the mp for cardiff central jo stevens has paid tribute to mr flynn, saying, "so very sad to hear thatvely colleague paul flynn mp has died.

trump had asked mr. flynn to resign. excuse me, it was unclear where speaker ryan got that information but president trump seized on mr. ryan's words, that sounds better the president said according to people with knowledge. many trump turned to the white house secretary to break the news media, say that mr. trump ordered. but was that true mr. spicer pressed? say that i asked for his resignation, mr. trump repeated. and after that, sean spicer in fact walked out to brief reporters on mike flynn's leaving the white house the previous night resigning the previous night. he told reporters the president asked for flynn's resignation. apparently that was not true the president did not ask for flynn to resign. oh, spicer also told reporters that the white house exhaustively investigated flynn after they receive that warning from the justice department according to white house lawyers concerned about mr. spicer's comments at the time, that was not true. they had not exhaustively investigated flynn after that warning. spicer als

recruited by mr flynn allegedly seconded the call after mr trump fired mr flynn another company with a noted interest in selling nuclear power to saudi arabia is westinghouse electric whose parent company brookfield asset management offered a financial lifeline to mr trump's son in law jerry questioner. and meanwhile saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon m.b.'s continues to make news on his tour of south asia after visiting pakistan we told you about that and in king economic deals with president imran khan mr bhansali mr bin solomon has called upon indian prime minister narendra modi the two leaders met in new delhi earlier today inside five agreements five of them involving cooperation on energy housing tourism and anti-terrorism the chair of the saudi india busiest council said the general strategic cooperation between the two leaders puts india in a very small group telling online business publication business today quote this type of high cooperation council exists with only the u.s. and china. the day after the state of california officially joined a lawsuit challenging presid

the mp for cardiff central jo stevens has paid tribute to mr flynn, saying, "so very sad to hear thatolleague paul flynn mp has died. a kind, principled, fascinating man who was devoted to his constituents & constituency." labour leaderjeremy corbyn has also said this message... now on bbc news, the film review. hello there, welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, what delights do you have? a mixed bag. we have the kid who would be king, which is an arthurian update. we have a private war, a drama about a real—life story. and jellyfish, a low—budget, but ambitious picture. so the kid who would be king, a kind of retelling of the legend of king arthur? yes, this is byjoe cornish, who made attack the block a while ago. louis ashbourne serkis plays this bullied kid named alex, and he and his other equally bullied friend stumble upon a sword in a stone, and they pull it out and they take it back home and they realise that what they have stumbled on is the sword in the stone, the great arthurian story, and now rises

trump had asked mr. flynn to resign. it was unclear where mr. ryan had gotten that information, but mr. trump seized on mr. ryan's words. that sounds better. mr. trump turned to sean spicer, say that, mr. trump ordered. but was that true, spicer pressed. say i asked for his resignation mr. trump repeat. betsy you've covered this administration for some time now. does that surprise you at all? >> it's not particularly surprising that trump would hear somebody say something on tv and then seize on it. what i think is pretty extraordinary about what the times has reported is that spicer then went to the podium in the white house press room and made a number of claims that the white house's own lawyers believed were not true. and that those lawyers memorialized the failure of spicer to correctly and truthfully describe the way flynn's firing played out. remember, flynn's departure from the white house is a pivotal moment in the early weeks of the trump administration. it was a huge setback for trump and it teed flynn up to eventually become what app

the main concern was he over stated how exhaustibly they had mr. flynnnd that they concluded there were no legal issues surrounding mr. flynn's conduct. you know some of the innerworkings with the kwhies. the scene that this is my story. what did you make of that? >> any careful press operative wouldn't want to be on the record putting themselves in personal legal jeopardy. sean spicer had a flagrant disregard for the truth during his tenure as press secretary but during this instance he was taking pains, which is clearly a huge problem for the white house and mr. spicer. >> i think we still have michael schmidt on the phone with us. in terms of this piece with it. the fact high went so much further, per your reporting, what is it that prompted that? >> with well, you have to sort of look at it through the frame of what was going on. this was february 14th. mike flynn had just been fired. this is the first time the administration was confronting the russia investigation publicly. they were concerned that spicer would go out and not give an accurate portr

trump had asked mr. flynn to resign. mr. trump seized on those words, that sounds better. mr. trump turned to mr. spicer and said, say that, mr. trump ordered. but was that true, mr. spicer asked. say that, trump said. frank, it's been really hard to understand how sally yates, then the acting ag, had been deputy ag, goes to the white house and says, your national security adviser could be blackmailed by russia, is compromised. there's a counterintelligence issue here. goes to the white house counsel. and it takes 18 days to get him out of there, and then they say we got rid of him because he lied to the vice president. >> there's more than the sally yates briefing, which in itself should have caused almost immediate response. but we hear reports, andrea, that the fbi provided defensive counterintelligence briefings early in the campaign, which is very common, particularly once you get the nomination, you start receiving classified briefings. >> i think it started in august. >> indeed, at very high levels of the fbi, presenting this to the candidate and his team. at the end of

mr. flynn's conduct.h us tonight to talk about it, shannon pettypiece, white house correspondent for bloomberg, and eric siege, reporter at the "washington post." shannon, knowing the truth now, it does make you question, as you've had reason to, some of what we've heard from that podium. >> well, i actually remember the night that flynn was fired. i was actually working that night at the white house. i was standing outside sean spicer's office with a group of other reporters for hours trying to get an answer on what was going on. because that evening we all saw flynn go into the oval office, and we saw flynn come out of the oval office, and we were trying to figure out if that was it, if that was the moment he was fired. when i think back to that moment, i just think a massive amount of confusion going on in the white house in trying to get this simple answer had the national security adviser just been fired. no one seems to know, and i remember people coming in and out of sean's office that night, other

mr. flynn's conduct."g to the intrigue, spicer prepped for his briefing that day, according to the "times" in part by visiting with the president and other senior staff in the oval office. notably, the false account given by spicer and noted as false by the white house counsel's office that day, has never been corrected. one of the reporters wrote that story still with us as well as our group of reporters and friends. joining the conversation, tim o'brien, "bloomberg" opinion executive editor. mike schmidt, take us through the spicer reporting. how -- how did the counsel's office sort of co-exist or learn to live with the inaccurate account given by spicer that day and how did that inaccurate account from the podium come to be? >> so the important thing to understand here is that it's february 14th of 2017, and the white house for the first time is confronting russia in a very public way. they're having to explain why mike flynn has been -- has resigned and has -- and why it took the white house so long to

recruited by mr flynn allegedly seconded the call after mr trump fired mr flynt another company with a noted interest in selling nuclear power to saudi arabia is westinghouse electric whose parent company brookfield asset management offered a financial lifeline to mr trump's son in law jared questioner. and meanwhile saudi crown.

mr flynn had represented newport in south wales in the commons since 1987. orbyn's shadow cabinet. often a fiery orator in the commons, paul flynn was rarely short of forceful opinions. after 46 years of the harshest prohibition in europe, we now have 320,000 addicts. isn't it true that prohibition creates the drug, creates the gangsters, and creates the deaths? could you reflect on this and the rest of his conduct as foreign secretary to realise that his brand of clownish incompetence is a joke that's no longer funny, and consider being replaced by a competent politician who will attract the respect of the world, and not the ridicule that he attracts? they were told that if they went there, they'd stop the huns and bayonet belgian babies, they went there as a result of persuasion and propaganda. then we must remember this, the proper lessons of warfare and the immense wasteful loss of human life. third question revealed that blanchard house had no prisoners during that period. it is not to get rid of the drugs, but to get rid of the prisoners! can the minist

jeremy corbyn said mr flynn was a "credit" to the party.he customer, who's from bristol, wanted a loan to pay for a nutrition diploma. the bank said the outburst by a member of staff, which came after the customer told him she was a vegan — was "wholly inappropriate". one of the world's most successful track athletes, caster semenya, is challenging controversial plans to limit testosterone levels in female athletes. the sport's governing body wants athletes with a higher—than—normal level of male hormones to take medication before they compete, to ensure races are fair. it's a case which will have a huge impact on both semenya's career, and the whole sport. our correspondent richard conway is at the hearing in switzerland. on one level, this case is about caster semenya and her future. on one level, this case is about caster semenya and herfuture. will she be able to continue to run without taking medication to suppress her naturally high levels of testosterone. it is also about the future direction of sport. lots of governing bodies lookin

manafort, mr. flynn, mr.ort of in the same bailiwick when they're having communications with russians at critical times. it's just one example. a pattern of behavior, if you will, which we're trying to get ahold of and understand more fully. >> let me ask you about the president's former attorney, michael cohen. he's supposed to testify before you committee tomorrow but the chairman, adam schiff, says it's been postponed to the end of the month. this is a quote, "in the interest of the investigation." what does that mean? what's happening between now and the 28th? >> i think that this is a complicated investigation for the special counsel. it's equally complicated investigation for the house and senate committees that are involved. our job is to find out what took place, but not to trample or impair what the special counsel may or may not be doing. there will be an open hearing. i believe that's what everyone wants and i do believe that mr. cohen -- >> your committee has hired the former national security cou

trump's lawyers also reached out to lawyers for paul manafort and mr. flynn to discuss possible pardons. the discussions raised questions about whether the president was willing to offer pardons to influence their decisions about whether to plead guilty and cooperate in the mueller investigation. that is remarkable. the president has tweeted indications about what he has liked when witnesses have been resistant to the special counsel and things he hasn't liked. >> this is something that both the "new york times" and the "washington post" originally reported last year, was that during that summer of 2017, the lawyer for the president, john dowd, had the sort of informal discussions with lawyers both for flynn and for paul manafort. and this wasn't really as we understand it a direct quid pro quo, don't cooperate with the special counsel and in exchange you'll get a pardon. but it was exploring the possibility of a pardon. this is significant in part because it's part of this pattern of activity that we tried to document in the story about the president kind of

mr. flynn feels that way. i would be scared to death. i think many americans would be scared to death and they might say something and their memory might not be something. they realized at the moment it was not 100% accurate. i think it would be -- any one of us would be fearful to be put in those circumstances. >> let's turn to the latest on the shut down negotiations. should the president take the bipartisan deal that is now on the table and sign it into law? >> well, i think he is going to. i'm very disappointed in what i know about this compromise although i am glad we came to a compromise. i didn't get what we wanted. we started out at $25 billion we were requesting. it is down to something like 1.3. i don't think we -- look, the last thing i want is another government shutdown. we didn't accomplish anything by it. i think the president probably feels the same way. i would follow up that we now have an opportunity, republicans and democrats to go to the person people and to justify where we were on this. i look forward to saying loo

gates ed guilty, mr. flynn pled guilty. mr. kilimnik indicted for obstruction of justice. my friends on the other side of the aisle refuse to bring any of these people up before t committee. today for the first day we have one witness who vontarily is coming forward to testify. your side ran away from the truth and we are trying to bring it to the american people. so mr. cohen, first of all, thank you for voluntarily coming before the committee to testy. i want to ask you about your statements regarding trump tower and moscow. and i want to drill down on some of the facts and details. you may not be aware of it, but this goes back a ways. back in 1987, mr. trump wrote that he had had ongoing discussions with soviet s officick then to build a luxury hotel across from the kremlin in partnership with the soviet union. at that time it was the soviet union. i want to ask you, in your filing with the special counseli mueller's , the prosecutors wrote mr. cohen diussed the status and progress of the moscow project with iividual one on more than the three occasions mr. cohen claim

times" the lawyer's main concerned was spicer exhaustively stated the white house had investigated mr. flynn said, wrongly, that administration lawyers had no issues surrounding flynn's conduct. >>> a new report from the house oversight committee, senior white house officials, michael flynn pushed a front share a nuclear power technology with saudi arabia despite objections of ethics and national security officials. the report cites whistle blowers within the trump administration. lawmakers from both parties expressed concern that saudi arabia could develop weapons if u.s. technology were transferred without proper safe guards. flynn and others ignored warnings as they pushed power reactors in the kingdom. the house oversight committee is looking into an investigation into saudi arabia of sensitive information it says appear to be ongoing. the report describes how flynn and derek harvey who flynn had hired to oversee middle east affairs on the national security counsel worked closely on the plan with a group of retired u.s. generals anded a michelle's who had formed a private company to prom

mrs. flynn: we have seen since 2010 a number of states move efforts to shut down opportunities for people to vote. we have seen proof of i.d.enship laws, photo have seen early voting days repealed. we have seen states that have election day registration repealed. all in efforts to make it difficult for people to vote. a lot of this is focused on so-called in person voter fraud, .0003% chance that had a happened. it is a very rare thing. so what we have is all these measures that are trying to tap down on something that isn't happening out there, and the end result is, we see many people purged from voter rolls and other things with the thought they are going to be addressing something that isn't happening. very frequently. and so that is a real challenge. one that we have seen in states across the country. to put reforms in h.r. 1 in place early voting, to deal with voting machines so they are working and functioning, add poll workers where we have a real shortage of poll workers so people aren'

lawyers also reached out that summer to the lawyers of two of his former aides, paul manafort and mr. flynnss possible pardons. the discussions raised questions about whether the president was willing to offer pardons for to influence their decisions about whether to plead guilty and to cooperate in the mueller investigation. talk to me about that, asha. >> i think this goes directly to what he just said, dangling this is obstruction. the president has broad pardon power. he can actually pardon someone, he can do the act. but to hold it out there as an incentive for someone to behave had a certain way, give testimony in a certain way, cooperate or not cooperate, it's almost a certain bribery, using your power to try to get a personal gain. again, i think this is incredibly problematic. one thing i'll add just to give a bigger picture to what juliette and renato are getting at, i just want to also point out that there are few countries on this planet, maybe none other where the president can be investigated in the way that the fbi and the department of justice are doing now and that they hav

manafort, you've had his advisor, mr. flynn also plead guilty, so this is an organization that needs a lot of oversight. >> congressman, let me play if i could hear one of the interactions you had today with mr. cohen. during the hearing, this is when you were asking him about a meeting during the 2016 campaign about that potential trump tower project that was possibly going to happen in moscow. let's listen to that exchange. >> when did this conversation happen, do you recall? >> early on in the campaign. >> and who was the campaign official? >> corey lewandowski. >> what did you discuss in this meeting? >> possibility of which states mr. trouble have availability if, in fact, that we were going to go over to russia to take a look at the project. i'm sorry, sir? >> go ahead, sir. >> you never came to fruition because we were never successful in getting the thing that i needed, which was ownership or control over a piece of property. >> and the interest in the trump tower project is with her later on in the testimony ended when

stone, mr. flynn. these are people who acknowledge it or have been charged with not being candid.ere are several others whose circumstances, subskwents to their testimony, have raised the question of their candor before the house. we know the trump associates have a problem with the truth. they seem to be following the president's lead there. we need to bring documents and people back before the committee to make them answer these questions. the american public has some idea of what really took place. >> are you concerned at all because, obviously, the intel committee is not the only investigation going on here. we had reporting from our kasie hunt at the beginning of the show about how nancy pelosi and the various committee chairmans are coordinating. how they approach all this. having said that, are you concerned at all that the voters who put this majority into the house, that independents who are going to be making their decisions on 2020 might see this as politically motivated, politically tainted? where do you draw the line on what's legit and what isn't? >> this is a most i

mr. flynn pled guilty. mr. pin ato pled guilty. mr. vanderswan pled guilty. mr.in dim nick indicted for injustice. and my friends on the other side of the aisle refuse to bring any of these people up for the committee. so today for tfirst day we have one witness who voluntarily is coming forward to testify. your side ran away from the truth. and we're trying to bring it to the american people. so -- mr. cohen -- >> sir. >> first of all, thank you for voluntarily coming before the committee to testify. i want to ask you about your statements regarding trump tower and moscow. and i want to drill down some of the facts and details. now, you may not be aware of it, but this goes back a ways. back in 1987, mr. trump wrote that he had had ongoing discussions with soviet officials back then to build a luxury -- large luxury hotel across from the kremlin. in partnership with the soviet union. so at that time it was the soviet union. i want to ask you, in your filing with the special counsel mueller's office, the prosecutors wrote, and i quote, mr. cohen discussed the

mr flynn had represented newport west for more than 30 years. who‘s from bristol, wanted a loan to pay for a nutrition diploma. the bank said the outburst by a member of staff, which came after the customer told him she was a vegan — was "wholly inappropriate". the impact plastic is having on our environment was highlighted dramatically by the bbc documentary series blue planet. now the government has unveiled plans for how it thinks the uk could cut down on its use. ministers want to introduce a new tax on plastic packaging, alongside a ‘deposit return‘ scheme for cans and bottles. but large retailers have been accused of trying to water down the proposals, as our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. plastic litter harms marine life so the government is introducing a deposit return scheme for bottles and also cans. small, on—the—go bottles are the most likely to appear in the sea so retailers want the deposit restricted to those small containers, but environmentalists say many family sized bottles end up in the ocean, too. they are figh

much about the saudi deal and what the administration is trying to do from the investigation of mr. flynn. mr. cohen and others have taught us about the trump tower moscow dealing. was the president looking out for our interest or someone else? i believe there are many more issues that are similar to this. they have to be found out. so this isn't just about collusion. >> so with regard to what you specifically want to ask michael cohen, do you have the questions already formulated what you want to ask him about the trump tower moscow project? >> i have been interviewing these people that you prepare general notes of things you want to know. as a former criminal defense attorney, you listen to what they have to say and then you formulate question that go into a little more of the specifics. i want to know exactly who made these arrangements. who was talking to him about these deals? what exactly did the president as candidate say to him about this deal and what he wanted to do? and who was he communicating with? obviously, we know that he was supposed to be in prague. he wasn't there. why

gates pled guilty, mr. flynn pled guilty. mr. kilimnik indicted for obstruction of justice. my friends on the other side of the aisle refuse to bring any of these people up before the committee. today for the first day we have one witness who voluntarily is coming forward to testify. your side ran away from the truth and we are trying to bring it to the american people. so mr. cohen, first of all, thank you for voluntarily coming before the committee to testify. i want to ask you about your statements regarding trump tower and moscow. and i want to drill down on some of the facts and details. you may not be aware of it, but this goes back a ways. back in 1987, mr. trump wrote that he had had ongoing discussions with soviet officials back then to build a luxury hotel across from the kremlin in partnership with the soviet union. at that time it was the soviet union. i want to ask you, in your filing with the special counsel mueller's office, the prosecutors wrote mr. cohen discussed the status and progress of the moscow project with individual one on more than the three occasi

mr. flynn pled guilty. mr. pineido, mr. vander, mr. kilimnik indicted for obstruction of justice. and for two years, you want to talk about an agenda, my friends on the other side of the aisle refused to bring some of these people up before the committee. so today, for the first day, we have one witness who voluntarily is coming forward to testify. your side ran away from the truth. and we're trying to bring it to the american people. so -- mr. cohen. >> yes, sir. >> thank you for voluntarily coming before the committee to testify. i want to ask about your statements regarding trump tower and moscow, and i want to drill down some of the facts and details. you may not be aware of gurks th this, but this goes back a ways. mr. trump wrote he had ongoing discussions with soviet officials back then to build a luxury -- large, luxury hotel across from the kremlin. in partnership with the soviet union. so at that time, it was the soviet union. i want to ask you, in your filing with the special counsel mueller's office, the prosecutors wrote, and i quote, mr. cohen discussed the status of

gates pled guilty, mr. flynn pled guilty, others have pled guilty, indicted for obstruction of justice and for two years, you want to talk about in agenda? my friends on the other side of the our pews to bring any of these people up before the committee. so today for the first day, we have one witness who voluntarily is coming forward to testify. your side ran away from the truth. we are trying to bring it to the american people. so mr.:. first of all, thank you for voluntarily coming before the committee to testify. i want to ask you about your statements regarding trump tower in moscow and i want to drill down some of the facts and details. you may not be aware of it but this goes back a ways. back in 1987, mr. trump wrote that he had had ongoing discussions with the soviet officials back then to build a luxury, large luxury hotel across from the kremlin. in partnership with the soviet union. so at that time, it was the soviet union. i want to ask you, in your filing with the special counsel mueller's office, t

mr. flynn pled guilty. mr. benito pled guilty in data for obstruction of justice. two years -- you want to talk about an agenda? my friends on the other side of the aisle refused to bring any of these people up before the committee. so today, for the first day, we have one witness who voluntarily is coming forward to testify. your side ran away from the truth. and we are trying to bring it to the american people. so... mr. cohen, first of all, thank you for voluntarily coming before the committee to testify. i want to ask you about your statements regarding trump tower and moscow. i want to drill down some of the facts and details. you may not be aware of it, but this goes back a ways. back in 1987, mr. trump wrote that he had ongoing discussions with soviet officials back then to build a luxury -- a large luxury hotel across from the kremlin. in partnership with the soviet union. so, at that time, it was the soviet union. i want to ask you -- and you are filing with the special counsel mueller's office, the prosecutors wrote -- and i quote -- "mr. cohen discussed

manafort pled guilty to two other charges, mr. flynn plug guilty. -- pled guilty. for two years, you want to talk about an agenda, my friends on the others of the aisle refused to bring any of these people before the committee. one witness who voluntarily is coming forward to testify. your side ran away from the truth. we are trying to bring it to the american people. cohen, thank you for voluntarily coming before the committee to testify. i want to ask you about your statements involving trump tower in moscow and i want to drill down some of the facts and details. you may not be aware, but this goes back a ways. in 1987, easter trump wrote that he had ongoing -- mr. trump wrote that he had ongoing discussions with soviet officials to build a luxury hotel across from the kremlin. in partnership with the soviet union. at that time, it was the soviet union. filing ask you, in your with the special counsel robert mueller's office, the prosecutors wrote mr. cohen discussed the status and progress of the moscow project with individual one. on more than three occasions,

what's more important is how did those financial dealings by manafort, by flynn, by mr. cohen and others affect our foreign policy and kept us safe? we have learned in previous filings of the connections with mr. kilimnik and a ukrainian peace plan favorable to the russians. we're going to learn from mr. cohen hopefully more about the trump tower moscow meeting and the fact that the president as candidate was seeking relief from sanctions so that his deal could go forward. not just as the president involved in these dealings. did it impact national and international policy? >> i know you are going to be questioning michael cohen behind closed doors, your house init will he geintelligence committe. are there restrictions what you can ask him? >> i'm not aware of how the restriction -- i'm aware there's concerns and restrictions that involves the meeting that will be in public. some of that has to do with the -- >> the house oversight committee. >> i'm not aware if there's restrictions what he is willing to answer. i would like to think he will be more willing to talk abou

about a low point, what about mr papa dollars pled guilty, paul manafort convicted to other charges, mr flynn and i want to drill down some of the facts in the details. this goes back away, in 1987 mr trump wrote that he had ongoing discussions with soviet officials back then, to build a luxury hotel across the kremlin, in partnership with the soviet union. at that time it was the soviet union. i want to ask you, in your filing with the special counsel, robert mueller's office, the prosecutors wrote, and i quote, mr cohen discussed the status and progress of the moscow project with individual one on more than the three occasions mr cohen claims to the committee and he breathed family members of individual one with the company about the project —— and he briefed. who are we referring to as individual one? donaldj briefed. who are we referring to as individual one? donald] trump. the company? the trump organisation through the subsidiary. who are the individuals that you briefed about the moscow project? donald trump junior and if anchor trump. this was in the regular course of business? —— iva

mr. manafort, there's been guilty pleas from flynn, papadopoulos, cohen and dozens of indictments, three rush companies and 13 russian nationals and roger stone. would you say this is a witch hunt? are you overseeing the witch hunt? >> congressman, as i mentioned previously, the special counsel's investigation is -- >> you won't oversee a witch hunt, wouldn't you? you'd stop -- >> it's inappropriate for me to talk about an on going investigation. >> shepard: two weeks action he did talk about the investigation. he said he believed mueller is close to wrapping up, a new poll for cnn said that when the that happens, when it's complete, when the mueller report is finished, nearly nine out of ten americans say they want to see the full report public. the chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge reporting live on capitol hill. high, catherine. >> shep, this is one of these situations that you want to do a little rewind. i think we may have had a significant piece of news in the final few minutes of that hearing. you remember earlier in the hearing, the acting attorney general matt

mr. trump had asked fbi director comey to drop the investigation of national security advisor michael flynno has since pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his russian contacts. then to justify firing comey, mr. trump asked his deputy attorney general, rod st tsons comeyehadte a memo to go andccordi tomcca, se. trump mat m a a teractions with the president who seemed very focussed on firing the director and saying things like make sure you put russia in your memo. that concerned rod in the same way it concerned me and the fbi investigators on the russia case. >> reporter: if deputy attorn general rosenstein listed that, it could look like he was influencing the russia probe and by implication would give the president cover. he didn't want to put russia in the memo? >> no, he explauned he dud not need put russia in the memo. he said i understand that and i'm asking you to put russia in the memo anyway. >> reporter: russia was not in it but mr. trump made the connection anyway, telling nbc, then russian diplomats that the russian investigation was among the reasons he fired come a. >> the

mr. trump had asked f.b.i. director comey to drop the investigation of national security advisor michael flynn, who has since pleadedying to the f.b.i. about his russian contacts. then, to justify firing comey, mr. trump asked his deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, to write a memo listing the reasons comey had to go. and according to mccabe, mr. trump made a request for that memo that came as a surprise. >> mccabe: rod was concerned by his interactions with the president, who seemed to be very focused on firing the director and saying things like, "make sure you put russia in your memo." that concerned rod in the same way that it concerned me, and the f.b.i. investigators on the russia case. >> pelley: if deputy attorney general rosenstein listed the russia investigation in his memo to the white house, it could look like he was obstructing the russia probe by suggesting comey's firing. and by implication, it would give the president cover. >> pelley: he didn't want to put russia in his memo. >> mccabe: he did not. he explained to the president that he did not need russia in his memo. and the president responde

why did flynn lie about the conversations? what did mr. trump know about them? >> some people say he lied. some people say he didn't lie. i mean, really, it turned out maybe he didn't lie. >> reporter: who at the trump campaign directed roger stone to get information about upcoming wikileaks disclosures in the clinton campaign? and did anyone connected to the trump campaign help wikileaks curate the e-mails? >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> reporter: and there are more questions. will anyone else be charged? will president trump be subpoenaed? why has the president obfuscated, attacked, and misdirected if he has nothing to hide? why doesn't the president want to get to the bottom of what russia did? and finally, the biggest question of all, was there quote, collusion, a conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. >> there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. there was no anything. so that's the nice part. there was no phone calls. >> reporter: the president's lawyer has been less defi

mr speaker. can i associate myself with the remarks of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition because of the sad death of paul flynna constitutional crisis, on the brink of a brexit disaster, and yet this place is at war with itself. the tories and the labour party are imploding. scotland deserves better. we need a way out. time is running out. will this house get to vote on prime minister's brexit deal next week, and if not when?” prime minister's brexit deal next week, and if not when? i say to the right honourable gentleman, obviously we are in these discussions with the european union and we will bring about back to this house when it is possible to bring about back, to bring a deal back that deals with the issue that the house of commons has raised. we have listened to the house of commons and we are working on the views of the house of commons with the european union and we will bring about back when it is the right time to so. missed a speaker, quite simply that is not good enough. time is running out. 3500 jobs lost from honda. the nfu says a no—deal brexit is the stuff of nightmares. 100,000 jobs in scotla

you will recall flynn resigned after reports surfaced because of his conflicts with kiss llya. mr. trump reportedly liked the version of the story better so he ordered sean spicer to use that version in his briefings. >> and the report also says that he asked cory lewandowski to pressure jeff sessions into resignin resigning. aides dodged the orders to secure his resignation. >>> and mccabe because asked if he still believes president trump could be a russian asset. >> i think it is possible. i think that is why we started our investigation. and i'm really anxious to see where director mueller concludes that. >> that comment by mccabe coming just days after he revealed the president's own words and actions led to the counter intelligence and obstruction investigations that were opened. mccabe also telling cnn he briefed top congressional leaders about president trump being under investigation. he says no one in that group of congressional leaders objected. >>> roger stone has been ordered to appear at a court hearing tomorrow after an instragram post that seemed to threaten the jud