trump came into office vote for republican candidates to allow that trump agenda as it's called to continue to support it in the u.s. congress donald trump making the argument rather fervently using employing fear tactics in order to scare voters away from supporting democratic congressional candidates his argument is that they'll raise taxes that will cut jobs and he's particularly used the issue of immigration to sort of stoke the fears of illegal immigration a storming of the borders if you will of illegal immigrants in the hopes that this will convince voters what we've also seen that i think is really notable the president held three rallies today but in his final closing rally there in missouri which of levy showed pictures of perhaps because the president is aware that it is possibly an election that could be determined by suburban women voters he brought his members of his cabinet and as press secretary who are female voters to the stage it was certainly notable almost the president being cognizant of the fact that women could decide this and sort of trying to highlight the fact that he believes he's been supportive

seen as a referendum on donald trump's policies democrats are hoping to win back the majority in congress trump and former vice president joe biden a drumming up support before the vote trumps campaign has focused on immigration and jobs he's talked of ending birthright citizenship biden says the election is a chance to reset the country's moral compass. tuesday is almost here and you all know you're. there's something different about this year's election. it's all of the x. this is the most important election he wanted. very good. our country is on the ballot tuesday all right still ahead on i just you know when we come back as the leader of one of mexico's most dangerous cartels awaits trial in the u.s. we look at why our chapels business continues to thrive. and has a nice standard line of thunderstorms now from the southern philippines towards thailand as for sumatra and towards west java this is where the rain should be should be going sas at the moment most of the land mass of southeast asia looks dry cation shouting southern parts of vietnam all cambodians to want to in some time but not

and ten i mean his conclusion today was that obama was poison for his own fellow democrats in congress trump said that he intimated that he is a voter magnet for the republicans one from a communications strategy i fully understand why donald trump did that exactly that you know president obama back in two thousand and ten had a shellacking that's what he called it and chump you know didn't have didn't suffer nearly as close. as bad of losses as obama did i think kept the senate of course so you know some positions felt that way but keep in mind i mean democrats did come back it was in a blue way that some democrats had hoped for but it was a record turnout new voter groups came in i think there's one thing that is very concerning to report from republicans an especially donald trump this is the female vote or socially these. the bourbon the female voter and the independents you know keep in mind democratic turnout went up with young voters african-americans latino voters but again if can't get back those suburban women well educated voters i don't see how reelections can be on the table you

president donald trump's policies democrat democrats are hoping to win back the majority in congress trump's campaign has focused on immigration and jobs. of the targets of trump's anti immigration rhetoric include thousands of central american migrants walking north towards mexico city the group of mostly hondurans is aiming to reach the united states and seek asylum there on foot after an offer of free bus rides was withdrawn mexican state gov revoked the free buses he said mexico city was suffering from a water shortage and it wouldn't be right to take in the migrants voting has ended in the french territory of new caledonia where people had the chance to decide on whether to seek independence the last referendum thirty years ago ended in violence the territory is a strategic military foothold for france in the south pacific those the headlines talk to algiers next. hate violence revenge an increasingly alienated generation is finding new outlets to vent it sang. in a new series down to zero takes an unflinching b.l.o. of radicalised organizations to young people revealing their inner wor

news, the headlines: with next week's midterm elections crucial to deciding who controls congress, president trump. he says he will deny asylum to people to enter the us outside legal ports of entry, and detain migrants indefinitely in massive tent cities. thousands of central americans are still making their way towards the southern border of the us. google staff have been walking out in a series of protest around the world. employees in various cities left their desks to show their anger at the technology firm's treatment of women and ethnic minorities. two former goldman sachs bankers and a fugitive malaysian financier have been charged in the us over a corruption scandal that helped bring down malaysia's former government. authorities say billions of dollars were embezzled from the state development fund, 1mdb, to buy art, property and a private jet. now on bbc news, the travel show.

president trump's former personal lawyer has now pleaded guilty to misleading congress. chael cohen has admitted making false statements about a property deal in russia in 2016. he says he lied out of loyalty to the president. mr trump's response is that his former right—hand man is lying now to prosecutors to win a shorter sentence. nick bryant reports. michael cohen was donald trump's mr fix—it — a centralfigure in the billionaire‘s business empire. but the lawyer who used to make mr trump's problems go away now potentially poses a huge problem himself for the president. mr cohen has co—operated. mr cohen will continue to co—operate. sentencing is set for december 12. though the fast—talking new york attorney remained tight—lipped outside court. those words from his lawyer are a startling new development. it means he's sharing information with the russian collusion investigation. up until now, michael cohen has been prosecuted by investigators based here in new york. but what makes this so significant is that it's the first time he's been charged by and entered into a p

trump tower project in moscow. cohen saying discussions of the project did not end in january 2016 as he had testified to congress but continued at least through june 2016, the same month as that trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer who promised dirt on hillary clinton. june 2016, well after the time that trump was the presumptive republican nominee for president. cohen also says he briefed donald trump and members of the trump family on the project multiple times. president trump this morning told reporters cohen is lying in exchange for leniency, but the president stressed even if he did do the deal that he did not do that would be fine. >> it's very simple. he's got himself a big prison sentence, and he's trying to get a much lesser prison sentence by making up a story. now here's the thing. even if he was right, it doesn't matter because i was allowed to do whatever i wanted during the campaign. >> this move by special counsel robert mueller coming after trump submitted his written answers to mueller's questions in which he was asked about that very project and given that previous charges against cohen wer

focuses in on the record number of women and lgbt candidates making history being elected to congress. trumpexchange with the press earlier in which he lashed out at various journalists features on the front of the metro. a horrific story about a war hero fighting for his life in hospital after burglars viciously battered him in his home and left him to die is on the front of the mirror. the telegraph leads with an interview with prince charles ahead of his 70th birthday tomorrow. he promises not to be a "meddling" king. and that interview on the front of the express. so much to discuss and let star in the us because of the midterm elections perhaps dominate the front pages in the wake of the democrats winning the house of representatives and the republicans being so successful in the senate. so an interesting headline in the guardian, i will start with you because it is your paper, jim. donald trump issues threat of worrilow response. one might say thatis worrilow response. one might say that is one way of reporting it because he did also call for a kind of collaborative bipartisa nship app

president trump's former lawyer michael cohen pleads guilty to lying to congress over mr trump's business interests in russia. he's a weak person, and what he's trying to do is get a reduced sentence. so he's lying about a project that everybody knew about. as president xijinping arrives for the 620 summit in argentina, can china and the us thrash out their differences over trade? i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: in the philippines, three police officers are jailed over a drug war killing that caused national outrage. and we'll find out if holidays without any homework are actually better for children. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. glad you could join us. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, which is reeling from another dramatic development in the investigation about whether president trump's 2016 election campaign colluded with russia. michael cohen, mr trump's former personal lawyer, has pleaded guilty to misleading a congressional inquiry. he's admitted making false statements

cause of truth justice and human rights in this failure of leadership from president trump it now falls to congress to stand up for america's true values and lasting interests the committee to protect journalists tweeted this if you boil the white house statement down to its essence president trump has just asserted that if you do enough business with the u.s. you're free to murder journalists that's an appalling message to send to saudi arabia and the world but it seems the trumpet ministration has made a decision not to be concerned by the ridicule and disbelief that has greeted its arguments and ultimate position on the khashoggi killing shihab rattansi al-jazeera washington. ok let's bring in our guests joining us here and doha mohamed el masry associate professor of journalism at the doha institute for graduate studies and washington d.c. . middle east analyst and columnist and in london since you have bianco senior analyst and researcher at gulf state and that is a very warm welcome to all of you. first of all your reaction what do you make of donald trump statement which very clearly has com

with next week's midterm elections crucial to deciding who controls congress, president trump has ramped up congress, president trump has ramped up his rhetoric on illegal immigration. he says he will deny asylu m immigration. he says he will deny asylum to people to enter the us outside legal ports of entry, and detain migrants indefinitely in massive tent cities. thousands of central americans are still making their way towards the southern border of the us. google staff have been walking out in a series of protest around the world. employees in various cities left their desks to show their anger at the technology firm's treatment of women and ethnic minorities. two former goldman sachs bankers and a fugitive malaysian financier have been charged in the us over a corruption scandal that helped bring down malaysia's former government. authorities say billions of dollars were embezzled from the state development fund, 1mdb, to buy art, property and a private jet. now on bbc news, the travel show. sports minister tracey crouch has resigned after the government delayed the introduction of

several people pleaded guilty and yesterday trump's longtime fixer michael cohen pled guilty to a new charge of lying to congressehalf. here's the total tale of the tape to date. 192 charges from the mueller investigation against 36 people or entities. that's a record that doesn't remotely resemble the president's rhetoric in recent days. eve reen tweeting a picture of prominent democrats behind bars saying russian collusion is a "lie" asking when the treason hearings will begin. it's clear the president is threatening robert mueller. jeff sessions immediately fired after the election and replacement rod rosenstein, wasn't, should be, the next in command, but whitaker. a guy in 1866 was put in this position for only a week. seems to be a political loyalist to the president auditioned for his current job saying things like this. >> i could see a scenario where jeff sessions is replace with a recessed appointment, doesn't fire bob mueller but reduces the budget so low his investigation grinds to almost a halt. >> not all. whitaker suggested going after trump's business or family would be a red line mueller shouldn

he wanted to build the trump tower in moscow. >> cohen says he misled congress, your committee, the house intelligence committee, as well, to protect the president. do you think president trump actually directed him to do that? >> i have no idea. i have no information or any way to evaluate that question. i think -- i'm sure that's something the special counsel is -- is looking into. whether there was some kind of instruction or coordination between the white house and michael cohen during that period, i don't have any evidence on that and really can't speculate, wolf. >> the president says that michael cohen is lying to get a reduced prison sentence. but he also says that if he had gone through with the trump tower moscow project there wouldn't be anything wrong with that. what's your reaction to that? >> you know, the only question is there wouldn't be anything wrong with it if he wasn't president of the united states or within a few months -- he was running for president of the united states, and basically saying i think you played a -- a clip that said, you know, no interest in russia

referendum on president donald trump's policies democrats are hoping to win back the majority in congress trump's campaign has focused on immigration and jobs. other targets of much of trump's rhetoric include thousands of central american migrants walking north towards mexico city the group of mostly hondurans is aiming to reach the united states and seek asylum there on foot after an offer of free bus rides words with drawn mexican state gov revoked the free buses he said the city was suffering from a water shortage and it would be right to take in the migrants voting has ended in the french territory of new caledonia where people have the chance to decide on seeking independence the last referendum thirty years ago ended in violence the territory is a strategic military foothold for france in the south pacific this time the french government says it wants the process to be peaceful and fair official results are respected on monday those are the headlines so we're back in half an hour right now on al-jazeera it's viewfinder asia. in the eighteen seventies hundreds of all genes were banished to

referendum on president donald trump's policies democrats are hoping to win back the majority in congress trump's campaign has focused on immigration and jobs are the targets of trump's anti immigration rhetoric included fountains of central american migrants walking north towards mexico city the group of mostly hondurans is aiming to reach the united states and seek asylum there on foot after an offer of free bus rides was withdrawn mexican state governor revoked the free buses he said mexico city was suffering from a water shortage and it wouldn't be right to take in the migrants for the first time in more than nine months aid has been delivered to more than fifty thousand people in rock band camp in syria u.n. convoy forty three trucks brought food and supplies in camps in a rebel held area surrounded by government forces. polls have closed in the french territory of new caledonia where voters have been deciding on whether to seek independence the last referendum thirty years ago ended in violence territories a strategic military foothold for france in the south pacific those are the headlines

a surprise confession from president trump's former attorney michael cohen. he pleaded guilty to lying to congresstential trump tower in moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign. cohen, who is cooperating with the special counsel's russia investigation, said that he lied to back up mr. trump's timeline of the real estate deal. the president says cohen is not being truthful now. >>> and the g-20 summit gets under way this morning in argentina. president trump is set to sign a new trade deal with mexico and canada to replace nafta. he abruptly canceled his planned meeting with russian president vladimir putin citing the seizure of three ukrainian vessels. tomorrow he meets with china opup today rmillhowffew designs andas thris martinez fo, many companies are unveiling innovations for inside the car. >> reporter: the volvo booth inside the l.a. auto show stands out because of what's missing. during the media preview day, there were no cars or display. while other automakers are showing off their latest rides, volvo is highlighting technology. visitors can get a virtual look inside the autonomous

hatch of utah and democratic congressman sander levin of michigan talk about their tenure in congress, the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. join us tonight at 8 p.m. for retiring members of congress on c-span and c-span.org. and listen with a free c-span radio app. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. democrats have reclaimed control of the house. republicans retained majority control of the senate. as the parties organize the new congress, watch it unfold on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

congress. now republicans controlled the supreme court and mostly government. they control everything. what president trumpis discovering, even if they control congress, he can get anything. money for the famous wall. it will take a big struggle even with the republican congress. the constitution created a system to mold limited government. week government. the office did not trust strong government. making sure that presidential power would limited and check by other branches. i am told every now and then he will turn to an aide and say why can't i fire congress? he would love to. we have to political movements in this country. what i call the new america on the left in the old america on the left. they have fundamentally different values. interest to what politics are supposed to be about. interest can be negotiated and compromised. values can't. it is a divergence of values which i trace back to the 1960s. values are attached to people's identity. the distinction between interest and values is a major team of my book. i talk about the fact that there was a book written right after the 2004 election by t

congress. and it has to do with this trump tower moscow, this deal that had been in the works that fell throught what's critical here is that previously he told congress that the deal ended in january of 2016. of course, that was before donald trump was the presumptive presidential republican nominee. now he is saying that actually he was working on it through august of 2016. so even through the summer of 2016, this was after donald trump was the presumptive republican nominee. not only that, what's clear here is the that the president was made aware of discussions michael cohen was having with russian officials as it pertains to trump tower moscow throughout this time, which also conflicts with what michael cohen has done publically and has said to congress. he said that then candidate trump was never briefed when the deal fell apart in january. he concluded it wasn't viable to pursue. but we're finding out that actually those talks did continue between cohen and russian officials and donald trump was made aware of those talks. now, the president, as we know, has publically said that he had no

say and washington to talk a little bit more about this the white house i guess versus congress here maybe don't trump versus congress here there is clearly a difference of opinion i want you to explain to us how significant how important it is how congress can act outside of what the president is doing. well ultimately any legislation that comes from congress needs the president's signature to become law but given the overwhelming bipartisan effort to shift dramatically the u.s. saudi relationship that has been in place for decades when safe to say at minimum this is a white house under tremendous pressure not only as my colleague in jordan outlined there are there legislative efforts to pull back arms sales to end military support for the saudi led coalition in yemen but the latest coming from democratic senator ron wyden who is now calling on u.s. intelligence officials to issue a public assessment of the cause shuggie killick in fact what this is it an effort to do is to put out there in the public the intelligence that was leaked to the washington post over the weekend that concludes that in fact

with an eye to next week's midterm elections, crucial to deciding who controls congress, president trumpped up his rhetoric on immigration. many of his claims are unproven, some of what he's proposing may be unconstitutional, and he's drawn criticism even from senior figures in his own party. but the thousands of central americans making their way towards the southern border of the us have become an election issue, even though they're still hundreds of miles away. our north america editor jon sopel reports. it feels as though america is going on to a war footing. thousands of troops are being mobilised. destination — the southern border. the enemy — men, women, and children winding their way up through mexico. 15,000 soldiers are being deployed to stop immigrants on foot from entering the united states — illegally, says the president. and with five days to go until crucial congressional elections, this issue has taken on a deeply political hue. at this very moment, large well—organised caravans of migrants are marching towards our southern border. some people call it an invasion. it's li

today the man who once vowed to take a bullet for trump filed a play agreement admitting that he lied to congress. this is not the first guilty plea for cohen, but this is the difference -- this is the first plea deal with mueller's prosecutors. today's deal was about a proposed trump to you are project in moscow. he testified the moscow project ended in january 2016 and was not discussed extensively with others in the company. however, court documents detail cohen was talking and coordinating about the project as late as june of that very same year with multiple people, including presidential republican nominee donald trump. the president defended himself standing in front of the white house by going after michael cohen. >> he was given a fairly long jail sentence and he's a week person. and by being weak, unlike other people that you watch, he's a weak person and what he's trying to do is get a reduced sentence. so he's lying about a project that everybody knew about. i mean, we were very open with it. we were thinking about building a building. i guess we had in a form it was an option. i don'

trump knew. he initially had told congress that there were three conversations with donald trump about this, but in these court documents it says that there were conversations on more than three occasions and that he also briefed family members of donald trump within the company, the trump organization about this project. also we're learning that he wasn't truthful about plans to travel to washington. he told congress there weren't plans to travel to russia and now according to these court documents, not only was there a plan in the works for him to go to russia but there was contemplation for donald trump to go to russia and the why is also listed in these court documents. michael cohen saying he wanted to protect donald trump and that is why he misled congress saying that he wanted to give the false impression that the moscow project ended before the iowa caucus and the very first primary in hopes of limiting the ongoing russia investigation. now this is significant for a number of reasons. the president has said he had no dealings with russia and we know that in the recent questions submitted

trump. referred to as individual one on more than three occasions. while cohen told congress last fall that the moscow project ended in january of 2016, he now admits the discussions lasted as late as approximately june of 2016. cohen now admits he made the false statements to protect donald trump and give the false impression that the project ended before the iowa caucus and the very first primary in hopes of limiting the investigation. cohen described plans to travel to moscow ahead of the 2016 convention in cleveland. the documents indicate this work is not done yet. his attorneys telling reporters that cohen will continue to cooperate with prosecutors. dave and christine. >> evan perez, thank you. we are awaiting remarks from the president and president macri as well. one idea for the trump tower project in mo moscow was to giv $50 million penthouse to vladimir putin. a former trump associate who worked on the deal with cohen says the plan was to place the russian president in the building to enhance the value and prestige to would-be buyers. according to a report by buzz

trump. while cohen congress in fall that the moscow project ended in january 2016, he admits discussions endedy june 2016, when trump was the presumpt republican presidential nominee. >> trevor: that's right, former trump lawyer and human eeyore michael cohen is admitting he lied to congress about trump's real estate dealings with russia. and these aren't, like, your typical trump real estate liars. of course we installed smoke detectors! no, this lie is way more important because it puts trump's contact to russia more close to him being president. in january 16, trump was one of 17 possible mo rones who could become the g.o.p. nominee. but by june he was the only one. you realize cohen is the latest trump associate caught to be lying to investigators which raises the question, if trump's people aren't trying to cover up any nefarious activities, why does everyone keep league? why are they all lying? is there some super innocent secret they just don't want robert mueller to know about? at the end they will be, like, okay, fine, mueller, you want the truth? we were all planning a surprise birth

president trumps former personal attorney michael cohen has pleaded guilty to wanting to congress about a trump real estate deal. in russia cohen told a court in new york today that he had made fault statements to a u.s. intelligence committee about a plan to build a trump tower in moscow he's already pleaded guilty to other charges and is cooperating with special prosecutor robert mohler is investigation into possible russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election. president trump has denied working on that plane and he says that mr cohen is why to get a lighter sentence it was convicted of various things unrelated. he was given a fairly long jail sentence and he's a weak person advice being weak i'd like other people but you watch he's a weak person and what he's trying to do is get a reduced sentence so he's lying about a project that everybody knew about i mean we were very open. well despite what mr trump is saying michael cohen has not yet been sent to the states not due to happen until the twelfth of december what was going to our correspondent minds whether she

cause of truth justice and human rights in this failure of leadership from president trump it now falls to congress to stand up for america's true values and lasting interests the committee to protect journalists tweeted this if you boil the white house statement down to its essence president trump has just asserted that if you do enough business with the u.s. you're free to murder journalists that's an appalling message to send to saudi arabia and the world but it seems the trumpet ministration has made a decision not to be concerned by the ridicule and disbelief that has greeted its arguments and ultimate position on the khashoggi killing shihab rattansi al-jazeera washington. ok let's bring in our guests and joining us here and doha mohamed el masry associate professor of journalism at the doha institute for graduate studies and washington d.c. . middle east analyst and columnist and in london since you have bianco senior analyst and research at gulf state and that is my warm welcome to all of you. first of all your reaction what do you make of donald trump statement which very clearly has come

ballots these midterms are being seen as a referendum on donald trump's policies democrats are hoping to win back the majority in congress will trump and former vice president joe biden are drumming up support before the vote campaign has focused on immigration and jobs he talked about ending birthright citizenship. meanwhile biden says the election is a chance to reset the country's moral compass. do you know most of your you will know you're. something different about this year's election. this is the most important election you want to do you will remember. very. well more country is on the ballot. now president trumps policies and rhetoric have inspired record number of minority candidates to run mostly for the democratic party and some of them could be about to make history stacey a standing for governor in georgia and if she wins she'll become america's first. female indian. pollin from new mexico hopes to become the. first native american woman to and to congress christine how crist is the first openly transgender nominee from a major party for governor she is contesting in vermont and minnesota. is the first soma

our top story: president trump's former lawyer michael cohen pleads guilty to lying to congress over mr trump's business interests in russia. michael cohen admitted making false state m e nts michael cohen admitted making false statements about a project to build a trump organisation skyscraper in moscow. president trump and his chinese counterpart are in argentina for the 620 summit. the world is watching to see if they can thrash out their differences over trade. and this video is trending on bbc.com. a british politician reveals he has been hiv positive for 10 years in an emotional address in parliament. lloyd russell moyle said he wanted to encourage people to get tested ahead of world aids date. —— world aids day. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: in shropshire, the head of a much—criticised nhs trust resists calls to resign. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. face—off in buenos aires. donald trump and xijingping have face—off in buenos aires. donald trump and xi jingping have arrived in argentina for the 620 summit, and

president trump, with these conservatives in congress, president trump has already signed the largestincrease in our national defense since the days of ronald reagan. we're rebuilding our military, restoring the arsenal of democracy. and it's not just thosey uniform but this president and this republican congress have been working to provide for the veterans. those of you who have worn the united states of the united states, just put your hand in the air and let us thank you one more time. [cheers and applause] flush. >> thank you for your service. thank you for your service. with the strong support of this congress, president trump has been delivering for our veterans. we have all new accountability at the va, we removing men and women who don't give the threatens world class health care you earned in the uniform of the united states and now we have veterans choice. where our veterans can have access to real-time health care. and this president has been standing solidly just like brian kemp will, for the principles enshrined in the constitution and all the god given liberties enshrin

our top stories: president trump's former personal lawyer, michael cohen, pleads guilty to lying to congressng to do is get a reduced sentence. so he's lying about a project that everybody knew about. president donald trump arrives in argentina for the g20, where he's expected to have tense trade talks with china. the world health organisation warns of a global resurgence of measles. and tackling climate change — why reducing greenhouse gas emissions will not be enough.

now of course as we all remember was trump's red line. will congress investigate trump's business?clearly we are seeing connections all around the same time between mr. trump's business dealings and russia, the election of 2016 and russia, people connected to both of those entities, all being now part of what mr. mueller has unveiled through indictments, through plea agreements and we'll see through the report. so, yes, it is relevant to the investigation. >> will you investigate it as a senator -- >> we'll see what his report shows. i think right now i don't want to see any interference with the mueller investigation. so i hope mr. mueller will certainly be presenting the information to the american people. then clearly congress is going to have a responsibility to follow up on that. >> we saw the president this morning as he was heading to argentina, standing in front of the white house and saying essentially, i thought i was going to lose the election, i'm a businessman, i did nothing wrong. senator cardin, if trump had done a deal, if, if he had done a deal with the kremlin whi

trump within the company about the project. that's among the several lies that cohen told congress. cohen claimed that the moscow project ended in january of 2016 when it actually continued through june of 2016. he claimed he never agreed to go to moscow, yet, he did agree and asked trump if trump would go as well. cohen also claimed he didn't recall getting a response from the russian government, but in fact, he did remember dealing with the office of a top kremlin official. all of those statements were deliberate lies, and apparent effort to cover up to protect the president. as the charging documents state, cohen's intent was to minimize links between the moscow project and trump, in hopes of limiting the ongoing russia investigations. the big question, why did he lie so much? why did he commit a felony so often? and why would cohen commit a felony to cover up his boss' dealings with russia during the election? now the president is accusing cohen of making up the whole story. here's how trump reacted to the news early today. >> what he's trying to do because he's a weak person and

you now have a divided congress -- pres. trump: very tough issue. >> how are you going to push forward your pro-life agenda? pres. trump: i'm going to push. i have been pushing. i have done a very good job, too. but it is a tough issue for the two sides. >> so what are you going to do? pres. trump: i will not be able to explain that to you because it is an issue that is a very divisive, polarizing issue. but there is a solution. i think i have that solution. and nobody else does. we are going to be working on that. yes, go ahead. she took your place, but that's ok. >> mr. president, just a quick question on rural america. in states like indiana and north dakota, folks turned out for republican candidates. can you talk about what that means for your agenda in terms of trade and the farm bill? pres. trump: the farm bill is working really well. we could have had it approved anytime, but we are looking to get rules approved. the farmers like it, i like it, the problem is the democrats are not giving us the 10 votes that we need. every

focuses in on the record number of women and lgbt candidates making history being elected to congress. "trumppresident's heated exchange with the press earlier, in which he lashed out at various journalists, features on the front of the metro. a horrific story about a war hero fighting for his life in hospital after burglars viciously battered him in his home and left him to die, that's on the front of the mirror. the telegraph leads with an interview with prince charles ahead of his 70th birthday tomorrow. he promises not to be a "meddling" king. and that interview with the prince also features on the front of the express. so much to discuss and let us start with the times. leading tories tell me to scrap benefits, this is a times investigation. tell us more about this story. right, this is the time is looking at what is happening with the raft of benefits changes and the impact of the benefit freeze as george osborne introduced in 2015 and people across britain and the key factor they found, that more people start to lose than gain under the new universal credit system. —— stand too. people

president donald trump former lawyer michael cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to congress about a trump real estate deal in russia was to go in told the court in new york that he made false statements to the u.s. intelligence committee about a plan to build a trump tower in moscow michael cohen has already pleaded guilty to other charges and is cooperating with special prosecutor michael move his investigation into possible russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election. doesn't trump meanwhile has denied working on this plan and says mr cohen is lying to get a lighter sentence. he was convicted of various things unrelated. he was given a fairly low jail. and he's a weak person. by being weak i'd like other people would walk he's a weak person. what are you strong to do is get a reduced sentence so he's learning about a project that everybody knew it i mean we were very open with it. so let's go to washington then where we find a deal because opponents of mine i'm sure you do well so how does this latest revelation affect the investigation. well it's certainly a revela

congress. he now said trump organization negotiations with russia about a giant real estate deal extended deep into the 2016 campaign. cohen told congress the talks ended in january, 2016 in this new plea.

former trump personal attorney and fixer michael cohen pleading guilty to lying to congress about therump tower moscow project and what mr. trump knew about it during the 2016 presidential campaign. let's get more with our contributors and our analysts. laura coates, walk us through your analysis of michael cohebb's guilty plea today and what it means for the overall russia investigation. >> well, the underlying question everyone has had about they could lose probe is essentially why would there be some thought on behalf of russia or a foreign nation if there was some reception or receptivity on behalf of the trump campaign? why would they think for some second they would have a safe haven or inroad in any what i? what this has told you in the actual guilty plea you have a motive, some reason to understand why perhaps the president of the united states has been reluctant to condemn russia hand not willing to speak out in favor of our inintelligence community about the ties and the collusive activities or perhaps the interference and why there may be financial dealings at play. all of

i think we'll end up with a mixed congress. trump is in the white house and it's a recipe for gridlock. liz: niewpt gingrich predicts the trump revolution is safe. even if the democrats pick up the house, they will pick up slightly more seats net net. in the senate it looks like republicans are going to gain seats. all those senators waiting too be president could be stuck behind the 8-ball. >> one of the ways to make it to the top is by becoming a senator. many democrats who hold state jobs are being denied that. liz: we are hearing from maxine waters and adam schiff what they will do if they chair house committees. the democrats will pick up two more seats than the 23 seats they need to regain power. can they really use the bully pulpit to beat up the trump administration with such a slim majority? >> they have most of of the media on their side. what maxine waters says, the press in washington will repeat it to the nation. we'll see a lot of that. it is a very small margin. and it gives power to some democrats in the house who may

trump's personal lawyer. now michael cohen pleads guilty to lying to congress about the project. in russ the president is quick to criticize him. pres. trump: he is a weak person, and what he is trying te do is get duced sentence. he is lying about a project that everybody knew about. laura: the meeting is off. the president cancels talks with s adimir putin at the g20, blaming russia'tions against ukraine. tplus, hitting reverse onhe amount of carbon dioxide in the air. scntists want to combat climate change with techniques that could turn back the clock. laura:o welcomer viewers on public television in america and around the globe. michael cohene once saiduld take a bullet for the president, now he has admitted lying to congress over a business deal in srussia on mr. trump' behalf during the presidential campaign. mr. cohen was donald trump's intorney and advisor for years, and he is cooperin the robert mueller investigation which the president calls a witchhunt. today mr. trump said mr. cohen waweak. our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. nick: michael cohen was d

politics has little or no relevance now that donald trump is president voters may be choosing a new congress tomorrow but trump has told them in no uncertain terms this election is all about him well that is why tuesday's poll is widely seen as a referendum on donald trump's administration and not everyone is happy with his america first widespread dissatisfaction beyond his base as fueled a surge in women and minority candidates running for office they could make history in congressional and in state gubernatorial elections. or what is at stake for the rest of the world in the u.s. midterm elections what should germany in europe be prepared to do if the balance of power in washington shifts d.w. news will tackle those and more questions tomorrow night we will be right here live with real time coverage as the election results come in take a look. the u.s. midterm elections a battle for control of the u.s. congress a referendum on the trump presidency. will a blue wave of democrats shift the balance of power in what's at stake for europe and the more. join me on election night for our special

congress. that is a big deal. donald trump issued a statement on twitter blind the russiays completelyg that the meeting wouldn't go ahead but that he hoped it would soon. not a word of criticism about vladimir putin or of russia's role in this. ifou consider the leaders that donald trump has attacked you are go aires, theresa may, emmanuel macron, angela merkel,si pnt xi, presidenthe erdogans not shy of a fight. but with vladimir putin he has t said a word of criticism. that leaves many people fascinated to see what if anything robert mueller will uncover. laura: the bbc's north america editor jon sopel there for us. all this week ahead of t g20 we're looking at economic conditionsn key south american countries. tonight the bbc's tim willcox reports from the host nation, argentina. tim: the polo clubs argentina are riding out the recession. the country's economy may be in crisis once again, but for polo aficionados, life goes on. >> the courses are soldo abroad. the best players here, they all have their horses and man emselv

president trump's former lawyer michael cohen pleads guilty to lying to congress over mr trump's businessa project that everybody knew about. as president xijinping arrives for the g20 summit in argentina, can china and the us thrash out their differences over trade? i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: in the philippines, three police officers are jailed over a drug war killing that caused national outrage. and we'll find out if holidays without any homework are actually better for children.

president trump, with these conservatives in congress, president trump has signed the largest increasen our national defense since the days of ronald reagan. we are rebuilding our military. it is not just those in uniform today, but this president and this republican congress have been working to provide for our veterans. those of you who have worn the uniform of the united states, put your hand in the air and let us thank you one more time. thank you for your service. thank you for your service. president trump has been delivering for our veterans. we have all new accountability at the v.a. we are removing men and women that don't give our veterans the world-class health care that you earned and now we have veterans choice, where our veterans can have access to real-time health care. and this president has been standing solidly, just like brian kemp will, for the principles enshrined in the constitution. including the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, and the right to keep and bear arms in the second amendment of the constitution. [applause] vice pres. pence: and just like b