i'm fine thank god dot com. welcome back to france twenty four you're watatchig lilife comparison the delano d'souza it's nine pm in the french capital the headlines this hour. the us president rushes to the defense of his son on twitter saying donald trump juniors open transparent and innocent. this in reference to an email chain which shows he met a russian government alija during the campaign. brazil's a former president lula da silva can did of corruption a federal judge in the country sentencing him to nine and a half years behind bars. and sometime between monday and today a giant iceberg broke away from antarctica the one ton block of ice is twice the size of luxembourg .

donald trump. greatest which i political he. the u. s. president referring to revelations eldest son met with a russian governmental it during the campaign. this in a meeting intended to get dirt on hillary clinton. mr trump defended his son for being open and transparent and innocent. the latest revelations are once again distracting from the president's agenda. it also reignites questions on whether the trump campaign coordinated with moscow during the election. and now points directly to donald trump's inner circle so lost more jobs reports. did donald trump junior break the law when he met with the russian lawyer that has ties to the kremlin. legal experts are divided on the issue but for now the

thirty nine year old says he wishes he could turn back the clock. in retrospect i pry we're done things a little differently. again this is before the russian mania. before they were building it up. for me this was opposition research they had something. president trump's critics say the meeting proves his campaign was working with russia to sway the election. after the new york time said they were going to press with it donald trump junior tweeted the emails that were written to set up the meeting. and that's where the thirty nine year old may have gotten himself into legal hot water. for in the email chain the man who facilitated the meeting wrote this is obviously a very high level and sensitive information. but it's part of russia and its government support for mr trump. in response to the email trump junior wrote if it's what you say i love it especially late in summer. which means the donald trump junior agreed to meeting with someone he thought was representing a foreign government to get information that could have an affect on the u. s. selection. and that according to u. s. law could

be illegal federal statutes sam merrick ins cannot solicit contributions financial or otherwise from a foreigner in connection with the u. s. election. lawyers now look into the legal implications some see the email chain as proof of conspiracy to commit a crim. others say talking to someone is allowed under the first amendment. legally it's impossible for trump junior to be guilty of collusion. that's a political term it isn't in the criminal code but conspiracy kids and that's what robert muller is looking for. written proof that the trump campaign was or was not working with the russians. that director miller. for more on the story we can bring in arak listen in washington he's an attorney and a former u. s. state and federal prosecutor thank you very much for joining us on the program this evening. now yesterday donald trump and junior posted a four page email chain to twitter how much of a big deal is this email chain really. this is a huge deal it's impossible to overstate it

it that the a lot has been made of it. and it's still not overstating it because this gives the lie to. everything the trump administration and the president himself have said as their primary. lines of defense in the in the whole rush investigation which is that he simply and specifically had no contacts with any russian intermediaries or anybody that he thought. was a russian intermediary in here we see despite these protestation. despite the investigations despite the the senate and house investigations despite the special counsel investigation all that's been made of this in the media. this was never disclosed even though his three closest campaign advisers were involved that on top of the fact that all of them are facing potential legal liability. are creating a. vacuum of leadership and i in the white house which is either going to be filled by order. from the legislative process or.

the potentially chaos. now don't drum junior says in the meeting with the russian lawyer was actually fruitless does it even matter. no of course it doesn't matter in this is been hashed over repeatedly. one from a legal perspective it doesn't matter because at the end there's a number of the criminal statutes which are implicated here. but the one which your own correspondent just mention talks about solicitation. eh in the statute in one of the statutes and it means criminalizing even the receipt or the attempted receipt. of some of this material and more importantly aside from the legal technicalities of it it shows the intent whether it's a criminal or intense or just an intent to collaborate with a hostile foreign power. to the detriment of the public interest and the interests of the united states this is a very. confidence sapping sort of thing in the administration and eventually it's going to take its toll. on the ability administration to convince anybody and they're in sort of a neutral posture

of their good intentions on any subject. doesn't make a difference of this email chain concerns about the president's very own son and not just someone in his tea. well that's enormously complicated if we compare it to the situation with the former general michael flyn. the president was able to somewhat extricate himself from that situation by simply if reluctantly firin. in that michael flynn. he can't really do that with his own son is his son is and and that's part of the problem with. surrounding himself are so closely in his administration with the tight inner circle which is populated largely by his own family members. his son is always going to be saudis always going to be close to his son because of the way. he is structured not only the white house operations in the campaign but his hit the trump organization which she has refused to divest himself from. he is giving his son power over the trump organization and he's and he has said he's going to be talking to him regularly

getting updates. about. what's going on there and that he has a lot of confidence in what his son is doing. is so that combined with the fact that the other participating the meeting one of the other participants was his son in law. represents enormously complicated and. factors for the white house going forward now candice email chain paved the way for possible impeachment off the us president donald trump. well obviously on the democratic side that's pretty much what everybody is talking about on the republican side not too many people are that are are talking about it but. we did hear from john mccain who said this is another shoe that is dropping on the centipede in eh and it seems like the centipede is. dropping issue every day or every few days so that is one of the rare comments from the republican side of it. so clearly people are thinking of it and you would have to imagine in there some indication. that people are looking at wit what an administration led by.

mike pence the current vice president might look like down the line that doesn't mean that it will happen. but it means that we've got a confluence of legal liability here along with an inability to to competently and effectively run an executive administration. combined with a lack of credibility and at some point. the republicans may determine that there is no way forward without yielding to increasing democratic. demands for. sort of a ever a referendum so to speak which up politically politically speaking as to whether what the president is done so fa. merits removal from office i'm not saying we're at that point were not at that poin. but it's certainly something that many many people are thinking about right now okay clearly not the smoking gun act isn't gonna have to leave at that thank you very much for joining us in washington. now donald trump's pick for the head of the fbi has had his confirmation hearing in

washington today christopher ray said he hasn't been asked. no would he pledged his loyalty to the presiden. adding that the investigations underway into alleged a russian meddling into last year's election ought not to. witch hunt take a listen. if i am given the honor. of leading this agency i will never. allow the fbi's work to be driven by anything other than the facts. the law. and the impartial pursuit of justice period. full stop. my loyalty is to the constitution and to the rule of law. to brazil next to where former president lula da silva has been convicted of corruption that federal judge sentencing him to nine and a half years behind bar. the former president was accused of receiving a beach front apartment has a kick back from a construction firm. the case is part of a massive corruption investigation that has gripped a brazilian politic.

and that a senior high profile business executives as well as politicians. tend to jail earlier i spoke to our correspondent in rio tim bakery and i asked him for the latest reaction to the sentence. and the complicated things from this this particular kinds. isn't that the beach front apartment which you referred c.. lula did not lift their nor seem to derive any benefit summits. so for those on his side of the political divide. this is yet another case of political persecution. and it is clear. that elements of brazil's legal our system have become politicized over recent years soap from the left lip of the political spectrum. this is seen as political persecution from the rights of the political perspectiv. spectrum there is more rejoicing now if this conviction is upheld on appeal. then lit up will not be able to be a candidates in the next presidential elections and as it stands

in the opinion polls. he would be the favorites. tim who in brazil is not tainted because it seems we have demo sifu was impeached we have michelle to america. duh prosecutor who says they have enough time to charge him and he should actually stand trial now linda silva i mean it seems that no diss. has cascading effects this whole. investigation into corruption in brazil. it certainly does on this contaminates the beam. political class and one of the one of the the the motives behind the impeachment of jim who seth which was full financial mismanagement it wasn't on corruption charges. one of the motives for this and it's becoming clear afterwards. was it elements who took over we're looking to close down the anti corruption inquiry. befofore it s sinkn the entire political class that has not been successfu. which certainly means that in the future political scenario in the elections

which will certainly happen. in october of next year if not before. there is considerable spice for a complete outsider a populist bit from the right albeit from the left. up perhaps on mon at present succumbing a little bit like a kind of brazilian donald trump effects. it means that the political scenario in brazil as it stands is very uncertain and very unstable. tim become a reporting there from a real idea. not to days off to mosul was liberated from the clutch of the islamic state group clashes between iraqi force. and islamist hideouts continue in pockets of the city. civilian activity has returned to normal in much of muscle and what. pat down homes and infrastructure. the united nations estimates reconstruction of iraq's. if you will cost over one billion dollars. now china's best known political prisoner has suffered a respiratory failure you shall bow is being treated for late stage

liver cancer. germany has offered to host a nobel laureate as his condition it's from bad to worse. last week an american and german doctor visited the sixty one year old they both said he was strong enough to see treatment overseas. but beijing has ruled out sending your chapel out of the country saying china's internal affairs should be respected. and china has sent troops to djibouti demand its first overseas military base the move comes as beijing is trying to extend its growing influence in africa. its military president presence in the horn of africa is strategic the region lies at the heart of several major trade routes as clement bordeaux now reports. friends and relatives have come to pick them farewell. chinese soldiers h heading t to she pretty. that mission to setup ijijing's first ministry base abroad. to do you see a small

country in the horn of africa. is located on a strategic trade routes that links europe to asia. forty percent of the world's maritime trade passes through there and djibouti is a key gateway to larger african countries such as sudan and ethiopia. china says the new base will be used for peacekeeping and anti piracy missions in africa and western asia. but its purpose will also be to protect china's economic interests in the region. there are now over two thousand five hundred chinese companies trading in africa. and around one million chinese nationals living and working on the constant. with more than three thousand troops deployed in south sit down and molly. china also plays an increasing role in peacekeeping missions across africa. beijing is not the only major power to vie for influence in the region. france japan and the u. s. already have military bases in djibouti. the eu's chief for a break sitting goshi asia says

britain needs to meet tough conditions in divorce stock. michelle about on the use of the country must make sufficient progress on issues regarding citizens rights. as well as the bill britain must pay to the eu and the irish border. this before talks can move forward to it's a future trade deal once britain leaves that you. what what what that we need to engage? substantially. substantiated. in order shoes of the first phase of negotiations. i agreed. with the uk. on the nineteenth of june. the citizens crime. the single financial settlement. the new law does who prosecutor in ireland. and. they also separation issues we now need to know what did you cares position on each of these issues. in order to make progress. the showdown is speaking that now it's an iceberg

roughly the size of the u. s. state of delaware war the indonesian island of bali. and sometime between monday and today it broke away from antarctica. according to experts the one ton iceberg will not result in sea levels rising. but able address to cruise ships and visiting south america take a look. it had been on the verge of breaking for months. this giant iceberg detached itself from the larson sea ice shelf in antarctica on wednesday. as spectacular phenomenon known as carving which scientists had time to see coming. brings in two thousand fourteen first name to use that. knowledge rift developing the i. shelf at the risk of course the coloring. has been there for you know with the satellite images i've seen. it was clearly well established in nineteen eighty six been something's been sitting there waiting to happen. all that time. the process has accelerated in recent days as the risks reached its breaking point. the free floating fifty eight hundred square kilometer one trillion ten iceberg is one of the

largest ever recorded. say it's it's more than a quarter the size. of the country mortals. researchers say the risks could have been a natural occurrence as there's no evidence it was caused by human activity. the iceberg will now likely break into fragments and stay in northern waters for decades. yet scientists will continue to closely monitor the situation. as parts of its may drift south. towards the american coast. best ticket reporting them time to get your mind off the top stories young life in paris. the us president rushes to the defense of his son on twitter saying donald trump junior is open transparent and innocent. this in reference to an e.. lawyer during. so is a form of. the silver convicted of corruption a federal judge in the. send sentencing him to nine and a half years. behind bars.

time for the business use next week cate moody good evening that honor you're starting out with a something global global look at the oil industry and something that's. all welcome surprise you have certainly a shock to those who gathered at the world petroleum congress. of the industry's been struggling to deal with low prices weakening demand an oversupply. many of the world's top producers have been trying to counter that by reducing their output. run wednesday opec announced had pumped more oil in june than in the previous month. despite its agreement to limit production emerald maxwell has more. it really is it's not the news they were expecting. the oil output of the organization of petroleum exporting countries rise again in june. this despite member states and other countries including russia deciding lost it to slash output by one point eight million barrels a day. and efforts to boost prices. but even there opec has made headway in reducing supply. it's out but still exceeded the mound in the fun stuff

this year. but it's also higher than what i pick expects will be needed in twenty a team. from service supply and prices clouded over the world petroleum congress. fronted by shifting landscape. buffets to huge challenges. first providing more energy than ever before in a competitive market. more than ever before. and second reducing. carbon emissions more than ever before. in twenty sixteen spending on the electricity sector exceeded spending on oil gas and coal for the first time ever. but despite that the mantra fossil fuels continues to grow. it is going to be driven by aviation by jets. by ships and very importantly particularly in dusty. so it is very difficult substitute oils in this are. sectors hey if this indeed a medium eh short to medium term death for v. expect only the micro oft. we slowed down. but still

grove really toiled as many years and to come. the international energy agency stress that investment in oil and gas needs the pickup. because the renewable energy sector us still has challenges to overcome before it can compete. and this is around the world have been shooting it comes from the head of u. s. a federal reserve. janet yellen told congress this wednesday that the central bank expects to keep raising key interest rates at a gradual pace. that it will start trimming its massive foreign a half trillion dollar debt portfolio this year. overall should describe the american economy is robust and said that a recent slowdown in inflation was likely temporary. but she urged lawmakers to be aware of boat considerable uncertainty. and keep in mind the national debt when crafting fiscal policy. tatian news or what you're showing here represents a trend there. given. . current of. spending and taxation decisions is going to lead to an unsustainable debt

situation with rising interest rates and. declining investment in the united states that will further harm. our productivity growth in living standards. yeah markets had been tuning into that respond to that. testimony throughout the session so european markets popping as that testimony got underway washington can't count in paris and frankfurt doc leading with gains of over one and a half percent each. london footsie up about one point two. on wall street the dow jones had a new intraday high. tech heavy nasdaq once again outperforming that with gains of over one percent this hour. of the closing bell in the next hour or so. the number of people out of work in the uk continues to fall the national statistics office said just one and a half million people were looking for a job. in the months between march and ma. that brings the unemployment rate down to four and a half percent lowest level since nineteen seventy five. it's not all good news for the british economy though. real wage growth has been

stagnating when accounting for inflation scene average wages falling by half a percent. compared to the second quarter last year consumer prices have been growing at a faster pace than earnings. raising concerns about the economy as parts of negotiations continue. tens of thousands of websites are taking part in online protest this wednesday calling for net neutrality to be respected. some of the biggest names in silicon valley including google amazon and facebook and airbnb. have joined forces in what they're calling it a day of action. the posting of a variety of messages or in some cases disrupting their service. so that to show support for the idea that all. i think. holy. yes communications regulators taking steps to rollback rules which were brought in under. duration. internet service providers had to give equal bandwidth. all websites. moving on some the days of the business headlines now. a french court has ruled that google is not liable

for over a billion euros in fact taxes. government had accused the internet giant of illegally abuse and loopholes by reading sales to its european headquarters in ireland. but judges dismissed the claim saying google ireland could not beat. france. pending a rare legal victory to google in europe. samsung is investing a hundred and fifty million dollars in european startup. the tech giant's ventured venture capital unit will foster a pickup covers in areas like artificial intelligence and virtual reality. samsung next will be based in fact based in berlin. system london because it says the cost of living there is too high. but the royal bank of scotland has agreed a five and a half billion dollars settlement with u. s. regulators. for its role in the sale of risky mortgages and run up the housing crisis. obs could still face higher penalties from the justice department. rejoinder is have already reached a similar deals with american authorities. state of emergency in france

means that passport checks are taking longer than before. at times passengers in paris airports are facing waits of up to three hours of border control. causing flights to be delayed and angering airlines sharon kathy has more. endless keys and long delays us or the airports in paris every day thousands of passengers are forced to wait up to three hours. before boarding their flights. i don't think that's been nearly an hour and they've just announced a delay of over two hours. so we're going to miss our flights and all that. the delays are due to increased security measures introduced. under the state. or passengers on our. since there sports for inspection. with the holiday season well under way. cusack border control our lengthening. a summer passenger numbers as oily increased by over fifty percent and there are more people flying all year round. in two thousand over seventy three million people

traveled through paris airports by last year that figure had risen to more than ninety seven million passenger journeys. relativity if our staff numbers have increased since he's all but it's still not enough to cover the current situation unfortunately. paris airport somethin stills also may sit passport checks to cope with the increase in numbers but these measures don't go far enough according to airline. which forced to pay compensation to passengers when their flights are delayed. it's a dress short only. duration is on this is i have a sister. the process we need to use automated checks but we need more staff as well again moment. find some truck to welcome a record eighty nine million tourists this year. the airline industry says the delays must be tackled urgently. striding but also very costly in some cases earliest thank you very much kate motif there with the day's business when i take a short break more news coming up stay with us

07/12/17 07/12/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from papacifica, this i is dedemocracy now! >> the emails, which have been verified by the trump campaigign itself'by the presidents son himself, make clear government officials within the russian government had information that got was damaging to secretary clinton that they wanted to share with the campaign, and toy made arrangements provide a channel to do that. amy: if it i