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the u.s. while another top aide admits to lying to the f.b.i. so was there collusion between teams wrong and the russians also on the show looking for a legal advice in brussels a belgian lawyer confirms that he's taken on catalonia as a sax president as a client and this as a spanish prosecutors filed charges of rebellion against cattle on leaders and reelected but at what cost kenya's president kenyatta wins ninety eight percent in a repeat vote he says his victory is the will of the people despite opposition boycotts and widespread protests. by bring off it's good to have you with us we start tonight in the u.s. capital washington d. . donald trump's former campaign chief paul man of ford and his associate rick

gates are now under house arrest following their indictment in the f.b.i.'s russia investigation both women pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and money laundering today it was also revealed today that another former trump advisor george have adopted was has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his connections to russian officials donald trump meanwhile continues to deny any collusion between his campaign and russia. a trump campaign chief tons of southend to the f.b.i. . a key advisor makes a guilty plea as the russia investigation closing in on donald trump's white house . palm on a four was at trump site when the billionaire outsider accepted the republican nomination so one floor and show he is said to have one pick trump's vice president mike pence the man just behind him has also been charged flanked by his lawyer he

surrendered himself to the f.b.i. on monday the reaction was accused of acting for years as an authorized agent of the pro russian ukrainian government. for there is no evidence that mr mann of fort of the tribe campaign colluded with the russian government even so the judge placed metaphor under house arrest. the white house insists the charges are not definitive evidence of links to russia. we've been saying from day one there's been no evidence of trumped russia collusion and nothing in the indictment today changes that at all but washington was in for more surprises a special prosecutor robert miller's investigation into russian meddling in last year's election gathers pace miller's team had secured a guilty plea from former foreign policy advisor george papadopoulos seen here in a meeting with trump. and a signed indictment he admitted lying about meetings with russian government

connections offering darts on hillary clinton the white house played down his guilty plea. is nothing to do with the activities of the campaign it has to do with his failure to tell the truth that doesn't have anything to do with the campaign or the campaigns activities thoughts with papadopoulos no cooperating with f.b.i. investigators these three charges may be just the start of a new phase in the investigation. and we go now to washington to our correspondent carolyn in turmoil good evening to you carlito so what more do we know about the charges that have been levied against all manner for. hello grant ford and his associate and right hand to return gates were put under house arrest because there is seen as a flight risk because of their foreign ties and specially after they pleaded not guilty to tax crimes money laundering conspiracy and lying to the f.b.i.

money laundering is probably brant to the most serious of this charges and it could mean a potential prison sentence of up to twenty years prosecutors said manna for more than eighteen million dollars from of shore accounts and gates laundered more than three million dollars according to the indictment both money for and gates is for in a column from the u.s. government fails to disclose work for a foreign government and misrepresented activities to authorities as recently as two thousand and seventeen according to this indictment so it is important also to point out that as you can see the charges against both are so far entirely financial related but not directly related to the campaign of two thousand and sixteen yet and that is something that donald trump wanted to make sure that the world was aware of today talk to me a little bit about how the white house reacted to these indictments were burned at the beginning sara sanders the white house press secretary was

talking only about the tax reform and her remarks were really focused on the types of form bill brought in by republicans in congress and asked about the charges against metaphor and gates she said these charges have nothing to do with the president or with the term campaign or with any campaign activities during two thousand and sixteen as about double those arrests and there said his action was very limited on the campaign and that he was just a member of a volunteer advisory council. yeah listen speak up on the george have it off of this for a moment here he pleaded guilty to making false statements to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russian officials. what kind of damage could that do to the wind howls if it did is true. while we can make a comparison brand the indictment of my ford and gates focus on their work at

devising a russia friendly political party in a crane but the puppet up almost charge relates to his time working on the campaign and involved efforts to set up a meeting with russian officials so to step in italy puts more pressure on the trump white house about possible is the first person to face criminal charges that quote interactions between trump campaign associates and russian intermediaries during the presidential campaign two thousand and sixteen so he's going to play definitely a very important role in this whole investigation over washington correspondent sara lee for more on the story for us tonight a very eventful day in the u.s. capital carlina thank you very much. now here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world a french president manuel microland has signed a counter terrorism law they gives authorities sweeping powers to search homes restrict movement and shut places of worship the government says the law is needed to replace the country's two year state of emergency which expires on wednesday

it's been criticized by human rights groups for the first time in more than a month emergency food aid has reached civilians trapped by a government siege near syria's capital damascus the u.n. says it delivered enough supplies for forty thousand people in eastern court to at least three hundred fifty thousand civilians are trapped by the siege of the rebel held area. u.s. officials say u.s. special forces have captured a man suspected of playing a key role in the two thousand and twelve attack on a u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi libya the u.s. ambassador and three other americans died in that attack u.s. president donald trump says the militant will face justice in the u.s. . what's a night catalona is a sack the president is in brussels seeking legal advice a belgian lawyer confirmed tonight that he has taken on carlist as

a client it's understood that mr burrage to other and other former cabinet members left spain after prosecutors filed charges every billion against the cattle on leaders who last week declared independence. this picture of kind of less pushed him on is still hanging in the capsule in parliament but the sack president himself was nowhere to be seen here on monday it would be another dramatic day in spain the country's chief prosecutor announced charges against putsch to moan and members of his cabinet. i have filed charges for the crimes of rebellion sedition and embezzlement against the main political leaders of the cattle and regional authority who with their decisions and acts in these past years have produced an institutional crisis which culminated in a unilateral declaration of independence independent. if found guilty puts them on

could face up to thirty years in prison the prosecutor says he wants a verdict as soon as possible but he may have to try the cattlemen leader in absentia. on monday evening it was confirmed that the ousted president is in belgium there's now speculation he may apply for asylum there. a spokeswoman for pushed him on party only had this to say. well. that pushed him months pro independence party said it intends to take part in a snap regional election scheduled for december twenty first puts them on may have lost this battle but it seems he's not about to back down. and we want to pull in our correspondent charlotte. is in barcelona covering the latest developments there

for is going to mean to you charlotte what more can you tell us about the whereabouts of mr. yes we've had that confirmation from his now lawyer to say that he is indeed in brussels now that is a stunning turn of events for people here there was a long part of the day where we actually didn't know where exactly he was people were expecting him to walk into the building just behind me the regional government office to go to work today forget this is the man who on friday declared independence here in catalonia then on saturday in a statement he emphasized that he was going to push ahead with that independence and he believes he was still the man in charge now we don't know exactly what he is doing in brussels that's not yet been confirmed there have been some claims that he's possibly seeking asylum but we don't know that we do know is he is facing some extremely serious charges here in wasilla no one is i'm being rebellion which carries up to thirty years in prison that at some point or thirty she's here going

to expect him to answer to that yeah it's amazing what a difference three days can make i mean i tell you amazing the difference today is the first work day of direct rule from madrid in catalonia in barcelona where you are how has that event. yeah i mean brown there are so many twists and turns in this process sometimes a day here in catalonia can feel like three weeks of news events have happened people here on the streets that we've spoken to have had a very mixed response to the to the day's events and those who are very for independence have been absolutely devastated the ones who spoken to some didn't even want to appear on camera because they said that they were going to break down their extremely disappointed they say that they've wanted independence for years decades even friday they thought that they had it thousands were here on the streets celebrating that and now it looks like it could be crumbling there are those though who are against independence who i think a feeling a little bit of

a relief today that it looks like a situation that could have become very volatile calmed down and now all but one of the political parties here in catalonia has said that they're going to take part in elections on december twenty first so it looks like we could be proceeding as normal here in catalonia yeah let's hope some normalcy can be restored there our correspondents and i charge just until reporting from barcelona charlie as always thank you very much. nell to kenya president kenyatta has been declared the winner of last week's presidential election rerun he received more than ninety eight percent of the vote the incumbent was widely expected to win after his main opponent withdrew from the raise and called for a boycott kenya's electoral commission described the poll as free and fair despite widespread violence voter intimidation and a low turnout. i suppose as of kenya's incumbent president couldn't be happier

for the second time this year the electoral commission has announced who kenyatta as the winner of the presidential election. his victory in the first poll no this was an old because of irregularities this time kenya to receive support from ninety eight percent of the voters. with nothing more. than everybody the. only reason why. the state is. over with and. this is for the way so. and this is boring me. we trace i can imagine with the only possible choice after opposition leader milo withdrew from the rerun of the election calling it a sham. putting us at the necessary reforms were not implemented to ensure the irregularities of the first with did not hamper to rerun his ballclub resulted in

a low voter turnout less than forty percent of kenyans cast at ballots this time around as the election results were announced people took to the streets in protests like here in the opposition strongholds he soon moved. away i want to get rid of. all the parts of the capital so violent clashes between opposition supporters and the police over what tinga had his supporters to refrain from protesting with the opposition unlikely to accept the final results there are a few years of more violence the opposition now has one week to challenge the outcome. you are d w news we'll see you again at the top of the hour.