as i said, our correspondent paul wood has been looking into this internal investigation in ukraine. ul's report. the former president's villa in ukraine isa the former president's villa in ukraine is a monument to bad taste. and how lucrative politics here can be. president yanukovychian was backed by russia and fled to moscow, the american who represented him, paul ma nafort american who represented him, paul manafort faces charges of money laundering. the us special council is trying to establish the exact source of mr manafort‘s millions. this place is quite ridiculous. investigators in the united states wa nt to investigators in the united states want to know if the money flowed through oligarch gafrns or businessmen with ties to the kremlin, the question is whether russian money bought russian influence with paul manafort and ultimately, with donald trump? we have learned that ukraine's domestic intelligence service carried out a secret investigation into paul manafort. we went to meet a senior official who saw the report. what he told us goes much further than previous claims a

our correspondent paul wood who's been looking into mr manafort‘s activities in ukraine and reports onvestigation. the former president's villa in ukraine is a monument to bad taste and how lucrative politics here can be. president yanukovich was backed by russia and fled to moscow, the america who represented him, paul manafort, faces charges of money—laundering. the us special counsel is trying to establish the exact source of mr manafort‘s millions. this place is quite ridiculous. investigators in the united states want to know if the money flowed through oligarchs or businessmen with ties to the kremlin. the question is whether russian money bought russian influence with paul manafort and ultimately with donald trump? we have learned that ukraine's domestic intelligence service carried out a secret investigation into paul manafort. we went to meet a senior official who saw the report. what he told us goes much further... the special counsel investigation led by robert mueller is looking they suspect it is more. our source says there are two mortgages, three secret black money funds

let's talk to the bbc world affairs correspondent paul wood who has been looking at this for a year nows activities in ukraine. start with the news today. what, for you, stuck out as most significant? there are three strands to the russia story — money, politics and sex. the sex stuff concerns allegations the russians have blackmail tapes of president trump. didn't hear about that today. what we did hear is allegations that paul manafort got paid a lot of money when he was working as a political consultant in ukraine, which he then did not declare to the us tax authorities. this is the overarching allegation that russian money in ukrainian politics influenced mr manafort and that turned into influence with president trump when he was campaigning. this intersects with the political argument, we have a mr papadopoulos, a junior parttime employee of the campaign. he has admitted to having contacts with the russians and lying to the fbi about it. so these two things, money and politics, are converging. did money lead to political influence and did that lead to collusion with the russians in

we begin tonight with a look at the rise of bitcoin with catherine wood, paul vigna and lily katz. >> it's so resillient is the interesting thing at least in the last year so i mean you had it split into two different currencies. you have bitcoin and bitcoin cash, and people were really scared before this happened and the price of bitcoin dropped and then it bounced right back up and then china banned these initial coin offings and then it bounced right back up. >> jeff: we continue with rich cohen. he has a new big called chicago cubs story of a curse. >> the cubs fan thing is people ask me why i'm a cubs fan. i don't know it was given to me as a kid but it's become so intense you try not to put your head through a wall during some of these games. >> jeff: we conclude with heidi ewing and her new movie one of us. >> we began with an organization called footsteps and footsteps has been helping people transition into a more secular life-style. they guard it ferociously and they are not listed on the website and it's a private space where people thinking of leaving come for help. and so

we begin tonight with a look at the rise of bitcoin with catherine wood, paul vigna and lily katz. >>s so resillient is the interesting thing at least in the last year so i mean you had it split into two different currencies. you have bitcoin and bitcoin cash, and people were really scared before this happened and the price of bitcoin dropped and then it bounced right back up and then china banned these initial coin offings and then it bounced right back up. >> jeff: we continue with rich cohen. he has a new big called chicago cubs story of a curse. >> the cubs fan thing is people ask me why i'm a cubs fan. i don't know it was given to me as a kid but it's become so intense you try not to put your head through a wall during some

paul, what do you got? >> i got some bats for you to try. >> made from birch, ash and rock maple trees. beautiful bats. this is entirely made in america. >> made in maine with maine woodformer baseball player himself, even trying out for the majors. what was it like trying out for the red sox? >> oh, it was phenomenal. it was -- i mean, as close to getting to my dream, that was it, you know? >> their loss. >> well, yeah, their loss. >> paul's other love? carpentry. you started out making cabinets -- >> right. >> -- and then you were sort of on the side doing what you loved, which was something to do with baseball. >> right. i -- you know, it evolved, because my youngest son wanted to play baseball, for a living. >> he started making bats for his son first. >> instead of me sending him money, i'd send him bats, and i'd say, support yourself. >> his son started selling the bats. they start in the forests of maine, each tree cut and collected. carefully shaped, polished, logo added. 11 workers making 30,000 bats this year alone. come on. when you're watching major league baseball, are you really looking for your bat? >> every time. every at-bat. >> then, i was at-bat. be

. >> made in maine with maine wood, with maine labor. >> paul, a former baseball player himself, evenwhat was it like trying out for the red sox? >> phenomenal. as close to getting to my dream, that was it, you know? >> their loss. >> well, yeah, their loss. >> paul's other love? carpentry. you started out making cabinets -- >> right. >> and then you were sort of on the side doing what you loved, which was something to do with baseball. >> right. i -- you know, it evolved, because my youngest son wanted to play baseball, for a living. >> he started making bats for his son first. >> instead of me sending him money, i'd send him bats. >> his son started selling the bats. start in the forests of maine, carefully shaped, polished, logo added. 11 workers making 30,000 bats this year alone. when you're watching baseball, are you really looking for every at-bat. >> then, i was at-bat. been awhile. probably since little league. a few tips. >> first thing you have to do, you have to hit the edge grain. you can't hit the face grain. and as you're swinging, coming into the ball. concentrate on h

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world kim jong nam the half brother of north korean leader kim jong wood was killed in broad daylight at a busy airport in quality of paul in february two women city i shot from indonesia and durante home from vietnam will stand trial for his murder on monday police say the pair vx nerve a banned substance so toxic it's considered by the u.n. as a weapon of mass destruction on kim jong un's face experts believe each woman carried a separate component of the chemical to avoid harming himself. i mean. so if you go. with what's the way maybe that's the way. the two women have told diplomats from their home countries they thought they were taking part in a reality television show u.s. officials and south korean intelligence say the murder was organized by north korean agents according to the national anthem the soldiers only port. all lady all in all standing order to kill true law to condone their use of five year old stanley walters but no north korean will stand trial for the murder for north korean men accused of planning the attack immediately boarded flights out of kuala lumpur after the killing interpol has issued a r

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lobbying conducted by former trump campaign chairman paul manafort former national security advisor michael flynn and others. >>> 8:07. tiger woodsas arrested after found by police asleep behind the wheel of o tideroad. a toxicology report revealed he had several legal precipitation drugs in his system no alcohol. he's agreed to take part in a program where he will avoid jail time after a year of good behavior. >>> more nfl drama. several players say they may stage a walk-out because of comments made with their owner, houston texas owner bob mcnair comparing nfl players to prison inmates. he said we can't have the inmates running the prison, isn't even the quote. this is in reference to players participating in demonstrations during the national anthem. in a recent statement, he said he regrets using that expression. he said he was not referring to the players and never meant to offend anyone. he made the offensive comments. even though that isn't the quote he meant. >> the president promised not to change 401k rules, will that hold up as the plan makes its way through congress. we'll tell you what you need to know. with your mon

paul told us they wrapped it up, put it in the trunk of his parents' car, and headed for a remote woodedking sure not to go past the speed limit or anything like that, and i look over, and it was like early sunday morning like at 3:00 a.m. in the morning, and there's a cop car on the next block. no matter how fast i go or how slow i go, it was like we would reach the next intersection at the same time. >> the police car eventually veered away, and he continued to the woods where he and his brother-in-law hid the body. a month later his mother cracked under the pressure of keeping the murder a secret. she called a lawyer and eventually told the whole story to the police. they went to the woods and found the body. at this point in the interview he revealed an interesting detail he hadn't mentioned earlier. >> next day my sister went down there. she identified pictures, the body, you know, showed her dad's head and stuff like that, said, yeah, that's him. his body was dismembered. >> why was the body -- you left that part out. >> yeah. i kind of glossed over that. >> okay. well, go back. >>

that paul portuguese authorities say high temperatures strong winds and extremely dry conditions have helped fan the flames. in. the central districts of colin brown and castello bronco of the woods hit areas many of the victims were caught unawares by the fires sudden a rival trapped in their homes they had no chance to xscape. it's very windy new fires a constantly being ignited and firefighters are unable to contain them. more and more people are having to leave their villages over five thousand firefighters and so just battling the flames portugal already saw devastating fires in june which killed more than sixty people now the country finds itself facing and all that is sauce to. spain's high court has ordered two leaders of catalonia is pro independence movement jailed while they're being investigated on possible charges of sedition the national court in madrid jailed jordi sanchez and shorty creech job after questioning them and two senior law enforcement officials judges are investigating the role for play during demonstrations in barcelona last month this comes amid tensions between barcelona and madrid following catalonia is disputed independence referendum on october f

neck of the wood where amazon is king and is very friendly financial neighbor, prospect of taxes cut in half or at least a lot, looks promising. the progress on capitol hill is mixed. rand paul is not sure he is yes vote. concerns that john mccain who voted against the bush tax cuts twice, not once, but twice, might be a no vote as well. so into that mix now, you have a lot of people saying you know what? we could have serious problems with this thing, including talk that speaker paul ryan want as christmas eve vote. that would mean, maybe we'll work on christmas eve, you realize that? good for them, he says. he is not going along for the ride here. joe borelli, new york city councilman, minority whip. if that corporate rate, forget the individual rate, corporate rate gets cut down to that, they are paying sticker like sticker price on a car. most people don't pay that, but some who do. when it comes to the prevailing top rate, a lot of companies, particularly in the technology world do. so if that is taken away from them, not their stock rise is dependent on that, but taking it away could be a problem, couldn't it? >> yes, absolutely. this is hugely important for these busi