failings occurred after the tests were out—sourced to an american company. 0ur ireland correspondent chris pageent this report. stories like emma mhic mhathuna's have moved and stunned people in ireland. she was given the all clear from cervical cancer five years ago but the result of her smear test was wrong. she was only diagnosed with the disease in 2016 and is now terminally ill. the cancer is throughout my body. i've been told, while i have

in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast and explains how the law

chris page, bbc news, belfast.some of the team on twitter — i'm @ babita bbc. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... it's pain in paris for stan as a poor performance puts paid to wawrinka's french open hopes. he is out in the first round and out of the worlds top 250. another year another appearance in the nba finals for lebronjames. he leads the cavs to victory over boston but will he be with cleveland next season? tick tock tick tock. .. mo salah heads to spain to receive treatment on his injured shoulder — he's in a race against time to be fit for the world cup. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. the king of clay, rafa nadal has got his title defence at the french open under way but has been battling notjust lucky loser, simone bolelli, but the elements as well after play was suspended due to rain in the french capital. nadal is on the hunt for an 11th title at roland garros but was made to work in

chris page in belfast, thank you.ave reinforced the importance of the 2015 deal imposing controls on the country. yesterday, the israeli prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, unveiled what he said was evidence of a secret iranian nuclear weapons programme. tom bateman is injerusalem. give us a sense of the reaction to what binyamin netanyahu said. this was a powerpoint presentation by the israeli prime minister that was meant to maximise public impact and to be heard not least at the white house where he wants to achieve his stated goal of getting president trump to withdraw the us from the 2015 nuclear agreement with iran. within the next ten days. was there anything new in what the israeli prime minister said? there has been a growing list of former officials and diplomats and experts in the nuclear field who think there was no new information compared to what the un's nuclear watchdog new in that period of time. alistair burt, who wa nts to period of time. alistair burt, who wants to remain as a signatory for britain

chris page, bbc news, dublin.re, one of the main anti—abortion campaigns has already conceded defeat. john mcguirk, communications director of the anti—abortion save the 8th campaign said no campaigners were "deeply broken—hearted. "what irish voters did yesterday is a tragedy of historic proportions. however, a wrong does not become right simply because a majority support it. shortly, legislation will be introduced that will allow babies to be killed in our country. we will oppose that legislation. abortion was wrong yesterday. it remains wrong today. the constitution has changed, but the facts have not". nuala mcgovern is in dublin for us and has been speaking to people to gauge their reaction. let me bring in audrey carvel and dearbhail mcdonald, you're both very welcome. audrey, how would you describe this moment? historic, seismic, stunning, the exit polls released last night showed 69.4% of the electorate here voted yes. it is an exit poll but even with the margin of error, the victory for the yes side is ov

chris page, bbc news, dublin.nd former presidential candidate who was tortured in vietnam. john mccain also has brain cancer — another reason you might think to treat him with the greatest respect. now, though, a white house official has shocked washington by allegedly saying his vote didn't matter because, quote, "he's dying anyway". that's brought this stinging response from john mccain's daughter. and whatever you want to say in this kind of environment, the thing that surprises me most is — i was talking about this with you, j°y ‘ i don't understand what kind of environment you are working in where that would be acceptable and then you could come to work the next day and still have a job and that is all i have to say. anthony zurcher has more from washington. what we know is that it was kelly sadler who reportedly said this. she is a white house aide, came over to the trump white house from a local washington conservative newspaper. she was responding to the criticism ofjohn mccain blocking gina haspel, the ci

chris page, bbc news, dublin.nuclear deal in a phone call with donald trump this evening. it's the first time they've spoken since mr trump pulled america out of the deal. let's speak to our political correspondent, chris mason, who's in downing street for us. what can you tell us about what they had to say? is called took place in the last couple of hours, and it emphasises the wedge that exists between london and washington on this deal, signed in 2015, the us and uk signatory to it, among others, where iran would curb its nuclear ambitions in return foran curb its nuclear ambitions in return for an easing of sanctions but, on tuesday, president trump said the us was withdrawing from the deal. in the phone call to night, mrs may reiterated the british position and the view of the uk's european partners that they were fully committed to the deal, and emphasised that she was concerned about british businesses who are doing business in iran and the potential implications of new us sanctions on their business. the r

chris page, bbc news. ng to president trump tonight. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason is at westminster. they have obviously covered quite a bit of ground but the nuclear deal in iran, one of those significant things. yeah, very striking reading what we have been told from downing street's side of the story about this conversation between theresa may and donald trump in the last couple of hours, because there is a huge gap between their instincts on the iran nuclear deal. we saw earlier in the week, president trump withdrew the united states from the deal. the deal was aimed, when it was signed three years ago, to ensure that iran stops developing nuclear weapons in return for sanctions being lifted. america is in the business of imposing sanctions. the other signatories to the deal, including the uk, argue that mr trump is wrong and that the deal should remain in place. the big question is whether mr trump's withdraw from it effectively means the whole thing is over. i will bring you the words from

i spoke to our ireland correspondent, chris page, who began by explaining the strict abortion laws inlaws in northern ireland, chris, are that a woman can only have terminations if there is a permanent or serious risk to her health. now here in dublin today, i think people are reflecting on the significance of the referendum result. people voted by a margin of 2—1 to overturn the eighth amendment of the irish constitution, which amounted to, in effect, a near ban on abortions here in the irish republic. to give you an idea of what the papers here in dublin are saying, the sunday business post talk about generation yes, saying ireland has wrestled with its past and voted to redefine its future. the irish edition of the sunday times says ireland opens door to abortion. now, it had been thought that this would increase calls for there to be a chang in the law on abortion, north of the irish border. for example, the irish government will be now taking forward legislation through the irish parliament here to legalise abortion for any reason, until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant, and in some

chris page, bbc news, belfast. is taking place in the west midlands following heavy rain and flash flooding. in birmingham more than a month's worth of rainfall hit the city in an hour. in walsall, one man in his eighties died after his car was submerged in the rising water. italy's president appoints a new interim prime minister as the country tries to pulls itself out of its deep political crisis. and pressure to relax northern ireland's strict abortion laws is intensifying following friday's referendum in the irish republic. the owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich, has flown to israel after being found eligible for citizenship in the country. the russian billionaire had faced delays in renewing his uk visa and did not attend the fa cup final at wembley earlier this month when chelsea beat manchester united. mr abramovich was reportedly given an identity card under the ‘law of return‘ which allowsjews to become citizens of israel. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has been in brussels today,

chris page, bbc news, belfast.e british number two breezed through the second set, winning it 6—0 in only her second victory of the year. in south africa, there's been a surge in so—called "land invasions", with poor communities illegally occupying empty properties. the governing anc is under pressure to put more land in the hands of the black majority, and it's now considering confiscating land without paying compensation. that's causing alarm among some white farmers, who fear echoes of the violence and intimidation that occurred in neighbouring zimbabwe under robert mugabe. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on the edge ofjohannesburg, an empty field is proving too much of a temptation. dozens of families have begun marking out plots for themselves. it's 20 feet, up to here, and from here, it's 15 to that stick over there. can you see that stick over there? yes. standing. they know land grabbing is illegal, but still... you just want a piece of land? just a piece of land. not so big, just a piece of land

from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. crowd: the right to choose! crowd: now! change have become louder. to a woman's health. protesters say the law's outdated and unfair. the rest of the western world. we're still in this position here. especially now that the republic has moved on. of stormont, campaigners are focusing on westminster. this woman's story has made a big impact on the debate. survive outside the womb. it was a terrifying time and more traumatic than it should have been. so we're now asking theresa may and westminster now to help us. we need the help now. as the landslide referendum result was becoming clear on saturday. two thirds voted to liberalise the abortion laws. to allow more access to terminations in northern ireland. the restrictions. to make a decision on, under the devolution settlement. she should not bow to that. shows the need to restore devolution. devolution. this most personal of matters has become highly political. repercussions north of the border and across the irish sea. chris paige, bbc news, belfast. stay with us on bbc ne

our ireland correspondent chris page has more.s referendum is a significant and symbolic moment for ireland. conservative in western europe. women go abroad, mainly to britain, to have terminations. child has the same right to life as a pregnant woman. the eighth amendment. the eight but they're kind of like blanket statements. people don't say, well, what does that really mean? and i don't think that that is just. forward new legislation. afterwards. for a change in the law. 68 to 32. 68 to 32, yeah, yeah. applause. announced late this afternoon. chris page, bbc news, dublin. announced this afternoon. it's time to open the ballot boxes. here at dublin castle we expect between 3pm and 6pm. between 3pm and 6pm. relax the abortion laws in the irish republic. republic. saying it was a landslide vote to repeal the eighth amendment. repeal the eighth amendment. independent park is simple it's a yes. yes. most conservative laws on social issues in the western world. issues in the western world. has been more rapid than people thought. t

in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris pageains how the law in northern ireland differs to the republic. currently a woman can only have an abortion... howeverwhen currently a woman can only have an abortion... however when you look at their wider political picture in northern ireland what's interesting is none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you have a range of political opinions, the dup very strongly against the law, the second biggest party. their current position doesn't go as far as the irish party in dublin, they plan to pass legislation to legalise terminations under any circumstances. then sinn fein may relax their position further at their conference in a few weeks of their conference in a few weeks of the fact there is growing pressure on the westminster government to legislate to relax abortion laws in northern ireland, particularly in the absence of the devolved government in stormont. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an eleven—

here's our ireland correspondent chris page. people in ireland. but the result of her smear test wasrminally ill. the cancer is throughout my body. in place for my children. are going to get away with it. taken by this woman, vicky phelan from limerick. she was awarded 2. laboratory which was carrying out tests for the irish health service. doctors have given her between six and 12 months to live. time with my children. the money will provide for my family. becoming more clear. resigned today. cabinet meeting. the taoiseach apologised to emma mhic mhathuna. that can give her comfort at this time. my friends. those young children could be my nephews. likely to keep asking questions. to ensure no one else will die needlessly. as i have here. children will grow up without a mother. mother. counselling but opposition parties are likely to keep up the pressure. are likely to keep up the pressure. to get to the truth about what's happened. happened. chris, thank you. our top story this evening. young people are being failed by gaps in mental health care. contest where certain parts of the

from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. what do we want? is illegal u nless northern ireland abortion is illegal unless there is a serious or permit risk a woman's health. protesters say that the law is outdated and unfair. i feel we're dragging say that the law is outdated and unfair. i feelwe're dragging behind the rest of europe, the rest of the western world. women are being denied human rights. it is like the dark ages and incredible we are still in this position. a huge shift in attitudes on the other side of the irish border has given new momentum to these demonstrators but there has been no devolved government now for more than 500 days and in the absence of stormont campaigners are focusing on westminster. this woman and her story made a big impact on the debate, she travelled to england to end her pregnancy when doctors said that her unborn child could not survive outside the womb. it was a terrifying time and more traumatic thanit terrifying time and more traumatic than it should have been. if stormont was up and running we would

chris page, bbc news.g ahead with plans to expand existing grammar schools in england. it has promised £50 million to provide new places at selective schools. labour has dismissed it as a vanity project, saying it's a misguided use of overstretched funds. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. here is a test for you. when did the prime minister say this? we know grammar schools are hugely popular with parents. we know they are good for the pupils that attend them. yes, it was 2016, before the general election. losing her majority in 2017, the commitment to lift a ban on new selective schools was dropped. now £50 million has been made available for existing grammar schools in england to expand. the £50 million for grammar school expansion is a relatively small part of a large capital pot which is there to make sure that we can accommodate the needs of families and make sure we have got good school places and diversity in choice. the funding was first ear—marked in 2016, the new education secretary

our ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast, and explains how the law in northern ireland differspublic. currently, a woman can only have an abortion if there's a serious or permanent risk to your physical or mental health, so much more restrictive than in the rest of the uk, though women can travel from here to have abortions in england, scotland and wales and every year plenty do. however, looking at the wider political picture in northern ireland, what's interesting is that none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you've got a range of political opinions. the dup are very strongly against the law. the second biggest party, sinn fein, their current position doesn't go as far as what the irish government in dublin are proposing to do. they plan to pass legislation to legalise terminations for any reason until a woman's 12 weeks pregnant and in some ci rcu msta nces afterwards, although sinn fein may relax their position further at their annual conference which is expected to be held in a few weeks‘ time. so the fa

chris page, bbc news.ople to have been kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo. it's understood they were visiting virunga national park, just north of the city of goma, known as a haven for endangered mountain gorillas, when they were abducted. ben ando is with me. what more do we know? details are sketchy, our understanding of the information we have got comes from the congo national parks and they say around ten o'clock this morning local time, this party ofjurors were travelling between two towns in the area when they came under attack from a group of unknown gunmen. it is known that lots of militia operate in this area and the foreign office advises not to go there because it is considered to go there because it is considered to be very dangerous, it is an area of civil war and last month five park rangers and a driver were killed by militia men. two british tourists, we do not know their identities or who they are, they we re identities or who they are, they were kidnapped along with their driv

our ireland correspondent chris page has more.referendum is a significant and symbolic moment for ireland. this country was once regarded as the most socially conservative in western europe. currently, abortions are only legal if a woman's life is substantially at risk, but every year several thousand women go abroad, mainly to britain, to have terminations. voters have been asked whether they want to remove the eighth amendment of ireland's constitution, which says an unborn child has the same right to life as a pregnant woman. people have died because of the eighth amendment and we can't have any access to safe abortion care unless we repeal the eighth amendment. people say that, you know, they're pro—choice and want to repel the eight but they're kind of like blanket statements. people don't say well, what does that really mean? that will give powerfor one human to end the life of another human, and i don't think that that is just. if the majority votes yes, the government plans to bring forward new legislation. abortions would

chris page, bbc news, dublin.he latest from chris now at dublin castle, which is where the result will officially be announced this afternoon. good morning. it would be a bigger shock if the exit poll was wrong at this stage, given the size of what it's suggesting is the majority here. what's the reaction be like in the papers this morning? this is potentially a huge moment ireland. the irish times, which commissioned one of those exit polls last night, saying it projected a landslide vote to repeal the eighth amendment. another newspaper, the irish independent, saying confidently that it's a yes. as we now affect the eighth amendment, the effective constitutional ban on abortions, is removed, then that paves the way for government to pass a new law on abortion that would permit termination into the woman is 12 weeks present and in some circumstances weeks present and in some ci rcu msta nces after weeks present and in some circumstances after that, for example if an unborn child is diagnosed with a condition whic

chris page, bbc news, dublin. i have chris with me now.r coming over tojoin us. very much for coming over tojoin us. we are waiting. any idea of when that official results may come through? indications are it will be the late afternoon or early evening. perhaps about six or seven hours from now, but already on the basis of those exit polls which were published last night, we have campaigners from the note side in effect conceding defeat even if those exit polls has very significantly exaggerated, the yes campaign would have won. significantly exaggerated, the yes campaign would have wonm significantly exaggerated, the yes campaign would have won. it is more difficult to find those people that we re difficult to find those people that were campaigning for no, probably as were campaigning for no, probably as we can understand from these figures we can understand from these figures we have seen coming in over the past 12 hours. what i found interesting, we we re 12 hours. what i found interesting, we were talking about perhaps there might be

our ireland correspondent chris page reports.

and no more isolation, as the burden of shame is gone. 0ur northern ireland correspondent, chris page are the current abortion laws? women can only have terminations of their is a permanent or serious risk to her health. in dublin today, people are reflecting on the significance of the referendum result. people voted by a margin of two: one to effectively overturned this ban. it says here that ireland has wrestled with its past and the sunday times has said alan has opened the door to abortion. it had thought that this would in turn leads to a change in the lord north of the border. they may well be considering whether to open up abortion services here in the republic to woman from northern ireland. the sunday times in london is reporting some senior conservative mps have been calling on the government to consider legislating for northern ireland to loosen up the restrictions on abortion there, but it is worth remembering that of the five main political parties in northern ireland, none of them are right in favour of extending abortion laws to northern ireland. the largest party, the

northern ireland "should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand". 0ur ireland correspondent chris pagein dublin today, people are considering the outcome of what was a defining vote on a touchstone social issue. for many years, the catholic church's strong opposition to abortion was reflected in the law. churchgoers this morning were disappointed. i couldn't vote for that. i'm disappointed, i have a no badge, the majority spoke and you have to agree with the wish of the people so it's back to the government to see what they do now with it. but the referendum resulted in a landslide. abortion has been illegal in the irish republic unless a woman's life was substantially in danger. 66% of the voters supported the case for change. ministers are now set to bring forward legislation which will allow terminations for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant and in some ci rcu msta nces afterwards. but the huge shift here has raised questions about the situation in northern ireland where abortions are are only permitted if there is a serious or permanent risk to the woman's health. sinn

earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondent, chris page, who began by explaining the strict abortionn laws in northern ireland are that one can only have a termination if there is a permanent or serious risk to her health. in dublin, people are reflecting on the significance of the referendum result. people voted bya margin the referendum result. people voted by a margin of two to one to overturn the amendment. to give us an idea of the papers in dublin, the sunday business post says ireland has wrestled with its past and voted to redefine its future. in the sunday times, island opens the door to abortion. it had been thought this would increase calls for there to bea this would increase calls for there to be a change in the law on abortion north of the border. the irish government will now be taking legislation forward to legalise abortion for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant and in circumstance leads —— in some circumstances circumstance leads —— in some ci rcu msta nces afterwards. circumstance leads —— in some circumstances afterwards. they may well be deciding wheth

our ireland correspondent chris page reports.n dublin today, people are considering the outcome of what was a defining vote on a touchdown social issue. for many years, the catholic church's strong opposition to abortion was reflected in the law. churchgoers this morning where disappointed. i couldn't vote for that. i'm disappointed, i have no badge, the majority spoke and you have two agree with the wish of the people so it's back to the government to see what they do now. at the referendum results in a landslide, abortion has been illegal in the irish republic and let a woman's wife were substantially in danger. 68% of the voters supported the case for change. ministers are now set to bring forward legislation which will now a low termination for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant. but this has raised discussions about abortions in northern ireland which are only permitted unless there is a serious risks to the health. this has been a national debate, people do length and breadth of the island have been talking about

our ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast., the leader of the dup, says what happens in the republic of ireland and their referendum should not have any impact on the legislative procedure in northern ireland, but it is not quite that simple, is it?|j in northern ireland, but it is not quite that simple, is it? i think after the results in the irish republican army there probably is not. northern ireland's largest party, the dup, remain opposed to a change in the law in northern ireland. a woman can only have an abortion if there is a series or permanent risk to permanent mental oi’ permanent risk to permanent mental or physical health, so more restrictive than the rest of the uk although women can travel to have abortions in england, scotland and wales and many do. but the wider political picture, in northern ireland, what is interesting is none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you have a range of political opinions. the dup very strongly against the law, t

you know, i heard an interesting comment from mike cogley, chris page, the island correspondent. —— froms an antiestablishment vote but not against the irish government as we have seen in other places when they push back against the government perhaps like brexit or a post from world but against the catholic church. there may be some truth to that but i think it is even more profound than that. this is ireland taking a step into the 21st century aligning itself with other european countries. the catholic church, whilst it has played an enormous role in ireland down the decades, in the last 10—15 years, its moral authority has been eroded because of a series of child sexual abuse scandals. so people were not overtly influenced, i don't believe, by the catholic church on this occasion. in the exit poll that rte, the irish national broadcaster, commissioned, the main thing that influenced people's votes in this election was people's stories, that compassion, the empathy they felt with these women who were brave to tell their stories about travelling for a termination. and this country that

chris page, bbc news. two britons have been reported kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo. project. the government has agreed to two additional experts sitting on the grenfell tower disaster inquiry, after pressure from campaigners. after more than 200 women were wrongly given the all clear for cervical cancer, ireland's health minister says the public must be told who knew what when. in sport, sir alex ferguson's son darren has thanked football fans in generalfor the support darren has thanked football fans in general for the support they have shown his father after his brain haemorrhage last week. commenting publicly for the first time since alex's dullness, he also praised hospital staff for their care. everton manager sam alla rdyce hospital staff for their care. everton manager sam allardyce says he will speak to wayne rooney this afternoon and that whether he wants to leave everton to play for dc united in the us. and british number one kyle edmund is in the quarterfinals of the madrid open as he continues his charge into the top 20. i will be back with more of those

uk's highest court, which is sitting in northern ireland for the first time. 0ur correspondent chris pagegainst directly due to his sexuality. what have both sides been saying? this is a clash of values, a battle about where religion, faith and responsibility and writes all meat and it has been a very long—running case, as you have said. it all began four years ago. gareth lee walked into ashers bakery in belfast city centre and ask them for a cake with a slogan which said, support gay marriage. northern ireland is the only part of the uk where same—sex couples cannot get married. the ba kers couples cannot get married. the bakers turn down the order saying the message was at odds with their religious beliefs. the equality commission took up gareth li ‘s case and ashers were taken to court. they had to pay compensation. the court ruled that they had discriminated against mr lee. they have now taken it on to the highest court in the land, the supreme court. as he arrived in court this morning, daniel macarthurfrom arrived in court this morning, daniel macarthur from ashers bakery said a cr

let's speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page who is in dublin for us this morning.ublic, as huge social change. yes, that's right. there will be lots and lots of reflection i think today on the momentous nature of yesterday and the vote that was taken, ireland voting by a margin of 2—1 to liberalise their abortion laws. i'm sorry, i am struggling a bit... shall we let you get a throat lozenge or something, or a glass of water, and will speak to you later. you had a very busy weekend. a reporter without a voice is a reporter without a voice is a reporter who is struggling. it has happened to us all. let's move on. the names of the first colleges in england that will teach new technical qualifications have been announced by the government. the courses for 16—year—olds are intended to be on a par with a levels. there have been concerns that the courses, some of which start being taught from september 2020, are being brought in too quickly. the government says it makes no apology for ensuring young people have more more opportunities to fulfil their potential. hawaii's

our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast for us.an awful lot of patients, explain first of all exactly how much we now? never before in northern ireland have so many patients been recalled at once, more than 2500 people, and all of them under the care of a consultant neurologist called dr michael watt. he saw patients in the nhs and also privately. he was an employee, a co nsulta nt privately. he was an employee, a consultant neurologist at the belfast health and social care trust. concerns were first raised about him back in december 2016, about him back in december 2016, about 18 months ago, a gp raising those concerns. then he stopped seeing patients in june those concerns. then he stopped seeing patients injune of last year so seeing patients injune of last year so he's not seen any patients for almost a year. both the trust and the royal college of positions have carried out separate reviews of his notes and after the royal college of physicians finished their review in the last week or so the trust made the last week or so the

our correspondent chris page is in belfast, and explains more about the laws in northern ireland.ortion if there is a serious permanent risk to physical or mental health. much more restrictive than the rest of the uk older women can travel from here to have abortions. when you look at the wider political picture in northern ireland, none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law and the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you have a range of political opinions. the dup are very strongly against the law. the second biggest party sinn fein, their current position does not go as far as the irish government, the plan to pass legislation to legalise terminations for any reasons until 12 weeks and then some circumstances afterwards although sinn fein might relaxed position further at their annual conference in a weeks. there is growing pressure on the westminster government to legislate to relax the abortion laws in northern ireland particularly in the absence of a devolved government in stormont which collapsed 16 months ago does not mean necessarily that any change i

let carter page and chris hayes and everyone else read it and come to a determination about whether it was proper or whether it was improper. >> which is -- we're completely on the same page. you know, many people have been working on this. there is a number of nonprofit organizations, yale law school, "new york times" have a big case. >> to try to that warrant. >> a lot of people. unfortunately, what we've had so far is some of the most disclosure has happened in other courts where, you know, a billionaire russians or multimillionaire russians who are suing buzzfeed are getting a lot more disclosure than even the house intelligence committee was able to get for a long time. so i'm pretty excited that as more of these details come out, some of the court battles will start being handled more fairly. >> final question. have you talked to anyone in the white house in the last year? >> not in the last year, nope. >> in the first year? >> no, not that i can think of. >> you sure? >> not that i can think of, no. again, i mentioned -- because it was forced out of me in the house intelligence

steele that was given to the justice department, where they obtained a warrant against carter page -- >> chris: if i may, let me ask you. what we're talking about here is not a mole inside the campaign but asking somebody outside the campaign to make efforts to reach out to carter page, to george papadopoulos, to sam clovis, to try to find out what they were doing with the russians. do you think that's a problem? >> i think this whole area is a problem. let me tell you why. the department of justice used a document prepared by a foreign agent, paid for by a political party to obtain a fisa warrant and never told the court. if they why using somebody to engage the trump campaign, was there judicial oversight? they had the thumb on the scale when it came to the clinton investigation. somebody's got to watch those who watch us. senator grassley sent a letter asking questions about this. all i'm intent on letting mr. mueller do this job. i want to make sure that the fbi, the departments of justice did not try to in their own way change the outcome of the election. did they use techniques and tacti

let carter page and chris hayes and everyone else read it and come to a determination about whether it was proper or whether it was improper. >> which is -- we're completely on the same page. you know, many people have been working on this. you know, there's a number of nonprofit organizations, yale law school, "new york times" have a big case. >> to try to -- >> judicial watch, a lot of people. so, you know, unfortunately what we've had so far is some of the most disclosure has happened in other courts where, you know, billionaire russians or multi-millionaire russians who are suing buzzfeed are getting a lot more disclosure than even house intelligence committee was able to get for a long time. and so, you know, i'm pretty excited that as more of these details come out, some of the, you know, court battles will start being handled more fairly. >> final question. have you talked to anyone in the white house in the last year? >> not in the last year, no. >> in the first year? >> no, not that i can think of. >> are you sure? >> i -- not that i can think of, no. again, i mentioned -- bec

and regardless of political outcome we're almost out of time i want to ask chris very real quick question i think carter page is going to get a very big check one day from the u.s. government curved defamation yes or no what do you agree agree or not. it's possible you know i mean it's what do you think that maybe the mass demonstration what do you think charles garner page is going to have a payday check is going to be denominated big. ok start up what's big like you look at our ideal man that's all the time we have here many thanks to my guests in washington and in new york and in los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember ross talk to us. in july twenty seventh team on an attempt to freelance journalist working with on to the militant shelling in syria. to only his second fight scotti has established the khaled on such a memorial day will recognize more reporters who often risk the most with the sake of the truth and through that peace you can submit to your published works in a video or written form until june the twelfth go to a dot on t. dot com. f

just a moment ago in talking with chris wallace, front page, "time" magazine.ions about how people acted, how people behaved. and if you get this inspector general before a house committee sometime in the next several days or week or two, who knows what he has found on the inside that would support the argument that the former mayor is now making? >> sandra: as far as the possibility of a subpoena, rudy giuliani said he projected a 50/50 chance that might actually happen and as far as his job is concerned, i have to prepare the president for that. and the president has continually made the point i have a lot of important things on my plate like this upcoming summit with north korea. >> bill: it is dallas, texas today. an election year in six months, talking about the primaries happening next tuesday in ohio, indiana and west virginia. yes, general kelly to his left as well. and the winners of these primaries are going to have what the republicans would argue a good shot of overturning some senate seats in indiana, west virginia to a lesser degree the state of o

and regardless of political outcome we're almost out of time i want to ask chris very real quick question i think carter page is going to get a very big check one day from the u.s. government yes or no what do you agree agree or not. it's possible you know i mean it's what do you think that maybe the mass demonstration what do you think charles garner page is going to have a payday check is going to be denominated big. ok start up with the big like ok they are i did i mean that's all the time we have here many thanks to my guests in washington in and in new york and in los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t.c. next time and remember. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. guys i know you on the us he's a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure come out you have to the center of the shuttle we're with you and we will show you all the great the great good you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get the following l