kremlin. secessionist parties in catalonia agreed to stand in regional elections set for december. this as madrid's use of article one fifty five of the constitution it kicks in. i know who are kenyatta is declared the winner in kenya as presidential election. but the president says that if the results are

challenged in court by the opposition he'd accept the judgment . now the special counsel toss with investigating if anyone close of the u. s. president colluded with russia. in its effort to influence last year's election has claimed its first victim. donald trump's former campaign manager paul manifest indicted on charges including money laundering and conspiracy against the united states. if found guilty metaphors on his business associate rick gates risk of millions of dollars in fines and decade. in a federal prison. now the white house is distancing itself from the indictment of former campaign manager pull mana for us. spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders set the alleged misdeeds have

nothing to do with donald trump she also spoke about a campaign adviser george papadopoulos who's pleaded guilty for lying to the fbi. these for meeting a professor with links to the russian government to get dirt on hillary clinton. i mean it was not a volunteer on the campaign and a volunteer member of an advisory council that not one time. the only. . interaction i'm aware of that deals with this individual was him reaching out to being repeatedly denied so that's all i can tell you is. he was he asked to do things he was basically pushed back or not responded to in any way. so any actions that he took would've been on his own. for more on the story we can go across to washington and join correspondent phillip kraut that philip you just hurts our hope with huckabee sandra speaking that want more details can you give us about. georgia papadopoulos. okay was the surprise this monday morning at george papadopoulos was not an important campaign aides. during the election in

twenty sixteen and that is precisely what the white house here is saying in fact by calling him. a volunteer in the campaign but that doesn't really take away. what's in the actual text in what he admits to having done that in the text we have from the department of justice he has pleaded guilty. to giving wrong information to lying a to the f. b. i. in the interviews he already gave and this gives us an entrance to all of the things he's told the f. b. i. over the last few months. that includes being very interested indeed in what a go between seemed to be offering t this campaign a george papadopoulos and that's information. walls duds on hillary clinton in the form of thousands of emails we also know. that this interaction between the go between eight professor there is no more detail in this. in the actual text from the department of justice and george papadopoulos that

exchange was then shared with other members of the donald trump campaign including some. who seem to be pretty senior might include the former campaign chairman a poll mana forza himself for and? this is clear intention here on behalf of a member of the donald trump campaign to work. with russian government officials at least that was the close ton element of collusion. so dead duh white house as you said distancing him themselves from a georgia papadopoulos as well as point pull manifests what happens now is gonna. let the special counsel do their job. well that seems to be the attitude from the white house said that hasn't been an aggressive tweet from donald trump about robert mueller. at today yet.

that is relatively surprising maybe he knows that he's in very very that complex territory here and he called be seen as trying to interfere. a with this investigation right now especially now that the first indictments have been served and now that pull manifold and his business associate. all under house arrest this is now very very serious indeed what the white house is doing with george papadopoulos the campaign aide who was trying to establish contact. with the russian government officials is that saying he was a volunteer didn't they didn't almost didn't know him seems to be their attitude. now with paul manifold he was after all the campaign chairman but still the white house is saying. he was just that to get the delegates together ahead of the convention in cleveland last year. and that was pretty much it but poor manifold had a very very powerful position within the trump campaign now what is true from what the white house is saying it's certainly. that the reasons why he was arrested

largely had nothing to do with the campaign these are. indictments because of tax fraud and money laundering that happened before and including the year twenty. in sir before he joined the donald trump campaign the problem for the white house says these this is a very high ranking member of the team. the reason why poll not afford is in trouble is simply because he was part of this investigation because robert mueller's investigation into possible collusion between rating pr. sir off practice at harvard law school. good evening thank you very much for joining us on the program i want to begin by asking you. how hard is it to prove confusion given that there is no statute for it? how well i it is very difficulult? a as youou say there's noo produce no specific crime.

are and so most people have thought that that that that collusion. if if it is ever charge will be charged as a campaign finance violations because. there it is a crime for arms foreign sources to find out or direct campaign. arm and thatt would be the theory under which this could possibly be charged. in your opinion how big is poor manifests indictment. it's very hard to know because as your correspondenent noted. the t that t the conduct fr which palm an import and rickck gates were indicted. i'm really has notothing too with that collulusion allegations its conduct that occurred beforore. out before trump up really the for the main part the campaign and its conduct that has to do w wh that metaphoror its reprerentatin and he e received a enormous sums of money whihich he didn't report and he lalaundered and so foforth d that's the basis of the crimes. so it t tt that the

indictment in that respect doesn't tell us a anything aboutt where. muller's investigation is going i think the moree significant. developments today is probably the plea agreement by george papadopoulos armrm and which subject which says that h hs c cooperating with them with investitigators hh provided themm informati. wewe don't knoww whatt k kif information he has whether it really goes high up what it i involves. so there's a whole lot unknown today but that is probably the more significant about but doesn't matter the time line with the to for example joe let's talk about george papadopoulos. if he had a meeting with. this a professor who had dirt on hillary clintnton ad whoo had links to the russin government doesnsn't doesn't matttter when h he joined. a donald trump's campaign. does a timeline matter. you know i don't think. not that in that respect

with respected george papadopoulos it doesn't really matter. because i'm'm collusion bee russian government and thehe and the trumpmp campaign wht whwh he knonows about relationships arm betetween senior trump officials. in the campaign and the russian government i'm that so that's what matters and and have of course at this point that's all speculation we don't know if he really knows anything we don't know how far this went. with respecect to mamana for and. brigades what's important areas that the conduct really had nothing to do with the collusion allegations a separate conduct but. if f they if they havave nw been charged with serious crimes and perhaps. they will in time decide to cooperate with the governrnment to reduce t thr criminal exposure. and maybe they would have more information about potential collusion between the campaign and rushing government. alex waiting thank you very much for joining us from washington. now you know the nuclear its use of article one fifty five the constitution on catalonia has taken hold

smoothly. this as employees ignored calls for civil disobedience and secessionist parties agree to sign in regional elections scheduled for december. spain's attorney general has called for charges of rebellion and sedition on catalan leaders including ousted president catalyst puts them on the august second reports. in another blow to catalonia secessionist movements spain's top prosecutor called monday for legal charges to be brought against several ousted catalan leaders. feminist that if he's got the prosecutor's office has filed charges for the crimes of rebellion. sedition and embezzlement against the main political leaders of the catalan regional authorities a unit on the that the catalonia. the announcement came three days after cataloniaia was placed under direct rule by madrid following t the region's's declaration of independence. ousted catalan president carles puigdemont said he didn't accept his dismissal. and urged democratic

opposition to madrid. on monday public servants resumed work as usual. largely ignoring calls for civil disobedience. spokesperson for puigdemont's party also confirmed that would take part in the december snap elections. called by mariano rajoy. yeah. mr rajoy see you ask the polls. the catalan de. will come together and will oppose this attempt to make catalan institutions disappear. carla's which the moments reportedly travel to belgium on monday. where he was said to be meeting with lawyers and advisors? the leader of catalonia separatist movements could seeking support from the yo. which has so far turned a deaf ear to the secessionists fights. belgium's immigration minister teo franken said on saturday push demands could be given asylum in brussels. his comments were promptly condemned by spain's ruling popular party. and by belgian prime minister shall michel. who said such a

request was absolutely not on the agenda? to kenya next where uhuru kenyatta has been declared the winner in last week's presidential elections elections which will boycotted by the opposition candidate. right odinga just under thirty nine percent of kenya's eligible voters turned out to cost their ballots and that number is likely to raise questions over the credibility of the vote. kenya's a president meanwhile says that if the results of the repeat election i challenged in court by the opposition he would accept the judgment claim number now reports. little did not. so let me look. onone hundreded million dols onon page nine. he's been declared the landslide winner in kenya's a contender election since august. who through kenyatta one ninety eight percent of the fight with turnout at just under thirty nine percent? numbers have dropped by forty percent since the previous poll. this because he faced no significant challenger followiwing an

opposition boycotts. the revolt was also suspended in twenty five oh position constituencies amid security fears. kenyatta says he's willing to hold talks with his opponents after the outcome of any court proceedings. my goodness related. there's a lot of rules. but if you like. to once again. the subject. because the judicial notice. fools. i was of the mission to this constitutional. my take is a little. the announcements on monday let to some celebrations in prayer kenyatta areas of the east african nation. several opposition stronghold however it spot small protests. some even let's bomb flies in the middle of the street. we don't have not done then.

we have no kids. yet had dogs month today they are not going to slit my uncles live on then. who's got all out not that i will be glad. can is a position now has seven days to mountain legal challenge. sparking fears of further violence in the country. announced fifty people have died in clashes since kenyatta was declared the winner in the original pull on august the aches. the convoy carrying aid from the united nations on the syrian arab reded crescentts entetertains in the besieged suburb often damascus. ththe aim i is to bring a to forty thousand peoplee for the first time since june t twey sixteen. last week unicef said twelve hundreded childn in the area suffer from malnutrition and fifteen hundred remain at risk. now a fresh round of peace talks aimed at ending syria's civil war had begun in asks donna. negotiators from iran turkey and russia present at the discussions as well as delegations representing the syrian government and rebel forces.

now previous peace talks arizona h he ended without no major break through the latest effort to end the civill war comes off of the islalamic state group. hadd been f forced o of its de facto capital of raqqa. another backlash in thee harvey weinstein scandal is continue continuing to spread a prominent islamic scholar has been accused of rape by two women while one woman a remains anonymous the second a feminist activiststs called panda i yari. disclose the rape in a paris hotel in a book she had written earlier without naming her aggressor she now says she was encouraged to speak out. after the meat to campaign began to make waves around the world. the fallout from the harvey weinstein scandal continues to make its mark across the atlantic. after hundreds of women in francesca ease of sexual harassment using the twitter hashtag exposure pig. two women have accused tarik ramadan a swiss islamic

intellectual. of rape sexual harassment and death threat. one of his accusers hand ira says she initially agreed to meet him in a hotel room to seek religious advice but the meeting took a dark tur. a senior detail literally jumped on me like an animal. told i didn't have time to brief a was underneath him and i immediately said. no this is moving too fast which usually stock with it but the more i said no the angrier he became a so he hit me. slaps me really hot enenough could you in a moment and then he strangled me for a few seconds because i was gasping for breath. i really thought i was going to die and he rapes me. and i was sure that if i kept pushing him away then cautiously with killed me. proteinuria or prissy maturity. i are a detailed the incident in a book published last year although she did not name her attacker. a second woman wishing to remain anonymousus has also accused ramadan of raping her in a hotel room in two thousand and eight. an oxford scholar and

grandson of one of the founders of the muslim brotherhood. ramadan is known for his conservative lectures on islam. he denies the accusations and has in turn filed a counter charge for libel. ramadan is not the first prominent figure in france to be accused of sexual assault since the harvey weinstein scandal. a lawmaker and president emmanuel macron's party. and a canadian judge on a french reality tv show have also been accused of sexual harassment. likely. paragon k. without support in other news vladimir putin has unveiled the first national memorial to victims of soviet era political repression. the large a bronze relief of human figures show known as the wall of grief. is located in central moscow. many meanwhile accused the russian president off hypocrisy as he continues cracking down on activists around forty a former political prisoners call the memorial the quote untimely. and cynical for more on the story here's our correspondent thomasville reporting from osco.

the artist behind of this memorial says he w wanted to create somomething. fear andnd terror of the tis of joseph stalin and build. soso it's aa huge thirtrty s his lonely at six makes its totoll it has. dozens of represenent the millions ofo people who died. in politicall repressssion undr the dictctator and now thehe government wants to show yo. that it's taking its history seriously was very troubled. history so that amid put will personally kinda unveiled this moral alea today it's also been placed on one of the busiest intersections in las got. many don't agree with that appraisal how web a and dozens of soviet dissidents signed a letter. this weight saying that they considered the abating of this memorial now to be cynical at a time when pressure is becoming increasingly repressive they say. nonow abe and ngos poit of the case of yuri dimitri of north of some pages but. he's been documumenting for many decadades the crimes ad the massacres committed.

under joseph stalin now his susupporters and specialists or when a way. of the casase say that he is now b being dragged through the courts on trumped up charges. the missile reporting that from moscow now the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has hit a new high. the warning comes from the united nations who says drastic action is needed to achieve targets set out in the paris climate change agreement. now co two in the atmosphere search out a record breaking speed in twenty sixteen. to its highest level in eight hundred thousand years the head a few environment says that that now needs to be in global political will. and a new sense of urgency. time to get your mind off a top stories young live from paris donald trump's former campaign manager is indicted on charges including money laundering. and conspiracy against the united states palmata for to such a remain under house arrest his lawyer meanwhile says there's no evidence his

client polluted. with the kremlin. secessionist parties in catalonia agreed to studying regional elections set for december they says madrid use of article one fifty five of the constitution. except. i hope to find out who kenyatta is declared the winner in kenya's presidential election but the president says if the results are challenged in court by the opposition. he'd accept the judgment. time for business use with kate moody good evening cate honor starting out with one of the longest. last saying of the scandals here in france which is back in the headlines about not to be could be heading back to court that's what he's been a politician an actor even the owner of us football club. and now the eccentric businessman may face still more legal woes his latest appeal over a four hundred million euro settlement has been rejected by french judges. in means he may be sent back to the criminal court system in the latest twist in a scandal that skin in a scandal that spanned three decades. uncle

has more. in the early nineteen nineties found after a p. was on top of the world. one of the richest men in france he made a name for himself by flipping companies about to go bankrupt. twenty guys hands on adidas in the summer of nineteen ninety he described it as the deal of a lifetim. three years later he sold his majority stake in the sports where giant to then state o owned french banknk. little did he know that deal would mark the start of decades of legal troubles. in nineteen ninety four a year after selling adidas that p. accused could the dna of defrauding him. by undervaluing the company. the legal dispute continue to two thousand eight. when arbitration panel sided with that. warning him a generous four hundred and four million euro pay out from the french government. the bank's primary shareholder. but accusations of political interference in the case wild. and in june twenty thirteen peppy was placed under formal invesestigation f frauaud. a french court ordered the seizure of tens of millions of euros worth his assetets.

and in february twenty fifteen an appeals court overturned the compensation payouts. it found ties between techies lawyers and the judge on the arbitration panel. and ordered thought he and his wife to pay the money back. last year imf chief christine lagarde was also dragged into the spotlight for her role as french finance minister under president nicolas sarkozy. at the time the settlement. she had ordered the case be tried by an arbitration panel rather than the regular court system. they got was convicted of negligence for failing to challenge of payments deemed detrimental to the french state. and its taxpayers. a second on the day's trading action now wallstreet trended down throughout the session after bloomberg reported that lawmakers in the u. s. we're considering gradually reducing the corporate tax rate over the coming years. rather than all at once nasdaq paring back losses slightly towards the closing bell the shares in chip makers and other component providers for apple jumped. is as the tech giant clinch pre orders for its iphone ten were off the charts.

it was a mixed close to the major european indices the two hundred and kept out dragged down by some disappointing earnings. madrid's ibex up two and a half percent it soared since the central spanish government to control of catalonia. but analysts say that stocks could suffer it more firms decide to leave the region. a simple little confetti human a companies are looking g for certainty. a safe tax and legal raise children a sell order in this case obviouslyly a possible new catalan republic doesn't provide confnfidence among business side as a high made act and that's why that m meeting te headquarters out of catalonia. the police with us lots will say there's no. consumer spending in the united states jumped by one percent in september that's the biggest gain in eight years. data showed a sharp increase in sales of durable goods especially motor vehicles. in the aftermath of hurricanes and flooding in texas and florida. that means the sharp upward trend may not continue wages grew at a rate of just point four percent while inflation also remain sluggish. the core personal consumption expenditures price index

which is the central bank's preferred measure of inflation. grew at an annual pace of one point three percent. extending a five year streak of falling short of the fed's two percent target. moving on some of the day's other business headlines no. hsbc has said it may move fewer jobs from london to paris the thousand detail initially plans. banks said it still expects to spend up to three hundred million dollars on brexit relocation costs. and it took a hit for a twelve million dollars in the last quarter. mostly spent on legal advice for contingency planning. europe's largest under sort of corporate overhaul had helped boost quarterly profits to four point six billion dollars. a five fold increase three years earlier. swiss drug giant novartis's buying the french group advanced accelerator applications which specializes in cancer treatments. using nuclear and radioactive technology. announcement of a three point nine billion dollar deal boosted a shares by ten percent. at that point hit a new

record high over six thousand three hundred dollars on sunday. cryptocurrency has skyrocketed the last year. gains more tension from both regulators and critics as well. halloween is nearly upon us and spending on costumes and accessories is booming in the uk. were some revelers say nothing could be more scary than the uncertainty surrounding brexit. julie can report. this costume shops halloween is the season to be jolly. angels fancy dress in london does a roaring trade this time of year. stuff say annual sales of beaming. thanks to halloween's growing popularity in the uk. it was gone biggest since i've been working here last time. eighteen years ago phenomenon and foe even then when it was really popular novel. it is. i never took any busy i but it literally got busier and busier and busier. according to the mental market research group official spend three hundred

and twenty million pounds. for three hundred and sixty million euros on halloween. it's up three point two percent compatible austria. in the last week of october twenty sixteen angels khan about exceeded of the four hundred and sixty five thousand euros. with millennials said to be the biggest spenders. according to mentality the percent of demographics splashed out on halloween. the some dressing up as a way to escape a bleak while. good things opposite decry it about right now and night people. this is just have fun. trick or treating this year when just be a strain on the one that's. angels expects to receive a two hundred thousand visitors in the run up to halloween. queues of up to one hour during peak periods. nanatalie. thank you very much for that cate moody that with today's business years time for a short break to stay with us this morning is coming out

10/30/17 10/30/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> today, i have dissolved the parliament of catalonia. amy: spain''s government seizes control of catalonia just after the parliament votes for independence. we will speak with journalist carlin, who reported for the spanish newspaper el pais for nearly two decades before he was fired two weeks