let's cross over to the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue is in washington for us. he promised to answer lots of questions, we had a whole new tone to what we had before. very punchy, combative, briefings. he did one of those press conferences that people often do to clear the air, where you kind of advice as many questions as people can throw at you. so he went round the room asking, answering multiple questions and hitting some of the controversial issues that people will ask about him, number one, does he have a good relationship with the president's chief of staff. they have previously been questions about that. number two, does he have the experience? he's been a financier in the past, not a communications person, certainly not someone in charge of the munitions for the white house. three, can he get the white house back on track, get the what message out there. that is certainly the frustration on the part of the president that has led to this big change. he believes his message isn't getting across. and we have seen sean spicer bit by bit edged out over the l

let's get the latest from gary o'donoghue. we were not sure whether he was push orde resigned, but we know now he has been fired? yes given the big heave hoe by president trump and speaks of speculation. some suggestion he may have tendered that resignation a couple of weeks ago, but officially today now we know that he is out, out for a number of reasons. he made some enemies in the white house, in the national security advisor and the president's son—in—law. he had been accused by donald trump himself of being behind some of leaks from the white house and he has been given a bunch of unauthorised interviews, including one in which he said north korea was a side show for the administration. that is totally at odds to what this white house thinks. will it matter that he goes? he does represent the right of centre, the alternative right of centre, the alternative right as it is sometimes called. he is accused by critics of being a neo—nazi sympathiser, something he has denied. but he is popular with that right—wing base

our correspondent in washington, gary o'donoghue, has more details. the attack took place on the 6th of april. i think the reason foreign the gap is that they try to gather as much intelligence as they could in order to get the man they thought they had got. that was probably the reason for the delay. it was a ground operation, in other words the us spent a lot of time hitting people in syria and iraq, individuals through drone strikes and hellfire missiles fired from drones, much more rare is using commandos on the ground. and we'll have more later. as hacking becomes a bigger and bigger problem , signs emerge of how young the hackers are. in britain the average age is 17. the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon has meant conflicting emotions, a national day of mourning next wednesday, sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. l

joining me now from central london is our political correspondent, gary o'donoghue what is your understanding of this outline deal done with the dup? we are told by downing street that it is what they call a confidence and supply arrangement. that means that it stops way short of a formal coalition, where two parties develop a joint programme for government. this effectively means that the dup have agreed to back theresa may when it comes to two keatings — confidence measures, in other words those votes in parliament like the queen's speech coming up the week after next which, if you lose, then you are effectively out. and supply measures, another word for money. so things like the budget. if you can't get a budget through, you are finished as a government. so they have effectively given her the ability to survive as a viable government. it's a bit more than life but not much more. after that, if theresa may wants to do anything issue by issue, other bits of legislation, be it health or education or or security, anything including some of the brexit legislation, it is likely that she will h