let's go to washington — where we canjoin laura bicker. sident will do next, given that these 20 states have refused to hand over this information? his tweet kind of says, what are you doing? what are you trying to hide by not giving us this information? but the states that have been asked, more than 20 of them are refusing to comply. let's go back a bit. he set up comply. let's go back a bit. he set up this election integrity commission back in may, because donald trump believes that millions of voters committed fraud, during the presidential election. one of the presidential election. one of the reasons he believes this is because it is said that hillary clinton won the popular vote, he won the electoral college vote so that a discounted state—by—state. he believes that there are millions of votes which have been cast wrongly 01’ votes which have been cast wrongly or there has been widespread voter fraud. this commission was set up and on wednesday, all states were sent a letter asking them to give the birth date, the addresses, the socia

laura bicker, bbc news, washington. co—founder of the republican party's tea party movement and former speech writer for george bush senior. he's in philadelphia. michael, if the president doesn't believe he has done anything wrong, why is he talking about pardoning this family members and potentially himself? i suppose there is only one person who knows the answer to that, and that is the president. but i do think that what he has been able to do by bringing this up is reflect on questions such as what is the ultimate goal? we are many months into this investigation. there is no indication of any criminal wrongdoing. officials testified under oath there was no wrongdoing. even the allegation of collusion, there is no statute that prevents it. the problem should be. what he has done is probably get the american people to reflect on what a distraction this has been with so many political, financial, and other significant issues facing our country today. presumably some conclusion will come out of the investigation. but y

laura bicker there.ed by steve fish — politics professor with the university of california at berkeley. relations between russia and the us lie in tatters. they have been getting worse. this does seem to represent a new law. it is hard to imagine how much lower they can go although president putin says this will not be the last thing he does. talking about taking other measures which he has not says what so far. 755! that is an awful lot. these things tend to be kind of symbolic but something on this magnitude will have some effect. at the same time, there is something really symbolic about this as well. it is not like the diplomatic staff undermined the us internationally but it will undermined russia. this is ashley gate to have negative indications for russians. the bigger deal is he's trying to express great displeasure with what is happening with the united states. donald trump uses with the united states. donald trump uses the world largely like he does. —— views. vladimir putin still likes trump t

katty: let's get the latest from laura bicker. she is live from us in that and reached it what -- life for us in baton rouge. what do we know about the shooter and the investigation? laura: in a press conference in the last hour we heard from the sheriff and they believed he targeted officers and he used the word "lured them here to be assassinated." there were three guns found with the gun man, including 2 assault rifles. we also know he looked at various venues. he had been in the city for a number of days and he was at various venues to carry out his attack. the investigators are continuing their work. they certainly have been examining his house in kansas city, missouri. this highway was the center of the protest just 10 days ago, now you see a little monument behind where they are putting flowers and balloons for the fallen officers. , it is just over 24 hours since the attack on the police. what is the atmosphere and city -- in the city? laura: i have been here in baton rouge three times in the past two weeks. i was also in d

laura bicker, bbc news, washington.iers on motorbikes have fired teargas at hundreds of masked, stone—throwing protesters in caracas, the latest round of demonstrations against the government of nicolas maduro. several people were injured in the clashes which came as the opposition attempted to march to the supreme court building. greg dawson reports. it's become a near—daily occurrence in venezuela. protesters versus police, molotov cocktails versus teargas. these people are marching towards their country's supreme court, which they believe is biased in favour of nicolas maduro, a president who they claim is turning into a dictator. translation: we have to help our children. we are fighting here for them, and these boys cannot be left alone. while others are in their houses, these people are risking their lives for us all. on friday, opposition politicians elected 33 newjudges to form a so—called "shadow supreme court". president maduro rejects them, as well is ongoing calls for a general election in his country. and h

laura bicker, bbc news, washington.eaking to laura live from washington a little later in this programme. the london hospital treating the terminally ill baby — charlie gard says its staff are being subjected to intimidation and even death threats. all this as a court case continues over whether to withdraw life support for the baby. the hospital's chairman — mary macleod said that charlie's case is a heartbreaking one. and she understands emotions are running high. but she said that there is no excuse for such behaviour. in a statement she said "in recent weeks — the great 0rmand street hospital community has been subjected to a shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility and disturbance." "staff have received abuse both in the street and online. thousands of abusive messages have been sent to doctors." she went on to say "many of these messages are menacing, including death threats. we in close contact with the metropolitan police". laura trant has been following the case. we know that charlie gard is 11 months old, he

laura bicker, bbc news, washington.h america correspondent peter bowes has given us his assessment of sean spicer‘s departure. sean spicer leaves the white house as he said to spend more time with his family. it seems, on the surface, to be amicable. with all the key characters in the events of the last 2a hours speaking with the same voice, with sean spicer saying it was an honour and a privilege to serve with president trump and he is leaving the job in capable hands. but clearly, the new communications chief has a huge hot on his hands. the story was that sean spicer had problems with his appointment, he certainly didn't express any dissent in his television interview, but as far as thatjob moving forward is concerned, the new chief has to deal with the russia investigation, which will absorb a lot of his time in the coming weeks and months. but also, perhaps more significantly, he will have to try to heal relations between the press corps in the white house and the officials in his department. it will be sarah sande

laura bicker reporting.ontreras is a senior reporter with san antonio express—news and hejoins me now. first of all, what is the state of those who have pulled out of the truck alive? well, last we heard many of them are in critical condition suffering from heat exhaustion, dehydration. as you can imagine, being locked in a trailer, being trapped is what almost like an arvind. —— it is 32 celsius, very hot and their. our understanding is that many of those in they were male and many were young. what does that indicate to you about where the men we re indicate to you about where the men were headed? it is mostly younger males trying to... they go in for farm labour. the hotel maintenance, construction. we see them coming in and sometimes they bring teenage children or relatives who believe they can work as well in the fields. so authorities are calling this people trafficking gone wrong. how does work and how common is it in particular part of texas? there is a chain of smugglers running a rout. it depends on

let's talk to our correspondent in washington laura bicker..u wonder what else is coming next. last night, we got that weed from the president saying that priebus was out and general kelly was in. maybe on monday to reset button will be pressed. what does this bring to the white house? he's a 4—star general with a a0 year the white house? he's a a—star general with a a0 year career in the armed forces. he used to be in charge of guantanamo bay which is why he was put into homeland security because he knew about securing orders. but when it comes to the white house, what does he know? he may bring military discipline to the white house which has been leaking left, right and centre. he might be able to order his staff, but when it comes to politics, what does he know about running a political organisation and thatis running a political organisation and that is one of the questions being asked by key critics today? looking at the make up of the white house, in terms of traditional republican support network, there's not much of it. it is a dangero

from washington, laura bicker reports.ald trump hoped this would be a celebration of everything made in america. instead, donald trump is gearing up for what could be one of his biggest battles. he is clearing the deck to try to fight off claims the kremlin helped him win the white house. his core message has become engulfed by the many investigations. as he launched a new aircraft carrier in virginia, he gave the kind of sales pitch he'd prefer american to hear. american steel and american hands have constructed a 100,000—ton message to the world. american might is second to none. donald trump is upgrading his team just as the investigation into russian meddling in the us election widens to include his finances, and that has infuriated the president. the full case of the inquiry is also no longer outside the white house gates, it's focussing on his inner circle, his own family, who will give evidence to congress later this week. mr trumps‘ son—in—law, jared kushner, is one of his closest advisers, seen so often at his sid

laura bicker, reporting from washington. airports across australia, after investigators uncovered a plot to blow up a plane. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, called it an "elaborate conspiracy. " four men have been arrested. phil mercer reports from sydney. a suspect is taken into custody in the surry hills neighbourhood of sydney, one of four people arrested in raids across the city by heavily armed police and members of australia's domestic spy agency. investigators say they have information that the plot to blow up an aircraft involved the use of an improvised device. as roads were sealed off and properties searched, it has been reported the operation was not planned but a rapid response to a tip—off. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, says the authorities have foiled what appears to be an elaborate conspiracy. i can report last night that there has been a majorjoint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an aeroplane. the operation is continuing. a woman who said her son and husband

laura bicker speaking to me earlier.d within the past couple of hours and at the moment reince priebus is giving an interview to cnn and some of the lines coming out of it are that he is actually being quite conciliatory given that he has just left his position in the white house. he a p pa re ntly position in the white house. he apparently has told cnn i always talked to the president about making a change and he was saying how great it all is and there's no ill will. reince priebus very much saying there's no ill will, he's always going to be a trump family, he said, i'm on team trump. that is something that anthony scaramucci was very much saying when he took his position so interesting to hear some of the details of this interview that he is giving to cnn. some more, i'm a professional and we don't discuss private conversations in public, he said. a lot of that, perhaps a dig at anthony scaramucci, who has been speaking publicly in the last few days since taking on his role in the white house. some lines coming out.

laura bicker live in washington.ing new evidence, in the case of the terminally ill baby charlie gard. it follows an assessment by an american doctor of his condition, after his parents launched a legal challenge, to prevent their son having his life support switched off. doctors at great ormond street hospital, say charlie, who has a rare genetic disorder, should be allowed to die with dignity. but his parents say their son should to travel to america, charlie gard, the little baby at the centre of what has become a complex and emotive case. today, his parents will once again be back at the high court. charlie suffers from a rare genetic condition. it causes muscle weakness, and has lead to irreversible brain damage. there is no cure. his parents want to take him to america for experimental treatment, but great ormond street hospital say charlie should be allowed to die with dignity. there is absolutely no clear right or wrong. much of the time in medicine, we deal in shades of grey. and in terms of making a decisio

laura bicker, bbc news, washington. little earlier and asked her what she made of the president's assertion on twitter that he had the complete power to pardon. when it comes to him talking about it, allegedly during the week there were several newspaper reports, the new york times and washington post reported that the president have been asking about his powers but they were careful to new onset, saying he was not asking about simply pardoning himself, he was asking what powers did he have. seeing that in the paper, he couldn't resist. donald trump is a showman remember, that's one of the reasons why he tweets in the way that he does. he is trying to direct the and they are going for it in many different ways. but this was a twitter storm this morning. it was on so many varied subjects. when your phone goes beep on that time on saturday can only mean one thing and thatis saturday can only mean one thing and that is trump is tweeting. your phone must be constantly in that case. a word about sean spicer and anthony scara

laura bicker, good to see you. thank you for being with us on outside source. fire say they have reasonable grounds to suspect corporate manslaughter offences may have been committed. a letter sent by the metropolitan police to grenfell residents says that both kensington and chelsea council and the kensington and chelsea tenant management organisation, which runs social housing in the borough have been told that there are grounds for considering corporate manslaughter charges against both organisations. frankie mccamley is in west london and explained what this statement means. corporate manslaughter, when police are investigating this comment they look at the company as a whole. they will not be looking at individuals. they will not be charging individuals. i have been here at a vigil taking place. a lot of families and relatives who lost loved ones, coming together to remember some of those who died in the fire, which happened a few hundred metres from where i am stirred. this announcement was made through a letter, as you mentioned. it was sent by the metro

laura bicker, bbc news, washington.ation for the usage of drones in the uk. dozens of near misses have been reported in the past year. gatwick airport has confirmed that some flights have been disrupted this evening by a drone in the area. it wasn't the first time that a drone had flown worryingly close to a runway, but it was enough to close down gatwick airport for a short while three weeks ago. pilots have long complained that unmanned aerial vehicles could fly into their engines, causing accidents. drones are also being used to fly drugs and mobile phones into prisons. and now the government wants to act by forcing all drone users to register. the new rules mean that any drone weighing more than 250 grams will have to be registered, and their new owners will have to complete a safety awareness test when they buy them. a new technology to prevent drones flying near airports or prisons will be expanded. they can present a danger to aircraft and to individual users, so it's about introducing a registration scheme, it's

we'll have more from our washington correspondent laura bicker shortly.earing reports of a stand off between police and protestors in dalston in north london. it follows the death of rashan charles who was killed last saturday. unverified footage on social media appeared to show at least one police officer attempting to restrain mr charles on the floor of a shop the metropolitan police have said disturbances have continued with officers deployed on horseback and on riot gear. cash in. —— in. on the line is alex collins, a bbc journalist. things have calmed down from half an hour ago. 50 riot officers are in dalston in front of a series of buses. there are a group of protesters or people running up the street away from the police looking like they are being pushed back. things have calmed down. there's a lot of anger about what happened in the previous week and a lot of people want answers. this is a lively area of north london and they are used to crowds on the street at this time of night. it's different from a normal night in dalston. as i walk up the s

laura bicker reports on this, the latest episode in the white house saga.self. the appointment of the flashy financier, anthony scaramucci, as the new director of communications has prompted a bitter battle to win the ear of the president. mr scaramucci has indirectly accused his colleague, the white house chief of staff reince priebus, of leaking information about the administration. he called a us network show to say that only mr trump could judge whether the tense relationship between the two was repairable. we have had differences. when i said we were brothers from the podium, that is because... but some brothers are like cain and abel. other brothers can fight with each other and get along. i don't know whether this is repairable or not, that will be up to the president. in an extraordinary phone call with a reporter from the new yorker, anthony scaramucci described reince priebus as a paranoid schizophrenic. he also took personally about mr trump's chief strategist, steve bannon. on twitter he said he would refrain from using "colourful language", but

we can now go to washington and speak to our correspondent, laura bicker. a list, is it unprecedented 7 it sometimes resembles or feels like the apprentice tv show which the president once hosted. but when it comes to reince priebus, perhaps he was doomed from the start. he was pa rt was doomed from the start. he was part of the republican establishment, a politician's man. he never seemed to win the confidence of the president. so far his replacement, donald trump has once again looked at what he described as the washington swamp. he has gone tojohn ruraljohn kelly, a—star marine general who might impose some discipline in what has often seemed like a chaotic west wing. but this appointment once again sets him further adrift of the republican party. the advantages to that, if, when things go wrong, as it did in congress with health care this week on he can rain the party not the presidency. as you havejust seen, north korea has put a bigger problem on his desk and the international community is now looking to him to take the lead. his current strategy doesn

live now to washington and the bbc‘s laura bicker. ll, laura, several lines emerging just now from an interview president trump has done with the new york times. he said he would not have appointed jeff sessions as attorney general if he had known he would step aside from the russian investigation. also accusing the fbi director he sat, james comey, of trying to blackmail him, essentially. then saying that the special counsel investigating all of this would cross a red line if he looks into the trump family finances. is a series of threats that. there is a lot in this interview. the new york times does point out that healthcare other policies were asked about but what is certainly seen in this interview and shown from this interview is his co nsta nt and shown from this interview is his constant drip, drip feed of information and speculation about the investigation into whether or not rush interfered in the us presidential election and whether or not they colluded with trump associates to do so. it hangs over donald trump's and. it is

laura bicker, bbc news, washington.dges have paid tribute to the dog, pudsey, after his death was announced yesterday by his owner, ashleigh butler. they won the contest in 2012 with their dance routine to the mission impossible theme. ashleigh described pudsey as a "beautiful boy" who had changed her life. 0ne one of the judges tweeted "farewell toa one of the judges tweeted "farewell to a special dog the nation fell in love with." an official photograph has been unveiled to mark prince george's fourth birthday. the young prince has just returned to the uk, along with his parents the duke and duchess of cambridge and sister princess charlotte, from an official visit to poland and germany. 0ur royal correspondent, peter hunt, reports. beaming george at four, a prince poised to start school soon. a happy little boy, according to the photographer who took this official portrait. once more. george let loose on a violin. hamburg's young being encouraged to take up music almost something kate did in her youth. one day, willi

laura bicker, bbc news, washington.s have paid tribute to the dog, pudsey, after his death was announced yesterday by his owner, ashleigh butler. they won the contest in 2012 with their dance routine to the mission impossible theme. ashleigh described pudsey as a "beautiful boy" who had changed her life. sir chris hoy has warned british cycling they risk losing over £40 million in public funding, unless they vote in favour of reforms at a special meeting today. the six—time olympic champion has written a letter to all the regional chairmen and women, urging them to back changes to the way the organisation is run. mike bushell has more. british cycling is one of the country's best funded and most successful sports governing bodies. it was the driving force behind the unprecedented success in the olympic and paralympic game is. but its continued funding hinges on the new governance code. from november, boards of governing bodies must be more independent and diverse. the reforms need to receive at least 75% of the vote to

let's speak to our correspondent laura bicker in washington — why has he had to go? trump often described as weak. he has turned to a political outsider, generaljohn f. kennedy. he could instil discipline in a tumultuous white house staff. but he has —— john discipline in a tumultuous white house staff. but he has ——john —— generaljohn kelly. but he has come ata generaljohn kelly. but he has come at a difficult time. the strategy to deal with career does not appear to be working. he has to get his own house in order in order to deal with bigger problems. the family of rashan charles, who died in hackney in east london after police apprehended him last weekend, have appealed for calm after a night of violence there. bottles and fireworks were thrown at police following a demonstration. the independent police complaints commission is investigating the death of mr charles, who was 20 years old. richard lister reports. the tension had been building all afternoon. a peaceful protest about the death of a young man in police custody in east london beginning to turn into som

avoiding an ultimate confrontation is now key. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in washington.m just reading a chinese diplomat has described president trump's comments as being like a spoilt child. does he have anything to be annoyed about? where have these comments come from? is itjust frustration? well, if you might remember, donald trump put a lot of faith in the president of china. he wined and dined him at his estate in florida. he declared it was a tremendous success. keep it on twitter that china was going to help with the situation in north korea. your we are with the situation in north korea. yourwe area with the situation in north korea. your we are a few months later. china and north korea are huge trading partners and he had asked them to stop that trading, to cut it down and put the screws on pyongyang. it seems china simply has not done that. trade between the two countries has increased. we are a few months later and this administration is disappointed and frustrated. it is now looking at other options. it is bound to be much tougher. we have seen the build—up o

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. 0ur washington correspondent laura bicker is at the whitehat are the president's options for dealing with north korea now, do you think? well, he had played such hope in china influencing north korea, that strategy is simply not working. you have seen the military build—up in the area, those bombers flying over the area, those bombers flying over the peninsular. here in the us they have also been testing their missile defence system, based in alaska, a successful test, they say, but they are also looking at diplomatic options. they are looking at working with japan and south korea and perhaps even a un security council resolution, but make no mistake about it, the trump administration knows north korea is a growing threat. and in a separate development, russia has now confirmed it will be expelling us diplomats in response to fresh sanctions. this is hugely significant. it will cut the number of us diplomatic staff working in russia by half. to put it into context, when president 0bama found out from his intelligence agencies that russia had

from washington, laura bicker reports.trump hoped this week would be a celebration of all that is made in america, including this new state—of—the—art aircraft carrier. he is clearing the decks to coyte and fight off claims the kremlin helped in when the white house. his core message and golf by benny of the investigations. he gave the kind of sales pitch in virginia. american steel and american hands have constructed a 100,000—ton message to the world. america might is second to none. donald trump is reshaping and upgrading his team just as the scope of the investigation widens to include his finances and that has infuriated the president. it is also no longer outside the white house gates, his family will give evidence to congress. jared kushner is one of his closest advisers, seem so often at his side but rarely heard. he has done some talking though, the russians during the campaign and he has been asked about that —— will be asked about that in congress. his son it was revealed met with a russian lawyer offering infor

laura bicker is in washington.lates as to whether russia interfered in the election and whether there was collusion between donald trump and russian officials. these e—mails between donald trump junior and someone acting on behalf of what they said it was a russian government lawyer took place last year. it was a series of e—mails, britain to donald trump junior, offering information about hillary clinton's campaign. to give you a flavour, one e—mail said, it is obviously very high level and sensitive information. but here is the crucial evidence, it is part of russia and its government's support for donald trump. donald trump junior replies, if that's‘s what you say, i love it. in this hearing that will happen next week, donald trump junior is scheduled as a witness, alongside donald trump's former campaign manager. he has also been under scrutiny because he has many russian ties after working for a progress and lobby in the ukraine. __ pro— progress and lobby in the ukraine. —— pro— russian. it could be the most

our washington correspondent laura bicker explains what might happen next.ump set up an election integrity commission back in may. he wanted to look at claims, including his own claims, that voter fraud was widespread across the united states. he believes, for instance, that many people who might have died in the past are still on the electoral roll and people are voting on their behalf. to that end, the commission sent out letters to all the states. they're asking for very personal information about the voters, the 200 million voters across the us. they want their names, their addresses, their birth dates and, crucially, the last four digits of their social security numbers. but some states have real concerns. first of all, they wonder how this information can be kept safe if they send it to washington and they send it to the commission. they say this information would be ripe for hackers. they say the cyber security on it is not safe. others believe that this entire investigation is unnecessary and violates the privacy of those within their states. so, tha

laura bicker, bbc news, washington.veiled to mark prince george's fourth birthday. the young prince has just returned to the uk, along with his parents the duke and duchess of cambridge and sister princess charlotte, from an official visit to poland and germany. 0ur royal correspondent, peter hunt reports. beaming george at four, a prince poised to start school soon. a happy little boy, according to the photographer who took this official portrait. once more. this isn't george let loose on a violin. rather, hamburg's young being encouraged to take up music something kate did in her youth. one day, william will be centre stage. all not this day, which was left to his wife to take up the baton he declined. for a helicopter—mad young prince, a pre—birthday treat, being shown around one similar to the one his dad uses as an air ambulance pilot. this is the sort of moment when being on public display has its drawbacks. a sit—down protest from princess charlotte who, like any two—year—old, is not overly keen on delayed gratif

a short time ago i spoke to our washington correspondent laura bicker. whether there was any basis for donald trump's frustration with china. donald trump put a lot of faith in the present of china, he wined and dined him and declared the meeting a tremendous success, he tweeted out that china was going to help the situation in north korea and here we area situation in north korea and here we are a few months later and remember china and north korea are huge trading partners as he had asked them to stop that trade to cut it down to put the screws on pyongyang and it seems china simply has not done that in fact trade between the two countries has increased. here we area two countries has increased. here we are a few months later and this administration is disappointed and frustrated. it is now looking at its other options and they are bound to be much tougher. you have seen the build up of military in the region, there were bombers flying over the korean peninsula and they have been testing missile systems based on the us in alaska and say those tests hav

cnn and other critical media outlets of broadcasting what he calls fake news. 0ur correspondent laura bicker reaction to this been like? cnn has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a statement condemning the president and saying that his tweet incites violence against reporters. they are backed by a number ofjournalists groups, even some right—wing commentators believe, on this occasion, donald trump has crossed a line. but the white house said there's nothing to be alarmed about. the homeland security adviser said this should not be perceived as a threat. consider this. on this should not be perceived as a threat. considerthis. on friday, the white house press spokeswoman rounded on the press, accused them of not covering policy. but if you like donald trump's twitter habit, the one thing he tweets about most often is about the press. he describes his twitter habit as not being presidential, but being "modern presidential". it may keep his base happy, but while it continues, distracts from his agenda, to make america a great again. laura, thank you. the two—time wimbledon champion petra

thank you very much. 0ur washington correspondent laura bicker gave us reaction to the latest departure been praising reince priebus, who is, in effect, one of their own. that could be part of the reason why donald trump never seemed to have confidence in him. remember, he was appointed chief of staff because he was part of the republican party. he was an insider. he also knew how those levers in washington should work. but as the six months wore on, donald trump has reportedly described him as weak and also said he questioned his loyalty. and now he has turned to someone outside of the political sphere. he is looking to someone outside of the swamp, as he called it. and that is generaljohn kelly. he is an marine general, a—star general, who could impose some kind of perhaps military discipline on a rather unruly west wing. he is also seen as having done a remarkablejob as head of homeland security. so how he'll do in the west wing, we'll have to wait and see. but he has no political experience. and what we are seeing is a republican party and a white house who seemed to be distancing t

the bbc‘s laura bicker gave us the latest from washington.o say is that they are scheduled to appear. there is a lot in this interview. the new york times does point out that healthcare and other policies were asked about, but what is certainly seen in this interview and shown from this interview is this constant drip, drip feed of information and speculation about the investigation into whether or not russia interfered in the us presidential election and whether or not they colluded with trump associates to do so, is hanging over donald trump's head. it's clear from the many answers that he's given that it is something he simply can't shrug off, starting with the comment aboutjeff sessions. remember, he was an early supporter of donald trump, right from the start of the campaign. he was appointed attorney general and after that donald trump says now that, had he known he would step back from that investigation, he wouldn't have appointed him in the first place. jeff sessions had to step back from overseeing the russian investigation as attor

earlier i spoke to our correspondent laura bicker in washington.rtment, they will say this is very common and in fact one county in the state of texas, 500 bodies of would—be immigrants have been found since 2009. this is because people from the likes of mexico are looking for a better life. some will pay traffickers to get across the border, others will find ways to evade security checkpoint at borders and walk there themselves. the heat is not only exhausting but there are very few water supplies around. in this case, in a walmart car park, someone noticed people were being transferred through a tractor and trailer. the police chief seems to have gone into the back of the trailer and found a horrible scene. he said some of the people were so hot to the touch, there was no air conditioning or water, 20 of the people were in serious condition, eight people were found dead when he started to extricate those within the trucks. so unfortunately this is the kind of incident they are trying to prevent. i have got a statement from the immigration and cus

from washington, laura bicker reports. president trump's west wing is at war with itself.er anthony scaramucci is the new director of communications has prompted a bitter battle to win the ear of the president. mr scaramucci has indirectly accused his colleague, the white house chief of staff reince preibus of leaking information about the administration. he called a us network show to say that only mr trump could judge whether the tense relationship between the two was repairable. during a white house briefing the press secretary for huckabee sanders said donald trump encouraged healthy competition between his staff. the president like that type of competition and encourages it. however she also refused to answer when asked if the president had confidence in mr reince preibus. tonight with an extraordinary fungal with new yorker magazine, anthony scaramucci described reince preibus as a paranoid schizophrenic. he also took personal aim at the chief strategist reince preibus. 0n personal aim at the chief strategist reince preibus. on twitter he said he would refrain from u

live now to washington and the bbc‘s laura bicker.s this man and how significant is his resignation? mark corallo has been in the white house for just over mark corallo has been in the white house forjust over a few months. he was hired as a spokesman for donald trump's lawyers, who are looking at ways of the russian investigation into whether or not russia interfered with the us elections. they are looking at ways donald trump may defend himself if necessary. he is their lawyers' spokesperson. he has reportedly resigned on the same evening that the washington post and the new york times have both come out with stories, saying donald trump's lawyers are seeking ways to undercut, undermine, the investigation into russian meddling. this investigation led by special counsel robert miller. one of the reasons why certainly people are speculating that he has resigned is because he had warned donald trump's lawyers not to go after robert mueller. is the white house going to war over this investigation? that's probably one of the interesting

laura bicker has more from washington.say that at least two of them were school—aged children, the rest seemed to be aged between in their 20s or 30s. as you've just mentioned, they are certainly treating this as a smuggling, a human trafficking incident. unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident in this part of the us. san antonio is about 240 kilometres from the mexican border and border patrols have reported, within the last month, finding at least two such tractor trailers nearby, one with over 70 migrants, one with over a0. when it comes to trying to prevent this kind of incident, donald trump has obviously proposed his border wall which would cost $20 billion, but the number of border patrol officers has been stepped up over recent months and there have been a number of raids to try to round—up illegal immigrants and send them back. but experts say that by hardening the border patrols, and by hardening the borders, what it does mean is that more people will turn to the likes of smugglers and pay them to try and

laura bicker has more from washington.t least two of them we re police say that at least two of them were school—aged children and arrests aged in between the 20s and 30s. as you mention, they are treating this as a human trafficking incident. unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident in this part of the us. san antonio is about a0 kilometres from the mexican border and border patrols have reported within the last month finding at least two such trailers, one with over 70 migrants, one with over a0. when it comes to prevent this kind of incident, donald trump has proposed his $20 billion border wall but the number of officers has stepped up in recent months and there have been a number of raids to try and round—up illegal immigrants and send them back at expo say that like hardening the borders, —— experts, people will turn to the likes of smugglers and pay them to try and get a new life in the united states. white house officials are sending out mixed messages after the us congress agreed on legislation allowing fre

writers who told us how they viewed this video but first here's our washington correspondent, laura bickeras created a twitter storm. president trump has two twitter accounts. 0ne twitter storm. president trump has two twitter accounts. one is an official account, and the other. he did not take the trouble to twitter from his donald trump account but from his donald trump account but from the president of the united states account which makes it an official record for evermore. some people may say the president is preparing for another foreign trip abroad, meeting vladimir putin for the first time, for instance. there are issues about north korea. he is supposed to be putting his health get put together this week. instead, he has been involved in a war of words with the media. first of all with a morning show host and this weekend talking about his twitter use and describing all media is fake, saying that he won and beat the fake media and became president despite them. and then this latest video takes it to a new level. reaction from his critics have been swift. we have yet to hear from h

from washington laura bicker reports. jared kushner... jared kushner. .. jared jared kushner...hner is not being centrestage, is one of double trumps close as advisers he has been silent on his side seem rarely heard he has done some talking with russians. first with the russian ambassador. and even with this man, he is the head of a russian bank tied to the investigation. when asked about that meeting, sergey gorkov sergey gorkov said ask the white house. his father—in—law did not seem to please. jarrod has now become much more famous than me. laughter i am a little bit upset about that. mr kushner was also part of a meeting with the russian lawyer arranged by donald trump junior. he's with the russian lawyer arranged by donald trumpjunior. he's bound to be asked about it in congress today. we wa nt be asked about it in congress today. we want to know where that these meetings took place, whether other meetings took place, whether other meetings took place, whether other meetings to place. we have a lot of ground to cover. some democrats are described as a threat to national se