the free state foundation s annual telecommunications conference. this is an hour and a half. ok, we are going to get started now. one minute. if everyone will take their seats, please. you become so quiet when i say that that i should not even wait the full minute. that is fantastic. we are going to get started now. i think that was a terrific session to get the conference started, talking about regulation more generally, although i knew there would be. i think throughout the day we are going to hear about that neutrality, or restoring internet freedom. the open internet proceeding. we did hear a little bit during the previous session. i will call this the all-stars panel. i am not sure i came up with another name. we do have a group of all-stars here. we are going to the digging in to certain communications issues. i want to do brief introductions. everyone here has the brochure where we have got the full bios there. the brochure is also on the website, for those of you i
by president elect trump yesterday at his first news conference since july. today, he tweeted that the us intelligence service said it was phoney and falsely circulated. in fact, james clapper, the director of national intelligence, effectively distanced the us intelligence agency from the unverified video, saying it didn t leak it and hadn t made a judgement on its reliability. since then, the spotlight has been shone on the man credited with producing the memo christopher steele, a former mi6 officer respected by british intelligence agencies, the cia and the fbi. he has since gone to ground. the focus is now on what british intelligence knew and whether anything made its way onto ministers‘ desks. but the wider question persists is this a scandal of watergate proportions, or one of the biggest smears in the history of politics? here s our diplomatic editor, mark urban. we re learning more about the world of private intelligence gathering and how information gleaned f
foreign leader to meet the new us president at the white house. they re expected to hold talks on friday and trade, nato and brexit are expected to be on the agenda. the prime minister has been speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr show this morning and said the important thing was to build on the special relationship, but that she wouldn t be afraid to tell the president when she found something unacceptable. with me is now to get more on this is our political correspondent, susana mendonca. in focus up in trip. theresa may and she is embarking soon on trade negotiations with the eu about what britain s role will be outside of the european union when we leave, and so she needs to have a strong hand. this is a great opportunity for her because it gives a chance to put across this image that she has a close relationship with the new american president. she will meet him we understand on friday, and trade will be the main focus of that. she wants to dog about how she will have a
welcome to bbc news. theresa may has arrived in america at the start of a trip which she hopes will pave the way for a post brexit trade deal with the united states. she ll be the first foreign leader to hold talks with donald trump when she meets the new president at the white house tomorrow. this evening, she addressed a republican conference in philadelphia in a speech where she sought to find common ground with mr trump. but the prime minister s bid to launch a new era of co operation with america risked being overshadowed by a row about president trump s support for torture and in particular, water boarding. our political editor laura kuenssberg is travelling with theresa may and has just sent this report. opposites attract. theresa may s hope. but how close does she want to get to him? the prime minister made a quieter arrival, making her way down the windy steps in philadelphia. her convoy speeding towards her debut in trump land, here to make friends. no hate, no fear
southern part of the uk but colder further north. then all eyes to the west as we head into the night. very wet across northern ireland. over an inch of rain in some places and that will have its own impact. then doris arrives and it turned to snow. first of all we have the snow and a warning in force from the met office. the west of the conditions office. the west of the conditions of high ground but through the central belt we could see some centimetres in the glasgow and edinburgh area. this could well be the scene in upland areas in particular. that wet and sticky snow for the rush hour tomorrow. the snow moves a little further south but for the rest of us just a nasty morning with areas of wind and rain. some brightness in between but focusing on the next elements of severe weather, that wind. an amber warning in force and it will be disruptive and for some quite damaging. especially coming in from the irish sea late morning into parts of north west england, wales, throu