today at 5pm: president trump's former campaign manager faces criminal charges in the investigation into alleged russian meddling, in last year's presidential contest. paul manafort is being accused of conspiracy against the united states, and conspiracy to launder money — the president says the investigation has the wrong focus. mr manafort, who arrived at the fbi with this lawyer earlier today, is facing 12 counts after being indicted by a federal grand jury. a former business associate of mr manafort has also been indicted, and a foreign policy advisor to the trump campaign has admitted lying to the fbi. we'll have the latest reaction from washington where the president's team is due to make a statement. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: at westminster, mps hear allegations of a ‘culture of sexual harassment‘, involving mps and staff, as government and opposition call for an urgent response. these plans will ensure parliament takes a zero tolerance approach. parliament must take action

in take days not weeks — no woman or man for that matter coming to work in this house should be subjected to unwanted sexual advances from those in a position of power. the hollywood actor kevin spacey apologises after being accused of making sexual advances towards a teenage boy in the 1980s. lewis hamilton celebrates becoming the most successful british formula one driver of all time, after winning his fourth world title at the mexican grand prix. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort,

has been charged with conspiring to defraud the us, in his dealings with ukraine. the 12 charges brought against mr manafort and one of his business associates, rick gates, include conspiracy to launder money. and george papadopoulos, a foreign policy advisor to the trump campaign, has admitted lying to the fbi. the charges are the first to stem from an inquiry, led by special counsel robert mueller, into allegations of russian meddling, in the presidential election a year ago. our correspondent, lewis vaughan—jones reports. paul manafort, here on the left, is donald trump's former campaign manager. this morning he walked into the fbi offices facing criminal charges, following an investigation into possible russian influence in the 2016 election. another man, which gates, manafort‘s business partner has also been charged. they

both face 12 counts relating to their links to russian politicians in ukraine. it accuses them of conspiracy against the us by acting as unregistered agents of a ukrainian political party, and also of money laundering, using offshore bank accounts to conceal millions of dollars from us authorities. the indictment, do not directly die real dollars from us authorities. the indictment, do on directly die real dollars from us authorities. the indictment, do on the ectly die real dollars from us authorities. the indictment, do on thejohn die real with their work on thejohn campaign. donald trump has responded to the events on twitter, saying... ina in a second message, he added... in a separate but equally significant development, this man, george papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to donald trump during the election has admitted lying to the fbi. i, donald john trump... injanuary, as lying to the fbi. i, donald john trump... in january, as trump but on

his presidency, george papa novelist lied about his meetings with foreign professor who claimed substantial links to russian government officials. these elements are the first charges made public by special counsel robert mueller, the man heading the investigation into alleged links between russia and the tramp campaign. both sides deny any collusion. both paul manafort and brick gates are expected to appear in court in washington in the next hour. we are still waiting for the latest from the white house, as you know. in the meantime, can we deal with what has been said about paul ma nafort what has been said about paul manafort and brick gates? we will come to george papadopoulos after that in a separate update. but on ma nafort that in a separate update. but on manafort and gates, what do you make? we have the details of the indictment, 12 counts. they stem largely from money—laundering and undisclosed lobbying for foreign

government, in this case the government, in this case the government of ukraine. paul manafort had ties to russia friendly ukrainian politicians, including the president there, he was getting money from them according to the government, and was bringing it into the us, not paying taxes on it and he has been charged with his associate for not disclosing it. all of this dates prior to manafort‘s involvement in the donald trump campaign which started in march of 2016 and went on till about august of 2016 when he was campaign chair. he was involved in planning of 2016 when he was campaign chair. he was inv nationallanning of 2016 when he was campaign chair. he was inv national committee, one republican national committee, one of the leading advocates for picking mike pence as the vice presidential nominee. that was not the target of robert mueller, if was his past financial dealings. conceivably, if facing these criminal charges he could co—operate with robert mueller, and reveal details about his time in the tramp campaign, that is yet to be seen. —— the trompe

campaign. that is the manafort section. let's talk about george papadopoulos, what section. let's talk about george pa padopoulos, what is section. let's talk about george papadopoulos, what is significant in that development? can you underline how that fits into the picture of these allegations of russian meddling? sure, robert mueller the independent councillor, his duty, his task was to look into ties between the russian government and the trompe campaign. you could say this manafort thing was tangential, but it was not directly related to the campaign, did have a job listing is exactly having to do with the campaign, george papadopoulos was a boring year —— and adviser, and he was in contact with individuals with connections to the russian government to try to establish lines of communication between russian government and donald trump campaign officials. at one point he was told by russian national is that the russian government had dirt on hillary clinton in the form of e—mails in the past that along to the trompe campaign. he now has pled

guilty to lying to the fbi about the timing of this contact, he said it happened before he was with the campaign, infact happened before he was with the campaign, in fact it happened while he was adviser to the campaign. he is cooperating, that's the important thing, he is cooperating with the investigators, who say they are going to take that into account when determining his sentence, as long as he continues to cooperate. if he has more details about what the trump campaign did with this information was passed, i think that god lead to an expanded its investigation into the heart of robert mueller is looking at, which is any allegations of collusion, cooperation, coordination between the russian government and leaders of the trump campaign. stay with us a moment, ijust want to look into the press the white house. we are having a look at that statement which is coming out fairly soon, as statement which is coming out fairly 50011, as we statement which is coming out fairly soon, as we can see lots of media in their already waiting for the statement by sarah sanders, who will

be there later. anyway, that is the room. what can you tell us about the likely response, given what the president himself has already said today? i think what we have seen from donald trump's tweets earlier today was to say that what paul ma nafort today was to say that what paul manafort has been charged with happened in the past, it has nothing to do with the campaign, even prior to do with the campaign, even prior to the revelations today when it became clear that paul manafort was a target of this investigation, use all the white house attempting to downplay his role in the trump campaign. he did have a fairly significant role, as the chair for a period of time, but he was pushed out of that role in august. partly because of revelations of financial ties to russia friendly ukrainian politicians. after that, it was a different group of people who were running the trump campaign. you will continue to see an attempt that

distancing, donald trump has not talked about pa padopoulos distancing, donald trump has not talked about papadopoulos at all. it will be interesting to see, i'm sure sarah sanders will be asked about that, because that seems a little more on point to the operations of the trump campaign. for now, there has been distancing and an attempt to divert attention to allegations of ties with hillary clinton in the russian government, her funding of ties with hillary clinton in the russian government, herfunding of this dossier that was put together of opposition research on donald trump that alleged donald trump had close ties to the russian government. it's a combination of distancing, and deflection. thanks very much. still waiting for that statement but we will be back in the white house when that happens. downing street says action must be taken to make sure the reputation of parliament isn't tarnished by allegations of sexual harassment. a spokesman for the prime minister said a cross—party response was needed. the leader of the commons,

andrea leadsom, told mps this afternoon that the government would take action within days, not weeks. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminsterfor us. this follows a wave of allegations against a few mps, lots more on named over the weekend, what has happened today? it's very hard to judge the scale of this on the severity, because as you say, a lot of that is unnamed, a lot is being done on whatsapp groups which we do not have access to. it's difficult at this point to gauge all of that, though on the other hand this is something we've been talking about in this place for several years. the key thing is how you deal with it. how do you have a system where people who may be quite junior, quite young, fielder has been an abuse of power in some cases, do they have a system they feel they can speak up confidently, that they can speak up confidently, that they can talk about all this and that

something will happen? today the speaker of the house of commons talked about what political parties themselves can do when it comes to bringing discipline to all of this. the leader of the house, andrea leadsom told mps it was time to go the leader of the house, andrea leadsom told about was time to go the leader of the house, andrea leadsom told about how time to go the leader of the house, andrea leadsom told about how you 5 to go the leader of the house, andrea leadsom told about how you can go the leader of the house, andrea leadsom told about how you can do something across the whole house of commons. i'm that the public rightly expects mps to display the highest standards. as the prime minister outlined in her letter yesterday, there can be no place for harassment, abuse or misconduct in politics. your age, gender or job title should have no bearing on the way you are treated in a modern workplace. and nobody is an exception to that. it is a bright, not a privilege to work in a safe and respectful environment. these plans will ensure that parliament takes a zero tolerance approach. parliament must take action in days,

not weeks. there is a hotline for members of staff who work here. what andrea leadsom was suggesting is a support team added to that, given more resources, that can refer some complaints on essentially to the police if there is to be a criminal investigation. harriet harman, for labour, said this had been talked about forfar she labour, said this had been talked about thisar she ' " " labour, said this had been talked about this place she” ' " " labour, said this had been talked about this place in she” ' " " labour, said this had been talked about this place in particular, " ' " " you g where you have people in very powerful positions, and sometimes some veryjunior powerful positions, and sometimes some very junior members powerful positions, and sometimes some veryjunior members of staff. there is obviously a problem. it's a good thing it has been exposed and it has to be dealt with. no woman, or marl it has to be dealt with. no woman, or man for that matter, coming to work in the south should be subjected to an unwanted sexual advances from those who are in a position of power over them. no one should have to work in the toxic atmosphere of sleazy sexist or homophobic banter. no mp, let alone

a minister, should think it is something to make jokes about. this is not hysteria. this is something which is long overdue for all the parties in this house to deal with. there are many who feel the atmosphere of parliament has changed over the decades, that it has improved, but it still seems it has some way to go. there is no clear route yet as to how exactly they are going to tackled this issue. thank you very much. jess phillips is the labour mp for birmingham yardley, and is in our westminster studio for us now. and is in o foriiestminster studio and is in o for coming ster studio and is in o for coming in. “studio and is in ofor coming in. i;tudio and is in ofor coming in. i happen to see something on social media just now about that statement in the commons where you said, i think i'm quoting correctly, you overheard some members talking about some kind of witch hunt against, i'm presuming male members of parliament, is that right? that is correct. i hadjust arrived in parliament for the

statement, and i am walking behind two male members of parliament who we re two male members of parliament who were basically saying, it's a witchhunt. which is... it does not surprise me there are people in that building who feel more interested in protecting themselves and worrying about how this might make them look rather than trying to protect the people who work in the building and the people who work in politics. what do they get? —— what don't they get? they are probably very entitled, and do not understand what it feels like to think your boss has a power over you and you are silenced all you have to do things because your job relies silenced all you have to do things because yourjob relies on it, and most women in the world do understand that. when we heard your colleague andrea leadsom and your colleague harriet harman speaking fulsomely earlier, there was talk about taking action within days not weeks, what kind of action are we talking about? —— speaking forcefully. kind of action are we talking about? -- speaking forcefully. there needs to be action set up both by

parliament and the political parties themselves. that needs to happen swiftly. this is not something new, this has been asked for within political parties for some time. that needs to be an hr function, with independent specialist advice for people who have grievances. and specialists dealing with people who have suffered from sexual violence. do you since there is genuine cross— party do you since there is genuine cross—party spirit on this? it's not a party political thing?|j cross—party spirit on this? it's not a party politicalthing? i do, i think the divisions will potentially come in when we have to look at ourselves as political parties. i know there are enough women in the labour party and some men with the will to make this change, within the labour party. i will hold my judgment will happen within the conservative party, but we will see. have come into parliament, have come getting liament, howl have come getting liament, how would come getting liament, how would you 1e getting liament, how would you 1e gettin it? ment, how would you |e gettin it? to int, how would you |e gettin it? to be or, how would you describe it? to be perfectly honest, this stuff would

not happen to me in parliament because i would like to eat while somebody was doing it to me. i'm not a silent person, i have a big voice in this. however, the people who work for me have certainly felt uncomfortable in the bars in westminster. the obvious answer is to go to the bars, but this is their work environment. it's not ok. —— obvious answer is don't go to the bars. it's not ok for sophie who works for me to feel uncomfortable where she works. i don't know if it's better or worse, i've only been there for two years. the impact of social media in terms of response bullying and trying to discourage people from speaking out, what are your thoughts? it's definitely happening. if i just looked your thoughts? it's definitely happening. if ijust looked harriet harman‘s defeat, she's getting a huge amount of abuse from people that seem like alt—right activists telling her to be quiet, we will be called whining, shrews, people will

called whining, shrews, people will call us prudes. already the daily mail have the line—up we are hysterical. i'm not mail have the line—up we are hysteri this ‘m not mail have the line—up we are hysteri this needs to change. to certain this needs to change. to what extent is what's been talked about in parliament systematic league are symptomatic of other areas of public life in the uk? league are symptomatic of other areas of public life in the uk7m is symptomatic. this is not something that only exists in parliament. there are terrible reports of sexual harassment in schools, which i and other members of the house have been trying to get the government do something about. this is problem. all over the country, and in all walks of life. the specific problem with hollywood on our parliament is about power, it's about the power that people have over other people and how they use that. tackling that, when you think about power structures in big organisations are specially, or even a small organisation, tackling that power structure is a very difficult thing to do? it is, but it's not impossible. when enough people feeling brave enough to come

forward , feeling brave enough to come forward, and enough people who are willing to hear them, that's the other thing, it's notjust about people feeling supported when other thing, it's notjust about peopl forward, supported when other thing, it's notjust about peopl forward, it pported when other thing, it's notjust about peopl forward, it is norted when other thing, it's notjust about peopl forward, it is people vhen other thing, it's notjust about peopl forward, it is people who also other thing, it's notjust about peopl forward, it willing e who also other thing, it's notjust about peopl forward, it willing e v listen;o have power being willing to listen to them and that's to them and to believe them. that's why it annoyed me so much to hear people talking about a witchhunt, because already, those mps are on the back that thinking not about listening to the victims. do you think they are genuinely representative of wider opinion in parliament, or do you think what's been said now on the scale of public interest, surely that must have affected thinking on lots of members? no, the vast majority of members? no, the vast majority of members of parliament wants both parliament to have a good reputation and themselves to have a good reputation. but there will undoubtedly be members across parties whose reputations matter more to them than anything else. good to talk to you. thank you. jess

phillips responding to the statement in the house by andrea leadsom and her colleague harriet harman. the actor kevin spacey has apologised after being accused of making sexual advances towards a teenage boy in the 1980s. the allegation has been made by the actor anthony rapp, who said the incident happened when he was 1a. kevin spacey said he didn't remember the encounter but, if it had happened, it would have been our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. anthony rapp was 1a and performing in a broadway show when he says the oscar—winning actor made a sexual advance towards him after a party at spacey‘s new york apartment. he described what happened to buzzfeed news, saying, "kevin spacey picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold, and then he lays down on top of me. he was trying to seduce me." later on twitter he added, "i came forward with my story, standing on the shoulders of the many courageous women and men who have been speaking out to shine a light and hopefully make a difference, as they have done for me."

spacey, one of film, theatre and tv‘s best—known faces, has apologised, saying, "i honestly do not remember the encounter. it would have been over 30 years ago. but if i did behave then as he describes, i owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour, and i'm sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years." spacey went on to say for the first time it is a real shame that after many, many opportunities that kevin spacey did have to come out in a positive way, that he has ended up coming out in what has been a very negative way, responding to very serious allegations about the assault of a young person many years ago. others have gone further, criticising spacey‘s statement on his sexuality as something that could be seen as an attempt to deflect attention away from what is a serious allegation

involving someone who at the time was an underaged child. some news just some newsjust in some news just in from washington when a federal court has blocked from's administration from enforcing his controversial ban on transgender people from serving in the american military. a group of transgender servicemembers last month asked the court to block the planned ban, servicemembers last month asked the court t( considered ilanned ban, servicemembers last month asked the court t( considered their id ban, servicemembers last month asked the court t( considered their claims while it considered their claims that it violates their constitutional right to due process and equal protection under the law. a districtjudge said that the plaintiffs were entitled to an injunction, halting enforcement of the ban until the case is resolved. that again will be seen as a great setback within the white house, because that federal court has blocked the president's

administration from enforcing that ban on transgender people serving in the american military. any more, i will bring it to you right away. the coronation street actor, bruno langley, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault. it comes after an alleged incident at a music venue in manchester. police received a report that a woman had been sexually assaulted at the venue earlier this month. spain's prosecutor has called for all key figures in the catalan government and its parliament to be charged with rebellion, sedition and embezzlement, following the declaration of independence made last week. it comes as spain puts in place measures to take direct control of catalonia, including replacing the region's civil servants with spanish officials. my colleague tim willcox is in barcelona. another extraordinary twist to this constitutional crisis. this morning, the start of the working week, there

was a picture posted on instagram by the former catalan president of the roof this building, behind me, saying a normal working day. it makes you question what his idea of a normal day is. in fact, he was not here at all, we now understand he was driving to marseille to get a flight was driving to marseille to get a flight to brussels. he has been in discussion with lawyers there, and some suggest he might even be speaking to the belgian asylum minister, looking at the possibility of claiming asylum. while that was happening, we heard from the spanish attorney general who said he had filed those sedition rebellion and misuse of public funds charges to a judge, and there was a very serious charges, the maximum penalty judge, and there was a very serious charg is the maximum penalty judge, and there was a very serious charg is 30 3 maximum penalty judge, and there was a very serious charg is 30 years. num penalty judge, and there was a very serious charg is 30 years. num fsame time,

which is 30 years. at the same time, madrid, threatened it would impose direct rule, article 155, that process has started. the deputy prime minister of spain is now effectively in charge here. things are being run from madrid. where are we? it's not clear. there is no panic on the streets, they have not been any mass demonstrations or anything, but spain is in control. the catalan, former catalan president, is in brussels. he is still saying things are going as normal, so we are in as much of a model but without perhaps the on the streets chaos that many had feared. what happened to all the calls for resistance? mass resistance, they we re resistance? mass resistance, they were made over the weekend. well, precisely. what has happened? as far as we are aware, civil servants have gone to work on about 200,000 of them. they are carrying out their jobs as normal. the local police are

meant to be divided in terms of whether they movement 2 meant to be divided in terms of whether they movement or not, but independence movement or not, but around barcelona and then the rest of catalonia, they are operating normally. we are in this period of limbo, ithink, normally. we are in this period of limbo, i think, as the only way to describe it, until the next move happens by either madrid or perhaps a return for the others from brussels. they would be called, presumably, to give evidence to the court about those sedition and rebellion charges rather than being perhaps arrested. they might be asked voluntarily to come and give evidence. we are in a state of flux at the moment. many thanks. at least six people have died in germany, poland and the czech republic after storms swept through northern europe. winds reached more than 100 miles an hour in the czech republic, while off the coast of northern germany, emergency workers are struggling to move a stranded freight ship off a sandbank. hamburg's city centre is flooded, and hundreds of thousands of homes are without power,

as damien mcguinness reports from berlin. buffeted by heavy winds, displaying attends an emergency landing, but it is just so windy that it is too dangerous. the pilot aboard the landing and is forced to fly back to frankfurt. further north, the centre of hamburg has been flooded... the river elbe reached way above its normal level and a freight ericarying thousands of tonnes of fuel oil has run aground. the authorities are trying to rescue the crew and there are concerns that the oil might leak. across northern germany, trains are cancelled. mainly because of falling trees. in berlin, the fire service declared a state of emergency. in the czech republic, because of falling trees

and branches, hundreds of thousands of households have lost electricity. translation: it could have been worse. the tree has fallen in this direction and didn't fall on the house and so it's caused less damage. poland was also hit hard. the driver of this car was killed by a falling tree. the worst of the storm now appears to be over, but with many train services disrupted, stranded travellers are still feeling the impact. time for a look at the weather. given what we were seeing their across parts of europe, here is phil... nothing that dramatic. glorious start to the day here in lyme regis,

a frosty one, you will have noticed. more of a widespread frost dummy have seen since may. but the cloud has filled in, across the top of the british isles with some rain for the north of wales, parts of northern england and into scotland and northern ireland. that process will continue overnight, nowhere near as colds and either the most part, certainly across the northern half of the british isles, some in double figures. it's a fairly dull start to the new day on tuesday, the rain at its heaviest across the west of scotland. here is the rub, it's not just tuesday but wednesday to, we will get 100, 120 millimetres across the highest ground. a sort of get on with it day for the greater part of england and wales. we have had a chilly start, but the middle part of the week will be marked by cloudy and milder conditions, then it turns that wee bit cooler to finish off the week as we get through friday and into the weekend. this is bbc news — the headlines. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort,

has been charged with conspiring to defraud the us — in his dealings with ukraine. at westminster — mps hear allegations of a ‘culture of sexual harassment‘ — involving mps and staff — as government and opposition call for an urgent response. these plans will ensure parliament takes a zero tolerance approach. parliament must action in take days not weeks — no woman or man for that matter coming to work in this house should be subjected to unwanted sexual advances from those in a position of power. the hollywood actor kevin spacey apologises — after being accused of making sexual advances towards a teenage boy — in the 1980s. and in paris. three children managed

to escape. the children are being treated in hospital after fleeing the blaze just after midnight. treated in hospital after fleeing the blazejust after midnight. —— there was a house fire in powys. we can now get a sports bulletin. lewis hamilton says winning a fourth world title is beyond his wildest dreams. the plaudits have continued to pour in for the mercedes driver today after yesterday‘s enthralling mexican grand prix. hamilton didn‘t make the podium but it didn‘t matter in the end, ninth was good enough to be world champion with two races to spare. he collided with his title rival, sebastian vettel, in the opening lap and was forced to take a pit stop. he dropped down the field into last before making headway. sebastian vettel couldn‘t get the finish a needed to keep the title

race alive, so hamilton was champion again. he‘ll be 33 by the time next‘s championships start. jackie stewart thinks his best years could still be ahead of him. your best yea rs a re still be ahead of him. your best years are in your 30s, i think. you have maturity can be used or have strength coming you are still learning but you have corrected a lot. you are still vibrant and hungry. when you get older you are richer, you are more relaxed, you are not quite as sharp or not as hungry, maybe. england under17 have returned from india following their world cup success. it wasn‘tjust the winner ‘s trophy they picked up on kolkata. after scoring eight goals, which included two hat tricks, brewster from goals, which included two hat tricks, brewsterfrom liverpool claimed the golden boot. england came from 2—0 down in the final to beat spain 5—2 on saturday. it follows the great success of other youth teams this year after the under 20s won their world cup and the under 19 is the kane european champions. -- and the under19 won

the european champions. we're both still young, still 17, we have a lot of learning to do. not too bad, you know. we just have to see. michael o‘neill has named a squad of 27 for northern irelandmicroworld play—off —— michael o‘neill has named a squad of 27 for northern ireland. aaron hughes is available after missing the last two qualifiers. paddy mcnair is also backin qualifiers. paddy mcnair is also back in the squad after 11 months out with a knee injury. the first leg against the swiss is on the 9th of november with the return leg in basel three days later. once we get them in, three days to prepare for a game that may be only comes around once in a career. we have to make sure we do everything possible to make the dream a reality. the players have to play these two games as if they are almost like the final games of their career. there is so much at stake.

the prize is great. malki mackay has called up eight uncapped players for his first squad as interim scotland manager. they will be up against the netherlands in aberdeen next month. there is a strength in the squad there already. i decided to bring in some fresh faces, some guys that have been doing well. that is all we have been doing well. that is all we have time for. back to you in london. the press secretary started making a statement in the white house... this is the product of months of work and is the product of months of work and is now going through an open process in the house. the committee plans to mark up the bill next week starting on monday. the house is likely to consider the bill the week of november 13. in order to stay on pace we want to see a house bill passed by thanksgiving. this is a very aggressive timeline but one that will help us get tax cuts this year so families and businesses can plan for 2018. we look forward to

the details of the tax bill being released on wednesday. but today wa nt to ta ke released on wednesday. but today want to take a step back and explain what we are working to do using an anecdote we can all understand... studio: we are expecting at the end of the statement some questions about the latest developments on the investigation into allegations of russian meddling in last year‘s presidential elections. there has been news today of indictments being served by robert miller, the special investigating council, and they include those against the former champ campaign manager. —— trump campaign manager. another member of the team has already admitted lying to the fbi. lets to stay with it for a moment. seemed quite happy with

the situation. the barman said since you are such good customers i will reduce the charge of your beer by $20. they would now cost $80. the first four were unaffected. they would still drink for free. but what about the other six? how could they divided $20 windfall so everybody would get theirfair divided $20 windfall so everybody would get their fair share? reporters are concerned with fairness. they realise that $20 divided by six is $3. but if they subtracted that with everybody‘s share, then a fifth and sixth reporter would eat end up being paid to drink beer. the bar owner suggested it would be fairer to reduce the bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was. it would continue following the system of the tax system they had been following. the fifth reporter, like

the first four, now paid nothing. he got a 100% saving. the six now paid two dollars. the seventh is now paid $5. the aid is now paid $9 instead of $12, 25% saving. —— the eightth now paid $9 instead of 12% $12, a 25% saving. studio: while she goes on about the finer points of the trump review of tax report i‘m going to explain to you while we are looking at this that there has been a separate statement from president trump‘s lawyer today. this is significant. president trump will not be interfering with the investigation by the justice department special counsellor robert miller or indy trying to fire robert miller who is a former fbi director. he is the one who has been looking into allegations of possible russian

meddling in last year‘s election. there has been speculation that trump would get rid of miller. let‘s hope this statement is drawing to a close. once the questions start we will see what the is going on in the latest in those investigations today. this is a silly story but it illustrates some important points. our tax cuts and reforms will create afair our tax cuts and reforms will create a fair system that works better for everyone. it will make our country the friendliest in the world for american families trying to build a better life for themselves and for american companies seeking a competitive edge. i would be happy to give that story to everybody so you can get those numbers later.

that may be an oversimplification but it ain‘t a good picture of the tax system. and with that i will ta ke tax system. and with that i will take your questions. tax system. and with that i will take your questionslj tax system. and with that i will take your questions. i would like to get the white house reaction to the indictment of paul manafort. we have heard a couple of tweets from the president, if you could help me understand what he says, why aren't crooked hillary clinton and the democrats and the focus? is he saying robert mueller should be investigated? the president said last week, i believe it was last week and i‘ve said several times before that there is no intention or plan to make any changes in terms of the special counsel. today‘s announcement has nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do with the president‘s campaign or campaign activity. the real

collusion scandal, as we said several times before, has everything to do with the clinton campaign. there is evidence of the clinton campaign colluding with russian intelligence to smear the president, and influence the election. we have been saying from day one there‘s been saying from day one there‘s been no evidence of trump rational collusion and nothing in the indictment today changes that. inaudible >> gemma: it has nothing to do with the activities of the campaign. -- it has nothing to do with the activities of the campaign. again, there are no activities or official capacity that the trump campaign was engaged in any of these activities. most of them took place before the campaign even existed. would you explain the role of george papadopoulos? extremely limited. it was a volunteer position. no activity was evident in an official

capacity on behalf of the campaign. what about the outreach he was speaking to campaign officials to put together... the one that was repeatedly denied? and we said we wouldn‘t take any action on that? would you explain what happened with his outreach? he reached out and nothing happened beyond that. that shows his level of importance in the campaign. and shows what little role he had within coordinating anything officially for the campaign. thank you. i wanted to ask about mueller's investigation. the president has called it a hoax, a witchhunt, and similar kind of language before with regards to his investigation. last week you indicated regards to his investigation. last wee mueller icated that . . regards to his investigation. last wee mueller isited that . . regards to his investigation. last wee mueller is wrapping . . regards to his investigation. last wee mueller is wrapping up . regards to his investigation. last wee mueller is wrapping up his . that mueller is wrapping up his investigation. i've heard similar things coming from other senior administration officials. do you still believe mueller is still in

the process of wrapping things up? we still expect this to wrap up soon. paul manafort was high ranking in the campaign at one time. i'd like to know what the president's relationship is now. do they still talk? when was the last time they might have had contact? we know they haven‘t spoken in several months. the last known conversation was all the way back to february. as far as anything beyond that with paul, i‘m not sure. i know there was some initial contact after the president was sworn in with him towards the white house, but nothing directly with the president. thank you. on march 31, george papadopoulos attending a foreign —— march 31, george papadopoulos attendi policy reign —— march 31, george papadopoulos attendi policy meeting. the foreign policy meeting. the president was there. he talked about how russia wanted to contact the president. what did the president

think when he said he wanted to arrange a meeting? and how did other people in the campaign react to that? i'm not sure the president recalls specific details of the meeting. again, it was a brief meeting. again, it was a brief meeting that took place quite some time ago. it‘s the one time that group ever met. beyond that i don‘t have anything to add. thank you. as you mentioned paul manafort and mr gates were named as people not having anything to do with the campaign. but with alleged money—laundering regarding other business. under those circumstances, would the president consider or allow pardoning for either of them? i‘ve not had any conversations about that. we should let the process play through before we start looking at that. george papadopoulos was referring to jeff sessions at the time, what does this mean forjeff

somebody somebody on a sessions? again, somebody on a volunteer committee, i‘m not sure how that would impact the attorney general directly. given what we have learnt over the last few hours, can you say when the president was first aware that russia was behind the hacking, and was in the possession of e—mails, and what they considered to be damaging e—mails that they we re to be damaging e—mails that they were trying to get to the trump campaign? when was the first aware? i‘m not sure of the specific date. i would have to look back. does the president to regret having hired paul manafort as his campaign manager? is he and the rest of the white house concerned this will detract from the tax policies... we‘re not worried about this because this took place outside campaigning

activity. does he regret having hired him? i did not ask that question. how can you describe george having a george papadopoulos as having a limited role when there was a photograph of him sitting with... the president has thousands of photographs with millions of people, so... he also cited him as one of his top advisers on foreign policy, which goes against what you are saying. how is it not collusion when george papadopoulos is in contact with people promising dirt on hillary clinton? this individual was on... in pursuit of information that was damaging about the clintons. how is this not collusion? this individual was a member of a volunteer advisory council which met one time over the course of the year. he was part of a list that was

read out in the washington post. i would hardly call that some sort of regular adviser. you want to suggest that he is a senior member of the staff. he wasn‘t paid by the campaign. he was a volunteer on a council that met once. he was pursuing information. again, he was a volunteer. that is something you need to ask him. i‘m not here to speak of the half of the thousands of people who may have volunteered on behalf of the campaign. the president has called on congress to investigate hillary clinton. is he confident they will do that? you would have to ask congress. there are enough reports and information out there which seems to suggest it might not be a bad idea. inaudible i don‘t know if he has had a member of congress specifically tell him. where does the president stand on

the idea of phasing in corporate tax cuts so it would reach 20%? studio: it started off with a statement about tax reform. precious few questions on that. most of them about the news today emanating from that investigation by robert mueller into alleged links with russia in last year‘s presidential campaign. that part of let‘s go from that part of washington to another part. this is the washington federal court in dc. we can see the ranks of the media already because paul manafort, one of those indicted, is expected to make an appearance within the next 15, 20 minutes. if he appears we will be there. there maybe if you we re will be there. there maybe if you were said by lawyers on the way in. who knows? but let me bring in my colleague first. what do you make of the forceful statement on question and answer session from the white house, anthony? we are seeing the

boundaries, the strategy, the outline of the strategy the white house will be pursuing on this. that is to say that paul manafort, or people involved in the campaign for a limited amount of time, and that all of these charges stem from things that happened before they joined the campaign. as far as the george papadopoulos story, they will say that he was a bit player, from a volunteer organisation. he had one meeting with the president. he was essentially freelancing in his contacts with russian connected and foreign nationals. we will see if that holds up. the thing to remember is that paul manafort, although he was only in the campaign for five months, was a chair of the campaign. it‘ll be interesting to see if these charges lead him to cooperate with the investigation. george papadopoulos, jesse was a volunteer,

but he had contacts with senior members of the campaign. —— yes he was a volunteer. he had interaction with russia and connected officials to these campaign people. bernie sanders point out that according to the documents there wasn‘t anything the documents there wasn‘t anything the trump campaign did with this information. but he had an ear with people in trump‘s circle. the strategy is to downplay the importance of george papadopoulos. and to say that all of the paul ma nafort and to say that all of the paul manafort charges stem from things before the campaign involvement. how would you describe the importance of george papadopoulos‘s would you describe the importance of george pa padopoulos‘s role would you describe the importance of george papadopoulos‘s role in the campaign of last year, and what kind of level the adviser would you say he is? trump himself dropped george papadopoulos‘s

he is? trump himself dropped george pa padopoulos‘s name when he is? trump himself dropped george papadopoulos‘s name when talking about his senior advisers. in an interview with the washington post there is a picture of george papadopoulos sitting at the same table as trump. but he wasn‘t a regular surrogate. he wasn‘t somebody who was in the inner circle of donald trump. he is farther removed from the main people in the campaign. ithink removed from the main people in the campaign. i think the interesting thing to take from the george papadopoulos contacts thing to take from the george pa padopoulos contacts in thing to take from the george papadopoulos contacts in the trump campaign is that here we have once again russian connected officials contacting somebody they think has ties to the trump campaign and saying, we have dirt on hillary clinton. we have thousands of e—mails on hillary clinton that we can share with you. that‘s the thing donald trump junior, paul manafort, and jared kushner hurt injune of 2016 from other russian unaffiliated people who have got information on hillary clinton. they were getting

this information sent to the trump campaign by various avenues. did the campaign by various avenues. did the campaign do anything about it is the question. butjust a few months later, campaign e—mails started leaking out from the chair of the clinton campaign, at a very inopportune time. e—mails from the democratic national committee started coming out. before all of that we were hearing from russian sources, saying we have got that after that, and we in the media start seeing these e—mails come out. it is very intriguing. good to talk to you. thank you for your take on that. the jury in the trial of an army sergeant accused of sabotaging his wife‘s parachute has been shown the video of a police interview given by his wife. she suffered serious injuries when her main and reserve parachutes failed to open during ajump over reserve parachutes failed to open during a jump over salisbury plain. emile cilliers denies any

involvement. for three weeks the jury involvement. for three weeks the jury had been hearing evidence about what happened here near salisbury. the prosecution says emile cilliers sabotaged victoria cilliers‘s parachute. when her main and reserve parachute. when her main and reserve parachute failed to open and she landed in this field, sustaining numerous injuries. today the couple sat across court from each other. she spoke about the accident in april 20 15. and about video interviews she gave to the police afterwards. in one interview she said, ijumped but i was absolutely terrified. i did not want to be there. i had completely lost my whole confidence. the prosecutor, michael rose qc, challenge to her about her recollection of events at the base and afterwards in one police interview. he asked: the questioning then turned to the

main parachute, which was the first one to fail on the day of the accident. michael bowes qc asked: the prosecutor then asked victoria cilliers about the reserve parachute which also failed on the day of the accident. he asked if she had any

training in packing reserve parachutes. no, she said. then he said did you tamper in any way with the reserve parachute? she said no. victoria cilliers later said she gave a fair account of her husband‘s time in the toilets at the airbase when she said to police that he had beenin when she said to police that he had been in there for about five minutes with her parachute. she claims this is where he tampered with her parachutes. emile cilliers denies two recounts the tent and murder. —— denies two counts of attempted murder. victoria cilliers we‘ll continue giving evidence tomorrow. there has been a house fire in powys. three children escaped from the house. but it has been confirmed

that there were fatalities. police we re that there were fatalities. police were notified by mid and west wales fire and rescue service that there was a house fire at a remote property in powys. i arrival the property in powys. on arrival the property in powys. on arrival the property was ablaze and three children aged 13, 12, and ten were able to escape. they have been treated in hospital but don‘t have life—threatening injuries. however, there are a number of people unaccounted for at this time. and there are known to be fatalities. due to the severity of damage at the scene we are unable at this stage to identify any of the deceased, or to confirm the number of deceased. specialist scientists and fire investigators are still assessing the scene. and at this time we are treating the cause of fire as unexplained. further details will be made available in due course and our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. that was chief

inspector richard lewis giving the latest on that dreadful fire at that remote house in mid wales. the government says talks to restore power—sharing in northern ireland have made progress but admits significant gaps remain. democratic unionist party and sinn fein politicians have been meeting throughout the day — to try to end a 10—month deadlock at stormont. rule from westminster. our ireland correspondent chris buckler is at stormont. any sign of movement at all? there is still talking going on. but really the dup and sinn fein have been incredibly quiet today. and thatis been incredibly quiet today. and that is true for the northern ireland office, as well. those that have organised the talks. it must feel like with a lot of these —— in must feel like there are a lot of these deadlines because i come on and save today‘s crucial, this really matters, and the uk government have been pushing the line. that‘s true to an extent. they

are saying today is important because by next week they need to get either a power—sharing government at stormont, get that back up and running since it collapsed in january, back up and running since it collapsed injanuary, or alternatively they need to look at setting a budget for northern ireland. public services needed budget going forward. that is crucial work which frankly had budget going forward. that is crucia those nhich frankly had budget going forward. that is crucia those are h frankly had budget going forward. that is crucia those are the ankly had budget going forward. that is crucia those are the twor had budget going forward. that is crucia those are the two options. done. those are the two options. it's done. those are the two options. it‘s clear the northern ireland secretary doesn‘t want to impose direct rule. the dup, who are propping up the conservatives at westminster, they don‘t want direct rule. so we are looking at an agreement under budget. sinn fein and dup are talking but they remain deeply divided over a host of issues. i reminded of something dup politician said at the end of last week, they said there is no sign of a hat ora week, they said there is no sign of a hat or a rabbit. week, they said there is no sign of a hat ora rabbit. —— i am reminded of. thanks very much. time for a look at the weather.

a chilly start today. —5 in the heart of scotland. a widespread frost. but it it created to a glorious start for some. some areas have managed to keep hold of the sun. that‘s not been the case for the north and west where cloud house—building from the atlantic. that will have an effect on the weather overnight. that of cloud will —— that blanket of cloud will keep the temperatures down. —— cloud has been building from the atlantic. keep the temperatures down. —— cloud has rain building from the atlantic. keep the temperatures down. —— cloud has rain ever iing from the atlantic. keep the temperatures down. —— cloud has rain ever present1 the atlantic. keep the temperatures down. —— cloud has rain ever present across tlantic. keep the temperatures down. —— cloud has rain ever present across the tic. this rain ever present across the western hills of scotland for a good pa rt western hills of scotland for a good part of the day. and into wednesday. up part of the day. and into wednesday. up to 100 millimetres in some areas. generally speaking, further south, the odd passing bit of rain not amounting to much, but with the breeze in the south—west we are looking at highs in the south—west of 13 degrees. a cool start of the week. things are looking cloudier

and milder as we get to midweek. towards the end of the week and the weekend will —— and the weekend, things will turn cooler again. criminal charges are brought against a key aide to donald trump‘s presidential campaign. paul manafort led the president‘s campaign. he is now accused of conspiracy against the us. he handed himself into the fbi this morning for questioning as part of the investigation into alleged interference by russia in the us election. and it‘s been revealed another advisor to the president has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his links with russia. we‘ll bring you all the latest on a dramatic day in washington. also tonight. allegations of sexual harassment at westminster — the government calls for action within days. the actor kevin spacey apologises after claims he made sexual advances several members of the same family, including children, are feared

dead after a fire rips through a family home.