did he change the goalposts? >> no. the the president is simply stag his priorities for what a responsible immigration reform should look like, and that includes those three-day priorities. that's what he's promised congress to atlantic that's exactly what he did. i don't think we've been inconsistent on the front and certainly not unclear. the president has talked about his priorities repeatedly, and in this case over the weekend laid them out in a very detailed fashion. >> has he insisted the wall be any part of any traveler legislation? >> i'm not going to stand up and negotiate from the podium with you guys do something for the president and congress to work out but we are laying out our priority. that's exactly what we put in the document and we will work with congress to try to get the most responsible immigration reform package that we can. >> speaking of goalposts -- >> that's three questions already. >> a follow-up question. >> good thing he's a a reporter and not a math teacher. >> i was horrible in math. -- [

now so i'm hoping this really mediation been a thought ok so in your thank you very much so the goalposts may have moved slightly we're not seeing a very hostile serious turn apparently towards mr putin it is now his role and his duty to respond whether that be instantaneously or whether that be in a few days' time. sorry thank you very much for that. let's turn our attention now to other world news and we've just heard that the construction of more illegal israeli settlements has been approved in hebron in the occupied west bank thirty one new settlements have been given the go ahead there have almost four thousand homes although settlement construction has been going on for years this is the first sign israel civil administration have given authorisation for construction in hebron in fifteen years harry fawcett is in hebron forus in the occupied west bank self quite a significant decision harry talk of what led to this decision and what's going to be happening. last night if you think about thirty one housing units at first blush it doesn't seem like a huge number but that is to miss th

question two, speaking of goalposts. >> that was like three questions already.he's a reporter and not a math teacher. >> i was horrible at math. >> bret: we were all bad at math, weren't we? they told me there would be no math. thanks for inviting us into our home. that's it for the special report. from the white house, we invite many officials to come by. "the story" hosted by martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: breaking tonight, hypocrisy and hollywood were many may have been complicit in the massive cover-up that damaged scores of young women. good evening everybody, i martha maccallum and tonight "the story" begins at the 2013 glatt awards honoring bill clinton. >> i want to congratulate harvey. if he's anything like his dad he will be relentless, passionate and the best mentor and aspiring actor could ever hope for. >> you can stop for forgetting to thank me at the oscars. >> martha: that was then and now the dirty secret is on some a listers that kept a

that to me is moving the goalpost every time. and we're starting off with an extra -- and by the end, we're going to a -- you know, a 75-yard field goal. if it has to be us, you know -- saying, i didn't discuss interfering with the election is your last -- is your last statement. that's a very different bar than, i can tell you i did not meet with any russians. >> relatively short answer. >> so he gets to do about ten minutes improperly framing this subject, and i'm given a short chance to respond? >> proceed, please. but then we're going to call on senator -- >> first and foremost, senator franken, you and i have had a good relationship on this committee. i would tell my colleagues, i think most of you know, i've committed myself to high-level public service. to reach the highest standards of ethics and decency in my service. to be honest about things that i say. and so you have now gone through this long talk that i believe is totally unfair to me. it all arose from this question. when it was charged that these documents allege

it's very difficult to know if feels as if the goalposts are being continually shifted in this back and forth between madrid and barcelona or it seems very much to be a game of who will blink first initially before the release of this letter the assumption was that if catalonia did not clarify its positional independence the assumption in madrid would be that independence had been claimed in the article one five five revoking the region's independence would be an issue. what we have in response is the catalonians saying well look if article one five five is triggered then we will declare unequivocal independence i think right now it's a case of neither side wanting to show that they are worsening the situation they are triggering a chain of events that could end up with mass protests once again here on the streets of barcelona and of course elsewhere in spain but you're right in saying that this letter has now been produced a letter from color spectrum on to the madrid government setting out a series of new demands and reiterating some old ones that first dialogue is absolutely vital an

did he change the goalposts? >> the president is simply stating his priorities for what responsible immigration reform should look like and that includes those three big priorities. he promised congress he would lay out exactly what he did. i don't think we have been inconsistent on that front or certainly not unclear. the president has talked about his priorities repeatedly and this case over the weekend laid them out in a very detailed fashion. >> he insisted that the wall be part of any daca legislation? >> i'm not going to stand and negotiate from a podium with you guys but that's something for the president and congress to work out but we are laying out our priorities. that's exactly what we put in our document that's what we will do to work with congress to get the most response of immigration reform package that we can. >> a question to the follow-up. >> is a good thing he's a reporter not a math teacher. >> i was horrible at math. >> commissioner goodell said like many many of her fans we believe everyone

" on the nature of his discussions. >> the goalpost has been moved.st it was, "i did not have communications with russians." which was not true. then it was, "i never met with any russians to discuss any political campaign." which may or may not be true. now it's, "i did not discuss interference in the campaign." >> let me say without hesitation, i conducted no improper discussions with the russians at any time regarding the campaign or any other item facing this country. >> sreenivasan: sessions has recused himself from the justice department's investigation into russia's election meddling. president trump had new criticism today for former f.b.i. director james comey over the hillary clinton email probe. he complained again that comey decided to clear clinton before she was even interviewed. that's based on newly released draft statements by comey from may 2016. f.b.i. officials say it was already clear that no charges were warranted. on another issue, the president faced fallout over the death of army sergeant ladavid johnson, in niger this month.

so for donald trump to jeopardise that deal, for him to move the goalposts by linking it to important extraneous issues around iran's wider activities in the region, for him to play these games, is reckless, mindless and downright dangerous. it makes a reality of hillary clinton's prophecy that putting donald trump into the white house will create a real and present danger to world peace. and let us make it clear that when donald trump talks about needing the deal to be fixed, that is utterly disingenuous. when the only evidence that it is in any way broken is a figment of his fevered brain. the deal was designed to do a specificjob, which it has done. it was designed to curtail iran's nuclear programme and its pursuit of a nuclear weapons. and it has done, so far, just that. and that is why the united kingdom strongly supports it. clearly, we disagree with the assessment that president trump has made. we don't in any way fail to understand the concerns the united states has about the activities of iran in the region and we have made that clear. but we also believe that those matters

fish a washington and scroll to his official washington actually care about that the moving the goalposts changing the rules in the middle of the game well i mean if you take care american diplomats have to care about because american power is not in a session anymore they understand the understand that their power is declining in that even now right now it's nothing nothing ten years twenty years right now it's in decline in they have to understand that they do understand that the reputation of these states as a broker is a diplomatic broker in the world aware that it concerns the far east and the future of the korean peninsula whether it concerns others of the middle east of which there. are doing this walk makes a deal with north korea almost. exactly what i think it's a good thing what is going on strangely because the stupidity of this is so astounding that finally it can bring a good result because what's going on is indeed every petition or the iraq story but on a much greater scale i mean the incompetence over george bush jr is nothing compared to the incompetence or trump so in t

the last word yeah i think the most important thing we've seen this last week is a moving of the goalposts we went from russian hacking that has completely collapsed the department of homeland security put out a completely fallacious right court this week that has been the bunk by the states that they claim they were hacked the own states california wisconsin and others have said no we weren't so now we've moved to influence peddling it russia wasn't trying to help when it was just trying to sow discord in american society because there isn't enough discord people are taking both sides of the issue on their own on that point and that's an excellent point run out of time here many thanks to my guests here in moscow and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t.c. the next time and remember crossed off rules. it's taken these children's hopes. now threatens to take this future. the volcano could erupt again at any time. most people have a stark choice. live in poverty. which going to. put some following a different. thing to leave. that boy that hope for a better life. pea

barking at the last word i think the most important thing we see in this last week is a moving of the goalposts we went from russian hacking that has completely collapsed the department of homeland security put out a completely fallacious report this week that has been the bank by the states that they claim they were hacked the own states california wisconsin and others have said no we weren't so now we've moved to influence peddling russia wasn't trying to help when it was just trying to sow discord in american society because there isn't enough discord people are taking both sides of the issue on their own on that point and that's an excellent point run out of time here many thanks to my guests here in moscow and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t.c. you next time and remember. time to visit moscow and talk to folks over there that was always the number one concern the curse of oil because of the price would go up and you'd get lazy and not the first five because you are making huge gains on the oil price went down you know you're in panic mode and you need to pump m

ations talking to this is such an it is not going to happen is this a way of perhaps moving the goalposts to try and pull mr roy into the possibility of talks although do you think by channels are talks going on behind the scenes that we just don't know about. just still a bit confused i think even if there's mediation the situation of a president of mine is to say no we're not mediating it should be secret under covered and in silent. the fact that every single action from the catalan government is on such fast way without thinking about it without taking things it makes me doubt if many action has actually been accepted by spain are not so good thank you very much well very much political tennis by the sounds of it we've seen the ball hit towards catalonia it's now being hit back to madrid but we're likely to hear more now from my colleague paul brennan but for me and here in barcelona it's back to you yeah and we're going to take it to paul brennan now in the spanish capital madrid so how is the government going to be reacting to this letter home. well there is little patience from. th

but they keep moving the goalposts. in this is never enough for the better sick --- border security. some people feel if you have a wall that solves all the problems. that is a 14th century solution. than their folks are spending time there in where to secure the border. >> i believe bin private property rights. and if you hit a wall for example, $798 million for road 32 miles. one-quarter of a billion dollars. you have a camera sensors. n30 percent of those undocumented persons for the visa. and we just have to be smart. and then i told secretary kelly. and they come and go. end and then two weeks later was gone. in read just have to listen to those people who live on the border and to listen to wes. and to thank you know better than the people at the border. >> and general kelly created a great deal of difference in the short time from only a security. and it looked entirely different in may of this year because of a leadership coming out of the agency. >> talking about border security and it just sounds like buzzword

. >> the goalposts have been moved. >> i don't sit here and listen -- >> what exactly did donald trump tell you was his reason for firing director come email? >> remains confidential. we believe our players should stand for the national anthem and how it is being interpreted and we are trying to deal with those issues. >> the most worthless statement he could have made, we have no rules. heather: you are watching "fox and friends" first on thursday morning closer to the weekend, thanks for joining our 4:00 hour on the east coast and we begin with a fox news alert, brand-new fears to tell you about that isis could be planning another 9/11 style attack according to acting homeland security secretary elaine duke who warns, quote, the terrorist organization want to have the biggest explosion like they did on 9/11, they want to take down aircraft, they also said recent attacks like the van attack on the london bridge and bombing at the area on the ground a concerts are being used to keep isis members engaged while they plot another, quote, big explosion, this comes days after the terror arm

if congressional lawmakers are committed to moving the goalposts on this even to some degree of hardagine that the white house would stand up against that if that were the difference between having or not having legislation that could be passed. vonnie: great exclusive recording, margaret talev. thank you. and of course zach tracer in studio covers health care and will be covering this ongoing story throughout the day. still ahead, senator rand paul. you just saw him as the president was signed executive order on health care. where is he standing on tax reform? all of that to come. mark: quick check of what happened to european equities today. tuesday -.0 1%. yesterday unchanged and today up 0.3 percent. it has barely budged in three days. gains in the ftse and sterling. i will leave you with the currency board as we wrap up the european close. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: it is noon in new york, 5:00 p.m. in london, midnight in hong kong. welcome to bloomberg markets. ♪ vonnie: from bloomberg world headquarters, here with a top stories around the world. starting things off with a ba

will get a tax cut, it was interesting that the president and senator mcconnell seemed to move the goalposthat they want to see progress on tax cuts, but it may get done next year. >> i would like for it to be done this year. if we get it done, it's a great achievement, but don't forget, it took years for the reagan administration to get taxes done. i've been here for 9 months. >> the goal is to get it done this calendar year, but it is important to remember that obama signed obamacare in march of year two. obama signed dodd-frank in july, year two. we're going to get this job done and the goal is to get it done by the end of the year. >> the goal is to get it done by the end of the year. the two men were pressed about steve bannon, trying to look into the mid terms. bannon saying he will endorse challengers that agree to vote against mcconnell staying on as republican leader. here's what bannon said to conservatives over the weekend. >> it's not my war. this is our war. [applause] and y'all didn't start it the establishment started it. right now, it's a season of war against a g.o.p. estab

because the goalpost has been moved. first it was "i did not have medications with russians." which was not true. then it was "i never met with any russians to discuss any political campaign." now it's "i did not discuss interference in the campaign." >> i conducted no improper discussions with russians at any time regarding a campaign or any other item facing this country. mr. chairman, i don't have to sit in here and listen until -- >> you are the one -- >> without having a chance to respond. give me a break. the lead-in to your question was very, very troubling. >> kimberly: obviously some contention and tough moments between them here. >> juan: that was interesting because that's the way i feel sitting here some days. i don't have to listen to this. >> kimberly: but you do, for an hour. >> juan: it was interesting because i think the heart and soul of it was you have the senators treating the attorney general as if he is a target of interest in the russia investigation. of course, he's recused himself and angered president trump who, by the way, continues to say where is t

did we see the goalpost, did we see a field goal made here? how close to tax reform do you think we really are? >> i would say we have moved within the red zone. we are going to begin having hearings. we've worked for the last several years to come up with the information necessary having the budget resolution passed, now we have to cross the goal line. >> harris: i don't know why i started off with football, it is what it is. moving on, what does this mean in terms of attracting people to push tax reform forward? does this give you a look at okay, we've got all republicans, the president thinks he will get rand paul but what does it really look like for bipartisan? >> it depends on how it ends up looking at the end. the president we met at the cabinet room the other day, i was taking notes. at some point i came up with shorthand for "donald trump want something good for the middle class" because he said it over and over at different times in the conversation. we all want that. if this works for the folks in the middle class by increasing the

i reservejudgment until it comes out that the goalposts they have set are the right ones.s ex—partnerforged damages against an ivf clinic after his ex—partner forged his signature in order to have a child. the man had been seeking more than £1 million to pay for his daughter's private education and her wedding. the couple already had one child through ivf. in 2011, after they had separated, she sent him a message saying she was three months pregnant. she had forged his signature to get a private clinic in london to defrost embryos they had created together. he says it's had a huge impact on the relationship with his daughter. he took the case to court, claiming the clinic was in breach of contract. the man was asking the clinic to pay him more than £1 million for the upbringing of his daughter, for private school fees, holidays, and her wedding. the judge said even know he has lost his case today, his judgment should be seen case today, his judgment should be seen as a case today, his judgment should be seen as a complete personal and moral vindication of the father. the s

. >> the goalposts have been moved. >> i don't sit here and listen -- >> what exactly did donald trump tell you was his reason for firing director come email? >> remains confidential. we believe our players should stand for the national anthem and how it is being interpreted and we are trying to deal with those issues. >> the most worthless statement he could have made,

. >> they've been moving the goalpost all year long, but i've heard from a number of democratic membersn congress who do believe they will be successful, republicans, that is, in tax reform. may be in the end of the year, but they are privately telling donors that this is probably going to happen. >> bret: the house will accept the senate budget and that will save some time as wealth or they can fast-track this thing if they write out details pretty soon. >> there are 34 working days left to the senate before christmas. so it actually could be done. a couple of things to remember. the actual bill in itself is being put together in secret by a group of republicans, obviously no democrats involved. and we don't know some of the divisions and fault lines among some of the republicans about the details of that bill. the point of that being it can take time to work out. we just have this framework. then we just don't have much time to do it. on the other hand, is it the end of the world to get this done in january and december? >> it's interesting that democrats are resigned to believing thi

. >> do you think he's trying to move the goalposts? the question is do you think they teamed up to do anything? maybe it didn't change the votes. that's not the criminal line. >> no. it's not what they're investigating. what they're looking at is whether or not they did this micro targeting of hillary clinton voters to try to suppress the vote and to go after the trump voters to get the vote. and did it in conjunction with the russians. it doesn't have to do with people going into the voting machines. that's not the central focus of the investigation. >> well, i think that's right. and i want to go back to something that you were saying which is about his lying. and i don't know why trump tweets things and says things that aren't true. and i think to the point of what is unfolding right now, the conflict happening between the political strategy and the legal strategy, this is exactly why trump just needs to stop talking. and i think that it is very risky for this white house to engage in a fight with mueller and engage in a public figh

i want you to clarify something for our viewers because it's sort of a moving goalpost between daca andortant for us to realize? >> it's important because there's overlap, obviously d brent brent right. >> but the daca program is limited -- elizabeth: president obama. >> president obama did it. we know how many there are, it's a set, finite population. and so if we were to, say, upgrade them to a green card or something, we would know what the size of the thing that we're doing is. the dream act that people are talking about -- and there's different versions of it in congress -- would open a whole new can of worms. they're not just bigger, more people, maybe three or four times more people, but we don't actually even know how many people there are. in other words, it's opening a whole new thing -- elizabeth: is that one of the biggest challenges going forward? it's in congress' hands, if you will. >> it is the. there's a bunch of things they have to decide. the first is are they just going to fix the problem of the people that president obama illegally, in my opinion, gave work permits

were rumors floating around about a proposal from tom cotton and bob corker that would move the goalposts on the deal itself and to to you to matter early -- unilaterally alter the deal which would constitute a violation of the deal, but before that, the question was, will congress reimpose nuclear-related sanctions, that they have to do with in the 60-date window if the deal is decertified, or will they ignore trump? and it looked like there was increasing omentum in favor of not -- momentum in favor of not imposing sanctions. jeff flake said it would be unwise to unburden iran from the burdens of restrictions. rand paul said something similar. similar,said something that we should enforce the deal. there's instant be even among the politicking that occurred 'after the deals signing a recognition that the deal is working so long as iran is complying. it might be the case that reimposedoes not nuclear-related sanctions, but it will be a close fight. mr. malley: a little nuance. i never thought that the present administration or congress would reimpose sanctions because that would be such

>> the biggest thing is i think we have heard a number of administration officials push back the goalpost on this all year long. remember, earlier this year, the treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, was saying he thought they could get this done by august. they didn't have a framework in august, and they still don't have anything just yet. we're hearing that this bill could be 1,000 pages plus. and no one has really seen the specifics, how they'll pay for it, even though they're starting to hammer out those details privately among republicans in congress. obviously, we'll hear a lot more in the next couple weeks as they begin to hold hearings, but getting it done by the end of december, especially when we're going to see a lot more things come up in congress, including the feud going on right now about why american troops are in niger and the investigations that are going to go forward with that. i still think december is going to be tough and tight for them to get anything through. >> and jeff, i'm curious, why even make that mandate? i agree it's self-imposed, but next year is an electio

of changing his story the goalpost has been moved first it was i did not have communications with russians which was not true then it was i never met with any russians to discuss any political campaign which may or may not be true now it's i did not discuss interference in the campaign which further narrows your initial blanket denial about meeting with the russian it's well let me just say this without hesitation that i conducted no improper cam discussions with russians at any time regarding a campaign or any other. facing this country ok how do i know our side at first. and that's been a suggestion that you have raised in others it was somehow we had conversations that were improper that to me is moving the goalposts every time and we're starting off with an action and by the end we're going to. you know a seventy five yard field goal so now everything else so now you take that they say if i ever met with the russian and not been candid with the committee and i reject that. f.b.i. document show former director james komi began drafted began drafting a letter on hillary clinton's e-mails

this is not a small point and the people who don't want to -- that want to have the goalpost over hereway to be unhappy about this, they're not going to be happy with this and i really don't care. it's one thing for you, brooke, to kneel. it's one thing for me to kneel and have the players kneel. it's one thing for trump to say if you kneel you will be fired. he has freedom of speech and he's using his speech to squash other speech. if you're using to ostracize and vilify an entire community and that comes from politically speaking to being a bully. >> what about down in dallas, drew? the cowboys owner jerry jones now says he's going to bench players if they dare kneel and disrespect the flag, but didn't he take a knee? you know, some weeks ago, and i'm left wondering also of the optics of that, you know, a white owner threatening mostly black players, not to mention isn't this the same guy who hired greg hardy, a blatant domestic abuser? >> without question. jerry jones has made a very controversial statement the other day saying he would bench players who kneeled had two players rais

with some of my friends and colleagues they keep moving the goalpost.we have border patrol, we vetted technology and 653 -- miles of border. don't come up with the excuse that we need more border security. the other thing of border security is that some people feel if you have a wall that will solve the problems. a wall is the 14th century solution. we have talked about roundtables and town halls. the last few days i've been with the border patrol and leaders on the border spending time with them talking to them about the best way to secure the border. the issue is first of all we have to the property rights, most republicans believe in that but i feel if someone owns the wall it's a 14th century solution. the latest numbers in part of my country they want to add 32 miles of fencing. or a wall. do know much money that is? someone give a guess. $798 million for 32 miles. it's more than three quarters of a billion dollars. the problem is it so expensive. you have camera sensors that will work to address the issue. if you took the most beautiful wall, 30%

so, again, the goalpost has been moved. first it was, i did not have communications with russian, which was not true. then it was, i never met with any russians to discuss any russians in the political campaign, which now mayor m or not be true. now it's i did not discuss interference in the campaign, which further explains your blanket denial about meeting with the russians. since u qualified your denial to say you did not, quote, discuss issues of the campaign with russians, what in your view constitutes issues of the campaign? >> well, let me just say this without hesitation, that i conducted no improper discussions with russians at any time regarding a campaign or any other item facing this country. i want to say that first. that's been the suggestion that you've raised and others, that somehow we had conversations that were improper, number one. >> may i suggest that -- >> no, sir, you had a long time, senator franken. i would like to respond. >> we'll note that senator cruz went two minutes over. they're going to cut

because it has made castles plenty of types and will have to do that again, it keeps moving the goalposts hurt confidence after a while? >> good sound similar to amazon 10 or kicking years ago, you have a company that could be profitable today but they would be subscale for longer. to produce and ship as many cars as possible. to do that, they will have to invest as much as they can to get to one million cars sold or 2 million cars sold, whatever the number is. i think there is a tremendous amount of leverage in the model, meaning, when they get to a certain scale, profits will come. that is not the strategy today and i think the market realizes it, seeing the stock at 60% year to date. julia: we have these announcements and general motors yesterday saying they are going to be out producing these guys very quickly in terms of electric vehicles. what you make of that? they are coming and will make strong efforts. second question, you are bullish call, what feedback have you had for your report? >> the first question, i think talk is cheap. you are saying a bunch of announcements about new

right now about some of the bone of contention for the palestinians and the israelis it seems the goalpost has shifted once again now remember when president met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house he said very publicly at a press conference quote i hope you hold off on settlements for a little bit so that was the u.s. policy in tel settlement started being built now when you ask officials either at the state department or the white house they say that they don't think settlements are helpful to the process but at the same time asking for a freeze has never been successful so they seem to be responding to the fact that netanyahu is basically ignoring what president trump has asked him to do so again this i think for the palestinian would call into question whether or not the u.s. can be an honest broker i mean obviously jason greenbelt has been focusing on getting some services restored to the people of the west bank and gaza but there's very much question about whether he's too pro israel i know jared kushner has a point on this for the white house just to gi

floating around about a proposal from tom cotton and bob corker that essentially remove -- moved the goalpostsn the deal itself and try to basically unilaterally alter the multi-lateral agreement which is not going to happen and which would constitute a violation of the deal itself. but before that, itself. -- the main question was, will congress reimpose nuclear-related sanction as they had the opportunity to do within a 60-day window of the deal if it's decertified or will they ignore trump? and it looked like there was increasing momentum in favor of not reimposing nuclear-related sanctions. senator jeff flake came out and said it would be unwise to unburden iran from the deal's restrictions now that they've benefited from economic sanctions senator rand paul said something similar. representative royce, foreign affairs committee, said something similar, that we should enforce the deal. so there seems to be, even among the politicking that occurred during the deal's signing and afterwards, a recognition that now we're in this deal, it is working so long as iran is complying we should not un

that puts a lot of power in the hands of senators tom cotton and bob corker who setting new goalposts for iran proposing a new law that puts indefinite restrictions on iran's nuclear program, bolsters inspections and snaps back sanctions if iran comes within a one-year breakout period of making a nuclear weapon. president trump has asked secretary of state rex tillerson to negotiate a second add-on nuclear deal, but neither iran nor any of the five partner countries of the u.s. have agreed to it and privately they accuse president trump of risking national security for political gain. >> yeah, europe, russia and china monitoring things closely, margaret, thank you. meantime, leaders in iran are promising a tough response if the u.s. abandons the deal. elizabeth palmer is in tehran with how one lawmaker said a u.s. withdrawal could lead to global chaos. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. everybody in iran is waiting anxiously to hear president trump's remarks. already the currency has dived in value in anticipation of aggressive moves from the white house. president re

some fish a washington and skull to his official washington actually care about that the moving the goalpost changing the rules in the middle of the game well i mean if you take care american diplomats have to care about because american power is not in a session anymore they understand the understand that their power is declining in that even now right now it's nothing nothing ten years twenty years right now it's in decline in they have to understand that they do understand that the reputation of these states is a broker is a diplomatic broker in the world aware that it concerns the far east and the future of the korean peninsula whether it concerns other areas of the middle east of which these are doing this walk that makes a deal with north korea almost. exactly what i think it's a good thing what is going on strangely because the stupidity of this is so astounding that finally it can bring a good result because what's going on is indeed every petition or the iraq story but on a much greater scale i mean the incompetence over george bush jr is nothing compared to the incompetence or trum

but the goalposts have moved.ally the worst offenders. thank you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. boris johnson has urged the eu to think creatively to strike a deal on brexit — as business lobby groups call for a transition deal. the government minister backs her colleague who says that the only way to do with those fighting with the islamic state is to kill them. and a scottish man who was given a three—month jail sentence in dubai for touching a man's hip has had his case dropped. time now for the sport. good afternoon. everton manager ronald koeman is leading training today and preparing as normal for their next match. there is increasing speculation about his future after everton dropped into the premier league relegation zone yesterday following a 5—2 defeat to arsenal at goodison park. they had gone ahead through wayne rooney but conceded four second—half goals, and it means they have not won now in five matches in all competitions. ronald koeman admitted everyone at the club expects better. it's a real

anything for the political campaign then i did not discuss interference in the election moves the goalpost every time and reader's starting off with an extra point and by the end we're at the 75-yard field goal. to say i did not discuss interfering with the election if that is your last treatment that is a very different bar then i can tell you why did not me with any russians i hope it is a short answer. >> to improperly framed the subject. >> please proceed. >> you and i have had a good relationship on this committee. i would tell my colleagues i take most of you have known of high-level love public service to reach the high standard of ethics and decency and to be honest about things so now you have gone through this long talk that i believe is totally unfair. at all rose from this question when he was charged that these documents allegedly say'' there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump's surrogates. allsi of them. trump's surrogates in intermediaries for the dirussian government. is and that what you said? it did not say some of it sayson surroga

planning a sports game, we would call it moving the goalposts. host: do you not believe it's an epidemic? what do you think should be done? absolutely not. i have spent a career in law enforcement. we had violence on the streets of america and police dying and innocent citizens dying and children dying because of this drug war. whene not learn our lesson we dealt with prohibition? if you look at statistics, your staff can look at what the murder rate was before prohibition, during prohibition and after. do the same study when it comes to the war on drugs. as far as an epidemic is concerned, let me give you other numbers -- tobacco deaths, 6 million per year. alcohol deaths, 2,000,400,000 per year. 1,000,300,000. -- that stands head and shoulders above what the opioids have claimed to taken in terms of lives. host: we will leave it there. for you thisews morning -- "usa today" africa is the new frontline on terror. there is a new york times piece this morning that takes a look at what's left under the islamic states of control. if you look at this

. -- they -- the big shots -- so-called big shots -- they taped him to a goalpost with duct tape.as down there -- i went down there, and i saw him. he could not move, so i cut him off, and i said, i tell you what, let's just both quit. if this is what it's all about -- we weren't no professional football team. we were just high school kids. he wanted to play. . could have made the team i would not have been a great star or nothing, but i could have made it, but that is what they do to kids. it makes them in their heads -- you know, something like that -- he wanted to play so bad, he's trying as hard as he can. the big shots, they did something like that, and i went home and told my dad i said i quit. he said why, and i said this don't make no sense. that didn't make no -- i was not part of it, i just happen to go out and look up the street in front of the stadium and i saw the guy, and that's what they did just to get him off the team, and the coach never said a word about it. actually, being duct taped is not necessarily to get you off the team. it's often what we call mild hazin

that to me is moving the goalposts every time. we are starting off with it extrawide and then by the end we are going to a 75 yard field goal. saying i didn't discuss interfering with the election is your last statement, that is a very different bar then i can tell you i did not meet with any russians. a.g. sessions: so he gets to do about 10 minutes of improperly framing the subject and i'm giving a short answered response? chairman: proceed please. a.g. sessions: first and foremost, senator franken: to you and i have had a good relationship on this committee. i would tell most of my colleagues that i've committed myself to a high level of public service. to reach the highest standards of ethics and decency in my service, to be honest about things that i said. you have now gone through this long talk that i believe is totally unfair to me. it all arose from this question. when it was charged that these documents allegedly say "there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump's surrogates -- as if a

that to me is moving the goalposts every time. we are starting off with it extrawide and then by the end we are going to a 75 yard field goal. saying i didn't discuss interfering with the election is your last statement, that is a very different bar then i can tell you i did not meet with any russians. a.g. sessions: so he gets to do about 10 minutes of improperly framing the subject and i'm giving a short answered response? chairman: proceed please. a.g. sessions: first and foremost, senator franken: to you and i have had a good relationship on this committee. i would tell most of my colleagues that i've committed myself to a high level of public service. to reach the highest standards of ethics and decency in my service, to be honest about things that i said. you have now gone through this long talk that i believe is totally unfair to me. it all arose from this question. when it was charged that these documents allegedly say "there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump's surrogates -- as if a