you are watching beyond 100 days, the uk has political change at the top as borisjohnson takes over as prime minister. meanwhile, robert miller testifies before congress, saying that president trump could be charged. emma memories day on both sides of the atlantic. borisjohnson is saying the years have been wasted by not delivering brexit. we will deliver the promises of parliament to brexit, and come out of the eu on the 31st of october, no ifs or buts. as he enters downing street, places at the cabinet table are up for grabs. already, appointments have

gone to staunch brexiteers. sajid javad takes on the role of chancellor, priti patel is the new home secretary and dominic raab becomes foreign secretary. also on the programme, showdown in washington as special counsel robert mueller has to clarify his report on russian meddling. did you totally exonerated president? no. but still, no obstruction tweets president trump, calling ita no obstruction tweets president trump, calling it a disasterfor democrats. hello and welcome, i am christian fraser and jane 0'brien is in washington. today, we have two massive stories on both sides of the atlantic, it is for exactly these days that we make beyond 100 days. borisjohnson has days that we make beyond 100 days. boris johnson has taken days that we make beyond 100 days. borisjohnson has taken over as uk prime minister and his first move was to appoint the chief architect of brexit to key roles.

and here in washington, historic hearings, democrats have been pushing special counsel robert mueller to explain why he didn't clear president trump of fixed —— obstructing justice. republicans have accused him have double legal standards. in the last hour in westminster, we have had three big appointments to the borisjohnson have had three big appointments to the boris johnson government. have had three big appointments to the borisjohnson government. sajid javad becomes the chancellor, priti patel the home secretary and dominic raab, foreign secretary. the appointments, after a huge clear out of 13 cabinet ministers. we will start here in westminster this evening and crossed to vicki young, oui’ evening and crossed to vicki young, our chief political correspondent who is in downing street for us. i know you will bring us all the news as we get it through the evening, but let's just look at those four offices of state. when you look at them, you see there are members of them, you see there are members of the vote leave in all key positions.

vicki young, can you hear me. i don't think she is with us just yet. let's have a lesson at... can you hear us? i can now, christian. we we re hear us? i can now, christian. we were sneaking up on you. at least i wasn't eating! i was going to ask you about these four officers and state, when you look at them, you see there are three members of the leave tea m see there are three members of the leave team who are in prime position. that is right. people are looking at this pretty ruthless reshuffle i think in the boris johnson has looked at the last three yea rs johnson has looked at the last three years and the difficult challenges theresa may has faced, and some of those have been because of a total breakdown in loyalty, really, and indiscipline in the cabinet, and i think he thinks he's got three months, 99 days, to try and get brexit sorted, one way or another, and to do that, he has to kneed

people around him to our loyal to him and loyal to the cause. sajid javad was on the main —— remain side of the argument. he has been seen over the years as a eurosceptic, so loyal to borisjohnson, over the years as a eurosceptic, so loyal to boris johnson, so over the years as a eurosceptic, so loyal to borisjohnson, so i don't think there is a problem there. as you say, priti patel and backroom staff have come over from the leave referendum campaign. it is getting the old team back together, because i think that is the only way they feel that they can make brexit happen, and let's face it, the only reason boris johnson happen, and let's face it, the only reason borisjohnson is here as prime minister is because brexit has not happened. they know that that is their first priority before they can move their first priority before they can m ove o nto their first priority before they can move onto anything else. their first priority before they can move onto anything elselj their first priority before they can move onto anything else. i was saying earlier, it is like the night of the long knives, there have been more sackings than harold macmillan's government, i think 13 have been cleared out in the last couple of hours? yes, some of them

had been surprising, the most surprising was penny mordaunt, the defence secretary, quite a fanfare a couple of months ago when she came in as the first female defence secretary in this country, and yet, she hasn't been offered anotherjob. i thought when i heard it that she had been offered something she didn't want, but that hasn't happened, she has been sacked. she has backed jeremy hunt, as did liam fox, i'm not sure if that was the reason. she did also vote for theresa may's deal, so that could be the reason as well. he is trying to get a unified cabinet. we have had some others, priti patel as home secretary and dominic raab as foreign secretary, and he is the most senior of the other secretaries of state, waiting to see what michael gove is going to get. he is currently still in number 10, that will be fascinating. the man, of course, who last time round pulled the rug out from underneath boris johnson, who then stood down in the leadership race, no then went on to win it. it looks like they have made up, and! win it. it looks like they have made up, and i think he knows that he

needs someone like michael gove, a fellow brexiteer, the other one as pa rt fellow brexiteer, the other one as part of the leave campaign, so i think michael gove will get a senior role, along with a lot of the staff that worked for michael gove in the past. what about everybody else? what impact will this have on boris johnson's call for unity, unifying the country, getting everybody behind his incredibly enthusiastic optimistic address? it is difficult, isn't it? if he is going down the route of preparing for a no do brexit, which is what he wants to do, because he thinks that is the best way to get a new or better deal, theresa may didn't mean it when she said no—deal is better than a bad deal, according to him. they will ramp up those preparations, which works for some people in the country, who think it is the right thing to do, it may not work for others. there is a difference between unifying his cabinet, unifying his party, because he will have problems there, look at those

who left before they were sacked today, including the former chancellor, philip hammond. they will sit there quietly while boris johnson... i'm just will sit there quietly while boris johnson... i'mjust going will sit there quietly while boris johnson... i'm just going to interrupt you because dominic raab is speaking. in any event, we must get some finality to this brexit process and once we have done that, we can unite the government and country around the aspiration priority is that the prime minister set out on the steps of downing street. thank you all very much. there, you hear from street. thank you all very much. there, you hearfrom the foreign secretary, dominic raab, apologies to vicky young to be cut into, but it is one of those evenings. it is coming thick and fast tonight and we will try and keep you across it. in his first address as the new prime minister, borisjohnson his first address as the new prime minister, boris johnson pledged his first address as the new prime minister, borisjohnson pledged to deliver brexit. i have every confidence that in 99 days' time, we will have cracked it, but do you know what? we will not wait 99 days,

because the british people have had enough of waiting. the time has come to act, to take decisions, to give strong leadership and to change this country for the better. boris johnson speaking earlier in downing street. i am now johnson speaking earlier in downing street. iam nowjoined by johnson speaking earlier in downing street. i am nowjoined by the conservative mp who served from 2017 in the treasury, and then a housing department. thank you for coming, chris. when you look at the appointments today, there is a deliberate move to clear out the old cabinet and put in place, i presume, people who are signed up to the mission. yes, i was a pbs, by the way, not a minister. clearly there isa way, not a minister. clearly there is a lot of change going on today i'm borisjohnson is a lot of change going on today i'm boris johnson is is a lot of change going on today i'm borisjohnson is trying to build his own team to signal an energetic, positive and optimistic new start. —— i was positive and optimistic new start. ——iwasa positive and optimistic new start. —— i was a pps. i think the appointments he has made her signal that. we have heard over the last 24

hours, this was an ambition he had for over two decades, but you really don't know what type of prime minister you will be until you walk through the door, do you? we know a couple of things about boris johnson, that he is determined to deliver brexit, he has been categorically clear about that, during the referendum campaign and subsequently. the second thing we know about boris johnson, from subsequently. the second thing we know about borisjohnson, from his time as the mayor of london, and other times, is that he is someone who will try and govern in the interests of the whole country. he believes in a one nation vision, uniting the whole country, and i think he will try and do that. besides talking about brexit on the steps of downing street, he also talked about doing some things domestically, hiring another 20,000 police officers, giving more money to schools and sorting out the problems with social care. besides having a clear exit agenda, he has good ideas on the domestic front as well. one of the fascinating

appointments today is dominic cummings, he was the ringmaster of leave, behind the scenes, he came to prominence in the channel four film about brexit, played by benedict cumberbatch. the feeling is he is a divisive character and there will be some on the remain side of the party who will not like to see him in the background. i don't know him personally, he is a dynamic figure, but are times where we have an ominous national challenges ahead of us, -- ominous national challenges ahead of us, —— enormous national charges, there are people from all backgrounds and personalities. dominic cummings did a successful job in the leave campaign, against all the expectations, he won that and was a key part of the team who won the referendum along with boris and michael gove and others. i would see why he would want him as part of the team. he doesn't have much patience with the erg, does he? the eurosceptics. sancho nikki has used

some colourful language, the conservative party is a broad church and we need to stick together, there should be room for all of these views on government to stop and that includes dominic cummings. thank you very much for that, chris. there has been quite a lot going on today, jane, and as we said earlier in the programme, this is the queen ‘s 14th in the programme, this is the queen ‘s14th prime minister. it is a well choreographed routine, but! ‘s14th prime minister. it is a well choreographed routine, but i was thinking earlier how brutal it is that you get the prime minister theresa may going on for half an hour with the queen and dries out in an ordinary carand hour with the queen and dries out in an ordinary car and went back to her constituency, and then within a few minutes, borisjohnson rolls in and ta kes all of minutes, borisjohnson rolls in and takes all of the trappings of state with him. i don't know if we have a picture of him meeting the queen, but it shows you... do we have that picture? no, we don't. iwas but it shows you... do we have that picture? no, we don't. i was going to show you the picture of boris johnson looking very humble in her presence, and he had streamed many

times of this position that he has adopted today, but i thought, rather an ambitious speech as well. there you go, there is the photo. i also thought about this, do you see this? i'm sweltering on the stage, but the queen has her dyson. she is obviously a very well organised in the heat. a little hot on the colour perhaps for boris johnson, the heat. a little hot on the colour perhaps for borisjohnson, but now he is back in downing street with the business of those appointments. and what about across the atlantic? it isa and what about across the atlantic? it is a huge day here, we have major drama, the major blockbuster event of the day with the testimony of former special counsel robert mueller. he was called before congress to discuss the findings of his report on russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. but the questions focused on the axioms of president trump and his

campaign. —— actions. robert mueller didn't expand much in his report, but here area expand much in his report, but here are a few of the exchanges from both sides. a the report did not conclude that he did not commit obstruction of justice. is that that he did not commit obstruction ofjustice. is that correct? that is correct. and what about total exoneration? did you totally exonerated president? no. could you charge the present with a crime after he left office? yes. you believe that you could charge him with obstruction ofjustice after he left office ? with obstruction ofjustice after he left office? yes. we can cross now to the bbc‘s laura who has been following events on capitol hill for us. one of the key questions for mr robert mueller was to explain his decision not to either charge or exonerate the president. did we get any additional clarity on that? now,

we didn't, and in fact, robert mueller had to actually clarify this afternoon at the start of the intelligence committee session, because he had confused people seeming to suggest that it was because of a legal opinion that you cannot indict a sitting president, that he didn't indict the president, and he would have done so if it were not for that legal opinion, but he clarified that and said they couldn't reach a determination on obstruction of justice, couldn't reach a determination on obstruction ofjustice, clear as mud, i know. robert mueller has been giving a series of 1—word answers, he said my report was my testimony before coming onto capitol hill. at the last count, 112 times he gave 1—word answers. and here he is paying to be to his report. 1—word answers. and here he is paying to be to his reportm 1—word answers. and here he is paying to be to his report. it is in the report. i refer you to the report for that i refer to the report for that i refer to the report on that. i am going to leave it as it appears in the airport —— appears in the report. that is accurate from the report. i will send you read the report for where thatis send you read the report for where

that is stated. i refer you to our dissertation of where that appears at the end of the report. what did you make of robert mueller‘s performance overall? he is stuck to the script, pretty much, as you pointed out. he did stick to the script. he has been a little bit halting in the morning session, i would say, this afternoon, he has firmed out and this afternoon, the intelligence committee is absolutely on fire. this morning, we had a lot of back—and—forth about obstruction of back—and—forth about obstruction of justice and of back—and—forth about obstruction ofjustice and why it robert mueller didn't exonerate the president, and he didn't really tell us why he wouldn't exonerate him. but what we have this afternoon is bare knuckles staff with the republicans and democrats going at each other via robert mueller over links between the trap campaign and russia. the chair of the intelligence committee has said the robert mueller report isa has said the robert mueller report is a story of lies by the trump campaign, lies about the money and contact with russia. meanwhile, the republicans are saying it is a biased probe. it is really heated up in the last hour.

right at the outset he said he had not cleared the president, he was not cleared the president, he was not excavated he said. then he was asked by a republican in the committee about these attractions of justice. 11 instances of potential obstruction and he was asked whether the president could be prosecuted once he had left office. what did he say about that? well, he said that he could and again he was just asked to clarify that. for federal crimes asa to clarify that. for federal crimes as a statute of limitation of five yea rs as a statute of limitation of five years normally. we would be talking here about a federal crime, obstruction of justice. here about a federal crime, obstruction ofjustice. so, if donald trump were two in second term, then he could not be sued for obstruction of justice term, then he could not be sued for obstruction ofjustice you might assume. because of the five year statute of limitations. but robert mueller would not be drawn on that, he would not come to a definitive conclusion. this has come up in another setting, as well. another

man went to jail for... donald trump was implicated in that climate is not been indicted. again, that five year statute of limitations for this kind of crimes, too. it seems that kind of crimes, too. it seems that kind of crimes, too. it seems that kind of question if donald trump is running againstjail, kind of question if donald trump is running against jail, that kind of question if donald trump is running againstjail, that seems to be the questionnaire setting. let us check with the former adviser to george w bush. the one standout moment for me today was itchy and a with the californian congresswoman zoe, who was asked whether the russian government had perceived it would benefit from one of the candidates winning. mr miller said yes and eventually asked which candid but sp? robert miller said it would be trump that would benefit. for me, that really goes to the crux of it. that is why he does not want to talk about the russian investigation, undermines his victory. good evening. ithink

investigation, undermines his victory. good evening. i think that is 100%. the president has been very clear that the things that has been a hoax and disaster. it has been inflicted upon him. this morning was on the president send out several tweets in anticipation of robert mueller's test amazing that it was showboating and it was a witchhunt by the democrats was but he never actually talks about the substance of what was in the special council's report, which i think the president, we have said this many times, it is often his worst enemy when he is on twitter. he did not pay himself any favours in advance of this testimony. having said that, i did not get the impression and i have been trying to watch two stories today across the atlantic, i did not get the impression that it has made the needle any for the democrats. no, in fact, i must say it has made the needle in the wrong direction for democrats. they wanted to have the special council come in, the former marine looking very taciturn and stern and somehow imply the

president of the united states committed crimes. what results morning testimony was and often altering special council, somebody he did not seem to understand what's in his report. i guarantee you are a lot of democrats starting with the committee chairman saying it's, we made a mistake by bringing up the former special counsel. you are all busy not impress without democrats got out of this, but exactly did they republics gain? some of their questions seem to be trying to undermine the special prosecutor himself. was that a good tactic? i think it was, i think what the republicans tried to get out of this was looking at the genesis of this investigation. why did this come to be in the first place, how is it that after two years and after several million dollars, somerset 35 $9, we essentially have more questions that are being asked then we have answers for? i think the republicans were very capable of going on that land defence. so in as

long running line, do think this was a season finale i was there much come? i think this was a seasoned analysis i do not see anything based on the testimony we heart this morning or monitoring this afternoon that there will be a big smoking gun there. all of a sudden we will say oh, there is a new legal that we have not examined that we should that relate to the president because my culpability. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. let us bring in the constitutional law professor at george washington university. jonathan, thank you forjoining us. a momentous day today. what was the most significant thing to emerge for you? well, the special counsel did say and confirm that the lies that we re say and confirm that the lies that were given to the special counsel certainly did hinder his investigation. he also expressly said that the president was not exonerated of obstruction. those we re exonerated of obstruction. those were obviously take away is the democrats were like, but for the

most part, this hearing has not done at the democrats had hoped it would do. this was, at times it seemed like a passionate conversation with an answering machine. you would have all of these members giving these long coats from reports and getting monosyllabic responses. that is really not going to do what they need to do. it is not going to transform opinion. also, the special counsel himself at times exhibit befuddled and did not seem to follow questions very well. that certainly did not help either robert mueller or the committee. the report lays out what the special counsel considered what he found. don't democrats already have enough to impeach? should they make that decision without having to hear from robert mueller himself? well, that was the bizarre disconnect. all of these committee members said as a

monitor or hashed eye, nobody is above the law. they all said there is clear evidence of clear crimes and that just leaves is clear evidence of clear crimes and thatjust leaves the public, sort of, confused. you are the body that can impeach the president of the united states, why don't you? it is the committee, thejudiciary committee can simply impeach, you know, move an impeachment article. if they do not want to do that. so, there is this disconnect between what these committee members are saying and what their party are saying and what their party are saying and what they're actually doing, which is nothing. jonathan, just want to break in there and tell our viewers that ben wallace has been confirmed as the secretary of state for defence here in westminster. penny mordaunt, of course, he was a brexiteer, she was sacked earlier today a job she very much liked. that was a surprise announcement, then wallace has replaced a secretary of state. michael gove who was in downing

street, we are waiting for an announcement. we hear he is won't to be chancellor of the duchy of. no word yet on whether he would be the deputy minister, but clearly very much, in fact, deputy minister, but clearly very much, infact, i deputy minister, but clearly very much, in fact, i am deputy minister, but clearly very much, infact, iam hearing he is not the deputy prime minister, but clearly involves in his cabinet discussions. very sorry to break in on the discussion, just wanted to bring that news. where does the member who brought the articles forward stand ? member who brought the articles forward stand? there is no evidence at the democratic leadership has ever intended to impeach donald trump. time and time again interested in the path of that. the rumour is that house judiciary committee chairman now would support impeachment, but we just had an impeachment, but we just had an impeachment vote which went down in

flames. it was overwhelmingly rejected by both democrats and republicans. it was opposed by the democratic leadership. so, the general view is that the democrats wa nt general view is that the democrats want to keep investigating trump, but the lassie may want to remove trump before 2020. so, jonathan, where does this leave everybody? assist alas we're going to hear about the russian probe?” assist alas we're going to hear about the russian probe? i do not think so, the investigations will continue. the democrats do not want to be accused of switch. they say they wanted him impeached and i promise to continue investigations. so, they are going to do that, it is just their position today seems a very order. they kept on talking about themselves like they were pedestrians looking at this. saying why is this guy getting away with it? many of us think, well, you are the committee that is supposed to do something about it. so, i think this disconnect will get wider and wider and in the meantime, polls are

showing that the public is against impeachment and the democrats have not succeeded in shifting that in favour of impeachment. always good to hear your thoughts, thank you for being with us. there was always a dangerfor the being with us. there was always a danger for the democrats that they we re danger for the democrats that they were against expectation, they belted up so much. who knows, in this new cycle in washington things move so quickly that by tomorrow we might even have forgotten about all of that. i suspect a lot of people have already forgotten about robert miller. if they even should into this, because asjonathan was saying the polls are showing that most people have moved on from the russia probe. they want to learn about a lot of other things that are going on. that is the situation over there. plenty more to come from here in westminster. we are bringing up—to—date with all the appointments we now have. this is beyond 100 days, from the bbc. coming up for the years, we will be following all of the key appointments as they are made by the uk's new prime minister

borisjohnson. plus, made by the uk's new prime minister boris johnson. plus, some announcements on exactly what we learnt today. more of that from washington, what did we get from robert mueller as he testified to congress? stay with us. it is another hot day for many of us today. the peak of the heat is expected tomorrow. it could be a record—breaking day, the possibility of breaking the all—time temperature record here in the uk. the heat today, that is more across central and easter parts of england. even here, tempt is not quite as high as they were yesterday. 34 degrees quite likely in essex. a bit of high cloud around, but if a breeze, as well. noticeable with all the cloud in northern ireland, where we have already had the peak of the heat. 0ne already had the peak of the heat. one or two showers left scotland and northern ireland for a while. more cloud and the freshening breeze coming back towards northern ireland overnight. in the right, a fairly quiet night for no storms, dry and

clear. so we weren't humid, still a difficult night for sleeping. particular towards the south—east of the uk where temperatures will be no and 16 or17 the uk where temperatures will be no and 16 or 17 degrees. tomorrow we're going to find this record—breaking heat heading our way. it has been very hot, record—breaking temperatures across continental europe. very dry with a very short sea track, the heat for this out is that the uk. that breeze bring in more cloud, maybe one or two showers per northern ireland. could pick up one or two storms across north midlands and wales. 0n the whole, dry and sunny. not quite as hot for the rest across the uk. you can see how that heat builds through the day. we have got this deep red colour centred model with eastern parts of england. this is where we are going to find a easily getting into the mid 30s. 38 possible, maybe even 39 degrees around the london area and towards kent, as well. that's will back the all—time tempter record. that is the peak of the heat and into that heat we have

got some potentialfor the heat and into that heat we have got some potential for summer storms during thursday night. particular for the northern half of the uk. they could be somewhere heading their way to east anglia and the south—east. the pfizer, feis coming in from the west. temperatures will be dropping and most places will be dry. changing where as coming from, instead of drawing and heat from the continent, bringing something in slightly fresher from the atlantic. that's where the front is crucial. it is going to pep up as it moves into the remaining heat across it in parts of england and brings rain. that rain could still be around into the weekend.

this is beyond 100 days, i'mjane 0'brien in washington, christian fraser is in london. 0ur fraser is in london. our top stories, the uk has a new prime minister, boris johnson our top stories, the uk has a new prime minister, borisjohnson is in downing street and promises to deliver where his predecessor failed. we will fulfil the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the eu on the 31st of october, no ifs or buts. boris johnson makes his first move, sajid javid takes on the role of chancellor, priti patel is the new home secretary and dominic raab becomes foreign secretary. and coming up in the next half an hour, robert mueller reject president

trump a's claim that he was totally exonerated by the report into russian election meddling. but mr trump insists there was no obstruction, calling the hearing is a disaster for the democrats obstruction, calling the hearing is a disasterfor the democrats and robert mueller. borisjohnson has boris johnson has taken borisjohnson has taken office as the prime minister of the uk, pledging that he will complete brexit within the 99 days he has until the 31st of october deadline. borisjohnson said he would forge a better deal with what he called our european friends. as the new prime minister, he has wasted no time in forming a new government that is strongly pro—brexit. sajid javid becomes the first asian chancellor of the exchequer, the former brexit secretary dominic raab is now the new foreign secretary, replacing jeremy hunt. priti patel returns to the government as home secretary, boris johnson's the government as home secretary, borisjohnson's former the government as home secretary, boris johnson's former conservative leadership rival, michael gove,

becomes cabinet office minister, stephen barclay will continue negotiations with the eu, remaining in his role as brexit secretary, and in the last few minutes, we have heard that ben wallace, a close ally of borisjohnson, heard that ben wallace, a close ally of boris johnson, replaces heard that ben wallace, a close ally of borisjohnson, replaces penny mordaunt as defence secretary. lots of ins and outs today. if you want to keep up with what is going on, have a look at the bbc website, or the appointments and moves that borisjohnson has the appointments and moves that boris johnson has made the appointments and moves that borisjohnson has made in his first few hours in office are on there. a flurry of activity, but let's turn back now to the robert mueller testimony. democratic congresswoman madelyn dena sits on the house judiciary committee and is among the lawmakers who question the former special counsel today. she joins us now from capitol hill. thank you for joining us. the white house has described these hearings as an epic embarrassment for democrats. what do you think you got out of them? let me start by saying it is an

important day for you, and i wish only the best for the uk and your new prime minister. of course, the white house's statement is without credibility. this was a very important day, not for democrats or republicans, but for the american people. we had the opportunity to have director robert mueller, a man of integrity and wearability, come before our committee and layout to the facts and evidence and the wrongdoing that is uncovered in the 448 page report he submitted to the attorney general. —— integrity and credibility. did he do that? even in your questions, he didn't expand on anything that was in the report already. i knew that going on, and that didn't trouble me at all. in terms of my examination you saw, mine was after the delivery of the report and the investigation. i was concerned about something that robert mueller had written directly toa bar robert mueller had written directly to a bar about public confusion. he wrote a letter specifically saying

there is public infusion as a result of what the attorney general did in disseminating information about the wrongdoing that is detailed in volumes one and two. i was not worried that he would not go beyond the description of the report, i wa nted the description of the report, i wanted to get on the record his exact worry, which is that there was public infusion and continues to be so, that is why we wanted robert mueller n, he has integrity and credibility, and through him, we we re credibility, and through him, we were able to bring his testimony and report to life. the wrongdoing by russia, its systematic interference with our 2016 election, extraordinary wrongdoing, that should concern every american, to quote robert mueller. the 126 contacts quote robert mueller. the 126 co nta cts by quote robert mueller. the 126 contacts by the trump campaign with russia. imagine that, not a single phone call to law enforcement to say there might be something wrong here. we are working next to russia, who is interfering with a selection to our benefit, and of course, very

importantly, volume two, and the mountains of obstruction ofjustice evidence against this president. mountains of obstruction ofjustice evidence against this presidentm has been mentioned many times before that robert mueller didn't come to a conclusion, he has wandered to congress and it is up to you to make the case for impeachment. if you are going to write an impeachment case tonight, what would you say are the grounds for that impeachment? well, extraordinary lawlessness of breaking the rule of law. robert mueller today, one of the impressive things he said was the importance of anti—gravity of the charge of obstruction of justice. —— anti—gravity of the charge of obstruction ofjustice. —— and the gravity. that is not a light criminal charge, and he said that he couldn't do that to a sitting president full stop he was asked if he could charge after he is no longer president and he said yes. what i wanted was for the american people to see the gravity of the wrongdoing. by russia, a campaign,

and once the president has understood he is under investigation, the multiple insta nces investigation, the multiple instances where he tried to obstruct justice, he tried to use others both inside his administration and private citizens, to carry out his abuse of power, the attempt of obstruction of justice. abuse of power, the attempt of obstruction ofjustice. these are very serious crimes by this administration. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. now, christian, we have been covering the moves that boris johnson is making, but let's keep in mind he has carried out one of the biggest cabinet clear outs in modern political history. indeed he has. we have been told that liz truss has been appointed as uk trade minister, filling one of the 14 ministerial posts that were made vacant, she has taken over from liam fox, who was sacked a little earlier today. let's look at some of these appointments, to remind you. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt,

left the government after nine yea rs, left the government after nine years, despite being offered another cabinet role by borisjohnson, that went on long into the evening. penny mordaunt, the defence secretary, who backed jeremy hunt for the leadership, is leaving after only two months in the role. she backed jeremy hunt, and anotherjeremy hunt supporter, liam fox, he is heading to the backbenches. and chris grayling, the transport secretary, has resigned from the cabinet. the business secretary, greg clark, who is in opposition to a no—deal brexit has been sacked. and theresa may's from a defective secretary, david liddington, gave his noticing after the former prime minister resigned. james brokenshire, who backed boris johnson, he was one of the first to back him, he announced on twitter that he will be leaving the government, this follows the earlier resignation today of the chancellor,

philip hammond and thejustice secretary, david gauke, and international department secretary, rory stewart, all of them deeply opposed to a no—deal brexit. let's bring injack blanchard from politico, who will be busy at it tonight, pulling all the strands together. you love days like this, don't you? as a political journalist, you take the reality out of it and it is so much fun to watch the drama of it unfolding. how many days have we had like this over the last few years? politics feels like a roller—coaster since 2016 and it is happening again today. politicians ultimate career is being added, then appearing as senior members of the cabinet never would have dreamt coming back. theresa may was a city is trying to balance the cabinet, filling a for about things of the party. —— she was said yes. but he boris johnson of the party. —— she was said yes. but he borisjohnson has brought the old team back together. this was the day that leave took control of the country. boris johnson, day that leave took control of the country. borisjohnson, priti patel, michael gove, dominic raab, dominic

cummings, the man who masterminded brexit back in a senior role in government as well, this is the team that made brexit happen in 2016. they are now active finishing the job and taking over the running of the country. there are many brexiteers who would say why were they not impose three years ago? you campaigned and delivered for it, why would you push it through? now, we will find out if they can. we have said so many times, the numbers in parliament have not changed, so it doesn't matter who is in government, they still need to be able to deliver the policies he wants and get them through that place. if it is still a no—deal brexit, that will be challenging for him to do, especially now that he has sacked or allowed to leave many of the tory remain supporting mps, whose support he will need. lots of ambition and optimism from the prime minister, but i'm still not entirely clear on what the strategy is. that is the big question that we will find

a nswe rs now big question that we will find answers now in the next few weeks. 0ptimism is fine for tv and it sounds good and makes people feel good, but it will not solve this incredibly intangible problem that theresa may has been grappling with for the last three years. it feels like borisjohnson will for the last three years. it feels like boris johnson will take for the last three years. it feels like borisjohnson will take the ha rd like borisjohnson will take the hard line are now on brexit. if you look at the appointments he has made, the language he is using, the fa ct made, the language he is using, the fact that already in his speech, he chose to make the point that if it isa chose to make the point that if it is a no—deal scenario, he is putting the blame for that on the eu already. all of that tells me he is deadly serious about a no—deal as an option, in fact, deadly serious about a no—deal as an option, infact, i deadly serious about a no—deal as an option, in fact, i would say that is now the most likely option for where we are headed. thank you forjoining us. we will let you go off and pull it altogether. i should say, jane, we will have two rabbit days of moments, because parliament is going on moments, because parliament is going o n recess moments, because parliament is going on recess tomorrow night. —— two rapid days. he has to get all this done and all the people in place as

quickly as possible. of course, then, he will be cancelling the leave of some of the people, because some of them probably had plans for the summer and now they are in key positions, particularly those who are in brexit facing departments. yes, he has a lot of deadlines coming up, hasn't he? not least the 99 day deadline until the 31st of 0ctober. 99 day deadline until the 31st of october. of course, uniting the country has become a pillar of boris johnson's campaign, and his task ahead, just how does he intend to make this happen? joining me now is ross thomson, the conservative mp, who led the campaignfor conservative mp, who led the campaign for boris johnson. conservative mp, who led the campaign for borisjohnson. good to see you. sunshine iq, too, thank you for having me. when you look at the polls, there is a muted response north of the border to boris johnson's appointment. we had him as pa rt johnson's appointment. we had him as part of the campaign, he did a hustings in paris, he had a response

from grassroots members there, and scottish party members alike to jeremy hunt but they loved boris johnson. —— he did a hustings in perth. he has an ability to connect with the scottish voters in a way most people cannot. there is something really optimistic about the ability to strengthen the union now that he is imposed and what he will do to protect scotland. now that he is imposed and what he will do to protect scotlandm now that he is imposed and what he will do to protect scotland. it is interesting that you are so positive, naturally, but when you look at ruth davidson in scotland, the conservative leader, she is a little more different. ruth backed sajid javid and voted forjeremy hunt, throughout her political career, she has been critical of borisjohnson, but career, she has been critical of boris johnson, but what is career, she has been critical of borisjohnson, but what is important now is that everyone comes and unites behind the prime minister. he isa unites behind the prime minister. he is a unionist from head to toe, he is a unionist from head to toe, he is passionate about the united kingdom and he will change some of the machinery of government. kingdom and he will change some of the machinery of governmentlj kingdom and he will change some of the machinery of government. i was going to ask you about that. what does this intend to do?” going to ask you about that. what does this intend to do? i have found in my two years as an mp that a lot

of decisions and announcement are made in whitehall and they don't often made in whitehall and they don't ofte n ta ke made in whitehall and they don't often take into account the impact often take into account the impact of the definition settlement and how these things are betrayed in scotland. by having someone who had sat up and understand the practical risks to the union in all four nations, —— who heads that up, we can make sure they are checked before any announcements are made. that can help with better policy—making here, but better delivery. it seems to me that when he makes a statement to the house tomorrow, he will escape a vote of no confidence tomorrow, but there must be a feeling within the boris johnson camp that if there isn't some movement on the strategy in the recess period, in that first week when the mps come back, that is maximum danger zone, the red zone. borisjohnson has a mandate from the membership on the selection, the selection, the basis of a proposal is that we leave on the 31st of 0ctober, come what may. i think having an unequivocal position

strengthens our plans going into any negotiation with europe, because as you have seen in the media, many in brussels thought... on that point, if you're sitting in europe and you don't like borisjohnson if you're sitting in europe and you don't like boris johnson and if you're sitting in europe and you don't like borisjohnson and you think, if we are going to give him something in the next four weeks, he will fall in september?” something in the next four weeks, he will fall in september? i think this will fall in september? i think this will be a wake—up call to brussels that they got everything they wanted in this deal, the uk got very little out of it. it has failed three times in the house of commons and if the eu don't want for them to be a departure on no—deal terms, they will have to come to an arrangement with borisjohnson. will have to come to an arrangement with boris johnson. he will have to come to an arrangement with borisjohnson. he talked about the different approach he will take, we will not give them £39 billion before we see a trade deal, so it will be different. the thank you for joining us. you have already mentioned how brutal and fast the transition of power has been, the change in prime minister today took a less than one hour and minister today took a less than one hourand a minister today took a less than one

hour and a half. it really was brutal as that. i was saying earlier that we talk about the night of the long knives, this was really fast. within about two hours, we had 13 people out of their jobs and people who were brexiteers as well, people like penny mordaunt and liam fox, who are brexiteers and campaignfor and liam fox, who are brexiteers and campaign for brexit during the referendum, out of theirjobs. it doesn't matter if you are a brexiteers, this was a clear out of the old cabinet and income the people who are going to sign up to the mission. there was such a breakdown of cabinet responsibility that this time, everybody will have to be on the team. i am joined by chris wilkins, theresa may's, director of strategy. i'm not entirely clear at this stage what the strategy is. it is better to have one. i think the strategy is they are preparing for a general election. this is a government now

that boris johnson election. this is a government now that borisjohnson has put together, all signed up to a no—deal brexit. also, the team behind—the—scenes are all campaigners. people who ran the leave campaign. if you listen to what he said in his speech earlier, he was already preparing to blame the eu for the lack of progress in talks. the deadline is coming closer and he gets up and says it is not my fault we are out, let us have a general election. in any lack collection sense then, no—deal is a strategy, is about your saying? yes, i think that is where we are now. the underlying strategy for the whole thing is for the conservative party now to sort of reunite the right of british politics and this is what a lot of the people behind the boat leave campaign think is what they're going to do. the right is split between the conservative and brexit party, logic goes if you can reunite that coalition, put it back together, you get enough people

to any general election. and so, going into election campaign is saying that, i have tried this, but it has come back with no deal. give mea it has come back with no deal. give me a mandate and i will deliver abraxas, . .. this is all very fascinating, i was reporting last night in the 1922 committee meeting and he said it is not a priority to have a general election. what you're saying is giving the numbers in the house stacked against him, given the fight in the not revoked or have a second referendum, the only option isa second referendum, the only option is a general election. he almost had to prepare the public in the way that he is doing right now.” to prepare the public in the way that he is doing right now. i think that he is doing right now. i think thatis that he is doing right now. i think that is right. some of the narrative in his speech earlier, blaming leave for the lack of progress in talks. i think that is the logic of where we're heading. next week is likely to lose a further seat of his majority, by—election next week. it is really impossible to get anything

done. he heard that long lesser domestic policies earlier, more education spending another kind of stuff, you do not have the majority to deliver it, so what to do? it is an intriguing game. people like you have a dangerous mind. thank you very much indeed. there you go, we are being prepared for a general election. yes, cannot wait for that. this is beyond 100 days, still to come. . . this is beyond 100 days, still to come... to big stories today, robert miller and boris. whatever else borisjohnson wants to achieve as prime minster, he has to sort out brexit first. that means resolving the thorny issue of the backstop was not the guarantee to what a horrid border between northern ireland and the irish republic. emma va rdy northern ireland and the irish republic. emma vardy reports from newry. we are invited on board for a

journey pamela knows well. her family plus college permit thousands of deliveries across the border each year. but this one island is two different countries. which after brexit means we could potentially have two different sets of rules. it is the biggest problem for boris johnson when it comes to agreeing with the eu how to avoid checks on goods here. freight is the lifeblood of irish industry. it might not be any more. now boris johnson is in the driving seat, he is doing away with the border arrangements to reason they agree to. convinced he can persuade the eu to renegotiate. the ties between north and south as pa rt the ties between north and south as part of a shared memory chip of the eu have been a cornerstone of the peace process. the border now looks

nothing like it did then. boris johnson believes we can avoid a return to checks by doing a trade deal with the eu. wrapping up theresa may plasma clan of remaining bound within its bills. many brexiteers want to see technology used to avoid checks and i did the eu has rejected. a new prime minister, but all dilemmas remain. huge implications on the road ahead for the livelihoods on both parts of this island. emma vardy, bbc news. we have been following two huge stories playing out here in washington and in london. boris johnson has taken over as the prime minister in the uk and robert miller

has been testifying about his report into russian interference in washington. so, we are going to bring it all home, altogether. penny nr corresponded to stay with me in westminster and our american correspondence. i was thinking a little earlier today, when you look at what is happening on both sides of the atlantic at the moment, here you have the two men that brought this new form of politics to us in 2016 and now 20 positions. there is some symmetry in what is going on today, isn't there? absolutely. it is not just today, isn't there? absolutely. it is notjust the hair. borisjohnson has learnt from the success of donald trump. remember that boris johnson was initially sceptical of donald trump, but has become more and more admiring. because donald trump's brazen sna way, his shaping of the narrative, his ability decide

this is how the days, do not believe what you say or read, just believe what you say or read, just believe what i say. borisjohnson in a sense as doing that with conservative party members and those who voted for brexit in britain. he is saying it is going to be fine, you're not daunted, lettuces have a little bit of british live overlap and off we go. there a sense, it seems to me, in which borisjohnson has learnt from donald trump and changes the same same tactics in britain. so, could be a turning point in the uk in terms of the direction of brexit. what about a turning point on congress? we have just heard from robert miller after two and a half yea rs, robert miller after two and a half years, where did democrats go from this? well, it is tricky. you know, they got the hearings are roaming around. this afternoon's hearing a turning story of russian interference a much more compelling way than the morning hearing which

was ajudiciary way than the morning hearing which was a judiciary committee. that was all about the attraction ofjustice and the nuts and bolts of who did what and who said what. so, in much more compelling case being built this afternoon. the chair the intel committee said miller's report is built on might, that is what he said was the light of the chubb campaign are being gone through this afternoon and a much more effective way in this hearing. robert miller he was rather halting this morning has a less halting and stabbing the sapling. he has come out and said the president's description of wikileaks the president's description of wikilea ks and the the president's description of wikileaks and the way he asked the russians to ask about... he has been asked about what should be done to prevent election intervention again and these sort of weighty topics could give democrats somewhere to go. but whether it changes the calculus on impeachment, that has been a political decision and i do not think this afternoon changes that. thank you. rather, as you look at the day's events, extraordinary

events, what are your big picture thoughts? this that they revolutionary in a sense that boris johnson, just especially urges prime minister, is basically saying it is all or nothing. the people who believe in brexit are now in charge. i thought there are three really important messages that he sent a numberone, he important messages that he sent a number one, he basically did not reach out to remain at at all. he said we're going to do brexit, no its orbits. the second then, he really lay down the gauntlet with the eu. he said be a not fiddling about with any of this withdrawal agreement... if you look at his cabinet reshuffle you know he is serious. straight from leaving the european union. the third thing was the brittle, radical, use whatever additive you like reshaping of the conservative party. in that sense, he laid down the gauntlet to be mainers, to the european union and

to those in his own party. very quickly, it is not the decisions we have taken a tipping problem for business, it is the decisions we had not taken. these are people that have signed up to the mission. yes, absolutely. this gets to the nitty—gritty of brexit and that is that borisjohnson nitty—gritty of brexit and that is that boris johnson thesis and that of brexiteers like insect look, it is not gone well, because people have not believed in brexit. 0f course, the counter theory there is either as course, the counter theory there is eitherasa course, the counter theory there is either as a much gloom and doom in britain is because people have lived up britain is because people have lived up set and thought oh my goodness, this excited for. it looks very different to what people like boris johnson promise. thank you so much. i will have to take for a pint later in the evening, so much to discuss. neither kebe across the developing here, probably somewhere through the evening. we are keeping an ion who is going into downing street and two will no doubt be digesting what is going on over there. that is right, still hearings carrying on. robert

mueller is on the stand, there is a lot to play here in washington. and with the in london, christian for now, for me in washington and from question, goodbye. it is another hot diver many of us today, the peak of the heat is expected tomorrow. it could be a record—breaking day, possibility of breaking the all—time temperature record here in the uk. the heat todayis record here in the uk. the heat today is more across central and eastern parts of england. even here, cabbages are not quite as high as they were yesterday. quite likely in essex for 34 degrees. high cloud around any bit of a breeze to stop noticeable with all the clouds coming into northern ireland, where we have already had the peak of the heat. 0ne we have already had the peak of the heat. one or two showers left scotla nd heat. one or two showers left scotland and northern ireland for a while. more cloud at a freshening breeze coming back towards northern ireland overnight. 0therwise, breeze coming back towards northern ireland overnight. otherwise, a fairly quiet night. no storms,

should be dry and clear. the study weren't humid, still a difficult night for sleeping. particular towards the south—east of the uk. tomorrow we will find this record—breaking heat heading our way, it has been very hot. record—breaking attempt across continental europe. very giant with a very short sea track, the heat is focused more towards the south—east of the uk. that breeze bring in more cloud, maybe one or two showers for northern ireland. we could pick up one or two showers lighter on any day. on the whole, it is dry, it will be sunny and not quite as hot further west across the uk. you can see how that he'd build through the day. those deep red colour is centred more towards easter parts of england. this is where we will find a temperature is easily getting into the mid—30s. 38 possible, maybe even 39 degrees around the london area and towards kent as well. that'll break the all—time temperature record. that is the peak of the heat

then, into that heat we had the potential for then, into that heat we had the potentialfor summer then, into that heat we had the potential for summer storms. particular for the northern potential for summer storms. particularfor the northern half of the uk, although there could be somewhere heading their way towards east anglia and the south—east. for friday, fresher air coming in from the west. temperatures will be dropping. most places will be dry, we are changing where our air is coming from. instead of drawing in heat from the continent, we are bringing in something slightly fresher in from the atlantic. that weather front is crucial. it is going to pep up as it moves into that remaining heat across eastern parts of england and bring some rain. that rain can still be around into the weekend.

this is the bbc news. i'm christian fraser in westminster the headlines at 2000: borisjohnson becomes the uk's new prime minister and promises that his government will work flat out to give the country the leadership it deserves. we're going to fulfil the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the eu on october the 31st, no ifs or buts. i have every confidence that in 99 days' time we will have cracked it. all change in the cabinet more than half the ministers have either been sacked or have quit foreign secretary and leadership rivaljeremy hunt is the biggest casualty. the defence secretary, penny mordaunt who backed mr hunt for the tory leadership and anotherjeremy hunt supporter the international trade secretary liam fox are among others heading to the backbenches.