this is that every news life from berlin legal jeopardy president trumps former lawyer and confidant is said to have damaging information about russian meddling in the twenty sixteen elections but after implicating trump in campaign finance violations michael cohen is said to be ready to talk about a supposed russian conspiracy and former campaign manager paul not afford this convicted of financial crimes what will these stunning legal developments mean for the white house also coming up desperation along one of europe's most heavily

fortified borders if you don't use goes to the spanish territory a suit out in north africa calling migrants determined to get across and a new satellite that will be a giant leap forward in forecasting the world whether. you're. a little rock thanks for your company everyone. donald trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen has information of interest to the special counsel handling the rusher probe that's at least according to cohen's lawyer he says that information could include testimony that trump knew about russian meddling in the twenty sixteen elections something trump has always denied and she used a kohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations at the same time former campaign manager paul man afore it was convicted of financial crimes by

a jury in virginia. to donald trump's critics the verdict is clear guilty as two of his former aides face judicial scrutiny activists lit up the entrance of trump international hotel in washington tuesday spelled double trouble for the u.s. president two of his ex advisors could be facing lengthy prison sentences the first michael cohen passed in a lawyer and close friend he pled guilty to a range of charges including campaign finance violations under oath the man who once said he would take a bullet for donald trump so he paid hush money to donald trump's alleged mistresses including stormy daniels he said he acted at the direction of whom he referred to as the candidate widely understood to be donald trump. he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the two thousand and sixteen campaign and to the candidate in the

campaign. according to the deputy u.s. attorney co and then try to get reimbursed for the payments using phony invoices. and minutes later a second court case to live a drama mr trump's woman complain manager paul manifold was convicted on eight counts of financial crimes manifolds trial as the first team match from special counsel robert mina's investigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election on his way to a companion rally investor ginia trump had this to say about the manifold case i feel very sad about that. because it is probably me but i still feel you know it's a very sad thing to have. nothing to do with russia and believe he started his russian killing you this is really nothing to do and so which shows that it is great i. really go to the most ardent from supporters night the cold case appeared to matter you know i think our day our

break up that. we don't like. fake loser the russia or china we got a whole big company i don't know trans crowd continues to cheer him on i thought let's get you more on the fallout washington correspondent alexander fought nama joins us now i'll examine how big of a political risk or legal threat do these convictions pose for president doll chop . when you look at what's michael cohen said yesterday in the courtroom how he implicate to the president and in the plots to illegally influence the election then you would seem that the president is a deep trouble legal trouble however we have to say that most experts here in washington d.c. argue that a sitting president cannot be indicted for

a crime and that has never happened before so it seems that president could travel face political consequences or a punishment on the political truck and here we are talking about a possible impeachment however at the moment there are no loud voices saying that and they pietschmann process should be started but the topic is definitely going to be on the ballot in the midterm elections in the. let's turn our focus now to mr michael coing president trump ripped his former go to man accusing him of making up stories to get a deal i believe we have a tweet that we can pull up to show you exactly what he said he tweeted i'm michael cohen pled guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime president obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled. alexander does

she have a point because mr cohen is in dire straits and he hasn't always been very truthful here. that's true and it's really seems to be the main defense line of trump's lawyer to say that cohen is a liar and they're referring to contradictory statements made by trump's former personal attorney in the past however we have to say that it was a different situation yesterday in the court in the courtroom that michael cohen was answering the judge's questions. and that he apparently provided evidence there are trends there are apparently tepid conversations with the president so at the moment indeed we don't have any indication to believe that he is lying alexander how is all of this playing out in the u.s. . when we talk to critics there are convinced that

it could prove to be the most consequential day or time of trump's presidency and presidency that is in deep crisis however we have to say that lawyers his advisers and many republicans are convinced that cohen is lying and lying that there is no wrongdoing by the president some even are convinced that the president can turn these events to his advantage by reinforcing his supporters you that he's under siege and we saw yesterday during this really in charleston west virginia were some supporters are already talking about a new smear campaign washing correspondent for nominal porting think you're. i'd like to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. of gun the of gun government has announced it will not send a delegation to moscow for

a russian book or peace conference with the taliban next month a spokesman for the afghan government told the news that it would only take part in talks initiated by itself the u.s. has also canceled its participation in the regional peace conference. hundreds of elderly koreans have said emotional goodbyes to relatives at the end of a rare wee union for families separated by the korean war the south koreans are heading home after a three day visit to the north the first reunion to take place in years. zimbabwe's top court has been hearing arguments in a legal challenge to the results of last month's historic election lawyers for opposition leader nelson camisa have claimed that votes were double counted to give president emerson god what a narrow victory the court has to decide if the results are valid and a ruling is expected on friday. in recent months

italy has tightened its border controls while now spain has become the main destination for african migrants trying to reach europe at one entry point in spain so the north african enclave of ceuta hundreds of migrants have stormed fences in a bid to enter european territory at least one hundred fifty people managed to cross in a bid to hinder more than tandem or from entering the territory authorities have erected a six metre high fence along the eight kilometer long border with morocco but for those who make it through it's still no guarantee the of an easy passage to a new life over south it follows a group intent on making it to europe whatever it takes. and his friends have to make their way to the high don't carefully it's in the mountains near the border with. the police. and destroy their camp.

the group has thousands of kilometers behind them just a few hundred metres separate them from europe. and. they are from his attempts to storm the border for. dead my mother has nothing not even food i'm the oldest son and i want to try and make some money to help my mother that's why i left. i have been travelling for two years since leaving. others all hoping to make the journey from morocco to europe. the fence is here to stop them it's eight kilometers long and fitted with razor sharp wire along with the territory of this is the only other border in africa on the other side is a crew sato from the spanish guardian it's his job to secure the border but lately

that hasn't always been possible. over six hundred migrants managed to storm the fence at the end of july the police are helpless and talk of unprecedented levels of violence makeshift flame throwers quicklime and grappling hooks other migrants weapons of choice that i am we are going to they were very well prepared and organized. but what's more they were so violent that we could not get to the fence . i mean they threw acid at us and did all they could to prevent us from closing the holes that they had cut into the fans. in morocco's mountains moosa and his friends are already preparing their next attempt they're tired of the brutality at the hands of the moroccan police they only find food at a nearby rubbish dump a soft drink a cucumber

a moldy potato life here is unbearable. morocco is teeming with police offices. all of my friends are left guinea with me made it to syria. what am i supposed to do here i'll stay here until i can get and . their sense of desperation is what drives them. and his friends it's euro or nothing. after sixteen years of intensive planning testing and construction a new satellite is about to be launched that will be a giant leap forward for weather forecasting the satellites eolus named after the keeper of the winds of ancient greek mythology is scheduled to be sent into orbit shortly from the european space agency south american center in french.

b.o.'s will be the first satellite to directly measure the earth's winds at all altitudes. when currents play a major role in distributing heat around the planet. the current send the rotation of the earth greatly affect weather patterns and they're part of what makes the blue planet habitable. the satellite is carrying what the european space agency calls one of the most sophisticated instruments ever to be put into orbit it consists of two powerful lasers a telescope and two receivers the eolus will be hoisted to an orbit of three hundred twenty kilometers. from there it will measure global winds by beaming short life pulses towards the earth some of that live will bounce off small particles like dust and droplets of water the satellite will collect and

measure the light that's reflected. until now meteorologists have only been able to piece together when dr using sources like weather balloons their regions where little data has been collected like the southern hemisphere. that's because a lot of it is covered with oceans making it difficult to measure. the illness mission aims to supply the missing data. the satellite will complete an orbit around earth every ninety minutes and deliver it started to a site in norway the aim is to improve weather forecasts worldwide. scientists also hope to gain valuable insights about the climate from the data of the satellite sends back. complex weather patterns in the equitorial pacific will be one focus in particular the so-called el nino and la nina patterns phases of a cycle that involves temperature fluctuations between the ocean and the atmosphere . they can cause droughts and crop failures and also affect the formation of

hurricanes in central and north america. scientists hope the wind measurements from the old us will help them better understand this climate phenomenon and its effects. the mission is shadow to last three years. business is that next event facility and also at the top of the hour. frankfurt to help watch international gateway to the best connections alfio road and rail. located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and try our services. be our guest at frankfurt airport managed by for.