you're watching beyond 100 days. bob mueller breaks his silence with an explosive statement on the investigation into russia and trump. the special counsel defends his report and says that if he'd had evidence the president did not commit a crime, he would have said just that. mr mueller says the russians did meddle in the us election but he did not clear mr trump of obstructing the investigation. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. the american midwest is pummelled by tornadoes. for 13 days in a row, twisters have devastated the region. also on the programme —

the frontrunner for the tory leadership borisjohnson is ordered to appear in court over claims he lied during the eu referendum campaign. and the london derby some 3,000 miles away in azerbaijan. tonight, chelsea and arsenal will fight it out for the europa league title. hello, and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington, and christian fraser is in london. in washington, robert mueller is known as the sphinx. well, now he's broken his silence, and spoken directly to the american public, to the president, and to congress. what he said will not go down well with donald trump. 0n the issue of russian meddling, mr mueller was clear today. it happened, and it's a big problem. 0n the issue of whether the president obstructed justice, the special counsel mr mueller chose his words carefully, but the suggestion was he believes there could be grounds for charging mr trump with obstruction, were he not protected by the fact that he's president

of the united states. if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. we did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. the introduction to volume two of our report explains that decision. it explains that, under a long—standing department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. that is unconstitutional. even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that, too, is prohibited. the special counsel's office is part of the department ofjustice, and by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. just minutes after that address, the democratic chairman of the house judiciary committee

released a statement. so what to make of mr mueller‘s statement? here to help us pull out the key points is former assistant us attorney, kim wehle. thank you very much for coming in. much of what robert mueller said was in his report that we have already heard and seen. what does this change, having him say this publicly? i think this clears the decks in terms of the distortions that have come out of both the president, the white house, and the justice department in terms of what the report says. we have had robert mueller himself heading the highlights of the report, consistent with the report, but most people are not going to read the full 400 plus pages. so i'm saying that this is what it means, this is what it says, and we can take that to the bank and

move forward, it is that independent sort of voice that was the whole point of having the miller investigation to begin with. point of having the miller investigation to begin withm point of having the miller investigation to begin with. is it to say that if robert mueller stand their answers to the american public, if we could have cleared the president of committing a crime, we would have done so? he is implying that he thinks the president potentially did commit a crime? he is stating very clearly that there is stating very clearly that there is commission of a crime and that is in the report, so prosecutors try to reach a tipping point where they can prove a crime in court. in this instance, he said that they did not consider that because the president isa consider that because the president is a unicorn, structurally, he cannot be prosecuted. but he is saying there was plenty of evidence we committed a crime, we just did not make that conclusion. there were a couple of other important elements to what he said i would like to touch on. the first was that there we re touch on. the first was that there were multiple systematic attempts by

russians to infiltrate and to tamper with the campaign in 2016. and amid all the back and forth there has been over the coming days, he says thatis been over the coming days, he says that is what you have to focus on, that is what you have to focus on, thatis that is what you have to focus on, that is the threat to the united states. absolutely, some of us have been saying that for a long time. and i think that is also very helpful point, particularly when we also hear the whole thing was a hoax, it was political. it was not political, and the attack on the electoral system of the united states is quite serious. and without congress paying attention to it, without the president paying attention to it, it is likely to happen again in 2020, and that is something every american, regardless of political party, should be worried about, and that is what i think robert mueller was saying. he stuck up for his own team and made special reference to the fbi agents, the analysts who had worked in the report, who said it conducted themselves in a fair and independent manner. they are of the highest integrity. that seemed to me to be a

direct rebuke to the president. yes, and it is also a rebuke to the idea that there should be a huge investigation of the investigators. it is not even the president, it is the attorney general. but robert mueller said this very neutrally, did not throw anybody under the bus, he spoke with a consistent voice and said there is no bad faith on the pa rt of said there is no bad faith on the part of the attorney general. but his team, his point was, they look at the facts and the law, they make at the facts and the law, they make a judgment they can, and that is that. they do not score points for team x orteam that. they do not score points for team x or team y politically to win, and that is a voice sorely lacking in american political discourse just i'iow. in american political discourse just now. 0k, thank you forjoining us. mrtrump was quick to offer his two cents on the statement. how will the republicans in congress respond ? from new york is our political analyst and former advisor to george w bush, ron christie.

wrong, good to see you. we have had some response from congress today. some of the democrat candidates jumping all over this. what will be the reaction of the republican side? —— ron. the reaction of the republican side? -- ron. good evening, christian, good to see you as well. i think you have a muted response from congressional republicans. republicans are looking at this and saying we do not want to talk about trump or russia, we want to talk about the issues, and i believe they will try to find a way to move beyond this. of course, the president does not help their cause very much by taking to his favourite medium of twitter which will then of course have reporters going back to the republicans and saying, did you see the president's tweet? how do you react? so in a short time, republicans are mentally pretty and hope this storm blows over. do you think though, ron, there is a risk that democrats look at what happened today, sees an robert mueller‘s words, decide that they do have to

push us towards impeachment? —— sees on robert mueller‘s words. because thatis on robert mueller‘s words. because that is effectively what mr miller has asked them to do, and in so doing, is there a risk that they alienate the electorate because of that? -- alienate the electorate because of that? —— sieze. alienate the electorate because of that? -- sieze. good afternoon, katty. it is almost as if robert mueller is daring democrats to impeach the president. looking at his press conference today, i felt that if mueller had one shred of evidence, he would have undoubtedly president. he is seeing it is a 40 year policy, and they cannot do that. but i think he is... he didn't exactly say that. i had that differently, ron. i heard him saying, if i could have exonerated him from a crime, i would have exonerated him from a crime. he was not saying he did not have a shred of evidence, i think it was seen by a precedent, he could not do it because ofjustice

a precedent, he could not do it because of justice regulations. a precedent, he could not do it because ofjustice regulations. not that he did not have the evidence to do it. —— department ofjustice regulations. i'm not arguing with you. if you listen carefully to what mueller said, he could not exonerate the president. in our system of justice in the united states, that is not the job of the prosecutor. if there is evidence of a crime, they ta ke there is evidence of a crime, they take that to a grand jury to indict. so that is the distinction he has made that i find very interesting and once again i think he is pushing democrats to impeachment. he is telling them, i couldn't do it, you can, and it becomes a political rather than legal question, which of course is what high crimes and misdemeanours are all about. thank you very much indeed, ron christie. it was clear from what he was saying to me, katty, they have looked at whether there was a court case to a nswer whether there was a court case to answer and obstruction of justice, but as you say, department of justice protocol was such that they could not charge a sitting president. but he also looked at whether they could charge him under seal, so they could have gone after

him once he leaves office. what about the point that you made to kim, it doesn't really change what is in the report but distilled in some way down to just ten minutes, the essence of the report. does that matter to people in america?” the essence of the report. does that matter to people in america? i think it does matter having robert mueller see these things in his words, choosing his words carefully. that clip we played at the beginning will be replayed countless times on cable television. i was listening to fox at the end of bob mueller speaking, and they were saying it was pretty explosive, does not sound good hearing bob mueller say this. the president clearly did not like what bob mueller said, but this does now put a lot of pressure on a nancy pelosi to resist calls within our own party for impeachment, because she does think there is a risk of if they go down the impeachment route, first of all, 67 republicans in the senate are never going to agree to

impeach the president because the majority of them are republican. —— 67 senators. 0ur concern is that if we go down this route, moderate democrats are hammered in their districts, we get caught up in the impeachment proceedings, we cannot legislate, and we get sucked into an impeachment process that is bad for democrats in the long run. but i agree with you, listening to bob mueller there, he was speaking to congress. he was speaking to congress. he was speaking to congress and saying, as ron was saying, i couldn't do this, but i believe that you should. yeah, over to you. and we are going to hear from jerry nadler as well. but let's turn to matters here for the moment. borisjohnson — considered by many to be the favourite to replace theresa may — has been summoned to court to face an accusation of "misconduct in public office". the case relates to the former foreign secretary's claim in 2016 that britain sends £350 million a week to the european union. it's an unusual, private prosecution brought by marcus ball,

a campaigner who'd raised more than £200,000, through a crowdfunding campaign, he called brexit justice. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is with us. boris johnson's team borisjohnson's team has dismissed this as a political stunt, which is for the courts to decide, but it is an unwelcome distraction as we kick off this leadership campaign. we are right at the beginning of that campaign, and we have this unprecedented legal challenge. it is very unusual for pure politics and the criminal courts to sort of come together in this way. i think it is the first time that a criminal prosecution has been used in a matter of political debate. so all sorts of things are interesting about this. i think the key thing is the charge, which as you say is misconduct in public office, which effectively says that boris johnson was a public official, which is important andl was a public official, which is important and i will come back to any minute, that he was grossly negligent effectively with his office, he abused his office, and he did so without any good reason. but

the key thing and here is that he is a public official, or that is the allegation, because you have to be a public official to commit the offe nce. public official to commit the offence. now, his accusers say he was mayor of london for part of this period, he was an mp for most of this period, he knew that these figures weren't correct. he had a policy as mayor of london that brexit was what he wanted, and therefore he was acting as the public official, mayor of london and an mp. now, his argument as he was a political campaigner, this was nothing to do with his dayjob. he was helping the brexit campaign, he is not a public official. so that is where the legal arguments going to be around this. that is the legal argument. what has the political direction been, tom? it has been pretty strong, in many ways against what the accusers, and we haven't called them prosecutors, it is a private prosecution which means that anybody can bring a prosecution in this way, but have seen that boris johnson's supporters have said this

is politically motivated, and attempt to reverse brexit, nutty, is one of his supporters say, a very bad day for british justice, one of his supporters say, a very bad day for britishjustice, the portable absurdity according to another. and i went there is a debate now around whether it is right to use the criminal courts in this way to get involved in politics. interestingly, an outgoing supreme court justice who politics. interestingly, an outgoing supreme courtjustice who retired at the end of last year is currently doing a series of lectures in which he made exactly this point, that the court is being asked to do things, to make decisions, that politics is not doing and making. and i think thatis not doing and making. and i think that is really interesting that we have now a live case that illustrates that debate. and if it did ever get to trial, what is the penalty for misconduct in public office? well at life imprisonment is the maximum penalty. we are not going to go anywhere near that. i think what we will see is boris johnson fighting this in the courts right from the beginning, trying to ensure that the courts are in effect abusing their position. ensure that the courts are in effect abusing their positionlj ensure that the courts are in effect abusing their position. i think

there might be some appeals before we get to that place, we shall see. interesting, here we are talking about legal proceedings and political proceedings being tied up on both sides of the atlantic today. here in washington and they are in london, too. in scotland, legislation has been published in parliament which could pave the way for a new vote on independence, if westminster allows it to take place. the scottish government wants a public vote in the second half of 2020, but the new bill contains no details on when a referendum could be held or what the question would be. first minister nicola sturgeon says, "now more than ever, it is essential that scotland's options are kept open". there is a point of principle here. it is legitimate for the westminster government, and anybody else, for that matter, to oppose independence. it would be a democratic outrage, particularly given the mandate i have as first minister, for a westminster government to seek to stand in the way of the people of

scotland having the right to choose. brexit chaos is putting some momentum into the independence campaign in scotland. i was remembering on thursday, i was at downing street, i was waiting for the arrival of david mundell, the scottish secretary, who was very exercised about this offer of a second referendum which theresa may was holding out there. a very polite man, but apparently enraged because he sees, and so do many other scottish tories and indeed scottish labour, that a second referendum opens the way to another independence vote in scotland, and they also see that the numbers are moving against them. yeah, if you look at the poll numbers, it is interesting, isn't it? they were pretty steady after the referendum, and look at them now. here you have 5196 and look at them now. here you have 51% saying scotland should not be independent, 49% in a yougov port saying they would like independence. compared to the actual referendum result, 55% against independence,

45% in favour. numbers moving in favour of independence. and you can see why there are moves and the snp to start thinking about seizing the moment, start thinking about a second independence referendum. yeah, she needs the transfer of powers, of course, to be able to bring this second independence referendum. and many of the tory candidates today out very quickly to say that if they were prime minister, they would not transfer those powers, so they will stand in the way of it, certainly until brexit is finished and completed. 0ne brexit is finished and completed. one to watch. which of course would not endear them to the independence side either. no. the american midwest is being pummelled by tornadoes this week. 20 were reported in kansas alone last night. pennsylvania was also hit. and a whole wave of twisters struck ohio the day before. in total, there have been more than 300 tornado reports across the us injust the past 12 days, with millions of people affected. and these are powerful storms — they've torn roofs from houses, they have sent vehicles crashing into buildings. so far, only one person is thought to have died, which is pretty miraculous, but hundreds have been injured.

jericka duncan from cbs news is in linwood in kansas, which has been badly affected. jericka, tell us what you are seeing there. we can see the devastation behind you. did you see the tornadoes come through? that's right, the devastation extends for miles here in linwood. i did not actually see the tornado up close and personal. but we have been speaking to a number of people who are cleaning up, whether it is a structure that is standing and devastated by those winds, or a place like this. this home belongs to ronjones, his home was completely flattened. where you see this gentleman picking this box up, the area in the basement were ron jones and his wife had to hide for cover while that tornado came through. this appears to be the kitchen, but you can see debris everywhere, whether it is drywall and insulation, tables, 31 years of their life all gone because of this destructive tornado. and tornadoes,

again, tend to be a very active season here in this area and along the midwest. when you consider the national weather service here reports more than 900 tornadoes this year, that is about more than 200 then the yearly average. so the season is not over yet, we are even expecting some severe weather here tonight in kansas area. jericka, i was going to say, people there are used to tornadoes. i assume everybody knows the drill of what to do in everybody knows the drill of what to doina everybody knows the drill of what to do in a tornado comes. but bring them time after time like this, that is exhausting and terribly debilitating for people. absolutely. and that is one thing that, when we spoke to the homeowner here, ron jones, who is sitting over here in this red chair what they had on, you can see all of his family and friends who are here to help. he said, we have been living in this community for decades, we know what to expect. even described seeing a tornado years ago that skipped over a house across the street. nobody is

prepared to deal with the aftermath, but as you mention, this is not new for the area, so they have people in place to help. people are your cleaning up and doing what they need to do to move forward. ok, jericka, thank you very much. jericka duncan joining us from cbs news. it's the fourth worst tornado season on record, so why is it so bad? should we blame climate change? let's talk to a man who knows — extreme weather expert dr victor gensini joins us from illinois. good to have you with us, victor. phil is in on the science. how do tornadoes form? —— fill us in. thanks for having me, and greetings from the midwest where there has been some remarkable activity of late. some of the ingredients we look for in q storms, a strong jet stream, a bit of wind wind up at

30,000 feet were commercial aircraft fly. and also a really warm humid unstable air mass underneath the jet stream. when those two ingredients come together, we see an increase in activity across the united states. we are close to the gulf of mexico, which is our moisture source of humidity from these storms, this has been really prevalent. like mentioned earlier, we are now in potentially day 13 of more than eight tornadoes been reported at least across the country. do he vary in speed? is it possible as a forecaster to tell people exactly where they are going, or to the go in all different directions? are they quite unpredictable? good question. the skill in forecasting diminishes with time, so the further into the future, day three, d four, five days in advance, we are predicting relatively geographic areas, say at state level. on day

one, like today, for example, we had it narrowed down to a few county areas in terms of the locations most likely to be at risk. but we saw this pattern coming as far back as late april in terms of the jet stream structure and the instability that was meant to be setting up for a multiple day period of severe weather. so this is something that can be predicted with some degree of accuracy, as many as a couple of weeks in advance. so victor, you are not just weeks in advance. so victor, you are notjust an weeks in advance. so victor, you are not just an expert, weeks in advance. so victor, you are notjust an expert, you are an assistant professor at the department of geographic and atmospheric sciences at northern illinois university, but you are also a tornado chaser. i have to say, i have always wondered why people would chase tornadoes when it is so incredibly dangerous. yeah! for me, it is the love and passion of weather. i travel sometimes 15 to 20,000 miles per year, from texas up

into canada, in search of these turn storms, and we get close to them and launch weather balloons, and weather balloons give us back data, and wind speed temperature and so on, and height, which allows us to better understand the storms. for me, it is a love of the raw power of nature, andl a love of the raw power of nature, and i love seeing tornadoes in the open fields of kansas, in the brass go, and the central united states, but as we have seen in the last couple of days, when these storms get close to large populated areas, like kansas city last night or dayton, ohio a few nights ago, the destruction is pretty alarming. ok, victor, i think if i was your mum, i would stay please stay home for the next few days and do not go chasing tornadoes. thank you very much for joining us, victor gensini. as dr gensini hasjust pointed out, the midwest is facing some seriously challenging — and dangerous — weather conditions. yet that didn't stop tv viewers

in ohio complaining when the network decided to cut into monday evening's episode of reality show the bachelorette, with emergency tornado warning coverage. fox 45 meteorologist jamie simpson did not take to the comments kindly. watch this. just checking social media. we have viewers complaining already. "just go back to the show." no, we're not going back to the show, folks! this is a dangerous situation, 0k? think about if this was your neighbourhood. i am sick and tired of people complaining about this. 0urjob here is to keep people safe, and that is what we're going to do. some of you complain that this is all about my ego. stop, 0k? just stop right now. it's not. i'm done with you people, i really am. this is pathetic. i'm done with you people, stop it!|j am done. next time anyone sent me a

dodgy tweet, that is what i'm going to do, to get up and walk out. jamie is telling them about something that could pillow them —— kill them or destroy at their house. and they wa nt to destroy at their house. and they want to get back to the bachelorette. carry on giving them what they need to know, forget about the bachelorette. end of days, reality television trumps being safe. bachelorette. end of days, reality television trumps being safelj bachelorette. end of days, reality television trumps being safe. i am done with you people! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — us national security adviser john bolton says four oil tankers damaged last month in the gulf of oman were almost certainly hit by iranian mines.

and the world health 0rganization has recategorised workplace "burn—out" as an "occu pational syndrome". is it time for companies to take the condition more seriously? that's still to come. we are going to see some further changes in our weather over the next few days. arena neverfar away changes in our weather over the next few days. arena never far away from the north—east of the country, but for many of us, we have lost the northerly winds that have kept things cool over the last days, and looking ahead, we are looking at the atla ntic looking ahead, we are looking at the atlantic flexing its muscles, bringing us this milder air to most parts of the uk. that change has been taking place over the last 24—hour is, with this area of cloud pushing its way steadily eastwards across the country. that is our warm front. so although the morning started off with some lovely sunshine across much of the country, for example you are in a north yorkshire, the day finished off with much cloudy skies, the threatening bit of rain and drizzle. some damp weather in denbighshire earlier in the day. 0vernight tonight, more

rain to come, quite heavy at times for western scotland. but otherwise, restricted to western coastal hills later on in the night. it will be a cloudy night, and as the wind picks up, blowing and somewhat milder air. 15 celsius towards the end of the night in london, quite a contrast for the far north of scotland, where we still have some cool air hanging on. but in shetland, probably the sunniest weather on thursday, sunny but quite chilly, temperature is just 10 celsius. elsewhere, a cloudy start to the day, summer morning rain around, particularly around western coastal hills. through the afternoon, more general rain coming m, afternoon, more general rain coming in, quite heavy at times for northern ireland, northwestern would and moving into scotland. to the south of the some of the cloud breaks, it might feel a bit more humid, temperatures up to 2324 celsius, with a few sunny spells. for friday, again of the northwest will see the wettest weather. we could see some large puddles building up on the roads here. further south again, largely dry,

cloud breaking, a few bright or sunny spells coming through. and feeling warm in the sunshine, 24 celsius. probably the peak of the heat of the next few days will be on saturday, when temperatures could reach 27 celsius underneath these sunny skies across the east of the uk. further west, weather fronts still with us, but was front and expected to weaken, so any rain turning quite patchy. 27 towards south—eastern gwent, looking fairly favourable compared with the heat across the near continent, where things will also be warming up for a time this weekend. that is your weather forecast.

you're watching beyond 100 days. the special counsel who investigated donald trump over alleged collusion with russia again refuses to exonerate him for obstructing justice. former foreign secretary boris johnson is ordered to appear in court over allegations he lied during the brexit referendum campaign. also on the programme. excitement builds in azerbaijan as arsenal meet chelsea in the europa league final. kick off is just half an hour away. plus — why workplace burnout is much more than just a bit of stress. we'll hear from two clinical pyschologists on how to spot the signs.

charging president trump with a crime was not an option. those were the words of special counsel robert mueller as he delivered his first comments on the russia inquiry since the report's release in april. he emphasised thatjustice department guidelines on not indicting a sitting president, meant his office was unable to determine whether mr trump had obstructed justice. but mr mueller did not exonerate the president. far from it. if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. those remarks have beenjumped on by the housejudiciary chairman jerry nadler who — when asked about impeachment proceedings — in the last half hour said all options were on the table and nothing should be ruled out. what robert mueller said today is that president trump is lying when

he said no collusion. robert mueller wa nted he said no collusion. robert mueller wanted to exonerated —— if robert mueller wanted to exonerate the president he would have said so. instead he made clear the obstruction of justice instead he made clear the obstruction ofjustice which he found substantial evidence of is a serious crime which goes to the core of our justice system serious crime which goes to the core of ourjustice system and that the constitution points to congress to ta ke constitution points to congress to take action to hold the president accountable. that is exactly what we will do. donald trump's press secretary sarah sanders has just been answering reporter's questions on what robert mueller had to say. what we heard from the white house was, no collusion, no obstruction. what we are hearing today is no collusion, no conspiracy. does the white house now acknowledged that the report did not specifically say no obstruction? we have been very clear that the entire purpose of the investigation was to determine whether or not there was collusion. he determined there was no

collusion, he further determined he did not have enough information to make that decision, he goes to the attorney general, the attorney general along with the attorney —— deputy attorney general confirmed there was no obstruction. also at that briefing was our north america correspondent. what else was said? donald trump had to be to just after robert mueller made his statement that nothing changes from the report. there was insufficient evidence therefore in our country a person is innocent. i said, is that really did bar at which you are setting things, there was insufficient evidence to prosecute therefore i am innocent. in most walks of life, if it was thought you we re walks of life, if it was thought you were obstructing justice, insufficient evidence would not save yourjob. she said, there was no collusion, no obstruction, and repeated that mantra. i think the white house is desperate for this to be the end of the chapter. i think

having heard what we have just heard from congress, there is little chance of that. as the pressure now on nancy pelosi, who has resisted calls for impeachment, to go down that route? yes, it intensifies on her. she fears that if you go down the route of impeachment all it does is unites the republicans behind donald trump, fire up his base, and ultimately will fail. and it is very divisive in the process. she has been trying to find other ways that you hold the president to account. but when you get robert mueller coming out, dramatically, as he has done for the first time in two years, seeing, if i had wanted to find the president innocent i would have done so, but we did not. that is so power. i think it is irresistible for democrats to try and pick that as a casual to beat the president. i think nancy pelosi will come under increased pressure as a result of that. i was thinking while you were talking, about that statement from sarah sanders. whenever the white

house is asked about the obstruction ofjustice that house is asked about the obstruction of justice that immediately house is asked about the obstruction ofjustice that immediately refer back to the collusion inquiry. to be clear, you can be guilty of obstruction ofjustice, clear, you can be guilty of obstruction of justice, even clear, you can be guilty of obstruction ofjustice, even if there is not proof of an underlying crime? yes, of course. it was also interesting that from donald trump we have had overwhelmingly, it is a hoax and a witch hunt. that is the way he has categorised the entire investigation that has been carried out by robert mueller over these past two years. but in that tweet today, it was not a hoax and a witch hunt, it was insufficient evidence, and in the american system that means you are innocent. i thought it was a telling reframing of his argument about the way forward on all of this. i think that the white house, you will hear it again and again, and from trap supporters. robert mueller has moved on, it is time for the rest of the american people and for the democrats to move on as well. thank you forjoining us. on that

issue of a hoax, robert mueller to date very clearly said it was an important thing that we did and it was a legal thing that we did, both investigating the issue of russian meddling in the us election and investigating the issue of whether the president obstructed that investigation. he was standing up for both of those from the legal standpoint because those have been under attack from the white house. he was not seeing... he was saying there was insufficient evidence to charge with conspiracy. that does not suggest no links with the russian campaign. if robert mueller had come out and made a decision, reached a conclusion, which he could have reached a conclusion without indicting the president, nobody would be in this position. i think thatis would be in this position. i think that is the great criticism from constitutional lawyers that i have spoken to today, is that if only he had reached a conclusion, which is in the purview of a special counsel, is exactly what was done in the case

of bill clinton, then we would not be in this position of having to ask what the russian investigation actually meant. there is a lot of dissatisfaction amongst constitutional lawyers about what robert mueller did today. the white house is blaming iran for the recent attacks on two saudi oil tankers. the vessels were hit by mines in the gulf of oman earlier this month. the national security advisor john bolton who is in saudi arabia for a meeting of arab leaders has told his hosts, there's no doubt in anybody‘s mind in washington that the naval mines were almost certainly from iran. the saudis are hosting a major summit in mecca on alleged iranian aggression in the region. it could mark a us—backed thaw in qatari—saudi relations. the emir of qatar has been invited. if he travels it would be the first time he has been in the company of king salman since saudi arabia imposed a sweeping blockade of qatar two years ago. i spoke to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet who is is injeddah.

what are they making there in saudi arabia of the national security adviser john bolton's assertion that they believe that iran was behind these attacks on the two saudi oil tankers? the timing is very interesting. it gives them some very useful ammunition, coming as it doesjust a day before king salman is hosting what he is describing as emergency summits to deal with recent attacks in the region, and what they describe here as iranian aggression. therefore it simply solidifies their view that iran is the biggest threat in this region, that is why these meetings are taking place here in the kingdom. is there any concern there amongst people you have spoken to that perhaps the national security adviser is more hawkish in his intentions towards iran than the president might be? ever since president trump came into office his greatest supporters have been here in saudi arabia.

i was here at the time and you could not hear a negative word from any of the officials, even though that was the time when he started the imposition of the muslim ban. even though they hear criticism from congress, they understand that, but they say when it comes to the white house, to president trump, they believe, and all the evidence is there to support it, that he is backing them. they will have seen president trump's comments last week that he does not want another war, his message that he was sometimes that he was sometimes at odds with his national security adviser. as you know, president trump likes to send these mixed messages. in a sense to keep everyone guessing. what would the saudis like president trump to do in response to what the white house is saying is a fresh act of iranian aggression? that is exactly the question that we are asking and everyone will be asking. why are these two

summits being held now? why are they being held at islam's holiest site, in mecca? there has been concern expressed even by the un secretary—general about this rising rhetoric, that it is putting this region on the path to war. will there be more strident statements coming out of saudi arabia, backed by its gulf arab allies, backed by the arab league, backed by the organisation of islamic conference? will they acknowledge iran's call to have some kind of dialogue? president trump himself has called for a summit with iranian leaders. will theyjust call for more words more warnings, or will they actually discuss actions? because they have warned iran and iran has warned them. both sides are saying they will protect their interests. but both sides say they do not want war.

that's meeting continuing tomorrow. we will keep an eye on that. the build—up to the europa league final in azerbaijan has been dominated by the difficulties of arsenal and chelsea supporters having to travel 2,500 miles to get there. that led to fears that the match would be played in front of a half—empty stadium in baku. here's a flavour of the mood this afternoon from both sets of fans on the streets of the city ahead of kick—off in about 20 minutes' time. the local people are being very friendly. the beer is very good as well. everyone seems to be ok because there is not many chelsea fans, which is good. i am hoping for a chelsea win against arsenal. we just hope the team are motivated. it is very difficult to come here because there are no direct flights and the airlines up at the price up. but we are arsenal. the gunners. well, our correspondent sarah rainsford — who is in baku — joins us live

from outside the stadium. both these clubs sent back tickets and there was a fear they might be playing in front of a half empty stadium this evening. what is it looking like?” stadium this evening. what is it looking like? i am outside as you can see. it has obviously gone quiet here already, most of the crowd have already passed me. a pretty big crowd from what i can see. i have seen some photographs from inside. it is not full by any means but it looks like a good turnout. certainly that azeri football association was promising that they had sold tens of thousands of tickets for this game. you mentioned the problem specifically for fans mentioned the problem specifically forfans from mentioned the problem specifically for fans from england, mentioned the problem specifically forfans from england, from london particularly, to get here, to baku. there has been a lot of people in town the last couple of days complaining about how difficult and expensive it was to get here from london. certainly nobody expected to london. certainly nobody expected to london based club is to be playing a match year, halfway across, not halfway across the world... feels like it. a fair distance away, for what should be a london derby. they

we re what should be a london derby. they were not planning for it to be here and there has been criticism but as you have been hearing a lot of people who have made it to baku have been enjoying the welcome they have got. they have been in the main squares in the sunshine, drinking beer, singing all day long. and they have been streaming happily into the stadium for the last couple of hours. and a lot of azeri fans also. local people here. lots of chelsea and arsenal fans themselves were gonein and arsenal fans themselves were gone in to see the match. this is important to both managers for different reasons. this is a long—distance route for arsenal to the champions league. for chelsea there seems to be tension in the cap. i was watching sarri yesterday kicking his hat around the pitch. was it something you said?” kicking his hat around the pitch. was it something you said? i know what you are asking me about. maybe we can talk some more about that. there was cameras in the training session, i think that is what he was

worried about. that is a diplomatic way of saying let us talk about it. my son is a die—hard arsenal fan, my allegiances have to be there. let us talk about politics a bit, what is the security been like after some of the security been like after some of the fears of the reception and the issue around armenian players, and from supporters as well? that has been one of the interesting things about this. arsenal's midfielder, mikhitaryan, decided he would not come here, he said he was worried for his safety. that is all about a conflict that has been going on for 30 years between armenia and azerbaijan. a territory of azerbaijan. a territory of azerbaijan is now under armenian control. that is a source of huge tension. just a couple of years ago 100 people died in a renewed burst of fighting there. it is a serious

issue. when mikhitaryan decided he would not come here, azeris accused him of playing politics, they said he was asked safe to come and play, but he felt otherwise. it is interesting, the last day, we have seen reports, particularly on social media, of the police you are going up media, of the police you are going up to arsenal fans, wearing mikhitaryan shirts, tapping them on the shoulder, checking what they we re the shoulder, checking what they were up to. it is a sign of the difficulties there are in separating politics and sport, even though that is what everyone says that they want to do. the two are so closely related. we will let you study the tea m related. we will let you study the team formations. we will get back to you on that one. it isa we will get back to you on that one. it is a great experience for the fa ns to it is a great experience for the fans to go to baku. i am sure many of them have not been there before. we should have done the show from there. we could have done. i do not think the budget stretches that fire. 0na think the budget stretches that fire. on a serious note, i do think

these finals, european finals, they should look at the venue at the semifinal stage, rather than choose it at the beginning of the competition. you have had two english clubs are through to the champions league final, have to go all the way to madrid and cannot get flights. two clubs there who have handed back at their tickets because they cannot get to baku either. it seems a shame for the fans who want to see the game. a wasted opportunity when you have these two amazing teams and the stadium is not full. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — beating burn—out. how to spot it — and how to counter its effects. we'll speak to two clinical psychologists. people selling their homes are having to drop prices more steeply than at any time for four years. the average difference between asking and selling prices now stands at eight and a half thousand pounds. here's simon gompertz. it is the third one. in london where

house prices have been falling, the discounts are big. this person has just negotiated £50,000 off, nearly 10% down from the original asking price. two bedrooms. 75 square metres. fully renovated. no one has lived there since renovations have been done. the price coming down, what difference did that make for you? it meant that i could buy the flats. it was at a price point that i could afford. i had money for a down payment. and i would be able to get a mortgage. the average gap between asking and selling prices stands at nearly 4% across britain. narrower than that in london but up from 3.3% last year, and a recent low of 2.7% halfway through 2016. a price drop could make all the difference. it could mean you can afford to buy. but for many their house price boom was so big, it's

means that even with a small drop in prices, there still way out of reach. and it is a stand—off between the buyer is expecting something cheaper, and many potential sellers not bothering unless they absently have to put their homes on the market. it is important to find the home you want to buy, the home you wa nt to home you want to buy, the home you want to live in, not looking for a good deal. you have got to remember that sellers are a bit nervous at the moment and they are not putting houses on the market, there might be fewer homes to choose from. house sales are still brisk in some parts of the country but for some people, being argue —— being able to argue the price down could be the difference between getting the home you want and seeing it slip away. workplace burn—out has become such a serious health issue in the workplace it has now been reclassified by the world health organisation. it is now listed in their international classification of diseases as an

occupational syndrome. they hope it will stir companies into taking the condition more seriously. here's how the who characterises burnout: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from one's job, feelings of negativity or cynicism related to one's job, and reduced professional performance. let's discuss it with two clinical pyschologists who also happen to be husband and wife — doctors joshua klapow and julie mcdonald. they are on holiday in galway, ireland, which sounds like the perfect tonic for burnout. let as discussed first of all the definition of burn—out. can you see it in someone's face? how would you recognise it? in the opening you described the symptoms. it is both physical, you can see somebody looking tired, someone's heads down,

disengaged. you can also heed it in the tone of their voice. less enthusiastic, more cynical. and they canjust be enthusiastic, more cynical. and they can just be physically enthusiastic, more cynical. and they canjust be physically exhausted, much like the title, burn out. you can see it as well as a unit in the way that they talk and in productivity. you go into companies and you talk about burn—out. productivity. you go into companies and you talk about burn-out. do they think it is real? yes. many of the companies that i work with, the reason why they hire myself and my colleagues is exactly because they are seeing this phenomenon happening with their high performers. they wa nt with their high performers. they want to try to intervene and provide services that will help people prevent burn—out. services that will help people prevent burn-out. as it'sjust synonymous with working too many hours and not taking enough vacation? is that what burn—out comes from? that is a big piece of its but there are a lot of spokes that come off that, if somebody is working long hours they are probably

not getting enough sleep, that is a huge factor in burn—out. they are probably not spending enough time with the people that are important to them. they are not having fun and doing the things that are pleasurable or satisfying for them in their lives. there are multiple factors that go along with working these long hours because it means you are not doing something else thatis you are not doing something else that is potentially going to be very good for you. there are some areas of the world that are more prone to burn out than others? there are. the us is one of those top areas because we tend to bypass our holidays, we do not take vacations. that is in large part because of the way that the work culture is, it is setup so that even if you take that needed vacation, that time to recharge, your work environment is not set up to support you, so by the time you get back, you have twice as much an of work. yes, those places where work is so emphasised that rest and

recovery play second fiddle, you tend to see more burn—out.” recovery play second fiddle, you tend to see more burn-out. i am worried because when we were looking for a case for our programme today, you were answering your e—mails, and you were answering your e—mails, and you are on holiday. surely the solution to burn—out is to turn the phone off? the irony is not lost on us, trust me. it is true, because for many people, the two of us included, if we turn off our e—mail and things like that, when we get back there is a mountain of work to do, there are things we have got behind on, it increases the stress. a lot of times workplaces are not set up, or people have their own internal expectations about the amount of work that they need to do, even amount of work that they need to do, even when they are on vacation. again there are some extra expectations from the employer, there are also internal expectations that we need to take into account and address on our own individually. do you think that phones and access to information and the fact we are

co nsta ntly to information and the fact we are constantly bombarded with communication has exacerbated burn—out? i am old enough to remember going on holiday and having no a ccess remember going on holiday and having no access to e—mail and si drove 20 minutes to go and check it. now it is at my fingertips. absolutely. what it does is it gives you that portal to be connected all the time, instead of physically cutting you off, now you have to make the decision to be separated. ultimately what we are talking about is making that decision about how much you can handle in all of your life, not just work. it is something employers need to always remember, this is notjust about giving people a break, the research shows very clearly that when people are burned out, they are not as productive. having that time to recuperate, having enough time at work to be able to do the rest of their life as well, is not only good for the employee, it is good for the employer as well. thank you. go and

enjoy your holiday. turn off your phones. but thank you forjoining us. turn off the phone when you are on holiday. manage your diary better. make friends at work. you have got to me. you will be ok. the opening day of the world's oldest spelling bee contest has taken place in the us state of maryland. 11 million contestants have participated in local heats with the hope of making it to the final. we are down to the last 500 or so. the competition is in its 96th year and the winner will be crowned on thursday. let's take a look at one of the tougher challenges from day one... m- 0- m— 0—a m-o-a- m- 0- a - i...

m- o- a - i... heirloom. each- e - i. c-n m- o- a - i... heirloom. each- e - i.c-n- m- o- a - i... heirloom. each- e - i. c- n - l... good one. i was thinking, what is the point of this in the age of spell—check but apparently millions will tune into this and will tune in tomorrow for the final. there is a $50,000 cheque. and i was reading today that they do not learn the 400,000 plus words in the dictionary, those that are good at this, they learn how words are formed, therefore the greek and latin roots to the word, they learn comment suffixes, phonetics, they work out how the language works. whatever you throw at them, they can come up with the answer. yes, if you are good at crosswords, this kind of spelling bee is the kind of thing that you might

absolutely love. my daughter likes spelling bee competitions. u nfortu nately spelling bee competitions. unfortunately none of my children have ever won anything in the spelling bee, that is because i am so bad at spilling that i cannot help you with it. but they are curiously fun to watch. i will see you again tomorrow. we are going to see further changes in our weather over the next few days. rain neverfar in our weather over the next few days. rain never far away in our weather over the next few days. rain neverfar away from in our weather over the next few days. rain never far away from the north—west of the country but northerly winds have kept things cool are the last few days. looking ahead, looking at the atlantic flexing its muscles, bringing as milderair flexing its muscles, bringing as milder air for flexing its muscles, bringing as milder airfor most parts of flexing its muscles, bringing as milder air for most parts of the flexing its muscles, bringing as milder airfor most parts of the uk. that change has been taking place over the last 24 hours with this area of cloud pushing its way steadily eastwards across the country. although that morning started off with some lovely sunshine across much of the country, for example here in north yorkshire, the day finished off with much cloudy skies. the skies threatened rain and drizzle. 0vernight tonight

we have got more rain to come. the rain quite heavy at times for western scotland. 0therwise rain will be restricted to western coasts and hills later in the night. it will be cloudy, as the wind picks up there will be milder air. quite a contrast for the far north of scotland. there will be cooler air hanging on. it is in shetland we will have the sunniest weather on thursday. sunny but chilly. elsewhere it is a cloudy start to the day. patches of morning rain particularly around western coasts and hills. through the afternoon more general rain spreads it. that will be heavy at times for northern ireland, north—west england, moving into scotland. to the south of this if the cloud speaks it might feel more humid. temperatures up to 24 celsius with a few sunny spells. friday again it is the north—west of the country that will see wet weather. rain particularly heavy for the western of scotland. you could see large paddles building up on the

roads here. the south largely dry, cloud breaking, sunny spells. in the sunshine feeling warm. the peak of the heat of the next few days will be on saturday. we could see temperatures climb all the way up to 27 celsius underneath sunny skies across the east of the uk. further west, that's where the front is with us, the weather will be cloudy, those fans are expected to weaken, any rain turning patchy. this looks favourable compared to the heat across the continent. that will also be warming up for the time this weekend.

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