it's just not going to happen yeah mr cullen. some very strong words from the united states. states. what can the americas does it do they still have some leverage given their past involvement in the war well of course it's one of the. argument solved the government of the us a government that they're fighting against imperialism this is a plot involving international organized crime in league with coup mongers a fair amount also with terrorists and the imperialists. so this does have a certain traction with some sections of the population the americans can do what they've done to venezuela they can introduce functions on named individuals stopping them from traveling freezing their bank accounts and generally ramping up the kind of pressure to go beyond that is very problematic president trump has talked about it considering a military intervention saying that it's way over here i don't think even he would consider a military intervention in any character and of course it's not going to happen eventually there either because it would be very strongly opposed everywhere else

exactly what this is this is a real outcry for democracy they want their rights back mr cullen says this is a satanic sect backed by the united states of america to undermine his government. well yes but that's the government's rhetoric. taken has never abandoned his left wing anti-imperialist rhetoric but of course when once he was back in power after two thousand and six he implemented much more pragmatic policies he actually developed quite a successful economic model in conjunction with the private sector who were representatives of business were included on the advisory panels and contracts government contracts one hundred out to the private sector and this worked rather well the economy was growing about four percent a year or more for several years until very recently and i think the reference to venezuela or alias is quite interesting because they're playing by the venezuela playbook now venezuela bankrolled the ortega government in

they have backing by cuban intelligence as well so this is not you know there are no amateurs ok mr cullen but at the same time we've seen thousands of pro supporters on the streets saying that their revolution is now being hijacked by the west. well. this reflects the changes that took place in recent years the money particularly flowing in from venezuela unable the government to massively expound the public sector the the state bureaucracy there's a very large number of people in nicaragua are dependent on the state for employment and the pro-government demonstrations are very largely composed of people who've been ordered by the superiors to to attend and they pay know which side their bread is buttered on they don't want to lose their jobs they're going to lose their livelihood and. the family needs to youth organization particularly which are very young people who don't remember this fantasy revolution but they. they've been brought up under the this regime they form a large part of the. shock troops of the paramilitary shock troops of the regime alone there is no indication to sugges

it's just not going to happen yeah mr cullen. some very strong words from the united states to states. what can the americas does it do they still have some leverage given their past involvement in the war well of course it's one of the arguments of the government of government that of the fight against imperialism this is a plot involving international organized crime in league with coup mongers the term and also with terrorists. imperialists. does have a certain traction with some sections of the population the americans can do what they've done to venezuela that they can introduce sanctions on named individuals stopping them from traveling freezing their bank accounts and. really ramping up that kind of pressure to go beyond that is very problematic president trump has talked about considering a military intervention you say and that is where he i don't think even he would consider a military intervention in any character and of course it's not going to happen event where either because it would be very strongly opposed everyw

they have backing by cuban intelligence as well so this is not you know there are no amateurs ok mr cullen but at the same time we've seen thousands of pro turn supporters on the streets saying that their revolution is now being hijacked by the west well. this reflects the changes that took place in recent years the money particularly flowing in from venezuela unable the government to.

they have backing by cuban intelligence as well so this is not you know there are no amateurs ok mr cullenbut at the same time we've seen thousands of pro supporters on the streets saying that their revolution is now being hijacked by the west. well. this reflects the changes that took place in recent years the money particularly flowing in from.

affair with donald trump years earlier that he denies took place so during this conversation between mr cullenf financing and mrtrump government of the subject of financing and mr trump can be heard saying on the tape, what financing? he says, we will have to pay. he says no, that seems to be the heart of the marcus fysh the tape is concerned. pulling apart those words, to see exactly what the meaning was. one implication being a payment by cheque would be more traceable as opposed to a cash payment. has there been any response oi’ payment. has there been any response or reaction to this from the white house or indeed president trump's own personal lawyer? yes, there has. from rudy giuliani, this is no payment was ever made. he says the precise words during this conversation show that no crime was committed, that there is no evidence in this conversation of any wrongdoing. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the artworks banned by facebook. belgian museums to mind a rethink on the social network's nudity policy. ok, coming down the ladder now. that's one small step fo

mr. cullen's lawyers discovered the recording as part of the review of materials seized from cohen's home and office, and cohen's lawyers then shared it with mr. trump's lawyers. the times say three people cited in order to make that claim. there's an open criminal investigation into michael cohen. the part of the investigation, fbi seizes tons of stuff from him, and among seized was a recording that cohen apparently made of himself talking with candidate trump about this payment. over this week's long, now month's long back and forth process we've watched where this court is reviewing all the stuff that was seized from cohen to figure out which is considered attorney-client prooif ledivile cohen's attorneys came across the recording of the items seized, reviewed it, shared it with donald trump's attorneys, and if this new reporting we got tonight from emily james fox at vanity fair is true, that the tape was marked privileged, that means a specific thing. that means prosecutors would never have gotten it. so that means the only people who would have had access to this thing is michael co

michael cullen, his long—term lawyer, secretly recorded a conversation with mrtrump, secretly recorded a conversation with mra potential payoff to a former playboy model who was, i think it was alleged she had an affair with think it was alleged she had an affairwith him. it think it was alleged she had an affair with him. it has echoes of other cases but it could get him into a lot of trouble? yeah. when it comes to donald trump it seems like nothing should surprise you but this is another sort of astonishing revelation. it is amazing it has only come out now, given that it was a huge scandal in month ago. it really, i think this question will i'iow really, i think this question will now be on the back of all of trump's advises' mines, if he recorded this conversation, he was trump's lawyer for a long time, what other conversations has he been recording? and that will be fascinating to see how it plays out. i think the issue here is not the embarrassment, necessarily, about what he may or may not have done, that the fact that it would reach campaign expenditure rules. it is kind of a story that will not go