it puts new light on donald trumer is mad behaviour that week, perhaps. is enquiry about alleged russian meddling seems likely to run through donald trump jr is my presidency. i think the biggest takeaway from this, we do not know what robert muller was looking for. we don't know what documents he found. paul manafort‘s people said that they were the same documents that would have been willingly provided. this is evidence of mueller‘s muscle in this investigation. this is something clearly that is going to be going on for quite some time. donald trump jr says this is a witchhunt. is there a lot of sympathy for that view? trump supporters certainly believe that this is which front. they say that this is which front. they say that this is which front. they say that this is an excuse for democratic opponents to find some reason why hillary clinton lost. outside, even conservatives are taking this investigation very seriously and are special counsel with these wide—ranging powers taking these actions are not something you can shrug off. this is an investigatio

meeting that took place between donald trump with regards to a meeting that took place between donald trumermight remember this meeting because there was an e—mail chain published by donald trump jr himself, was an e—mail chain published by donald trumer himself, where he appears to accept the meeting because he wants incriminating evidence about hillary clinton that this russian lawyer offered. now, we're hearing that this grand jury has asked for documents and they haveissued has asked for documents and they have issued subpoenas with regards to that meeting. and when it comes to that meeting. and when it comes to this kind of development, what this means is that the investigation is stepping up, it is intensifying. it isa is stepping up, it is intensifying. it is a significant development, although it is the next step for robert mueller, if he was to look and take this investigation seriously, this is exactly what he should be doing. the white house has reacted. remember, donald trump has in the past described this enquiry asa in the past described this enquiry as a witch—hunt. the specia

now, you might remember this meeting, because there was an e—mail chain published by donald trumer himselfears to accept the meeting because he wants incriminating evidence about hillary clinton that this russian lawyer offered. now, we're hearing that this grand jury has asked for documents, and they have issued subpoenas with regards to that meeting. and, when it comes to this kind of development, what this means is that the investigation is stepping up, it is intensifying. it's a significant development, although it's the next step for robert mueller, if he wants to look and take this investigation seriously, this is exactly what he should be doing. the white house has reacted. remember, donald trump has in the past described this enquiry as a witch—hunt. the special counsel for the white house has said it was committed to cooperating fully with mr mueller and wants to help to accelerate this conclusion of his work fairly. if we can return to the other story in washington today, the leaks from the conversations between donald trump and world leaders, and a particularly interesting one w

donald trumer has admitted he was promised damaging material about his dad's opponent, hillary clintonays he got none. the white house said it supported any action that would accelerate the conclusion of the investigation fairly. today, the president is off on holiday to play golf. the us media is unlikely to take time off from talking about what went on before he was elected. tom burridge, bbc news. rajini vaidya nathan is in washington. just how significant has this —— is this being seen? it issues the significant. it is worth reminding that there are five different investigations going on into whether the trump campaigned —— colluded with the russians. four of those are being led by politicians for the fifth is being led by robert muller, looking into potential criminal charges. the grand jury is significant because it has huge power to demand that witnesses come forward with statements, to request documents as well, as it decides whether or not to pursue criminal charges. the second reason this matters so much is because the net is also closing in on president trump's inner circle.

and for his son, donald trumer, in connection with the russian investigation.look at that as well stop what you are not the first to draw the comparison with watergate. we really getting into that sort of territory with this? well, every political scandal is different. watergate certainly was a very difficult period in the united states. but it was not as dramatic and did not involve the intervention ofa and did not involve the intervention of a foreign power in our political system, much less russia. the watergate break—in was a sloppy burglary dropped. by some people who really didn't know what they were doing. it wasn't done by the kgb or something like that. this is on a larger scale, it involves our national security as well is just the usual dirty tricks of politics. and unfortunately, the president'sreaction has been a lot more emotional than president nixon was, at least during most of his term, towards the end of his term, president nixon started to fall apart emotionally, and that was quite difficult. but this has been a problem since the very beginni

donald trumer has admitted he was promised damaging material about his dad's opponent, hillary clinton he got none. it is possible the investigation led by the former fbi boss spills into other areas. shedding light on past business deals done by the president. the white house says it supported any action accelerating the conclusion of the investigation fairly but while the president takes a holiday and plays golf, the american media will not take time off from talking about what went on before he was elected. in the last hour... the us attorney general, jeff sessions, has been outlining measures to crack down on unofficial leaks to the media. at a briefing in washington, mr sessions said anyone thought to be leaking classified information would be found and prosecuted. this nation must end this culture of lea ks. we this nation must end this culture of leaks. we will investigate and seek to bring criminals tojustice, we will not allow rogue anonymous sources with security clearances to sell out our country. these cases, to investigate and prosecute, are never easy but cases will be ma

donald trumer has admitted he was promised damaging material about his dad's opponent, hillary clintont he says he got none. the white house said it supported any action that would accelerate the conclusion of the investigation fairly. today, the president is off on holiday to play golf. the us media is unlikely to take time off from talking about what went on before he was elected. tom burridge, bbc news. we can speak to our north america correspondent rajini vaidya nathan. a grandjury, a grand jury, this is a significant step. how much concern will there be in the white house? well, the white house responded late yesterday to these reports, saying, first of all, these reports, saying, first of all, the grand jewellery does its work behind closed doors. they were quite concerned that this information had been leaked. concerns about leaks is something that has been part of the narrative in the last few months. they also say they hope this will move the investigation on. that is what they are saying publicly but of course it will be concerning because it gives them the power to demand d

at that point, donald trumer ended the meeting, because it had been requested on false pretences, and the same time, hillary clinton is embroiled with russia after an act. why? because the dnc, the democrat national congress, actually sent one of its consultants — not to collect dirt on the trump campaign... but said... i'm going to finish this, stephen! they sent their own operative to the embassy of a foreign nation, ukraine, notjust to collect dirt on the trump campaign, but to co—ordinate an attack. that is a story. we will put those accusations in our next interview with a democrat representative. wonderful. but you're here representing the white house. so i say that when robert mueller has expanded his investigation to investigate ties between donald trump and russia, going back years, your president has a profound problem that is not going to go away. you can call that a nothing burger as much as you like, but this is a burger with meat on it. it doesn't even have tofu, i'm afraid, stephen. it is an irrelevance. there is nothing there, and they can spin their wheels as much as

at that point, donald trumer entered the meeting, because it had been requested on false pretences, and hillary clinton is embroiled with russia after an act. why? because the dmz, the democrat national congress, actually sent one of its consultants not to collect dirt on the trunk campaign, i will finish this, they said their own operative to the embassy of a foreign nation, ukraine, notjust to collect dirt on the trunk campaign, but to co—ordinate an attack. that isa but to co—ordinate an attack. that is a story. we will put in our next interview with a democratic representative, but you are here. but i say that when robert miller has expanded his investigation to investigate ties between donald trump and russia, you have a profound problem that will not go away. —— robert mueller. you can call that a nothing burger as much as you like, but this is a burger with meat on it. it does not even have tofu, i'm afraid. it is an irrelevance. there is nothing there, and they spend their wheels as much as they like. how can you say there is nothing there when you have no idea what robert muell

it is about president trump's inner circle, it's about his son, donald trumer, and of course we heardhe president, having a role in writing a statement for his son, about that meeting with the russian lawyer that was supposedly to get some negative information about hillary clinton. so the president does seem to be being drawn closer and closer to the centre of this. martine croxall is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. thank you, good morning. the deadline for submissions on what the g re nfell tower deadline for submissions on what the grenfell tower fire inquiry should cover will expire later today. hundreds of suggestions have been received with the total expected to exceed 300 by the 5pm cooktop. ahead of the inquiry promised to consider a broad range of evidence when he launched a public consultation into the terms of injuly. four teenagers have been arrested in north london on suspicion of being involved in acid attacks. they were tracked by a police helicopter in the early hours of this morning dumping a stolen moped, before being detained on an