let's look at the front pages. the metro focus on the fbi investigation into possible links between russia into possible links betweei‘treesie donald into possible links betweenfibss're donald trump's presidential and donald trump's presidential campaign. the daily telegraph reports on complaints by some mps that the bbc is too pessimistic brexit. the bbc‘s alleged gloomy coverage is also the daily mail's brexit. the bbc‘s alleged gloomy coveré the. also the daily mail's brexit. the bbc‘s alleged gloomy coveré the financial daily mail's brexit. the bbc‘s alleged gloomy coveré the financial times liail‘s brexit. the bbc‘s alleged gloomy coveré the financial times leads on focus. the financial times leads on the fbi's investigation on the trump siif ; fe? § fe the fbi's investigation on the trump fssgasi and the times focuses the fbi's investigation on the trump ssgasg; and the times focuses on campaign and the times focuses on the numerous big firms that have their online ads from google pulled their online ads from google after they appeared next to extremist content. the eye features and save the date went theresa may officially triggers the article 50. the mirror says - hooligans officially triggers the article 50. the to ror says - hooligans officially triggers the article 50. the to infiltrate - hooligans officially triggers the article 50. the to infiltrate the - hooligans officially triggers the article 50. the to infiltrate the world ioligans officially triggers the article 50. the to infiltrate the world cup ans officially triggers the article 50. the to infiltrate the world cup and plan to infiltrate the world cup and the sun leads on a rapist that has

been had a sex change in prison has moved to a women's jail. it's official, the fbi is notjust investigating russian interference in the us election, but... that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any co—ordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. on the election of the president, who was live tweeting during congressional hearings. we'll ask this republican congressman whether everyone is playing politics with national security. therlabour, leadership - the flames of internal battle. reporter: is there a plot to take over the labour party? what's going on with momentum and unite. also tonight:

all the politicians seem obsessed with brexit. actually the biggest problems we face now are not brexit. former bank of england governor, mervyn king, is back to warn we've all taken our eye off the ball. and marie lyon believes the pregnancy test she took a0 years ago caused her daughter's disability, and many, many others. we'll hear about her campaign for justice. hello. they'll probably make a movie about it at some point. the accusations being levelled at donald trump, and the accusations levelled by him. public officials in the us have been caught up in a highly politicised process of inquiry into fbi and nsa investigations. for democrats, the issue is the possibility that the trump campaign colluded with the russian state in its attempts to hurt

candidate hillary clinton. for the republicans, the issue is the illegal leaks that have brought certain of these matters to public attention. the house intelligence committee held hearings on these matters today, james comey, the director of the fbi, and mike rogers, director of the national security council. and yes, britain did get an honourable mention in the proceedings. here's newsnight‘s own intelligence expert, mark urban. it was bound to be dramatic. two spy chiefs cross—examined publicly for the first time on an emerging investigation into the kremlin‘s role in the us election. the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian governgggt= co—ordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. time and again, committee members asked what russian president putin

aimed to gain from hacking and lea ks. against secretary clinton, they also had a positive preference for donald trump ! correct. and on putin's aim to weaken the west, there was this extraordinary exchange also. would they have a preference for a candidate who encouraged would they like to see more brexits? yes. many times, the witnesses were asked about president trump's statements on twitter, including the allegation that trump tower was bugged by president obama. with respect to the president's tweets about alleged wiretapping during the prior administration, i have no information that supports those tweets. as for the idea, lent credence by the white house, that britain's gchq had performed the interception

i have seen nothing on the nsa side that we engaged in any such and if you were to ask the british to spy on america, there would be a violation of us law, would it not? yes, sir. in broad terms, the five eyes agreement includes an agreement not to spy on one another. so, that is sort of the foundation of the agreement. beyond that, each country has constraints within their own domestic law that say they cannot use other five eyes partners or any other intelligence service in order to circumvent the constraints of their domestic law. so anything that the united states intelligence community is not able to do themselves, they are not able to ask a foreign intelligence partner to do that on their behalf against americans.

but while the hearing produced some light, it also produced much heat, partisan, tactical questioning, with republicans emphasising not russian actions, but the seriousness of leaking about them. doesn't that leak hurt our national security? can you think of any reason why somebody would want to leak the identity of a mass person? no, sir. and democrats asked questions which stood no chance do you think mr flint‘s failure to disclose the communication and contact he had with the russian ambassador and their topic of conversation, along with the blatant lie by the fbi? i have to give you the same answer. as for collusion between the trump campaign and the russians, the white house today brushed aside the whole idea. if you continue to search for something that everybody has

been briefed hasn't seen or found, i think it's fine to look into it. but at the end of the day, they're going to come to the same eenelosienthet so you can continue to look for something, but you're continuing to look for something that doesn't exist. scrutiny for months to come about their alleged ties with russia, and the fbi's judgements could prove critical to his survival. well, a littleea'rlier; ~ ., ...,, 7172.7 t and was also a former undercover agent for the cia. ordered by president obama, had wiretapped candidate trump. it was made clear when there was no

eeiéfi it was made clear when there was no eeis‘efise of it was made clear when there was no eeis‘fi of such. it was made clear when there was no eeie‘fi of such. then directed comey said the same. and james comey said the same. and admiral rogers confirmed that as well. admiral rogers confirmed that they would never have requested a foreign intelligence agency to do something like that as well. i think a lot of president trump supporters would say those people would say that, they're not going to say yeah, we were told to and we did it. the evidence, are they? well, i don't know if i agree with that premise. i think one thing that the american people should be happy with is that the separation and checks and balances in our government is working. the fast. that. gee hove felksrrr ~

and senate disagreeing with the executive branch is a sign that the process is working. i haven't seen any indication from folks, rank and file americans being concerned with this. investigation and the russian involvement in our elections be done in a bipartisan, thoughtful and deliberate manner. that would be where the american people are. do you heart of heart think that's what the intelligence committee the republicans seem more concerned with the leaks. obviously the democrats were concerned with ooterltiele w ,-, .. . . ”w it seemed to be falling down party lines to a large degree. of our investigation has been made public. that is something that generally doesn't happen.

we're looking at four areas: we're looking at what technical means did the russians use in order to try to manipulate our elections. are there efi‘féfrfisrte fiessfifls‘tétf and the fourth aresisf‘se'eekie» w made it clear that even though somebody may be focussing on one particular area, that's not an indication that the other areas don't matter. facing your committee. along comes the president with his allegation that's obama what accounts for why that big thing will be thrown into your proceedings?

well, you'll have to ask the president that question. because i don't have any perspective. i always rely on guidance and advice my father has given me. it never hurts to say you're sorry. i think that's the case. just one last one, do you think he tweets, as someone who's been working in intelligence yourself, not that long ago, do you believe he understands how it really functions and really works? some of my democratic colleagues tried to use some information

gleaned from the press as if it's proper evidence that's going to stand up in the court of law. i think we need to be precise in the use of terms like "wire tapping". we need to be precise in how this information is gleaned. ultimately, when it comes to intelligence and law enforcement, much of this should not be done in the public eye until after its concluded. i think the american people, and honestly the world, have an appetite to know what's going on right now, but when it comes to law enforcement investigations and intelligence congressman, thank you very much. thanks for having me on. it's a febrile time in politics. there's the impending article 50 process, the scotland issue, there's been election talk in recent days, but labour, at this busy time, is in the midst of some

awkward internal battles. you don't have to be hugely trusting of opinion polls to think that when the conservatives have a i9% is going badly for the opposition. there was an explosive meeting of the parliamentary party this evening. nick watt was outside, listening through the door. tell us about the meeting first. well, it was clearly a dreadful atmosphere, as you say, at tonight's meeting. all the bigwigs were there, peter mandelson came out and he said it reminded him of the dark days of the 1980s. then neil kinnock said no, it was far worse than that. now, give us the cause, let's go two steps. what's got all this going? e tepe of e priests, meeting i

the veteran left—winger who set up the momentum group. he said that if len mccluskey, the general secretary of unite, then unite will affiliate to momentum. this is what he said in the tape. tom watson, the deputy leader of the labour party, condemned that on the today programme. this is what he said as he turned up at a meeting today, this morning of the shadow cabinet. of momentum that unite

were going to channel their funds into being part of that process. i think that's very important. i would like len mccluskey to publicly distance himself from that allegation. after that meeting, it was a shadow cabinet away day, reports appeared that tom watson had been isolated at that meeting and had been widely reprimanded and john crier, the chair of the plp and who attends meetings of the shadow cabinet said he did not recognise that account of the meeting and he also said to the plp this evening, he hadn't really paid much attention to this tape. he had made a point of listening to it and some members of the plp heard him talking about an attempt to create a party within a party. lucky with all this going on, that it looks like we're not having was meant to be.

an early election. that's what theresa may said way back in the summer when she launched her bid for the tory leadership contest. jeremy corbyn and his sbpportef‘s‘tl in the opinion polls, if there was an election on may 4, bit tricky for them. for going on the radio this morning and ecstasy his concerns? cabinet meetings are private and they are held in an atmosphere

of—trust. and—i never—sm’ — m s:..:.e lt is important. that. internal” ' ' " ' within the labour party are done privately. the labour party is about a great , actually, there are. in the morning any more, she was going to be got up at lunchtime. and who was going to help her have breakfast if the cuts to social care went ahead? so many people have said labour is letting those people down

i am not clear on what is going wrong. is it that tom watson went public with his criticisms? is it the leader? after the shadow cabinet awayday, there was a statement put out saying that we are a broad church and we have always had different groupings within the labour party and as long as it is done within the rules, no one is going to criticise. that has got to be right. that is the settlement on today's argument. now you have to deal with the fact that poll after poll has you 20 points behind the conservatives. that is why we have to focus on the policies. if you ask the public about our policies, we are very popular. it is linking those policies with us. i would like to talk about donald trump and about what has been happening with the allegations against britain and the british §erret eewife ~

el—e. geese—e! 4: —; 5—747 and—yet whereeji/t—eemezw—r— —' ,a.,,,. ,,eessseg°es s“ 7 —e ,:% e, 2 9°95 deeper’ 7 7 7 ff —e ,:% e, 2 9°95 deeper than 7 7 7 ff % s:% e- e goes deeper than that. 7 ' "’ after the budget, it was not the labour party that spotted the great flaw that pulled

the chancellor's budget and made it unravel. it was journalists and backbench tory mps. your leader didn't mention it in his follow—up speech, even though it had been trailed three days before. there is something else going on here, and it is not getting better. a year ago, john mcdonnell suggestedggivggsa—year and it is going to get much better. it is not. it is getting worse. i don't think it's getting worse. the £3522." par!!! is. 3 52}!!%5!‘:‘£% —— —— . with the housing crisis. what are we going to do about the fact that we are having the number of police officers cut from our streets? these are the things we should be looking at and setting forward an alternative. that's ourjob.

when the party has sorted out ,, , ,, , ,, give more time to that. do you want len mccluskey to win the election for general secretary of unite next week? i am a member of unite and i willyotefeehiw! whether unite affiliate to momentum or the other way round am a it is not a matter for the leader of unite, that is useful. another issue that is relevant is whether the rules of the labour party should be changed to make it possible for a leader to be collected with just support from 5% of the mps. —— elected.