deal of pressure about russia and that by firing james coney, it took that the pressure off. once again, the revelations about donald trump's intent in firing james comey, a view into its mind in this hell is happening in his mind, make a meeting with russian officials, has figured centrally in this investigation. at the same time, we also have the washington post saying the investigation into the links between the tramp administration and russia has identified a person of interest. what more can you tell us about that? the person of interest, not a suspect but this is someone they consider integral to the investigation. the article lists several senior club officials who have acknowledged they had ties or had meetings with russia, one is rex tillerson and the other attorney general ‘sjeff sessions. the final is fromson—in—law general ‘sjeff sessions. the final is fromson—in—lanara general ‘sjeff sessions. the final is fromson—in—law jara killing general ‘sjeff sessions. the final is fromson—in—lanara killing micro jared posner. we ——jared —— jared posner. ——jared posner. we —

the director of the fbi, james coney, has been fined.manent fbi director —— fired. it will begin immediately. i am seen what information i can pick up here. he has been very controversial, not least because of the details that he released concerning hillary clinton's e—mails, literally weeks before the presidential election last year. and she has cited that publicly in the last 3—4 days that that was a contributory factor to her losing the election. let me just read you this statement from the white house from the press secretary sean spicer today," donald trump informed james coney that he has been terminated and removed from office. president reagan on the clear recommendations of both the deputy attorney—general and the attorney—general —— president trump acted on the clear recommendations. very interesting to see who gets picked to lead it instead. wasn't a woman in court this week criticising trump? he appeared before the committee last week. he appeared before a house committee looking into allegations into president trump's during

james coney better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he sta rts of our conversationse he starts leaking to the press because of that sweet, there are lots of questions and there is growing pressure to say if those tapes exist. this is the republican lindsey graham saying you cannot be cute about tapes, if there are any tapes of this conversation they need to be turned over. you would expect the democrats to be critical. here is senator chuck schumer. perhaps needless to say, there is no sign of the tapes. there is no sign of an apology. there was no sign of sean spicer, the white house press secretary earlier, he was asked about this. i made it clear last week that the president has nothing further to say. does that mean the president will deny... ?|i further to say. does that mean the president will deny. . . ? i said i was very clear. the president will have nothing further. i understand. alexis, i made it clear what the president's position is much issue. live from washington, our correspondent. anthony, this is quite well worn manoeuvre by the president, drawing o

. >> james coney agreed to return to capitol hill to testify on the reston investigation in a public hearing after new details emerged from the president's oval office meeting with russian officials. >> iranian president winning reelection today with this could mean for the us as well as the stability of the middle east. america's news headquarters starts right now. >> we begin with day one of his president trumps the first day in saudi arabia. the president received a regal welcome from this key american ally, complete with banquet, ceremonies, traditional saudi dance and that following the real business of the day. the president signing a 110 billion-dollar arms deal and holding meetings. with dozens of arrow leaders of tomorrow the president will be scheduled to make a major speech on fighting terrorism. he'll do it at the arab-islamic-american summit. john roberts traveling with the president and joining us live from riyadh, saudi arabia. john. reporter: is just 11:00 o'clock here and the president is back at his hotel after a long day. most recently, he was at murabba palace wit

us media told donald trump said firing james coney believed great pressure and described him as a nut to extradite him from the uk: seven years without charge while my children grew up without me. that is not something i can forgive. it is not something i can forget. today is an important victory for me and for the un human rights system.

james coney said he felt mildly nauseous that he might have influenced the result.yed a decisive role in determining the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. just days before polling, james comey revealed the fbi had reopened its inquiry into hillary clinton's e—mails from when she was secretary of state. he said he had no good options. so i stared at speak and conceal. speak would be really bad, there's an election in 11 days. lordy, that would be really bad. concealing, in my view, would be catastrophic, notjust to the fbi, but well beyond. and honestly, as between really bad and catastrophic, i said to my team — we've got to walk into the world of really bad. so how does he feel now about the impact his intervention has had? look, this was terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think that we might have had some impact on the election. but, honestly, it wouldn't change the decision. what's not in doubt is that his letter, 11 days before america voted, convulsed the campaign. its significance can't be over—stated. this was donald trump, the day the news bro

democratic leader chuck schumer at a press conference, discussing the firing of the fbi director, james coney president trump a call and he gave president trump a call and he said that the firing, or the sacking, of james comey he said that the firing, or the sacking, ofjames comey was a very big mistake. opposition democrats from the senate called outrageous as it comes in the midst of an investigation into trump associates and ties with russia. so, that was a press c0 nfe re nce and ties with russia. so, that was a press conference of senator chuck schumer. let's return to one lead story, the elections in south korea, and they have a new president, moon jae—in, liberal candidate, and we will speak with the professor of diplomacy at kyoto diplomacy on foreign studies. sorry, we had to interrupt the interview earlier. so, what do you make of a potential relationship of south korea with the united states and japan given the leanings of the new president, moon jae—in, to favouring more dialogue with north korea and, basically, reviewing the anti—missile defence system ? reviewing the anti—missi

he will be glad to leave washington behind, the whole rusher, james coney controversy.g i want to do fewer days, shorten the trip. at the same time, quite before him. he feels relieved to be getting out of washington, dc. i think relieved to be getting out of washington, dc. ithink so, most us presidents spend more time on their second term on long trips. he is going to italy as well. he prefers staying at home, murad home in the trump property a cheeseburger. he is out there talking aboutjobs. cheeseburger. he is out there talking about jobs. huge cheeseburger. he is out there talking aboutjobs. huge trade deals, what he said he would do. it is great to get away from the domestic strife at home. interesting to see whether he tweets from saudi arabia, or sticks to the script. he was saying, looking forward to my big trip. like 16—year—old going on his first foreign trip. incredible. of course, the wedding, let‘s talk about that. the per‘s big day. the sunday express, they have kate taking charge on paper‘s big day. telling the children to be quiet.l great picture, becau

we may have memos written by james coney, the fbi director, detailing every meeting he had with donaldmp and the interaction they had so it would give a record of coney‘s account of those meetings. but if there is a paper trailfrom those meetings. but if there is a paper trail from an fbi those meetings. but if there is a paper trailfrom an fbi director, a law enforcement officer, detailing those accounts, you have to give those accounts, you have to give those documents a fair amount of weight and i think the public and investigators, including robert miller, the special counsel investigating this now, who will look at these documents. we also had the president saying he is looking forward to getting this situation behind us with reference to be investigations but that will not happen, will it? know. now that robert miller has been named, it would be a long process. if history is any guide to these types of independent investigations, whether it is an independent counsel or the kyran investigation or the investigation under george w bush, or all of these things, when you have a prosec

president trump to hand over any recordings of conversations between him and sacked fbi director james coney

in the dinner to james coney he asked if anyone has an -- does anyone have an audio recording? of that.t aware >> one follow-up question, what can the administration do better when it comes to communication? today the president tweeted out that he felt from behind a always possible to present the information with perfect accuracy. i think -- we come out here every day and do the best job we can communicating with the president has done and the competence he is making. we work beyond being here at this podium. we worked pretty late. we do what we can. he could have a very robust schedule. as you can tell by the activities of next week alone. sometimes we don't have the opportunity to get in to see him and his fault thinking. we do our best to follow-up up with you but there are times when more than not you read a story where someone is pulling apart one word or sentence and say i got you. we work hard to get you the most accurate up-to-date information. in those cases i think we do a good job of following up and getting you the information after the briefing or a -- that is exac

jared kushner is very much in support of the president firing james coney and the muslim ban from what my sources say, so the notion of the moderate influence is becoming not so true, and the notion of e -- ivanka trump being so close of an adviser is not as close to the reality as we thought. >> and so, he would have been wanted the u.s. to pull out of the paris accord, but the president meeting at the vatican with the pope, and pope would like him to remain, and is steve bannon in the president's eyes more important, more influential than the pope? >> i think that he is, and although i heard from the few sources that i have in the vatican that they thought that trump was teachable. that is the word that came back to me. that he is someone who can be brought along and i am not sure that is the case on this issue, and what is interesting is to understand that both trump and i think that jared can kushner, and perhaps even ivanka are anti-elitist in their own way. they have the chip on their shoulder, and each one of them about certain people who might be identified as eggheads or eliti

. >> james coney agreed to return to capitol hill to testify on the reston investigation in a public new details emerged from the president's oval office meeting with russian

asked to hand over any communications between himself and the sack if by eight —— fbi director james coney travelling to germany later for talks with angela merkel. a 101—year—old war veteran from devon has become the oldest person in the world to complete a skydive. verdun hayes — who fought on d—day — jumped 15,000 feet from a plane, along with three generations of his family yesterday afternoon. he beats the previous record set by a man 35 days younger. welcome to the hayes home here in devon. i am joined by four members of the same family. we are having a celebrataory cup of tea this morning. now, let me introduce you to the man himself, verdun hayes, the world record—holder. verdun, did you sleep well, knowing that you were a world record—holder? oh, yes. yes. i woke up this morning one of the happiest men in the world. oh, that is lovely. verdun, just talk me through. you have had a bit of time for it to sink in. that moment when you are standing on the edge of the plane and then you jump, what is it like? just for a few seconds, it is ok. once you are in the air, or dived out, for t

allegations, saying the president never asked for an end to any investigation, but the suggestion that james coneyh president trump has left some in congress anxious to see them —— comey. last week president trump suggested he might have tapes of his conversations with james comey, and if they exist those two could be called for to establish whose account of the discussions is correct. some democrats have already said this could amount to obstruction of justice said this could amount to obstruction ofjustice on the part of the president and an unproven allegation certainly, the most serious yet to the league the administration. the idea that people can be fat but medically fit is a myth according to a study of the medical records of more than three million people. researchers say being obese increases the risk of suffering heart disease, stroke and heart failure. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. so just keep your hands on your hips. the idea that you can be obese but still healthy has been debated for years. previous studies have suggested that around one third of very overweight p

friends with james comey going on record about the former fbi director's troubled relationship with president trump. benjamin whittis is from the brookings institute. here he was with coney said he had multiple conversations with comey about president and learned that comey wanted to maintain the fbi's independence but was frustrated at the president's attempts to win him over. he said comey was disgusted in one visit to the white house. >> if you watch the video, he's wearing a blue blazer. he stands in the parts of the room that is as far from trump that is physically possible to be and also against blue drapes that are the same color -- >> he chose that spot? >> he chose that spot. he extends his hands. comey's arms are really long. he extends his hands prei'miv y prei'mively -- preemptively and trull pulls him in. hug is one-sided. one guy is shaking hands and the other guy is hugging. >> jon: the white house is denying that trump asked for comey's loyalty. comey said he was skeptical of rod rosenstein that was back on capitol hill to meet with house lawmakers a day after he met with members of the senate. rosenstein briefing congress on comey's firing, the russian i

james coney was shut down to federate into tom's formal national security adviser michael flynn in an oval office meeting in february. that according to a memo esther comey wrote shortly after the meeting. i hope you can let this go, the president pulled mr. comey according to the memo. the existence of this is the clearest evidence that the president has to try to directly influence the justice department and fbi investigation into links between mr. trump's associates and russia. now it will show you majority leader, mitch mcconnell, speaking to the gop party lunch today. speaking of.