How an old us flag on the back of a trainer helped nike lose a Million Dollar grant from the state of arizona. And after englands world cup exit against the usa, we look ahead to tonights match as sweden face the netherlands for a place in the final. Hello, i am Christian Fraser in washington, david eades is in london. The worlds biggest trading bloc has just settled on the key politicians to drive it forward for the next five years. And you know what . None of them was in the running to start with and i would bet you dont now much about any of them. They are compromise candidates, some werent even mentioned until the last hours of negotiation. Is that a way to hand out the most criticaljobs in the European Union . The top posts have gone to german, french, spanish, belgian and italian nationals. And in france it has been hailed as a huge victory for president macron. His compatriot Christine Lagarde will head the European Central bank, his belgian ally Charles Michel will be the president of the european council. Mr macron secured the Top Commission job for the German Defence minister and federalist ursula von der leyen. And to top it off, all four new faces, including the eus Foreign Policy chief, spaniard Josep Borrell are fluent french speakers. But mrs von der leyen must be confirmed by the European Parliament and she may struggle to secure the votes she needs. The socialists said it was unacceptable. And the greens have vowed to stop it. The mep bas eikhout from the netherlands tweeted that this was old europe at its worst. A backdoor deal he said with candidates emerging to please the National Leaders from germany, france and spain. Today the selections continued the European Parliament voted in its new president. Translation all of you will understand my emotion at this point in assuming the presidency of the European Parliament, and to have been chosen by you to represent the institution more than any other has a direct link with its citizens, that has a duty to represent them and also to defend them and to always remember, because our freedom is the daughter of justice, that we will have to conquer and of the solidarity that we will develop. These are all pretty heftyjobs now. Commission president is the most high profile of all thejobs. So what do we know about the new german nominee . Ive been taking a look. Ursula von der leyen has been a minister as long as Angela Merkel has been chancellor. A gynaecologist, she is a mother of seven and speaks several languages. It will not be an easy task. Late into politics but quick to rise through the ranks, she has run the ministry is a family, labour and ultimately defence. But that last brief, known as the ejector seat in german politics, is seen by many to have weakened her credibility. As the department has been accused of leaving the germany army wastefully underequipped. On top of that, fresh accusations that the Ministry Held multi year low contracts to outside accountancy firms without following public procurement rules. Has a bodice will tell you she is very clever, highly ambitious, a freakish achiever, said one. Her detractors are more direct. The former Europe Parliament president tweeted, ursula von der leyen is our weakest minister. That is apparently enough to become Commission President. Are you prepared to accept the brexit pile . Many have been left seething at the process is much of the person. They are the ones who will vote on her nomination. This is not yet a done deal. Lets go now to brussels and speak to Maria Demertzis shes the Deputy Director at the think tank bruegel, and she used to work at the European Commission. It is lovely to see you. Let us start with ursula von der leyen. She now likely to be confirmed in a job oi now likely to be confirmed in a job or do you think the parliament is going to push back . or do you think the parliament is going to push back . I think it is a good question. There has been a lot of resistance coming from the European Parliament. I think the reason is that its because there are power games being played. They have initiated, brussels would be driving the nomination, and the appointment of the people in these positions. The european council, the premises of the countries decided this process is not something theyd like, and they have decided to bypass it. Formally speaking, and i mean the requirements of the treaty are such that the European Parliament has to confirm the president of the European Commission and the represented. These are the two decisions that they have to confirm. Formally speaking, they can actually block these positions. It has not really happened before. But the first indications that we get from parliament that it did not like the fact that their process, their process , the fact that their process, their process, the one that they put forward has been bypassed and a distinct manner. They often say parliaments bark is worse than its bite. Another shoddy backroom deals at the last moment. In terms of image, transparency, what people would like to say, it is a pretty run deal . I am not entirely sure that i share the spirit of your comment. Political deals are always, you know, done at the last minute and they are down to compromises. It is important that the people that oui is important that the people that our needs positions are acceptable to everybody. That is not an easy game. Geography plays a role, languages play a role, everything plays a role here. This procedure was always going to be a difficult one. How transparent can that be . I am very surprised that it was very quick, i was expecting this to take a lot longer. It is good news that it did not drag on until the early autumn. But at the end of the day, i think it is important that the country of represents the Prime Ministers, they all agree with these positions because these people represent 28 countries and therefore they need to be acceptable to all. The issue here is whether this process is a valid process that needs to be continued, and the selection was going to be the test case. If these elections are confirmed, then this was a process to stay. But this was always an informal process, it was never a formal process. The Prime Minister is do not agree really with collectively, they do not agree with the process and mr macron himself is keen to turn it down, which she has achieved up till now. 0k. It is achieved up till now. Ok. It is a very interesting perspective that you give us an useful as well. Maria, thank you very much indeed. Sitting over here, you do get an impression when you speak to politicians, the format of the European Union, the institutions convinces them anyway. You overlay the way they have chosen these candidates and they way they put into the position is that they have never heard of, and it does not do much to increase the stature understanding that the European Union overseas. Yet it is the biggest trading bloc in the world. It is extraordinary. You over there often enough, we should know how it works. We have to check in time to time, it is a complicated procedure. I think what is fascinating is that these characters, they may be pretty unknown across the piece at the moment, the likes of ursula von der leyen, her twitter account numbered less tha n leyen, her twitter account numbered less than 1000 followers this morning. It is rising. If you look at it at the end of the time that someone at it at the end of the time that someone like juncker, they at it at the end of the time that someone likejuncker, they are extremely well known, big characters in the political firmament, extremely well known, big characters in the politicalfirmament, not necessarily popular ones but their recognition does rise pretty rapidly. Yes, maybe they will become better known as they get into theirjobs. Forget, they do not take up those jobs until november and december. By which point, the Brexit Process will be well under way, of course. Let us move on. The conditions in the detention centres on the southern border of the United States are shocking. All the more so when you consider the pictures we are seeing were taken in facilities in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The latest report from the governments own inspector speaks of dangerous overcrowding. Some adults were held in standing room only conditions for a week. There was little access to hot showers or hot food for families and children. And many were held beyond the maximum 72 hours. One picture shows a man pressing a cardboard sign to a window with the word help written on it. He is one of 88 men in a cell meant for 41. The conditions have been at the foreground of us politics in recent weeks. Democrats, whove been touring the facilities in the past week, have condemned the conditions. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean from pennsylvania was among those who travelled to the border on monday. What we saw were women on the floor crying, women whose mouths were cracked open with probably exposure and or lack of water. When we took a look at the facilities in this tight, cramped, little cell, there was a little partition wall and a prison toilet, a stainless steel toilet, with no toilet seat for all 15 women. No Running Water in the sink and the women told us when we questioned no Running Water, they told us that they were told they could drink from the toilet because that water was clean enough. Quite extremely pictures. Extraordinarily pictures. Here to go through that and some of the other issues is contributor for time magazine, jay newton small. This report is from the department of Homeland Security, it is the government does not report into his own handling of the centres. They have a watchdog that oversees whatever they do and in this case it isa whatever they do and in this case it is a Watchdog Group for the department of Homeland Security that is usually independent from the department itself and they are overseeing these five Border Control detention centres that they went to visit, which was cut short because the conditions were so bad that their presence there was inciting violence and that she had to leave early so david did not get to see the full amount that they wanted to. The president has put emigration right at the forefront of his campaign, what sort of damage to these pictures do to that campaign . In some ways, it helps them and in other ways it helps them. It digs up democratic support for the outrage of theirs, how horrible it is that one of the wealthiest countries in the world, as you said, could treat people trying to claim asylum or trying to come to the usa like theirs. But for his supporters, his space, this huge surge of immigrants, more than 600,000 trying to come across the border this year, the highest numbers we have seen since we saw numbers of overi million in the early 2000, thatjust underlines to them that this is an immigration crisis. At the president , america is under attack, we need donald trump to defend the nation. Stay with us, here in washington everyone is preparing for the 4th ofjuly. And this year the president is planning to take center stage. He has billed it as the great show complete with flyovers, fireworks, and of course donald trump addressing the crowds from the lincoln memorial. Yes, but there have also been concerns raised about the cost of the display and whether the patriotic day will now become political. The bbcs Chris Buckler has been out to see the preparations under way and the tanks that will be on show. Every year on the 4th ofjuly, each numbers gather here huge numbers gather here at the National Mall in washington for Independence Day celebrations. But this year is going to be a little bit different. President trump is putting on what he calls a salute to america. He promises it is going to be a show of a lifetime and you can see just how much work is going into it here at the lincoln memorial. We believe that about 2. 5 million has been diverted from Us National Parks funds in order to pay for some of this, but actually but actually we dont know how much it is going to cost in total. Mr trump is promising tanks, flyovers and fireworks. This is going to be a show of military might. As well as a thank you to americas troops. Although some of the pentagon are said to be a little concerned that this could become political. The armed forces want to stay away from that but ultimately it is up to the president. Right at the centre of events, he will deliver an address from here in front of the iconic lincoln memorial. White house officials are insisting that that speech will not be political, it will be a celebration of service, but of course that depends if President Trump sticks to the script, sometimes he does not. And it is worth pointing out that some of the best seats here have been reserved for Republican Party supporters and donors. Democrats say they have not been given any tickets. This is not a donald trump rally and therefore the audience will not be filled full of his supporters necessarily and how they will react if he gets political, that will be interesting. And there is another question for organisers and that is to do with the weather. Thunder and lightning has been forecast, if there is a downpour, that could have a massive effect on the half an hour fireworks that have been planned. And jay newtown small is still with us. One potential problem tomorrow is the crowd that is going to be there. This is being set up a little bit like a political rally but this is the washing things that, they are liberal crowd and they could pose some problems. Washington. Liberal crowd and they could pose some problems. Washington. The city ftc actually voted by far the most liberal and always the most liberal, 97 democratic in every president ial election in recent history. Activists are calling on people to boycott the fireworks and the event to show donald trump that he has no support here. It might be pretty empty. We will have to wait and see. The point about the money, lets be honest, we are not talking about some say, how symbolic uncomfortable is it for americans to see good us dollars being spent on what i suppose many would say a moment of grandeur for donald trump if he does go bay . It splits the party very much so, his base, they love the pomp and circumstance of it. This is actually pretty typical for re election campaigns, not typical but i will say i covered George W Bushs reaction and he used to land air force one, in fields nearby. These sort of pomp and circumstance tools have been used for a long time. This is the first president since nixon to actually use thejuly is the first president since nixon to actually use the july four fireworks as a Political Base are illogical arena. It is controversial to have his donors, for example, in a vip section in front of him. In that sense, it rallies up the Democratic Base that this money is being spent at a time when these things are happening at the border. Two years ago, there are a lot of horses, military equipment comes down, the different uniforms, the foreign legion, the regular army, etc, we are going to see full tanks, ona etc, we are going to see full tanks, on a flatbed. It is not exactly the best deal day celebration. On a flatbed. It is not exactly the best deal day celebrationm on a flatbed. It is not exactly the best deal day celebration. It is for america, pomp and circumstance, we will have flyovers. At least that time they are giving us warning. Two weeks they flew plain over washington dc, they did not tell anyone in this and it caused panic in the streets of dc because the only time you see fighterjets over the mess when they have breach as space and they are under attack. At least this time we know it is happening they had been for one this time. You mentioned the bastille Day Celebrations two years ago, he loved it, donald trump. There was no question, he was gripped by what he saw. As you mention, the colour, the ceremony, the marching bands, the fly past. Are getting a flavour of this now, i cant help but believe he was heavily influenced by what another president was able to put on asa another president was able to put on as a show. It has been interesting watching television this morning because it is controversial. July thought is it time for small town america to gather around the flight. One of the pulse they have looked at today, is this one. It is about patriotism in the country. It is dwindling. Less than half say they are extremely proud to be american. This is an annual poll that is carried out year on yearand it annual poll that is carried out year on year and it has been thinking, really, throughout the 21st century, since 9 11. It wont surprise you to know that actually it splits along parties on mine. Democrats feel less patriotically member, of course, than republicans do. If you had a democratic president in the white house, it would probably be the other way around. Less people feeling they chose sick at the minute. More than a0 people have been killed, and 130 injured, in an air strike on a Refugee Detention Centre near the libyan capital tripoli. The un has called the at