that is a major mistake on mr trump's part mr trump the president of these united states isn't interested men he didn't intend to win in my opinion he had no plans of women he did not have a litany of people that had been a part of his national effort all through the primaries he had simply vent quest and knocked out twelve of fifteen also rans on the republican side and he had won by be in the most intertainment and the most unusual a charmin and acceptable person on the republican side of the ad and that's just just you know it's just awful to be a burden with just that i don't want to see us rip replicate that process at any stage in the development period. does willie brown have a candidate he favors in twenty twenty walk in tell you state of california has potentially three really good candidates they have the newly elected governor be sworn in on january seventh. gavin newsome it's got to be a part of some consideration for the national ticket they have a fellow who is the mayor of los angeles that's where the population happens to be and that's you know he every guy said he represe

president donald trump on landing mr trump spawns a little bit of controversy by criticizing the level of european funding for nato diplomatic editor james bays has more on that from paris it was time for damage limitation here at the palace after that tweet from president trump just before he arrived on air force one in which he criticized president michael's comments about a european saying it was very insulting and instead european nations should be paying their fair share at nato clearly i think both sides behind the scenes have been paraffine their positions and that was clear when the two leaders spoke to. the european security to be. being assured just by the united states and even that big of a jury that's why i do believe that we need more european get to see these more european defense we're getting along from the standpoint of fairness and we want it to be fair we want to help europe but it has to be here with the british in the world's leading states is the president here is it. and this is that the united states can only do so much. if you're just a little bit says the eli

it probably also tells us that mr trump will probably not be sitting down in person with mr mueller, which has been muffled debate for many months now. at one stage, the president saying he would be willing to do that and it is clear i think that the lawyers have advised against it. it really will depend on the mueller investigators's response and interpretation of what they have just been told by the president. we know from the president's lawyer rudy giuliani that as far as he was concerned it was unprecedented cooperation, he has also set an interview that the president had a nswered interview that the president had answered questions which were relating matters pre—election. in other words, that he has not a nswered other words, that he has not answered any questions to do with possible allegations of obstruction of justice relating to possible allegations of obstruction ofjustice relating to the time after he became president. and just going back to our top story there, the statement from the president and relations with saudi arabia and the jamal khashoggi murder, in a statem

mr. trump is firing back at cohen. he's also canceling, canceling a planned meeting with vladimir putin. our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us from buenos aires. the president lands where you are fairly soon, and we're told that he's in a pretty terrible mood right now, quote, spooked and completely distracted. >> reporter: wolf, he has good reason to be in a terrible mood. president trump, as you said, he's on his way to argentina for the g20 summit. the president will arrive at the summit facing new questions, as you were saying a moment ago, about his business ties to russia during the 2016 campaign. after that bombshell that his former attorney michael cohen dropped in new york earlier today, pleading guilty to lying to congress about mr. trump's dealings in moscow. president trump's former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, has left his old boss in a fix. leaving for the g20 summit, the president lashed out at cohen's decision to plead guilty to lying to congress about mr. trump's business dea

mr trump has called it a "witch—hunt". he has forcefully denied that his team colluded with russia to help win the presidential election. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes now. so, we do this go next? well, i think this certainly tells us this investigation, this enquiry is entering its final stages and clearly mr mueller and his collea g u es clearly mr mueller and his colleagues have got the answers to the questions they oppose to the president. it tells us probably that the president will not be sitting down in person with the investigators or indeed mr mueller. that has been debated for many months now. at one stage, the president said he would be willing to do that. i think clearly the lawyers have advised against it. it now depends on the mueller investigators's reaction and interpretation to the answers the president has given them. there have been hints quietly release that there may be new indictments coming that they have also been strong suggestions that the new acting attorney general m

mr trump has touched down in argentina's capital buenos aires for the g20 summit. he has cancelled several planned meetings at the last minute, including one with vladimir putin. at a time of growing differences over trade, climate change, and global security, he is expected to have tense to have tense trade talks with china. the world health organization is warning of a global increase in cases of measles, a highly contagious disease, in almost every part of the world. officials blame so—called anti—vaxxer campaigns for a sharply lower uptake in childhood immunisation. now on bbc news, time for panorama. tonight on panorama, the implants that put patients at risk. it's really important to know whether these devices are safe or not. millions of people in the uk have a medical device inside them. would you want that going inside your child? no. but these products aren't always adequately tested. i couldn't believe it. i'm frightened that this can happen and i'd no idea. we reveal how potentially dangerous devices get into our bodies. why did the mhra allow that

mr trump's business interests in russia. he's a weak person, and what he's trying to do is get a reduced sentence. so he's lying about a project that everybody knew about. as president xijinping arrives for the 620 summit in argentina, can china and the us thrash out their differences over trade? i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: in the philippines, three police officers are jailed over a drug war killing that caused national outrage. and can holidays without homework help students become more confident? we'll speak to the author of a new study. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, which is reeling from another, dramatic, development in the investigation about whether president trump's 2016 election campaign colluded with russia. michael cohen, mr trump's former personal lawyer, has pleaded guilty to misleading a congressional inquiry. he's admitted making false statements

possible meeting with mr trump another. question is about the second wave of sanctions with regard to this case could this somehow affect the preparations for your upcoming summit with mr trump and burned as they are. well any hostile steps affects in some way the future of our meetings but we were ready to meet in paris but. as as was said we didn't want to interfere with the schedule of this very grand event organized by the french authorities by the french president this was a really important huge meeting. attended by over a hundred leaders of state it was very difficult to organize of course scale work there and that is why we agreed to meet in. when osiris and. because the vice president for. us is also preparing for this meeting for the upcoming meeting we have a lot to discuss with mr trump. they are working lunch in paris we discussed on the very general issues but very intensive. we were able to participate. in this discussion together with mr to mr trump we talked about security about. problem economy about regio

counsel investigaing the 2016 election, according to mr trump's lawyer. rudy giuliani said mr trump had provided unprecedented cooperation to the former fbi director and it was now time to bring the inquiry to a close. mr trump has called the investigation a witch—hunt and has forcefully denied that his team colluded with russia to help win the presidential election. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, says this process may be moving towards the end. the enquiry is entering its final stages. clearly mr mueller and his colleagues have got the answers to the questions they posed to the president. it tells us probably that the president won't be sitting down in person with the investigators, or indeed mr mueller. that has been debated for many months now. at one stage, the president said he would be willing to do that. i think clearly the lawyers have advised against it. the next stage clearly depends on mr mueller and his colleagues and the interpretation to the answers the president has given them. there have been hints quietly release that the

mr trump's business interests in russia. michael cohen admitted making false state m e nts michael cohen admitted making false statements about a project to build a trump organisation skyscraper in moscow. president trump and his chinese counterpart are in argentina for the g20 summit. the world is watching to see if they can thrash out their differences over trade. and this video is trending on bbc.com. a british politician reveals he has been hiv positive for 10 years in an emotional address in parliament. lloyd russell moyle said he wanted to encourage people to get tested ahead of world aids date. —— world aids day. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: in shropshire, the head of a much—criticised nhs trust resists calls to resign.

they discussed that issue regarding the tweet mr. trump sent out when he landed in paris. let's see if we can bring that up saying that mr. macron made a very insulting suggestion. he suggested europe build its own military to protect it sfrl from the u.s., china and russia. very insulting. we just heard mr. macron give push back saying he's wanting to accommodate the u.s. president in his wishes for europe to bear more of the burden with its military. how did you take the exchange? >> well, i think both macron and trump wanted to give the public the appearance they're getting along okay and that we shouldn't really over exaggerate what happened with the tweet. but there are some real tensions that are still there that you can see. i mean not just with the body language but the fact that macron knows europe can no longer really rely on the u.s. and nato to provide security for europe and they're going to need improve the european defense project. but there are other issues that happen months before. they initially ehad a good relationship and macron felt he could use this

so i want to take you now to mr. trump's domestic u.s. controversies. they obviously haven't gone away. not the least of those controversies is miss choice of acting attorney general matthew whitaker. mr. trump claims he lard lyhards him, but he hasn't always said that. listen to this. >> i never talk about that, but i can tell you matt whitaker is a great guy. i know matt whitaker. i don't know matt whitaker and i didn't know matt whitaker. i didn't speak to matt whitaker about it. i don't know matt whitaker. in all fairness to matt whitaker, again, who i didn't know. >> i also want to read you one of mr. trump's latest tweets. matthew whitaker is a highly respected former u.s. attorney from iowa. i did not know mr. whitaker likewise as chief i did not know mr. wlit kehitaker except primas he traveled with jeff sessions. how big is trump's matthew whitaker problem? >> i don't think that he sees it as a problem. i think he wants everybody to talk about it as if it is a problem. i think matthew whitaker's appointment suggests, one, that he has diminished

trump denies the allegations. the report says the "wall street journal" found that mr. trump was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the agreements. he directed deals in phone calls and meetings with his self-described fixer, michael cohen, and others. daniels was convinced trump knew about her hush agreement and sued him to get out of the agreement. >> my attorney and i are committed to making sure that everyone finds out the truth. >> reporter: mcdougal told cnn's anderson cooper in an interview she was unsure. >> do you think donald trump would have been aware of this deal? >> one of the big complaints with why i think my contract is illegal is because his attorney was talking to my attorney, so -- >> you're saying donald trump's personal attorney, michael cohen? >> correct. >> was speaking with your attorney. >> with keith, without me knowing, without my knowledge. i would assume maybe he knew. i know his attorney did. i can't say he knew. >> reporter: the journal reports that the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan has evidence of the transaction. people

jim, there are a lot of distractions for mr. trump on this trip. >> reporter: that's right. first we should point out white house officials say president trump is being briefed on the latest damage reports coming out of alaska after the earthquake there. the president is still meeting with world leaders here at the g20 with one notable exception. russia's vladmir putin . the white house insists that has nothing to do with the russia investigation. down in argentina president trump appears to be trying to tango his way out of one dip employee m diplomatic dance. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: the president suggested his decision to scrap a formal meeting had nothing to do with the russia investigation. it was in response to moscow's escalating tensions with ukraine. >> yukraine. we don't like what happened. we're not happy about it. nobody is. hopefully they'll be able to settle it out soon. we look forward to meeting with mr. putin. on the basis of what took place with respect to the ships and sailors, that was the sole reason. >> reporter: the white house went further s

but in a tweet, mr trump announced he's now cancelled that meeting, along with several others. the reason he's given is that russia has still not returned the ukrainian ships and sailors it seized last sunday near crimea, which russia annexed four years ago from ukraine. let's get more from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. first of all, that we can president trump, that is the official reason he is giving. there is bound to be suspicion that frankly he just has too much else on his mind with the revelations about michael cohen. yeah, a lot of suspicion because of the timing of that tweet, itjust really a few minutes earlier, as he was leaving the white house to make that long journey to argentina, he said that the meeting was still on with president putin. something seems to have changed in a short space of time leading up to that tweet saying that he would not be meeting the russian president, certainly nothing has significantly changed regarding the situation from last sunday and those ukrainian ships, what has changed a lot in the last 12 hours or so, of course,

mr trump has touched down in argentina's capital, buenos aires, for the g20 summit. he has cancelled several planned meetings at the last minute, including one with vladimir putin. at a time of growing differences over trade, climate change, and global security, he is expected to have tense to have tense trade talks with china. the united nations' cultural organisation, unesco, has added reggae music to its list of global treasures. reggae, which takes its influences from calypso, jazz and the blues, grew out of jamaica in the 1960s thanks to artists like bob marley. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk.

mr. trump supports the crown principles. are they clashing this? >> reporter: that's part of the story, george. i would suggest the priority for president trump would be to maintain the business ties. first and foremost, i see saudi arabia as a bullwart against iran. let's say syria, lebanon, iraq and particularly yemen because of the conflict that's been going on there. number two, the president wants to maintain these business ties that he's talked about forever, but apparently the military contracts that going on the rote. his son-in-law worked for years to develop this relationship. the president doesn't want to see it disappear. if the president doesn't accept this report from the cia, they were initially suggesting that there's no way this murder of jamal khashoggi should not have taken place. can't say that with high confidence because the evidence is not there yet, but when the president was asked about it, what did he do, george? talking about the military contracts of $110 billion. he goes back each time suggesting the jobs that are tied

that mr. trump could go there to pursue the project after becoming the republican party's nominee for preds in mid-july. cohen said today the deal was abandoned june 14th, which is the same day the "washington post" reported that russians hacked into democratic computers. in court, cohen said he made these misstatements to be consistent with mr. trump's political messaging and out of loyalty to donald trump. in a court filing, special counsel robert mueller said cohen also lied to congress, "in hopes of limiting the ongoing russia investigations." >> but obviously, this is a very significant plea and statement. it means that when the president was representing during the campaign that he had no business interests in russia, that that wasn't true. >> reporter: other than cohen's lies to congress, today's charges don't allege any other illegal conduct. there was nothing illegal about the trump organization trying to get a project going in moscow. legal experts say today's charges suggest that mu

jim acosta, cnn, indianapolis. >> and barack obama took his own shots at the mr. trump. he accused his successor of lying and fear mongering. >> the former president also pushed democrats to get out and vote on tuesday. >> in the closing weeks of this election, we have seen repeateded attempts to divide us, with rhetoric designed to make us angry and fearful. it is designed to exploit our history of racial and ethnic and religious division that pits us against one another. to make us believe that order will somehow be restored if it just weren't for those folks who don't look like we look. or don't love like we love. or pray like we do. >> cnn's randi kaye went to mr. obama's rally in miami to gauge voter reaction. >> and while she was speaking to voters, there was one interview that surprised her as you will see. >> hello, miami! >> reporter: former president obama once again making his closing argument for a candidate. what can president obama do for andrew gillum? he won florida twice. >> he can energize the young people. he can energize the disenfranchised voters, th

. with mr trump over a question about immigration. on re—election in 2020. on the midterms. to bring freedom and democracy to europe. forfuture generations. well, lawrence is back, as promised, lawrence gosling. lawrence gosling. let's get stuck in. in. weigh up whether this is good news or bad news forjapan. or bad news forjapan. potentially sort of good news for japan. japan. the headline, is there a more hardline? relations betweenjapan and the us might ease off a little bit. might ease off a little bit. presidential race, and what that might mean. might mean. taken a hit as well, that is their assessment in the japan times. assessment in the japan times. slew of allegations could actually be pursued. be pursued. issues that they feel mr trump is weak and? weak and? sort of head—to—head for the next couple of years. couple of years. rallies that he was holding prior to the mid—term is. the mid—term is. dramatic changes in next couple of yea rs. dramatic changes in next couple of years. years. they are sort of enjoying business as usual at the moment. business as usual at t

trump's political messaging and out of loyalty to mr. trump. >>> at that point it kind of feels like it's over. but it turns out he left something out, something that turns out to be important. and so the prosecution sort of jumps in to fill that in. the judge at this point says, quote, any further allocution requested by the government? and the prosecutor from the special counsel robert mueller's office, rush atkinson, says, yes, your honor. as set forth in the criminal information, which is like an indictment except you get a criminal information when you plead guilty instead of going to trial. as set forth in the information, they reached out to the kremlin in 2016, he had not received any response. in fact, he had received a response from the kremlin. so, in essence, mr. cohen minimized his contacts with the russian government and stated so falsely in his submission. the judge says, you want that as part of this allocution? rush atkinson says, yes, please. mr. cohen, did you hear that? michael cohen says, i did, your honor. the judge

trump. from the nbc news report, "kelly's time as chief of staff for much of the past year has been clouded with controversies and disagreements with trump and various west wing staff, but questions about his future in the white house recently became more serious after his repeated clashes with national security adviser john bolton and his deputy." nbc news also reports melania trump raised concerns with her husband earlier this year amid the height of the controversy over his alleged affair with porn actress stormy daniels. having learned of the dispute trump was furious and told kelly to give the first lady what she wa wanted. quote, i don't need this bleep, trump told kelly. while there's nothing normal about the white house, the first lady of the united states took the rare step of calling for the ouster of deputy national security adviser mira, issuing this statement through her communications a while ago. "it's the position of the a us of the first lady that she no longer deserves the

mr. trump says he will get a full report on tuesday. he's already been briefed on some of the evidence, including an audio recording that details -- that you can hear part of that murder. mr. trump says he does not plan to listen to it and hasn't listened to it. >> i don't want to hear the tape, no reason for me to hear the tape. >> why don't you want to hear it, sir? >> because it's a suffering tape. it's a terrible tape. i've been fully briefed on it. there's no reason for me to hear it. in fact, i said to the people, should i? they said, you really shouldn't. i know exactly what went on in the tape. >> and what happened? >> it was very violent, very vicious and terrible. >> the saudis have changed their story multiple times since khashoggi disappeared from the saudi consulate in istanbul. their latest narrative, that he was tied up, injected with a deadly dose of the sedative, and then dismembered. cnn's gentlem let's talk about this. during that interview, mr. trump indicated he is fully aware of the audio taken from inside the cons

mr. trump is in france ahead of memoration to mark the centennial of world wi. mr. trump tweeted overthat macron's -- overnight that macron's deals were insulting and macron said he misunderstood e statement. he said he and mr. trump had a great lunchon in paristh along heir wives. most u.s. presidents have visited a cemetery for americand kin world war i while visiting france. president trump has chosen not to go today. the white house canceled the trip citing bad weather. instead, the white hofse sent chietaff john mccain wi-- chieff john kelly. he says he sentf two the best marines in the united states with th. a formespeechwriter for president bush asylumed the decision calling it incredible. in the tweet that you see. we learned that president trump and fir lady melania trump are not staying in a eahotel. instd they'll be staying at the u.s. ambassador's residence in paris. >>>ore honors for our country's heroes. how a group is commemorating veterans day and helping a d.c. community hit hard by tragedy. >>> oneer day aft metro closings caused a traffic mess for

in mr trump's calender. we haven't heard anything else yet from the white house per se but what we do know is that trump faced a lot of criticism not just from the usual suspects of his detractors and the democrats but also from within the republican party himself itself after the summit with president putin in helsinki and there were a lot of concerns over what exactly trumps posture towards president putin meant that he was maybe a little bit too for a little bit too conciliatory and that is possibly just one of the many reasons swirling around as to why this was so abruptly canceled our correspondent in washington my us waiter on the story for us tonight my thank you. or ukraine's president petro poroshenko has called will need to intervene if russia invades but nato has rebuffed him saying it already has a strong patrolling present in the region ukraine's prime minister was in berlin today seeking support from german chancellor angela merkel but not military support . a warning for europe ukraine's prime

muller is moving closer to a subpoena which mr trump that would frighten mr trump ease incapable of telling the truth under oath and he feels he's got to strike now because he sees the perils now is increased especially because i have no doubt and i know mr roger stone is somebody who probably went to the president said listen all my aides are being subpoenaed i'm going in jeopardy now because my association with wiki leaks and julian is songe there may be something there you've got to shut this down and with that urging of mr stone i believe this prompted this very very swift action i suppose of one of the things that we can see out of the results of the midterms is how divided the united states remains and arguably is getting even more so i mean a lot of that how important do you think the military investigation is and for it to come to some kind of conclusion on just the political system but really to the united states itself. well i do think however despite the disunity that you've described the united states people remain united under the rule of law i remember that with regard

trump. as such, i was aware of mr. trump's repeated disavowels of commercial and political ties between himself and russia, his repeated statements that investigations of such ties were politically motivated and without evidence, and that any contact with russian nationals by his campaign or the trump organization had all terminated before the iowa caucus, which was on february 1, 2016. in 2017, i was scheduled to appear before the senate intelligence committee as well as the house intelligence committee concerning matters under their investigation, including principally, whether russia was involved in or interfered in the 2016 campaign and election. in connection with my appearances, i submitted a written statement to congress, including among other things a description of a proposed real estate project in moscow that i had worked on while i was employed by the trump organization. that description was false. i knew at the time it was false in that i had asserted that all efforts concerning the project had ceased in ja

trump tower moscow project and what mr. trump knew about it during the 2016 presidential campaign. let's get more with our contributors and our analysts. laura coates, walk us through your analysis of michael cohebb's guilty plea today and what it means for the overall russia investigation. >> well, the underlying question everyone has had about they could lose probe is essentially why would there be some thought on behalf of russia or a foreign nation if there was some reception or receptivity on behalf of the trump campaign? why would they think for some second they would have a safe haven or inroad in any what i? what this has told you in the actual guilty plea you have a motive, some reason to understand why perhaps the president of the united states has been reluctant to condemn russia hand not willing to speak out in favor of our inintelligence community about the ties and the collusive activities or perhaps the interference and why there may be financial dealings at play. all of these things that we've been talking a

today it was the fate of carrots peas laid in the hands o donald trump. mr. trump could not resist a few quips about the midterm elections. joked that carrot refused to concede and demanded a recount. i am laura trevelyan. thanks for watching "bbc world news america >> with the bbc news app, our vertical videos are designed to work around your lifestyle, so y u can swipe your way through the news of the daand stay up-to-date with the latest headlines you can trust. download now from selected app stores. at>> funding of this presen is made possible by the frman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutionfor america's neglected needs. >> a new chapter begins. >> now you can access more of your favorite pbs shows than ever before, berh pbs passport, a m benefit that lets you binge many of the latest shows and catch up on your favorites. >> we really are living in the modern world. a >>time you want. >> wow, how about that? >> anywhere you are. >> there is literally nothinghi likein the world. >> support your pbs station and get passport.t your tic the b

mr. trump described it as a suffering tape. he acknowledged he is aware of it, has not listened to it. this comes ahead of tuesday. he is due to see a full report from the cia regarding this investigation. if what we have heard of that cia assessment is true, jamana, where does this leave the u.s. president? >> reporter: well, you know, george, here the president is saying he doesn't want to listen to it because of the content of this recording. of course, we don't know what is on this recording. if there are multiple recordings, but by all indications from what we have heard from whether it's leaks or the feed of information from turkish officials, it is quite horrific as being described by the presidents there, being violent and vicious. some will be very critical of president trump, george, not listening to something like this. this is a key piece of evidence coming at a critical time. it could impact his decision when it comes to how things move forward with saudi arabia, a critical juncture in relations between these two c

if you believe what mr. trump told fox news last month. >> i never talk about that. but i can tell you, matt whitaker is a great guy. i mean, i know matt whitaker. >> reporter: a prominent d.c. attorney, george conway, husband of white house counselor, kellyanne conway, argued that whitaker's selection is unconstitutional. it's illegal. and it means that anything mr. whitaker does or tries to do in that position is invalid. the president brushed off conway's concerns. >> he's just trying to get publicity for himself. why don't you do this? why don't you ask kellyanne that question, all right? she might know him better than me. i really don't know the guy. >> reporter: but democrats are about to take control in the house and are vowing to protect special counsel robert mueller. >> the american people spoke on tuesday. they want a check on abuses of power. that's i think one of the issues that was on the ballot. and so we have a number of options. one, we're going to have a funding the government vote coming up in a couple of weeks. and we're going to insist that we pr

and hello mr president, donald trump. like president trump said, we are finns, we spend a lot of time raking, cleaning and doing things. that's how we prevent wildfires. it doesn't have to do anything without climate. no, no, no, no. although it rains like hell and it's cold as bleep, we have to rake. it is mandatory in finland. we have to rake two hours a day. but we have the greatest rakes in the world. it's easy to rake with them and to prevent wildfires. it's really great. we even have raking universities in finland. that's how we learn to rake. so, you know, any time you're welcome back to finland, mr trump. and we can teach you how to rake. it's really easy. it's great. we clean our forest floors with the cleanest water on earth. it's the greatest water on earth. so, welcome back to finland and rake america great again. break america great again, yes. they had a lot of fun with that one in finland. davide has gone around sunday times, i saw it at 0rient this morning, by the end of the day, lx eight‘s now famous, a

mr trump joked that carrots had asked for a recount. that's it for the moment, more coming up, beyond 100 days at the top of the hour. first, a quick look at the weather forecast. whether your tuesday has been cloudy and wet or you have been one of the lucky few to have sunny spells, we would like to escape that cold, raw easterly wind, here is the view from cumbria, sleet into the hills, moment of blue skies in cornwall, that brisk and chilly wind. the wind will ease a bit across southern england, wales and the midlands, if few clear spells, sunspots will end up close to freezing, most of us around three to 5 degrees, one or two mist and fog patches as well. into tomorrow, the bulk of the cloudy wet weather will be into scotland and northern ireland, southern scotland will brighten into the afternoon, improving picture in england and wales, some sunny spells developing, here is how it looks at 3pm. quite heavy showers running up through parts of south—west england, wales, into the west midlands that could have hailstones thunder with

cohen said he did talk to trumps campaign officbout going to russia and even suggested mr. trump could go there to pursue the project after becoming the republican party's nominee for esident in mid july. cohen said the deal was j abandonee 14th, which is the same day the washington post reported thas russi hacked into democratic computers. in court, cohen said he made these misstatements to be consistent with mr. trump's political messaging and out of loyalty to donald trump. in a court filing, special counsel robert mueller said cohen alsoied toongress, quote, in hopes of limiting the ongoing russia iestigations. >> obviously this is very significant plea and statement. it means that when the president was representing during the campaign that he had n business interests in russia, that that wasn't true. >> reporter: other than cohen's lies to congress, the charges don't allege any other illegal conduct. there was nothing illegal about the trump organization trying to get a project going in moscow. legal experts say the charges suggest that mueller wanted cohen's testimon

president's embrace of nationalism and mr. trump looked on as a guest in france. mr. macron did not mince words in rebuking nationalism as a danger. what are your views and take aways of nationalism versus patriotism? >> i mean, i think to begin with, speaking as a historian, i think macron is probably right. nationalism particularly in europe has been a destructive force. it's led to conflict between countries. it's led to conflicts within countries as well. so i think that his point on the dangers of nationalism is probably well taken. i definitely think there is a message probably there to president trump. that being said, given what's going on in europe at the moment, it could equally be a message to people in france, and people in germany as well. president macron made a fairly, say ill-advised attempt to court some of the nationalist vote recently in regards to a first world war commemoration, marshall who was a general in the first world war but became a head under the german occupation. it can equally be a message to voting blocks and political parties in his

yesterday mr. trump said he was very close to a trade deal with china but said he didn't know if he wanted one because there are billions of dollars of tariffs and taxes coming into the u.s. >>> stocks closed lower yesterday. aztec and financial shares slumped, the dow lost 27 points, the s&p fell 6 points, and the nasdaq was down 18 points.> bay 12,0obs , at's about 10% of the german pharmaceutical company's worldwide workforce. it's also selling its animal copper tone sunscreens and dr. scholl's foot products. it wants to invest in its core businesses, consumer health and crop science. >>> lyft completed its acquisition of motivate. it's part of the ride-hailing company's plan to offer an array of transportation options within one app and reduce individual car ownership. lyft says it plans to invest $100 million in new york to triple its bike fleet here. it operates bike share systems in new york, washington, d.c., san francisco, and other places. >>> while marijuana businesses are booming in the

trump, mr. trump. as if they were hypnotized. and they actually tried to get reporters who covered the campaign also to reflexively, relentlessly refer to him in one way, one way only mr. trump. >> stephen: did they say that to you, "call him mr. trump?" >> yes, they would advise us to do that. someplace us did. some of us did not. ( laughter ). >> stephen: uh-huh... so do you think that mueller should be worried right now? because trump has put in this guy, who is on the record as saying that mueller's gone too far, and mueller can be slowed down or defunded. this gs- i at man, right? >> you said "worry." do you mean more worried? >> stephen: well, i mean, why do you think trump did it so fast? because he's going to drop something really quickly. reasonable people were saying we might learn something this week. >> he knows mueller has been preparing a report and also doing a lot of work at the grand jury, interviewing more witness s. >> stephen: further indictments. >> possibly. look, one thing i bright in the book, there were m

and mr. trump was asked a few questions. one of them was about his view on president putin, and he said that he believed that the russians had a strong leader in president putin. unlike america, whose leader was weak. and he was referring to president obama. and i think this came about at a time when nobody had anything good to say about either vladimir putin or russia. >> one guest then asked trump about the greek financial crisis. >> mr. trump stood up and said, before i answer that, have any of you heard of "the apprentice"? it's a show that i created. and he talked for about maybe five, six, seven minutes about "the apprentice." how amazing it was, how amazing he was. thanked them for coming and got a standing ovation. >> was mr. trump as excited to be with these russians as they seemed to be to be with him? >> he seemed to be, yes. he seemed to like the fact that he was adored there. and these are people who are some of the sternest people i've ever seen in my life. loved him. >> we've been having a great time. >> the r

and mr trump knew about it. the guilty plea raises questions about possible conflict of interest for then—candidate trump in his dealings with russia. but he suggests cohen is lying. he'sa weak he's a weak person, and what he's trying to do is get a reduced sentence. so he's lying about a project that everybody knew about. meanwhile, mr trump abruptly cancels a scheduled meeting this weekend with vladimir putin, saying the situation in ukraine makes it bad timing. also on the programme: the planet is getting hotter, and according to the experts, these past four years were some of the hottest on record. how do we curtail the greenhouse gases we're pumping into the atmosphere? there is no cooling temperatures over brexit. and in a bid to win over the public, the prime minister has agreed to a televised debate with the leader of the opposition, to win support for her deal. hello, i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. did donald trump have a conflict of interest in his business dealings with

trump. >> reporter: cohen was once mr. trump's most ardent supporter. in court today he said he liede. trump's messaging and to be loyal to him. he said he was aware of donald dump's repeated disavowals of commercial and political ties between himself and russia. and that any contact had all terminated before the iowa caucus. >> so he's lying, very simply, to get a reduced sentence, okay? >> reporter: president trump quickly went on the defensive, attacking his former personal attorney. >> what he's trying to do, because he's a weak person and not a very smart person-- what he's trying to do is end-- and it's very simple-- he's got himself a big prison sentence. and he's trying to get a much lesser prison sentence by making up a story. >> reporter: just last week, the president provided written answers to questions from special counsel robert mueller. sources familiar with the matter told cbs news one question was about the moscow project. sources also say mr. trump's written recollection of events was in line with mr. cohen's, but that mueller did not

in a long statement, mr trump said it "could very well be" that king salman and crown prince mohammad bin salman had knowledge of the event. he added that the murder was unacceptable and a horrible crime, but he also said that the us would remain a steadfast partner of saudi arabia. this is how the president justified his support. just take a look at the rahman and you look at what they are doing, they are a terrorist nation right now, although i must tell you they area now, although i must tell you they are a lot better right now than they we re are a lot better right now than they were when i took office. —— iran. and i took office, they were heading ina and i took office, they were heading in a very, very bad direction and at some point, things very positive frankly could happen with iran but we also need a counterbalance and israel needs help also. if we abandon saudi arabia, it would be a terrible mistake. earlier, i asked our north america correspondent peter bowes how president trump's comments had gone down in the united states. this is by any standards an extraordinary st

nick: michael cohen was donald trump's mr. fix-it, central figu in the billionaires business empire. the lawyer who made his problems go away nowotentially poses a huge problem himself for the present. >> mr. cohen has cooperated, mr. cohen will continue to cooperate. sentencing is set for december 12. nick: the fast talking new york rnattoey remained tightlipped outside court. those wordfrom his lawyer are a startling new development.it eans he is sharing information with collision investigation. up until now michael cohen has been prosecuted by investigators here in new york. what makes this so significante is that it is rst time he has been charged by and entered into a plea agreement with robert mueller, the special counsel looking into allegations of collusion between the trump thpresidential campaign an kremlin. inside court, he pleaded guilty to making false statements to congss about a real estate project that would have altered the skyline of moscow, proposed trump tower in the russian capital. talks about the project

and president trump said he is ready to fire her. she clashed with mrs. trump during a recent trip to africa. listen to what she told abc news during that trip. >> has he had people that you didn't trust working for him? >> yes. >> did you let him know? >> i let him know. >> what did he do? >> with some people, they don't work there anymore. >> sources tell us ricardel has also butted heads with defense secretary jim mattis and chief of staff john kelly in receipt weeks. so far no official word from the white house on her status. more now from senior white house correspondent pamela brown.