the legal system and the department ofjustice is going to be key to this. ore. trump criticised the department of justice and before. trump criticised the department ofjustice and his own attorney general for focusing on the wrong thing essentially. i think the fa ct wrong thing essentially. i think the fact jeff wrong thing essentially. i think the factjeff sessions wrong thing essentially. i think the fact jeff sessions stood up to trump is significant because the department of justice as is significant because the department ofjustice as in watergate holds the key to what happens next. what happens next? if you can indict him or impeach him and he says to hell with all of you... we could see republicans changing. if something really bad comes out of the mother investigation. a money trail between russia, i do not want to speculate too much. we don't know the information they have. that combined with a poor performance, relatively, by republicans in november, even if they do keep the senate, you could see some turning against donald trump and thinking he i

the president has now suggested jeff sessions "never took control" of the department ofjustice.sday's guilty plea from the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, who gave evidence on oath that he broke election campaign finance laws, on mr trump's orders. that's led to more talk about the possibility of impeachment — something president trump himself raised, and then rejected, in a tv interview on wednesday. i don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a greatjob. i tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash, i think everybody would be very poor because, without this thinking, you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe in reverse. our washington correspondent david willis says it's significant the president is talking about impeachment. it's extraordinary that the president addresses the i word in an interview at the white house. yes, you're absolutely right, that has startled a lot of people here but i have to say, he's probably doing so fairly happy in the notion that it's not a reality imminently at least, because to impeach a presi

the day i was sworn in, and while i'm attorney general the actions of the department ofjusticelitical considerations." it's clearly an untenable relationship between these two men, the president and his senior law officer. and just a question of really how it all pans out now and how long jeff sessions can last. david, thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news: stay with us on bbc news. still to come: guilty — the gang who posed as rich businessmen hired a privatejet and a rolls royce to smuggle more than $50 million of cocaine into britain. he's the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared i have a dream. as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months and billions of dolla

and for the department ofjustice.ry good half for us considering what we have gone through. what is happening in the marketplace is a lot of other things weighing on the share market. the talk of trade wars, brexit itself, what is going to be the outcome for the uk. all of that affects the stock. another good thing for us was the announcement of the intention to pay a dividend, the first one in ten years. it is good news for our investors. they can start to see some return coming through. including the biggest shareholder which is the taxpayer. just on that point, rbs is obviously a very different thing than it was ten yea rs a very different thing than it was ten years ago. much more uk focus, business and personal banking in the uk. is there a sense that companies which are very exposed to the uk economy like you are suffering because of the uncertainty of brexit and that is what investors are scared about? there is certainly -- it is certainly weighing in on the stocks. it just means it is certainly weighing in on

for example, in the firing of the fbi directorjames comey, also in pressure being put on the department ofjusticedepartment of justice officials. so pressure being put on the department ofjustice officials. so this new york times story is suggesting that he has given evidence about that, of course we don't know exactly what has been said. however, there has been an angry tweet by donald trump in which he said that the new york times story is a fake piece. now, in saying that, he has also confirmed that mcg han has saying that, he has also confirmed that mcghan has given extensive testimony, but he has also said that any suggestion that this happened behind his back is untrue, he says that don mcghan has not turned on him, that he gave full permission for him to go—ahead and give this information to be special counsel, and of course we're still waiting to see what robert mueller does find and whether any charges flow from that. 0k, and whether any charges flow from that. ok, chris, thank you very much indeed, chris buckler there with the latest on political developments in washington, dc. stay wit

trump criticised the department ofjustice and his own attorney general for focusing on the wrong thingtood up to trump is significant because the department ofjustice as in watergate holds the key to what happens next. and what republicans think of trump. if you can't indict him or impeach him and he says to hell with all of you... we could see republicans changing. if something really bad comes out of the mueller investigation. a money trail between russia, i do not want to speculate too much. we don't know the information they have. that combined with a poor performance, relatively, by republicans in november, even if they do keep the senate, you could see some republicans turning against donald trump and thinking he is more of a liability than they thought. then what next? you then have mike pence. the vice president. a man who is a climate change denier, anti—gay. not sure he is terribly bright. not sure that is a fabulous alternative. the democrats must think, maybe not. boosting for the next election. november 6th, mid—term elections, what are the democrats doing? what is their s

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views and has raised concerns about the number of other problems that he has seen within the department ofjusticethat he has seen within the department ofjustice. i wanted to follow u p department ofjustice. i wanted to follow up about the president's comments on fox news with regard to payments to mr daniels and miss mcdougall — when did he learn about them, and also, are there any other payments he has now become aware of, are rather is the only two women who have received money for agreeing not to repeat their stories of alleged affairs with the president? once again, i have addressed all that i'm going to say on the michael coen issue. for those specific questions with more details, i would refer you to the president's outside counsel. can we bring them in here for the briefing? they don't work here at the white house. going back to security clearances, all signs are that this is the first time a president personally has been handling the removal of security clearances. it is usually done by superiors, even in the last espionage cases of the cold war. the secretary of state pulled the securit

attorney generaljeff sessions hits back at the president, promising the department ofjustice would not bow to politics. also on the programme... renuited with her daughter — the british iranian woman who was jailed for five years in iran for spying, has been temporarily released from prison. italy threatens to stop contributing to the eu budget if other member states don't take some of the migrants arriving in sicilly. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyond0nehundreddays. this is beyond brexit, it's april one first 2019. it is beginning life again as an independent trading nations at the first day of transitions has been chaotic. the ports of dover had long delays today as new customs checks were introduced, stretches of the m25 been turned into a lorry park with tailbacks in kent is now stretching ten miles. in ireland, there were reported scuffles at the border as the irish guards tried to turn away fa ns the irish guards tried to turn away fans and lorries heading into the republic. at heathrow, 100 flights cancelled through the day with delays at dover, the government has b

but that money will not be paid until the billion settlement with the us department ofjustice over mortgageed. simon jack has over mortgage securities is completed. simonjack has been speaking to rospa to, the boss. —— ross mcewan. speaking to rospa to, the boss. -- ross mcewan. was a good day to announce a profit, with another £1 billion for the department of justice. and £1.8 billion of profit as well. that has been good for us considering what we have gone through. what is happening in the marketplace is a lot of things have weighed on the share market, particularly bank stocks, talk of trade wars, brexit itself, what will be the outcome for the uk, other things that are bearing down on stock. the other good thing for us was the announcement of the intention to pay a dividend, the first one in ten years. that is good news for our investors as well. we start to see some return coming through for the stock, no matter what the share price. clearly the biggest shareholder is the taxpayer. just on that point, rbs obviously is a very different bank that it was ten yea rs a very different bank

the department ofjustice guidelines say the president should not be indicted while he is in office.ce, then he can be charged with crimes. they came up with nixon, once he resigned from office there was a question whether he could be charged with obstruction ofjustice. that is why gerald ford pardoned him and took it all off the table. it is and took it all off the table. it is a grey area and robert mueller could decide to indict the president. that would lead up to the supreme court, a constitutional crisis. general consensus is, if that is a problem with a president it has to be dealt with a president it has to be dealt with by congress, a majority in the house of representatives have to vote. a few others would like to help with this, where 0rmsby robert mueller investigation fill in with the trial of michael cohen? exactly. robert mueller who was the one who first came across this evidence regarding michael cohen, he handed it off to federal prosecutors in the southern district of new york. those eight us attorneys working for the justice york. those eight us attorneys working

he has also gone on to defend those who work in the department ofjustice the investigators.lt it is important for him, but also he has been able to strike back at donald trump and say, hands off the special counsel investigation. it will continue. do not get involved in that. chris buckler, thanks very much. gcse pass rates in england, wales and northern ireland, have risen slightly, despite tougher exams for some. it was the first time most of the subjects in england were graded from 9 to 1, with 9 being the highest. the overall pass mark of a 4, equal to the old c grade, was achieved by 69.2% of those tested in england. only about 4% of entries achieved the top grade 9 in any subject, here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. i passed everything! surprise, and disbelief. they have been so worried. new tougher gcses, new number grades, and all from the exams. no wonder it was hugs all round. i even got better than i expected. i'm so happy. relieved. very, very relieved. it's been a very tough year for teenagers, parents and teachers because of all the uncertainty aroun

in the department ofjustice guidelines, a president can be criminally indicted.s which we re oath to finance violations which were a felony. he named as his principal, the person who gave him the orders to commit these felonies, he named trump. so trump has now been directly implicated in a felony. if donald trump were not the president, he would have been indicted over the last few weeks because of these campaign finance violations. it is clear that michael cohen could serve several years in prison unless he gets some kind of reduction for returning evidence for mueller or other federal investigations. kent greenfield, professor of law at boston college, thank you for talking to us. maryam has the business news. first, a look at the headlines. president trump accuses his former lawyer michael cohen of making up "stories" in order to get a plea deal, after he admitted violating campaign finance laws. the financial ombudsman criticises banks for being too ready to blame customers for losing money to fraudsters. facebook and twitter say they‘ve taken down hundreds

there is news of a settlement with the department ofjustice in the state regarding a mortgage—backedbanks, more or less most of them, have had to take someone of hits to settle legal disputes. it seems for the most part investors and analysts are looking beyond that and analysts are looking beyond that and seeing the underlying growth thatis and seeing the underlying growth that is picking up after some trouble spots. yes, most of those challengers now, there are deadlines around payment protection insurance claims, settlements have been reached with the regulators in the us in particular in many cases. the banks can start to put a lot of those provisions behind them and start to look forward and start to deliver increased profits and paying dividends and those sorts of things. thanks very much. we talk quite often about the struggling high street — and house of fraser is one of the big names that's fighting for survival. part of its plan to cut costs by closing stores ran into difficulties when landlords raised legal objections. the department store chain has now settled that disput

the main reason for the fall was due to rbs paying a £1 billion settlement to the us department ofjustice bottom line 888. it has been a good half for us considering what we have gone through. what is happening in the marketplace, there are a lot of other things that way on the share market. this talk of trade wars, brexit itself, what is going to be the outcome for the uk. the good thing for us is the announcement of paying a dividend, the first one in ten years. it is good news for our investors as well. we will start to see some return coming through for the stock. including the biggest share holder which is the taxpayer. on that port, rbs is a very different thing than it was ten yea rs different thing than it was ten years ago. much more uk focus, business and personal focus years ago. much more uk focus, business and personalfocus here in the uk. is it that companies like you are suffering like —— are suffering because of brexit because they are scared? they are definitely weighing down on uk stocks like we are now. it just weighing down on uk stocks like we are now. itjust means th

ofjustice awarded that contract and it's their responsibility to monitor how its operating. they have their own officials in birmingham prison every single day monitoring the contract, reporting back to officials in the departmentbetter, it's going to be ok? so, these are the really serious questions i think peter clarke wants addressed. and where does this leave the involvement of private firms in the running of prisons? well, it does raise questions about gas. this is a company that's attracted controversy in the past, in terms of the justice system. you may remember at medway secure training centre, in kent, there was undercover filming by the bbc panorama programme, which resulted in gas losing the contract. to operate medway. it was taken over by the government. there were also concerns at brook house removal centre, at gatwick airport, which is run by gas. but on the other hand, the company runs other prisons very successfully. oakwood prison, not far from birmingham, is run very well. altcourse, on merseyside. and there are other private companies in the system who also do a decentjob. and at the same time, there are a number of publicly run jails which are struggling. there was a lot of coverage about l

ofjustice and truth. the comment was initially very keen on doing this. over these six months we have had absolutely nothing. it took six weeks to get the gunmen to confirm which departmentd from the child migrants trust that 14 people have died since its report was commissioned. but you haven't heard yet but should know is that in australia, the receiving country, a commission was established to look into this horrendous episode in history that made over 400 recommendations and the government was able to respond within weeks. it established a compensation scheme which is now up and running. 0ur government has taken six months to respond to three recommendations and still has not done so. that is why we still has not done so. that is why we say enough is enough. what would compensation look like in terms of sums of money for somebody like rex we sums of money for somebody like rex we have heard described his experiences as a child when he was sent out there? what would be an appropriate song? the australian scheme is around £40,000, that is what i anticipate for an average pay—out. but actually, a report in the uk recommended that all child migrants sent out were actuall