10/05/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker

Shock in Washington as President Trump sacks the head

of the FBI, James Comey The security chief is told without warning

that he will be removed from office immediately -

Absolutely explosive news from Washington to nine. Shoppers James

Comey is told he will be removed it effective immediately. He had been

leading an investigation into the links between resident on's election

campaign and Russia. -- shock as James Comey is told.

Good morning, it's Wednesday 10th May.

An investigation begins into the death of an 11-year-old

girl who fell from a water ride at Drayton Manor theme park.

Education takes centre stage in the election campaign -

as Labour and the Liberal Democrats make funding pledges to tackle cash

The boss of Barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay

and also his handling of a controversy surrounding

In sport, the French Open's a fortnight away

and Andy Murray says he still needs to get better -

but he's through to the third round in Madrid.

Our build-up to this year's Eurovision song contest starts

here - the BBC's Steve Rosenberg is in Kiev with all the tunes

and all the facts you need to enjoy the world's

Good morning. Thank you. I am in Kew Gardens next to the Japanese

gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you

adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have

a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of Scotland where we

have some patchy rain. President Trump has fired the head

of the FBI James Comey in a move He'd been leading an investigation

into alleged links between the Trump The White House says

the inquiry has nothing to do Absolutely explosive news out

of Washington tonight. This is a Fox News alert -

FBI director, James Comey, has been fired by the President

of the United States. Americans have learned

to expect almost anything from their president but this

really was high drama. FBI director, James Comey,

was not even in Washington, he was addressing FBI

staff in Los Angeles, A short while later, a letter

arrived at FBI headquarters. "You are hereby terminated

and removed from office, "While I greatly appreciate

you informing me on three separate occasions that I am not

under investigation, I nevertheless concur

with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able

to affectively lead the bureau." Except the Trump campaign

was being investigated by the FBI James Comey was leading

the investigation Are people going

to suspect cover-up? If an independent special

prosecutor is appointed there still can be some faith

that we can get to the bottom of this, if not everyone

will suspect a cover-up. Speaking on US TV, the President's

adviser dismissed that notion. It has everything to do

with whether the current FBI director has

the President's confidence and can faithfully and capably

execute his duties. Last week, giving testimony,

James Comey was accused of unfairly The shockwaves are being felt much

as did the FBI that across the city and beyond. For supporters, this is

evidence that Donald Trump is a strong leader. But for many others,

it adds to the perception that this country is now being run by a man

who is intolerant of those who disapprove of him and who do not

entirely do his bidding. We will have more on that throughout the

morning. Drayton Manor theme park

in Staffordshire says it will not open to the public today

after the death of an 11-year-old The Year 6 pupil, who has not been

named, was on a trip with her school, the Jameah Girls

Academy in Leicester. In a statement the school said

it was providing support to its pupils and staff

and requested time to grieve. Senior management at the theme park

said they were shocked Our reporter is therefore as this

morning. Andrew, we understand that the theme park is closed today? Yes.

But it closed to all visitors here today. We do not yet know the name

of the girl who died here yesterday but we know she was a Year 6 pupil

at a school in Leicester not too far from here. She was on the ride here

yesterday with some friends, yesterday afternoon, she somehow

fell into the water. It is unclear how that happened but she was pulled

out by staff who gave her first aid next to the ride and she was then

airlifted to hospital in Birmingham are tragically died a short time

after she arrived. To give you an idea of this ride, it is described

as a fast flowing wild rabbit ride. -- wild rapid ride. The Health and

Safety Executive will come and investigate here. In the meantime,

Drayton Manor has closed its own doors to visitors and her school is

also closed. They say they will be supplying ongoing counselling to

their pupils there today. We will in forget any more information about

that. -- we will let you know if we get

any more information. Labour and the Liberal Democrats

have pledged billions of pounds in extra school funding if they win

the general election, to ensure budgets in England keep

up with rising costs. Both parties also say no school

would lose out as a result of a new funding formula to divide

money across the country. And there's a promise of extra cash

towards education in other parts Here's our Education

Editor Branwen Jeffreys. Parents have made their feelings

clear. In marches and meetings, raising concerns about school

budgets and plans to change money is shared across England. It has pushed

England schools onto the election agenda. Labour is promising ?4.8

billion for school budgets in England. A real terms increase over

four years with ?335 million to make sure that no school losers from a

new funding formula. Corporation tax would rise from 19% to 26% by 2021

to pay for this and other education promises. The Liberal Democrats say

they would put 5.8 billion pounds into real-time rises in school

budgets including making sure no school losers from the funding

formula and per pupil increases in further education. But it will not

say how will pay for this until their manifesto was published. What

Labour and the Liberal Democrats are saying is quite different from what

our current go than in policy is. As ever, there is a big choice. You

either raise taxes as Labour is talking about, raising them

significantly to pay for a public servers, or you reduce spending on

public servers and keep the tax burden down. Teaching unions have

welcomed the promises. Schools have been facing financial pressures

after 20 years of regular increases in funding, the Conservatives say

that school funding has reached record levels.

We'll be speaking to both the Labour and the Liberal Democrats later

in the programme to find out more about the plans.

The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce later this

morning whether any Conservative politicians or officials will be

charged with breaking rules on election campaign

The CPS has been considering files sent by the police from

Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo joins us

Good morning. What are we likely to hear this morning? This relates to

claims connected to the last general election about the Conservative

Party. There are complex rules governing spending in local

campaigns and international campaigns and the claims are that

the Conservative Party failed to properly declare its spending in

local areas, either failing to declare entirely all classifying it

national spending as local. About 27 constituencies are affected by this

investigation. About 16 police forces have been looking into this

and they have passed their findings onto the Crown prosecution service.

CPS are expected to give their verdict on whether any politicians

or officials will be charged later this morning. They are deciding

whether there is enough evidence to prosecute and whether any

prosecution will be in the public interest. The Conservative Party

says that any irregularities were down to administrative errors and

they say that some of the spending was highlighted was properly

declared. This will be a huge headache to the Conservative Party

if any politicians or officials are prosecuted because tomorrow is the

deadline for candidates in this general election to be registered.

Of course, the campaign winner was well under way and part of that is

many politicians are speaking to different television programmes. The

Prime Minister was on the One Show last night. What did we learn? It

was an interesting interview that made the front pages this morning

but this was a personal interview. It was the Prime Minister in a very

different guise. She was with her husband, Philip, this was his first

cast interview and a chance for viewers to see them together as a

couple. It covered personal territory, discussing when they

first met, the domestic duties that Philip had to do. Theresa May spoke

about her upbringing in a vicarage. It was quite wide ranging and very

personal. I think Philip May came across as a supportive and loyal

husband. Lots of nodding along to the things that Theresa May was

saying. Of course there were a few slogans in there from Theresa May

but in a relaxed setting. I think viewers will of centuries are made

in a different light yesterday. It is worth adding that Jeremy Corbyn

will be appearing as well and they will speak to will all of the other

parts of the media so expect a more personal insight from them. Thank

you very much. Who takes the bins out in your house? I take out some,

but not most? How about you? I have a 100% record. They are just jobs,

aren't they? Roads in England and Wales are in danger of becoming

lawless That's the key finding of a major

report by the charity RoadPeace. It also claims there has been

a "significant shift" to training courses, which it said are less

effective than prosecution. The National Police Chiefs Council

says it's strengthened the way roads are policed - and is working

to assess the effectiveness A new study published

in the British Medical Journal points to a link between high doses

of some painkillers - It builds on previous research that

suggests anti-inflammatory such as ibuprofen, could be

connected to some heart problems. Scientists said the findings

were not clear cut and other factors not just the pills,

could be involved. The Sydney Opera House

is about to undergo its biggest The work will tackle issues

with the sound inside the building which have been a problem

for the concert hall since it opened The Sydney Symphony Orchestra says

it's like "playing on a football Make your job more difficult. It

would. I am just imagining that right now. I have visions of

somebody on the halfway line with a piano. That is what I thought. What

would it sound like playing on a football pitch? That's it. You are

gone, you are off. Andy Murray, not yet at his peak at bed he says he is

through? And it was not necessarily pretty. He says he has a long way to

go before he is back to his best but it is good to see him win again

because he has had a few unexpected slipups.

Andy Murray's hunt for a second title this season remains on course.

The world number one is into the third round of

the Madrid Masters after a straight sets victory over Romania's Marius

Murray has reached the final in Madrid for the last two years.

Juventus are the first side into this season's

Dani Alves scored the pick of the goals as the Italians beat

Monaco 2-1 in Turin, 4-1 on aggregate.

They'll play Real or Atletico Madrid in next month's final in Cardiff.

Geraint Thomas moves up into second place at the Giro d'Italia -

he finished third on stage four on Mount Etna.

Another British rider, Adam Yates, is just behind him.

Tour de France Champion Chris Froome has escaped injury after being

The British cyclist says he was deliberately rammed by a car

He is OK but he said the car chased onto the pavement, hit him and then

drove off. What an extraordinary thing to happen. And of all the

people for it to happen too. He is going for three in a row at the tour

the Frantz. -- two would Frantz. -- Tour de France.

Carol is at Kew Gardens with the weather this morning.

Good morning. It is a beautiful morning. Look at the view behind me.

The Japanese gateway is an exact replica of a Japanese gateway in

Kyoto, Japan, which in 2019 is hosting the Rugby League World Cup.

It was laid in 1996 and comprises a garden of harmony, activity and

peace, and it is very peaceful this morning. All you can hear are the

birds chirping but if you are just stepping out it is a cold start to

the day. Generally today the forecast is a sunny one, and a

warmer one for most of us than yesterday, with just the odd

exception. If you take a look around the country, at 9am this morning,

across the North of Scotland we have more cloud and some patchy rain as

well. As we come south we are back into some sunny skies although today

there will be a bit more cloud across southern Scotland than

yesterday. In the northern England a cold start. Some pockets of frost

but some sunshine and that sunshine and chilly start prevails down

towards the Midlands, in the east Anglia and the south-east. At the

moment there are some cloud extending from Essex towards London.

That will lift on any patchy fog we have will lift by around eight a.m..

As we drift towards south-west England and into Wales, the

temperatures picking up quite quickly in the sunshine. For

Northern Ireland, again a fine and dry start for you but today there

will be a bit more cloud around than there was yesterday. It will still

be a very pleasant day. Through the day, the patchy rain continues

across northern Scotland. Here, it will be breezy at times. A bit more

cloud in the far north of mainland Scotland. For the rest of the UK, a

beautiful day. A little bit of fair weather cloud developing, not much

more than that, and temperatures could get up to 20 Celsius, despite

what you can see in that chart. Anywhere from north-west England,

heading south and including Wales. We are looking at a range of 15 to

18. Through the evening and overnight the rain across northern

Scotland sinks across mainland Scotland, and by the end of the

night we will be seeing some showers coming up across the inner channel,

possibly as fire into the south-west of England and maybe southern

counties by dawn time. A lot of clear skies. There will be some

frost around but not as extensive as this morning and tomorrow we pick up

those showers first thing, and then they will fade in the south.

Equally, the rain in the north of Scotland will fade as well. There

will be a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine but through the

afternoon, showers in southern Wales and southern England will again

regenerate. And some of those will be heavy and thundery, possibly with

some hail. It will start to feel humid, as well. By the time we the

Friday we have a band of showery rain extending northwards. Some of

this will be heavy and thundery, possibly with some hail. It is the

far north that will see something drier and even into the weekend

we're looking at an unsettled picture, with showers and

temperatures gradually coming down to where they should be at this time

of year. Thank you very much for that. Be careful on that bridge. We

shall be back to you later on. The question is, who wrecks that gravel?

Well, who rakes the gravel in your house? -- who rakes that gravel?

They are all over the place this this morning's papers.

They are all over the place this morning, in a good way. The front

page of the Guardian, this is then appearing on the One showed

yesterday. We will speak to the Shadow Education Secretary a little

bit later. The Mays also on the front page of the Daily Express, the

Prime Minister and her husband. The reason we are talking about them, it

was revealed at the top of the show, he was asked about life with the

Prime Minister and he said I decide when I take the bins out. Lots of

the papers talking about Strictly. The new judge is going to replace

Len, not just as a judge but as head judge. Send us your thoughts. We

have Natalie coming on later, I am sure she will have... Oh yes, she is

our guest! The front page of the Daily Telegraph, a picture of the

Mays. Labour facing a historic party split. They reveal it was love at

first sight. And Jeremy Corbyn on the front page of the Times this

morning, as they balanced it up with Theresa May pledging a new vote on

foxhunting, and their main story, Judge attacking the inhumanity of

care homes which falls apart frail pensioners. Having a look at the

spread in the Daily Mail, I have been busy with this this morning.

There are three interesting stories. Froome being knocked off his bike.

Rory McIlroy signing two new deals, bringing a combined ?230 million,

one with Nike and one with Taylor Made. And Michael Owen really loves

his resources and has his own stables but has never ridden a horse

before, and he has just got on a horse for the first time. He has had

a couple of spells, but he was inspired to do it by watching

Victoria Pendleton ride at Cheltenham, swapping from cycling

into racing. He has fallen off a couple of times. He is loving it,

apparently. I have two stories for you. One about food prices. Last

week we had a couple of chief executives from the supermarket is

talking about food prices and that is what the papers up picking up on

today. Saying that because of poor summers and poor harvest they are

saying food prices will rise considerably after the driest winter

in 20 years. That is something which will put a bit of pressure on the

supermarkets. When I talked to the chief executive of Sainsbury is, he

says that they and Tesco will be trying hard not to put up prices but

with that type of pressure it will be difficult. Another story, which

is a great one. If you are at work, at your desk, you really don't want

someone to come over and talk to you. But obviously in an open plan

office people come over and talk to you all the time. Scientists have

come up with a light which you can have on your desk which tells you

whether people should approach you or not. It is based on the

algorithms of your computer. If it is a green light it is OK to come

and have a chat, if it is not, you have to be left alone. Can you

switch it on yourself? I was going to say, permanently on the red. So

you can't just pretend. Maybe I should roll-out out at home. Excuse

me, the light is on! -- role that out.

It has been another dramatic night for American politics,

as President Trump fired FBI director James Comey,

the man leading investigations into the administration's alleged

The shock announcement is the latest high-profile departure

since the President took office in January, and questions have been

raised over the timing of the decision.

To tell us more, we are joined by political analyst Eric Ham

Good morning to you. Thank you so much for getting up what is

ridiculously early for you over there. But this announcement

apparently was told to James Comey while he was addressing staff

somewhere else in the United States. I wonder what the initial reaction

was in Washington, and across America? This is actually a major

bombshell here in the United States. And in fact I would say this is

actually a constitutional and governmental crisis that we are

seeing take place in the United States right now. Yesterday we saw

testimony from five Acting attorney general Sally Yates where she

actually confirmed that former NSA director general Mike Flynn, who was

also fired, was actually compromised and susceptible to bribes from the

Russians. And today we have an equally stunning bombshell, that

President Trump unexpectedly, inexplicably, has fired James Comey.

So I think right now policymakers in Washington are reeling, both on the

right and on the left, from this news today. I suppose you could look

at it, and some have said that this is a sign that President Trump is a

strong leader, able to make big decisions. At the other end of

things, I was listing the radio this morning and they were using the word

Nixonian, this is just like Nixon who sacked the special prosecutor

because he didn't want him to investigate. Absolutely, and looking

at the timing of this, there are subpoenas coming down from the FBI

into this investigation, looking ties between the Trump campaign and

the Russians. And so we are actually seeing this investigation began to

heat up with these subpoenas calling on associates of General Michael

Flynn. And so many will look at this and say that this is Donald Trump's

efforts to try to slow down this investigation. And I think what you

are going to have now are calls for an independent investigation,

someone who is out of the realm of the Trump Circle, someone who be

bullied, someone who cannot be controlled by the Trump

administration, by a attorney general Jeff Sessions and others.

And I think those calls are going to grow louder and louder. What

additionally, I think if and when Donald Trump decides to actually

nominate an FBI director, you're going to see a knockdown, drag out

fight in the Senate in terms of the confirmation for that person to be

the next FBI director. It is certainly not going to go quiet,

because people now are asking the question what was James Comey on to?

I wonder what the public perception and is at the FBI? How will this go

down that law enforcement in America? Shore. The FBI has had a

long and troubled history, particularly going back to its first

FBI director, J Edgar Hoover, and many of us know about many of his

antics and many of his investigations. And at one time he

was seen as the most powerful person in the United States, more powerful

even than the President. And so that is something that the FBI has

actually had to try and grapple with. And the dark history that they

have actually had to try to shake off over the years. And so now, when

you saw James Comey come out with this letter, and many believe that

he played an integral role in shaping the outcome of the 2016

election, and that is something that has dogged him since then, and so

today, to have this firing by Donald Trump, I think it just really just

through many people for a loop. And I think even Republicans are now

grappling with how to address this situation. But more importantly now,

many Americans are going to be waking up today just trying to

figure out who is in charge, and now you see this latest blow to the

nation 's premier law enforcement agency. And I think it just really

puts people under... Under the issue of where do things stand and who was

actually in control of our government? And that is something

that the President is going to have to reassure Americans about.

Fascinating as ever. Thank you very much for that. As he says, America

is waking up to try and figure out what it feels about it, and

overnight the big story as well. Some people are saying that there

are reports that he actually found out before he got the letter, it was

on the news. They were not confirmed reports. Not about way to find out,

someone handing you I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, but also on the programme

this morning. We'll ask whether the Prime

Minister's appearance on the One Show, alongside her husband,

will have any impact New hope for thousands of victims

of Britain's contaminated blood scandal, as a fresh legal

challenge is launched. A man who was infected with HIV

and hepatitis tells us his story. And, she might be leaving Strictly

after eight years but Natalie Lowe will be here to tell us why she's

not hanging up her dancing But now a summary of this

morning's main news. President Trump has fired the head

of the FBI James Comey in a move He'd been leading an investigation

into alleged links between the Trump The White House says Mr Comey "has

been terminated and removed from office", but his dismissal has

nothing to do with the inquiry. Drayton Manor theme park

in Staffordshire says it will not open to the public today

after the death of an 11-year-old The Year 6 pupil, who has not been

named, was on a trip with her school, the Jameah Girls

Academy in Leicester. In a statement the school said

it was providing support to its pupils and staff

and requested time to grieve. Senior management at the theme park

said they were shocked Labour and the Liberal Democrats

have pledged billions of pounds in extra school funding if they win

the general election, to ensure budgets in England keep

up with rising costs. Both parties also say no school

would lose out as a result of a new funding formula to divide

money across the country. But the Conservatives say school

funding has reached record levels in their government and questioned

Labour's plans to use Corporation Tax rises

to pay for their plans. The Crown Prosecution Service

is expected to announce later this morning whether any Conservative

politicians or officials will be charged with breaking rules

on election campaign The CPS has been considering files

sent by the police from The party has insisted that

administrative errors were to blame for any spending which was

incorrectly declared. Roads in England and Wales

are in danger of becoming increasingly "lawless"

because of cuts to traffic policing. That's the key finding of a major

report by the charity RoadPeace. It also claims there has been

a "significant shift" to training courses, which it said are less

effective than prosecution. The National Police Chiefs Council

says it's strengthened the way roads are policed - and is working

to assess the effectiveness The star of the film

Captain America, Chris Evans, said he wanted to "curl up"

after filming a bedtime He's recorded a few stories,

including one story about showing children how to cope

when they feel overwhelmed. You can see it on Cbeebies

at ten to seven tonight. And it is little treat for everyone.

I'm sure quite a few parents will be tuning in for that. I... I did a

sports one. A few years ago. They asked me to turn up in Perak shot

and I did that then they said the shorts were inappropriate. -- asked

me to turn up in a pair of shorts. How lovely. A wonderful thing. I had

a horrendous image in my mind of what shorts you may have been

wearing. It sounds like you were wearing little as let it once. They

were not athletic shorts! They were of a good length! Were so used

seeing professional sportsmen bouncing back from injury, look at

Roger Federer - he missed a huge chunk of last year and came back in

January to win another Grand Slam. Andy Murray, however, is out there

proving that battling back from injury is tougher.

Andy Murray is through to the third round in Madrid.

He beat Romania's Marius Copil in straight sets.

Murray was far from his best early on but his serve was never in danger

He's bidding to make the final for the third year in a row.

The French open on players just one fortnight away. -- on clay.

Toni Duggan scored an 18-minute hat-trick as Manchester City won 3-0

at Bristol City in the Women's Super League Spring Series.

Juventus have reached their second Champions League final in three

years - they beat Monaco 4-1 on aggregate.

Dani Alves scored with a cracking volley as they won

They'll take on Real or Atletico Madrid in next month's

Real are 3-0 up going into tonight's second leg.

And Dundee United came from behind to win 2-1 at Greenock Morton

in the first leg of their Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final.

Toni Duggan scored an 18-minute hat-trick as Manchester City won 3-0

at Bristol City in the Women's Super League Spring Series.

He was the most expensive player ever when he moved from Juventus

to Manchester United last summer - but now Fifa are investigating

They want to know who was involved in the ?89.3 million deal

and how much money they got out of it.

United say Fifa have the necessary documents from last August.

Fifa has decided to replace two of the leaders of

Investigator Cornel Borbely and Judge Hans-Joachim Eckert have

banned numerous football officials - they say the move was politically

motivated and effectively ends Fifa's efforts to reform.

Tour de France Champion Chris Froome had a lucky escape yesterday,

when he was knocked off his bike while training near his

The British rider, who wasn't hurt, posted

this picture on social media writing "Just got rammed on purpose

by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement!"

Bike totalled. Driver kept going!"

Stage four of the Giro d'Italia was a good one for the British

riders - but not so much for the leader at the start

He rather misjudged his speed at a corner

taking a number of riders the wrong way with him.

Geraint Thomas moved up to second place, behind new leader

Bob Jungels, with Adam Yates third, after an edgy stage.

Everyone was watching each other so nobody went. I think everybody was

apprehensive but I felt good and it was nice to win a sprint and gain a

couple of seconds. I remember doing that the half marathon. I the other

way. I was so annoyed! We've got the draw for

the Rugby World Cup to look forward to this morning - and next month,

Jamie Roberts will captain Wales for their Tests

against Tonga and Samoa. Roberts missed out on a third

tour with the Lions - but will be in New Zealand

with Wales as take on Tonga in Auckland on June the 16th before

travelling to Samoa a week later. Double Olympic champion Nicola Adams

will face Mexico's Maryan Salazar on Saturday night, in her first

fight in her home city of Leeds It's Adams' second professional

contest and it'll be the first time she's fought over

four, three-minute rounds, rather than the conventional

two-minute rounds in women's bouts. That will be a massive night indeed.

I am regretting telling that story about inappropriate shorts. I am

being sent many photos... Education policy is under

the spotlight this morning as the general election campaign

continues, with both the Liberal Democrats and Labour

pledging to boost school budgets should they form

the next government. We're joined now by Lord

Richard Newby, leader of the Liberal Democrats

in the House of Lords, Good morning and thank you for

joining us. Can we look at the money first of all? You are talking about

?7 billion a year? Do you raise taxes to get that? There are a raft

of things we will be doing. One of the basic things is reversing a

number of Conservative tax cuts which will raise several billion

pounds which will make biggest event in funding the shortfall in school

budgets. Which tax cut? Corporation tax which is on a downward path, we

think that is unnecessary and a large proportion of the money we are

talking about raising can be found by just not doing that tax cut. We

will get details of this in your manifesto, right? Tell us about

where you target this funding. What are your main concerns? They are

twofold. First of all, all schools are facing a cut in funding per

pupil which over the period ahead looks like being something in the

order of eight, nearly 10%. This means that schools are having to

reduce the number of teachers they employee, and the class sizes are

going up. Additionally there is the national funding formulae which is

quite skewer and the government are reforming it in such a way that many

schools will lose out, in addition to the general cuts. Many of those

schools are in disadvantaged inner-city areas so they will really

lose out and they will need to be protected as well. You speak about

disadvantaged schools and protecting them. Will you be giving them more

budgets, higher budgets or not? No, what we are doing is making sure

that these schools as a whole do not lose out. At the moment the

government is planning to have this redistribution away from the cities

towards, in many cases, towards the counties. And we are saying that

there are schools outside the cities that need to have their funding

reduced on a fairer basis but we would like to do that while at the

same time ensuring that these schools that get good levels of

funding at the moment do not suffer. And, talking about class size, D you

have a particular ideal size and how do you ensure that is how all the

class size stays? It is not that we want to bring class sizes down, what

we say at the moment is that most schools are losing a couple of

teachers in the next school year, or planning to, and the inevitable

consequence is that class sizes will increase. So we are talking about

protecting the current levels of class sizes and making sure that

pupils get the kind of education they have expected in the past. How

pupils get the kind of education about university tuition? That was

not mentioned. Today we concentrate on schools because there is a crisis

in schools and that is why everything that we have been

concentrating on today is that narrow point of how you make sure

that every child is unaffected by cuts in the amount of money that is

spent on them at school. Will you mention university tuition in your

manifesto? We will. What are you suggesting? That they will be

scrapped again? The details will be set out in the manifesto when it

comes out in a few days time. A few days, can we have a date? I think we

are all planning to launch manifestoes next week.

And we'll be speaking to Labour shadow education secretary

Everyone keeps saying wait for a manifesto. We have to realise an

mason. We need the new manifestoes. Carol has the weather for us. It

looks beautiful there. It is. Good morning. I am in the Oriental hub of

Kew Gardens and behind me you can see the Japanese gateway, an exact

replica of a gateway in Kyoto. We have rhododendrons, cherry

Blossoms and an Austrian pine to name just a few. Gardner went to

Japan to learn about this and how to maintain it, and to do the

horticultural side of things. Here in Kew Gardens it is not just

beautiful but a beautiful start to the day. It is colder in

Oxfordshire, where it is minus three. Some frost around, and also

some patchy fog. That will lift by around 8am this morning and for all

of us today's forecast is a sunnier and warmer one than it was

yesterday. So if we take a look around the country, at 9am, in

Scotland, first of all, across the far north of Scotland there is more

cloud around and some patchy rain. South-west Scotland will see more

cloud than yesterday but for the rest of Scotland we are seeing some

sunshine and a chilly start. Across northern England there are some

patchy fog currently, which were left. It is cold and we have some

blue skies, and those blue skies and a chilly field continue down into

the Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east. At the moment there is

more cloud across Essex and London, but you will find that will break up

as we head towards the morning. In the south-west we are back into the

sunshine and any missed or fog will have cleared. For Wales, a similar

story. A nippy start but in the sunshine temperatures will pick up

quite quickly. For Northern Ireland, a dry and fine start but compared

with yesterday there will be more cloud around, what it will still be

a beautiful day. As we go through the course of the day we hang on to

the patchy rain across the far north of Scotland. Elsewhere, there will

be some fair weather cloud developing. But it is going to be a

sunny and pleasant day, and with lighter winds it will feel much

right along the east coast. We have lost that onshore flow and locally

somewhere in England and Wales we could hit 20 Celsius. Generally we

are looking at a range of 15 to 18 but whole under that rain in the

Northern Isles. Through the evening and overnight the rain in the North

moves across the far north of mainland Scotland. A lot of clear

skies, a cold night with some frost around, less than the night just

gone and by the end of the night we will have some showers crossing the

Channel Islands and getting an across parts of south-west England.

So that is how we start the day tomorrow. The showers in the south

will tend to fade in the morning but they will come back in the

afternoon, and some of those will be heavy and thundery, with some hail.

They will be hit and miss. Not all of us will necessarily see one.

There will be some sunshine in between. Further north a lot of

sunshine and like today some places will get up to 20 Celsius. And it

will be drier across northern Scotland. By the time we get to

Friday we have more showery outbreaks of heavy rain coming up

from the south. Some of that will be thundery, some of it will have some

hail in it and you might find some issues with surface water flooding.

North of that, especially the further north that you go, we are

looking at something drier. But into the weekend it remains unsettled at

times. Some sunshine and showers and temperatures will gradually come

down to where they should be. You are asking about the raking of the

gravel, it gets done every single day. I guessed that to have that

quality gravel they would have to have that, and maybe we will see the

gravel raker later. And if you would like to see gravel being raked, we

will have that later. Talking about the weather, a few storms around

Barclays, at their AGM. Yes, Barclays is one

of our biggest banks, but it is the boss that has been

under scrutiny lately. Last month, it was revealed

that he had attempted to find out the identity of a whistleblower

in the company. He apologised and referred

himself to the regulator. Today will be the first time that

Mr Staley has publicly faced shareholders since then,

and there is increasing pressure on shareholders not

to re-elect him as the boss. Joining us is Andrew Silvester

from the Institute of Directors. Good morning to you. Can you remind

us what the controversy is here, around this whistleblower? Yes,

essentially a letter was sent to senior colleagues at Barclays about

the conduct of a long-time colleague, and Jes Staley attempted

to find out who had sent a letter. And as he was warned off from doing

that another letter was sent to the board informing them that Jes Staley

had been looking to find the whistleblower, and the board gave

him quite a censure. So far so bad, and intense scrutiny has come upon

Barclays as a result of this. If you look at the measures they had in

place during the whistleblowing scandal, actually their checks and

balances worked quite well. So clearly he will be facing

shareholders today. There is another question around his pay as well.

Tell us about that. The board have taken a lot out of his pay packet.

He won't be receiving much of the bonus he was expecting. He has

apologised publicly and shareholders have had their say. Some advisory

services have suggested he not be reappointed to the board and while

his role as boss is not up for discussion today, that will be seen

as a proxy way of saying to the chairman that they want him out.

We're not necessarily expecting that, but we are expecting a day of

robust discussion. It would be good for Jes Staley if he gets a good

night's kip, it might be a rough day. They have been strong in their

views in terms of bad behaviour by executives and in terms of things

like remuneration with bank bosses. What are your thoughts on all of

this? Well, there is no question this whistleblowing is incredible is

serious. Whistleblowing is an incredibly important part of our

financial markets work so that conduct regulators in particular

know what is going on inside banks. I think what we have seen here, Jes

Staley has said it was an honest mistake and he didn't know the

rules, so on and so forth, we have shown that no matter how thin you

you are in a bank, how experienced you are, it is important to remind

yourself of your roles and responsibilities, and that needs to

be led by the board as much as by CEOs. And on the issue of pay,

whenever I talk about results from companies and we talk about bonuses

that the bosses are getting, often a lot more than other people in the

company, higher multiples in terms of what they get compared to other

stuff, do they deserve the millions they get? There is no question that

running these gigantic organisations is difficult, and companies and

shareholders will say they always need to pay to get the best. There

has been a trend for shareholders to ask tougher questions at these AGMs.

In the bad old days these kinds of things were nodded through. It has

been the case that particularly the larger pension funds are taking more

of an interest in what CEOs are paid. It is not just the reputation

of the company but the business as a whole. There is a lot of public

anger. And a lot of people might have pensions with money invested

with companies like Barclays, and they want to make sure they get

returns on investment. Absolutely, it remains important and we

sometimes forget the effect on the wider economy. Thank you very much,

more from me a bit later on. This weekend, more than 200

million people will tune Still going strong after 62 years,

the latest contest got underway last night, with the first

semi-final in Kiev. Let's take a look at some

of the highlights over the years. # Rise like a Phoenix... It is

consistently one of the world's most watched TV events of the year. In

2016, some 204 million viewers tuned in to at least one of the three

televised shows. Nearly 1500 songs have been entered the contest began

in 1956. 12 points to Ireland, which is the most successful country to

take part, winning seven times. Like a puppet on a string... The UK is

not far behind, though, with five victories. Our last success came

some 20 years ago, though, when Katrina and the waves one Europe

over with Love Shine a Light. The impact of the Song contest, in 1981

Velcro sold out across the UK within 48 hours of the famous Making your

mind up costume change. This year, 43 countries were due to take part

in Kiev, which would have equalled the record for the contest. But

Russia withdrew after their representative was banned from

entering Ukraine. Now, if you are looking

for a Eurovision expert, you need look no further

than the BBC's Moscow correspondent I wonder if that is why he got the

job. He is a super-fan, and he reckons

he can play every winning song All you need to do

is tell him the year. He is live in Kiev, so we can

put this to the test. We should say there is quite a long

delay on the line, which will make this musical item even more

entertaining. Good morning to you. Before we get you tinkling the

ivories, where and why and how did these Eurovision obsession began? I

don't think it is an accession. It is a medical condition, really. Some

people collect stamps, some people build model aircraft, and I play

Eurovision songs. I have loved the Eurovision Song Contest since I was

a kid. I think it was the thought that hundreds of millions of people

across Europe were watching the same programme that I was that I found

quite exciting. People knock the Eurovision Song Contest for the

quality of the songs, but I think if you look back at the 62 years of

this contest, and you listen back, there are some great melodies,

really, which have come out of the Eurovision Song Contest. I feel

nervous, given what I am about to do. I have a sheet here with all the

winners from all the years. You have claimed that you can play any of

them. I'm going to put my finger down on the sheet and stop and ask

you. 1979. Israel, Gali Atari and Milk and Honey with hallelujah.

Hallelujah, yes. # Gali Atari and Milk and Honey - Hallelujah. I have

no idea whether that is right or wrong, but it sounds lovely, Steve,

nonetheless. 1974, though. # ABBA - Waterloo. An easy one. Surely give

him something more difficult? Are you ready? You're doing absolutely

brilliantly, so far, as we can tell. Let's go for 2001, Estonia, Tanel

Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL with Everybody. OK, so that was... Let's

see. # Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL - Everybody. I think you are

brilliant. We will check, I am sure they are right. I will never be able

to ask Steve a question about Vladimir Putin's foreign policy

again, without thinking of Eurovision! The Russians don't know

what they are missing this year, they just don't know. Our

correspondence have hidden talents. I look forward to seeing Chris Mason

playing his oboe at some stage. You can watch the second semi-final

and Eurovision Song Contest final And Steve will be there covering it

for I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin President Trump sacks the head

of the FBI without warning. Explosive news out of Washington

tonight. Shock in the United States

as James Comey is told he will be removed with immediate effect -

he had been leading the investigation into links

between Mr Trump's election Good morning, it's

Wednesday 10th May. An investigation begins

into the death of an 11-year-old girl who fell from a water ride

at Drayton Manor theme park. Education takes centre stage

in the election campaign - as Labour and the Liberal Democrats

promise more funds for schools in The TV architect George Clark is a

plan to transform the construction industry in the way that houses are

built. I will talk to him about that and how we make sure young people

have the skills for the work. In sport, the French

Open's a fortnight away and Andy Murray says

he still needs to get better - but he's through to

the third round in Madrid. From taking out the beans to read

books in the bedroom. -- bins. We'll be assessing the appearance

of Teresa and Philip May And our build up to this year's

Eurovision song begins. Our own Steve Rosenberg is in Kiev

with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the world's

biggest singing competition. He can play any Eurovision winner

from any year. We shall test him a little later on. Hidden skills...

Carol, the weather. Can you follow that? Not a chance. I am at Kew

Gardens and it is stunning. The sun is up to but it is surely. That will

give way to sunshine. For most it will be a pleasant, warm and sunny

day except for northern Scotland where there is patchy rain. More

details in 15 minutes. President Trump has fired the head

of the FBI James Comey in a move He'd been leading an investigation

into alleged links between the Trump The White House says Mr Comey "has

been terminated and removed Absolutely explosive news out

of Washington tonight. This is a Fox News alert -

FBI director, James Comey, has been fired by the President

of the United States. Americans have learned

to expect almost anything from their president but this

really was high drama. FBI director, James Comey,

was not even in Washington, he was addressing FBI

staff in Los Angeles, A short while later, a letter

arrived at FBI headquarters. "You are hereby terminated

and removed from office, "While I greatly appreciate

you informing me on three separate occasions that I am not

under investigation, I nevertheless concur

with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able

to affectively lead the bureau." Except the Trump campaign

was being investigated by the FBI James Comey was leading

the investigation Are people going

to suspect cover-up? If an independent special

prosecutor is appointed there still can be some faith

that we can get to the bottom of this, if not everyone

will suspect a cover-up. Speaking on US TV, the President's

adviser dismissed that notion. It has everything to do

with whether the current FBI director has

the President's confidence and can faithfully and capably

execute his duties. The shockwaves from this decision

are not just being felt here at the FBI, but across

this city and beyond. For his supporters, this is evidence

that Donald Trump is a strong leader but for many others,

this just adds to the perception that this country is

now being run by a man who is intolerant of those

who disagree with him and who do not entirely

do his bidding. Aleem Maqbool, BBC

News, in Washington. Drayton Manor theme park

in Staffordshire says it won't open to the public today after the death

of an 11-year-old girl on one The Year 6 pupil, who has not been

named, was on a trip with her school, the Jameah Girls

Academy in Leicester. Our reporter Andrew Plant

is at Drayton Manor We understand there has been an

updated statement from the school? That is correct. They said they are

deeply shocked and saddened by what happened yesterday and have asked

for time to grieve at this morning. Drayton Manor remains closed today

as a mark of respect to the girl's family and also to allow

investigations to continue. We do not know her name but we know she

was a Year 6 student who was here on a school trip with staff and other

pupils at yesterday when she was on the ride. You can go on this ride

with six other students. She fell into the water and was taken out by

Drayton Manor staff, given first aid and then airlifted to hospital where

she tragically died, in Birmingham a short while later. You probably know

the type of ride she was on, everybody on a circular bow with a

ring around the outside. Ex- people at a time, 20 boats at a time. --

six people at a time. The girl's School remains closed and they say

they will offer counselling to their students there today.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pledged billions of pounds

in extra school funding if they win the general election,

to ensure budgets in England keep up with rising costs.

Both parties also say no school would lose out as a result

of a new funding formula to divide money across the country.

And there's a promise of extra cash towards education in other parts

Here's our Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys.

Parents have made their feelings clear.

In marches and meetings, raising concerns about school

budgets and plans to change monies shared across England.

It has pushed England schools onto the election

Labour is promising ?4.8 billion for school budgets in England.

A real terms increase over four years, with ?335 million to make

sure that no school loses from a new funding formula.

Corporation tax would rise from 19% to 26% by 2021

to pay for this and other education promises.

The Liberal Democrats say they would put ?5.8 billion

into real-time rises in school budgets, including making sure no

school loses from the funding formula and per pupil increases

But it will not say how they will pay for this

What Labour and the Liberal Democrats are

saying is quite different from what our current

You either raise taxes as Labour is talking about,

raising them significantly to pay for a public

service, or you reduce spending on public service and keep the tax

Teaching unions have welcomed the promises.

Schools have been facing financial pressures.

After 20 years of regular increases in funding,

the Conservatives say that school funding has reached

We have already spoken to the Liberal Democrats and we will speak

to the Labour Shadow education secretary in a few moment's time.

The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce later this

morning whether any Conservative politicians or officials will be

charged with breaking rules on election campaign

The CPS has been considering files sent by the police from

Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo joins us

Can we talk about these files and background to all of this? This

investigation relates to the 2015 general election when it is claimed

that the Conservative Party misreported its spending on the

campaign. There are complex rules and strict limits on what can be

spent locally and what can be spent nationally. The allegations are that

the Conservative Party declared as national spending, it was actually

local. The Conservative Party says there was no intent to deceive.

There was an administrative error when it came to things like Hotel

bills and battle buses. They say that their spending has been

properly reported in most areas. But we have 16 police forces

investigating 27 constituencies around the country. Key marginal

constituencies so the claim is that more money was pumped into them to

make sure the result went the way of the Conservative Party. The CPS

needs to decide if there is enough evidence to prosecute any election

agents all politicians and whether that prosecution would be in the

public interest. The Conservative Party have already been fined but as

yet there has been no action by the CPS. If they do choose to prosecute

any politicians, this could be a huge problem because tomorrow is the

deadline for the selection of candidatess in this election. So

many candidates are being prosecuted and there could be a scramble to

replace them. Politicians out and about, talking to the public and in

various TV studios such as the Prime Minister yesterday with her husband.

Did we learn anything? A different setting to see Theresa May there on

the sofar when her husband made his first broadcast interview last

night. This was an attempt to make politicians relatable, a more relate

able to the public rather than just seeing them on the stump or going

around the country campaigning. It was a personal interview that

Theresa May and her husband gave, they were talking about when they

first met, their wedding pictures, their domestic duties. We learnt

that Theresa May takes out the bins. He was praising her for her cooking.

He was a supportive and loyal husband, and nodding along and

talking about being the husband of the Prime Minister and what a

privilege it was. There were still plenty of slogans from Theresa May,

albeit in a relaxed setting although I think viewers will have seen the

Prime Minister in a different light. Jeremy Corbyn will also be on the

One Show. We will talk about that when that happens.

Roads in England and Wales are in danger of becoming

increasingly "lawless" because of cuts to traffic policing.

That's the key finding of a major report by the charity RoadPeace.

It also claims there has been a "significant shift" to training

courses, which it said are less effective than prosecution.

The National Police Chiefs Council says it's strengthened the way roads

are policed - and is working to assess the effectiveness

A new study published in the British Medical Journal

points to a link between high doses of some painkillers -

It builds on previous research that suggests anti-inflammatory

painkillers like ibuprofen, could be connected to some heart problems.

Scientists said the findings were not clear cut and other

not just the pills, could be involved.

The main issue in the election campaign today is education funding.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats are promising a major cash

We're joined now by Labour's Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner.

Good morning and welcome to the red sofa. Loads... I'm sure thousands of

parents will be watching this show this morning. If Labour were elected

in one month's time, what would the education system, what would a

school look like under a Labour government? It would be fully

funded, first of all. I want to reassure parents that that is what

we will do. Our plan, an exciting one, is the national education

service, mirrored off the NHS because I believe it will be

transformative like the health service. It means that schools will

have the money they need and adult education as well will be free at

the point of use so people can return to education. Many children

and many adults like me who did not have those Apogee Nitties when we

were young, would like to be able to go back and be retrained. -- did not

have those opportunities when we were young. You said it would be

fully funded let's discuss the funding. This will be funded,

apparently, by savings from the corporation tax. You know how many

the Conservatives say -- policies the Conservatives say you say will

be funded by the Conservative tax, things like British steel, public

pay restraint, introducing maintenance, scrapping tuition fee,

reversing changes to universal credit, the triple or pension,

social care of the NHS, the school budget and charisma and payment.

Corporation tax is currently at 19%. You say you will raise it to 26% by

2021. Not one study says that in order to pay for these policies that

you believe will be paid for by Corporation sex, corporation tax

would need to rise to 28% now. Let's be clear, we haven't said

that. We will release the full list in our manifesto, but we have been

absolutely clear, and I make no apologies, the Conservatives have

cut corporation tax to the lowest in the G20. We will raise corporation

tax and make sure that small businesses are protected and that

businesses will get the skills they require from British workers when

they are trained properly. And we will still be the lowest in the G7

when we have raised the corporation tax as well. It is a responsible way

of paying the public services and making sure that fishworkers and

British children get the education and the opportunities to work in

skilled manufacturing industries, et cetera, of the future. And that will

help British businesses. Louise mentioned this to the democrat

earlier as well. Why isn't it included -- Liberal Democrats

earlier as well. Why hasn't it included? Well, I wanted to give

reassurances to parents, like you said, who are concerned up and down

the country that they are facing redundancies of their teaching

assistants in classrooms. Giving them reassurances first of all that

our priority is that our education services will be fully funded. Then

I wanted to announce about adult education. There are a lot of

announcements are made today and during the manifesto process,

throughout the couple of weeks that we have now, Labour will make sure

that the promises we give to the public are fully costed, and our

promises will be delivered if Labour get into power on June the eighth.

The Tories have failed to deliver on their promises and they have broken

their contract with the British people when they promised not to

reintroduce grammar schools and promised funding to our schools, and

broke that promise. I know this isn't the Brexit election, but

according to recent polls, if you believe the polls, 40% of voters say

they will make a decision based on that relationship with the EU. Can I

ask you to clear up the Labour position? For a few weeks you have

been saying that the coming out of the EU is a done deal and Jeremy

Corbyn seemed a little unclear that yesterday, refusing to answer

specific questions. Can you clear up our viewers, what is the position?

Is it done and sorted, or other steel arguments to be had with

regard to Labour policy on that? Well, I am clear. The Prime Minister

said she needed this election... What are Labour saying? I will tell

you that. We are clear on Article 50 being triggered. We are coming out

of Europe. Everyone in Parliament accepts that we are coming out of

Europe. Why would an Jeremy Corbyn answer that question, when he was

directly asked its? Well, I didn't see that interview. We have been

clear and in all my conversations with Jeremy and the Shadow Cabinet,

it has been clear we are coming out of Europe, and it is about what kind

of deal we get coming out of Europe. I want to protect jobs in the

north-west, the north-east, the Midlands, that feel left behind. We

want a Brexit that works for everybody in the UK. The working

class of the UK feel left behind. I want to invest in young people and

children and make sure that Brexit works for them. And Jeremy Corbyn is

going to be on the One show. Did you see it last night? I have seen all

the papers this morning, and she was talking about her husband taking out

the bins. Who takes out the bins in your house? It is whoever is there

at the time. Half the time it is -- likely it is colour-coded, and we

know which to take out Wenn. And we will be talking about the appearance

on the One Show with the Prime Minister.

Carol is at Kew Gardens with the weather this morning.

It is looking lovely there this morning. It certainly is. I am on

the south side of Kew Gardens at the Oriental hub, and you can see behind

me the beautiful Japanese gateway. That is an exact replica of a

Japanese gateway in Kyoto, Japan, the Rugby World Cup will be held on

2019. It is a cold start in the lowest temperature overnight was

just below minus three. Here, the temperature is rising. It is now

6.7, but it feels chilly and in parts of rural Oxfordshire it is

just a roundabout 0.1 Celsius. You need to wrap up warmly, and it will

be a warm day. You will be shedding it later on in the day. Talking of

such things, it will be sunnier and a warm day that it was yesterday

from any of us, with one or two exceptions. With other forecast at

9am, across Scotland. The North of Scotland will have a lot of cloud

and rain on and off throughout the course of the day, and it will feel

cold. A bit more cloud across south-west Scotland as well, but for

the rest of Scotland we are looking at some sunshine. In the northern

England, you have a cold start as well. A little bit patchy fog, which

will now be starting to clear, and then we will see some sunshine and

is becoming the Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east generally,

again it is a a dry and cold start. A little bit more cloud extending

from Essex towards London, that will and break and break and we will have

some warm skies. Across southern counties, the South Midlands and

into the south-west, a similar story. Again it is a chilly start.

Patchy fog, it won't last much longer and we are in the clear

skies. Wales seeing some sunshine from the word go, but nifty if you

are just stepping out. For Northern Ireland it is a beautiful day ahead

that they will be more cloud around that you have been used to this

week. Through the course of the date you will find the rain will remain

on and off throughout northern Scotland, and for the rest of us it

will be a beautiful, dry sunny day, if that is what you like. And we are

losing all that low cloud we had crossed the North Sea coastline,

because we don't have that onshore flow. Anywhere across England and

Wales we could hit between 18 and 20, generally we are looking at a

range between 15 and 18 apart from the Northern Isles, where it will be

cold. Talking of such things, through the evening and overnight

period the rain in northern Scotland will drift a bit further south into

the north of mainland Scotland. Many of clear skies. It will be some

frost. Not as cold as last night, so there will be some frost but some

showers crossing the English Channel, getting in the south-west

England by dawn. Tomorrow we will see a few more of those showers

before they fade, and then they will rejuvenate once again through the

course of the afternoon, and some of those will be heavy and thundery

with hail, with sunshine in between. They will be fairly hit and miss but

the rest of the UK it will be a sunny, dry and warm day, again with

temperatures locally up to 20 Celsius. Dry out across the North of

Scotland. By Friday we will get a band of showery rain moving up

across the English Channel, heading across southern parts of England and

Wales on its journey northwards. Some of that again will be heavy and

thundery, with some hail. Could lead to some local surface water issues

on some of the roads, for example, something to bear in mind. As we

head into the weekend that remains sunshine and showers with

temperatures gradually coming back to where we would expect them to be

at this stage in May. Thank you very much. It really does look gorgeous

there. We will be back at Kew Gardens later in the day, speaking

to Shane Williams, for whom raking is very important, and Jonny

Wilkinson, about the draw for the Rugby World Cup a little later in

the programme. They will not be talking about that, though. They

will be talking about rugby, not about raking.

Last night saw another dramatic twist for American politics as

Donald Trump fired FBI James Comey, the man leading investigations into

Trump links with Russia. Questions have been raised over the timing of

the decision. Earlier in the programme a political analyst spoke

to us from our Washington studio. This announcement was told to James

Comey while he was addressing staff elsewhere in the US. I wonder what

the initial reaction was in Washington and across America? This

is actually a major bombshell here in the United States, and I would

say this is actually a constitutional and governmental

crisis we are then take place in the United States right now. Yesterday

we saw testimony from fired acting Attorney General Sallie Yates where

she actually confirmed that former NSA direct general Michael Flynn,

who was also fired, was actually conquer most and susceptible to

bribes from the Russians -- Sally Yates. And today we have an equally

stunning bombshell that President Trump unexpectedly and inexplicably

has fired James Comey. So I think right now policymakers in Washington

are reeling, both on the right on the left, from this news today. I

suppose you can look at it, and some I have already seen have said that

this is a sign that as an Trump is a strong leader able to take big

decisions, and at the other end of things in a radio discussion they

were using the word Nixonian, just like Nixon, who sacked the special

prosecutor because he didn't want him to investigate.

Absolutely, and looking at the timing of this,

there are subpoenas coming down from the FBI

into this investigation, looking ties between the Trump

And so we are actually seeing this investigation began to heat up

with these subpoenas calling on associates of General Michael

And so many will look at this and say that this is Donald Trump's

efforts to try to slow down this investigation.

And I think what you are going to have now are calls

for an independent investigation, someone who is out of the realm

of the Trump circle, someone who cannot be bullied,

someone who cannot be controlled by the Trump

administration, by attorney general Jeff Sessions and others.

And I think those calls are going to grow louder and louder.

But additionally, I think if and when

Donald Trump decides to actually nominate an FBI director,

you're going to see a knockdown, drag-out

fight in the Senate, in terms of the confirmation

for that person to be the next FBI director.

It is certainly not going to go quietly, is it?

Because people now are asking the question what was

I wonder what the public perception and is at the FBI?

How will this go down that law enforcement in America?

Sure, the FBI has had a long and troubled history,

particularly going back to its first FBI director,

J Edgar Hoover, and many of us know about many of his antics

And at one time J Edgar Hoover was seen as the most powerful person

in the United States, more powerful even than presidents.

And so that is something that the FBI has

actually had to try and grapple with, and a dark history

that they have actually had to try to shake

And so now, when you saw James Comey come out with this letter,

and many believe that he played an integral role in shaping

the outcome of the 2016 election, and that's something that has

And so today, to have this firing by Donald

Trump, I think it just really just threw many people for a loop,

and I think even Republicans are now grappling with how

But more importantly, now, many Americans are going to be

waking up today just trying to figure out who's in charge,

and now you see this latest blow to the

nation's premier law enforcement agency.

And I think it just really puts people under -

under the issue of where do things stand and who was actually

And that's something that the President is going to have

remains 18, maybe 19 Celsius, and night-time temperatures remain

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

President Trump has fired the head of the FBI James Comey in a move

He'd been leading an investigation into alleged links between the Trump

The White House says Mr Comey "has been terminated and removed

from office", but his dismissal has nothing to do with the inquiry.

Drayton Manor theme park in Staffordshire says it will not

open to the public today after the death of an 11-year-old

The Year 6 pupil, who has not been named, was on a trip

with her school, the Jameah Girls Academy in Leicester.

In a statement the school said it was providing support

to its pupils and staff and requested time to grieve.

Senior management at the theme park said they were shocked

Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pledged billions of pounds

in extra school funding if they win the general election,

to ensure budgets in England keep up with rising costs.

Both parties also say no school would lose out as a result

of a new funding formula to divide money across the country.

But the Conservatives say school funding has reached record levels

in their government and questioned Labour's plans to use

Corporation Tax rises to pay for their plans.

The Crown Prosecution Service is expected to announce later this

morning whether any Conservative politicians or officials will be

charged with breaking rules on election campaign

The CPS has been considering files sent by the police from

The party has insisted that administrative errors were to blame

for any spending which was incorrectly declared.

Roads in England and Wales are in danger of becoming

increasingly "lawless" because of cuts to traffic policing.

That's the key finding of a major report by the charity RoadPeace.

It also claims there has been a "significant shift" to training

courses, which it said are less effective than prosecution.

The National Police Chiefs Council says it's strengthened the way roads

are policed - and is working to assess the effectiveness

The star of the film Captain America, Chris Evans,

said he wanted to "curl up" after filming a bedtime

A busy day helping people and saving the world. Good work, Teddy.

He's recorded a few stories, including one story about showing

children how to cope when they feel overwhelmed.

You can see it on Cbeebies at ten to 7 tonight.

What a wonderful tradition it is. Can you remember any of the books

you did? There was one about fish, I cannot remember the title. I had one

about sitting on the naughty step. It is likely Michael McIntyre

sketch, you find just off talking to a parrot. An inanimate object. It is

such good fun. It is wonderful. Carol will have the weather shortly

but first let's talk Andy Murray. Yes. One fortnight or so until the

French open. He is back from one months out after his elbow

operation. He says he is a long way to go and he needs to get better. It

was not brilliant but he is through and things are wrong course after a

couple of slipups in recent tournaments. -- things are on

course. Andy Murray is through to

the third round in Madrid. He beat Romania's Marius

Copil in straight sets. Murray was far from his best early

on but his serve was never in danger He's bidding to make the final

for the third year in a row. Juventus have reached their second

Champions League final in three years - they beat Monaco

4-1 on aggregate. Dani Alves scored with a cracking

volley as they won 2-1 They'll take on Real

or Atletico Madrid in next month's Real are 3-0 up going

into tonight's second leg. Dundee United came from behind

to win 2-1 at Greenock Morton in the first leg of their Scottish

Premiership play-off quarter-final. And England striker Toni Duggan

scored a hat-trick in 18 minutes as Manchester City won

3-0 at Bristol City in the Women's Super

League Spring Series. He was the most expensive player

ever when he moved from Juventus to Manchester United last summer -

but now Fifa are investigating They want to know who was involved

in the 89.3 million pound deal - and how much money

they got out of it. United say Fifa have the necessary

documents from last August. FIFA has decided to replace two

of the investigators it brought Cornel Borbely and judge

Hans-Joachim Eckert have banned numerous football officials -

including former Fifa president Sepp They say the decision to replace

them means FIFA's efforts to reform are effectively over,

which will jeopardise They will hold a press conference

this morning so I am sure we will hear more later on.

Tour de France Champion Chris Froome had a lucky escape yesterday,

when he was knocked off his bike while training near his

The British rider, who wasn't hurt, posted this picture on social media

He will be going for three back-to-back wins this summer.

Stage four of the Giro d'Italia was a good one for the British

riders - but not so much for the leader at the start

He rather misjudged his speed at a corner,

taking a number of riders the wrong way with him.

Geraint Thomas moved up to second place, behind new leader

Bob Jungels, with Adam Yates third, after an edgy stage.

Everyone was watching each other so nobody really went and there was a

headwind in the last couple of K so everybody was apprehensive but I

felt good and it was nice to win the Sprint.

We've got the draw for the Rugby World Cup to look forward

to this morning - and next month, Jamie Roberts will captain Wales

for their Tests against Tonga and Samoa.

Roberts missed out on a third tour with the Lions -

but will be in New Zealand with Wales as take on Tonga

in Auckland on June the 16th before travelling to Samoa a week later.

We will be talking to them later. I think they are in the Japanese

garden with Carol. I think that garden is a beautiful calming thing

and I know some people may not believe that gravel to be charming

but I think it will be lovely. I am more interested in talking to the

rugby players. We will find out who England and Wales will be playing in

2019 in Japan at about nine o'clock this morning. I am sure if you want

to ask about the gravel, they will add further anything. -- anther. --

answer. The party leaders are in full

campaign mode, as the general election approaches, but last night

it was the Prime Minister's husband Theresa and Philip May appeared

together on last night's One Show, for an interview which gave

us a little insight We found out who puts the bins out,

and whether it was love Let's get down to the nitty-gritty

then, Philip. How hard is it to win a negotiation with your wife? There

is give-and-take in every marriage. I get to decide when I take the bins

out, not if. There are boy jobs and girl jobs, you see. What is your

earliest memory of wanting to become Prime Minister. Many people say that

it just happened, you did not want to. What is the truth on that? There

are a couple of stories going around which I do not recognise. One of the

other things I was taught by my parents is whatever job you are

doing, just get on and do your best. That is how I have approached

everything in my career. So that is what I was doing. I knew you were

interested in politics but I never heard her say she wanted to be Prime

Minister and tissue was quite established in the shadow Cabinet.

Do you try to leave work at Number 10? Philip, what do you see your

role as being here? To give my wife as much support as I possibly can.

It is a difficult job with difficult decisions and many things you need

to work harder. I think I am there to give her as much support as I

can. It is a 2-way street. If you did not watch the show last night,

is this the way forward for political campaigning?

Do people need to know the personalities

Joining us now is Steven Fielding, a Professor of Political History,

and from our London studio is freelance political journalist

Good morning to you both. Thank you for talking to us. Wasn't it into

resting? We're used to seeing Theresa May talk about policy and

she has said words that we know she uses a lot. But talking personally,

you can see she seems uncomfortable. She did not get into politics to

discuss her marriage but at that level when you are Prime Minister it

is something that people want to know. They want to know about you.

Do the electorate care? Do they do it is a good way for politicians to

communicate with their electorate. One of the best ways to win over an

audience is to convince them that your character is the same as

theirs. So by going on television she shows that she is a normal order

nary person with a long-term marriage and an emotional life. She

got married, we saw pictures of her as a young wife and it establishes a

rapport that she would otherwise not have, just by standing on a Laxton.

They do have an audience of several millions. How do you think they came

across? Is it important that people see her husband as well, do you

think? I agree that that is what the electorate expect at this point. But

I do not think she shows her at her best. She is not a relaxed chitchat

person. What we saw was a nervous awkward appearance and she kept

trying to awkwardly shoehorn her policies into the discussion. She

was shown a wedding picture and asked what it reminded her of an she

said it reminded her of a stable childhood, strong and stable being

her current slogan. I think she came across as an easy. What is working

at the moment on the doorsteps is her... The way she presents herself

formally. Her brand is very strong, very... Sort of straightforward.

Whereas when the curtain is pulled away she does not show a lot of

charisma I don't think this will play well. What is interesting is

that the Conservatives now that the key policy is to put Theresa May

front and centre. Conservatives is in small letters on the posters,

they are Theresa May's team. Putting her in that position is playing well

for them at the moment. It is. She has established that she is strong,

promises strong leadership. Last night was quite useful to cause it

broadens out and softens the image a little bit. Even Margaret Thatcher,

the original iron Lady allowed herself to be photographed as a

housewife in the early day because they want to show that they will

provide leadership but they are also an ordinary person. The strength is

the most important thing but to be, to have a relationship with that

person at the top is important. Rich people who may be having doubts

about it being too harsh, they may move to her direction. In America,

of course, there is an important role, the first Lady. It is unusual

here, isn't it, to get that sort of insight into the husband and wife of

the Prime Minister. I think Philip came across well and definitely an

asset. The one moment where he was in which we showed you in the clip

was when he revealed that she had her eyes on the top job for at least

seven years. That is not... That was slightly off message. But he does

humanise her because, you know, here's a little more and jokey. And,

yeah, I think he definitely came across well. Thank you both.

Jeremy Corbyn will also be interviewed on The One Show before

the general election and we'll discuss that here when it happens.

Carol is at Kew Gardens with the weather this morning.

Good morning. Good morning all. It certainly is glorious. The sun is

coming out and it is beautiful. We are in the southern side of Kew

Gardens, a lot of construction taking place at the moment. The

pagoda is being worked on, and the temperate building, there is a big

glasshouse which will be unveiled next year. You can see behind me the

beautiful Japanese gateway. That is a replica of an actual Japanese

gateway, from Kyoto, Japan. Which of course is where the Rugby World Cup

is being held in 2019. The sun is coming out now. It is nice and warm,

but if you are out of the sun and it is chilly. Many of us are cold start

to the day. Some frost around, a bit of patchy fog which is starting to

lift and for most it will be a dry day with a lot of sunshine, and

feeling rather nice. Across the north of Scotland at 9am we have a

lot of cloud, and also some patchy rain which will be on and off

through the course of the day. A bit more cloud across south-west

Scotland yesterday. The rest of Scotland sunny. Northern England has

a chilly start, patchy fog starting to lift, and then we have the

sunshine. Down through the Midlands, into East Anglia, Essex and Kent, a

lot of sunshine. From Hampshire down towards the Isle of Wight points

west, towards Cornwall. Some sunshine after a chilly start and

Wales a similar story. Any fog patches now lifting quite nicely.

Northern Ireland will find there is a little more cloud around and we

have had in recent days, but it will still be dry and pleasant if you

like that scenario. Through the course of the day the rain will be

on and off across northern Scotland. For the rest of us it is going to be

dry and it is going to be sunny, quite a different date along the

east coast compared to of late, because we have lost that onshore

flow. It will be sunny, and it will feel warmer as a result.

Temperatures across England and Wales could locally hit 20 Celsius,

but across the UK generally we are looking at 15 to 18 except in the

Northern Isles where we have that rain. Here it will feel cold.

Through the evening and overnight the rain across the north of

Scotland will slowly sink across the far north of mainland Scotland.

There will be a lot of clear skies around as well, some frost as well

and by the end of the night we will be seeing some showers coming across

the Channel Islands, and possibly in the south-west England. Tomorrow we

start with the showers in southern counties, but they will fade. There

will be some sunshine but they will rejuvenate through the afternoon,

and some of those could be heavy and thundery, with some hail. North of

that you are looking at another belter of a day. Dry, sunny and

pleasantly warm with high is up to 20 Celsius. But if it is rain you

are after, it is coming our way. On Friday and other system coming from

the south will introduce rain initially across southern and Wales.

Some of that will be heavy and thundery, with some hail. You might

also find it could lead to some local surface water flooding. But as

we move north of that, the conditions are a bit drier but the

showers will develop as we go through the course of the afternoon.

And as we head into the weekend, again we are looking at a mixture of

sunshine and also some showers around, and temperatures gradually

coming back to where they should be. We have been talking about the rake

all morning, well, I have been sent to a training area where I can learn

how to rake. I attach rice crispies to my car wheels to make it sound

like I am doing it. I don't know whether we will talk about the

gravel later, but anyway. The construction industry

is struggling to find enough workers TV architect George Clarke has

a big plan to fix that, and he is talking to

Steph this morning. Good morning to you both. I am quite

shocked about your rice crispy revelation, but we will gloss over

that for now. On the one hand, the construction

industry in the UK is doing well because it is growing,

but the problem is that the industry is struggling to attract enough

people with the right skills The construction industry body says

nearly 250,000 new workers are needed over

the next three years. So how are we going to get more

people interested in it? Architect and TV presenter

George Clarke is with me. Good morning, George. Good morning.

How will we get people interested in construction? Well, this has been

years in the making. Today we have launched MOBI, the office of

building and innovation. I think if we build better it would inspire

young kids to want to engage with a UK home-building industry. We would

do a better product and get more inspired kid involved in the

industry and that systematic decline which has been happening for years

has been really bad, a reflection on the quality of homes they are

building. So how can we be more innovative? Well, we are launching

some more courses, we have a masters course at Teesside University, as

well as some more hands-on courses, and straightaway you think advance

the construction sounds exciting compared to building and

construction courses, doing plastering, concrete works and

bricklaying. Not to diminish how important that is, because our

existing houses always need work doing to them. To me it is about

having a plan about the future of home welding in Britain. As I say,

the standard of what we are building is a little bit stuck in the Dark

Ages. So what will be different to what people are studying normally.