :07:49.Let's switch to attention on the other match. I axe are plainly on
:07:50. > :08:03.and they were 4-1 ahead from the first leg. Leon launched a fightback
:08:04. > :08:17.with two goals, so it is 2-1 to Lyon at the moment but it is still 5-2 on
:08:18. > :08:25.aggregate to Ajax. It looks like it will be Manchester United versus
:08:26. > :08:30.Ajax in the final in stock:. -- in stock column in Sweden. Now, this is
:08:31. > :08:34.the third's president. Fifa President Gianni Infantino
:08:35. > :08:37.was following Donald Trump's playbook when addressing a FIFA
:08:38. > :08:39.Congreess in Bahrain. Mr Infantino was upset at some
:08:40. > :08:53.of the recent coverage the football Fake news, alternative facts. These
:08:54. > :09:05.terms did not exist until some time ago. They have the common folk. --
:09:06. > :09:12.they have become en vogue. Fifa bashing has become a national sport
:09:13. > :09:21.in some countries. And I understand also why, and it was right. And it
:09:22. > :09:23.was right. But, Fifa has changed now. This is a new Fifa. We are new
:09:24. > :09:36.people here. And we act with facts. He says it's a new Fifa and Fifa has
:09:37. > :09:37.changed but Fifa will be judged on its actions in the coming weeks,
:09:38. > :09:40.months and years. Over the last few weeks BBC has
:09:41. > :09:43.showcased some great women's football stories
:09:44. > :09:44.from around the world. Here's the final instalment -
:09:45. > :09:58.from Nigeria. Lagos is the best most populated
:09:59. > :10:04.city in the world and it has 21 million residents and the men's
:10:05. > :10:08.national team, the super Eagles, are flourishing with big-name players
:10:09. > :10:12.playing week in, week out in the Premier League and the women's team
:10:13. > :10:18.just won the Africa cup of Nations last year in Cameroon. But at the
:10:19. > :10:26.grassroots level, there's just small group of people who are trying to
:10:27. > :10:36.grow the women's game. I am the coach and owner of the greens. I was
:10:37. > :10:41.sitting in my office in the school one day and some girls came to me
:10:42. > :10:46.and they said, we are sisters and we want to play for school. So I looked
:10:47. > :10:52.at them, I felt very sorry. Because I saw they had no place. They needed
:10:53. > :10:59.someone to encourage them because this is what they love to do, they
:11:00. > :11:04.have the passion for it. What my parents can't see, he is in the best
:11:05. > :11:11.position to see it and correct me, to help with my career. He is my
:11:12. > :11:15.coach and he is very, very important to me because he has always been
:11:16. > :11:26.there for me and I love him because he is my Nigerian Romeo. Here in
:11:27. > :11:31.this field is where the young girls come three days a week after school,
:11:32. > :11:34.some of them don't even have enough money to buy jerseys and boots, but
:11:35. > :11:40.all they know is that they come right here with one thing and that
:11:41. > :11:43.is their love to pursue football. That was a report from Nigeria. I
:11:44. > :11:48.will have another very different report for you from Nigeria and it's
:11:49. > :11:57.on an interview with the father of one of the Chibok girls who were
:11:58. > :12:04.recently released by Boko Haram. We will Pele you that in full in a few
:12:05. > :12:08.minutes. -- play you that in full. A pioneering school for young people
:12:09. > :12:15.with disabilities is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The national staff
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:12:21. > :12:26.helping people to become as independent as possible.
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:12:58. > :13:01.took his exams on. Today, he is back with his former teacher, John,
:13:02. > :13:06.picked up the old technology. It picked up the old technology. It
:13:07. > :13:15.took him about two minutes. All right, brainbox. I absolutely loved
:13:16. > :13:21.my years here. My dad said it was like an equivalent to eat in for
:13:22. > :13:26.disabled people. It's important to have special schools for people with
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:13:31. > :13:31.students like that then can study and live independently away from
:13:32. > :14:02.home. As the college celebrated big
:14:03. > :14:09.anniversary, its expanding, although other charity, investments around
:14:10. > :14:19.funding are calculated risks. But being bold is what National Star is
:14:20. > :14:22.all about. They are trying to build on the aspirations of disabled
:14:23. > :14:27.people and today, just for fun, they are doing that with a hot-air
:14:28. > :14:31.balloon. The education people get here allows them to live and study
:14:32. > :14:44.just like any other student with one aim, to prepare them as best as
:14:45. > :14:48.possible for life after college. Our lead story in the Outside Source
:14:49. > :14:52.newsroom is that Donald Trump has been defending his decision to fire
:14:53. > :14:58.the director of the FBI, calling James Comey a showboat and a
:14:59. > :15:03.grandstand in an interview, saying the FBI had been in turmoil.
:15:04. > :15:10.For those of you not counting, it is 28 days to go until the UK election.
:15:11. > :15:12.The big story today was the announcement of the leak of the
:15:13. > :15:19.Labour Party manifesto. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn TWEET
:15:20. > :15:21.@jeremycorbyn that he was "Proud to announce our Shadow Cabinet
:15:22. > :15:23.and National Executive Committee have just unanimously
:15:24. > :15:25.agreed our manifesto For The Many, It's undoubtedly
:15:26. > :15:42.a substantial document. Let's look at some of the policy is
:15:43. > :15:47.getting the most attention. There are plans to renationalise the
:15:48. > :15:49.railways, also to reverse the sale of Royal Mail and to create publicly
:15:50. > :15:58.owned energy companies. There will be ?6 billion
:15:59. > :16:00.of extra annual funding That will paid for by raising income
:16:01. > :16:07.tax on the top 5% of earners. And ?250 billion on
:16:08. > :16:17.infrastructure spending Let's bring in mark from
:16:18. > :16:22.Westminster. Voters can't complain they don't have some distinct
:16:23. > :16:27.choices here. That is absolutely the point. There are some eye watering
:16:28. > :16:32.proposals. On top of what you mentioned, they want to end tuition
:16:33. > :16:37.fees, Banff racking and have national pay bargaining for certain
:16:38. > :16:41.industries. What wasn't mentioned in this leaked draft manifesto, the
:16:42. > :16:45.question mark over all of this, is the cost. How much will it all cost
:16:46. > :16:50.and how will they pay for it. We don't know the answer to that yet.
:16:51. > :16:54.We did have a taster recently when the Labour Party said they would
:16:55. > :16:57.increase the taxes on business, corporation tax. Economists have
:16:58. > :17:00.come out and said that might not work because if you raise it, you
:17:01. > :17:14.might find businesses move away and you get less money in. Labour
:17:15. > :17:16.insists it won't be higher than any of the G-7 countries though, so
:17:17. > :17:19.there won't be a cheap alternative close by. That's showing how even
:17:20. > :17:21.when they come out with costings, there will be confusion over whether
:17:22. > :17:23.it will work or not. The Institute for Fiscal Studies have given a
:17:24. > :17:26.quick verdict on the labour manifesto and they said it was the
:17:27. > :17:32.greatest state intervention in the economy outside of a crisis since
:17:33. > :17:36.the 1970s. So whatever you think, as you said, one thing voters he has is
:17:37. > :17:40.a choice between Labour and the Conservatives. How is this working
:17:41. > :17:45.because we have been talking about this all day, it's been the main
:17:46. > :17:51.story in the UK, but presumably it will be revealed all over again next
:17:52. > :17:56.week? It will, and from what we understand, the leak we have all
:17:57. > :17:59.seen will be quite similar to what is actually agreed. We don't think
:18:00. > :18:03.there will be many differences. This was not the plan for Labour. What
:18:04. > :18:08.happened was newspapers and then the BBC got hold of it last night. It
:18:09. > :18:11.was leaked out, embarrassing for Jeremy Corbyn said he didn't turn up
:18:12. > :18:17.to a poster launch this morning, and one of the questions was why was it
:18:18. > :18:21.leaked? It undermines the discipline within the party and suggests either
:18:22. > :18:31.the more radical element wanted to get their undeleted ideas out there
:18:32. > :18:37.or somebody opposed to Jeremy Corbyn wanted to show him up. We don't know
:18:38. > :18:41.which one. The polls are showing that the Conservatives still have a
:18:42. > :18:46.clear lead over the Labour Party with the Liberal Democrats
:18:47. > :18:51.following. Those polls are not changing much at the moment, are
:18:52. > :18:55.they? No, they are not, but they really do matter. They matter in
:18:56. > :18:59.terms of what kind of lead Theresa May will, one with -- come away with
:19:00. > :19:08.if she wins this election. Of course any party could win the election but
:19:09. > :19:13.the polls were similar place when she called the election. So why did
:19:14. > :19:18.she call it? So she could increase her majority. We had the local
:19:19. > :19:23.elections. Our greatest litmus test, if you like, and the Conservatives
:19:24. > :19:27.made good progress in England, they started making progress in Scotland.
:19:28. > :19:33.They came up against strong Labour support in Wales, and so it really
:19:34. > :19:36.isn't clear whether they can do it but the polls last week showed they
:19:37. > :19:43.could come away with a landslide. One secret weapon for Theresa May,
:19:44. > :19:47.Ukip were pretty much wiped out at the local elections. If all the Ukip
:19:48. > :19:52.votes went to the Conservatives, and they are both now trying to be the
:19:53. > :19:56.party for the leave votes in the UK, the Conservatives would get about 57
:19:57. > :20:02.extra seats, so that could be their secret weapon. Mark, thank you.
:20:03. > :20:06.Another thing I should mention, because of the first past the post
:20:07. > :20:11.system, the polling doesn't necessarily translate to
:20:12. > :20:16.representation in parliament. You can get a full explanation of how
:20:17. > :20:20.that works on our website. All week, we have been reflecting on the
:20:21. > :20:25.release of 82 Chibok schoolgirls. Once released they were flown
:20:26. > :20:27.from Banki near the border with Cameroon - to Maiduguri
:20:28. > :20:32.and then to the capital Abuja. Most of them have yet
:20:33. > :20:51.to be reunited with their You might have expected them to be
:20:52. > :20:52.so by now but it hasn't happened yet for a variety of practical reasons
:20:53. > :20:55.in many cases. But next, I've an interview
:20:56. > :20:58.with one man who has been He's Yakubu Nkeke, head
:20:59. > :21:01.of the Chibok Parent's Association - and he's been talking
:21:02. > :21:10.to Alastiar Leithead. When I first heard and I saw her,
:21:11. > :21:15.she jumped and grabbed me, I held her and started dancing around with
:21:16. > :21:22.her. She's not the only one because there are my brothers daughters. In
:21:23. > :21:29.my family, there were seven. Everybody in Chibok, they all
:21:30. > :21:34.rejoice, not only the biological parents. Everybody rejoices because
:21:35. > :21:44.they are rescued. What will happen next? They will be brought to Chibok
:21:45. > :21:47.by our council chairman and he will give me photographs to make
:21:48. > :21:55.identification for the parents so they can see their daughters. For
:21:56. > :22:02.example, some of them. See another one. When I reached Abuja, the
:22:03. > :22:07.minister gave me the list. They got it from the girls. So I compiled my
:22:08. > :22:13.register, there is no mistake, and I went to the girls and I confirmed,
:22:14. > :22:19.asking one after the other, and they told me exactly and I made good
:22:20. > :22:27.identification. What will the reaction be in Chibok to the news?
:22:28. > :22:31.It is a wonderful day. Everybody is trooping into my house. Even today,
:22:32. > :22:38.you will see them. Many parents will come. What about the 22 girls, the
:22:39. > :22:45.21 plus, are they all well? They are fine. They continued their
:22:46. > :22:50.education. Every month, three of us paid a visit to them and their
:22:51. > :22:56.parents as well. What we are planning now, by September, we hope
:22:57. > :23:03.they will be distributed to different schools to carry on their
:23:04. > :23:09.education. When the news of this 82, they spent the whole night singing,
:23:10. > :23:14.praising God. What do they tell you about the time living under Boko
:23:15. > :23:23.Haram? Sometimes, they cannot even have a meal. There are some of them,
:23:24. > :23:27.those that have been given in marriage, but according to them, it
:23:28. > :23:31.is not forceful. It is when you decide to marry with them. What do
:23:32. > :23:37.you think of these Boko Haram fighters who kidnapped your girls?
:23:38. > :23:51.The Boko Haram fighters, I forget them. I am a Christian, I forgave
:23:52. > :23:56.them. For listening to the Nigerian government, for making a release of
:23:57. > :24:00.these girls, they are human beings too. Do you think the negotiations
:24:01. > :24:04.will continue and the rest of the girls will be released? Through the
:24:05. > :24:10.process they are going through now, I know by God 's grace, they will be
:24:11. > :24:14.released. A remarkable man. You can see that interview on the BBC News
:24:15. > :24:22.app. A few minutes ago we were talking about the semifinals of the
:24:23. > :24:28.Europa League. First of all, it is now 11 in their majesty United
:24:29. > :24:34.match. As it stands, Manchester United go through to the final, but
:24:35. > :24:39.one more goal, and so to the go-go three. To make it more interesting,
:24:40. > :24:53.they have both just had a player sent off. Lyon only need one goal to
:24:54. > :24:59.take that match into extra time now as well. You can follow both games
:25:00. > :25:01.through the BBC sports up now. It is the live page and you can watch
:25:02. > :25:05.that. That's all from me. Goodbye.