impeachment is about cleansing the office. >> helene cooper? >> that's the sort of video which has been going around all week that makes people so skeptical and so disgusted with politics. i mean, that's why at the end oh day, this entire debate is all political theater. it is all about who is maneuvering to make sure that they look good. let's face it. it is already 2020. we're in an election year. this is the election cycle. the president's election cycle has begun. what you are seeing now is all w about how domaneuver ourselves? nancy pelosi trying to balance her progressives versus her more centrist democrats. n you see on the republicade they want this mueller report to go away. >> you got to see the republican party today. that interview you did with senator johnson, he's using the word sabotage. president trump is using the word scum, coup. if the house democrats choose to impeach, ery senate republican source i have says that impeachment dies in the senate. a trial will never>>o forward. asn't the president with the help of the attorney

he's interviewed by "new york times" pentagon correspondent, helene cooper. >>> hi. thank you for being with us today. we have steve begen, who was appointed to be the u.s. special representative for north korea. he's the tip of the spear of diplomat -- of diplomatic -- the trump administration's diplomatic initiative in north korea. and i'm very happy. i'm helene cooper, pentagon correspondent with the "new york times." >> so you've been on the job for six months. how is it going? >> it feels like more than six months. diplomacy is still very much alive. and while we haven't made as much progress in the six months as i would have hoped coming in on the first day, we stay closely engaged with our counterparts in north korea. we just came off of a summit meeting in hanoi where president trump and chairman kim jong-un spent two days together, discussing some very weighty issues. and the president said in his press conference, and it's true, that we remain engaged. the door is open. and we will continue to work with the north koreans to try to achieve our shared goal of

he's interviewed by "new york times" pentagon correspondent, helene cooper. >>> hi. thank you for being with us

union, you get the first bit, you get the close economic ties and cooperation without being involved in a shared political union. helencribed the rise of violent crime in the uk. it comes ahead of a special summit in downing street which brings together ministers, community leaders, experts and young people, in order to find ways of tackling the crisis. one of those who'll be attending is barry mizen, whose16—year—old son jimmy was murdered. speaking to louise minchin on bbc breakfast, he said that, ten years on from his son's death, the crisis of knife crime clearly hasn't gone away. i think it is bordering on epidemic. it doesn't seem to be going away, it seems to be getting worse every day and i think yesterday, these four random stabbings of people in the back, is perhaps another worrying trend. so, no, this is serious. i am no less determined that i was when my son was killed to try and bring some change, but very, very worrying times. and i know you are going to be part of this summit today. we have heard sajid javid, the home secretary, talking about this being a public health duty, he is talking about doctors,