and rebecca mercer, steve bannon, among others on the board of directors. am i correct with all of that? mr. wylie: yes. sen. leahy: our laws prohibit non-americans from working on u.s. campaigns to protect our elections from foreign interference. in 2014, a memo from cambridge analytica made these restrictions very clear. did cambridge analytica follow these legal requirements? mr. wylie: yes. i am the source that provided the media with that memo. i saw at the tail end of my engagement at cambridge analytica. to my understanding, that memo was disregarded because the ceo continued to be the ceo and they continued to send people to the united states were not american citizens. one thing i would say is many of the people who were sent to the united states who were not american citizens were not privy to that memo and were not made aware that there were potential files -- violations of u.s. law. sen. leahy: facebook has been used in election advertising for some time. if somebody lives in a particular state they can target ads that reflect the interests of t

about the mercer's if i may. about the time i read it was when they were emerging. i don't like what they do. i never felt like they were actually or tried to consort with foreign agents against the country with mercer i feel like they had been more willing to. i didn't i know you wouldn't want to write another book on this. it's really odd person. basically he is someone who said he would rather spend his life with cats than people. he doesn't like to speak to people. very brilliant computer scientist but we have no understanding of the gi has a lot of knowledge about politics by his very strong ideas. he reads very eccentric things. he thinks to a very extreme view on things like civil rights. he thought it was the biggest mistake in american history. he basically things that humans should be valued on the basis of what they earn. those who were in earn the most money are the most valuable to society and those who are on welfare have a negative value. he mostly also wanted to just defeat hillary clinton in the first place. i just think he is an example of someone

wylie: specifically, no, but what i would say to that is that the money invested by robert mercer in the tens of millions allowed the company at least when i was there to work on projects and charge clients substantially less money for the work that was being done. than it would have actually caused if the customer had been paying for it entirely themselves. sen. blumenthal: your response goes back to my earlier question about the commingling of funds as an investment. in other words, characterizing money put into cambridge analytica as an investment rather than a contribution, and thereby used for a variety of different campaigns, but reported as a contribution for none of them, correct? mr. wylie: because, as i understand it, and i am not an expert in this, and as i understand it, one of the ancillary benefits of the set up was that whenever mr. mercer would invest money, it would be an investment in a company for research and development, which ultimately was for the benefit of its clients, various pac's and campaigns. but that benefit was not necessarily reported in whichever rep

mercer or anyone else? mr. wylie: what i'm referencing is what was explained to me after i inquired as to the relatively convoluted setup that was happening in the united states. with respect to the setup of cambridge analytica. what was explained to me is there was -- this is the primary reason. so it could be an ancillary benefit. when you vin -- invest money as an investor into a company you own, it doesn't necessarily constitute an electoral contribution, which -- senator blumenthal: let me cut to the intent of my question. was there specific explanation to you that the purpose of structuring these funds as investments was to, in effect, avoid the reporting requirements or other provisions of united states election laws? mr. wylie: it was explain to me as a benefit of the setup. senator blumenthal: were there any firewalls during the time you worked at cambridge analytica that separated work on different campaigns? or were the funds, in effect, could he mingled -- co-mingled in all the campaigns? mr. wylie:

mercer or anyone else? >> what i am referencing is what was explained to me after i to the relatively convoluted setup that was happening in the united states with respect to the setup of cambridge analytica. me, whenexplained to you invest money as an investor into a company that you welcome , it does notwn count as an electoral contribution. cut tome count to the -- the intent of my question. was there a specific explanation to you that the purpose of sex structuring it this way was to avoid the reporting requirements of the united states election loss? >> it was explained to me as a benefit of the setup. firewallsere any during the time that you worked at cambridge analytica that separated work on different campaigns or where the funds coming gold -- co-mingled in the campaigns? firewalls being of barriersny sort between people or conversations. >> there was no recognition of the legal responsibility to separate campaigns? from theare of memos company's lawyers to some of the executive of the company to

>> i did a profile about robert missile mercer in the new yorker and it's really odd person. basically he someone who said he would rather spend his life with cats than people which maybe is not so odd but i am a dog person. but he doesn't like to speak to people and he's a very brilliant but reclusive brilliant scientists and with no understanding or no -- i don't think he has a lot of knowledge about politics but strong ideas and he reads very eccentric things and believes that hillary clinton literally murdered people from the things he was reading and he thanks that he took extreme views on civil rights. he thought the civil rights era was the biggest mistake in history and he thanks humans should be valued on the basis of what they earn so those who are earn the most money are the most valuable to society and those who are on welfare have negative value. mostly also wanted to defeat hillary clinton in the time we got involved in the whole thing. i think that he's an example of if he didn't have almost $1 billion he would no one would pay him any mind. he's got these kook

mr mercer supported president trump's candidacy and the campaign engage cambridge analytical services. more than a thousand financial industry jobs are moving from new york to nashville tennessee alliance bernstein holdings the global investment management research firm is making the move to music city after evaluating thirty different other cities around the nation a smaller contingent of some researchers traders and wealth management professionals will stay in the big apple but the c.e.o. isn't. workers from finance legal sales and marketing wall make the move to tennessee but the number of businesses making geographic moves in is increasing and it's not unique to new york for now we're joined on for more on this we're joined by c.e.o. and the president strobe mark hillary for which hillary thank you for being here you know we knew that companies move all the time but this seems like it's increasing and it's happening for a variety of reasons explain it to us for us thank you bob great to back again yes it is this is nothing new i mean this been happening over a period of time and w

run by steve bannon and the powerful mercer family close to the president. the justice and department want to question former employees of cambridge analytica which earlier this month announced it is shutting down and that is according to "the new york times." plus so much for the art of the deal. north korea threatening to pull the plug on next month's summit between kim jong-un and president trump. they say over a joint military drill conducted by south korea and the u.s. sources telling cnn the white house was caught completely by surprise. the president ducking questions as he returned to the white house tonight after visiting the first lady in the hospital. >> are you worried about the summit, mr. president? >> will you still meet with him? will you go to singapore? >> how how things change. it was just a few weeks ago president trump praised kim jong-un in words at the time a lot of people found pretty surprising. >> he really has been very open and i think very honorable. >> but let's not forget the trump/kim relationship was never exactly a bromance.

david mercer al-jazeera one of. the revenge a crisis a man maher has made headlines world wide but the other minority is also being persecuted ethnic chin refugees have crossed the border into india and there are thousands since the one nine hundred sixty s. probably jacob reports from. me in juarez crackdown on the road has discouraged them from even thinking about returning home. the chain hills of myanmar lie just east of the indian state of missouri eighteen years ago creel to me walked across the border into india with the five children to escape what she calls forced labor by the military. we'd be forced to carry heavy loads for the soldiers and follow them for days on end distant towns we couldn't refuse there was no one to look after my small children a new life in missouri was tough at first but the sixty six year old says it's better now the traditional designs she weaves in the loom is not only to old many can refuse you say they fled harshman into rural poverty and religious persecution in this majority

the bottom half of the inning, bases loaded for jordy mercer. bringi a run that proves to pirate win, 6-5. six straight losses for the giants the yankees in the ninth inning. bases loaded and slides out to left. matt ol'son tags up and gets in safe and scores. however, the umps the yankees walk it off. the giants and a's both will finish out their respective series tomorrow. our coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. that w do it for sports. this i a 12-year-old pug who is deaf, half blind and stolen from the whole foods in front of market street. the owner spent every waking moment tracking her pug to and all odds, locati on tuesday. today this party at the park with friends and dogs and a lot of smiles. happy ending. >> that's right. because antonio villaraigosa millions got it done.healthcare he defended women's healthcare, banned military-style assault weapons, banned workplace discrimination, and more. antonio for governor. message from the cast of snl. [ cheers and applause ]

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tie it again and then the bottom of the eighth with the bases loaded for tony watson, he hit jordy mercer and the pirates go ahead and then can't believe it and the others. the giants now lost 6 straight. and then tiger woods posted the best score ever on the course. 7 under par and 65. this year's player championship and that's not good enough. woods hasn't played the championship in three years and third round score and moved up the leader board with 68th to tied for ninth at 8 under and well behind that. and that's 99 feet. and san jose with a penalty kick, just 150 into the game and ericson makes it 1-0. and then chris converts a second penalty shot with this score, at the mls record for most with a single franchise. >>> just ahead, if you think you hate getting caught in the rain, check out this gorilla. >> the funny story behind his escape coming up next. >>> tonight on abc7 news at 11:00, less than a month until the election and some of the san francisco mayoral candidates and they want a seat at the table. >> six years after leaving the school, wide tonight after a major accomplis

they're funded by billionaires and people who have power in society people like sheldon adelson the mercer family and some of the spokespersons are people in the senate and in congress. you know picking up on that point bad i mean you're echoing nazia is point there's someone else on on line who would agree with both of you laura says some a phobia wasn't at an all time high the first three years after nine eleven the election of barack obama helped alleviate u.s. islam tensions he says unfortunately shifting the country back to racial fears the campaign and the election of trump is shifting those fears back into a post nine eleven phobia so that's an interesting flow chart he's laid out for us but someone on the on line agreed with him in this tweet me so says i agree it's easy for people to think my president acts in this way so it must mean that i can to his abuse of islam and muslim people lin's a cloak of legitimacy to perpetrators of violent attacks against muslims. and wondering what you think of this since you brought up the fact that you see the government and a systemic source be

mercer family had pulled financial support from mr.bannon. he stated to me he wanted me to convey a message from the qatari government to steve bannon. he requested i set up a meeting between him, the qatari government, and mr. bannon to say qatar would underwrite all of his political efforts in return for his support. now this guy, who helped found this basketball league, had a previous business relationship with steve bannon. maybe it's a normal thing, hey, i need to you hook me up with bannon. yes, technically, by the rules of logic. step back from this as a citizen. this is crazy pants, right? this is a lawsuit about qatari guys not coughing up their full promised investment in ice cube's basketball league for aged nba players and in this lawsuit now the qatari government is offering money to make steve bannon their paid agent after he's been fired from the white house? what? yes, this is real. this is our life now. you're not asleep. back to the transcript. i immediately let mr. al-rumaihi know i was against this. quote, i was app

in the bottom half of the inning, mercer had an rbi triple. then josi mizuna let off andy suarez.did not get better. the giants strike out 14 more times and lose 11-2. they have lost five straight. in the meantime, it is like did tiger make the cut? they are at sawgrass for the championship. they wanted to  see tiger.'s 17th. not quite. he did finish one under and made the cut by a stroke. here is the leader, webb simpson , headed for career around. 13 under. he will meet his waterloo. almost literally. he hit some kind of board and there he goes. he still finished nine under 63. it is friday night, now it is time to check this out. a friday night temper tantrum from harrison bader. try that. he breaks the back. -- he breaks the bat. then he hit a home run. he concentrated more. the cardinal started playing good baseball. that is the story of the night, dustin fowler, traded by the yankees to the a's. his first big-league hit. there is his dad, he got his first hit off the guy he was treated for. sunny gray. you cannot do better than that. the a's wind up winning the game. >> th

and some good stuff if you're a fan of the show then you know i've been talking about the robert mercer owned british company cambridge analytic since before trump was even you know sworn in we covered it a year before the mainstream media noticed it existed and we can tell you why it is still in jail maybe stream corporate head of media jumped on the bandwagon and now cambridge analytic has announced its closure yet we can't act. just be on piece that proudly said it had manipulated forty four u.s. elections they bragged about it and without without without you guys without you guys without the real news and on a few other outlets no one would have been talking about this we helped make this. happen or i will say. this but. it's not fair to speak ill of the dead. so let's take a moment to say goodbye. cambridge analytic that is a global communications agency specializing in behavioral science education in elections for a primary the second amendment to the company called game bridge give a little bit of profiling coming in cambridge and a little. more than you facebook users with out t

among current and up to so for them to keep sophie home most of the work but the show's real year mercer on the phone to the book on the if you can book a political symbol so this is a year but i don't know there's a book in the us and what a month. hanumant it nothing of. us allowed me. somethin that was like hey don lemon nuff something not said. a little huddles look must say what i can now maybe i made him promise to pull it off. when i was told something seemed wrong but old rules just don't hold. any new world that is yet to shape our disdain comes to outlive and indeed from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when we choose to look for common ground. fifty years ago breaking with into a concert gun as a sleeping pill does this is what i mean because like to us does. the side effects were terrible but not on no. induction on full bore one more day here not the war. across europe victims are starting legal battles demanding at least some compensation. in two ways first will the physical damage itself as well that the constant reminder that the people who ac

injuries among current and up to so for them to keep still keep up the look of the show's real year mercer on the phone to the goldman book on the if you can book a political symbol so this is a year but i don't know there's a book in the us and what my. own of it enough of a. half aloud me. somethin to work. on long enough i'm still not setting. the market just a little slit my wrists what i can now maybe i'm reading on that the oldest son. was. in the stories that shaped the week sixty palestinians die and some others are injured after the opening of the us embassy in jerusalem triggers rioting on the israel gaza border. when washington votes against an international probe into the killings. the european union vows to defend its companies against u.s. sanctions after washington pulls out of the arabian new clear deal. looking good the latest of so far as i'm sure. the world would she would fit in. with friends like that with so many. and in crimea europe's longest bridge open six months ahead of shared linking the peninsula to the russian mainland. i'm kate barger here watching the weekl

it may be wealth and research who are one of megan's favorite designers in fact she chose a rough mercer dress for her official engagement day pictures so i would say that that's probably a good bet but actually she's not just having one dress she is having two dresses one for the ceremony and one for the evening reception so maybe she has chosen one design it's made both or possibly she's chosen to design is to make those two different dresses. one thing's for sure meghan muckle will be wearing white when she walks down the aisle when the big days over the dress will join the to lection for a wedding gown. all right now is a good time to let you in on this week's drop we're looking for your best wedding photos now if you have one either from your own wedding or from your friends then please share it with us and by doing so you qualify to win this nifty royal wedding set complete with meghan and harry's engagement photo on it just go to our website for all of the details are moving on now to a brief look at other stories making headlines on the culture scene today. the documentary berlin

republicans caught on quickly because you had groups like those founded by the koch brothers and mercer that were consistently every day funding organizations focused on talking to people online. viewing elections as cyclical things that happen every two years. you might buy a youtube video and that would be the extent. that does not work anymore. invested in training campaign managers and digital a digitalon what campaign looks like. which is a egregious when democrats rely more on younger voters. ,e rely more on people of color only using mobile. campaignthing is, air grid outdated. we were so focused on catching up on television, making sure we were matching every dollar for every dollar on television, we were not asking how do i reach the voter that i need to reach? tothought it was important level the playing field. , almost at house races everything, democrats were outspent by three or four to one online. that is not sustainable. we know more people are getting their news and information online than ever before. >> you laid out a list of states you are going to be active in. is th

one of many who was applications to the german counter gun foundation were denied this lorraine mercer sometimes i think. because. if you know back. when i move in. some of the late complications are only now becoming apparent most of the need supplementary oxygen just to be able to breeze there is a fund in germany connected to the court against gift which allows the later might is to apply to it for financial assistance there's also a fund that's been set up by agreement to apply to that but you can apply to them saying you wanted some more money but you have to. prove first of all you've applied to a little more trust get some money and that they have said no and that you've applied to all the charities and you've tried to local government gets distance when you've been rejected by everybody you can then green atar they would like to contribute some money towards your. financial assistance but you're not really aware that because green atar hasn't made it public to thalidomide is outside of germany in fact the company established a private foundation. however does not want to talk a

interesting they were founded by a former british army soldier a former mercenary by the name of james mercer and so it seems that with this latest pledge by the u.s. and by the u.k. government to look into plugging that funding gap the links between britain and the white helmets looks set to continue of course when it is our reporting live from london thank you. and finally this hour u.s. president donald trump has made good on his threats this time pulling out of the iran nuclear deal he's also vowed to reimpose the toughest sanctions on tehran. i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the agreement to restrict iran's nuclear energy program the crowning achievement of the obama white house has finally been terminated by the donald today's action sends a critical message the united states no longer makes empty threats when i make promises i keep them but how much impact is this really having only one country the united states is withdrawing and the ryann doesn't seem particularly worried i have ordered the ministry of foreign affairs to negotiate

we know cambridge analytica was established by robert and rebecca mercer at the urging of former white house steve strategist -- strategist steve bannon. it happened reportedly that the intent of creating an american shall was to give the appearance of compliance with the united states election law that prohibits foreigners from working on united states elections. according to ceo alexander nix, they worked for 44 united states elections in 2014. in the 2016 election cycle, mr. nix stated that cambridge analytica, "did all the research, all the data, all the analytics, all the targeting." we ran all of the digital campaign, the television campaign, and our data informed all the strategy for the trump campaign. in addition, cambridge analytica obtained detailed personal information on approximately 87 million people from facebook without their knowledge. the massive data set, which reportedly included approximately 4000 data points on each individual was used by cambridge and a lot of the and fc out -- cambridge analytica and fcl two have voter targeting and an online behavioral influen

injuries among current enough to so for them to give sophie hope the look of the show's real year mercer on the phone to the goldman book on the if you can book a political symbol so this is a year but i don't know that it's a book in a moral sense of what my. own image of nothing of a left off allowed me to see it something that the subways were. down long enough something not set in. the model s. and the titles look ma let's say what up to now maybe maybe on that people who are just some. pretty brutal force. seventy four design submissions. seven thousand pilings. to join judges. and eight hundred sixty nonstop days of work. a russian w.b. . and a russian stuff. show you how and why the crimean bridge was built. witnessed the construction of a unique transport. that will help out of crimea to foster most of those you know what google more familiar with it a bit but. thank you thank. god it was ok. thank you. thank you. thank you thank you thank. you one of the most noticeable trends in modern politics is a renewed resentment of the outsider it may be logical under logically understand

tony watson hits jordy mercer with a pitch pittsburgh take the lead 6-5 ninth inning...ds out... giants fall short pirates win 6-5 a's in new york taking on the yankees on bat day. a's down two to nothing in the fourth...kris davis says....buuuu yaaaa...that ball is gone...a three run shot. that would make it three to two a's. a's up 6 to 2 when aaron judge says not so fast. he sends this ball deep and it is not playable. that's a two run shot. here come the yanks. ninth inning...tied at six. what could be a sacrifice fly to center field. ball isn't that deep though....this could be trouble. matt olsen tags at third. check this play out. ump rules him safe...but here comes the replay...check this thing out...in the shot you can see the tag on olsen's jersey. that's an out. that would end the a's hopes. bottom of the 11th for the yankees. neil walker singles to left center. a run comes in and the game is over. a's lose 7 to 6. and if you want to watch some golden state warriors...you're going to have to continue to wait. the team doesn't open up against the houston rocket

that this is a matter of great concern and i'm very proud that members of the committee likejohnny mercer clear on this. you told the enquiry you were at that stage personally aware of one or you were at that stage personally aware of one 01’ two you were at that stage personally aware of one or two locally employed civilians who are still at risk and his perception of risk you would trust, in other words that you accepted they were right to fear for their lives and their safety. what has happened to them? well, one of them is now here, ijust mentioned him andi them is now here, ijust mentioned him and i am extremely glad the system has eventually worked. and one of them is at the moment is going through the process and i hope very much that he will be relocated soon. thank you very much. there's been a stark warning this morning from the eu main negotiator that the uk could be heading for "no deal" after brexit. michel barnier says that failing to agree a deal on the eu court would mean no treaty and no transition period. he's also described british delays in spelling out what kind of tr

guatemala city are trapped at home because of the lack of wheelchair friendly buildings but as david mercer reports one woman is determined to get things moving for disabled people. every time the gomez heads out of her house she puts herself at risk getting to work entails a dangerous forty five minute long commute. that has to cross guatemala city's boulevards and bridges while dodging motorbikes cars and trucks she and many of her friends have been hit the fifty two year old says the lack of wheelchair friendly infrastructure is just one more barrier to overcome by it. there are lots of holes and steps in the sidewalks and lots of obstacles i prefer to put myself at risk in the street than get caught up on the sidewalk if i don't put in this effort to get to work i wouldn't be able to pay my rent.

they're funded by billionaires and people who have power in society people like sheldon adelson the mercer family and some of the spokespersons are people in the senate and in congress. you know picking up on that point bad i mean you're echoing nazia this point there's someone else on on line who would agree with both of you. some a phobia wasn't at an all time high the first two years after nine eleven the election of barack obama helped alleviate u.s. islam tensions he says unfortunately shifting the country back to racial fears the campaign and the election of trump is shifting those fears back into a post nine eleven phobia so that's an interesting flow chart he's laid out for us but someone on the on line agreed with him in this tweet me so says i agree it's easy for people to think my president acts in this way so it must mean that i can to his abuse of islam and muslim people lin's a cloak of legitimacy to perpetrators of violent attacks against muslims. and wondering what you think of this if you brought up the fact that you see the government and a systemic source behind some of

i am proud that members of the committee like johnny mercer have made their voices very clear on thisst results in ireland's abortion referendum have been declared and point to a "resounding" vote for overturning the countries abortion ban. south korea says its president met the north korean leader kim jong—un for two hours on saturday at the border crossing between the two countries. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — a british—iranian woman imprisoned in tehran, will face security—related charges in a second case against her according to iranian media. final preparations are under way ahead of one of the biggest games in liverpool's history, the club hoping to wina liverpool's history, the club hoping to win a sixth european cup. it has been another sensational ride today from chris froome who isjust tomorrow's ceremonial stage away from becoming britain's first man to win the giro d'italia. he leads by 46 seconds. day three proves as bad for england as the opening two days with ben stokes going very cheaply as england struggle to stop pakistan's lead at lord's. more on those stories later

the new company form with the mercer sisters one of them is behind. alexander nix we learned the same person involved in cambridge analytical was set up that the hey after a couple of days after the scandal broke a member it's data data could be just downloaded all the modeling it's meant more important than just the data for example eighty seven million. profiles taken from facebook which they psychologically profiled a lot of american voters is the modeling of that data and you can take that you can move to on just one thumb drive and leave the demise of cambridge analytic it does little to dim the lights shown by the scandal on the widespread use of our personal data for commercial and political purposes data is often described as the new oil the most precious asset in the modern economy and it is ours as social media uses to either god more closely or simply give away jonah how al-jazeera london iran says it will exercise its right to respond if the u.s. withdraws from the twenty fifty nuclear deal for mr jevons or if delivered a strong statement

multiple injuries among countrymen to so for them to keep sophie hollow the look of the show's real year mercer on the phone to the book on the if you can book a complete social services say yes but i don't know there's a book in the us and what a month. on a minute i'm not going to laugh aloud live. somethin on the subways or walk. on long enough i'm still not setting. a model in the us and the tunnels look not that's not what up to now maybe i'm missing out on that little of the. local boardwalk still with you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that still needs to do socks for the tell you that it's not because of the tabloids but fell for the most important news today. while the cost of advertising telling you on the cool enough analysts to buy their products. leads all the hawks that we along with all the walking. twenty eight teen facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg public apology tour continues to refer to failing to protect privacy of users they've made a stop in europe now earlier today mr zuckerberg told leaders of the europe

watson it's the next batter, jody mercer, bell, holmes -- comes home before what would be the winningtson, hansen, andrews. the 65 pittsburgh when., the sixth straight loss for

caught on quickly because you had groups like those founded by -- funded by the koch brothers and mercers that were consistently everyday funding organizations focused on talking to people online. democrats were viewing elections as cyclical things that happen every two years. maybe for three or four months you might buy a youtube video and that would be the extent. that does not work anymore. number two, we have not invested resources in training campaign managers and digital directors and executive directors on what an effective digital campaign looks like, which is especially egregious when democrats rely more on younger voters. we rely more on people of color, who are more likely to be only using mobile to get their news and information. the last thing is, our campaigns grew outdated. we were so focused on catching up on television, making sure we were matching every dollar for every dollar on television, we were not asking the strategic question -- how do i reach the voter that i need to reach? we felt like it was important to level the playing field. this is true not just of the pre

here‘s our political correspondent karl mercer.n seats from the conservatives, but not enough. national politics always washes into people‘s minds. 0ur message was relentlessly local. it is about your streets, the potholes. it was a similar story in westminster. the conservatives held on here despite losing seats to labour. perhaps a slap on the wrist, but certainly not a knockout punch. we actually gained a seat from labour this evening so i think it‘s a win—win for the people of westminster. and like to have made more gains but it's good to have achieved what we have done. it was always a mountain to climb. the swing required were enormous. we've given it our best shot, a good try and we've made some good progress. in hillingdon, where labour had hoped to gain seats, if not the council, the tories actually won more than last time. every one of our candidates has increased their personal majority and i think that‘s a direct effect ofjeremy corbyn. down in the south—west, there were lib dems tears ofjoy. the glum tory faces in rich

plymouth. jonny mercer seemed so fed up. we will take his seat as well.lection they are rejected. derby. that is disappointing. we were delighted when chris won that seat last year, we know he is enthusiastic, so i am not sure what has gone on there, where ukip seem to have done well, the only place they seem to have don well. i am sure chris williamson will be able to tell us. it is not just derby. nuneaton. swindon. basildon, we have increased the share of the vote in swindon. it a good basis for taking the seats in the next general election. nuneaton is disappointing. i hope some of the decisions the party are making about campaigning, they will put more inhaves into nuneaton and bed forth, bedworth where we need to make gain, thatis bedworth where we need to make gain, that is disappointing. look at the places where we are making gains. derby, amber valley where labour should have been showing progress, as you sat down and named a few, there are equally if not more where you have fallen back. what about trafford ? you have fallen back. what about traf

that this is a matter of great concern and i'm very proud that members of the committee likejohnny mercerd the inquiry that you were at that stage personally aware of one or two locally employed civilians who were still at risk and his perception of wristy would trust, in other words, you accepted they were right to fear for their lives and their safety. has happened to them? well, one of them is now here and ijust mentioned him and i'm extremely glad the system has eventually worked and one of them at the moment is going through the process and i hope very much that he will be relocated soon. tom tugendhat, chair of the foreign affairs select committee. president trump has issued an optimistic statement about the prospects of a summit with the north korean leader kim jong—un. just two days after abruptly announcing that the summit was off, mr trump said both sides were now having what he described as "very productive talks". south korea welcomed the prospect of an about—turn, saying it was watching developments carefully. former hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein has been released on