jon sopel, bbc news, washington.t dramatic of the trump presidency as pressure intensifies on him from many sides. but what impact is it all having on his core supporters? 0ur correspondent nick bryant has been to the republican stronghold of staten island in new york to assess the impact of these latest allegations. across the waters from lower manhattan, the trump stronghold of staten island, the only borough of new york to vote for the hometown presidential candidate. from here, you can almost see the court complex where michael cohen made the explosive claim that donald trump directed him to commit a crime. you know, he is what this country needed at this time. local businessman steve believes donald trump is making america great again, and yesterday's bombshell allegations don't trouble him. yesterday, donald trump's personal lawyer stood up in court and implicated the president and said, he told me to break the law. that doesn't worry you? no. the people that hate him are going to use it and that's all you're g

jon, thank you, jon sopel donald trump. jon, thank you, jon sopel, our north america editor. consumption. that's the stark message from one of the most significant studies into alcohol use and its health effects to date. researchers looked at the drinking habits of people in 195 countries, including the uk. the findings suggest that even moderate consumption is associated with cancer and other diseases. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. just how much alcohol is it safe to drink? it's confusing when different studies produce apparently contradictory results. now the latest research says while alcohol might protect us from heart disease, overall there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. alcohol is linked to seven types of cancer. we know about liver disease, which has risen over decades in the uk. so those risks actually outweigh any benefits. so what the study is saying is for health overall the best thing we can do is not to drink at all, which is clearly not going to happen for most people. but if we want to give advice, that is probably what we should be

jon sopel their lives in washington. jon sopel there lives in washington.as discovered that a group ofjihadists responsible for last year's terror attacks in and around barcelona included militants who'd showed signs of radicalisation a year before. 16 people died and more than 100 were injured when a van driven by the extremists mowed down pedestrians on the las ramblas in barcelona, and then a car was driven into pedestrians in the seaside resort of cambrils. catalan police have told the bbc the attacks may have been directed from abroad. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera examines whether warning signs about the extremists were missed. preparing for an attack. wiring up explosives and suicide vests. this group would end up striking barcelona. the man seen here on the left drove a van which barrelled half a kilometre down a road packed with tourists, killing 14. hours later, five men from the same self drove a car into pedestrians in nearby cambrils, killing one woman. all five were shot dead by police. authorities only then realised that an acciden

jon sopel, bbc news, washington., what are the realistic chances 110w jon, what are the realistic chances now of talks that president trump says he wants to have with the iranians? it was only a week ago that we were standing here discussing how donald trump have made that surprise offer to president rouhani that he was happy to have talks and there would be no preconditions. but no sooner had donald trump said that than his own secretary of state mike pompeo came out and secretary of state mike pompeo came outand said, secretary of state mike pompeo came out and said, when he said no preconditions, he meant there are several preconditions. so today you have both sides saying they are willing to have talks, but look at the small print. the small print from the iranian side is that america has dropped all talk of sanctions. from the american side, it is that iran had to suspend supporting terrorist groups around the world. on that basis, you would think the chances of talks are narrow. there was an olive branch of sor

our north america editor jon sopel reports. jon: the demonstraons may be and they may be geographically widespread, but discontent across iran is high. d could be about to get whole lot higher still. the nss. will reimpose sanctio from tomorrow, making life even tougher. what c be done to avoid this? president trump's national security advis was characteristically blunt. mr. bolton: they could take up te president's offe negotiate with them and give up their ballistic missile program fully and verifiably, not under the onerous terms of the iran nuclear deal, which are not iotisfactory, to stop their support for internl terrorism, give up their military activities in the region.ct jon: the sns are a direct result of america pulling out of the iran nuclear deal negotiated by the obama administration along with britain and other european nations. in r nuclear program for a decade, the country was promised sanctions relief. president trump maintat gave iran far too much for too little in return. so today he signed a new packet of me

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. for more on the bizarre plot lines, i spoke earlier with niall stanage of "the hill." saying, every day we hear something that is more implausible, but it is real life at the white house.os omwas close to donald trump. she is trying to sell a book. how credible is she? she is close to him, but is she just trying to flog copies of her book? niall: certainly that is what the white house is saying, and they have something to lean on inhat argument. omarosa when donald trump was running to be president was, hyper loyaliggesting on one famous occasion that critics would bow down before him. it is quite a u-turn she has made. she has these, tapes, factual artifacts. rajini: she is promising more tapes with potentially moreex osive revelations. is there anything that could be released on tape that could damage the president, given that during the election there were t damagies that did not damage him niall: it is less one revelation and more to this idea of chaos in the west wing that jon al

on "the apprentice" and lasted a year in the trump administration. .he bbc's north america editor jon sopel has mo jon: omarosa manigault-newman had zero policy expertise and no elitical experience when was appointed by donald trump to be one of his senior advisers at the white house. e had been on "the apprentice," the reality tv show he hosted. they were the perfect coupling. pres. trump: omarosa is a good person. jon: she is also black in a white house that is up to its namef being, well, very whit omarosa: donald trump is a con. jon: with her firing, and book she is now touting, the reality tv genre has come to the white house in the book cuses the president of being racist and misogynist. he fired back. pres. trump: lowlife. she's a lowlife. r jon: benge is a dish best served cold, and she hasis planned ll out, extraordinarily with a tape of her firing by chief of staff john kelly. jon: that drew gasps in the west wing the firing took place in the situation room, a place where no recordings are ever allowed. that was yesterday. today omarosa had a new tape to play, donald trump feignin

for more i spoke earlier with our north america editor jon sopel. what is the ate department saying about why it is imposing these sanctions now? a monter the attack on the skripals. jon: a month after america expelled 60 russian diplomats from the united states. you think, hang on, hasn't america already done this? o america has i legislation, the chemical biological weapons act that congress passed in the 1990's. frit requires a designatio the u.s. authorities about whether chemical weapons were used. that designation has come through and they say russia was in breach of international lawby in salisbury, when sick a skripal and his daught yulia poisoned. sancons will be introduced. these sanctions could be intensified in 90 days if russia doesn't open up to inspectors to come and see whether there is a chemical weapons production site and the rest. hard to imagine that i.going to happ laura: and yet it persists, doesn't it, the idea that there is a gap between the president and his administration when it comes to russia policy. we learned that seto

our north america editor, jon sopel has the story. omarosa manigault newman had zero policy expertise and absolutely no political experience when she was appointed by donald trump to be one of his senior advisers at the white house. but she had been on the apprentice, the reality tv show that he'd hosted. they were the perfect coupling. i like omarosa. omarosa's a good person. she's also black in a white house that lives up to its name as being, well, very white. donald trump is a con. and with herfiring and book that she's now touting, the reality tv genre has come to the white house. in the book, she accuses the president of being a racist and misogynist. he fired back. lowlife, she's a lowlife. but revenge is a dish best served cold, and she has planned this all out. extraordinarily, with a tape of her firing by chief of staff john kelly. that drew gasps in the west wing. the firing took place in the situation room, a place where no recordings are ever allowed. that was yesterday. today, omarosa had a new tape to play, donald trump

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.y the world is at risk from extremely dangerous levels of climate change despite global efforts to limit emissions of carbon dioxide. it comes as many parts of the world are in the grip of record high temperatures. researchers have added that the most devastating effects of climate change can be averted if global action is taken to cut emissions, plant forests and develop technology to suck carbon from the air. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. an image of apocalypse of the kind you might expect hollywood to conjure up. but this was filmed on a real front line in california over the weekend. record temperatures and bone dry conditions are triggering dozens of wildfires in several american state. we stayed up there as long as we could in our valley. until the flames were truly, they were not 360 degrees around our area, but close enough that we decided to get out. there are similar scenes in europe. in portugal an entire mountainside in the algarve has been burning for three day

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. in bristol has been told that the england cricketer ben stokes carried out a sustained violent assault outside a nightclub in the city last september. at the time he was england's vice—captain, and along with two other men, denies a charge of affray. our sports editor, dan roan, was in court. having had to swap cricket field for courtroom, ben stokes arrived here this morning for the opening day of his trial. dressed in a navy suit, the 27—year—old all—rounder sat in the dock alongside two local men he's accused of punching during a fight in the city last year, ryan hale and ryan ali. all three are accused of affray, a charge they each deny. the jury was shown this mobile phone footage of a late night brawl outside a bristol nightclub in september, just hours after stokes had played for england. both hale and ali were knocked unconscious by the cricketer, leaving ali with significant injuries, including a broken eye socket. the court was told stokes lost his control and started to att

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.o combat touts. the sites, which allow concert and theatregoers to offload unwanted tickets, are often ta rgetted by sellers who want to hike up the prices. it follows a campaign by the world's biggest pop acts to make ticket prices fairer for their fans as our entertainment correpsondent lizo mzimba reports. # i'm in love with the shape of you, we push and pull like a magnet do...#. some of music's biggest names have fought for a fairer deal for fans from secondary ticketing sites. among them ed sheeran... # shout out to my ex...#. little mix... # hello from the other side...#. adele. today's announcement from ticketmaster that it's closing down the secondary ticket sites it owns is being seen by campaigners as yes, a step forward, but far from a complete solution. what this will do is just create more and highlight those who aren't authorised to be sellers and make it easierforfan. but authorised to be sellers and make it easier for fan. but we authorised to be sellers and make it ea

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ome of the day's other news: america's secretary of state mike pompeo has been -- it is —— it is thought president assad is ready to attack idlib. america's secretary of state mike pompeo has been discussing with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman the worsening security situation in the syrian province of idlib. a european charity that runs a rescue ship in the mediterranean has again called on eu governments to let it dock. it wants to allow mi migrants aboard to disembark. italy and malta have blocked their ports to the aquarius since it rescued the migrants off libya on friday. mali's opposition is set to reject the results of sunday's presidential run—off because of alegations of fraud during the poll. president ibrahim boubacar keita, who won more than 40% in the first round, is widely expected to win the election. hundreds of polling stations failed to open. romania has opened an inquiry into alleged police violence at a mass anti—corruption protest that left hundred

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.anctions have been implies forfour those sanctions have been implies for four minutes and 50 seconds now, it's literally just happened for four minutes and 50 seconds now, it's literallyjust happened —— in place. so, let's get some analysis on that now. jane foley, senior fx strategist at rabo bank joins me now. good to see you. good morning. their limited, they've just arteta, good to see you. good morning. their limited, they'vejust arteta, and interestingly it's not the american business end of the scale of the iranians are bothered about so much —— they are limited, they've just started. the iranians have put lots of pressure on europe and said to european countries, if you don't pull back and comply with what the americans are saying then we will put sanctions on you, so there's been lots of pressure on europe. a company like renault have pushed back into the iranian market, they have said they will pull back their iranian presence there, but instead they will look at other growth

our north america editor jon sopel reports. demonstrations may be sporadic and they may be geographically widespread, but discontent across iran with the state of the country's economy is high and could be about to get a whole lot higher still. the us will reimpose sanctions from tomorrow, making life even tougher. so what can be done to avoid this? president trump's national security adviser was characteristically blunt. they could take up the president's offer to negotiate with them, to give up their ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programmes fully and really verifiably, not under the onerous terms of the iran nuclear deal which really are not satisfactory, to stop their support for international terrorism, to give up their military activities in the region. the sanctions are a direct result of america pulling out the iran nuclear deal, negotiated by the obama administration, along with britain and other european nations. in return for halting its nuclear programme for a decade, the country was promised sanctions really

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.lier i asked emily hawthorne, a middle east analyst with stratfor, what the sanctions were meant to achieve and how they would affect iran. reimposing these sanctions is really part of a us effort to try and change some of iran's behaviour in the region. the us views and iran as a source of a lot of destabilising activity in the region and it wants to push iran to negotiate away some of the things that it does in the region as well as renegotiating the nuclear deal. these are sanctions to try and bring the iran to the table. this first round of sanctionss that goes into effect in the next couple of hours is affecting the sale of uranium and american banknotes, as well as raw materials, steel, aluminium, car parts and the oil—related sanctions in november that are set to be reimposed. this will heap economic pain on tehran and put downward pressure on their currency and the us is trying to weaken the government's hold on its population and to try and force them to come to the table. and

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ites seatwave and get me in in a bid to combat touts. the sites, which allow concert and theatregoers to offload unwanted tickets, are often targetted by sellers who want to hike up the prices. it follows a campaign by the world's biggest pop acts to make ticket prices fairer for their fans, as our entertainment correpsondent lizo mzimba reports. # i'm in love with the shape of you, we push and pull like a magnet do...#. some of music's biggest names have fought for a fairer deal for fans from secondary ticketing sites. among them ed sheeran... # shout out to my ex...#. little mix... # hello from the other side...#. adele. today's announcement from ticketmaster that it's closing down the secondary ticket sites it owns is being seen by campaigners as, yes, a step forward, but far from a complete solution. what this will do is just create more awareness and highlight those who aren't authorised to be sellers and hopefully make it fairerforfans. but we have a long way to go. there are sti

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.ld trump and the white house, what impact are these allegations having on his core supporters? 0ur correspondent nick bryant has been to the republican stronghold of staten island in new york to assess the impact of these latest allegations. across the waters from lower manhattan, the trump stronghold of staten island. the only borough of new york to vote for the hometown presidential candidate. from here you can almost see the court complex where michael cohen made the explosive claim that donald trump directed him to commit a crime. but do people here care? you know, he is what this country needed at this time. local businessmen steve believes donald trump is making america great again, and yesterday's bombshell allegations don't trouble him. so yesterday, donald trump's personal lawyer stood up in court and implicated the president and said, "he told me to break the law." that doesn't worry you? no. the people that hate him are going to use it and that's all you're going to hear for

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.tes, a longtime business associate of paul manafort, president trump's former campaign manager, has confessed at manafort‘s fraud trial that they did commit crimes by filing false tax returns — and not disclosing foreign bank acounts. gates is considered a star witness in the case after he pleaded guilty in february and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. mr manafort, has instead pleaded not guilty on 18 counts. joining mei s our news correspondent peter bowes who has been following the trial. mrtrump of mr trump of course will have a close eye on this. what's been going on? this was arguably one of the most crucial days of this trial because rick gates was, for a decade, his right—hand man, his business associates. working closely with him on the election campaign during 2016 and of course, these charges were to their work outside of that campaign, largely predating the election campaign of donald trump and the whole thing has come to light because of the investigation into possible

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.t his presidency mr trump has come under huge pressure from all quarters, but so far it appears to have had limited effect on his core supporters. 0ur correspondent nick bryant, has been to the republican stronghold of staten island in new york, to assess the impact of these latest allegations. across the waters from lower manhattan, the trump stronghold of staten island. the only borough of new york to vote for the hometown presidential candidate. from here you can almost see the court complex where michael cohen made the explosive claim that donald trump directed him to commit a crime. but do people here care? you know, he is what this country needed at this time. local businessmen steve believes donald trump is making america great again, and yesterday's bombshell allegations don't trouble him. so yesterday, donald trump's personal lawyer stood up in court and implicated the president and said, "he told me to break the law." that doesn't worry you? no. the people that hate him are g

here's our north america editor, jon sopel, to explain who these men are and their connection to the the national enquirer magazine, published a whole series of sensationalist articles, all of them really hostile to hillary clinton during the election campaign, but he did one other thing. when karen macdougall, a playmate who alleges that she had an affair with donald trump wanted to sell her story, he bought the exclusive rights to it for $150,000 but never published it, it's called a catch and kill operation, and according to an american news agency, he has in his office, quite literally, a safe of other stories he bought and have never published. he has now cut a deal with the feds and is now cooperating with them. he is the chief financial officer for the trump organisation, the treasurer of the trump foundation, a trustee of the blind trust that donald trump set up when he became president, and in fact, you could put it like this, he is the most senior person in the organisation whose name isn't and he has also done a deal with prosecutors looking into all of these matters. earl

jon sopel has more from washington.or some time that donald trump is absolutely exasperated by the mueller investigation into weather there was collusion between the trump campaign and moscow, and we have heard him then his fury on many occasions before. he's always stopped short of saying the investigation ought to be ended. today that change, this is a terrible situation, he said on twitter, and attorney generaljeff sessions should stop this rate which aren't right now before it continues to stay in our country. the timing of this is interesting. it's the first bowled a of the trial of his former campaign manager, paul manafort, who is charged with not revealing fully his links with pro moscow ukrainian businessmen. that's pa rt moscow ukrainian businessmen. that's part one, but the other part of it is that we've also learned the president received a letter in the past 2a hours from the robert mueller investigation. now, there is speculation that one of the things they've raised is they like to talk to the president a

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.e more analysis on the political fallout from that terrible day for donald trump. let's look at what else is making news is out why. —— this out why. —— this hour. embattled australian prime minister malcolm turnbull is now facing a second leadership challenge — with the man who wants his job demanding a liberal party meeting to vote on the issue. former home affairs minister, peter dutton, seen as a hardline conservative, said he was confident he now had the numbers to unseat turnbull, considered a moderate. our correspondent in canberra, hywel griffith, has an update on the latest leadership spill. a dramatic start to the day here in canberra and some people have barely eaten breakfast. earlier this week we saw a leadership challenge against the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull. a vote was held within the liberal party, which is part of the ruling coalition. but the challenge failed. peter dutton, the challenger then resigned and people thought well, that is that. no. pete

jon sopel washington, thank you. 48 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured in a bombhan capital, kabul. many of those killed are believed to be teenagers who were getting extra tuition as they prepared for university entrance exams. the taliban has denied involvement. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. after all the decades of conflict in afghanistan, another horror. young people, teenagers, the country's future, deliberately targeted by a suicide bomber who simply walked into their class as they studied for university. translation: my brother was studying at the education centre and he was killed in the blast. i am here to receive his body. two of them were injured as i have seen but most of them, unfortunately, they have been killed. the taliban deny attacking the school. it's more likely to have been the work of so—called islamic state or daesh. my colleague in afghanistan, shoaib sharifi, described what happened. the police say a suicide bomber was on foot and entered through this centre into the very big classroom housing at least up to 100 stude

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.n a turbulent day for donald trump yesterday and the ramifications. we'll be talking about that in a few minutes more. bring you up to date now on other news to do with the australian politics in the revolving door at the top. we know it very well, the number of prime ministers that have been elected in the last ten years or $0 been elected in the last ten years or so to been elected in the last ten years orso toi been elected in the last ten years or so to i think the number is at six or seven. the current australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull, is now facing a second leadership challenge with the man who once his job, demanding a liberal party meeting to vote on the issue to the web will report on tuesday when malcolm turnbull had survived a leadership contest 48 votes to 35. the former home affairs minister, peter button is seen as a hardline conservative and he has now said that he is confident he has the numbers to unseat mr turnbull. he is considered a moderate, mr turnbull.

jon sopel in washington, thank you.ction of the drug there is now reaching unprecedented levels — with much of it heading to europe. cressida dick, the head of the metropolitan police, has blamed — in part — middle—class cocaine users for helping fuel the surge in related violent crime. over 900 tonnes of cocaine was produced in colombia last year, despite a peace accord that's ended a long—running insurgency by rebels known as farc, who had been the main producers. our security correspondent frank gardner has just travelled to four different locations around the country to bring us this special report on how colombia is trying to fight back against the drugs gangs. colombia, post—peace deal, and the war on drugs continues. a surprise raid by counter—narcotics police on an illegal coca crop. i went with them. from remote areas like these, cocaine production is now at an all—time high. over 900 tonnes last year, much of it heading to europe, including the uk. the troops destroy the jungle labs wherever they can. colombia

our north america editor, jon sopel is in washington and has more detail.at it was because of john brennan's erratic behaviour, wild out first two and frenzied commentary. there was no point suggestion that he had disclosed classified information or tried to make money from the security clea ra nce. make money from the security clearance. is also worth pointing out that the other people on that list all have one in common who might infuture list all have one in common who might in future lose their security clea ra nces, might in future lose their security clearances, they are also critics of donald trump. the question comes, is this a matter of national security or political kind of, you mustn't criticise our president? john kerry has come out this evening, saying that donald trump is acting like a ruler of a banana republic. he says it is the actions of a despot and dan coats, the director of national intelligence who you thought would be at the centre of this, knew nothing about the president ‘s move to ta ke nothing about the president ‘s move to take j

jon sopel is in washington. this seems a bit weird? yes, well, is it a bit weird?en assailed by allegations in the book by a former senior adviser to the president. the white house wanted to change the subject. a briefing was announced quite late in the day and suddenly we get news thatjohn brennan, a former cia director, is to have his intelligence clearance revoked and a number of others are under threat. some may say this was a good way of changing the subject. how do you get the other person out of the headline after her somewhat disobliging remarks about donald trump? that‘s one interpretation and one would also point out may be that this was also point out may be that this was a warning shot to others, if you oppose the president, you pay a price for it. that's the thing because mr brennan has been an outspoken critic of the president and there are other former ranking government officials in the cross hairs of mrtrump government officials in the cross hairs of mr trump we may get their security clearance ta ken hairs of mr trump we may get their security cle

jon sopel, thank you very much.ident trump loves to brag about the performance of the us economy and many indicators are definitely making his case. but when it comes to real wages, there may be a hitch. for american consumers, the fact that the price of goods is rising faster than their paycheck is putting a pinch on their wallet. the bbc‘s business correspondent paul blake has been taking a closer look for us. we have the greatest economy we have ever had. we have the best numbers and we are setting records in every respect. the us economy is booming, the president is right, but our average americans feeling any of the benefits? wages, for the first time in18 benefits? wages, for the first time in 18 years benefits? wages, for the first time in18 years are benefits? wages, for the first time in 18 years are rising again. wages have been stagnant for decades, but let's look at the last five years. it is generally heading north, wages are up 2.7%. we have so many jobs coming in and they are raising wages. that is wh

i tweeted, about the payments. 0ur north america editor jon sopel spoke to us from washington a shortwhat he thought the emerging white house strategy is. well i think you've got, kind of a twofold strategy. 0n well i think you've got, kind of a twofold strategy. on one hand, you've got everything being done to discredit michael: as much as possible, peyton is a liar, paint and as someone unreliable and in the hope that it will, they will not be interested in the testimony that he may have to get. because we have to michael: is an offer, known only to rsvp, but my that trumped our meeting, the hacking of the e—mails, and all of those other issues were a p pa re ntly and all of those other issues were apparently michael cohen has something to say. so that is part of it. the other part is the build—up all manafort, west and not a victim of this, the tax fraud really did matter, because it was 12 years ago and said it was a big problem. i will you just heard from that interview that we just had, is for the president to say, i did have limited knowledge, is somehow not a campaignfinance l

what we see as a legal argument is now being played out in the of public relations. jon sopel, thankd for more on the legal and political fallout of this we are joined now by constitutional law professorjonathan turley and ron christie who served as an advisor to george w bush. ron christie, at the same question i gave tojon sopel, people are talking about watergate moments, is this one for one of this president? no, it is too soon. we have manafort who was convicted in a trial. but you have mr cohen, the fix it guy who never went to trial, he took a deal. the notion the president cannot defend himself in the court of law against these accusations, i don't think it rises to a watergate moment at this point. yet we have michael cohen's own lawyer saying he can give more to prosecutors. what more does michael cohen know about his years of relationship with donald trump and during the campaign that could be potentially damaging to this president? there had better be more because i think cohen does wa nt be more because i think cohen does want a deal. you can cooperate at any point, even

jon sopel, bbc news, washington.rick gates, has admitted in court that he helped his former boss, paul manafort, file false tax returns and hide foreign bank accounts. mr gates is appearing as a government witness against mr manafort, who is accused of fraud. he also admitted embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from mr manafort. tens of thousands of pupils in scotland will receive their exam results today. all of the 135,000 candidates will get their results through the post but many have also opted to receive their grades by text or e—mail from 8am onwards. i'm not sure i like that. i don't like that at all. the phone buzzing, do you open it, do you leave it? it won't come as a shock to hear that food, fans and drinks flew off the shelves during july's heatwave. but the temperatures were not enough to stop a slump in spending. according to the british retail consortium, sales on the high street are still in decline. it's thought the hot weather has put people off from browsing in shop aisles. hollywood film

our north america editor, jon sopel, has the story.marosa manigault newman had zero policy expertise and absolutely no political experience when she was appointed by donald trump to be one of his senior advisers at the white house. but she had been on the apprentice, the reality tv show that he'd hosted. they were the perfect coupling. i like omarosa. omarosa is a good person. she's also black in a white house that lives up to its name as being, well, very white. donald trump is a con. and with herfiring and book that she's now touting, the reality tv genre has come to the white house. in the book, she accuses therrpresidenlaf—being.