so through the top levels of the department ofjustice. iscipline within our department. to add here to just those discipline within our department. to add here tojust those kind of rules. leaking rules, some of the other things which i think i'm bit lax, they need to be restored. you could not have a conversation with the present about the investigation, because you are never brief? that is correct. i do know in regard to the private meeting, there are as many as six such meetings. a couple with president trump, coupled with president trump, coupled with president obama. it is not improper. i would not be justified for a department official to share information about an ongoing investigation without prior review and clearance from above. just one la st and clearance from above. just one last question, you were the chair of the foreign policy team for the trump campaign. to the best of your knowledge, did that team ever meet? and we met a couple of times, maybe. some of the people did. we never function frankly, mr chairman, as a coherent t

how far has the department ofjustice gotten in this case so department ofjustice gotten in this casehis is not the first time they have tried to seize assets. there was an early attempt a few days ago. before that, you have to go back a year. this involves seizing other assets. leonardo dicaprio, who apparently was involved tangentially, receiving gifts from someone connected to this, apparently has said he is co—operating. the department of justice, as i said, got involved in pa rt justice, as i said, got involved in part because the us filed complaints to recover more than $1.7 billion. there are also investigation is not just in the us but singapore and switzerland. like i said, this is a wide and vast sprawling investigation involving money that a p pa re ntly investigation involving money that apparently was ta ken investigation involving money that apparently was taken from between 2009 and 2015. and we have also heard from the press secretary of the prime minister in malaysia, the country where this sovereign wealth fund is from, basically saying this is politically motivated,

but my question to you is, later on, upon reflection, did you go to anyone at the department ofjusticeesident is interacting especially with the fbi and i specifically told the attorney general that it can‘t happen that you get kicked out of the room and the president talks to me. why didn‘t we rate the specific question that it was of investigative interest to us to pick out whatjust happened with the president‘s request so i would not have wanted to alert the white house that it had happened until we figure out what to do with this investigative leads will your testimony was that he went to attorney general flynn and said, don‘t ever leave me alone with him again. are you saying you also told him that he had made a request that you let it go with regard to part of the investigation of michael flynn? no, i specifically did not. you mentioned that from your very first meeting with the president you decided to write a memo memorialising the conversation. what was it about that very first meeting that made you write a memo when you had not done that with two previous presidents? as i sai

here's why — i relied on the department ofjustice.m, mentally or physically. that is my obligation when i do get. i don't have any control over how people do it. you said you wondered about whether you should actually carry out these things that it would change your life as you knew it. do you regret going down that path? well, the only thing that i actually regret is that in doing that, you know, i am not likely to be a college professor, you know, i am not still doing consultation for some of the things i was involved in, i would, to the extent that having done those things sort of blackballed me from doing other stuff, i had regrets about that. but no regrets about doing it. because i do not think you need to be ashamed of trying to save american lives. i travel quite a bit in the us. and i have not personally run into one single person who was critical of me. i have run into people who disagree about the use of eits, saying i prefer it did not happen, but i can understand that you did it to stop these attacks. but the vast majorit

now he is being investigated by the department ofjustice because the special counsel under the special being investigated. you have now said he is being investigated after saying he was not. no. you just said that he is being investigated. no, chris, let me be crystal clear so you completely understand. we have not received, nor are we aware of any investigation of the president of the united states. you just said two times that he is being investigated. no, you are putting words in my mouth when i have been crystal clear that the president is not and has not been under investigation. i don't think i can be any clearer than that. i don't think i can be any clearer than that. i'm confused and bamboozled. first of all he said he was under investigation, for something that the doj told them to do, but likely he is not investigation. which is a?|j do, but likely he is not investigation. which is a? i don't know about you, whenever a lawyer or a politician says i'm going to be crystal clear, it is usually a pretty good indication that they are trying to muddy the waters quite a lot. the rea

the department ofjustice officials said that our commitment is to ensure that our commitment is to ensureafe haven, for those to hide ill gotten money. this goes back to 2009. it has taken this long. it is not the first thing that the department of justice has gone after them. they said that $4.5 billion misused. thank you. we are up at the end of the first half of outside source. eye will be back with you, for the latest on that fire in west london and other stories. good evening. some subtle changes, through the course of today. that was courtesy of the cold front. not my dream. i heard of that, hot and humid. 26 degrees, kent. 12, in northern ireland, and in particular central scotland even getting some rumbles of thunder. over the next few hours, those should ease, but we keep the drizzle in the northwest. clear skies south. comfortable for sleeping. 12—14. not as humid. the best of the sunshine, central and southern areas. fair weather cloud, north. and all of the time, that south westerly breeze driving low cloud. misty at the coast. eastern areas get some brightness, and with some

he didn't feel he could go to the white house and the department ofjustice because he didn't quite trustt the president said but he said he wanted to protect the investigation and investigators, so he didn't want the content and uncomfortable nature of the conversations to get out too far in the fbi, that is comey‘s view. we are used to the attack ads that appear during the elections here. but rarely do we see them targeted at a private citizen. but this week a pro—trump ad targeting james comey has been running on some american networks. it has been paid for by the great america alliance pac. newt gingrich who is close to the president is their chair. and it picks up on a theme the president had used himself. that in his view his former fbi director — is a "showboat". take a look. as head of the fbi, james comey put politics over protecting america. after the fbi banned terms like radical islam for political correctness, comey allowed the dangerous practice to continue. when terror attacks were on the rise last year, comey was consumed with election meddling and after he testified befor

i am following the historic policies of the department ofjustice. then tempers flared.here were matters, with respect of the recusal, that were problematic and he couldn't talk about them. what are they? why don't you tell me? there are none, senator, there are none. i can tell you that for absolute certainty. so for once, the most angry words in washington didn't come from donald trump. he'd left town, seemingly in a genial mood, but he can't escape the russian cloud that hangs still over his presidency. donald trump has made no secret of his annoyance in the past with jeff sessions for accusing himself from the russian investigation, which means that his deputy has been making all the key decisions. but i dare say that donald trump would have been delighted with the performance of this attorney general in the last few hours on capitol hill, for it was the most passionate rebuttal yet we have seen to the allegations of collusion between team trump and the kremlin. live now to new york and tim whiner, author of the book enemies, a history of the fbi. tim, i know you've

bush administration, from the very top, you know, from the department of defence, and the department ofjustices. and vice president dick cheney said water—boarding is fine, it does not constitute torture. so i want to make that clear. however, there is alternative point of view that says water—boarding does constitute torture — we know, for example, barack obama said it did constitute torture. so, by extension, therefore, your critics would say, that you are a perpetrator of torture, or, to put it another way, you are a torturer, yourself. what is your response to that? well, fortunately, what matters is what the justice department says. the office of legal counsel is the highest law enforcement agency in terms of making these decisions. torture has a legal definition. right? and so the colloquial way that we use the word torture, i can see why people might think that. and that's the way that barack obama used it. i, personally, think late term abortions are torture. but it doesn't matter whatjim mitchell thinks is or isn't torture. it matters what the justice department thanks. and it matters

i am following the historic policies of the department ofjustice. then tempers flared.ouldn't talk about them. what are they? why don't you tell me? there are none, senator, there are none. i can tell you that for absolute certainty. so for once, the most angry words in washington didn't come from donald trump. he'd left town, seemingly in a genial mood, but he can't escape the russian cloud that hangs still over his presidency. donald trump has made no secret of his annoyance in the past withjeff sessions for accusing himself from the russian investigation, which means that his deputy has been making all the key decisions. but i dare say that donald trump would have been delighted with the performance of this attorney general in the last few hours on capitol hill, for it was the most passionate rebuttal yet we have seen to the allegations of collusion between tea m allegations of collusion between team trump and the kremlin. thank you. there have been further demonstrations in the venezuelan capital caracas, as the country's economic crisis deepens. an unprecedented nu

i am following the historic policies of the department ofjustice. then tempers flared.said there were matters, with respect of the recusal, that were problematic and he couldn't talk about them. what are they? why don't you tell me? there are none, senator, there are none. i can tell you that for absolute certainty. so for once, the most angry words in washington didn't come from donald trump. he'd left town, seemingly in a genial mood, but he can't escape the russian cloud that hangs still over his presidency. donald trump has made no secret of his annoyance in the past with jeff sessions for accusing himself from the russian investigation, which means that his deputy has been making all the key decisions. but i dare say that donald trump would have been delighted with the performance of this attorney general in the last few hours on capitol hill, for it was the most passionate rebuttal yet we have seen to the allegations of collusion between team trump and the kremlin. our other top story — the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has announced that north korea has r

still big problems at rbs, including the forthcoming final that we are expecting from the department ofjusticew and there is the separation which is now being moves on to a fund for tanks. but once rbs has that out of the way, not to underplay the size of those issues, it can start looking forward, and at some point, we expect it will be some considerable time because the share price is around half of what it needs to be for the taxpayer to break even. thank you for your analysis. in other business news, us president donald trump has said he plans to privatise america's air traffic control system, in what he called an "air travel revolution". mr trump says the reform would deliver "cheaper, faster, and safer travel" as well as an economic boost that could be worth $25 billion to the economy. it's currently part of the government's federal aviation administration employing 30,000 staff. us tech giants occupy the top five spots in a new league table looking at the world's most valuable brands. google, apple, microsoft, amazon and facebook top the list compiled by the marketing firm brandz. meanw

this is all part of an agreement with the us department ofjustice. of this event, of this recall, and that was pa rt event, of this recall, and that was part of what was the issue. in going forward with this bankruptcy process and it is a process involving court in delaware in the us and also in japan, they are selling some of the assets to an american firm that is chinese owned but the rest of the assets relating to these airbags they will continue to make those so that they can issue replacements forecasters are still on the road and still affected. to be clear for those watching, the airbags have been a lot of different manufacturers cars? yes, you're talking multiple car companies, not just one manufacturer, so the likes of honda amongst others who have been affected by this and that is why they have very little support, if you like, or allies, feeling much synergy if you like, or allies, feeling much synergy for them, bmw and toyota, they have all been involved in the three calls and it has been a huge black eye, really, forjapan's an industry,

have made a similarcase ina restaurants, they have made a similar case in a lawsuit and the department ofjusticemissed for the same reasons, that the president does not -- is reasons, that the president does not —— is not in violation of any bribes whatsoever. if this does go all the way to court, presumably the supreme court, he will have to produce his financial records and his tax returns to defend himself, and that could be key for the russia investigation? that's exactly right, and you could expect there will be some dog—eared saying that they do not want that to happen. mr trump has a lot of interest in trying to keep that under wraps, to keep that private, and you will expect the lawyers will try to make that happen. thank you. trump criticised 0bama for playing a lot of golf during his presidency and claimed he wouldn't have to time to golf if he was in the white house. well according to nbc that's not quite accurate... they've calculated how many days the president has spent at his businesses and golf courses during his term so far. he's been in office 142 days. he's spent 42 days at hi

why didn't he pass on this information to anyone in the department ofjustice information to anyone inaura bicker in washington. it is 80 minutes past 12. —— 18 minutes past 12. the headlines on bbc newsroom live — all round the country polling stations are open as millions of people vote in the general election. more arrests and raids in east london by police investigating the london bridge attack. sacked fbi chiefjames comey will testify before congress later and say that president trump asked him to drop an investigation into links between the former white house national security adviser and russia. let's get some all sport now. the lion ‘s head coach warren gatland has named another all—new starting line—up for the third tour match in new zealand. as he gets closer to revealing what his starting team will be in just over two weeks. welsh skipper alun wyn jones will lead the side against the canterbury crusaders. they have 14 victories from 14 games and super by victories from 14 games and super rugby this season. chelsea striker diego costa claims manager antonio co nte diego costa

he does have the department ofjustice experience.firmation hearings, they will be the questions you will be asked. confirmation hearings, they will be the questions you will be askedm the questions you will be askedm the moment we have a summary of the business news but first our headlines. political leaders make a final bids to win over voters in the last day of campaigning before the general election. police searching for the body of french national xavier thomas, missing since the london bridge attack, recover body from the thames. there are more police raid in connection with the investigation into the attack. a 30—year—old man was arrested in east london. house price rises are slowing down. that's according to the uk's biggest mortgage lender, the halifax. it says prices rose by 3.3% over the year, that's down from a ten percent increase last year. efforts continue to resolve a major diplomatic row between qatar and its gulf neighbours over its alleged funding of terrorism. the country, which imports most of its food and water,

there are seven steps to impeachment, and that involves the department ofjustice launching an investigationn the senate judiciary committee then it goes to the senate, then the senatejudiciary committee runs a whole court case... i think what you are saying is that we are going to be talking about this for some time. really. graham, thank you. just so you know, that testimony begins at 3pm uk time. match is at a nature reserve today, not just talking about the weather but also talking about beautiful wildflowers to brighten up your morning. we have been testing each other. those are definitely puppies. you are very smart. yes, those are poppies. the common p°ppy, yes, those are poppies. the common imppy. in yes, those are poppies. the common poppy, in fact. yes, those are poppies. the common poppy, infact. good morning. did you know that the word poppy, as well is at a cup and even dandelion, have all disappeared from the oxford junior dictionary? —— buttercup. not commonly used by children any more. the organisation planned licensed to change that. in a recent survey they found 70% of us w