we know mr. trump is dealing with the u.s. allies and this president on issues such as nato and defense and international m internationalism. his outlook is a lot more inward looking than recent presidents. officials in the you can fear is that we have, he is in the process of battling some of those alliances. i think during this trip, we didn't see them materialize quite as mush as they would like. they were seeing teresa may said she didn't do that, at the end of the summit, they were embarrassingly warm there. previously, that makes her in the press conference yesterday, we saw her criticizing teresa may. i think what she wants to do, this is the neutral benefit in social security and the economy and trade and business of that special relationship. and also build a personal relationship with president trump him because i think a lot of his policy towards others seems to be taken how he goes through them personally. i think watching that and some of the comments he made about her. i do get the sense that personal relationshi

trump in a state with bokes wagon nissan and general motors plants said he was concerned mr trump was on a dangerous course and listen to this abusing his authority that's capitol hill code here folks for breaking the law by mr trump imposing tariffs on national security is justification for those tariffs that authority by the way is sometimes specifically cited as section two thirty two you may hear that around another republican house financial services chair jeb hensarling said he was worried about a quote full fledged trade war with no end in sight and in a speech the economic club of washington house speaker paul ryan republican house speaker for gosh sakes said about trade policy quote new tariffs are not the solution all of these back and forth the trade wars and the end still reaction surrounding them remind me that teeshirt are. at the other day the beatings will continue until morale improves it sounds like we're getting closer to a time when there might be sort of some intervention between the republicans and mr trump we'll keep an eye on it and let you know what's taking p

bargain supposedly and all for that mr trump may. make to president clinton to exchange syria for ukraine is that as far as you know is that really something that may be discussed behind closed doors these two issues or two independent. his ukraine and chile me. there is no any connection within these two important issues. we are here to discuss a world the. relation it's russia in connection with cooperation in syria as well you're trying to raise. the support the position of the. russian federation in question the question of. ukraine now speaking about the syrian talks. the western media report about it as that as sort of a possibility that may happen but many analysts in russia suggest that this has already been implemented to some extent on the ground for example. iran's role in the operation is good earlier this year was last pronounced than usual its role in the current southern offensive and daraa is even more limited would it be fair to say that iran has already partially deliberate what the americans and to some extent the

trump. did you ever see mr. trump be loyal to him? >> ultimately i felt he hasn't. i sympathize with michael. i understand the way michael feels. i have felt like that. with that said, chuck, with somebody like me who has defended michael publicly, when he takes lanny davis out of the clinton crypt and decides to start talking about watergate releasing these tapes, it's a bridge too far. >> are you saying you no longer count yourself as a friend of michael cohen? you did just a couple of days ago? >> no, he is a friend of mine. i like him personally. once again, i feel bad for what his family is going through. but vis-a-vis his professional relationship with the president, it's highly unethical, if not -- if not getting disbarred for what he did. >> who's telling the truth? >> in terms of? >> who's telling the truth here? whose word should we take here, michael cohen intimating what the president knew about these various payments or the president's word that he knew very little about it all? >> but there was no payment. but let's say we hear this conversation, but u

it was mr trump's denials that made them come forward. there is a gentleman at the window, introduced himself as donald trump. jessica leeds says she was assaulted on a plane in the late 70s. suddenly this man started groping me. he was all over me and he was kissing me and he was. . . not a word was said from him. we're just having this tussle. in the seat. and it's like his... like his hands are every where like an octopus. but it is when he started putting his hand up my skirt... that i... got the... strength... the adrenaline to... manage to wiggle out. sounds like an assault. it was. it was an assault. absolutely. i mean, at one point i did feel pinned to my seat. it was a very physical attack. donald trump accused jessica leeds of lying. oh, i was with donald trump in 1980. i was sitting with him on a plane. and he went after me on the plane. yeah, i'm going to go after... believe me, she would not be my first choice that i can tell you! man! donald trump says you're a liar. what did you think of that? well... you know he... of cour

mr trump that's. ok if i may ask on the formal purpose of your visit as far as i know your formal reason of coming here east's you explain the iranian position on the way in the aftermath of the american of a troll from what i know iran has so far insisted that it will stay within the deal if the europeans do enough. to make a palatable for your country have they been efficient supplier have they offered and often scientific to your country to continue complying with the ori be. very close cooperation be russia or foreign minister says. the close contact if you still know rove and recently the change in vienna and they were very corporate you know sure the european countries are trying to remain. the we've worked. the you should compensate worked. we have loss after the need to go all. of the united states illegally from d.c. . i'm sure you follow the latest results of the nato summit in brussels and it's shocked many russians i have to tell you by the way mr trump treated his american partners do you

mr. trump has also denied his affair with daniels. dave davis said the recordings are false. >> this is not a man shocked about karen mcdougal. they know what they're talking about. >> reporter: american media's payment effectively silenced mcdougal throughout the 2016 campaign. now, cohen's lawyer did not have an explanation for why this recording was made or why it cuts off abruptly. >> all right, major. thank you so much. the recording raises serious questions about possible violations of campaign finance law. we've heard that prosecutors have 12 tapes. this is just part of one of those tapes. from what we've heard, was a possible crime committed? >> possible, but not in and of itself. it is not illegal to pay someone with a nondisclosure agreement. that happens all the time in order to keep people from giving up information that might embarrass someone. >> but that's not what happened. what happened is this was a catch-and-kill story by american media and david pecker, and this tape might suggest that then the president, now presi

mr trump that's. ok if i may ask on the formal purpose of your visit as far as i know your formal reason of coming here since you explained the iranian position on the way in the aftermath of the american of a troll and from what i know iran has so far insisted that it's not stay within the deal if the europeans do enough. to make a palatable for your country have they been official supplier have they offered and often sanchez to your country to continue complying with. the. very close cooperation with russia. or foreign minister says. he's in close contact you know still no rove and recently they had a meeting in vienna and they were very corporate you and all sure the european countries are trying to remain. the same but. the you should compensate well it's. we have loss after the meter all. of the united states illegally from the supreme i'm sure you follow the delayed results of the nato summit in brussels and it's shocked many russians i have to tell you by the way mr trump trade if he's american

trump asa stories and merging about mr trump as a candidate ahead of that vote. that the case, then it could potentially mean they breached campaign—finance laws and meanwhile we have this investigation taking place into michael cohen it is important to emphasise who michael cohen was. yes, he was donald trump's personal lawyer but he was much more than that. he was the mr fix-it. much more than that. he was the mr fix—it. he made donald trump's towels go away. he took pride in that and he knew intimately about mr trumps business. we have these questions about what happened to him and the fbi raided his office as a result of a referral from robert miller. it's a separate investigation by going through all his business dealings and it seems this recording was one ofjust a number of things that were seized from his office at the time. and it does seem to have some concern for president trump and some anger that first of found this recording and secondly that they are continuing to investigate exactly what dealings mr cohen was involved in. and for his pa rt coh

partners in europe have reportedly taken offense the tone of the letters mr trump spoke to the media before departing for europe. well it is interesting time is certainly going to see. fairly soon as they work something out very far too much and they say far too little but we'll work it out. the be happy. will see on the happiness part the president's travel include two days in brussels then to london for a meeting with embattled british prime minister theresa may mr trump triple and with a meeting with russian president vladimir putin in helsinki finland on monday and will have more on this in the coming days. the washington post has reported that private equity firm warburg pincus has entered the business of mailing checks to desperately poor people then hitting them with interest rates equal to or higher than those of payday lenders the story raised some eyebrows here in washington because former obama treasury secretary timothy geitner who i know from experience was not the foremost champion of holding wall street accountable for the two thousand and eight debacle is now presiden

it was not sent to then mr. trump's executive assistant, rona graff. so if you had to ask me specifically, and in light of learning that, one, michael was taping the president, two, he doesn't have a tape of this, i would believe the president. >> you say you're shocked that michael cohen staping. michael cohen had this reputation among every single trump person i've ever dealt with, oh, yeah, michael cohen, he tapes everybody. >> correct. i thought he was taping all phone conversations. you know, for ie, if he had an iphone and it just taped all conversations, he taped , everythiu know, plays them back to the president, that would be something. but to tap people when you're sitting in the office with them? that was highly suspect. i never thought that. never thought that if i was sitting across from him in his fice i was being aped. >> why do you think the president -- some of this decision potentially by michael cohen may have to do with one of two things. number one, no one seems to be wanting h pay legal bills and that is bothering >> why do you th

trump's leverage mr putin is rightly suspicious on whether mr trump could deliver on any promises he may make to him mr trump may be unhinged but he is not unconstrained and he has congress and also part of his own parts of his own administration that are deeply distrustful of any outreach to mr putin any deals that that could be made for europeans of course this is a terrible situation to see these two europeans congregate and tash out plans that could very much be harmful to europeans at the same time it's a reminder that we europeans need to come up with our own agenda because of the russia german foreign minister mark has talked about in the new austerity that we need to devise what's our vision for european security order and that includes russia for outreach to to russia for dealing with russia i think it's a reminder that we shouldn't leave that to trump and martin but that we need to make our own policies on that front. the. the americans say that the russians are not truly reliable when it comes to reducing the nuclear warheads the russians all the other other hand accuse na

and that prompted the turs all caps threat from mr. trump. what do you make of it? >> there's three things in play here. all important. the first is that the trump administration is pursuing a policy of regime change in iran, which is markedly different, of course, from the approach of the obama administration. secondly, the iranian leadership, not only the president but the supreme leader, have stepped up their rhetoric in the past few weeks. notably by warning that they will hinder the oil sales of other countries if iran's own oil exports are reduced by american sanctions. and then thirdly, donald trump has been known to use a dramatic tweet like this as a distraction when he's under pressure. for example, under the russia investigation and his meeting with vladimir putin. and there's nothing more distracting than threatening a war. >> right. this seems to be they're pointing -- you gave three options there. to the unraveling of the iran nuclear deal. because it's still very much up in the air as far as the future. >> no, the iran nuclear deal's dead. at least fr

trump and i will do anything to protect mr. trump, the family and now vice president-elect pence. >> of course, the difference now is he's facing the real possibility of an indictment and possibly being separated from his family. different message now. it is. >> i actually don't think the message is directed at the president. i think it is directed at everyone else in the universe. prosecutors and law enforcement and the public and everyone the press. what michael cohen is saying and it is a smart strategy. in reality, i am a family man and i respect this country and i

at most nato members for not spending enough on defense and then mr trump declaring the alliance back on track thanks to his guiding hand or trump launch more attacks on germany than any other european country claiming that

officer to manipulate mr. trump. mr. trump's foibles and ability to be manipulated a prett clear for all to see. in fact, i think that's why most people, probably in his own administration, didn't want him to go torelsinki this meeting. y 's the leader of the largest, most powerful coun the history of the world, and he's allowing vlamir putin, who has been sticking his finger in the eye of the united states and allies for a long time, to be seen o an equal stage as a great power with the united states. that's troubling. he probably shouldn't have done that. but then to make the statements allyade following that, actu turning against his own administration and his own intelligence community, i think it was a very sad day for us, frankly. >> woodruff: we hear vladimir putin remarkably at one point out tuned, i was an intelligence agent once myself. wh did you think he had this suggestion that russia could -- thci he would let u.s. offs come to russia, interview russian intelligence officials and then an abou-turn, russian

and here mr. trump is not surprised when mr. cohen mentions there needs to be financing, and he immediately say, "cash." he doesn't say what the transcript that you're telling me says. he says "cash," and my client has been discharged over and over again by mr. giuliani with misinformation and misstatements. for example, what we have heard over and over again is that mr. cohen is living lavishly, and no mention is made that there was a tremendous flood in his apartment. he's living in a hotel with insurance paying for his hotel room. 14 times on the dossier, his name is mentioned and publicly posted where absolute rebuttals, false that he was ever in prague. there's been a campaign out of the white house to discharge mr. cohen. and why is that? chris, because he's got truth on his side now, and he intends to tell the truth. >> all right. fine. all of that be that as it may, that is extraneous to what we're talking about with this tape and what is said on the tape and what is meant. giuliani argues -- and, again, i have to repres

trump in a state with bokes wagon nissan and general motors plants said he was concerned mr trump was on a dangerous course and listen to this abusing his authority that's capitol hill code here folks for breaking the law by mr trump imposing tariffs on national security is justification for those tariffs that authority by the way is sometimes specifically cited as section two thirty two you may hear that around another republican house financial services chair jeb hensarling said he was worried about a quote full fledged trade war with no end in sight and in a speech to the economic club of washington house speaker paul ryan republican house speaker for gosh sakes said about trade policy quote new tariffs are not the solution all of these back and forth the trade wars and the end still reaction surrounding them remind me that t. shirt on. read the other day the beatings will continue until morale improves it sounds like we're getting closer to a time when there might be sort of some intervention between republicans and mr trump we'll keep an eye on it and let you know what's taking p

trump's former fixer -- >> i protect mr. trump. >> -- has cept signals in recent weeks he's willing to cooperate with the mueller russia investigation. according to giuliani the mcdougal tape is the only one of true substance. >> mr. president, did michael cohen betray you, sir. >> while the president's lawyers are saying there's really nothing to see here another source is saying this mcdougal related recording is not good for the president, and there are multiple parties interested in what could be on the tapes. one of them is michael avenatti, the lawyer for stormy daniels who is suing both cohen and trump. wolf? >> all right, athena, thank you very much. we're getting the first reaction from michael cohen's attorney to the breaking news. let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger who's been doing a lot of reporting on this. what are you hearing from cohen lawyer lanny davis? >> here's what he says in a statement to us, wolf, obviously there is an ongoing investigation and we are sensitive to that. but suffi

so we'll wait and see if mr. trump reveals anything elsmore from his side. let's talk more about the conversation between sergey lavrov and mike pompeo. do we know anything more about what they're looking for and whether they talked about a potentially -- potential follow-up meeting between mr. putin and mr. trump in washington? >> reporter: that telephone conversation between the u.s. secretary of state and the russian foreign minister taking place last night here local time. we understand it was initiated by the u.s. side. they called the russians, in other words. and unusually there's been, as far as i'm aware, no redoubt from the state department on what was discussed but the russian foreign ministry has spoken with it. they said that they're talking about improving bilateral relations. but the key issue that was discussed was this issue of mariia butina who's a young russian woman who was arrested in the united states the day after the helsinki summit on allegations of acting as an agent of russia. basically she's been accuse dollars of being a spy alth

trump that was made in 2016. in it mr. trump appeared to talk about a potential payment for a model story. the tape was released to cnn by michael cohen's lawyer and has not been authenticated by cbs news. >>> there is also a dispute over what the tape says and what it means. >>> and the main section of yosemite national park will be closed today so firefighters can battle a huge fire that threatens yosemite's park forest. at least 1,000 campground and hotel reservations are canceled. yosemite has. been closed for a fire since 1990. the closure is expected to remain in effect for a least four days. >> the los angeles police chief is offering condolences for a tragic mistake over the weekend. a woman killed over the weekend at trader joe's was hit by police gunfire. danielle nottingham has details. >> reporter: the los angeles police released body cam video of the gun battle that terrorized a trader joe supermarket over the weekend. police chief michael moore says the tape tends to show a dedsly mistake. it helps to frame a

what might putin ask of mr. trump. >>> u.s. and korean military officials make plans to return the remains of casualties of the korean war. >>> violent protests erupt in chicago after another fatal police shooting. >>> a california firefighter is killed in a wildfire near yosemite national park. >>> tanduay after bastille day, france wins the world cup. >> hi, everyone, and welcome to "the overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. with tensions between the u.s. and russia at the highest levels since the cold war, presidents donald trump and vladimir putin are about to be face-to-face today in helsinki, finland. leaders have met before. leonid brezhnev in 1975, george bush and. norah o'donnell is leading our coverage of this historic summit. she joins us now from the finnish capital. >> good evening to you. president trump arrived here ahead of his russian counterpart who attended the final match of the work socno ces tperpowermit the wor wang. president trump will have breakfast with the president of finland at the presidential resi

have you talked about that specifically with mr trump? i have talked him about putin and russia and he has a lot of respect for putin, but at the same time he also realises the importance... what does he respect about putin? does he respect the annexation of crimea, the repression freee expression of democracy in russia? what is it? is it the basic, ruthless, decisive nature of putin rule? some of these questions are best addressed by the president. i am not a fan of vladimir putin, i think he is a bad guy. i do think the president sees he represents an important nation on the world's stage. as he pointed out, the germans are opening up a natural gas pipeline that will give putin and billions of dollars and a lot of leverage over europe, they complain about donald trump and what he is doing in europe and dividing the alliance and everything else, but meanwhile they are helping putin. so there is a certain two—facedness with what the germans are doing what they are saying. i am also struck by to a degree to which, from many outsiders, th

trump knew of the trump tower meeting ahead of time, do you believe mr. cohen or mr. trump? >> under normal circumstances if you told me that the trump organization even though it was the campaign here was going to host someone connected with the algarov, i would say likely the president now president then mr. trump would have been made aware. with that said, it is important here that michael also says he doesn't have a tape of this conversation according to the cnn reporting. so, it seems a little that we're not going to know. it is one word against another word here. >> but you know both people. >> right. >> you're familiar with the dynamics of the two men. what is your take? what is your guess? >> my best guess is that the president certainly was made aware after the fact that this meeting was a complete bust and it was because if you look the lawyer natalia, the russian lawyer who previously not allowed into the country by a cnn contributor, representing somebody connected to the maninski and representing an issue of the person who putin spoken about in directing with bi

but mr trump has no formal events tomorrow. it is a chance for him to regroup after nato and his visit to see theresa may and prepare for what is arguably the biggest moment of the strip, which is seeing vladimir putin in helsinki on monday. but who could resist a round of golf at turnberry? what a mighty fine golf course that is. thank you very much. my my good friend, ron christie, republican strategists has been at windsor throughout the day. it has been the highest level of special. let's talk about this front page, the sun newspaper. in the words of the sun newspaper. in the words of the president, this was generally fine. this is a new definition of a generally fine. if that's the new definition of generally fine, christian, we are in a world of hurt. the president of the united states sent us a message last night. there were such beautiful optics with him in the palace and with the prime minister, and what ends up happening is the headline that you just held up. so it is very interesting to see what the headline will loo

earlier, mr trump had said that was an interesting idea. in an interview with the american network, cnbc, mr trump rejected the idea that he has failed to stand up to president putin. look at the sanctions i've put on, look at the diplomats i threw out, look at all of the things that i've done. nobody else has done what i've done. 0bama didn't do it. 0bama was a total patsy for russia. look at the statement he made, when he thought the mics were turned were turned off, 0k? the stupid statement, nobody cares about that. getting along with president putin, along with russia is a positive, not a negative. now with that being said, if that doesn't work out, i'll be the worst enemy he's ever had! 0ur correspondent in washington, chris buckler, says the invitation came quickly. it does seem bizarre and quite remarkable to some of donald trump's political opponents and also some within his own republican party that he is rolling out the red carpet to vladimir putin so soon after that helsinki summit, that frankly had a fallout that was pretty diff

mr. trump and mrs. trump capped off their visit on friday by meeting with queen elizabeth. the queen has met with every u.s. president since 1952 with the exception of president johnson. after hand shakes and a bit of small talk, the president and queen inspected the front rank of the guard of honor, they also went inside the castle for tea. earlier president trump met with the prime minister of the nation theresa may, that was after again that explosive interview in the british tabloid "the sun" which mr. trump slammed the prime minister's negotiation of brexit. during a joint news conference though, mr. trump did something he rarely does, let's take a look. >> i said very good things about her. i didn't think they put it in, but that is all right. they didn't put it in the headline, i wish they put it in the headline. and she's a total professional because when i saw her, i said i want to apologize because i said such good things about you. she said don't worry, it is only the press. i thought that was very professional. i might add though -- that is called -- don't worry

the express does the same, while carrying a big picture of mr trump holding mrs may's hand. the i looks at the huge crowds that came out to protest against the visit. and the telegraph carries an interview with one of mr trump's former advisors who says that, perhaps unsurprisingly, mr trump told mrs may to be "tough," in her negotiations with the eu so some different takes on the presidential visit on the front pages. let's take a look at some of them in more detail. we will begin with a did he or didn't he question. the guardian, i didn't he question. the guardian, i didn't criticise the prime minister, thatis didn't criticise the prime minister, that is fake news, says trump. welcome anybody who read the interview in the sun, that exclusive which seemed to have taken members of the government by surprise, might have read some criticism in it. of the government by surprise, might have read some criticism in itm was hard not to see criticism. i don't know how the president defines that term. to suggest the prime minister is a wrecking brexit is certainly a comment on what h

putin to fully trump mr trump or any other american there were let's say german leader for that matter i think all international relations are ultimately build on yes a certain amount of trust but that trust needs to be built and we can certainly not we cannot count on that trust to be existing at this point of time thank you so much going to be very. to the u.k. now it's been revealed that british labor party members responsible for facebook ads in the general election made leader jeremy corbyn and his closest aides say different ads from the general public are joins me live with the details. how did this all come to light. well this is all been revealed in the new in a new book that's just been published it's all about the effect of media on politics and the allegation is that in the run up to the general election that we had here in the u.k. just over a year ago now senior labor party star members that are hall style to jeremy corbin that's the leader of the labor party they used targeted facebook ads in order to trick the labor leader into thinking that the campaigns that he wanted

with mr. trump years earlier. >> just before the election, the trump campaign denied any knowledge of a planned payoff to karen mcdougal, but the 2016 recording seems to confirm mr. trump knew at the time about the proposal. listen now as cohen tells trump about his plans to set up a company to purchase the story rights from american media run by trump ally david pecker. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend, david, you know, so that i'm going to do that right away. i've actually come up -- >> give it to me -- >> and i've spoken to allen wieselberg about how to set the whole thing up with -- >> so, what are we going to -- >> -- funding -- yes. and it's all the stuff -- >> thinking about it -- >> all the stuff, because you never know what that company, where he's going to be -- >> who gets it -- >> correct. so, i'm all over that. and i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time for the financing, which will be -- >> listen, what financing? >>

trump was preparing to meet vladimir putin monday. >> we met with mr. trump about the allegations this week. the president was fully aware of the department's actions today. >> reporter: the charges say in late july, the russians tried for the first time to hack into servers in clinton's personal campaign office, the same day president trump said this. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> reporter: prosecutors say the russians set up dcleaks.org to host false material. the russians don't name wikileaks but say it was another way the russians used. the democratic national committee was begin, they said if you have anything hillary related, we want it in the next two days. the russians created a fake persona and wrote to a trump campaign person did you find anything interesting in the docs i posted? while that person isn't named in the indictment, it was roger stone a campaign advisor. his lawyer says stone had no involvement in the hacking and prosecutors also say a congressional candidate ask

mr trump said he believes british people "like him a lot." at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to affect japan in nearly a0 years. torrential rains have triggered landslides and floods in central and western areas with more than eight million people ordered to leave their homes. charges against us adult film star stormy daniels have been dropped after she was arrested in a strip club. she was detained for allegedly touching a patron. ms daniels is involved in a court battle with donald trump over an alleged sexual encounter, which he denies. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. president donald trump seems to value his gut instinct more than expert advice and appears to respect raw power more than traditional alliances. this is not a president ready to make nice with europe simply because of shared values. amid the constant churn of administration staff his informal advisers seem to know him best — like my guest today — long—time trump ally and conservative media

what happened this week with mr. putin and mr. trump needs to be repudiated. katty: you say americans demand action, but there is a new reuters poll that says that only 32% of republican voters actually side with the u.s. stelligence community' assessment that russia meddled in the 2016 election. wh do you make of that? sen. cardin: the facts are the facts. there is no disagreement that russia interfered at mr. putin's direction in the u.s. election. that is a fact. that is not subject to dispute. the only person in the leadership of the united states about thats question is mr. trump. his intelligence team, his closest advisers all understand that it was russia thatin rfered in our elections and trying to do it to help mr. trump. katty: senator cardin, thank you very much. 'aura: their story of survival captured the wo's imagination, and now the 12 thai boys and their coach-speaking -- and their coach are speaking for the first time about their cave rescue. the boys spoke about their ofdeal, calling it a momen miracle when the rescuers found them. jonathanead

it shows mr putin handing over a ball from the russian world cup as a gift, and says mr trump hailed a change in the relationship. china daily also carries a picture of the two leaders shaking hands after successful talks. but it gives pride of place to the chinese president, xijinping, and how he used a meeting with eu leaders to call for more to be done to protect free trade. those are the papers. a british cave diver who helped rescue 12 thai boys earlier this month says he may sue the tech entrepreneur, elon musk. vern unsworth's knowledge of the caves is said to have played a crucial part in the rescue operation. he says he's considering legal action after mr musk tweeted a baseless slur against him. here's david campanale. the divers who helped rescue 12 thai boys and a football coach from deep within the cave have almost universally been acclaimed as heroes, but not by everyone. entrepreneur elon musk played down their achievement, saying they could have simply swum to the cave to get the boys without even using any diving gear. the tech billionaire appeared irritated that the

but frustration with mr trump is notjust limited to protesters. there's also irritation at government level after the president described the country as being in turmoil over brexit. this is going to be a challenging visit. our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue is covering president trump's visit and is at stansted airport. and gary, a potentially very challenging visit? yes, and a visit made more challenging i think by the comments in brussels before the president left, effectively wading into the whole brexit debate here. before he left the united states he talked about turmoil in the united kingdom, resignations, and now he's effectively aligning himself with the hard brexit camp. that is something theresa may could well have done without at this point in time. she wants to talk to him about trade deals, post brexit trade deals, getting a decent dealfor the uk with the us to try to bolster her position. so she won't take kindly to that. we are told the president will arrive here in short order. you can see behind me the two helicopters t

he also said that mr. trump got it when it came to election meddling. he said, mr. pompeo, that he himself told the russians that if there was further election meddling, there would be consequences. in terms of senators being convinced, they don' sound convinced. senator bob corker said to mr. pompeo, look, we have faith in you and it is the president we are concerned about. another senator said, i know you are making theeeistinction bethe u.s. policy in the but thet's statements, president's statements are u.s. policy. jane: are we any clearer about what happened behind closed medoors at the two-houing between president trump and presidentutin? barbara: not rea ny, jane. he h given detail about what took place in the composition. he defendethe president's right to have a conversation with the adversary, and is a protest to argue again and again that it remains what it is -- his approach is to argue again and again that it remains what it is. e secretary of state has been careful not to contradict or upsiage the pnt. jane: what about north korea? he said he would no

he said, mr. trump, koedon't pl with the lion's tail. this will only lead to regret. americans should know peace with iran is the mother of all peace and war with iran is the mother of all wars. >>> president trump has also been tweeting about released documents of aaron page. >> reporter: waking up from his bedminster golf course, president trump woke up firing tweets on the blast of his own department of justice after it released pages targeting carter page. it states, quote, the fbi believes that page has been collaborating and conspiring with the russian government. >> this is so ridiculous, it's just beyond words. i've never been an agent of the foreign power by any stretch of the imagination. >> the president tweeted the ridiculously heavily redacted documents proved the fbi mislead the courts, describing the surveillance as an illegal scamp. gop senator marco rubio told cbs the surveillance was justified. >> they did not spy on the cam pawn from anything and everything i have seen. you have an individual here who has openly bragged about his ties to russia and

it's unclear whether mr. trump suggests paying with cash or not paying. the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, says no payment ever came from his client, telling the "washington post," it sounds like cohen is explaining something to trump that he doesn't understand. and now, giuliani disputes that the recording shows mr. trump knew about the mcdougal deal at all. >> i don't think anyone can suggest that this represents anything where the president did anything wrong. i question the strategy of doing this, of trying to make a tape say what it doesn't say or of putting out a tape in which you're kind of proud of the fact that you're a lawyer taping your client, and then thinking you could cooperate with the government? you know to cooperate with the government, you've got to have credibility. >> cohen's decision to have his lawyer, lanny davis, provide the tape to cnn highlights the breakdown in the relationship that once saw cohen say he would take a bullet for the president. >> this is about honesty versus false disparagement of michael cohen. why is gi

mr trump's hero, winston churchill. our north america editor, jon sopel, begins our coverage. all dressed up, and donald trump does have somewhere to go. not a state visit, this is meant to be just a routine work trip for the president, accompanied by first lady melania. well, you could have fooled me. the british are pulling out all the stops. this may be a country in turmoil, as the president remarked, but it still knows how to put on a show. the bands of the welsh, irish and scots guards beat a retreat, and the setting for tonight's banquet was the magnificent blenheim palace, winston churchill's birthplace, and a hero of donald trump's. theresa may and husband philip waited patiently to greet them. when the turmoil of brexit is finally over, this is the man who she might be concluding a trade deal with, and the prime minister wants to make him feel welcome — a feeling not universally shared. at the gates of blenheim, protesters gathered to voice their displeasure at donald trump's visit, although this was middle e

suggestion from source close to mr. trump and mr. manafort that republican campaign team happen to have russia as a immediate -- happy to have russia as a media bogeyman to mask more extensive corrupt ties to china and other emerging countries. speaking in confidence, to a compatriot in late july, 2016, source e, and ethnic russian close associate of republican u.s. presidential candidate donald trump admitted that there was a well developed conspiracy of cooperation between them and the russian leadership. this was managed on the trump side by the republican candidate's campaign manager, paul manafort, who was using foreign policy advisor carter page and others as intermediaries. two sides had a mutual interest of course in defeating democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. whom president putin apparently hated and feared. interalia. source e acknowledged that the russian regime has been behind the leak of email messages from the democratic committee to the wikileaks platform. source e said he understood that the republica